adrian fenty has 1,841 votes, vincent gray has 1, 286 votes. i apologize, the computer keeps refreshing. we mentioned we don't know what parts of the city these are coming in but if we delve deeper we get a sense if you're going to pull apart these 3,000 votes where they're coming from. they're coming from wards 1, 2, 3 and 5, and right now no reporting from wards 4, 6, 7 or 8, that's just those 3,000 votes so a long way to go. but if you're going to pull it apart and micromanage it, a little metadata there, you can start doing it with that information. >> as you know, the polls closed roughly three hours ago soderint taking so long for results to come in. roby chavez is live with the d.c. board of elections to explain what the hold-up has been. roby. >> reporter: shawn, a big problem tonight, as you just mentioned, voting results have been very, very slow to come in. folks, as you can see here, have gathered at the d.c. board of elections waiting for elections, waiting for elections, and the problem tonight has been the new technology. they ha

and mayor adrian fenty, 46 he started his speech by acknowledging mayor adrian fenty. his supporters did the same. >> despite our differences i know well that adrian fenty shares our commitment to the city. please join me in applauding and thanking him for his record of service to the people of the district of columbia. >> as polls predicted, gray's support helped to carry the candidate. but he nows to be a uniter. >> when high unemployment ravages ward 8, it is also flt in ward 3. when senseless violence claims a victim in one neighborhood, none of our families feel safe. that's why we need community engagement and collaboration. >> gray will announce plans for the november 2nd general election today at noon. tracee wilkins live in northwest. back to you in the udio. >> tracy, thanks very much. mayor adrian fenty left campaign headquarters without offially conceding victory to gray. >> he is expected to make an announcement later on today. elaine reyes continues our coverage of the d.c.ayor race from fenty's headquarters. elaine, good morning. >> good morning. that's

gray has ousted mayor adrian fenty. a fenty spokesperson says that the mayor has conceded and that he will call vincent gray sometime soon. he was the youngest mayor and was a big backer of education. this was a referendum of controversial school chancellor michelle rhee, som said -- some say. vincent gray says that he wanted chancellor who worked with parents and teachers. he wants to bring character and integrity back to the mayor's office. despite a couple of jabs at mayor fenty, greg congratulate him for running a fierce campaign and asks the crowd to applaud his efforts. vincent gray will have a press conference at noon at this hotel and will talk about his mayoral campaign and steps he's been taking leading to the general election in november. it appears that vincent gray is forced to become the next mayor of d.c. >> thank-you. there were some scary moments at mayor fenty's election headquarters in northwest last night. a fenty volunteer was hurt when he felt through a glass window. paramedics treated the man at t

voters ousted mayor adrian fenty. with 90% increase in its reporting, council chair vincent gray defeated jim 53% to 46%. with no republican contender in november, it is almost guaranteed that vincent gray will be the next d.c. mayor. it was a good night for the departed during their candidates won primary victories in delaware and new york. and the new hampshire senate race is too close to call because of the tea party. is leadingker got 8 the prince george's county executive race. we are live in large bowl with what is next. good morning, brianne carter. >> if what is next is they will continue to place all the precincts to come in. no one is declaring victory. if a strong lead is being held by rushern baker a. last night speaking to reporters, he says he's ready to take charge of this county. i'd think the people misspoken. >> with a strongly against his opponent, he says that he's ready to move to prince george's county for word. >> prince george's, it is time to make a good county great. >> the former state deleg

council chair vincent gray defeated incumbent adrian fenty . with no republican contender, gray will likely be the city's next mayor. >>> in maryland, bob ehrlich will face off against incumbent democratic gov. martin o'malley. each won his party's primary. in prince george's county, former delegate rushern baker and has declared victory in the democratic primary for county executive. tea party followers are celebrating a number of big victories this morning, from del britney no., candidates backed by the movement dealt a blow to candidates backed by the republican establishment. emily schmitz has more from abc's. >> one of the nation's smallest states has one of the largest political upsets in the nation. >> no more politics as usual. . has wontine o'donnell four senate. she beat long term congressman and a political moderate my castle. with the backing of the tea party and sarah palin. >> thank you, gov. palin, for your endorsement. the republican leaders thought mike castle could get vice- president joe biden old seat and that mcdonnell coul

