father of the modish d.c -- modern d.c. music scene. chuck brown. he captured the pulse of the street and the beat of the drum. a beat that make a chuck brown show part carnival, part love affair between audience and band. tonight we remember the band leader. >> his passing is a sad moment, but this broadcast will not be a wake. it will be a celebration of a man that gave sows much that despite his absence, will live touched by everyone. >> brown died of multiple organ failure due to sepsis. >> he was treated at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. he was admitted earlier this month after complaining of arthritis and doctors found blood clots in his legs. the clots were removed but brown came down with pneumonia while hospitalized. we have team coverage as we celebrate the life of one of our area's truly most beloved musicians. >> here is bruce johnson with a lot more on the legacy of chuck brown. >> reporter: we're outside the historic howard theater. chuck brown couldn't be here for the grand opening some weeks ago. he is here tonight in spirit. hundreds if not thousands gath

deemed safe. >> the undercover investigation resembles others that exposed terror plots in the d.c. area. in february a man was charged with trying to blow up the u.s. capitol after undercover agents gave him a nonworking bomb. in october, 2010 a virginia man was arrested for plotting to bomb a metro train, but in those cases islamic extremism was the accused motive. this time home grown rant arckist terrorism is being alleged -- anarchist terrorism is being alleged. >> there's always going to be whackos out there. >> reporter: this expert at the heritage foundation says the arrests are testaments to law enforcement's ability to disrupt terror plots before they mature. >> you build a big counterterrorism system and it's going to catch all the bad stuff because you're out there looking for bad people. >> three of the men arrested are already charged with conspiracy to use explosives affecting interstate commerce. charges are pending now against the remaining two suspects. >> tom fitzgerald reporting. federal authors say the anarchist groups had considered other targets including the

personnel files. chris gordon is live now at the d.c. fire training academy with a fallout. chris? >> reporter: pat the media has been banned from the grounds of the training academy tonight. we are reporting live from outside the front gate. police are treat thing like a crime scene. internal affairs is investigating. why personnel records were apparently brought here to be burned. >> i'm just -- befuddled, amazed. i can't believe it would occur in these times and days. >> reporter: the fire was brought under control by firefighters who responded to an emergency call at the fire ems training academy last friday. the video and still pictures were taken by the firefighters. they were surprised by what they found among the burned debris in three dumpsters and unburned documents that were piled in an abandoned car here at the training academy. personnel records of firefighters and d.c. police officers. the president of the fire fighters association is upset. >> documents blowing around the parking lot. dumpsters partially burned. some of my members noticed that their own names and so

. >>> it was a sendoff like no other. washington, d.c., had a find farewell to chuck brown today. and i hear there are many, many highlights. >> reporter: i'm having difficulty hearing you and you know what? it's hard to pick -- this is good they turned it over to chuck brown and to the musicians and the fans who were personally caught by the godfather of go go uck hear the calls of the funeral home in celebration and the party started long before the program and with some long lines outside and long lines inside. >> reporter: people stopped first to sign an oversized drawing. >> this is tough today. >> reporter: this longtime radio favorite played host. >> i'm a dj. and when i start it like this, hit it. throughout is the program it was a larger-than-lifevo. >> and every time i'm seven years old, started playing the piano. >> reporter: city officials are preparing permanent monuments. >> and i'm going to send over a piece of legislation to the council. >> chuck brown loved d.c. and we loved him back. >> reporter: d.c.'s congressional delegate is interviewing a resolutions to designate

election day in d.c.'s ward 5. voters will decide who will replace former council member harry thomas jr. he stepped down after pleading guilty to embezzling more than $350,000 in taxpayer money meant for children. 12 candidates are running to fill the ward 5 seat which represents part of northeast d.c. that borders the maryland state line. the winner of today's election will be sworn in at the end of the month and serve the rest of thomas' term which runs through 2014. polls open at 7:00 this morning and close at 8:00 tonight. >>> today montgomery county council will decide if it will move forward with the controversial ambulance fee. executive ike leggett want to charge patients without insurance up to $800 for emergency services. those with insurance or people who fall below a certain income level would not get a bill. montgomery county residents voted against this fee in a referendum in 2010. leggett says the county needs the money. some volunteer firefighters have said that they will bring the issue to a public vote again if the council approves it. >>> it is now time to get a fi

developments in a pay-to- play scheme bill in the district. d.c. mayor vincent gray's former campaign worker pleaded guilty to criminal charges. thomas gore accused of destroying evidence in a federal investigation. now let's get the latest from jummy olabanji at the court. what's all this unfolded within the past couple minutes. the case was supposed to start at 11:00 this morning but did not start until about 11:40. thomas gore did plead guilty as you mentioned. the judge first went over all the charges and asked if he understood all of them. he said that he did. then the judge said i understand you want to plead guilty to all the charges, to which he answered, i do. the prosecution explain how they came about the charges and the fbi investigation that was going on. the prosecutor discussed in the spring of 2010 that thomas gore and other members of candidate a who we assume was vincent gray transferred money secretly into sulaiman brown's account. they think that other people's names or put on the money orders. they wanted brown to continue verbal attacks on then-mayor adr

