i'm danielle nottingham at the white house. i'll have the story, coming up. >> we get some days that also aren't that great. we have a different alert when the weather is not so nice. super windy or not so rain. the weather really has the potential to change your plans we have 9 weather alerts on 9news now. >>> richard dawson is being remembered this afternoon. he started in seven 1960s television show like the dick van dyke show and hogan's heroes. he became famous in the 1970s as the emcee of the game show, family feud. he was 7 years old. >>> -- he was 79 79 years old. >>> governor scott walker is under fire after collective bargaining last year. the move made him a hero to the tea party and an enmy of unions. two-thirds of his money has come from out of state donors, who want walker's belt tightening phyllis if i to succeed. >>> we are turning our attention now to the presidential campaign trail where president obama and republican candidate mitt romney are raising money. danielle nottingham has the latest developments. >>

i'll tell you more. >>> i'm danielle nottingham in washington. coming up, the fate of a baseball legend is now in the hands of a jury. >> a piece of d.c. history comes to an end after 37 years. i'm anny hong with how a local landmark is closing. >>> a d.c. landmark is about to shut down after 37 years in business. it's chicago pizzaria's location by the end of this month, they will be gone. anny hong is here to tell us exactly why they are shutting down. they say it's not that they aren't selling enough pizzas. >> the big challenge is, one of the owners say it's all because of rising costs and the operation, food, and their high rent. it was a difficult decision for the owners. they had no other choice but to close its flag ship location. >> well, when we started, pizza was a low rent food. this place became a destination dining spot. >> opened the first chicago pizzaria in 1975. since then, the family has been serving pizzas and sandwiches for customers. customers that include celebrities. >> ordered a lot of pizzas for his staff. we also had mi

. >>> culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright pleaded not guilty today to murder and three other related counts. he's can also granted a $1,000 bond and newly -- he's also granted a $1,000 bond and newly released court records show harmon-wright used unnecessary force on another family shortly before he shot and killed an unarmed woman. tonight only on 9 a young man talks about being threatened at gunpoint in his own home by is of harmon-wright. >> reporter: murder suspect and -- by officer harmon- wright. >> reporter: murder suspect and former culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright turned his face to avoid cameras as he left the courthouse under heavy security. he's charged with murder in the debt of patricia cook who was unarmed sitting in her jeep in a catholic school parking lot february 29th. the first two shots at point blank range hit her but were not fatal says special prosecutor jim fisher. the other five shots were the ones that killed her as she drove away. >> the officer advanced his position into the roadway behind the vehicle firing back to front into the rear

daniel harmon-wright has been granted bond and could be out of jail soon. court records show he's been reprimanded for excessive force before and high ranking officers recommended that he not be hired because of alcohol abuse. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in culpeper where new information came out today about that police officer charged with murder and about the shots he fired that killed patricia cook. murder suspect and former culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright turned his face to avoid cameras as he left the culpeper county courthouse under heavy security. he's charged with murder in the death of patricia cook who was unarmed sitting in her jeep. >> seven shots fired, an initial two shots fired at the driver's door window, nonfatal wounds. the officer then advanced his position firing from back to front an additional five times. >> reporter: defense attorney daniel hahn says his client saw cook as a threat. >> evidence of such recklessness in driving down the street towards the place where there's the greatest concentration of pedestrians in culpe

at the white house, danielle nottingham, now back to you, derek. >> thanks, danielle. the ap has obtained a draft of that g-20 leader statement and it says the g-20 members pledged to take all necessary policy measures to safeguard the integrity and stability of the area. end of quote. >> it's going to be hot. >> hot is right. >> but the good news, only two days. technically, not a heat wave. you need three days for that. that's good news there. we'll have a live look outside. it's actually pleasant outside. i know it's warmer, but we were spoiled yesterday. we tried to hit that home. here's a live weather cam looking north down wisconsin avenue. this brought to you by michael and son. that's as high as it's been so far. i'll look at the dew points, 70. not good. winds out of the south at 8. all right, let's talk about temperatures. really not that bad. a couple 90s here and there, but 85 in arlington. 86 in bethesda. 90 in college park. we'll throw rockville out. 90 in great falls. 84 in reston. and looking at 91 in springfield. so, just about average in terms of temp

danielle nottingham has more from the white house. >> president obama's campaign is spending about $10 million on a new tv ad targeting mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts. >> instead of hiring workers from his own state, romney outsourced call center jobs to india. >> romney campaign says it would happily compare the president's record with the 4.7% unemployment rate in massachusetts while romney led the state. >> he inherited a $3 billion projected deficit. turned it around without raises taxes, balanced the budget, and put $2 billion in the rainy day fund. >> out raising campaign cash. mitt romney is in the pacific northwest. president obama is teaming up with former president, bill clinton, in new york. president clinton recently sent signals that attacking romney's time in the business world is not a good strategy. but the white house claims the two men see eye to eye on president obama's reelection. >> president clinton has completely supported president obama's approach and has thoroughly endorsed obama, president obama as someone who has the right vision economica

