four men were affiliated with morgan state s marching band at one time. two were current members, the others were former members. police say the sexual assault happened june 30th at an apartment where one of the suspects lived in northeast. the 20-year-old victim says she went to the apartment with the men and once inside police say they pulled her pants off, held her down and sexually assaulted her. the suspects had been identified as 30-year-old bernard james, the former percussion coordinator. 24-year-old dante green and two marching band students,dale walton and 21-year-old howard cook. the victim was familiar with at least one of the suspects and the four were arrested. reporter: the four are held at central booking without bale, charged with sex offense, assault, perverted practice and conspiracy. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. he was trusted to protect two governors but now a state trooper s integrity is being questioned as he faces charges related to child
lapse camera. i thought that was the neatest thing. just to give you brightened spirits to start off. mid-70s and partly cloudy skies. you ll see the satellite showing more clouds north and west of baltimore with clearing south and around the bay and some showers trying to approach garrett county. could add clouds into the mix this morning as 75 is the morning start point here on the thermometers in both baltimore and easton. follow the our wake-up window at the bottom of the screen. we ll talk about more of this heat wave coming up but here s kim brown at 6:01 with traffic. traffic got slow in a hurry on the inner loop. as we re working an accident at the baltimore national pike. you re going to find delays as you approach the scene of that crash. it s still partially blocking the right lane, those are the inner loop lanes. it looks like now they have traffic held on the inner loop of the beltway as you see some crews out there. either try to avoid that area, hop off early
how government is doing so well and jobs are not doing so well. i think there is a change in the air. but there is an argument by democrats, you have to consider the choice here. there is the president s policies or there is a reminder of the bush republican era. is that a scare tactic? of course, it is, because speaker pelosi has been in charge for four years and denied the president to continue to do what was successful in this country, and that is making the free enterprise system not only more powerful but competitive with the world. today it s about em powering government, and that is a mistake. senator menendez, you heard howard cook talk about this atmosphere right now. why is that the case? there are a lot of people hurting in this country and we realize that. that is why we are working to try to change the economy we inherited. this will be a choice election. because i know my republican colleagues would like to have everybody forget their candidates are on the ballot,
how government is doing so well and jobs are not doing so well. i think there is a change in the air. but there is an argument by democrats, you have to consider the choice here. there is the president s policies or there is a reminder of the bush republican era. is that a scare tactic? of course, it is, because speaker pelosi has been in charge for four years and denied the president to continue to do what was successful in this country, and that is making the free enterprise system not only more powerful but competitive with the world. today it s about em powering government, and that is a mistake. senator menendez, you heard howard cook talk about this atmosphere right now. why is that the case? there are a lot of people hurting in this country and we realize that. that is why we are working to try to change the economy we inherited. this will be a choice election. because i know my republican colleagues would like to have everybody forget their candidates are on the ballot,
republican senatorial committee, senator john cornan. senator bob me nendez, senator pete sessions and chris van holland. finally a look back at our meet the press minute, a tumultuous year in the gop, the wake of watergate and a troubled economy. from nbc news in washington, meet the press with david gregory. good morning. with the mid-term congressional campaign already in full swing, the president lashd out at republicans during his weekly radio address accusing the gop of, quote, fill i bustering the economy. they are desperately trying to reframe the debate ahead of what could be a grim fall for the party in power. just how grim? the president s spokesman, robert gibbs, upset his party s efforts to manage expectations when right here last sunday he conceded the house democratic majority is in jeopardy. i think there is no doubt there is enough seats in play that could cause republicans to gain control, there is no doubt about that. the response was furious fr