lifetime sentenc of a lost limb, missing from our family tree. >> on the fourth day of jury delibetions, chandra levy's mother reacts to the guilty verdict for ingmar guandique. it has been more than nine years in the making. good afternoon. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger sitting in for pat lawson muse. the guilty verdict brings closure to a criminal investation that has captured the public's attention for nearly a decade. ingmar guandique was convicted of two counts in the death of the 24-year-old intern. there's reaction from levy's mother and members ha to jury. we'll begin with our live team coverage with pat collins once agn who is outside the d.c. superior court. >> reporter: after deliberating the days and two hours, a jure found ingmar guandique guilty of the murder of the

chandra levy. as the verdict me down, guandique closed his eyes. and when the jury left the urtroom, guandue tossed aside his head phones before he was led back to his cell. ingmar guandique. guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the death of chandra levy. the skeletal remains of chandra levy found in 2002. the 24-year-old intern had been missing for a year. for more than nine years, susan levy, chandra's mother, has conducted a crusade to find her daughter's killer. susan lev in the courtroom today when the verdict was announced. >> this verdict today give you a sense of peace? >> i don't know. the is always going to be a feeling of sadness.

you know, i like the word that you used, a sense of peace. i've never heard too many people say that. i'm glad to be here and follow up on what happened to my daughter no matter how hard it has been for me personally. i'm not sure if it is a sense of peace but i can surely tell you it ain't closure. >> reporter: what a time it has been for susan levy. a w minutes ago, we heard from u.s. attorney ron. he talk about the verdict in the case. >> today's verdic does send a message that it is never too late for a murderer to be held accountable for his crime. it is never too late for justice to be served. >> reporter: guandique is set to be sentenced on february 11th. he faces a minimum of 30 years in jail. a maximum of le without parole. there is much more to be told about this story.

i'll be back at 5:00 with that. back to you. >> we'll look for you then. >> one juror said there was a lot of evidence to mull over in this case. >> cis gordon was at the courthouse when the verdict was refld he joins us now with the jury's reaction to the case. you're an attorney. three steps up to the micropne today. tell us what then. >> reporter: there were six women and three men. the women all came to the front of the courthouse and talk about how they reached their veict. prosecutors had the testimony of a cell mate of guandique who said that guandique had confessed to the killing. they had the testony of two women who guandique attack in rock creek park. they had chandra levy's jogging outfit. but they had no dna, no forensic evidence, putting guandique on the scene of the crime. no fingerprints, no eyewitnesses and no official finding of a cause of death from medical examiner. stl, this jury felt that they had plenty to evaluate in

reaching this guilty verdict. >> all kinds of evidence. we were in a ver small room and we were with all of that evidence every day. and we went through it in a very deliberate manner and we also went through the laws very deliberately. >> reporter: as a group t jury agreed not to discuss the specifics of their deliberations that led to finding ingmar guandique guilty of killing chdra levy. guandique is serving a ten-year sentence for attacks on two other women in rock creek park back in 2001. the jury was moved by the testimony of those two victims, calling their stories powerful. one juror was brought to tears when the jury was polled individuly to give their verdicts. she later explained why she got emotional. >> you're dealing with somebody's life. two people's lives and i don't take that lightly. i take that very, very serusly and i'm confident with the decision we made. it doesn't mean that i don't

wish that we didn't have to be here today. >> did you have doubt hz? >> did iave doubts? >> i'm not doubtful now, no. >> reporter: the jy felt the prosecutors and public defenders representing guandique were all very good and that that both sides made very effective closing statements. >> doubt the police investigation which some say from the defense was trying to paint as botched from the beginning, and former congressman ry condit, did they play any part in these deliberations? >> reporter: we know this. the jury that they wouldn't discuss the specifics when asked that question. they just said police seemed to be on the wrong track with gary condit. >> what happened now? he will be sentenced february 11th? >> reporter: correct. there will be a presentence investigation. both sides will prepare. susan levy, the moether have

chandra, will be able to give an impact state. and usually a defense attorney would suggest that the defendant express remorse. >> we'll be checking back with you. we'll have much more reaction coming up later at 4:00 and 5:00. plus, you ca hear chandra levy mother's entire statement and. test results on a jogger found in aruba. it would be the first piece o concrete evidence in the death of a missing alabama teenager. tourist think found the bone november 12th near a hotel where holloway was staying. forensic experts have been comparing it to holloway's dental records. holloway disappeared during a high school fltrip in aruba in