hospital after being stabbed, police say, by two of his passengers. d.c. investigators say the two young men first robbed the cabbie and then they stabbed him. the up clear where they were picked up by the cab. they ended up at fifth and kennedy streets northwest. this all happened around 1:00 a.m. the cab driver is expected to survive. meantime, d.c. police are looking into a different robbing and stabbing, this one on seventh street northwest. a man was found there about 2:00 this morning. >>> a second aide who worked on mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign is plead pleading guilty. yesterday, howard brooks admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate, suleiman brown. mayor gray has denied the allegations but experts say it is hard to believe he didn't know about the scandal. >> the mayor is a very detail oriented person t would seem sort of unreasonable to think that this was being done without his knowledge, permission, complicity. >> if convicted, brooks could get a maximum of six months in prison and probation. >>> bonuses for count

fought off the attacker and he took off. >>> less than a week after the d.c. area lost a legend, local students are making sure the godfather of go-go will be remembered for generations to come. >> the kids created a masterpiece to honor chuck brown and beth parker take a look. >> that is ingenius like that. >> there is a little neon green in there too. >> we love you, chuck. we love you, chuck. >> the beat. i like the way his beat goes. >> when chuck brown died, we realized the impact he had on d.c. as a whole and we realized there weren't any murals of him in d.c. >> reporter: the kids at macfar land middle school in petworth are changing that. >> a lot of the kids want to be athletes and musicians and art is not always the coolest job field or career choice. i think it is my job to expose them to that and get them hooked. >> reporter: and now even the paint brushes are dancing. >> at my age, i could go on the dance floor. you could for the stit sit still with him. >> i love him. i'm going to miss him. he was for the people and by the people. >> it is not going to be perfect but it i

deep into disco, d.c. had its own sound called go go. ♪ chuck's biggest hit "busting loose" soared you have the charts in -- up the charts in 1978. even today it's played on every d.c. radio station. ♪ chuck brown's live concerts were a family affair. four generations turned out to hear chuck. >> he ohm boyed what we are, who we are, what we do. >> he is the true definition of d.c. culture. >> if you're from d.c. you have to be a chuck brown fan. >> how? >> right now because right now, i'm just enjoying every minute of -- of being on this planet. >> reporter: probably don't even have a permit for this and no idea how long it's going to go on but it's chuck brown, you really don't need a permit. somebody said that chuck brown is to d.c. what elvis is to memphis. back to you in the studio. >> as we mourn the loss of chuck brown we want to know what your favorite memories are of the god father of go to. >> the comments are pouring in on wusa9's facebook page. tracy ellis wrote -- map >> lisa johnson edwards wrote -- >> jessica brown wrote -- a lot of people in the newsroom said the

northwest d.c. another fatal stabbing took place. that is where melanie alnwick is live with the details. >> reporter: good morning. florida avenue remains shut down. we are here at florida and it looks like sixth street. it is also closed down at fifth street as well. d.c. police or district police starting to wrap up their investigation just a little bit. what we are told is that this was a stabbing scene. but when we arrived, take a look at what we found. we found a lamppost on the ground right in front of shaw's tavern. if you look a little further back under the street light. you will see that is the black bmw sedan that is crashed into the side of shaw's tavern. we don't know exactly what transpired here when the alert went out from d.c. police, we know that we were told the victim was found with a stab wound in the neck. it was an adult male victim. he was transported to howard university hospital and then d.c. police sources tell us that victim was pronounced dead so this is a fatal stabbing. we don't know exactly what transpired that led to the bmw being crashed into the

what about here in d.c. i mean just today congress started the liberating on many amendments that were offered. to n.d.a. and there's even a bipartisan effort out there on what's next for congress. you know in all of this. well let's remember there are only two senators opposed this the two senators from oregon everybody else including senator bernie sanders from vermont voted for it oh this was a bipartisan. bill it was sponsored by carl levin democrat and senator john mccain when dianne feinstein proposed language that would exempt u.s. citizens from essentially the stripping of due process and ability to be detained and held by the military both the obama white house and the democratic party rejected it so look they were very cognizant of what it is they were pushing through that's why obama signed it into law into your seat when no it was looking i don't hold out a lot of hope for congress they they failed us miserably when the law was written especially when they were presented with the opportunity to. do right in a provision that would exempt u.s. citizens and they rejected

second former aide to d.c. mayor vicinity gray pleaded guilty an hour ago. howard brooks was arrested yesterday. news4's tom sherwood joins from us d.c. superior court with the details of the plea. tom? >> reporter: the u.s. attorney says this scandal deceives city voters. today the second felony guilty plea as the investigation continues. 64-year-old howard brooks, veteran community worker, stood nervously in federal court and answering guilty to a felony charge in the ongoing gray campaign scandal investigation. brooks with attorney glen ivy standing with him admitted funneling thousands of dollars in secret money to tilt the 2010 race for mayor. what can you say about your client and what the plea means today? >> well, you know, today -- he decided to come out in public and accept responsibility for the mistakes he made. and the guilty plea today is the first step in that process. >> reporter: the brooks pleading comes just two days after co-conspirator thomas gore pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and promised to cooperate with the investigation into the political payoff of sulem

