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>> reporter: city council chairman kwame brown is not going to wait and is demanding the president testify at a hearing about what fox 5 uncovered. >> every day, something comes up new from you guys, you know, we have to follow up on it and this is before our oversight hearing. >> reporter: chairman brown sent this letter to the president sessum less than 49 hours after seeing our story saying he was troubled to see the report on fox 5 concerning your travel expenditures, and requested the very same documentation we used in our investigation. but brown writes the information has not been provided to me which he finds disrespectful. >> and we're going to be, put forth some of the same questions in the story and asked for answers and we will have the questions here. we'll be questioned about all the issues. >> reporter: chairman brown knows a think this or two about upsetting taxpayers after his own recent problems was driving high-priced city vehicles. >> there are going to be taxpayers saying why is kwame brown, after the trouble he's been through this week, going to be the guy in charge of looking at how the money is being spent? >> i mean, one, the trucks are back and have been returned. two, i said i would compensate for the time that i used the vehicles, meaning there is no taxpayers' dollars and no current money will be spent further and we're moving on. i think that is how you take responsibility. you own up and make sure it goes back, you know, you don't throw anyone under the bus and take full responsibility. >> and you expect that same -- . >> yeah. yes. yes. we expect the board of trustees to demand that. >> reporter: chairman brown said that he expects to see president sessum's at that hearing on tuesday and this is something that they are going to be talking about at the hearing. this is the timeline that we made to help you figure out what all of the receipts are about. if you scroll through it by going to www.myfoxdc.com, you can see he went on an awful lot of trips, and we want to make sure that when you go to it, you know to click on it, and you can see detailed explanations. and when you click on the links here, you can see, there it is, $7,900. one way to egypt. you can see all of the receipts. and that will be something that they will be talking about at the city council hearing. now, our viewers did say to us, tish, why are we not putting all of the receipts online? we did. it's all that udc gave us. if you think something's missing, we do, too because udc said they can't find it, laura. >> wow, tisha thompson. and let me ask you. put this more, give more perspective to, this how does udcs president travel compared to other universities? >> that is another big question that we got from viewers. a lot of folks said to us why are you focussing on udc? we didn't. udc had the biggest problems, and we say that because udc is a publicly funded university. so, unlike georgetown and american university, it relies on public mean. ie tax dollars -- i.e. tax dollars and that was one of many freedom of information act requests we filed and this is for george mason, also a public university, and this is all the president's travel. the difference between george mason and the other schools we looked at and udc is that this is well-organized. the president rarely took a trip that cost more than $200, his hotel receipts were less than that and udcs paperwork, this is the most important part, was a mess and, once again, you can see that when you go to our website, www.myfoxdc.com. >> more digging to be done and tisha thompson, we know you're on top of it. our coverage of the fox five investigation is far from over. we invite to you tune in to fox 5 morning news tomorrow, when d.c. council chair kwame brown will react live to this spending scandal and that is coming up in the in the coming hour. ive you -- if you have coming you -- something you want us to investigate, we would love to do it g. to the the website and click on the tips button, or call the tipline. the number is (202)895-3140. d.c. councilman marion barry was barred from driving his car for awhile today. his luxury sedan was sporting a boot because the former mayor failed to pay the parking tickets. paul wagner is live with more on the latest troubles. paul? >> reporter: marion barry was in no mood to talk about it, telling this reporter through his secretary that we should be supporting on poverty and health disparities rather than making pictures of his car. just after 1:00 this afternoon, we found barry's silver jaguar parked outside of his home in southeast. a bright orange boot on the left-front tire. there were no tickets on the windshield, just the notice not to move the car. according to a spokesperson for the department of public works, if a motor vehicle accumulates two tickets unpaid after 60 days, the boot goes on the car. and while we were, there taking pictures of the car, the bootman showed up to take it off and we knocked on