councilman jim graham says that the juvenile justice system is broken and tonight he's proposing changes to fix it. >> and so all of this is really leading to us having more violence, more youthful violence, and a lot of waisted lives. >> reporter: d.c. councilman jim graham says the quadruple murder on south capital street last month has highlighted long-standing problems with the juvenile justice system in the district, handled by the department of youth rehabilitation services or dyrs. >> before someone is committed to dyrs and new beginnings, we're told that typically that on three prior occasions at least on average, they have been before a judge. >> reporter: initially, police have accused a 14-year-old boy of being the getaway driver in the shooting. but late last week, those charges were dropped. graham points out the youth had absconded from a facility under the auspices of the dyrs and he had a record of offenses starting when he was 9 years old. >> there was no sense of consequence waiting for them. you know. so why not commit a crime? why not carry a weapon? >> reporter: in a

and councilman jim graham released a statement. he said i want to express my grief and sorrow for the family of constant holden. she is a resident of mount pleasant. we have spoke on the the family and i am making resources of my office available to them as they deal with this tragedy in such a public fashion. so while government's activity appears rather quiet here around the convention center, life has been, to some degree, disrupted. >> i'm feeling like a stranger in my own city. >> reporter: the neighborhood, where john boyle lives has transformed in to a top national security zone forcing the washingtonian to change up his daily routine. >> a lot of inconvenience. just getting back and forth to my house to the metro, metro back to my house and even just walking down the street, cars everywhere. people everywhere. and just been a mad house for the last two days. >> reporter: practically bullied off the roads by these commanding motorcades carrying dignitaries and diplomatic leaders he has made an assessment. >> more convenient

. >>> this morning jim graham says more changes need to be made in response to last month eetsz mass shooting in southeast washington. he's calling for changes in how youth offenders are disciplined. hoping to improve communication between police, courts and juvenile services. it would include a commission to make recommendations on how the departments could better share information on youthful offenders. >> we need to come up with actual proposals to make the whole system more transparent. meaningful rehab or keep these kids in detention until they're 21. there's no sense of consequence waiting for them. so why not commit a crime? >> four teenagers were gunned down in southeast washington on march 30th. police have arrested four people and are still looking for another suspect. >>> another deadly shooting took place in southeast washington last night. this one happened in the 3400 block of minnesota avenue. officers arrived there around 8:00 and found the victim. he later died at the hospital. there's no word on whether police have any suspects. >>> police believe a person of sbefre

council member jim graham wants to boost the gas tax by a dime and use the money to pay for metro. what do drivers have to say? get the sarcasm reaction from northwest. >> many people are sounding off because they are paying so much for gas already. we are at the corner across from the bridge. the price is already well over $3. the gas tax and the district is 23.5 cents per gallon. under the proposal, he wanted to goal up 33.5 cents. this would bring the district to ninth place among a highest gas taxes nationwide. what is the reason? a permanent funding source for metro. he wants to dedicate a revenue stream solely for the transit agency. plus the $1.5 million from congress and the local jurisdictions set aside for the transit agency will last 10 years. the biggest reason behind all this is metro is facing a $189 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year that begins july 1. we spoke with a limousine driver this morning. this is what he had to say. >> any hike right now would hurt most drivers. it's not the right time during this recession. >> this tax would take effect only if

he was then chief of staff for council member of jim graham. a grand jury indicted loza on four new charges yesterday including conspiracy and extortion. he has pleaded not guilty in the case. >>> d.c. mayor adrian fenty has announced his plan to balance the city's 2011 budget. his proposal includes massive cuts and fee increases. but no new taxes. the mayor has to make up for a 3% drop in fund and he says his goal is to spend money more effiently. >> with our local budget that doesn't grow, we also are presenting to the people of the district of columbia is we're going to make sure that even within these millions of dollars we're finding inefficiencies and rooting it out. >> the mayor's cuts include eliminating 385 government jobs, freezing pay increases for city workers and consolidating government agencies to stream line operations. his plan also calls for several fee increases including a 1% increase in inpatient and out patient hospital services, and increasing residential parking passes. the mayor wants to sell ads on parking meters and h

councilman jim graham's former chief of staff. ted loza was charged in october with taking bribe from cab companies. this is file of him on the right. now, federal prosecutors are adding extortion, making false statements and conspiracy charges. prosecutors say he took at least some cash, trips and other gifts in exchange for legislative favors for certain certain cab companies. >>> police have now identified a fourth suspect in tuesday's deadly drive-by shooting in southeast d.c. but that person is still on the run. so far, three people have been arrested and charged including 26-year-old nathaniel sims, 0- year-old orlando carter and a 14-year-old with a criminal past believed to be the getaway driver. police say the suspects pulled occupy day crowd along south capital street southeast and began shooting, killing four people and wounding five others. despite the arrests, the fears of retaliation remain. >> we can't say with certainty whether the situation is over right now. >> police are boss it wasly livinged an ak-47 weapon to