>>> this is fox 5 news at 10:00. ♪ [ music ] >> tonight, d.c. is mourning the godfather of go-go. singer, song writer, and guitarist, chuck brown, helped define d.c.'s music scene with this funky beat. tonight, fox 5 is remembering chuck brown. the godfather may be gone, but his music and influence lives on. >>> thank you for joining us, i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm brian bolter. chuck brown died at the age of 75 today. he was at john hopkins battling pneumonia. >> fox 5's audrey barnes begins our coverage. audrey. >> reporter: chuck brown was perhaps best known as the gadfather of go-go, but he was an incredible family man. he scheduled his concert appearances around his son's football games and he passed his music to his other son. he left his mark on d.c. as well. >> talk about going to ben's chili bowl. you talk about the lincoln theater, the howard theater, and you talk about chuck. because they are all institutions. >> love grown up loving chuck brown. he sang at her high school prom and to this day, she still moves by his music. >> i know all those chuck brown songs and whe

including d.c. united who tries to stretch their ohm unbeaten streak to eight games. the maryland men into the finals. but first, the nationals, they continue their hot streak. even though just days ago, they were fighting for first place, the nats and braves are headed in completely different directions. the nats have now won five of their last six while the braves lost six straight and tonight, the nats added to their division lead. on the hill tonight was stephen strasburg. one man on as he grounds into the 4-6-3 double play. the infield gets strasburg out of trouble. but how about strasburg at the plate? two outs in the second. one man on. he gets his 7th hit already of this season. set up runners at the corners and keep the inning alive for danny. and wouldn't you know it? he comes through big time. check this out, boom, a three- run shot to left. that's his fifth home run this season. it leads to a 4-0 nationals lead. look at the guy who catches the ball. definitely a keeper with that lady friend. hay, back to strasburg. runners on the corners, one out. redirected to desmond who

. >>> it is a pleasure to introduce a former chairman of the d.c. commission of arts and humanities. and that will be charms stevenson -- charles stevenson. so nice to have you. three years ago, mr. stevenson published the book the beat, go go music from washington, d.c. it really explains exactly what go go is. but when you started this journey writing this book, you had one goal in mind and it changed along the way, didn't it? >> it did. >> tell me about it. >> when we first started it, i'm co-author ever the book, when we first started, we wanted to take a look at how the music came about. the more we go into the it, we started to see not only how it started but how it has really sustained in washington, d.c. and really become the heart beat of washington. i mean, it is the fabric of this city. evidence? chuck brown. >> he started the beat. it was so unique it seems. his beat is in all genres. >> all genres from jazz, gospel. it spans. it's because it comes from the heart. go go music is laden with african rhythms and latin rhythms. so it is a spiritual music. all that comes toge

you, lesli. i don't think i go out on a limb saying washington, d.c.'s heart is broken with the loss of chuck brown. gary is live where he is getting the reaction to washingtonens that are just learning the news. gary. >> reporter: i talked to one man who said you're reporting about the death of chuck brown. there's nothing negative to say. he said when you talk about chuck brown, the only thing you can do is glow. you talk about chuck brown as being a washington institution, the chili bowl is an institution. chuck was here often. served on him, was a friend, what legacy do you think mr. brown leaves to washington, d.c.? >> he's more of a family member to us, everybody enjoyed chuck brown. everybody loved him. we are going to deeply miss chuck brown for ever and ever. >> reporter: mr. smith, why was his music important to d.c.? what difference did it make? >> it made a difference because he was the founder of go-go. everybody loves chuck brown. everybody loved go-go in d. c. back in the day, they love go- go. loved chuck. >> i was told by one fan, if you went to a chuck brown concert

from the southwest especially south and east of d.c. but for the most part clear to partly cloudy and very comfortable now. in fact, kind of cool. cumberland down to 52. hagerstown down to 54. 50s here and this air is moving southeast. low 60s in leesburg now at 60. la plata 61. it's 65 in cambridge. and here in d.c., we're at 67 degrees. and this afternoon, it's going fob another beautiful day. just a bit brie i at times -- breezy at times. don't forget the sun block. 74 in easton. frederick today. 75 along with manassas and also here in washington. mike and andrea back to you. ♪ >>> he would want d.c. to party hard for him. the godfather of go go died yesterday. he was 75. >> he had been hospitalized for several weeks after getting pneumonia and fans of a man who created washington's own music genera are in mourning of his passing after five decades of performance. >> 9news now reporter bruce johnson has more. >> reporter: we're outside the historic howard theater, chuck brown couldn't be here for the grand opening some weeks ago. he's here tonight in spirit. and as hundreds if no