the council member's door to see if it was home and no answers and we went to bury the office at the wilson building where we were not given a comment on this and we were asked to turn our attention to other matters in the city. no comment from the ward a council member how he got the tickets and why that took so long to pay them off. barry's had his fair share of financial troubles in recent years n. 2005, he plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges for not filing his federal and d.c. returns for six years. barry was placed on probation and had to go back to court when he didn't live up to the deal and barry's salary on the council is $125,000 a year. laura. >> paul wagner, thank you. several serious accidents on metro escalators raising concerns in recent months. the transit agency's problems go back years. one family said their son died 12 years ago because of the broken escalators but the agency is not held accountable. and sherry lee is here with more. >> reporter: richard smith walked up the escalator in the summer of 1998, all 475 feet and when he got to the top, he had a heart attack and died. smith's parents sued but metro won because it was half called sovereign immunity. >> they showed us the body -- >> richard smith's 37-year-old son and namesake had a heart attack and died climbing the escalator at the bethesda metro station in 1998. in 98 degrees heat. all three escalators were out of service. he finds it hard to see scenes like this pileup at the lafont plaza station in october. >> it's painful to me right now. i seem to deal with -- but we need to learn from it and not blame the -- >> smith sued metro after discovering the agency failed to follow its own guidelines for maintenance. the courts ruled that the guidelines were not mandatory and metro is immuned from claims of negligence. >> we don't have some sort of negative feedback for a system like that. they won't correct. >> reporter: as the government created entity, metro has what is called sovereign immunity. this is an injury lawyer to that represented a family. >> if it's a issue, that is metro has to make a budgetary consideration about it -- unfortunately, they're immuned from suits and they can't be sued for negligence in making a policy determination. >> reporter: in the past four months, six people were hurt when the lafont plaza escalator raced out of control because of the faulty brakes that the agency was warned about. in another instance, they -- popped out at the foggy billion station, leaving a three-foot hole. >> there is a record here of total disregard to the public safety and a cavalier attitude towards the maintenance of the escalators. i am very sad to see this development in these tragedies ongoing. >> reporter: in a statement, metro said that it has an aggressive action plan to return the rail system to a state of good repair and that during the next six years, it will spend $148 million for the rebuilding and replacement of escalators and elevators. smith's son didn't know he had a heart condition, but he said that shouldn't let metro off the hook. >> they don't know how many people climb those stairs and how many have to drop dead before they say that is too many. >> reporter: smith's lawyer appealed to the u.s. supreme court but the high court refused to hear the case. now, in november, an independent report on metro's elevators and escalators concluded that quality of maintenance being performed could be improved to get it up to manufacturer's requirements and recognize industry standards. it appears the agency is falling short, laura. >> sounds like it's next to will possible to win a lawsuit against metro, is that right? >> that is not impossible but is a higher standard. think about this, any budgetary decisions by metro is considered a policy decision and is immuned from lawsuits. metro has consistently said it has no money and has had to make decisions based on that. in fact,la pitas is representing families in the redline crash and in that case, metro is warned by federal investigators the older 1,000 series rail cars could have a catastrophic failure in a crash. metro rodidn't have the money to replace them and the court has rules on that claim that metro is immuned from many negligence. >> thank you. what can you expect if you are heading to metro tonight? we can tell you that 80 of the system's 588 escalators are out of service for repairs today. six of metro's 237 elevators are out of service for repair. and do remember, we need your help to keep this initiative going. fox 5 is monitoring metro from the escalator outages to the trouble on the tracks and the delays on metro bus. if you see a problem, take a picture and write an e-mail. send it to fox 5 metro at gmail went tom. a deadly accident -- goingmail.com. the driver of a chrysler sebring hit a department of public works truck. the driver of the car, 23-year- old seymour wilson was killed. the three public works employees were treated at the hospital and they are expected to be okay. and major moves on capitol hill today. congress delaying a federal government shutdown for now. so what is next in this budget battle? >> it's a controversy on capitol hill. i will tell you why cokes, friendly forks, knives, cups had to go. >> keep it here. fox 5 news at 5 will be right back.  >> news on capitol hill. lawmakers try to hash out a deal to keep the federal government running. the current spending plan expires at 11:59 p.m. on thursday. today, the house passed a two- week extension that cuts spending by $4 billion. the senate democrats say that they will go along with that measure and the majority leader, harry reid, said the bill will be sent to president obama within 48 hours. >> we'll pass this and then we'll look to finding the government on the long-term basis. >> these cuts reflect this republican majority's continued cometment to significantly reduce spend -- commitment to significantly reduce spending. ring in the nation's exploding deficits and debt. >> reporter: now what is next? over the next two weeks, lawmakers will focus on a long- term bill to keep the government running the rest of the fiscal year. the republicans want to slash more than $60 billion democrats say that would lead to the furlough of thousands of federal workers, pull money out of the economy and risk slowing the fragile economy. cups and forks and spew spoons are causing a stir on capitol hill. after the house decided to stop using compostable products. and melanie alnwick is here with more. >> reporter: this is the old stuff. a lot of people are station good -- saying good riddance to it. they didn't like the way it bends like this, and people said sometimes they would have to take two or three forks to get through one meal and that comes to a question many ask: do i buy the more expensive green product if it doesn't work as well as the old stuff. when the house looked at the cost of the program, the chairman committee said it didn't make sense. rarely had something inside a cafeteria and that caused a stir. >> screening the capitol and we thought we were heading in the direction and this is -- seriously? >> reporter: plastic utensils and salad containers and styrofoam cups have returned to capitol hill. >> and i think the new forks are the best thing they have done this congress. >> reporter: in 2007, the democratic house leadership started the greening of the capital program, making changes like compact fluorescent lighting, water conservation and more recycling. these compostable cups and plates hit the house cafeterias and it sounded like a good idea, but the staffers said the products didn't work well. the largest number of complaints from democrats and republicans, from members and workers was the utensils we had and they talked about the fact that they bent, they were not strong and that they began to melt in hot beverage when you were trying to stir your beverage. >> reporter: congressman dan lungren, chairman of the committee on the house administration, said an audit found it cost $500,000 a year and did not save much energy -- much energy. >> we believe in effective programs and when you have a compost program that adds to the energy production that has a production of greenhouse gas, and costs money, it's a no brainer to say maybe we ought to get rid of the program and see what else works. >> reporter: he said the committee will continue to look for cost-effective ways to reduce carry-out waste and keep the hungry masses at the capital happy. the former democratic chairman of the committee recommended that the composting program be discontinued. the program required a special machine to shred the cups and utensils and turn it into pill and unthat used extra energy and that was trucked to a site in carol county more than 60 miles away and there is an energy cost, too, and the materials were more expensive than plastic and styrofoam. >> they have a lot of leftovers. what happens with the carry-out products now? >> reporter: it's interesting. the committee said they're disposed of with all the regular trash and gets sent to the transfer station and 2/3 of that goes to nearby facilities that burn it and convert it to energy. the house is looking at trying to ensure 100% of that waste goes to the energy facilities and it's also trying out a program testing whether they should be using regular dinnerware and to wash it and reuse it. >> good idea, we should think about those things at home as well. thank you. and did you file your tax return in 2007? if not, there could be money waiting for you. the irs said there is more than $4.5 million waiting for people who did not file that year and said that most people probably let it go because they didn't make enough money to be required to file. if you want to cash in, you must file a 2007 return by april 18th. filing your 2010 return will not get you the cash in 2007. and if you missed out on file anything other year in 2007, you will have to file those taxes as well. another round of waked weather and a rough