it is down to the wire in the fierce primary battle between mayor adrian fenty and vincent gray. there also choosing candidates to run for council chair and other seats. in prince george's county, the race to watch is the race for county executive. we are getting reports of voting problems across the region. we have complete team coverage with brianne carter monitoring issues in prince george's county, and pamela brown has the fight to deficient in d.c.'s may laurel race. >> good afternoon. the long, contentious d.c. mayoral primary race culminates today. voters have been piling into the polling stations, including this one behind me. both vincent gray and mayor adrian fenty have been out trying to break in as many last minute votes as possible before the stations close tonight. just after doors opened in southeast d.c., vincent gray made his final pitch. >> i am the only candidate who has set forward exactly what i would do as mayor in terms of education, economic development, public safety, and the public trust. >> vincent gray has held a steady lead. >> the polls have been all

mayor adrian fenty in the mayor >> ally: primary. we'll give you the latest results. >>> and the results are streamingrom another tough race in prince grge's county. baker is leading for prince george's county executive, but by how much? good morning and welcome backo news 4 today. >> good morning to you. it is wednesday, the 15th day of september, 2010. let's take a live look outside right now. still dark but a nice moing. and jumping jupiter is in the sky to join us today. if you see jupiter jumping, please give us a call. it will replace our lead story. >> bright spot in the western sky. a lot of people saying what is that? it better not b it is jupiter. our largest gas planet the solar system. it is certainly bright in the western sky. at this hour we have a clear skies. 64 in washington. just outside the beltway, it's only in the 50s in most locations. 40s in the mountains eastern shore. away from the waters. right ne the tidewater, 60s. thanks to another area of high pressure that's moved in and is in place will give us plenty

the latest count shows gray with 53% of the vote to mayor adrian fenty -- form are mayor adrian fenty we believe with 46%. a fenty spokesman says the mayor has conceded and plans to call gray to congratulated him. gray's victory means he is a shoe-in for mayor since he faces no gop competition in november's general election. >> changes are here. we'll continue to feel the changes outside too. we will see conditions today very similar to yesterday. i think it will be sunnier today than it was. not as breezy. we are going to get some rain showers. we have a chance getting rain showers not today but thursday night into early friday morning. we need the rain. we are in the others and 60s this morning so another cool start to the day. 64degrees in the nation's capital. out in annapolis, it is 61 degrees. stevensville, maryland is at 61. dulles is at 53. culpeper at 52 degrees. a lot of temperature in the 50s out to the west where that cooler air is. satellite-radar picture for our region, not much happening here. high pressure in control of things for this morning. you can see a little bit

board of elections, which last night declared vincent gray the winner over adrian fenty. there are some questions. clearly, vincent gray said he is not going to make any personnel announcements until he is actually elected in november. it was 1:30 this morning when vincent gray was finally able to declare victory. >> it is time we come together as one city. >> to a crowd who had no sympathy towards the loser, adrian fenty. they sang, "hey, hey, good- bye." >> we willingly accept the vote of the majority. as i said, we made a lot of tough political decisions. >> among them was the choice of schools chancellor michelle rhee, who is very unpopular with much of gray's base. no one would be surprised if he leaves -- she leaves. said he wants to bridge the divide. >> there were a lot of people who voted for me and a lot of people who did not vote for me. >> i really thought the we were on a forward moving trend, and i feel we are stepping back to the marion barry era. >> i am a little bit disappointed. >> vincent gray made clear today he was disappointed with the performance of

mayor adrian fenty is out of the job but will the change in the mayor's office may mean a shake-up in d.c. schools? brianne carter has the latest on the future of chancellor michelle rhee. >> [applause] for the first time since the primary, mayor adrian fenty and vincent gray are standing together. the question remains, will vincent gray stand by the school chancellor? >> we want to make the right decision for the city. part of that process is being able to sit down with the people in their jobs data. we will do that in the weeks ahead. >> over the past 3.5 years, michelle rhee has put together reform efforts and going -- including firing hundreds of teachers and closing schools. she says controversial decisions may have contributed to adrian fenty losing his job and could cause her current job. >> yes, it pains me this effort has so much promise. >> a number of d.c. council member spoke out on the issue. some are hoping that michelle rhee will stay and others believe reform will go on without her. >> i think it would be a great loss for the city. to jeopardize the momentum that has b

today after months battling it out on the campaign trail, adrian fenty seems at peace with the outcome while vincent gray says he is humbled and thankful. fox 5's laura evans here now with today's developments on that race. >> after months of campaigning, negative ads and animosity the two appear to be playing nice agreeing to work together on a smooth transition. council chairman vincent gray soundly defeated adrian fenty yesterday 53-46% and today gray thanked voters emphasizing he will be inclusive as mayor. he will hold weekly press conferences and he talked about ways he plans to bring unity to the district. >> we'll probably do a series of town hall meetings so that we can hear from people and not just democrats, that we can hear from republicans and independents because frankly, i believe in my heart in one city. >> meanwhile the outgoing mayor not quite sure what the future holds for him. in a gathering with supporters today at his campaign headquarters adrian fenty says doesn't see elected office in his immediate future, but he also didn't rule it out. the mayor says he will r