2005. the suspect is currentfully jail in peru facing murder chaes for the death of a young woman there. now to a developing story. don't touch my junk has become an internet buzz phrase, thanks to a san diego traveller who refused a full pat-down body search at the airport. this controversy is building over airport security screenings with the nation's busiest travel holiday on the orrizerange there are concerns about new showdowns and missed flights. steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: with the peak travel day looming wednesday, tsa is urging fliers not to protest. by refung body scans and instead demanding time-consuming pat-downs. >> everybody wants to enjoy the holidays. let's be safe. let not tie up tose people who want to go home and spend time with loved ones. >> reporter: many travellers are angry. this was atlanta. >> i don't believe tsa has ever

fod a terrorist. >> reporter: tom sawyer said his agent wouldn't listen. >> totally ignored my requests to tell him my medical conditions >> reporter: so tom said the agent press to do hard on a bag tom wears to check his you're not and the bag leaked. >> this was so embarrassing. i wasn't prepared. >> reporter: this cell phone video shot fly salt lake city airport has gotten over a million hits on youtube. a little boy his shirt off. tsa says the boy set off a metal detector and his dad pulled the shirt off so the agent could better check the boy. but it upset some who watched. >> ridiculous. >> reporter: tsa says the public is getting a distorted view. that most fliers areetting pat-downs when in fact it is just one in everyone hundred and homeland security secretary janet napolitanos not backing down. tsa might refine the body scans and patdowns but will not drop them. >> we have to make sure we're

doing what we can and should to adequately screen passenger. >> reporter: she notes, it was just last çóyear's busy holiday seas when the accused underwear bomber got on a plane with a bomb on his body. tsa says what has been learned since then is being applied now. i'm steve handelsman, news4. police believe two stabbings in manassas, virginia, one of whic killed a high school freshman, are the latest in a series of gang-related incidents. the 15-year-old was attacked by several people on his way home from osbourn high on friday. happened blocks away from a second stabbing that happened saturday. police tell us, a group of men jumped a 19-year-old at grand avenue shopping center. investigators think both incidents are linked to rival gangs. they've been fighting since the summer. it has left some area parents stunned. >> very freakish.

i would have never thought this uld happen at this school. >> two arrests have been made in the murder of miguel hernandez. grief counseling is being provided today while police have stepped up security in the area. well, the list of america's most dangerous cities is out today. and camden, new jersey, no longer tops that list. thstudy oks at crime in all 400 major metropolitan areas. here and across the country. st. louis, missouri, replaced camden as 2009's most crime ridden city. baltimore came in 11th. washington, d.c., 22nd. new york city didn't eve cck the top 250. for the second year in a row, colony, new york, came in as the safest city in america. let's get the word on your holiday week forecast. a lot of people want to know how it will shape up. veronica johnson has the first focast now. >> thanks a lot. it is not looking too bad. at least here for the first part of the week.

a great weekend, too. but this morning we started out with fog across the area that did lead to some flight delays. i think we'll be looking at the same sort of scenario for tomorrow morning. if you're flying out or have someone flying in, you might want to call ahead or check online. let's take a look outside. some high clouds have moved into the area. we did get a little clearing, of course, today. sunshine and now these high clouds, those will continue to stream in and temperaturewe, around 60 degrees. so 13 of the last 14 days have now been above our average which is runng at 55 degrees right now. a couple of neighborhoods, stops here. 60 degrees currently. mount pleasant and shaw. you folk in montgomery village, you're at 61 degrees right now. over in fairfax, franconia at 61. a nice warm southwesterl flow across the area. we'll have one more really mild

day before things start chilling down and getting colder. especially during overnight period. so 55 degrees at 11:00 p.m. on your fast forecast. we can expect more fog by morning. a few showers coming our way tomorrow. what about thanksgiving day? we'll take a look at that in detail in a few minutes. >> we'll see you then. thank you. stay right there. news4 at 4:00 is just getting started. charlie sheen faces more legal trouble today. this time from a woman with him during his tirade in a new york city hotel. the former first lady barbara bush doesn't hold bla asked her thoughts about sarah palin. also ahead at 4:00, jill vance sits down with the school superintendent kaya nderson. hear what she thinks about the future of the d.c. schools. plus, today is our food for family food drive. our phone bank is up and running. you can dote by calling us here.

