saw in my life. my father deserves better than that. he was a great man to a lot of people. to have this happen to him on this day of all days was just unexcusable. reporter: fairfax county police now say they are investigating this incident. timmy hall s family and friends want a public apology. reporter: a fairfax county spokesperson says that the incident she calls it a misunderstanding. she says it began when the funeral procession left the funeral home earlier than anticipated. they were pulled over because police escorts did not have time to get in position. coming up tonight at 6 p.m., what virginia law says about funeral processions. until then, we are live in fairfax county, andrea mccarren, 9news now. live from the very spot where mr. hall lost his life in a crash a week ago. reporter: that s right. thank you, andrea. you bet. a massive motorcycle rally to remember 9/11 but it also had washington s commute in northern virginia in a near impossible
disrespect first and foremost of a person that was so great and loved. reporter: witnesses say there were repeated threats to make arrests. he came up alongside of us again and said, i told you to back down. if you re not going to back down i will back you down. reporter: fairfax county police say the procession left earlier than anticipated and the police escorts didn t have time to get into position. we looked up virginia law related to funeral processions. it says it is unlawful for any motor vehicle to impede or disrupt a funeral procession. what s unclear tonight is whether the law applies to law enforcement. reporting live from fairfax andrea mccarren, 9news now. thank you. update for you on a story you first saw on 9 last night. this mob of teenager girls hit a convenience store in northeast d.c. early yesterday morning and to our surprise some of the feedback we got seemed to support the stealing. in the state of the economy, someone s hungry. who is to sa
d.c. mayor vincent gray responds to a story we first brought you on 9news now. reporter: this is bruce leshan in d.c. where there is is new anger tonight about the flash flood robbery in the northeast. some suggested the robbery might somehow be justified. americas are starving, out of work, losing their homes. so if teenagers need to flash to get food. they didn t go in there and get no money. must have just been getting something to eat. reporter: but the mayor says what the girls did was immoral. some news coverage he said in a statement of this incident has reported residents questioning whether the robbery could have been morally justified. he said actually morality and the law is quite clear. it is wrong to steal from others. and if people do not obey the law they will be appended, arrested and prosecuted. there is no excuse for this sort of incident. i m britany morehouse in northwest. following up on one man s fight to right a wrong with the city after he wa
cyrus on good morning america wearing a bowie shirt. david or the city? so we ll see. the zoo s coming in, right? yes, the zoo is coming in. they are bringing in penguins. that s two times you ve hit me so far. they are so cute and we ll talk about what s going on for june. how about getting married at the zoo? not for the two of us. and what about strawberries over there? a dietitian, dave grotto is an author and dietitian. he has 101 optimal foods. he s not going through all of them. he will give us five, and they are gorgeous looking. getting hungry already. and we ve got mark coming in from the father s day year before us and a burger contest going on at the mount washington tavern. sounds good. justin is live at the aquarium this morning. so we have a lot to get to. and a couple of great stories to tell you about. this one caught our attention. the battle for governor. it s still months away from a vote, but the campaigning has heated up. watch this.