things happening indicative of things happening around the country. reporter: meanwhile metropolitan police sources have told wusa9 civil disturbance units have been activated. outgoing mayor vincent gray is commenting. i don t think it will happen here. of course, i m deeply concerned about ferguson, what s going on there, you know, whether people should be held accountable or more accountable for the action taken with respect to the young man that was killed there. i don t see that spilling over into the district of columbia. reporter: meanwhile this video today from michael brown s father. hurting others and destroying property is not the answer. no matter what the grand jury decides i do not want my son s death to be in vain. i want it to lead to incredible positive change. reporter: of course, d.c. furring son organizers have promised a noisy but nonviolent demonstration here in washington d.c. d.c. furring son has managed to localize this ferguson has mana
anger and some encouragement. peggy fox tells us how the proposal is offering hope to some educators in high immigrant d.c. area communities. reporter: virginia education secretary anne holton is here at highland valley elementary school celebrating a success. the school has pulled out of warning status for accreditation. we re proud of those results and it s been through a lot of hard work in the last several years. reporter: haidl valley elementary has more children in poverty than any other fairfax county school. for more than 84% of the students here, their first language is spanish. it s so exciting to see a school dealing with the challenges, very high free and reduced lunch and english language learners and yet doing phenomenal work. reporter: but 20 other fairfax county schools are still struggling failing to meet accreditation. 92% of the children here are on free and reduced lunch which is an indicator of poverty status. immigration attorneys are hopeful
undercover fbi operation near ferguson. those men live in the st. louis area and they were arrested thursday night and are allegedly members of a group known as the new black panthers. a cbs source says the suspects intended to use those explosives in pipe bombs. there are nearly 100 fbi agents in the st. louis area in case demonstrators take to the streets. there are 400 national guard troops requested to help keep the peace. brown s family, president obama and attorney general eric lder urge the community to remain calm no matter what the grand jury decides. here in d.c. attorney general eric holder is laying out new guidelines on how police should prepare for and handle protests. he s calling for restraint and asks the cops to work with community leaders. police are preparing for local demonstrations here and sources tell wusa9 civil disturbance units are activated. a group called d.c. ferguson designated mount vernon square as the jump-off point for nonviolent demonst
your side. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] leon:leon: a 21-year-old woman arrested in the stabbing death of a lawyer. the murder happened inside the donovan hotel. police are still trying to figure out why david messerschmitt was attacked. tom roussey is long with the investigation. tom: we are learning a lot more about the suspect who was arrested tonight, allison. it has been two months since his body was found on a room in a room on the fourth floor of the donovan hotel. it was february 12 his body was found. he had been stabbed to death. 21-year-old jamyra gallmon of southeast washington has been arrested and charged with first-degree felony murder while armed. while she most recently learned in southeast she used to play basketball for forceful high school. her coach says when he looks at the surveillance video from inside the hotel, he is certain it was her. he
should not be tolerated. nbc s jay gray is live in indianapolis where the final four is set to tip off this weekend. jay? reporter: hey there, doreen. yeah as you described, criticism growing tonight, lawmakers at the statehouse as well as in arkansas now rushing to find a fix to help perhaps ease the anger and attention to the issue right now. after watching the meltdown in indiana it s been a tough week here in the hoosiers week rnchsstate. reporter: in the wake of the new law. the issue has become divisive because our nation remains split. reporter: this afternoon, arkansas governor ace is hutchison looking to keep his state out of the fray sent a similar measure back to the legislature just days after saying he would sign the controversial bill. my position is clear. i ve asked them to remedy it. i ve asked them to change the current law, and i ve asked them to recall it and change the language. reporter: the move comes after a sternly worded message fro