, d.c. police are investigating two deadly overnight stabbings. the first happened around 1:20:00 a.m. and a live look outside right now. the other took place appear hour later at fifth and florida in northwest. now, police have just wrapped up that crime scene but can you still see a pole down in the mid. sidewalk. there was a black car smashed into the side of the building this morning. police are still trying to figure out how that car got there but they believe the stabbing victim may have been trying to drive himself to the hospital. hospital. >>> in potomac, maryland, the search is on for two armed robbers accused of purposefully bumping into motorists late at night. police are hoping these newly released surveillance pictures that show masked men will help lead them to the suspects. the separate incidents both happened in april on jones lane. in one incident, the driver was assaulted, placed in the trunk of his car and then taken to atms to withdraw money. >>> this is 13-year-old alexis mccain. she was last seen on sunday in the 300 block of anacostia road southeast. if you kno

tomorrow to earn that epithet all over again? tomorrow republicans are focusing on washington, d.c., which, as you know, is the seat of our nation's capital, and its own city. d.c. as mayor, a city council, but it is not a state and it is not part of any state, and therefore congress as a federal entity plays this weirdly local role in what the city of washington, d.c. can do with its own business. as such, d.c. often bears the brunt of whatever is in political fashion for members of congress that year. they tend to take their highest priority partisan issues at the federal level and impose them on the district of columbia against d.c.'s will. republicans are in control of the house right now, and what's the majority for republicans this year? what's the issue they are more focused on making policy about that anything else across the country? that would be the issue of abortion. abortion rights. trent franks, he represents arizona, has divided in his infinite arizona wisdom, has decided he should decide whether or not you can get a abortion if you live in washington, d.c. house republicans

, tucker. >>> not only has the summer weather returned to d.c., how has the big time tourism. nearly 18 million visitors came to the nation's capital last year. as fox 5's john henrehan reports, it may cause headaches for some locals but it's bringing welcome revenue to the district. >> reporter: on memorial day weekend, many ever the tourists coming into d.c. are part of the rolling thunder gathering. but tourists here are a year round phenomenon, especially in the spring and summer when many sidewalks and streets are feared with them. their sheer numbers with be a bother to some locals. >> downtown washington, constitution avenue, pennsylvania avenue, it's just horrible. i don't like the traffic. >> sometimes when they're trying to drive around the tidal basin and look up at the monument it bothers me a little bit. >> reporter: what are they doing? >> because they're driving and looking up 550 feet up in the air. >> if only they would stand to the right. >> reporter: on the metro? >> on the metro. >> reporter: what brings the tourists to washington, d.c.? for some it's simply a very e

. >> d.c. police looking for those behind the deadly shooting in southeast. >> it happened after 1:00 this morning in the 1300 block of stevens wrote. they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head whose name is not been released. no word on what led to the shooting. a boy recovering after falling three stories from a building last night in a hundred block of the chesapeake street southeast. the toddler suffered head injuries, but was conscious when taken to the hospital. a traffic stop turned into a police chase that involved three different agencies. it started late last night in prince william county. officers did not pursue the driver because it was on 95 northbound and considered it to been too dangerous. other jurisdictions were alerted and then the chase continued to southeast d.c. a woman was arrested at 57 straight. >> turning to a terrible ordeal for homeowners in stafford virginia. the young couple said the attackers broke into their home and forced them to strip naked while pointing out things they could steal. tom roussey has the story. >> that is scary. >> these white

find lower prices at the gas pump this holiday weekend. overnight average price of gas in the d.c. metro area fell another two cents to $3.63 for regular unleaded. that's a lot lower, 23-cent to be exact, than one month ago. >>> since so many of us are heading away from d.c. this weekend, we'll be providing gas prices throughout the show along some common holiday routes. we start with a trip out to the maryland and delaware beaches along route 50 which is backed up now. you'll pay around 3.53 in annapolis, but over the bridge prices are four to five cents lower in both stevensville and salisbury. here in d.c. summer officially kicks off this weekend at the city's public pools and today mayor vincent gray got into the public by getting to go to the ribbon cutting on the the rosedale community center. at the rosedale community center >> reporter: i'm surae chinn at the rosedale community center where 19 pools are set to open for the unofficial start of summer. >> we weren't allowed to swim in it and play in this playground back in the '40s. it was all white. >> reporter: but that di

morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, a violent night in southeast d.c. shooting leaves one man dead and sends a police officer to the hospital. good morning, washington. it's tuesday morning, may 15. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we get started with traffic and weather every ten minutes. but baden in a moment, first meteorologist adam caskey. >> moderate to heavy rain on morning.day i think we will break into a sunshine once we finally rainfall later morning and close to lunchtime, a few sunny breaks. light at the end of the tunnel. here is widespread showers down 95 andd especially west of 95. in virginia, prince county, stafford county, spotsylvania is where we have heavy rain. it's marching northward and 95.llel to 66 and to fairfax county we have light to moderate rain. 270 and interstate 70, we have showers. not much else behind this morning rain. expect sunny breaks later this the midday. then more scattered afternoon thundershowers later on today of. for the high temperature. 80's tomorrow with more sunshine. >> wet pavement this morning. rea