danielle nottingham is at the high court with more on that ruling. >> reporter: the supreme court struck down parts of an arizona law designed to crack down on illegal immigration. for now, the justices are letting a provision go forward that requires police to check the immigration status of anyone they arrest or apprehend. but in their 5-3 ruling, the justices said police cannot arrest people on minor immigration charges as the arizona law laid out. arizona officials say they passed the law two years ago because the federal government was not doing enough to stop illegal immigration. the law sparked protests across the country and calls to boycott arizona. critics said it would lead to racial profiling and the obama administration filed suit on the basis that it interfered with federal immigration laws. today the supreme court ruled that federal law trumped many provisions in arizona's law and that's why they struck them down. the justices also left the door open to other legal challenges. still arizona's republican governor jan brewer called today's ruling a victory for the rule of la

danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> there are five more job reports before voters head to the polls. >>> still to come when the news continues, a bizarre case of cannibalism in maryland. one man is in custody after body parts were found in his freezer. >> and -- many consider them to be two of the great intellectuals of our time. it will be a pleasure to welcome that vis smiley and dr. cornell west in just a moment. [ male announcer ] here's a friendly reminder. it's your last chance to get verizon's reliable high speed internet and phone for small business for only $84.99 a month. call 1.866.solutions now or visit verizon.com/solutions. only $84.99 for high-speed internet and phone. plus your choice of either no annual contract or a two year price guarantee. call 1.866.solutions or visit verizon.com/solutions today. hurry -- this offer won't last long. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> i'm delighted to be one-on- one today with tavis smiley and dr. cornell west. they are authors of a new book called "the rich and the

danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: the at the g20 summit in mexico the global economy is the main issue the election results in greece have members of the summit, breeding a sigh of relief. it is hoped the new greek government can keep that country's economy from triggering a larger european crisis. president obama, who arrived in mexico last night, is pushing the euro zone to take bolder action to continue stain its financial problems. >> the white house is concerned a european financial crisis would hurt the u.s. economy and president obama's chances for reelection. the president is meeting with your row leaders and sitting down with russian president putin. it is the first time the two men have met since putin reclaimed the russian presidency. the uprising in syria will likely be the most contentious issue. the russian administration has been highly critical in russia. the government continued to attack its own people. other countries at the summit will also talk about syria, but the focus remains the economy. >> this meeting is coming at an absolutely critical time and we

danielle nottingham reports that president obama's campaign has just launched a new ad in that state attacking the republicans' business -- the republican's business record. >> reporter: president obama is hitting the money trail in atlanta and miami looking to raise more than $2.3 million for his campaign today. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> reporter: he's also launched new tv ads attacking republican challenger mitt romney for sending american jobs overseas while he worked for bain capital. the ads are airing in ohio, iowa and virginia where romney is campaigning today. the romney camp calls the ads misleading arguing they confuse outsourcing with off shoring, a business practice that puts support staff in foreign markets in order to sell u.s. products in that country. >> if you're a worker whose job went overseas, you don't need somebody trying to explain to you the difference between outsourcing and offshoring. >> reporter: both campaigns are bracing for thursday when the high court hands down its decision on the president's health care reform law. >> it's go

danielle nottingham reports now from the white house. >> reporter: mitt romney's campaign bus pulled off to the new hampshire farm where his campaign started last june. >> this is the first stop on his every town counts tour. >> reporter: a five day swing that will take the republican white house hopeful to 14 small cities in six states president obama won in 2008. >> washington's big government agenda should not smother small town dreams. in the america we love, every town counts. every job counts. and every american counts. >> reporter: romney is looking to persuade undecided voters that he's the best candidate to turn around the economy. >> barack obama isn't giving a fair shot to our children and grandchildren when he saddles them with trillions of dollars of debt. >> reporter: today the white house is focused on immigration with announcement they will begin granting work permits to some immigrants. president obama is trying to ensure middle class voters are plugged into his campaign. he's launching today with winners of a cam tape contest temperature lunching today with winners

danielle nottingham reports. >> capitol police escorted protesters out of the hearing room where the ceo of jpmorgan chase came to explain how his bank lost more than $2 billion on risky trades. jamie dimon apologized. but said he wants congress to put it in perspective. >> no client, customers or taxpayer money was impacted by this event. >> senators asked dimon why he was pointing the finger at the bank's investing unit. >> shouldn't you take personal responsibility since they were following the game plan that you personally laid out? >> that's why i'm here. we made a mistake. i'm absolutely responsible. the buck stops with me. >> dimon did say chase will probably take payback from senior executives involved in the risky trades. the hearing comes as congress finalizes new banking regulations, including the so-called volcker rule designed to prevent banks from making risky trades for their own profit. >> it hasn't been written yet. it's very complicated. it may very well stops -- >> lawmakers are trying to get a handle on whether big banks are still a big risk. >> what would you do