councilman jim graham is -- [ indiscernible ] >> it's such a great importance of getting drunk drivers off the road, behind the wheels of their cars and into our subway cars and buses. >> reporter: graham is asking metro officials to look at cutting back rail hours on any other nights than friday and saturday when the night life crowd relies on late service. the board is expected to take a vote next thursday. >> thank you. >>> a heads up now getting around downtown d.c. this weekend could be kind of tricky. all of these streets will be closed friday because of world bank imf meetings. the closures run from 7:30 friday to 7:00 p.m. sunday. ddot is posting signs alerting drivers about changes. >>> he is supposed to be protecting a country. find out why a local air marshal is under arrest tonight. one driver accused of killing a mother of four. the bizarre reason his attorney says he shouldn't be facing murder charges. >>> a bombshell in the church sex abuse scandal. find out what a new lawsuit says the pope knew about and when he knew it.  >>> the man accused of causing th

council member jim graham introduced a measure that would raise the city's gas tax by ten cents to help fund metro's expenses. it would raise the tax from 23 to 33 cents per gallon. if approved the district would have the ninth highest gas tax in the nation. >>> today virginia lawmakers talking about some very contentious budget amendments drawing opposition from both democrats and republicans. dpof bob mcdonnell made 122 amendments to the budget, includes cuts to health care and social programs. funds for a program to help at-risk youth and for public radio and tv are also on the chopping block. the general assembly will also be without a tiebreaker for today's vote. lieutenant governor who could cast the deciding vote in the event is stuck in italy because of that volcanic ash cloud. >>> today president obama said he will choose a supreme court nominee who believes the constitution protects what he called, quote, bodily integrity. that translates t right to abortion and leads to questions about how his pick could affect his relationship with congress and the rest of his agenda. steve

councilman jim graham introduced a measure that would raise the city's gas tax by ten cents a gallon. the extra funds would be used for metro operations. >>> the family is accusing a teacher's aide at oxon hill middle school of beating their mentally handicapped child. in a news conference today the family spokesperson announced the allegations. the 14-year-old child reportedly was playing in the gym when the assault occurred. child's twin brother allegedly was one of the witnesses. >> assaulting teacher grabbed the basketball and threw it into the face of the 14-year-old child. he then picked the child up and threw him into the bleachers. and as the child attempted to get up, the assaulting teacher grabbed him once again and threw him back into the bleachers for a second time. >> both the teach areas aide and principal reportedly have been removed from that school. >>> parents in spotsylvania counseltri not happy about a proposal that would make student athletes pay to play sports. according to the free louns star the plan would help make up for $15 million. under the plan high schoo

he was then chief of staff for council member jim graham who still last october oversaw the taxi commission. grained jury indict him on four charges yesterday including conspiracy and extortion. loza has pleaded not guilty in this case. >>> petco customers may be tricked by a scammer. the utility company says some.customers have received fake letters saying all rate increases have been canceled. there's a phony website telling customers to contact the call center to get renewable energy adjustments. pep coissue aid statement that stipulated customers should contact the pep cocall center for energy adjustments are also lse. rate increases are not being canceled and currently there are no rate adstments. >>> well this weekend, you can get your hands on apple's ipad finally. mark barger shows us what you can expect and how it could change the market. >> a truly magical and revolutionary product. >> apple's ceo steve jobs gave the world a look at the ipad in january. saturday the world gets its hands on it. >> it's a game-changer already. >> smaller and that a laptop, bigger and that a smart ph

you can catch ben graham on massive sports.com. >>> jim has a tough job when you talk about harris' home run yesterday, gauze montriple yesterday. they won't want to play. you were a manager. >> i was. you need to have guys that can play both sides of the ball and hit right and left handed pitching. i could not play part time. i didn't have enough at bats to stay sharp. right handed pitches kept me on left handed pitching because you keep the shoulder in. i don't see how they are going to be able to do that. i don't know. somebody is going to win that job avenchially. i think willie harris will get most of the time. >> jim has a decision to make and he will make what he thinks is best. >> people weed themselves out. if tavares can hit playing every 5 days, great, but most people can't. >>> how about josh against the mets, in particular pelfrey, 4 -- .412 batting average. derek mock will start for the nationals. we will come back and talk about both right handers when we continue. >>> mock tries to get the win for the nationals. >> he's going to win more than three years -- more than thre