day for some and thousands across the country. in ohio, one woman died after high water swept her car away and heavy rain and melting snow forced the blanchard river and that same area faced catastrophic flooding four years ago. >> everything we have is gone. >> grab what we could and that is getting higher and higher. >> the water forced employees to evacuate a pet shelter to get the animals to dry ground. and in tennessee, a tornado killed one man destroying several homes. the storm flipped a man's mobile home killing him while his daughter and grandson managed to crawl to safety. >> wow. wild weather. and back here at home, a da chilly but the sunshine was gorgeous. >> absolutely and that did warm up. where are we headed? >> very nice tomorrow. >> good. >> and once we got through the morning with the gusty wind, as you motioned, it was not bad at -- you mentioned, it was not bad at all. the temperatures did say for highs for most of us in the 40s and the chilly side for this the first day of spring and meteorological sprig, by the way and in terms of the clouds, because this evening, it's very, very face and that is -- very nice, a continuation of today. the fair sky, the sun is setting and that is looking like overnight tonight we're going to have fair to mostly clear conditions, the winds will remain light and the numbers out there tonight in terms of low temperatures will be settling down outside of the beltway tonight, we're easily down into the 20s and is thing out this evening, you're going to need a light jacket. the wind is not a problem. even though it looks like overnight tonight. the wind will pick up a little bit and this evening, i think, we're going to be good. the fair skies, temperature 41, 39 at 9:00 and that temperature at 11:00, they're about 37 degrees or so, obviously cooler, too, and out in the suburbs and we're looking real good and we have good stuff tomorrow and some colder temperatures coming in after that and we'll talk about that in just a bit. stay with us, though, after a few messages. fox 5 news at 5 will 1 condition.  >> a developing story at the libyan embassy in northwest d.c. libyan americans demonstrated in front of the building on virginia avenue. upset that their ambassador was replaced. he spoke out against the attacks on libyan citizens and said he was the representative of the will bean people, not moa mar ghadafi. a congressional delegation met with the former ambassador head. in the wake of the uprising in libbia, there is another crisis gaping steam. the situation along the borders are becoming dangerously congested and volatile by the minute and more than $150,000 people have fled into tunisia and egypt. hillary clinton testified before congress after pushing to have libya removes. >> in the years ahead, libya could be a peaceful democracy or it could face protracted civil war and could descend into as. the stakes are high. >> reporter: andop sig forces are fighting another victory fighting off rebel forces 30 miles from the libyan capitol. tonight, there is an effort underway to stop colon cancer in its tracks. >> and meet the woman who said a medical test saved her life and she got it for free. and the good news, the district's budget crisis is not bad as we thought. what does that mean for teachers facing potential budget cuts? 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not completely, although interim school's chancellor kaya henderson sounded optimistic. >> and the mayor has been generous in sharing the opportunity for the cps to benefit from the new revenue projections and so as we speak, my team is working with the mayor's team in terms of trying to figure out what kinds of cuts we can stave off as a result of the increased revenue projections. >> reporter: public schools in d.c., both charter and traditional, will likely need more funding and enrollment is up by 1700 compared to a year ago and enrollment in the traditional schools is up by 900, an overall increase of 3 1/2%. two council members told me they expect the shortfall to shrink more in coming months. the problem is that budget planning has to happen now and a shortfall is on the table. no one is offering guarantees and there could be some cutbacks in education spending in d.c. >> i have to ask, given there is a shortfall, any chance d.c. is considering a tax hike? >> mayor gray was asked that at the news conference and whether he would rule out a tax hike. he would not. he would not make a shermannesque statement. i think he said that everything is on the table until he solves the budget problems. remember, there is still a shortfall in d.c. >> yeah, okay. john henrehan, thank you. in tonight's health alert, scientists are working on a new way to cure aids, using genetic engineering to develop cells resistent to hiv. they're based on a man who seems to be cured of aids after receiving donor blood cell questions with a natural immunity to the virus. the scientists are modifying the own blood cell to be hiv resistent. the video was released