. >> reporter: today indiana republican governor daniels said while private sector unions are necessary, he suggested for those in the public sector it's time to go. daniels first took on the unions back in 2005, stripping state employees of their collective bargaining rights shortly after taking office. >> voters are seeing the fundamental unfairness of government becoming its own special interest group, sitting on both sides of the table. >> reporter: 84% of public sector workers is have access to pensions compared to only 20% of those in private industry. and voters are noticing. in san diego where 20% of the city budget goes to public workers pensions, voters there just approved a ballot measure forcing them into cheaper 401(k)s. in wisconsin's case voters sided with governor scott walker who argues he saved a billion dollars by cutting pension, benefits and limiting the bargaining rights of state workers. the unions who attempted to throw him out of office in the end were outspent and defeated. >> money was a big part of this thing. and you know, money is-- the money edge is really

i'm danielle noddingham. i'll have the story coming up. >>> taking president obama and mitt romney to the house. it is the first time that they have appeared in the same state on the same day. >> telling them that there is a big approach to the economy and that it is not working. but they would take the country backwards. we've got more from the white house. >> reporter: president obama and his republican challenger, mitt romney, went head to head on the economy in different quarters of the same battleground state. >> it is great to be back in cleveland. >> reporter: at the community college outside cleveland, president obama presented himself as a defender of the middle class. >> if you believe that this economy will be growing up best, when everybody will get a fair shot. and then i will ask you to stand with me as the second term is present. >> reporter: pushing back against weeks of dismal economic news, the president argues that this is a choice between moving the country on forward and his opponent of t

danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> the rule is supposed to take effect next month, but banks have two years to fully comply. >>> sentenced to 60 days behind bars. henson was found guilty to make calls that prosecutors say were designed to keep black vote res from going to the polls. this dates back to november of 2010. henson was working for former republican governor, bob ehrlich, who lost to democratic governor, martin o'malley. >>> and late this afternoon, we learned that federal prosecutors are dropping all charges against john edwards. the former senator's trial on corruption charges ended in a hung jury on all but one count last month. edwards was acquitted on that final charge. prosecutors will not seek a new trial. >>> the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl from takoma, park, maryland, 32 years ago has been solved. but not the way her family had hoped. it's now a homicide investigation that police from virginia and maryland are helping them solve for good. >> she liked to dance and you know, sometimes she loved to poke fun at people. >> vividly remembers their

danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> the volcker rule is supposed to take effect next month, but banks have two years to fully comply. >>> our time is 6:38. what dad wouldn't like to be fed well for father's day. >> in nine minutes, we're going to be joined in the kitchen by the chef from revive catering. and we're going to get a look at some amazing barbecue dishes. >> howard says morning clouds should give way to partial sunshine across our region. highs in the upper 70s. straight ahead a look at the all important weekend forecast. >>> welcome back. 9 news now at 6:43. a pleasant 68 degrees. it's pleasant outside on the roads. no problems to report. i'm happy to say i haven't any major incidents all morning long to talk about close into town, including on the beltway here from college park into silver spring. we'll take a live look at new hampshire avenue and it's just par for the course here. no problems, just the delays on the outer loop as you leave new hampshire avenue. it's going to be pretty much continuous to georgia avenue before that pace improves. back over to th

as danielle nottingham reports, this is one of those deals where both sides are claiming victory. >> reporter: the supreme court has rejected key parts of arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration. in reading the 5-3 majority opinion justice anthony kennedy said the court agreed with the obama administration. immigration falls under federal, not state jurisdiction. the decision struck down a requirement that all immigrants carry registration papers and a provision that made it a state crime for them to seek work. the high court did unanimously save the most controversial part of the 2010 law requiring police check the immigration status of those they stop could go forward prompting arizona's republican governor to declare victory. >> the heart of senate bill 1070 has been proven to be constitutional. >> reporter: the majority of justices also ruled that police cannot arrest people on minor immigration charges and they left the door open to other legal challenges to the law. >> it has essentially opened the floodgate, opened the floodgate to racial profiling. >> reporter: in a statem

