air, drivers describe the chaotic moments that shut down the major thoroughfare for hours. a d.c. man spent decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit and is speaking out for the first time in a fox 5 exclusive. but we begin with the federal charges stemming from the investigation into mayor gray s campaign. good evening. fox 5 s karen gray houston is following the investigation now. reporter: thomas gore is accused of making a contribution in the name of another person and destroying the evidence. the charges, three misdemeanors and a felony, are outlined in this court document which usually signals a defendant has worked out a deal with the prosecutors and is ready to make a plea. the news comes the city government a wash in political scandal, former council member harry thomas jr. just sent to prison and an investigation into others for possible wrongdoing on the council. it s frustrating for lawmakers trying to do their jobs. i m really hopeful the u.s. a
as rick santorum heads into the next two primaries. somewhat the opposite for mitt romney trying to gain the upper hand. he s now in puerto rico, where santorum may have offended some spanish speaker, romney is courting them in their own language. jim a costa is in san juan. what s the latest from there, jim? reporter: candy, mitt romney is in puerto rico for a series of events. after rick santorum s trip to this island, the trick is pretty simple. don t get lost in translation. mitt romney is out to show puerto ricans he is speaker that i majority. if the majority of the p we realizo ricans wish to become a state, i will support that. reporter: romney has not only written letters to voters translated into spanish, he s running a radio ad featuring his bilingual son craig also in spanish. his arrival comes after rick santorum seemed to stumble over whether the predominantly spanish-speaking island should adopt english as a condition of statehood. should it be a requirem
out of puerto rico into as rick santorum heads into the next two primaries. somewhat the opposite for mitt romney trying to gain the upper hand. he s now in puerto rico, where santorum may have offended some spanish speaker, romney is courting them in their own language. jim a costa is in san juan. what s the latest from there, jim? reporter: candy, mitt romney is in puerto rico for a series of events. after rick santorum s trip to this island, the trick is pretty simple. don t get lost in translation. mitt romney is out to show puerto ricans he is speaker that i majority. if the majority of the p we realizo ricans wish to become a state, i will support that. reporter: romney has not only written letters to voters translated into spanish, he s running a radio ad featuring his bilingual son craig also in spanish. his arrival comes after rick santorum seemed to stumble over whether the predominantly spanish-speaking island should adopt english as a condition of statehoo
also martin luther king jr. iii was here along with hundreds of other protesters. they re demanding immediate action to stop sudan s use of food as a weapon is what they re saying. hundreds of activists are supporting this demonstration and they were here today. 500,000 people in sudan s nuba mountains and other regions risk starvation and they re accusing sudanese president omar albashir of blocking food and humanitarian aid and being responsible for this among other hate crimes. here s what george clooney had to say before his arrest. we re here really to ask two very simple questions. the first question is something immediate and immediately we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world immediately. the second thing we are here to ask is a very simple thing is for the government in khartoum to stop randomly killing its own innocent men, women, and children, stop raping them and stop starving them. tha
english is the language of opportunity. reporter: santorum s trip ended in controversy. with the candidate denying he said puerto ricans need to adopt english if they want to become a state. santorum s campaign insists he was maliciously misquoted. on capitol hill, brian mohr, news 4. the latest polls in illinois suggest that mitt romney is in the lead by an average of six percentage points. actor and activist george clooney is in washington this week. he s asking government officials to do something about the humanitarian crisis in sudan and today got arrested for the cause. clooney, his father, members of congress and nearly two dozen others were taken into custody following a protest outside the sudanese embassy in northwest. the demonstrators accused the president of sudan of making it impossible to deliver food and aid to that region. they hope these protests will help shine a light on the crisis. clooney spoke after he was released. what we ve been trying to achie