by the singamo biosciences. technology played a huge role in cancer screening. colon cancer is the third most diagnosed in the u.s. and a program here in d.c. could help protect it earlier. beth parker is here with more. >> reporter: it's free and it could save your life. this new program is a partnership between the d.c. department of health and georgetown and howard hospitals. in case you're wondering if screening is worth the trouble, the woman you're go about to meet has the answer. in the shadow of a recent job layoff, the 54-year-old goat joyce bird had no insurance or extra money for a colonoscopy. >> i can't afford to get this out of pocket. >> reporter: turns out she could not afford not to. >> they did find one polyp and there was a possibility that it would have been cancerous had it not been removed at the time it was. >> reporter: joyce bird's life may have been saved by a new program for d.c. residents called d.c. screen for life, free colonoscopy for the uninsured and underinsured. >> i feel that she's in that category and the subset of patients we have prevented cancer in and that is a good outcome. >> reporter: in a colonoscopy, the doctorsous a camera at the end of the long tube that travel the length of the colon, five to sfeet looking for polyps or tumors. >> these are other images. >> reporter: these pictures show what a healthy colon looks like. it's tough to convince people to have the photos taken. joyce bird dreaded. >> that whole thought of it. >> reporter: now she knows it's not bad. >> i went to sleep and woke up with no complications. >> reporter: dr. henry did bird's colonoscopy at georgetown hospital. >> don't wait or put it off, come in and get screened. >> reporter: it can detect 95% of early colon cancer. >> it is effective and that is because colon cancer in the earliest stages doesn't have -- >> joyce bird had a close family member who had colon cancer and family is the reason why she knew he was at risk and why she's been tested. >> i have lovely grandchildren and a young son and anything that gives me a chance to spend more time with my family is giving me quality of life. >> and joyce birdel to made -- told me mooy she's asking herself why she didn't have the colonoscopy sooner. it's called d.c. screen for life. have the procedure at georgetown or howard and paid for by the d.c. cancer consortium and they will even assign someone to help you make the appointment and they will prepare you for the procedure and provide transportation. pretty good deal. >> and that is great. some people need to be walked through it to get up the, you know, what they need to get it done. who qualifies for this program? 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[ male announcer ] the simple joy of a frappé. ♪ >> the capitals are back on home ice after playing let's make a deal yesterday. the new caps will make their debuts. sports director dave feldman is live with all of the fun. 19 games left and the -- 19 games left and the caps not making a play-off push. they want to go in and they're hoping the guys they got in the trade the other day are going to help them. marco sturm, dennis wideman and jason arnett all practiced and all are planning to play in today's game against the rangers. the 32-year-old left-wingers, marco sturm, claimed on waivers from the kings on saturday. the 27-year-old defenseman wideman, acquired from the panthers, will wear number 6 with 9 goals this season. the biggest name is the 36-year- old jason arnott and comes from the devils. he will wear to 44 and schedule to -- the sturm and alexander center line. earlier i spoke about coming to the nation's capitol. >> welcome to d.c., you waved your no-trade clause to come here and why? why did you want to come here? >> it was a team that i always looked upon as one of the best in the eastern conference, and they're doing well again this year and it was a tough decision that was, you know, came down to the last minute and i had toway the possibility of, you know, trying to stay in new jersey and make the play- offs or come to a play-off team right now and, you know, it's my last year of my deal and i am at the end of the road, so to speak. >> you're 36. >> i have a few more years left, but, you know, i want a chance to win again and play in the play-offs and i couldn't chance it. i didn't want to go home in april. and the devils were on a heck of a run and this is that team that is going to the play-offs. what do you see in this game that you can help and what do you see on this team, they won't make the play-offs but a serious cup run in. well, i think for one, this cleaning up, the own zone, defensively you see nowadays, the game changed tremendously and if you take care of your own zone, they have a lot of fire power in the dressing room. if i can lend a hand in that and my experience and to number there before and what it takes to win, i will try my best. >> fun playing with a guy like ovechkin? >> yes, it will. coming from where we played with kob e and