. >>> culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright pleaded not guilty today to murder and three other related counts. he's also been granted a $1,000 bond. newly released court records show harmon-wright used excessive force on another family one month before he shot and killed an unarmed woman. our peggy fox has an exclusive interview with the young man who says he was threatened at gunpoint in his home by officer harmon-wright. peggy was at the officer's arraignment and bond hearing today. >> his initial reaction was shock and horror. he was on the verge of nausea. >> reporter: dan hahns ex courted his client culpeper -- escorted his client culpeper police officer daniel harmon- wright to jail after a special grand jury indicted him for murder and three other related counts. the 32-year-old is charged in the shooting death of 54-year- old patricia cook who was sitting in her jeep gangly in a catholic -- wrangler in a catholic parking lot february 9th. >> she had been wandering around this religious school, refused to identify herself. >> reporter: harmon-wright and cook wound up in

danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> a health vote for repeal would be symbolic. the measure would not get through the senate. >>> coming up next, olga will have the weekend forecast. she is in for howard. >> reporter: that's right. and a hot forecast it is. high heat through the weekend, and even some rain and storm chances in our forecast. i'll give you all the details on the week ahead, including the fourth of july forecast coming up when 9news now at noon continues. >>> the most instructive wildfire in colorado's history has claimed at least one life. president obama is touring colorado springs. >> reporter: improved weather conditions are helping firefighters in colorado springs battle what is now the most destructive wildfire in the state's history. one person was found dead inside a burned out house. several others are missing. nearly 350 homes are destroyed. >> our condolences to those who have lost a family member and who have lost so much. >> reporter: president obama is here today to survey the damage, and thank the army of firefighters who have been tr

just four months before culpeper police officer, daniel harmon-wright shot and killed patricia cook, who was unarmed, the officer used excessive force on the wilson family. >> came out of my room and had his gun in my face. it was terrifying. >> harmon-wright was searching for patrick's younger brother. court documents say harmon- wright drew his gun and be demanded he be inside. the boy's mother was scared and said no. >> he had no right to be in there. >> a former police officer. officer harmon-wright's only punishment concerning the incident was this letter of reprimand. he would have had to receive additional training. >> i think they would have considered that a major violation. if nothing else from the point of liability for the police department. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >>> u.s. attorney general, eric holder, faced some angry questions ands for his resignation. today's hearing focused on top secret information leaked to the press and how the justice department is handling the investigation. >> the attorney general on the hot seat before the senate judiciary committee defended

and it is about a 30-foot limb that competely blew out the maximum, danieling the front window and we have the inspector coming here to look at it on tuesday. >> okay, joining us in the studios is tom graham, the region president. let me does you this, what's the situation out this? >> i cannot say, but on friday we started with about 40,000 customers out of service. and the majority of those are in prince george's county, a little over 300. in the district of columbia, there are about 135 customers out of service. >> nearly9% of the people have the electricity restored? >> yes. >> the reason that those who lost power lost power because of what? >> trees. they are very easy to explain. i spent a hot of time on the field over the last couple of days. it was hard hit. i was there yesterday. i would also say in northeast d.c. they spent some time yesterday and today over newton street. i met a customer, mr. allen, very pleased with the progress we made out there. but those are the areas hardest hit. >> okay, it's out of the question. is that right? >> the cost is maybe anywhere between $

>>> a culpeper police officer charged with murder was in court today, a special grand jury indicted daniel harmon- wright last month. in february harmon-wright shot and killed 54-year-old patricia cook while she was in her jeep. the officer claims cook drove off with his arm in her window. investigators say that they have evidence contradicting that story. we'll have more on that story coming up on this evening's newscast. >>> a bicyclist is recovering after being hit by a montgomery county police cruiser. sky 9 was over the scene of the accident this morning on the ramp from briggs cheney road to columbia pike in silver spring. police tell 9news now that the 16-year-old female illegally crossed in front of the cruiser. she was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. >>> a published report says a montgomery county police used felons to collect signatures for a ballot measure. the county is attempting to kill legislation reducing officers' collective bargaining rights. the washington examiner says the felons were responsible for collecting the signatures and certifying that they wer

. >>> culpeper police officer and murder suspect daniel harmon- wright is a free man tonight after posting bond late friday. the culpeper police department may soon face a civil suit because of harmon-wright's action and what some residents say is the department's failure to reign in a rogue cop. our peggy fox has been investigating this and brings us the latest. >> reporter: culpeper police officer and murder suspect daniel harmon-wright is a free man tonight. he made bail about 10 hours after a judge granted him bond on friday. the fact that he's free doesn't sit well with the wilson family. >> i think he's a threat. >> yeah, more very much so a threat. >> reporter: patrick wilson and his mother had a terrifying encounter with harmon-wright. were you afraid? >> i was scared. ly just woken up, not even wiped my eyes, came out of my room and had his gun in my face. it was terrifying. >> reporter: patrick's younger brother chris was on his way to school when somebody thought he looked suspicious and called police. >> i heard screech and looked back and saw a white car. i started running. >>

danielle nottingham has more now from the white house. >> reporter: preventing a global financial catastrophe is job number one as leaders sit down for a second day of talks at the g ten summit in mexico -- g20 summit in mexico. president obama and heads of the world's largest economies are urging europe to take all measures necessary to overcome its debt crisis. >> a lot of attention has been centered on europe. now is the time as we've discussed to make sure that all of us join to do what's necessary to stabilize the world financial system. >> reporter: world markets did not get the boost hoped for after the greek election, and now spain's borrowing costs have reached dangerously high levels. the white house knows stabilizing the situation in europe is critically important to keep the crisis from spreading here, something the president is eager to avoid as he fights to keep his job. leaders at the summit are trying to rally behind spending that will boost growth and job creation. they're also holding talks with one another on the sidelines. today president obama will meet with china's presi