mayor adrian fenty is locked in a heated battle with vincent gray. news 4's megan mcgrath is live at the bell multicultural high school where residents will begin voting in less than an hour now. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning. very quiet right now. in about an hour the doors open at all the polling places across d.c. 22,000 people have already cast ballots in early voting. thousands more are expected to vote toda adrian fenty, who so decisively won his first term, is now battling for reelection. his opponent, gray, hoping to unsat him. mayor adrian fenty attended a rally in southeast on monday, fighting an uphill battle in most polls, fenty is pointing to his record and promise to go change his leadership style if re-elected. >> i think what you're seeing from all eight wards, people understand way more good has happened in the city than bad. we'll learn from whatever mistakes we made to do a better job nexttime. >> reporter: it has been a heated campaign. gray believes he has won over many voters and is n being considered on his own

adrian fenty he won his amc. he won his effort to run for mayor. this would be the first defeat for him. but i can't overstate how big a defeat this would be since four years ago adrian fenty had it all. he won every single precinct. he is the only elected mayor in the city to win a majority of both the white and black votes. you can't say it anymore plainly than that. if he loses, this is huge. my colleague andrea mccarren is standing by. >> reporter: you were just saying the party appeared to be over. well, the party here is just heating up. campaign aid is at the podium right now. let's listen in for a moment. >> we want you to continue to hang in there with us. we're feeling good. we hope you feel good. >>. [ cheers and applause ]. >> reporter: if you just hang in there a little while longer, we know that we will be celebrating a very big victory. >> well, i guess, bruce, that pretty much says it all. they are anticipating a victory tonight. and the numbers appear to be playing that out. overall at this point, the numbers that we have are vince

no word on where adrian fenty will be early this morning. the polls open in a couple hours from now. they will be open until 8:00 tonight. pamela brown reporting from southeast. >>> d.c. voters will also choose candidates to run for council chair, at large d.c. council seat, and council seats in wards 1, 3, 5, 6. >>> in maryland's there may be a good little rematch. incumbent democrat martin o'malley is expected to get. his party's get he will likely face former republican gov. bob ehrlich. bob ehrlich is being challenged by attorney brian murphy. murphy has won the support of sarah palin >>. >>> brianne carter is live in cheverly this morning with a preview of the county executive race. >> after all of these days, it comes down to this. the candidates have been hitting the campaign trail hard and voters will be held today voting in the primary. county executive in prince george's county is the race a lot of people will be looking at. four candidates are running. the focus has been on the top two. rushern baker and michael jackson. both of t

adrian fenty will be on 13th street in northwest. he will make several stops as well. both candidates have been giving one last bid to get out the vote. vincent gray has been leading. some of his supporters say that he is an electable guy. adrian fenty has been pushing his track record of accomplishment to voters over the past four years. the pope's that -- he is hoping that will help them prevail. back to you. >> thank you. >>> besides the mayor's race, d.c. voters will choose candidates for council chair and and at large council seat. council seats ford's 1, 3, 5, 6. -- wards. >>> incumbent democrat martin o'malley is expected to get his party's nomination in maryland and he would replace bob ehrlich. monday he received an endorsement from the arizona senator john mccain and attorney brian murphy has the support of sarah palin. race for prince george's county executive will take center stage today. baker and jackson are vying for the democratic nomination. >>> voters in maryland and d.c. are not the only ones going to the polls today. it is primary day in del weir, m

s race for mayor, michelle rhee talking about her future 24 hours after mayor adrian fenty loses to challenger vincent gray. we had every development in the race. jay korff has why michelle rhee says she is partly to blame for fenty's loss. >> vincent gray and michelle rhee said it will sit down and talk about her future. tonight, we caught up with michelle rhee at an event that applauded her work, in part, and she admitted she was a factor in the mayor losing. chancellor michelle rhee's appearance for the d.c. premiere of "waiting for superman" could not have been more ironic, showcasing the work of those within the system. >> are most of the kids getting inappropriate education? >> with her hard-charging style, including firing hundreds of teachers and closing schools, prove to be a political liability for her boss, mayor adrian fenty. even michelle rhee admits that she cost mayor fenty votes. am i was very clear what the mayor early on that the reforms we were taking on what caused consternation. >> mayor fenty calls michelle rhee's accomplishments a high point of his term. >> she will be t