in new jersey and he is a similar guy and more exciting than kobe was and that will be a thrill to go out there and play with him. >> me motioned kobe and that is kovachek, his teammate with the new jersey devils. the caps are 10-0-3 in the last 13 games with the islanders. we'll hear from bruce boudreau at 6:00. live from the verizon center, i'm dave fillman. back to shape, laura and the pride of bacon, texas, and that is -- . >> everyone loves bacon. >> that's right. >> near wichita falls, south of the oklahoma border. >> feldy, run out of cities. >> and you are good at that. >> thank you. >> and you do your geography lessons every day. >> he does his homework. >> yeah. >> and bacon high is a great place. i graduated from bacon high. the prom was sizzling. [ laughter ] >> okay. >> that was very good. >> that was bad. that was bad. >> try it again? >> this full -- . >> oh. >> oh, gary. >> look at that. >> that is beautiful. >> and the boss came and tracked me down and said we would love to see that. >> isn't that beautiful? >> yes. >> officially sets at 6:01. >> meteorologically, it's spring. >> and i think that is the best. it's march, april, may and easy to remember. >> yeah, and -- >> march 21st. >> and that changes to keep us on our toes and some nice high cirrous and this is brought to you by our boss. phil, the news director and good idea. this is what is taking place out there other than the sunset. we have fair skies through the evening hours and i think that is a great idea and we're not just sucking up to the boss. 41 degrees at 7:00. 37 fair skies and we'll have light winds this evening and the winds will pick up a little bit over night tonight and maybe 7, 12 miles an hour and that is about all they going to do and not windy by any means and that is going to let temperatures get cold. 46 in d.c. and 43 for gaithersburg and 45 for momasses -- monasses. farther up to the north and west, there is colder air and you don't see it on the map now. tomorrow is a mild day and some cold stuff comes in for thursday, okay. nothing to worry about for us. the high pressure is in control and that gives us the clear skies and looks like for most of tomorrow, we're still going to stay real sunny. as you look back to the west, there is not a lot going. miami, there is some rain and another storm system trying to crash into the west coast and that will be here for us for the weekend and between now and the weekend, looks like we're going to be good to go and with cooler temperatures on thursday and probably lingering through parts of friday as well. the clear skies overnight, 20s for the suburbs, 23 degrees in town and in the 30s tomorrow morning, 53 by lunchtime and the temperatures tomorrow, there is 55 degrees at 5:00 and there that will be into the upper 50s and i expect some of us will be 60, 61, 62, and very, very nice and the future cast is showing some nice conditions tonight. sunny tomorrow and this is that cold front that is going to change things and that is staying far enough to the west tomorrow, that we'll have a nice day and with the temperatures close to 60. as this comes on through on thursday, it will bring in colder tells. on thursday, we're talking about upper 30s and lower 40s and then there is something that we have to keep a close eye on into friday. some of the guidance is suggesting that on friday, some of the rain and moisture, not necessarily the snow and some of the guys are suggesting this might be farther to the south on friday and bring us at least a chance for a little bit of precipitation. and as we start off on friday morning, that could be to watch the temperature real close. right now, the future cast is holding off on that and that is a pretty good forecast. we'll have more clouds on friday, it looks like, and we set the stage for the latter part of the weekend and to bring the next system in here and that is looks like all rain. look at the numbers for saturday and sunday. and the temperatures around 60 degrees or so and side's okay. saturday's good with a little bit of sunshine, 61 and can't complain about that and may be saturday night into sunday, when the rain moves on across. >> a couple of cool nights there. >> thank you, gary. talk-of-the-town on tmz. charlie sheen's troubles continue. his ex-brooke mueller went to the police to try to get her kids back from sheen. tmz executive producer harvey levin joins us live from l.a. what is the deal with this one today? >> reporter: we found out brooke went to the beverly hills police department about noon today and she was griping that charlie wouldn't give her the kids and she went to the wrong police department, so she ended up going to a different one, but the bottom line is, charlie has a right to have the kids today, so brooke is not going to get them and this is turning bitter. >> you don't blame her for doing that, though. what recourse does she have? >> she can always go to custody court. what charlie is saying is he thinks she's having sobriety issues and she's been in