. >> the victim identified as danielle. she lived in pennsylvania, a suburb north of philly. a cleaning woman found her. she was stabbed to death. coup kumar was a resident. >> a 21-year-old alexander told investigators that he did kill a family friend and ate his heart and part of his brain as well. he was indicted last week on attempted murder and other charges connected to an earlier attack at a baltimore university dorm. the evaluation will take place at the state mental hospital. >>> turning now to virginia where three teenagers are facing charges connected to a daring and violent home invasion. the stafford county sheriff's office says the trio broke into a house and held a couple at knife point before the husband managed to turn the tables on those intruders. here is bruce leshan with the story. >> the husband tells me he knew he had to do something when these teenagers allegedly threatened to tie him and his wife up and burn down their house with them inside. i talked to the couple briefly. the husband's arm is in a sling. the wife's face bruised and battered and they

investigators identified the victim in the case as 26-year- old danielle melma of pennsylvania. she was found stabbed to death at the atlantic ocean side motel. >>> a d.c. park may soon serve as a permanent tribute to chuck brown. between 18th and 20th streets northeast as chuck brown park. in a statement, the mayor said that d. c. and brown are linked to each other and the god father of go go should be honored by the city that embraced him and his music. >>> how do we keep this financial crisis in europe from spreading to the rest of the world? that has been the big question before the g-20 leaders who were meeting at their summit in mexico. but president obama and others got together. the greek elections are beginning to calm some fears about the stability of that country. but now, there are new concerns with spain. the interest rate at which spain borrows money is up above 7%. economists say those rates need to come down and come down fast. >> if they don't, then you will see countries like spain default and that will be a whole lot bigger deal. there are bigger fish than gre

danielle nottingham, cbs news, the supreme court. >>> ad vicars to president obama say they are happy to include healthcare in their election year debates. governor romney first proposed a mandated penalty when he was governor of massachusetts. >> here in our region 747,000 people are living in maryland without health insurance. in virginia it is 1. 1 million people. that adds up to 13 or 14% of the population. >>> and as we have said, despite the supreme court's decision, the debate over at fordable care act continues. the healthcare debate started in march 2009 when president obama hosted a healthcare summit. after a year the house approved a version of the healthcare bill that required everyone to buy health insurance. president obama signed it into law march 23, 2010. in november, 2010, a federal judge found the mandate constitutional. in december of that same year virginia became the first of 26 states to invalidate the law. in august of 2011, a federal appeal court found the mandate unconstitutional, which brings us to where we are now when the supreme court upheld the requireme

we'll bring in david sanger and daniel klaidman authors of two new books that peel back the secrecy of the administration's war on terror and the iranian nuclear threat. plenty to hash out and now that former president bush's official portrait has been unveiled at the white house-- >> you'll now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what, would george do?" glee and why not, this is "facelet nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: david axelrod is the senior strategist for the obama campaign. when you tried to talk about your strategy up in boston, the republicans organized a rally to try to drown you out. so we'll let rance priebus, the chairman of the republican party talk in a minute, but we'll give you a chance to say what you have to say first. what about that rally up there? >> well, look, we went up there to make a point about governor romney's economic record. governor romney offers himself as a job creator, a kind of economic oracle, and he's saying the same exact things he said 10 years ago when

just four months before culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright shot and killed unarmed housewife patricia cook, he used excessive force against the wilson family. >> it was terrifying. it was a little scary. >> reporter: their mother says officer harmon-wright pounded on her door waking her up on the morning of october 10th. with his gun drawn he demanded to search her home for her son. were you afraid? >> i was scared. i had just woken up, not even wiped my eyes, came out of my room and i had his gun in my face. >> reporter: the civil lawsuit patricia cook's husband filed against harmon-wright maybe expanded to include the police department. his attorney greg webb says, "the more i learn about what occurred over the last six years and his history with the police department, it's mind boggling to me that his career was allowed to culminate in this horrific shooting." peggy fox, 9 news now. >>> here in d.c. police are hoping you can find a convict who just walked way from a work crew this morning. conrad thames was serving 10 years for manslaughter and handgun violations. police s