charlie sheen has come out swinging againsthe woman who accused him. >> the porn star denies being a prs toot. she made assault accusations against the star of 2 1/2 men during the national tv interview. she also said she plans to sue for battery and false imprisonment and plans to file a

criminal report. w sheen's rep tells the celebrity website tmz.com that anderson is a woman who for the right amount of money sleeps with strangers. the rep says anderson had plenty of opportunity to tell police about any abuse but nev did. w he said she is concocting a new study to make money off the star. former first lady barbara bush isn't holding back her opinion about sarah palin. >> she was asked what she thought. palin during a pretape interview on larry king set to air tonight. the former first lady did not mince words. >> i think she is very happy in alaska. i hope she' stay there. >> mrs. bush went on to praise her own son, his presidential accomplishments and his new memoir. >> d.c. mayo elect vincent gray delivered the state of the district's finances noting a grimsituation. the soon to be mayor spoke before the city officials

describing what he calls daunting fiscal challenges ahead. lawmaker now have until the end of december to close the $188 million gap. he said overspending and lower than expected revenue contributed to the problem and next year, it is forecasted to be worse. by 2012, the district faces a potential budget shortfall of $345 million. there ar a few people in the washington area faced with more daunting task than kaya henderson. >> she is the enteriment school superintendent and now she is trying to full those shoes. she sat down with jim vce to talk about her expectations. >> my high expectations come out of my experience. i came from a family that was very much ke the students that we serve. and my chances were changed because my mother had a good public education and aid good

public education. and i know for sure that if we're able to provide that to children in d.c., their lives will chae. i feel like it did not take them 15 minutes to sink. so it won't take 15 minutes to fix it. >> are you impatient? ishat an asset or not? >> i am impatient. the reason is because we have children in ourclassrooms every single day. i go home to a 4-year-old and a 14-year-old and every day that they don't have excellent teachers, like they are losing ground. so i'm impatient because of that. i feel like parents all over the city have the same sense of impatien. i have to honor that. >> a lot of people expect a lot fromyou. they want to know if a fear failure is part of your consciousness. >> fear of failure. sure. this is the thing that fuels my sense of urgency, right?

if we don't do it well then kids die. but i feel like what i really have is a sen of possibility that this is doable. i'm not afraid. i'm not afraid to make mistakes. in fact, i feel like we've made some mistakes we'll correct. that's life. but part of the problem with turning around big bureaucracies is a failure to be nimble. like you have to try new things and you have to figure out quickly. if they're working, go with them. if not, abandon them. i think we've brought a different lel of that kind of stuff. >> henderson also told jim that she's confident she and mayor-elect vin send gray are on the same page. she said they want the same thing. they have to figure out how to make it happen. the day has finally arrived and news4 wants to make sure every family has a meal on thanksgiving and you can help us do just that. with food for families. >> pat lawson muse is out of the

anchor chair today. donations there go to a very important cause, don't they? >> reporter: it is an important cause and it h been a very generous day here at the verizon center where people have come from all over the region to donate to food for families. there is still time for you to donate. these volunteers are busy packing up all the food that has been donated here at this lotion. from here, the food is boxed up and it is taken to the boys and girls club in northeast washington. they sort it all out. they add turkeys and fresh veggies. we have a crew of theardest working volunteers in the washington area at the boys and girls club and down here at the verizon center. we have some very hard working properties with us this year like radio one. >> we want to challenge all the companies in washington, d.c. to participate in this tremendous

promotion that gives back to washington, d.c. and everybody benefits. not just one individual and one individual company. >> hunger is a hard thin to conquer. >> very hard. it is something that is doable if we put o minds to it. >> reporter: we have a number of partners. the wizards cheerleaders have been here all day since 6:00 this morning bringing us a lot of team spirit and keeping our spirits up. we still need your donations. we've taken up a lot of food and a lot of cash but we need to you donate nonperishable foods. you can bring it here to the verizon center. we need dounations of cash and checks. if it is too much trouble to get down here, you can do it on the phone. our phone bank is open. 202-885-4949. they've been working hard taking your phone calls. you can donateonline.

logon to nbcwashington.com. thing are very hard for a lot of people this year and every little b helps. we need you to help by donating to food for families. back to you. >> all right. marathon muse we call her. we're just getting started. a major retailer plans to match its competitors' prices on black friday.