and out of rehab, he's been in and out and it's a mess on both sides. >> yeah, you feel sorry for those poor kids. all right, let's move on to christina aguilera with a night last night. she and her boyfriend arrested? fill us in on the details, what was that about? alcohol-related, i hear? >> well, it would seem overserved at a very fancy explains restaurant in l.a. called moz, that she closed out and her boyfriend was driving home and got popped for dui. they felt she could not take care of herself, she was so drunk and essentially, they threw her in the drunk tank. to do that, they had to book her, meaning she got arrested and she won't be prosecuted, but there are people privately saying in her life that they have been telling her she needs to deal with a problem she's got now and they have been saying that to her for several weeks. apparently she will have none of it. >> and she spent the night in the slammer and that is the end of that until we hear something else event e sensually down the road? she may, you know, we don't know what her ex-husband is going do now, whether he's going to go to court again and that remains to be seen, but that was a bitter divorce and that could happen. >> yeah. harvey levine, thanks for the update. we'll look for you. tmz on tv here on fox 5 at 6:30 p.m. thanks. it's the guys turn to take the idol stage tonight. did you know this? men have won the last three seasons? the top 12 will have their work cut out for them. they will have more responsibility from now and from arranging and staging their songs at this point in the competition. the five guys and girls with the most votes will move on to the finals and with a few of the wild card possibilities. >> this is make it or break it. if you make it, you have a good chance of getting in the top 12. if you break it, goodbye. and this is that one sheening moment. >> you have to do the routines you always do and be the person that you have always been and that is what has gotten us here. >> being him build. >> yeah. >> and grounded. >> we want to champ who we are. >> catch the special 90-minute american idol -- "american idol" tonight at 8:00 on fox 5 and there is a new way to vote for the favorite performers this season. do it online and have to have a facebook account and also still vote the old school way by calling on the phone or texting a message. go to www.myfoxdc.com and click on web links -- web links for more details. >> many ways to get involved. >> yes. and now to will thomas for a look at what is next on the news edge at 6. willwill? continuing crisis of libya at the top of the hour. and we're watching your tax dollars staying on top of the suv scandal in the district. adrian fenty drove this smart car when he was mayor. who is driving it now? coming up, what the council is doing to keep better track of the city vehicle. and what is fearing ambulance companies to beef up the fleets with bigger, sturdier vehicles and that is relate hood to how americans teach. and this is going viral. a legend air fashion designer going on a anti-semitic rapt and caught on camera. how his employer christian dior reacted to the video all on the news edge. e >> on thenar -- the owner of a pizzeria in the philly area is accused of charges accused of using an unusual tactic to take down his competitors. he snuck bags of mice into two nearby pizza shops trying to infest them. he was caught in the act by one of the restaurant owners. the suspect's pizza shop was struggling and he believes the other owners were trying to shut him down. >> and he was trying to sabotage us and why do you stoop to that level, i don't know. >> do you know him? >> never met him a day in my life. >> reporter: if they multiply, who knows what kind of damage they could do or what type of health issue could arise. >> reporter: the suspect's charged with criminal mischief, harassment and cruelty to animals. and thanks for joining us tonight at five. >> the news edge at 6 starts now. >> off the top at 6, crisis in libya. the country continues to swirl into deeper chaos and in washington, the u.s. officials are saying alling ons are on the table, including military action. in fact, right now, u.s. naval and air force assets are on the move. tom fitzgerald is following the new developments and what is the pentagon saying about this? >> reporter: the pentagon is taking a duel approach to the question. on the diplomatic side, it's pointing out that the united states hasn't authorized use of force in libya but, at the same time, it's prepositioning some forces into the region, should the president decide that the u.s. military should come down on the side of the rebels fighting him. bound for the mediterranean, the u.s. ki ersarg with 400 marines on board and could assist libyan protestors with humanitarian aid or backing. >> we're the united states preparing for contemperaturencey. >> reporter: while the u.s. response to the prodemocracy movements in other middle east

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