was a far different mood for adrian fenty. the democratic mayor now out of a job after four years in office. how the mayor and supporters are reacting. >> i did listen in to events gray -- to vince gray, and this conversation very different. fenty himself seems very upbeat. as for a political campaign, hindsight is always 20/20. he says as for plans for the future, he does not intend to run for elected office as of yet, but he plans to continue giving back to the district, his home. quarters, there's not much left to salvage. the mayor came out at 11:00 a.m. to give his official speech admitting defeat in a primary by the new democratic nominee, whom he spoke with on the phone minutes earlier. >> i told him first congratulations, both on the victory in itself and for running a very hard and well-fed a just and disciplined campaign. >> fenty also bar gr supportay -- to support -- vowed to

grey se impuso a adrian fenty en las primarias del martes por 53 a 46 por ciento de los votos.. y ya que no hay contendientes republicanos se convirtio en el virtual alcalde de la ciudad...los residentes no esperaron que se disiparan los humos de las elecciones para hacer sus demandas... todos porque hay mucha gente que realmente no tiene trabajo..." para los residentes de la ciudad y para los expertos, fenty habria contribuido a su derrota al adoptar una actitud de arrogancia y el manejo de la comuna..muchos residentes critican los aumentos considerables de los montos requeridos para estacionar en la capital... "sobre el parqueo mas que nada yo quiero que vuelva a lo normal porque esta demasiado caro yo quiero que vuelva a lo normal que era media hora por cada quarter ...." por su parte, adrian fenty diijo que no piensa postularse como independiente o por inscripcion . agredecio a sus partidarios por el respaldo y aseguro su apoyo a grey.. mientras tanto en maryland, los representante hispanos tambien celebraron victorias... victor ramirez ganóuna plaza

adrian fenty conceded overnight. some voters said he had become out of touch. >> in wisconsin, district attorney and one-time mtv reality star sean duffy, won his primary for congress. >> and richard nixon's grandson stumbled on his first entry into politics. chris cox came in third out of three republican candidates for congress here in new york. >>> now, to a developing story from the middle east. the palestinians are now threatening to walk out of peace talks if the jewish settlements and the west bank issue are not resolved. simon mcgregor-wood is live in jerusalem with a status report. good morning, simon. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. you're absolutely right.

mayor adrian fenty. he appeared on meet the press yesterday and he said he supports what adrian fenty and what michelle rhee have done to move forward to the d.c. public schools. >> i'm a big fan of what he and michelle rhee have done. public schools are dramatically better today than what they wear. i investe-- they were. adrian fenty will be able to hold his head high. >> when asked why he did not campaign for adrian fenty, the city cannot participate in every local primary. >> steny hoyer thanks, a central host stephen colbert to embarrass himself during his appearance before congress on friday. if he was invited to testify before was the judiciary subcommittee on undocumented farm worker spens. he spent a day working in the field. >> ike leggett warned of more possible budget cuts to prepare for a 10-15 reduction in their budgets -- 10%-15% reductions. a $200 million shortfall expected. >>> rainy monday morning, 64 degrees. saturday was like the millage summer. then sunday was like a new season overn

adrian fenty failed to recognize the differences and it cost him his job. gray supporters said their man won't make the same mistake. >> if you look at the record of this administration, it's been awful. we can't -- d.c. residents cannot get the kind of jobs that folks from outside of the district get that were public dollars used to build the project. >> reporter: gray supporters reaching out to fenty reporters, praying that school reforms or other measures will be rolled back or come to a halt under gray. >> education is a central issue for him. and so there is going to be a lot of very early thought about what goes on. >> it is not only racial, it is socio economic and the reality is that we need someone to address those issues. job issues, education issues, work force development. >> a lot of us have all have decades of history with this man of give and take and back and forth, but not always getting what we want. >> i enjoy being around people and we'll watch it unfold. it will start unfolding today. >> but we know talk is cheap. they are watching vinc

if this race comes down to a referendum on fenty personality, adrian fenty is in trouble. if he loses as practically every poll suggests he will. what a fall from political grace will be. >> the votin -- i think the city habeen moving in a great direction, and we need to continue that. >> reporte williams says he's heard the complaints about mayor fenty, zee detached, arrogant e. >> we all have different personalities, but we have to lookat the facts. the city's better four years later. >> four years ago, a wildly popular adrian fenty did not jus win in a landslide, he won in every precinct. voters backed his reform ias. more developmen, more parks and recreation centers. four years later, many of those voters are disenchanted. rudy smith remembershe fenty euphoria. then she was hopeful, now she's disappointed. >> he didn't learn anything. you have have compassion for people across the city, not just one section of the city. >> neil timmons moved to northeast d.c. about three years ago. he's seen a different mayor. >> i see crime rates are down, baseball parks are up, what