child was struck by a vehicle on the d.c.-prince george's county line this evening on indian head highway in oxon hill. paramedics transported the child to a nearby hospital. the vehicle that struck them stayed at the scene. the specifics of their injuries are not known there are expected to survive. >> learning more about be the fairfax county martial arts should coach who is not accused of sexually abusing some of his students. master le ran a university in burke. autria godfrey is there with more of the accusations leveled against him. >> le is such a successful instructor here in springfield that he was in the process of expanding. he has a new studio on construction in burke virginia, but tonight he stands accused of molesting two under-aged students, one at his studio, one at his home. >> he did not seem to be a particularly nice person. >> he is accused of inappropriate sexual misconduct with two underage students at his martial arts academy. fairfax county police began investigating last june when a former student accused him of inappropriate sexual contact from 2003 to 20

community. >>> chuck brown's family announces plans for d.c. to remember the godfather of go-go. >>> we'll tell you what new research suggests about c-sections and the potential impact on the weight of the child. >>> good evening. i'm jim vance. >> and i'm doreen gentzler. thank you for joining us for news 4 at 11:00. >>> several students got sick at the roslyn metro station. they were part of a 200 person tour group that had just finished a walking tour in d.c. they were on the metro heading toward arlington when several kids started feeling ill. three of them were taken to a hospital to get fluids. it appears they may have been overwhelmed by walking in the heat 37 temperatures made it into the 80s today. could be even hotter tomorrow. veronica's in for doug tonight. veronica? >> it will be plenty steamy this weekend. it certainly is going to feel like summer has arrived. as far as those storms out there this evening, once again they hit in the same locations just west of d.c. where some areas didn't get a drop. 69/100 of an inch of rain in warrenton. nokesville over an inch o

him on the campaign trail. >>> this morning d.c. residents and the music world are mourning the loss of chuck brown. he passed away yesterday at the age of 75 after a short bout with pneumonia. charl charles music career. the north carolina native got his start in the '60s playing his guitar for a d.c.-based latin band. by the early '70s charles got into his own. the godfather go-go is what the world came to call brown. it became synonymous with d.c. >> they heard funk before, it's just another form of funchy music with a lot of percussion and sound. >> let me hear you say oh it's got that latin and that african feel to it. >> just one more time. >> in and out of trouble with the law in his youth, brown taught himself to play guitar in prison. he and his go-go beat became world known landing his first billboard numb were one heat with "bustin' loose." he was nominated in 2010 at the age of 74. >> if i hit that stage, i right in a rage and forget about my age. >> chuck brown never turned his back on his home. he stayed a staple of d.c. events that became important with his commun

across the country including here in d.c. calling for justice for their son. >>> this morning, d.c. police hope new pictures will help them find the person who weight beat up a man. look at the sveillance photos enhanced by police. they say this man kicked and beat up another man so severely doctors wired his mouth shut. the surveillance camera captured the attack at 14th and w northwest earlier this month. police say the attacker beat the victim because he complain good him littering. if you recognize the attacker here, call police. >>> a former army corps of engineer employee pleaded guilty for his role in the largest corruption scheme involving federal contractors. cary kahn pleaded guilty in a $30 million bribery and kickback scheme involving how government contracts are awarded. he faces 35 years in prison. his son, lee, is also expected to plead guilty in this case. >>> metro riders should expect delays this weekend on the orange line. buses will replace trains between east falls church and west falls church stations. that's if crews can work on the silver line extension on t

meantime let's go back to washington d.c. for the second part of the. the sky. the light will come down. so less still carries will be singing. well today we have a glimmer of hope in the fight to allow the public to film law enforcement there are currently three states illinois massachusetts and maryland who still rely on archaic wiretapping laws to make filming police illegal now today we're going to focus on maryland where the d.o.j. is weighing in on a civil suit that stems back to two thousand and ten maryland resident christopher sharp was at the preakness stakes when he saw a girl being punched by police from el thing off check out how another camera caught sharp getting in trouble for recording this incident of police brutality. ok ok. david kay. she joins. me live to say when baltimore police realized the shark was recording they took his phone deleted all of his videos and according to sharpe removed him from the race track now with the help of the a.c.l.u. sharpe is filed a civil suit against the baltimore police department and the d.o.j. has weighed in on the case the depart