his name is daniel harmon-wright and he is accused of killing patricia cook last february. the prosecutors say harmon-wright shot cook seven times. the officer was acting in self-defense. today the judge granted harmon-wright bond with bail set at $100,000. >>> today the rating agency that downgraded the country's long-term credit last year said it's going to stabbed by the decision. -- stand by the decision. last august they gave it an aa+ rating down from a triple a. the agency says political leaders aren't addressing the federal debt burden. they went on to say the u.s. has an adaptable and resilient economy. >>> an election year cannot be an excuse for congress not to pass measures that could put americans back to work. that is the message from president obama at a white house briefing about the economy today. mr. obama also said the economy in a private sector is doing just fine. a statement he later clarified. >> so let me be as clear as i can be. the economy needs to be strengthened. that's why i had a press conference. i believe that a lot of americans who are hurti

with that. >> kroft: daniel borochoff is president of the american institute of philanthropy, which has been examining and rating charitable organizations for the last two decades. he says the central asia institute's financial statements show a lack of transparency and a troublesome intermingling of mortenson's personal business interests with the charity's public purpose. according to the documents, the non-profit spends more money domestically promoting the importance of building schools in afghanistan and pakistan than it does actually constructing and funding them overseas. >> borochoff: what's surprising is that most of the program spending is not to help kids in pakistan and afghanistan; it's actually their, what they call, domestic outreach where he goes around the country speaking, and the costs incurred for that-- things like travel-- is a major component of that, you know. just advertising... >> kroft: what does that mean? >> borochoff: sounds like a book tour to me. >> kroft: his point is that when greg mortenson travels all over the country at the charity's expense, he

officer daniel harmon-wright is charged with her murder. he was on duty at the time. this past weekend harmon-wright was freed from jail pending trail after he posted bail. >>> looks like the jury will have to decide the case without hearing from roger clemens. the former baseball player is accused of lying to congress about whether or not he used steroids during his playing days. closing arguments are scheduled for this morning. >>> at 4:34, here's a look at some other things making news now. the united states is accusing the regime of syrian president bashar al-assad of new horrific tactics in their crackdown on anti-government dissidents. syrian military helicopters fired on civilians living in rural areas. more than 50 people were killed yesterday across syria. >>> that wildfire that's burning in colorado has now claimed its first life. 562-year-old woman -- a 62-year- old woman was found dead yesterday. the fire has doubled in size since it started. damage close to a 120 buildings. there's another major fire in new mexico. it is 30% contained by firefighters now.

officer daniel harmon-wright is charged with murdering her. he was on duty at the time. this past weekend, harmon- wright was freed from jail pending trial after he posted bail. >>> a man accused of intentionally driving a stolen car into a northwest d.c. office building was formally charged today with arson and assault with intent to kill. police say charles more real ball of new market, maryland, doused himself and the car with gasoline before then plowing into the connecticut avenue building last friday. according to the charging documents, ball said, and we quote, i want to speak to the fbi. i did this to get their attention. ball reportedly said his family was in danger and the frederick county cops wouldn't do anything to help him. >>> the first witness to take the stand in jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial said he felt responsible for what happened to other victims because he didn't step forward sooner. the now 28-year-old man said the former penn state assistant football coach gave him gifts in exchange for sex. sandusky faces 222 criminal counts that he abused bo

daniel harmon-wright is charged with murdering patricia cook. a brief memo 9news received from the department says harmon- wright's termination dates back to june 19. it is also a result of the investigation into cook's death. >>> here's a look at some other things making news now. a colleague says wikileaks founder julian asaing is prepared -- assange is prepared to face arrest. if his request for political asylum is denied. he's hold up inside ecuador's embassy in london. the moment he leaves he could be deported to sweden to face rape charges. yesterday london police waited patiently outside the embassy in the upscale neighborhood of knightsbridge. it's unclear when ecuador will make a decision on the fate of assange. >>> more people are getting to go home in larimer county, colorado. the fire in the high park area has now burned more than 68,000 acres. it's about 55% contained right notice. so far the fire has destroyed 189 homes and is blamed for one death. >>> police in prince william county are asking residents to stop feeding the bears.

cbs's danielle nottingham reports from outside of the courthouse. >> reporter: president obama called the supreme court's decision to uphold most of his healthcare law a victory for the american people. >> i didn't do this because it was good politics. i did it because i believed it was good for the country. >> reporter: by a 5-4 vote the court let stand most of the affordable care act. surprisingly, it was conservative chief justice john roberts who sided with the four liberal judges in the majority. roberts upheld the so-called individual mandate, requiring all americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty. roberts said while congress could not force people to buy something like insurance, it could tax those who are not insured. also upheld, insurance companies cannot disqualify people because of preexisting conditions. they can't raise rates on the chronically sick, and children can remain on their parents' health plan until age 26. the court struck down one part

