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several discovery channel employees were held inside company headquarters in september of 2010 by an armed man. this week a montgomery county police officer was among those honored for his role in getting that scary situation under control. news 4's tracee wilkins was at the awards ceremony and had this report. >> reporter: on september 1st, 2010, lives were saved inside of the discovery building inside silver spring. there were a lot of people who contributed to the outcome of that day, and today one of them was honored. >> amazed not just by his bravery but his instincts, what he d...

employees were held inside company headquarters in september of 2010 by an armed man. this week a montgomery county police officer was among those honored for his role in getting that scary situation under control. news 4's tracee wilkins was at the awards ceremony and had this report. >> reporter: on september 1st, 2010, lives were saved inside of the discovery building inside silver spring. there were a lot of people who contributed to the outcome of that day, and today one of them was honored. >> amazed not just by his bravery but his instincts, what he did. and that reflects the ...

his term as representative from ward 5. if and when he resigns, there will be a special election in just over 140 days to fill out the remainder of his term. washed 5 residents. >> i met him -- ward 5 residents. >> i met him. he's a really good guy, power and greed and lost his perspective. >> he came on big. he was going do this and that and did he it for himself. he doesn't care about us. reporter: bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> calls to harry thomas' lawyers have not been returned. the u.s. attorneys office is withholding comment until after the hearing tomorrow just after 11 a.m. ...

>> an absolutely beautiful afternoon today as we are expecting high temperatures, upper 50s. a few clouds working through at the moment but we should wake up with sunshine. it will be a mostly sunny day today and we're not looking at much in the way of rain for the next couple of days. the forecast will be pretty straightforward from here. temperature at reagan national, it is cold out there. 34 at reagan national. your winds out of the south and west at six miles per hour. the forecast is a good one if you hike warm weather and i know many people do. lots of sunshine and we're looki...

harry thomas, jr. has battled controversy over allegations of wrong doing since winning a second term in 2010. thomas announced tonight he's resigning immediately and will plead guilty of felony charges are of stealing $353,000 in funds and reporting false tax reports. he said in a statement i will plead guilty to committing two federal crimes. i am resigning my position as a member of the council effective immediately. i made some very serious mistakes, i was wrong. thomas said in his statement i want to apologize to those i have let down. i deeply regret the pain that this has caus...