nominee mitt romney will be in d.c. today where he will speak to small business owners at the latino coalition's economic summitt. romney won primaries in kentucky and arkansas leaving him only about 80 delegates short of the number needed to clip. the delegation. the numbers highlight a challenge for president obama's camp n kentucky, about 4 #% of rent strerred democrats selected uncommitted. in arkansas, about 40% of vote are backed attorney john wolf who is also running for the democratic presidential nomination. though president obama's nomination is a given, yesterday's results put a spotlight on the challenges he faces for support in the south. >>> the senate homeland security committee is holding a hearing on capitol hill today on the secret service prostitution scandal. the director of the secret service will make his first public comments today. a dozen agents and military personnel are accused of hiring prostitutes ahead of president obama's visit to colombia last month. eight agent lost hair jobs during that. four of them are now fighting their dismissal. >>> in our other

news. >> the public gets a chance to say goodbye this week to d.c. musical legend chuck brown. today a public hearing for the "godfather of go-go will be held at the howard theater in d.c. jummy olabanji is live in northwest with a look ahead. >> good morning. we are outside the howard theatre. even at this early morning hours, preparations are underway. you can see crews are putting up several dozen of those steel grates that will be the line for people waiting to see chuck brown. he died last week after suffering from pneumonia. he was 75 years old. the public viewing will take place today at the howard theatre beginning at 11:00 this morning. that will go until 10:00 tonight. everyone is invited. members of his family will be here as well as his band mates. and city dignitaries including d.c. mayor vincent gray. on thursday, that's when there will be a public memorial service. that will be held at the d.c. convention center from noon until 3:00. that is expected to be a heavily attended event as well. just a reminder for anyone wanting to come out, here this out d.c. police have t

d.c. franks introduced a law that would strip certain abortion funding in d.c. >> we can not allow trent franks to use d.c. as a test site for his radical antiwoman agenda, and we will not stand for anymore extreme aspect choice attacks on the district or the rights of women here and across the nation. >> reporter: there is a major effort underway to tell franks' constituents back home how interested he seems to be in district affairs. last week, many d.c. residents decided to take all of their local problems to him, even called him mayor. all of this to prompt media coverage in arizona. >> i'm a d.c. resident and i'm here to ask mayor franks about the cockroach and rat problem inpe worth. >> reporter: will the latest tactic work? the mayor getting arrested last year didn't do much good or this outburst by norton. >> and this is time the district of columbia told the congress to go straight to hell. >> i said we're going to fight from where they live. >> and this is coming to a head now because the budget appropriation process should begin soon and remember, d.c. had a balanced bud

that was calling for the abortion ban here in washington d.c. . and i think we have a little news clip to to remind you about some of the controversy they're. fighting for d.c. home rule will again hit capitol hill today a group of protesters target arizona congressman trent franks last week d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton was barred from testifying at a hearing about a twenty week abortion ban in the district it's a people are now there continue to try to protest him and they've got this other approach which is kind of fun i must admit d.c. residents are now just bringing their local every day problems that they have directly to this congressman they're calling a mayor they're writing in letters and everything from potholes to road problems to public transportation complaints they're just flooding it all towards him i think it's a genius idea because this is an arizona congressman who's trying to make to change rather the laws in washington d.c. because we don't have any representation here are lone congresswoman who can't even vote on the full house votes was trying to speak was

catholic charities, catholic university of america and d.c.'s archbishop wouldn't be covered by the exemption. they've joined the lawsuit. >> mother teresa would not qualify as a religious worker when she's out feeding the poor. >> reporter: the president offered a compromise earlier this year saying insurance companies, not the religious institutions, would pay for the controversial coverage. >> we've been mindful there's another principle of stake here and that's the principle of religious liberty, an enal nab right in our -- enallable right in our constitution. >> reporter: ward was angry that kathleen was invited to give a graduation speech. her speech was disrupted by a heckler. she is a named defendant in the new lawsuits. >> what's wrong with it is that the government is seeking to redefine in a very narrow way what a religious institution is. >> reporter: the suit comes six months before the presidential election and a month before the supreme court is expected to rule on other constitutional challenges to the new health care law. >> there's no need for this administration t

top cop in d.c. signing a five-year extension to stay on as chief of the metropolitan police department. wtop reports her salary will remain the same, $253,000 a year. she's got no raises or bonuses. lanier has been chief since 2007. >>> loudoun county supervisors will decide the fate of phase 2 of metro silver line when they vote july on whether or not to opt out. that includes a poe posed staying at dulles airport -- proposed station at dulles errant. today a local consequence today we have the report. >> reporter: stage 2 is supposed to include two stops in loudoun county right here along the greenway, but loudon supervisors may not let that happen. >> i have nothing against dulles rail. i think it should stop at the airport. i don't think loudoun county residents will benefit from it. >> reporter: supervisor ken reed is unconvinced after listening to economist steven fuller. >> the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development, a higher tax burden for residents. this is a no brainer. >> reporter: fuller says with rail loudoun county will tract h