still in the eighth, daniel nava chops one up the middle to bring in the winning run. red sox rally past the marlins, 6-5, their fifth straight victory. >>> and in oakland, one swing, game over! bottom nine, a walk-off home run drives in three runs. it's the first career game-ending shot for the a's rookie slugger. oakland wins 4-1 to sweep l.a. >>> when we come back, show of support. the community rallies around a bullied victim seen in a viral video as her online fund keeps growing . but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. add some flavor to your morning routine. build your better breakfast. give it an avocado kick. [ male announcer ] kick up your morning. try a fresh toasted bacon, egg & cheese with the rich, smooth superfood, avocado. subway. build your better breakfast. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities across the country. in d.c., 96, in atlanta, thunderstorms,

scott broom is live for us with some reports on how bad the daniel got. it was a storm with warehouse buildings. the strength to flip a pickup truck. >> i'm not worried about the truck. i'm worried about the building. >> split trees, shattering power lines. leaving the horse trailer offended. >> your mind that this was a tornado? >> yes, no doubt. the thunderstorm would not do what we heard. >> reporter: putting the fear of god in jeff stoltz. >> it was like you were in an airplane. all of a sudden your air pressure will dissipate and it goes away. it was a loud noise and then it stepped out with the building going down. >> the roofs are over on our parking lot over there. the whole thing collapsed. >> reporter: and here is a small concrete building that collapsed. to men, auto detailers were injured here. one seriously when they were trapped underneath the concrete wall and rescued by the landscaping crew. rescuers rushed into the area, searching dozens of areas, marking the orange x's as they moved on through. no deaths were reported. >> jeff, are you f

. >> reporter: daniel king of bablon, new york, stopped making his $3300 a month mortgage payment two years ago. >> you know, everything went up. and i just misjudged my money at the time. >> reporter: the truck driver faced foreclosure, so he applied for a mortgage modification. after a year of waiting, he learned his monthly payment will be cut by more than $1,000. >> i can't describe how great it feels to have my house again. >> reporter: transunion looked at more than 500,000 modifications. rick sharga, of carrington mortgage holdings, isn't surprised nearly two out of three homeowners with modifications fell behind in their payments again. >> the lenders were under an enormous amount of pressure from the government, from regulators, to modify just about everybody. and, frankly, there were probably a lot of modifications made that really wouldn't have been made in a more normal period of time. >> reporter: the report found that borrowers with modified mortgages who stayed current with their payments also did a better job repaying other debt. just 6% ended up behind on their car lo

entirely outside of the statutory bounds of what this particular agency is supposed to be doing. >> daniel, i imagine the playing field gets so broad here, how does that make their job easier when trying to find a terrorist? >> you make a good point. if you have too many words, what are you realliening? what's key here is to hone in on words that might be of interesting on current events. i laughed at pork. why would the department of homeland want to know about pork? if you open the report it's discussed with health concerns and h1n1. pork wasn't that nonsensical as it sounds. >> it's contextual and not just the words thements? >> of course it's contextual. if it was just words, we'd all be monitored by department of homeland security. i will tell you, they don't have the time, interest to read our facebook and twitter feeds. >> who is doing the monitoring? people or computers? how is this done? >> people paid by home atlanta department of securities, specifically at general dynamics. if they're just looking for weather disasters, man-made disasters and terrorism like they're supposed to

so hard to know what time of day this was taken but we thank daniel bauer for sending it in. you can all upload your photos at wusa9.com. do we have any more? >> we have more storm clouds buzzing about out there tonight, and they're, of course, really hitting hard in prince george's county but as topper mentioned they're headed around to fairfax as well. as you can see in ashburn, virginia, donna beckhard had a storm cloud over somebody's home there looking very ominous, indeed. >> that's like a movie set picture. there's another shot. it looks just as ominous. jimmy from leightonville, maryland. when you see something like that, i guess you do just want to go back inside. >> as you should go back inside. as topper warns us over and over, if you can hear thunder, you can be struck by lightning. if we can go back to topper, if he has the lightning radar to show fuss there has been any lightning, later on in our broadcast. >> before we do that we do want to mention this is from thomas in virginia, we saw at picture posted on our wusa9.com facebook page of a funnel cloud formati

daniel newman runs a research firm that has tracked the money spent by both sides. >> the tobacco groups are spending trip what will the yes side, the cancer groups, are spending. the tobacco companies have the resources to spend whatever they feel they need to spend to defeat this measure. >> reporter: if passed, the tax would raise an estimated $735 million to fund cancer research and education. critics say it will do nothing to solve california's biggest problem: its massive budget deficit. joel fox is president of a small business association opposed to the tax. >> we have a $16 billion deficit and they're trying to wall off some more money. not a penny goes to education. not a penny goes to the social welfare programs in the state. >> reporter: health researchers here tell us if this tax does pass they expect the number of smokers in california to drop from 12% to 8% and that alone could cost the tobacco companies about a billion dollars so, scott, that's a big part of why they're fighting so hard to defeat this. >> pelley: ben, thanks very much. this is the moment that astronomers