vincent gray is ahead of adrian fenty 58% to 32%. this is going to be a long night, folks. we will have all the information for you right here. we will have everything updated for you as well as on tbd.com. >> it will be a long night. >> keep it here. >>> a controversy surrounding the redskins and the team's captain. >> what he is saying about the new york jets allegedly making inappropriate comments about a mexican reporter. >> the owner of the new york jets already called a female reporter this week and apologized. now the redskins have to do some damage control after a day -- after one player defended the accused players. >> i have to be doing a job. i am sure they do the same thing. >> after making what some call offensive comments, clinton portis quickly issued a statement. but d.c. residents are still talking about what he said. >> you put a woman and give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody -- she is going to be wanting somebody. >> if he had a daughter and she was a journalist and they harassed her, he would be mad about that situation. >> portis was giving his op

vincent gray beat out adrian fenty in the democratic primary mayoral race. a fenty spokesman says the mayor has conceded and plans to call gray to congratulate him. gray's victory means he is pretty much a shoe-in for mayor since he faces no gop competition in november's general election but it has been an exciting primary. definitely exciting to see that we have great temperatures again today. >> going to be a gorgeous day. more sunshine than yesterday and temperatures once again in the 80s and a nice comfortable start to the day. you can get under the covers here during the early-morning hours. let's get to it. we'll talk bus stop forecast. kids headed out to school might want to check it here particularly off to the north and west where we've got some 50s, even some low 50s well off to the north and west. just a couple of clouds out there. the cool temperatures, sunrise this morning, 6:49 a.m. you can see it will be a nice day. let's do temperatures. nice, cool, comfortable start off to the west. 50s, lots of 50s. manassas, 52 degrees. gaithersburg, 54. f

vincent gray defeated adrian fenty in the democratic primary. he won by more than 8 percentage points. he told supporters that is time to come together as one city. mayor fenty said he would be calling vince gray to oncede. he has yet to throw in the towel, though -- rather, he had not thrown in the towel when he addressed supporters at his campaign headquarters late last night before going home for the night. >>> d.c. electionfficials are ensuring all ballots were counted. this comes after 20 polling locations and workers complained they received confusing directions about the machines. a judge ruled against that request. >> this morning we know who is poised to take vincent gray's place as d.c. council chair. kwame brown defeated orange and douglas in a landslide. brown walked away with 55% compared to orange's 30%

organization and name recognition to adrian fenty. today gray voted early in his homeward leading in every public opinion poll this year, and hoping to close the deal with democratic primary voters tonight. >> we brought a skpan, but we set out from the beginning. the polls are all oer the place, some days 3 for 1, some days 5, some days 17. we haven't paid attention to that much we paid attention to the kd of campai we wanted to run. >> turnout tuesday was lighter than what we expected. a campaign ev gray supporters say has been more marked by voter irritationith fenty's personalities than enthusiasm for gray's. >> this may be one of the most important elections in the history of the city. i think it will speak to who people see is able to bring the city together. we've run on a campaign of one city. representing the people all across the city. the city needs to be brought together at this sge. >> as gray tour eed the city tuesday, his campaign workers say they sensed a victory. the battle isn't over until the polls close tonight. gr

. >> reporter: we're waiting for adrian fenty to show up. he's probably not going to say anything until we get more word on the numbers. back to you. >> we'll check back in with karen gray houston as soon as we get more numbers. >> in the race to succeed vincent gray, brown faced off against former d.c. council member vincent orange. again, no results out of d.c., so zeros across the board. >>> let's go to prince georges county where sharon baker is leading the race for the county executive office. >> let's look at the results as they come in. right now, we believe sharon baker is in the lead. roz plater is at baker headquarters. roz. >> reporter: shawn, we're at the crazy horse saloon here at six flags where they're preparing and hoping for a victory party. take a look, the room is packed, several hundred people here. this has been a hard fought campaign. many months many of them have worked and there were five candidates in this field, all of them wanting to be the next county executive. but the polls have always called this a two-person r

gray defeated adrian fenty. this afternoon the d.c. council chair told suppters, it is time to come together aone city and one of his goals in the coming weeks will be to reach out to all the city residents. >> i'm going to spend the next seven wes during the period between the primary and the general election reaching out to the voters. especially those people who may not have voted for us. going across the city, we'll probably do a series of town hall meetings. >> i believe in civic participation. i believe in giving back to the community. certainly, not in big highly public role but in a way that can help my community, help the government, help out people who need a helping hand. >> gray announced a new website to disseminate information and to solicit ideas. the address is www.buildonecity.com. >>> noouz news4's tracee wilkins talked to voters about gray becoming the new mayor of the district. >> reporter: he has won more than half the city's vote beating out mayor adrian fenty four years after fenty won in every district. despite