too bad thanksgiving wasn't today because the weather was fabulous. >> or tomorrow. the temperature will be more mild acrs the area. can you believe it? it will get a little wet around here. still looking for the big change by the end of theworkweek. look at that. isn't that gorgeo? 4:50, the sun sets today. you can see the high clouds indicative of drier air out there. enough moisture this morning. we were talking about fog. same deal for early tomorrow morning. you'll see that fog develop. it should burn off rather quickly throughout the day tomorrow 60, the currt

temperature. a partly cloudy sky for us. as we go through the overnight period, here by 11:00, we dropd to 54. another mild overnight for us. the temperatures anywhere from 44 to about 49 degrees. that's where we're stuck tomorrow with more of that morning g. same storm track as what we were looking at for the end of last week. a huge jet stream in the south western portion of the country. that's the track for the storms. a big ridge across our area. we're still mild. colder air moving in and a series of storms that keeps laying down snow on top of snow. spots throughout colorado. st of denver could see three to four feet of snow here with more systems coming through and warnings a warnings posted in the red. areas of eastern washington and through the high spots of idaho. look at that cold air. these are the forecast highs across the nation if you're traveling. minneapolis, minnesota. dropping minus ten in great falls. then the high temperatures for wednesday there, still cold through that area. this is the weather front that will come through our area,

giving us a little rain. by wednesday, then by thanksgiving it will try to make its way back up through the area to bng us some rain once again on thanksgiving day, as well as for a portion of friday. there's the front coming through. then we cool down for wednesday. a little drier air for a day and then back to the wet stuff as the front comeback. the forecast here for the eveng, become a little breezy. we'll drop from 58 to 55 degrees. by tomorrow morning, patchy fog again in a very mild start until the wind kicks in. 44 to 50 degrees. so calling for again, patchy fog. 67 degrees, the high temperature tomorrow. way ove the average of 55. there's your thursday.ñi gobble, gobble. some rain showers. if you're going anywhere locally, iis going to be wet. if you're gng to somebody else's house fordinner. same thing, standing in line, probably some rain, wind. it will be chilly. >> a wild ride. stillto come at 4:00, the

latest on the guilty verdict, the chandra levy murder trial. plus, why this bride won't pass the blame for an accident during her bachelorette party that left her paralyzed.

welcome back at 4:30. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm sitting in for pat who is on assignment today. our top ory, a verdict in the chandra levy murder case today the jury found ingmar guandique guilty of two counts of felony murder for attack chandra levy in may of 2001. he faces 30 plus years in prison. this jury deliberated for four days. the mother of the former d.c. intern reacted to that guilty decision. >> the results of the verdict may be guilty but i have a lifetime sentence of a lost limb, missing from our family tree. >> we cannot bring back our daughter and nobody here can do anything to bring back her daughter. we did the best we could with the evidence we were given to come to the conclusion of this

case. >> sentencing is set for february. we have three report orders this case. we have live team coverage. that's coming up at the top of the 5:00 show. this holiday shopping season will be a bit better for retailers than last,specially if new numbers on consumer debt are any indication. kristen dahlgren has more on why a new survey expects americans to dig a bit deep entire their wallets this year. >> reporter: in america's shopping malls, there may be a little more holiday cheer this year. >> i have more money than i d bere so i guess i can put aside more. >> reporter: spending was up in the first two weeks of november and a new survey shows shoppers may finding optimism amidst the holiday bargains. in the phone survey by the consumer if he had vfederation 57% reported they'll spend as much or more than last year. 23% say their financial situation is better. >> i have a new job making more

money. and i am in a better place. >> reporter: while 30% do find theirfinances worse -- >> i won't borrow any money in order to buy gifts. >> reporter: that number is again better than last ar. >> the survey results suggest that at least with their attitudes, people are feeling better. certainly we're not out of the wood >> reporter: experts have some advice for americans concerned about running up big debt as they run for store to store. >> make a specific list of what u want to purchase and stick it. comparison shop using the internet and ads to get best deals. and in january, start ping off any related credit card debt. >> reporter: the internet is expected to be big this year while stores plan to open earlier than ever. some on thanksging. looking to cash in on shoppers feeling even the slightest bit positive about their spending. with christmas falling on a saturday this year, that mean one less shopping weekend than normal. some retailers won't even wait

for the traditional black friday to start slashing their prices. news4. walmart is luring customers about an extra incentive this week, promising to match competito competitors' prices. show the cash the ad from another store and walmart will give you the me price on an identical item. there is a catch. you have to go into the store to take advantage of this. online purchases do not count. mo shopping malls and stores are already decorated and blasting christmas carols. one major department store chain is refusing to join in. customers at nordstrom's may notice a spine wish them happy thanksgiving. it says that the store will not be decorated r christmas until the day after thanksving. it is a longstanding tdition with the seattle-based retailer. >> we want to celebrate each holiday in its entirety until we start the next holiday. >> reporter: some marketing