hosting world leaders at camp david outside d.c. in rural maryland. the sheriff's office is bracing for protests and is telling people to prepare for lots of traffic congestion. usually, there are years of preparations for these kind of world summits but president obama only moved it from chicago a couple of months ago. authorities have not had a lot of time to prepare. >>> we also have new information in an alleged murder for hire plot in woodbridge, virginia. police have arrested a second man, ralph justice. he was a jail guard in prince will item county. investigators say he con pierd to harm michael rucinak's stepson. the plan was to have the stepson arrest and put in jail where he could be sexually assaulted. police say rucinak later hatched a murder for hire plot against the stepson. >>> a man accused after salting two women is still on the run this morning. police say the first incident happened friday night about 11:00. a woman was walking home when she noticed a man standing at the bottom of her driveway. she ran inside, called 911 and he took off. about an hour late are, anoth

watergate to win or gate washington d.c. certainly has its fair share of political scandals and now you can experience of two for price we'll take you on a tour of some of the capital's folks. it's friday may eighteenth seven pm in washington d.c. i'm adding martin you're watching our t.v. so we can as the long awaited nato summit in chicago and things are heating up thousands of activists from across the country have all flooded in the city for a massive protests against the twenty eight member states and addition of the ordinance is created to limit protesters rights the city's already spent one million dollars on riot gear to anticipate the crackdown against protesters for more on the events on the ground here's our tease honest. the windy city of chicago turned sunny turned sour and the hometown of the u.s. president plays host to this year's nato summit nato is the u.s. commanded military alliance responsible for wars and war crimes on a global basis already the most watched city in the u.s. . as thousands of protesters begin to descend on chicago the city is in security overkill m

affluent set. the average household income for them is $84,000. d.c. is a top market for this. 15 moms e peter read 2 or contribute to the blocks -- one in 5 d.c. moms either read or contribute to the blogs. >> still to come, a traffic alert. why you will not able to use an exit ramp after this morning's commute. >> and conflicting reports on how the recent al qaeda plot to bomb a plane was really foiled. >> and another check on traffic and we captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> thursday morning, adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. looking at your forecast. back to sunshine today. bright sunshine today all the way through the upcoming weekend. temperatures are dropping. 58 right now in the district. not a bad start. by this time tomorrow morning we could have a few outlying readings in the upper 30's. 52 in cumberland and frederick and 54 in culpeper. here's the hourly forecast for the metro area of sunshine. 64 by noon, breezy. if you want to take a lunch break outside, take note of the gusty wind at 15-20. 70 degrees for the high temper

town. the heat advisory is still in effect until 9:00 tonight for the d.c. metro area. you see all those counties highlighted in orange. here's what it feels like, 95 in downtown, manassas feels like 98, fredericksburg 96, even hagerstown 91, cumberland 94, winchester 94. in fact, cumberland, allegany county, maryland, that flash flood warning has now expired. that's the good news there. we're looking at a chance for some isolated thunderstorms west of 81 and parts north of town into northern maryland. i think most of those barbecue parties should go off without a hitch. if you do hear thunder or see lightning, plan on bringing your barbecue inside till that storm passes. the rest of the night partly cloudy and muggy. it's steamy out here, isolated storms possible north and west of town, lows 69 to 73 degrees. when i come back, we have a better chance of showers and storms tomorrow. we'll break that down for you. back to you. >>> many people tried to escape the heat this weekend with a trip to the beach and now the rush is on to get back to d.c. friday was a nightmare getting acros

neighborhood. two d.c. police say a man was stabbed twice near the corner of 16th and p streets. you can see the man being helped into an ambulance. not clear what led to the stabbing 30 minutes ago. we saw the definition of a rainy monday today. and more rain its approaching. lots of it. doug, what's the word? >> well we have very heavy rain trying to make its way our way. right now around the district. not a whole lot going on. few showers through the north and east. down to the south and west. that's where we are seeing heavier rain. along i-81, hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester, luray, south of fredericksburg, widen this out. yellows, oranges, reds. lightning associated with this. all trying to make its way our way. it will move in overnight tonight. it could affect you tomorrow morning. i will explain how, and just how much rain we may see as we go on through the next couple days. my complete forecast coming up. >> a warning for women in arlington tonight after two attacks in one night. believed to be by the same person. jackie benson reports. >> just after midnight frida

good. >>> you don't have to go home but you can't state here and you can't stay any later. a d.c. city council committee wednesday rejected a plan to push back closing time at some bars and clubs. right now last call is at 3:00 a.m. the plan was to push it to 4:00 in an effort to raise more money through alcohol taxes. >>> one tax that is closer to reality is the one on food trucks. those trucks have boomed in popularity, especially around office buildings. if approved by the mayor, food trucks will pay the same 10% sales tax as other restaurants and mayor gray is expected to sign off on the bill. >>> now to annapolis. maryland lawmakers are going to hold at least one special session this month to figure out the new budget. you remember in april the legislative session ended without any agreement. that put the so-called doomsday budget into effect. a spokeswoman for governor martin o'malley said the house and senate leaders have agreed to a special session the week of may 14. this is video from a bill signing session yesterday. no word if lawmakers will also take up a plan to exp