most of the polls showing adrian fenty is facing an uphill ttle. will that translate into a victory for vince ept gray? fray certainly hopes so. gray is saying i believes voters are considering him based on his own merits. but, again, mom ine, the ornt thing is what the voters do. again, polls open at 7:00 this morning. if this race does, indeed, become tight we may not know the winner tonight. if it comes down to provisional and absentee ballots, it could take time to count all those up. it could be a late night or we might not know the results until a later tate. it just depends howtight it is. of course a lot of people to come out and cast their pal lots today. more coming up in the next half hour. back to you in the studio. >>> thanks very much. dpra hopes to replace fenty as well. but three candidates are uning to replace gray. kwam brown is ahead in most of the polls. he leads orange and douglas. orange ran for mayor four years ago and loss. >>> and the race for county executive. michael jackson and baker are considered the front-nners. levi,

mayor adrian fenty has been put up a tough fight against vincent gray. vincent gray has been steadily at had in the polls. mayor fenty says his track record will help put him over the edge. both of the candidates will be pushing their message and try to get last minute votes before polls close at 8:00 tonight. >>> d.c. voters will notice some changes this year. the district has unveiled new voter technology. that includes new voting machines and electronic pull books. people will be allowed to register and register on the same day. d.c. officials say that more than 22,000 voters have already taken advantage of early voting. >>> is now 6:33 on this tuesday morning and we made a step closer to a gubernatorial rematch in maryland are incumbent martin o'malley is expected to get his party's nomination. he will likely face former republican governor bob ehrlich. bob ehrlich is being challenged by attorney brian murphy who has been endorsed by sarah palin. another important race in maryland is the race for prince george's county executive. former state delegat

the unions tried to get adrian fenty taken down and they succeeded and that is a message. >> the people had to live with him for three years took him down. it was not because of education reform but the way he governed. he did not listen to people. he paid for it. >> politics is a matter of addition not subtraction. so ominous deserves tax cuts, next. >> we call for bipartisan action to cut spending and stop all the tax hikes that are coming. >> because wages and income had flat line for a middle-class families, they should definitely get an extension of the tax cuts in 2001-2003. >> the president and minority leader john behner debating what to do about the bush tax cuts set to expire at the end of this year. john behner made an appearance on television and made a conciliatory, but it did not last long. >> it might have been an opportunity for the white house or democrats to start a dialogue with the other side. instead, the democrats reacted in a knee-jerk way and attacked. they met -- john behner may have misspoke but they could have wrapped their arms around him. they could have acc

will an adrian fenty defeat equal an exit for school chancellor michelle rhee? we'll tackle that question. >>> plus ad attack, the group slamming mcdonald's in this controversial commercial. we'll be right back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00. jwa >>> democratic party in d.c. working to soothe any hard feelings after a hard fought mayoral race and they started with this morning's traditional unity breakfast, the first time we've seen the new democratic candidate with the mayor since the primary. >> reporter: in a heavily democratic town vincent gray is expected to be the neck mayor. he came to the -- next mayor. he came to the democratic state protect fast at israel baptist church to highlightish -- breakfast at israel baptist church to highlight issues he says are important to him. >> restoring the public trust to our government. >> reporter: gray was warmly received by all including the defeated incumbent mayor. >> it was a real tough campaign and i think the democratic nominee and i, we fought hard. i think it was all fought

adrian fenty and vincent gray are making up. the two challengers slugged it out with negative ads but now they are agreeing to work together if i smooth trance i go. vince gray is call following unity and fenty says he realizes that people have spoken. >> i feel like i put everything into it. i was fully prepared and excited to serve the city for four more years but it wasn't to be that. wasn't the will of the voters so i respect the will of the voters to support chairman gray. >> one of the things that is most important to me at this stage is to be able to work to earn the support of those people who did not vote fuss. >> the race is virtually a done deal here. >>> we know the frustration of getting a parking ticket. coming up next, tempers flared on camera. >> take that and shop it up your [bleep] >> i have it on -- shove it up your [bleep] >> i have it on video. >> i could give a damn less. >>> a september rally for u.s. stocks continues. both the dow and nasdaq picked up gains. in arab yitzhak rabin the mark -- in issue -- i