analysts say nordstrom's restraint resonates with a lot of consumers and may boost sales. critics of the new tsa screening methods are buzzing today after someone posted a youtube video of a shirtless young boy getting the pat-down. a college student took video while he was waiting in th security line here for the salt lake city international airport. witnesses say the boy was so shy and physically resistant to the search and the ts said the boy actually removed his son's shirt to speed the process along. the original youtube video has more than 760,000 views. playing off flier fears, the cast of saturday night live took a different approach when it spoofed the tsa. >> instead of a nightmare situation, viewers got a look at a more sense you'll version of that screening process. >> feeling lonely this holiday

season? looking for a little human interaction? do you want to feel contact in certain special places? >> why not go through security at an airport! >> the agents are standing by ready to give you a little something extra for the holiday season. >> tsa. >> you never know who your agent will be. >> it could be me. >> or me. >> or even me. >> but it's probably going to be us. >> the tsa -- >> oh, dear. wow! at's going to get a lot of hits. >> much more ahead on news4 at 4:00 this afternoon. a local church's effort to get parishioners to slim down worked. the transformation is coming up. >> also, a royal controversy. a bishop made a prediction of how long he thought the marriage

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let's check in with pat muse. how is it going now, pat? >> reporter: hi, guys. the collecting and the boxing up still going on but i've got special guests with me. this is our parent company, ge, and he has in his hands -- >> we have a check here for, $500. this is on top of the $5,500 they're also provided. they've been encouraging them to donate online. it is yet aother great food for families campaign this year. the unemployment in our city continues to be high. the need is as great as it has ever been so it is our pleasure to help out. >> in one sentence, thank you for being a partner and being our support. and here is what the scene has been like here at the verizon center all day long. folk have been coming here as they've been pulling up alongside the curb and dropping off their donations. they filled up the bins. we've emptied them.

they filled them up again. at one point we got 48 cases of peas and corn. the georgetown nurses delivered 9,100 cans of food. all of that collected at the hospital last week. now it is being boxed up and taken to the boys and girls club on bening roa in northeast. that's where you'll find an ay of volunteers putting the baskets together. adding the turkey, the fresh veggies and sending them out to the needy families. we still need donaons. food, cash, checks. call our phone bank. call tom sherwood right now in the phone bank. he'll take your call and your donations and he may even answer some of your questions if you have them for tom. give him a call. you can go online to donate to food for families. nbcwashington.com. back to you guys in the studio. >> okay. heat up those phones for tom

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to snow. he challenged his congregation to lose weight. they lost an annual 1,500 pounds. the pastor dropped 35 pounds with regular exercise. some members switched to a raw food diet and the results they say affected all areas of their lives. >> i feel good now. there's a part of me that's like, don't give me too much tention. a lot of attention. but it feels good. it really feels good to look in the mirror and to like what i see. >> the church celebrated its accomplishme by giving turkey dinners away to 200 needy families. singer katy perry doesn't want any more controversy about her looks so she requested a little photo shop breast reduction in the new vh 1 ad. it shows the singer in a form-fitting camouflage jump shoot. some reports say her handlers asked for a toned down touch-up but she tweeted that she asked

for that change herself. her cleavag made headlines a couple months ago when it was deemed too much for elmo to deal with on sesame street. > a bisp in the church of england is apologizing tonight for predicting the marriage of prince william and kate middletowould last only seven years. bishop pete broadbent made the comments about the couple recently on twitter and facebook. he said, quote, as wi most shl over celebries in our ciety, they will be set up to fail by the gutter press who don't care about them unless they sell nepapers. that means hounding them to death. he continue, quote, i give the marriage seven years. the bishop apologized today and said he wishes the coue a long, happy marriage. >> you just have to ignore people like that. we won't igre the weather. it was beautiful today. >> it was beautiful today. rgeous over the weekend. i took a trip to calvert cliff. have you ever been there? >> no. >> mygosh.

this is such a cool place. right on the shoreline of the chesapeake bay. look at that. you can take your dog. i know you have a dog, jim. they've got miles and miles o trails. >> and cliffs? >> that's what dominates the area. those massive cliffs. and of course, it goes way back to when this was formed. from calvert county, calvert cliffs. >> you took video? >> yes! i had a blas i have to tell you i was so tired by the end. let's talk about what's going on around here. we have some high clouds that have moved in. but it is mild a we'll be dry for the evening. in fact, mild and dry, pretty nice considering that we're some five degrees above theaverage. tomorrow at this time, expect the rain. it won't be a lot of rain. it will come in and get out of re really fast. i think our best chance tomorrow is between 1:00 and 5:00. the temperature are running around 60 degrees. a little higher. la plata arod indian head.