rainfall throughout the evening. so when will the d.c. area finally get a break? >>> we begin with the first sitting u.s. president to declare his support for same sex marriage rights. ing thanks for joining us tonight. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. >> increase thetics within his own party wondered -- critics within his own party wondered if president obama would wait till after the election to make a stand on gay marriage, but after vice president biden said on sunday he supported same sex marriage president mounted on the president to clarify his position. the president made history clarifying his position on gay marriage during an afternoon interview with abc news at the white house. >> at a certain point i just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> not long after the president's announcement republican presidential hopeful mitt romney was asked about gay marriage during a campaign stop in oklahoma. >> i have the same view on marriage that i had when i was governor and i'

begin with breaking news from the d.c. courthouse. we are told a jury reached a verdict in the south capitol street murders. it has not been announced yet. five men are on trial for the shooting that killed five people. nine others were hurt. the attacks happened in march of 2010. prosecutors say the rampage initially started over a fake diamond bracelet had a was stolen. more than 100 witnesses testified during the trial. and lawyers presented more than 1,000 pieces of evidence. jurors have been deliberating since april 19. again the verdict is in. but it has not been announced. we will bring it to you as soon as we learn it. >>> a 10-year-old girl is recovering from morning after getting grazed bay bullet. it happened at the intersection of new york avenue and fenwick street in northeast d.c. she was driven to -- or by the police to the police station on 42nd street. tracee wilkins has details for us now. >> reporter: d.c. police have providedome updates in this investigation. first of all, they say that the 10-year-old victim was actually grazed by the bullet during the shooting a

lorton to springfield. that will continue marching north of 395 into arlington and clipping d.c. for county, fredericksburg, heavy downpours ongoing. and in potomac and bethesda there is a nice downpour. not the best morning to do your morning run. if you want to wait a few hours, we will have sunny breaks later this morning through lunchtime. then more rain on the way for the afternoon. seven seven for the high temperature. 60's right now. >> we have an accident on 95, northbound in virginia, near the quantico marine base. lane getting by. we have nothing in maryland to report a roundabout way. and tuesday trouble looks good north and south between baltimore, washington, and 95. looks good on the greenway and the towboat. a live picture of 395 traffic. last time we looked at this camera, a stalled car moved on to the shoulder. still there. blowback has arrived or down between duke street and seminary road. no delays. back to you. >> thank you. -- rollback . has rollback >> thank you. >> a man was walking dogs while holding a gun. >> an officer was called and ended up shooting a

city must spend the money necessary for training , education, and services. >>> students in d.c. are remembering a murdered school principal with works of art. today, his former student dedicated the shaw labyrinth. and on may 19th at west potomac park. >>> coming up, the countdown begins. the olympic flame is lit. there is more to it than a match. >>> and two local guys can make up pizza faster than anyone else. coming up. >>> and hello, brian. what a beautiful day in d.c. the sun is back and that is gusty still. we're going to be talking about friday and the weekend coming up in just a few minutes. >>> and feldy, a very big day for the redskins. >>> absolutely. it's an anniversary for the washington redskins, the 80th anniversary and unveiling of the brand now indoor practice facility. we will see what the old-timers had to say about something they never had when we continue. . >>> if you have a story idea, give us a call or shoot us an e mail. we'll be right back. right bac . >>> the countdown to the summer games begins in greece with the lighting of the olympic flame. keeping wi

attorney says it's a simple case of entrapment. >>> d.c. is looking for artists to help design a memorial to the victims of the deadly crash along metro's red line. nine people died when two trains collided back in june of 2009. the families of some of the victims have been calling for a memorial ever since the crash happened. so far, just a plaque that has been dedicated at the metro station. >>> two teens are dead after speeding home from their prom on saturday night. it happened in hagerstown just south of interstate 70. >> i'm bruce leshan in will yams williams port, maryland, trying to understand the deaths of brendan colliflower and samantha kelly. teenagers that ran into a tree driving home from their high school prom. >> it's very hard. it has been a trying year. >> reporter: shattered car parts litter the ground and friends keep adding to the memorial. brendan's batting gloves, his sunglasses, volleyballs for sam. >> it's hard to come here. >> i heard they had a bet with another group, or couple that they would get to the house faster than them. >> reporter: police say c

the slammer with d.c. police. metro says people need to use caution. don't use your iphone or tablet right next to the train doors because it's too easy for someone to grab it, run out the doors and leave you trapped on the train. in this case, that's what happened except the victim was able to chase the suspect and never lose sight of him. now, that suspect has been charged with robbery. in the web center, sherry lee, fox 5 news. >>> if you see something you want us to report while you are riding metro, we want to hear about it. send your story ideas to us. >>> taking a live look outside right now. wrapping up a rainy afternoon in the region. looks like more rain on the way. sue has what you need to know in the weather center. >> what you need to know right now is there's quite a bit of shower activity around the region. we'll start you out with a look at our live radar. pockets of rain. nothing terribly heavy and not getting any thunderstorm activity at this hour. but it's still very mild out there and these showers, which are generally moving due east rather slowly are going to dr