. >> we've got another photo for you from daniel bauer. this is right along the belmont bridge road. at goose creek. you can see a funnel cloud forming. we've not had any reports of touchdowns that we know of but we've been seeing the fum clouds so we know, as top hear said, tornado warning, you've got to take them seriously. >> he has said there's been some tornadic activity so there's the sense that something is going on. thanks so much for taking the time. this is from scott in colonial beach, virginia, with those really ominous clouds in the middle there. man, that is -- >> like in the potomac. >> another photo of a tree down on the orange line which has made a real mess of the trip home for some folks trying to get home. this fell between the deanwood and sheverly station. as a result, a lot of problems. >> it's right at the stadium armory. if you are going that way, they are going take you off the train, put you on a bus to get you to the deanwood stay, but uneven on a good day this takes awhile so it's going to be a little rough out

daniel nottingham reports, now some executives may be giving back their pay. >> capital police escorted protesters out of the hearing room when the ceo of j.p. morgan chase came to explain how his bank lost more than $2 million. jamie diamond apologized. but said he wants congress to put it in perspective. >> no client, customer, or taxpayer money was impact the by this event. >> senators asked diamond why he was pointing the finger at the bank's investing unit. >> watching you take personal responsibility since they were following the game plan that you personally layed out? >> that's why i'm he

>> valerie daniels williams wrote on the facebook fan page a and c. that's the dvr and separate beds. >> log on to our facebook fan page. we'd love to hear your answers. we'll have the answer during our 6:00 show. >>> it's 5:22 on this wednesday morning. very sticky. high humidity levels. a little bit of fog stored stafford and warrenton with temperatures, most of them still in the low 70s. we'll warm up very quickly. by 9:00 we'll already be in the low 80s. by lunch time still mostly sunny. quite hot. low 90s out there. we're going to make a run maybe near 100 before the afternoon is out with just some isolated -- with just an isolated storm. >>> one more game may be all it takes to put the crown on the 2012 nba champions. >> in miami last night, oklahoma city saw a 17-point first half lead erased early in the 3rd quarter. the thunder kept it close till the final minute. mario drives through traffic, scores right there to give the heat a five-point lead. then russell westbrook fouls. makes the free throws. this is probably the foul here. miami wins 1

the victim has since been identified at danielle mehlman of pennsylvania. no word on a possible motive. >>> slowly but surely firefighters are containing that massive blaze in colorado. the fire is 55% contained but it's still 93 square miles big and has destroyed nearly 200 homes. >>> every wednesday this month we've been introducing you to some of the nation's wounded warriors. >> it's all part of our coverage of the at&t national golf tournament. this morning a man very familiar with teeing off alongside tournament host tiger woods. >> dave owens introduces us to ramone pa delia -- to ramone padillia. >> reporter: it was almost three years ago but he remembers it very well. that's ramone on the left side of your screen teeing off with tiger woods in the 2009 at&t national. >> i still remember. hit it right down the middle. and my claim to fame is not outdriving tiger woods while he hooked it a little bit to the left in the rough. technically i was in the middle. >> reporter: technicalities aside, it was a comeback. his arm was severed by an explosive rou

break in, after the pentagon papers were leaked to the "new york times" and other publications about daniel elsberg, nixon said we've got to get that jew. they engineered the break in of the psychiatrist office of elsberg it was astonishing. what's so amazing after all this time is that this was a period in which the information about nixon was received in a nonpartisan, noncultural warfare way by the country, by the congress, by the judiciary. there was no real controversy but the end about what had happened here. republicans lined up, barry goldwater, the great arizona conservative went down to the white house said, mr. president, you have to go because you've committed too many crimes. there was no debate like we have today. 77 to nothing. senate decided to undertake this investigation. >> what is interesting, if you look at the various parts of government, the senate normally it would be partisan as carl said. 77-0. can you imagine the senate now passing 77-0 any -- even to rename a school about schieffer school that would be controversial and people against it. >> bob: you're probably

daniel harmon-wright is charged with murder in the death poof trisha cook. a brief memo from the department -- death of patricia cook. a brief memo from the department said he is let go due to the investigation into cook's death. >>> the medical university on the campus of george mason university is facing the stomach flu that's sickened at least 40 visiting students. our peggy fox is on campus with more on the outbreak. not the flu and not that kind of flu, peggy. >> reporter: yeah. well, lesli, they went to a nats game last night and came down with a home run seriously. 80 students from around the country came here for a week long conference. 40 of them got sick. at first it looked like food poisoning, but this afternoon the health department figured out that wasn't it. it was something else just as troublesome. >> when we were leaving, someone just fainted. it came on really quick. people just started puking from there on. >> reporter: it was a miserable bus ride leaving nats park last night as several of the few dozen students on board began getting sick