62. saint mary's and leonardtown. culpeper, you're at 54. we'lhave some fog to deal with again tomorrow morni. and we'll have more cloud cover tomorrow so we get that rain in shortly after noon. the coolest spots north and west during the morning hours. winchester, 43. then 67 to 7 degrees, range in the high temperatures throughout much of the area tomorrow. very mild for getting somewhere. thanksgiving day. cooler with a 50% chance of showers. then by the time we ge to friday, friday morning, 45. now looks like the cold air will wait until the weekend with moing temperatures in the 30s. probably low 30s in lot of locations. >> all right. it's coming. still ahead, wikileaks prepares to release another batch of classified documents. plus a story of survival and forgiveness. from a bride to be paralyzed days before her wedding.

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we have some breaking news out of northwest washington where there is a deadly house fire. this video taken just a short time ago. one person was killed, we understand, here on6th street. a major artery out of to, as you know. this is 16th and otis street. traffic is backed up between newton and arkansas. is fire again has claim the life of one person. we'll have more coming up on news4 at 5:00. the controversial website wikileaks intends to release thousands of new secret documents. the founder of the site said he doesn't publicize the exact nature of his releases ahead of time because heoesn't want his targets to have time to spin the information. the message posted on twitter, wikileaks said the next release will be seven times the size of the iraq war logs.

those logs consisted of 400,000 secret documents and amounted to the largest intelligence leak in u.s. history. a second tweet about an hour later said the release would happen in the coming months. > just ahead, a virginia woman is paralyzed during her bachelorette party. >> we hear from the bride to be and the message she has to her 3q copd makes it hard for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i n join the fun and games with my grandchildren.

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it was just days before the day it was supposed or the her wedding day. her life was changed forever during one of the celebrations leading up to this. natalie morales has her story. >> as soon as i hit the water, i felt my body kind of stiffen up and i went numb. i kind of heard a crack in my neck. >> reporter: six months ago, chel friedman's life was picture perfect. th24-year-old's college graduate was celebrating with her girlfriends, her wedding just a few week away. >> i had the dress, i had the perfect invitations and the perfect fiance. >> reporter: but her bachelorette party ended horribly when a friend pushed ra rachel into the pool. >> it was a freak accident and i went in the wrong way and hit my head. reporter: she suffered a c-6 nal cord injury and no longer has feeling below her collar

bone. >> every day, there's so much that i'm unable to do right now. you have to fight if you're going to get there. >> reporter: after a stay in the icu and three more months in the hospital, rachel continues to go to outpatient therapy. her spirit remains unbroken. >> there is no use in being down in the dumps. it won't get y anywhere. >> reporter: her mother and brothehelp her during the day while her fiance chris chapman is at work as a school teacher. >> the announcement. >>eporter: and yes, chris and rachel still plan to get married soon. >> no new date has been set. we're hoping within the year. >> i never once thought about leaving her or this situation. it was simply a matter of, we're a couple. we're going to get through this. >> reporter: but a marriage could complicate their medical insurance. the couple said when they marry, their combined incomes, including her long term disability payments, 60% of her salary from a nonprofit, will make them ineligible for

medicaid. >> we're tryingeally, really hard to get through all these things. i'm determined. i'm going to marry him. one way or another. >> reporter: and sure to be among the wedding guests, rachel's friend who pushed her into the pool that night shelf doesn't blame her and won't even tell us that friend's name. >> i'm absolutely bestfriends with the girl. there are soany things that can happen that are freak accidents that blaming her would be ridiculous. >> it has been six months since that know. doctors have told friedman that she will never walk again. but she continues to work on regaining lost functions, although still very limited, she can now use her arms to perform daily tasks. that's news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 is srting right now.

the verdict in. ingmar guandique convictedof killing the washington intern. >> the results of the verdict may be guiltybut i have a lifetime sentenc of a lost limb. missing from our family tree. >> it took four days to reach thisdecision. bringing closure to a case that has captured the nation's attention. >> after week of testimony and days of deliberation, it has come down to this. >> ingmar guandique guilty of felony murder today. the illegal immiant already servintime for other assaults, now faces life in prison. we have team coverage tonight at 5:00. we begin with pat colli who has been out in front on this story from the very beginning. he is live outside d.c. superior court. >> reporter: it took aier to find chandra levy's remains. it took seven years to