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resume, and i think his resume, to the extent that i noticed, speaks for itself. beyond that, i think i would have to defer to wayne and his -- you know, his interactions with him over the last -- however many weeks a month. >> reporter: and then in a big surprise, suleman brown himself suddenly showed up and sat among the reporters at the mayors news conference. he said gray had helped get him the job, and he was unfairly fired because of things said about him. >> im disappointed with...

>> i wondered why no importance was placed on his teachers and the coachs comments. his grades, his willingness to learn from his mistake. his involvement with boy scouts, his work with habitat for hue tanties and his responsibilities with me. >> the fairfax superintendent dont have a zero tolerance policy. >> given a punishment without considering the whole person, thats exactly what nick was subjected to. >> reporter: after a suspension, which dragged on two months, after a clean dru...

but it looks like by the time it makes it into shen dough and he valley, it will be above freezing. but rain arriving here later this afternoon. right now dry over the jefferson memoria. our sunrise 6:47, 6:48. during the middle part of the afternoon, it will be near 50. it looks like rain will be in to the metro area by perhaps 3:00, 4:00. a wet evening coming up. jerry, how is traffic? authorities still dealing with the accident weve been talking about i-95 northbound at triangle. ...

the region except at ray began national and parts of the northern neck. inland away from the waters, only in the 20s. upper 20s prince georges county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery. much of west virginia in the 20s right now and we do have some rain beginning to move into kentucky, ohio, tennessee. thats heading our way. that should be arriving here later will this afternoon. it does appear well have that begin to move our way and it will be wet there by the jefferson memorial by late...

including the controversial defoliant, agent orange, in the 1960s. >> this was ground zero, if you will, for what has happened to a whole generation of american veterans who fought in vietnam and our families. >> reporter: and to generations of families living near fort detrick, cousins bill and james cranes, who cite cancer rates alarmingly and unnaturally high. >> his mother died with colon cancer, my dad died with pancreatic cancer and my sister died of brain cancer and my wife just...

ready to give up. craig melvin is joining us with the latest. >> reporter: president obama ordered the justice department the stop defending the defense of marriage act, the law that banned same-sex marriage. meanwhile, as you mentioned today in maryland, it became apparent that lawmakers are more than likely going to legalize same-sex marriage as supporters celebrate, opponents say their celebrations could be premature. the defense of marriage act defined marriage as man and woman and...

near a housing development. four houses sustained damage. firefighters contained the flames by 5:00 in the evening. in virginia, wind fueled 100 fires across the state. viewers sent us these photos. one man is facing charges for starting one of the fires. this fire scorched 25 acres near dale city after a man left a trash fire smoldering. a fire destroyed at least one home. but we turn our attention back to maryland where some of the greatest damage was done and where one of the larg...

morning. it went across 95 and caused the closing of sections of that because visibility was so low. firefighters battled a bunch of fires. of course this was one of the biggest. we spoke with mark brady about how they intended to fight this fire. >> it burns intensely. we are coming up with different tactics to extinguish these fires. [ inaudible ] once it comes down to embers it can fully extinguish. >> as you can hear the wind still whipping at that point when we were talking to mar...

did what little they could to save their property. at least one man lost his business. fire kept firefighters on the run all day in prince georges county. the fear that it could reignite is a big concern. flames carried embers across the street burning at least 20 struck tours. crews plan on staying on the scene as long as there are embers burning. >> all fires under control in prince william county. water pressure dropped as crews tapped into hydrants for hours to battle blazes. a m...

crawling with tanks and armed patrols, determined to crush a wave of anti-government protests there. >> but demonstrators are equally determined to bring down the 200-year-old monarchy. >> bahrain is small but strategically located in the persian gulf. crucial in the u.s. fight against al qaeda. we begin, now, with emily schmidt. >> reporter: this is bahrain. amateur video posted on youtube, shows a protest that looks like those in egypt. then, something unexpected replaced peaceful ca...