a short time later, in came adrian fenty, the defeated mayor who as mayor routinely snubbed the party regulars. but fenty was doing his duty. acknowledging gray's triumph in tuesday's election. one of the oldest rituals in american politics, gracefully losing and preparing for the trafer of power. >> vincent gray,just know this. for the next 105 days, we do everything possible to make sure that both the transition and the government in the district of columbia suffers nothing for transition. they will give you everything you need to be -- >> reporter: may o'fenty lost badly in tuesday's primary in this heavily democratic city. >> i want to pay tribute to mayor adrian fenty. the mayor and i talked yestday. and he said to me yesterday exactly what he said to you. >> reporter: gray who ran in part because fenty routinely snubbed him and the other 12 councilmembersid find some words of praise this day. >> i look forward to being able to work with you in the week and months after january 2. because i know your commitment and i ow how you can help me be the best mayor possible. >> reporter:

he just wrapped up an interview with mayor adrian fenty so we are going to get that to you later in the show and of course we are following all the local races online at wusa9.com. tune in tonight at 11:00 for the full race results. >>> your future is in your hands. your life is what you make of it and nothing, absolutely nothing is beyond your reach. >> for a second year, president obama delivered a message to children across the nation and his message, work hard and dream big. mr. obama chose a successful school in philadelphia for his back-to-school pep talk. schools across the country had the option to show the speech in the classroom. last year conservatives accused of president of using his young audience to push politics. >>> israeli palestinian peace talks moving in the right direction. that is the word from president obama's mideast envoy. >> all of us reaffirmed our commitment to reaching a shared goal of a just, lasting and secure peace. >> leaders are in egypt for round two of negotiation. the biggest hurdle remains the dispute over jewish settlements in the west bank. the s

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he won the democratic primary nomination defeating incumbent adrian fenty by a 53-45% margin. there is no challenger in the general election, so it appears it is his post, but before getting down to business there were the thank yous and the concessions. fox 5's laura evans joins us with today's developments. >> reporter: a long night giving way to a very busy day. adrian fenty conceding t, vincent gray looking ahead laying out some of his plans for the future. so what does the future hold for the outgoing d.c. mayor? fenty says he's done with politics for now. [ applause ] >> reporter: the morning after his stinging loss mayor adrian fenty who just four years ago won all precincts thanked his supporters and said he will get behind vincent gray. no bitterness, no talk of regret, only positive words for the city's future. >> i really respect the democratic process. to me it would be overstepping my bounds to say as the incumbent mayor that i think the democratic nominee should do this or he should do that. in fact, i'm here almost to say i'm here to support him in what he think

that's good news. >>> vincent gray and adrian fenty will attend anity breakfast together. now that gray appears likely to be the next maor, perhaps the biggest question people are asking is what will happen to d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee. news 4's elaine reyesjoins us live from our newsroom with more on this story. elaine, good morning. >> good morning to you, eun. michelle rhee called the election results a significant change in direction, but vowed to work with a presumed future mayor, vincent gray. gray says he wants to getast the november general election beforeaking any personnel decisions. education was a major campaign issue for both gray and fenty. thmayor's choice as chancellor and the reform of the school system didn't go over very well with much of the electorate. so the big question ked during all the postlection news conferences yesterday, will michelle rhee stay or go? >> i really just want to get an understanding of, you know, what his hopes and aspirations are. you know what he hopeso do in his first, you know, term as mayor, obviously. and you kn

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. >> reporter: the morning after his stinging loss, mayor adrian fenty, who just four years ago won all pictures, thanked his supporters and said he will get behind vincent gray. no bitterness, no talk of regret, only positive words for the city's future. >> i really respect the democratic process. to me, it would be overstepping my bound to say as the incumbent mayor that i think the democratic no, ma'am should -- nominee should do this or do that. i'm here to support him and when he thinks. >> reporter: mayor fenty said he has had a great 10-year run in elected office and now it is time to do something else. what that is he wouldn't say. >> i feel like i put effect into it. i was fully prepared and excited to serve the city for four more years but it wasn't to be. that wasn't the will of the vote ares. i respect the will of the voters and will respect chairman grey. as of this time, i think i'm at a point in my life where i could move onto something else. >> reporter: vincent gray thanking voters, calling for unity. >> one of the things that is most important to me at this stage is to

. >>> the clock just ran out on one method for adrian fenty to revive his campaign. we can look -- we will look at how he could still be in the race. >>> some people hope that adrian fenty will show up and shift party affiliations. a short while ago the mayor announced our response -- a response. he says he is humbled, but no thanks. filled gray's victory some of his supporters with high hopes for the presumptive next mayor. >> i think he will be more reminiscent of marion barry. >> we hope he will be like marion barry. >> the critics remember those years as a time when thugs thrived, schools crumbled, and the middle class, both black and white, headed for the suburbs in droves. >> i hope he will not be another marion barry. that would be horrible. >> there is a lot of speculation and it has some residents downright frightened. fenty supporters are reluctant to take down his campaign signs. >> i will leave it there a little bit longer. i am upset. i will take it down in a couple of days. i will put it back up if he runs. >> some die-hard democrats hope for a fenty st

