Reporter not just a new mayor, the citys first ever elected attorney general, three new Council Members all promising a government that works for the people in the face of some significant challenges. [ applause ] reporter outgoing mayor vincent gray drew Muriel Bowser close as he passed her the seal of office. She pulled away and held the trophy aloft, but after a campaign full of bitterness from both sides the new mayor departed from her isnt to thank the old one for script to thank the old one for his service. Mayor bowser ticked off a list of challenges, stalled transit projects, ballooning construction costs, a shrinking ability to borrow, but she also pledged to help the most vulnerable among us. It is my duty to focus on our men and boys of color and find hope where it is missing and the path to opportunity where it has been lost. Reporter the mayors mother, a nurse, and her father, a retired schools facilities manager, cheered her on. In the audience former mayors Anthony Willi
I think together were going to usher in a new environment. Ill leave it at that. Reporter during the campaign some of her opponents criticized Muriel Bowser as a lightweight with few legislative accomplishments, but she beat the incumbent mayor and two more experienced politicians and now as Bruce Johnson said comes the biggest challenge, governing. Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy today to determine whether a woman murdered in woodbridge was pregnant. Just 90 minutes into the new year Erica Sherwood was stabbed to death. Her husband 22yearold John Sherwood is charged in her death. The couple has an 18monthold boy and if its determined erica was pregnant, her husband could face additional charges. Police are looking for clue to first murder of the year in prince georges county. 22yearold stefon powell was found shot to death in a parking garage just off the beltway in route 1 near college park. There were bullet holes in a car at the scene and neighbors tell wusa9 there ha
Traveling with them on a spiritual yoga retreat. People in mexico and here in Northern Virginia are heartbroken. He was always an angel. He was an individual that always inspired everybody. He gave so much love and just true essence of what a real human being should be. Hes very selfless and my hope is that one day i can just be 1 10 of who he is. He was an amazing human being. Reporter she was already distraught and asked for prayers here in the united states. Unfortunately tonight they are mourning his loss and now making funeral arrangements. Friends have been talking to me and one person said that hari simran before he and his wife tookstudio above the Community Center there may have been three or four people who attended. Now 25 people regularly attend yoga which is. In sterling surae chinn, wusa9. Right now in the district new mayor Muriel Bowser is getting ready to celebrate her first day in office. Her inaugural ball is getting underway and it will cap a day filled with promise
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