states like vermont where there s been an enormous amount of flooding. so, our response continues, but i m going to make sure that fema and the other agencies are doing everything in their power to help peel on the ground. and we have live pictures from the white house briefing room where any minute pres secretary jay carney is expected to be joined by craig fugate, and fema s relief as well as the cost that a lot of people are talking about the staggering amount of money to help those in need. and ron bloom is in brattleboro, vermont to, follow the flooding there. tamron, we are here where the water is spilling out of dams and reservoirs into trib towers tributaries. if you look at the fast-water rising you are seeing the mississippi last spring and seeing tires and pieces of refrigerators and propane tanks and enormous trees and tree trunks pushed down this river. now the governor of vermont was just in brattleboro a short time ago and he did confirm that there are mu
parents. the fbi had been watching this group of russian spies for years, and today a white house official confirms president obama was first briefed on the situation at least two weeks before any arrests were made. leslie and anita, back to you. thank you for that. once again we are live crews on the scene at dulles international airport where we expect the plane involved in the spy swap in vienna will be landing in the next half hour. we will monitor the situation and bring you details as they come in. a new development in this yeardley love murder investigation. charlottesville authorities say police do have a t-shirt that had been missing from love s apartment. they say the parents of the university of virginia student turned in the shirt. police believe it could provide evidence in the case against love s exboyfriend george huguely. love died in may after a violent fight with her exboyfriend. george huguely s lawyer said that love s death was an accident. we now mo
out there and tonight, hundreds are still dealing with power problems. temperatures were down some today, but the humidity was still way up. this heat has led to more power problems and forced some businesses to close early this afternoon. veronica johnson will have more on when we ll get some relief. we begin with jackie benson. this neighborhood has struggled with sporadic power outages and even a slight temperature drop will not help cool things off indoors. as the sun set on a fourth day of broiling heat, some things began to happen. softball players on the national mall noticed it. a little breeze kicked up. it marked a slight, but welcomed drop in temperatures. after the sun goes down and after work, we have a great time out here. it seems a little cooler. it s a nice mix. yeah, it feels like it s cooling down a little bit. reporter: it follows another day of relentless heat compou compounded by humidity. thousands in d.c., maryland and virginia found themse
card more than $25,000 in late payments, penalties, and fees. a second visa card has an overdue balance of 22,000. brown is chairman of the council s economic development committee, and is deeply involved in financial affairs of the city government. in an interview with news4 thursday afternoon, an interview that he asked to be held outside of his government office, brown did not try to explain away the personal debt problems. clearly overspending on three of my credit cards that i have. i take full responsibility. my wife and i have made arrangements with the creditors to fulfill my financial obligations. and we re now living within our mean in a very disciplined budget. and this won t happen again. at the end of the day, i take full responsibility. reporter: it s unclear how or whether brown s personal financial problems will affect his campaign to become the second highest elected official in a city with mounting debt problems itself. d.c. councilmembers such as kwame
leonard bruce has lived in rockville s lincoln park neighborhood almost his entire life. he has endured many hot summers, catching a cool breeze on his front porch. today he is watching his grass turn brown. you can t water your grass and stuff like that. you can see the grass turn brown already. it s from the heat. reporter: that s thanks to this torrent of water that climbed 100 feet into the sky. rockville s main water line ruptured, two million gallons of water lost in a geyser active for six hours. we have two broken sections. it happened right near the joint. two sections have to be replaced. reporter: crews spent tuesday digging up the old cracked pipes and around 1 made the first attempt to install the new line. problems forced crews to bring in new parts and begin again. we should at least try. always forcing people to restrict water, but we can at least try to help out the whole community. reporter: rockville residents are temporarily getting water from