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. >>> we may have lost the democratic primary for mayor but adrian fenty's name could be on the ballot in november. that is because he garnered more than 800 boats as a right in candidate for the republican party. that qualifies him to be on the ballot. he is a democrat and says he would not switch parties to run for mayor. he must decide by this afternoon to accept the nomination. >>> six weeks before the midterm election president obama is hitting the campaign trail in states that were once for democrats pretty is drumming support for rebel emblem and fall. --rick blumernthal. >> i understand his opponent has promised a smack down. [laughter] i guess somebody who has been in professional wrestling would think that they are right at home at the united states senate. >> despite polls showing a rising republican tide, nancy pelosi says she is confident that democrats will win in november. conservative leader sarah palin is back in washington for a value of voter summit. >>> voter turnout in the maryland primary appeared to be the lowest on record. the state board of elections has only a

. >> another election tuesday was in the district of columbia where the former mayor, adrian fenty seeking a second term was controversial and highly publicized. his school chancellor michelle rey lost a bid for a second term. >> the winner of the democratic primary was vincent gray. he supported the education as well. in michelle rhee, you have the national backing of reform. she did something unforgettable -- unforgivable. separate her from education reform and she was very affective and was a media-savvy. educational reform in the district of columbia does not end with michelle rhee. >> educational reform would not have happened in d.c. accept or michelle rey. she is an historical figure. she is a true hero of the movement. >> the fact that she will go, we will say. in a couple of years, the teachers union will ride again and will not be able to get rid of the bad teachers. we will go back to status quo. >> the most important thing that happens with the education reform is taking the school board that had been the problem with education and the district of columbia because they play a p

adrian fenty supported her, but now with and svincent gray takig over, he could oust rhee. she says the re-election &ot is devastating to the city school children. -- re-election law is devastating to the city school children. >>> of all their faces charges after he boarded his child's school bus to avoid police. jones says are there that morning his daughter who has to reverse policy broke down in tears telling him students hit and shouted at her, twisted her ear, and even threw condoms at her. >> talk to your kids, ask your kid, call your school, what ever you do, but make sure the kids are safe going back and forth to school. >> the police were called and jones was arrested. he has no criminal record. he was released on $2,000 bail in could be charged with disorderly functi andbehavior as serving a school function. >>> motorists are facing delays due to a tractorkárailer accident. the northwest plane is closed. the celtics left plain clothes as well. -- the south left lane closed as well. let's talk about the weather. a nice day. we are headed into autumn, and we're goi

mayor adrian fenty endorsed his one time opponent to become the next mayor of washington. fenty lost tuesday's primary to vincent gray. the two were among city officials at a democratic unity breakfast this morning. tracee wilkins was there. >> reporter: it's a sign of things to come for the democratic party. the democratic mayol elect and vincent gray hand in hand. uniting the party after a bitter election was the theme of this morning's breakfast. it is also important among counlmembers who were hoping mayor fenty would win. >> the voters have spoken. now is the time for us to come together. everybody who ran, everybody who cares about washington, and work on the thing that a important to us. >> reporter: some of those important things will include the diction of d.c. schools, something they will have to consider sooner than later. >> i think we have to give vincent gray an opportunity to work through what he will do and he will present somethg t the council. >> i think it would be a great loss for the city. to jeopardize e momentum that has been built for change. there

. >> and vince caray defeated the incumbent adrian fenty in the d.c. primary. -- vince great defeated the incumbent. >> maicer fenty today was philosophical about his loss. >> -- mayor fenty today was philosophical. >> someone who will be more of a communicator, and that is fine. they should get what they deserve. >> and it appears they will get vincent gray. >> it is time that we gather as one city. >> 54% went for vincent gray. largely along racial lines. predominantly black and red for gray, and pro-gray wars. they do not like adrian fenty. >> so disrespected, so shut out. >> she says she is looking forward to a mayor who listens. she points to score chancellor michelle rhee, who ignored parents, and how mayor fenty treated her side of town. >> you elected me. i know what is best for you. i do not need your input. >> another laments the loss of mayor fenty. >> i just hope we do not go back to the way things were. >> no longer having his car broken into or his neighbors robbed on the street. >> they come, on the bus, walk down the side streets, and t