no other president has fought to hide what you see there, his tax returns. so if democrats empower the house to dehand his tax returns from the treasury department and the secretary there defies that law and that request, then dems may need pelosi to get the house counsel to sue over it, just like her past house counsel irvin nathan led that fight i ve been telling you about to sue the bush administration over those subpoenas. this is all off stage, and a little in the w50edeeds, but sometimes the most important action in this town is off stage, and in the weeds. still ahead, the mother of all fallbacks. who needs to fall back for the year 2018? i m happy to stay snl s chris redd and craig melvin are with me, next. redd and craig melvin are with me, next (burke) parking splat. and we covered it.
joins us live in the studio. but we begin with break news out of northern breaking news out of northern virginia. firefighters had to battle both the flames and the extreme heat during a massive fire in woodbridge at the woodbridge station apartment complex at about 8:00 tonight on eisenhower circle. no one was hurt, but as many as 100 people are displaced. the red cross is providing assistance no, word yet what sparked that fire. the extreme heat making things difficult for those firefighters as well as the thousands still in the dark tonight. good evening. i m brian bolter. i m laura evans in for shawn. it s going to get hotter the next few days with temperatures topping the century mark. fox 5 s gary mcgrady is in the weather center with the details tonight. today we made it to the century mark here at national airport, only the second time so far this year and certainly this summer season, but this year. remember last week we had that day where temperature was u
mr. mccain: after a year of bloodshed, the crisis in syria has reached a decisive moment. it s estimated that more than 7,500 lives have been lost. the united nations has declared that syrian security forces are guilty of crimes against humanity, including the indiscriminate shelling of civilians, the execution of defectors and the widespread torture of prisoners. bashar al-assad is now doing to homes what his father did to hamah. aerial photographs procured by human rights watch show a city that has been laid to waste by assad s tanks and artillery. a british photographer who was wounded and evacuated from the city described it as a quote , a medieval siege and slaughter, the kinds of mass atrocities that nato intervened in libya to prevent in benghazi are a reality in homes. indeed syria today is the scene of some of the worst state-sponsored violence since milosevic war of crimes in the balkans or russia s an n
northern montgomery county and loudoun county. northern fauquier, madison, right along the blue ridge into the shenandoah valley. watch out for the icy spots. they re near freezing or below as is the district of columbia. look at the windchills. they re down to the low to mid-20s. winds are gusting around 15, 20 miles an hour. feeling like a winter morning of all things in february. there s the view from space. clear sky, plenty of sunshine today. here s the day planner. sunrise, 7:07. by 9:00 we ll get above freezing. we ought to hit the low to mid-40s. look at the evening planner. that s in ten minutes. danella has a look at the traffic. taking 50 westbound, this is as you approach the beltway. still have the accident blocking the center lanes. you are able to pass on the right. some progress is made because now two hov lanes on the left are getting by. police and fire department still on the scene working with this accident. right now chopper 4 is reporting over a mile b
johnson should step down immediately to hayesen the county s healing amid her guilty plea for her role in a county corruption scandal. federal authorities say she conspired with her husband, former county executive jack johnson, to hide and destroy evidence, namely the proceeds of bribes that are at the center of the investigation. i made a mistake for which i today accepted responsibility for my conduct. reporter: johnson s plea comes after her arrest last november, along with her husband. federal investigators cited wiretap transcripts of frantic phone conversations between the johnson discussing what to do with thousands in cash and a $100,000 check. this as agents were at the door of their mitchellville home with search warrants. the u.s. attorney says leslie johnson was more than a passive player. it was leslie johnson who said what about the cash in the basement? which indicates she knew about this huge quantity of cash that was in the johnsons home. reporter