of the jonnie williams gifts and it was clear on the stand today she wanted to convey two things for her testimony. her love for the parents and her contempt for the star prosecution wne jonnie williams. the daughter left court holding hands with her husband. it was during t the couple's engagement in october 2012 they received a lavish jonnie williams gift. a $10,000 check. asked the defe attorney, what did you think of the check? i was overwhelmed. i thought it was a very large amount of money. but i also put it in perspective explaining she knew of his wealth. the most dramatic moment of testimony came next as the attorney followed up. when did you return the check? janine, when we realized jonnie himself was a criminal. prosecutors quickly interrupted objection but her contempt for williams had been conveyed for

jurors to here. >> that is a moment you hope for and while there was an objection, th answer is already out there and the adage about you can't unring that bell certainly holds true. >> the former first daughter also provided more revealing testimony to report the claims that their parent's marriage was too broken for them to conspire to help williams and his business. she watched the marriage escalate. janine did open up. he said i don't know what to do anymore. i can't makr an it was a new low rereached. her testimony was one of the few emotional displays of the parents. maureen cried and even bob mcdonnell appeared to wipe tear frohiey a quick footnote. williams has not been charged with any crime. in fact he's been muty for his testimo in the case. coming up at 6:00, what janine

had to say about her mom's relationship with jonnie williams. reporting live from richmond, julie carrie, news4. swimming restrictions in place in ocean city maryland after a teenager drown. he was swimmingan inlet on the southeasrn part of the beach when he went under. >> reporter: t all happened about a half hour of the life guards finished for the day. his name was jose hernandez and he was just 18. you can still see a lot of people on the beach. witnesses say he swimming near this area when he got caught in a rip current and just could not swim out of it. emergency responders got to him about 13 minutes after someone called but even at that point it was too lat ocean citys impld restriconfo beach goers today. and hurricane cristobal impacts

some of the waves coming to shore. just ahead of the holiday weekend they are telling swimmers don't go any deeper than your kneestaout altogether unle life guards are actually on duty. look, rip currents can even scare experienced swimmers. but if you get caught don't panic. think of it like a treadmill that won't stop. you need to movee sid so that means swngarle to the shore. it will usually subside in about a hundred feet or so. >> thank you. well those dangerous rip currents are sohi onoth sides of the country again as hurricane s straddle both coastlines. marie is whipping 100 miles an hour winds in t pacific. and in the atlantic cristobal is all the way up to new england. >> the good news is cristobal will continue to make its way out into the ocean away from the area. so by the time we get to the

beaches saturd and sunday and even into the labor day weekend it looksikth beaches will be much much better. but even now the storm just south is east of our region. with that the current advisory, 75 miles an hour winds, moving north northeast at 15 miles per hour. expected to co that track. as it does it is expected to remain a hurricane and with that rough surf up and down the coast. around our areas, rip currents today especially through the day thursday and maybe even into friday. west coast it is the same thing. let's look at some video along our coastline. first we're going to head down around jacksonville beach, florida. where high su advisories continue. up the beach just a little bit or maybe a couple hundred miles towards virginia beach. this is that area. red flag warnings once again in that regio 'een a lot of rip currents threats around the virginia beach area. again in ocean city, of course rehoboth up to the new jersey

beaches in the next few days. and back to the west in california hi surf advisories have been in. a man rescued from surf. a 60 former life guard. but huge surf out that. that from hurricane marie which has now just been down graded to a tropical storm of 64 miles an hour winds. so guys, the beaches are not the best places to be today. however the weekend, i've got that forecast coming up in the next couple minutes. >> thanks doug. one virginia woman called it the loudest noise she's ever heard. a u.s. fighter jet crashing. now a search under way for the pilot. in the deerfie area of the virginia virginia's shenandoah valley. and no conta with the pilot ever since. the f-15 c fighter jet was on its way to new orleans from massachusetts. moments before it crashed the pilot called in an inflight

emergency and rescuers are now combing the area hoping to find him alive. >> the crash site is a very remote location we have tried to make communications wh on scene fire and rescue but there are no cell communicns down there. very difficult to get radio communication do there. so people on site. we have helicopters over the site. >> the pil was the only person on board the rc it was on s g system upgrade. military officials identify the army sergeant who took her own life after starting a the lockdown this week at fort lee. she's been stationed there since 2011 where she worked as the human resources specialist. we went into the building pulled out a gun andar herself in an office. no one else was hurt. walker who's from new york served for nearly/

a justice department official says prosecutors, quote, typically reviewed deadly police involved shootings but if there was no allegation of wrong doing in the takedown of the aaron alexis. no evidence of any civil rights violations. alexis a 44-year-old contractor killed 12 in his ram page anlt about a year ago. feds found alexis fired at police and police shot back in defense of themselves. the photo you wi see here is the first look at the police response inside building 197

that day. a photo obtd rtly by the iteam. a spokesman for the police union, among t agencies that responds, sayhe surprised at all by the formal exoneration and officers responded professionally. reaction from a widower of a navy yard victim, the eighth of the 12 shot that day. the u.s. attorney offered a plea deal to two men who brought gun into a capital building back in july. house staffer ryan chicard and another both faced felony charges but if they plead guilty the maximum prison time would be reduced to o year. and prosecutors won't pursue any other weapons charges. no word yet if the men have accepted the deal. the two people arrested in connection to a shooting outside mcdonald's in virginia are held

without bond tonight. dwayne williams and jamie boyar charged in cokes connection to a shooting at the mcdonald's. someone spotted him in the community near lake montclair. and following a five hour search police were able to apprehend him. boyar later turned herself in. and effort to fix the bumpy commute for thousands of the drivers is goin get a lot slower before it gets any smoother. news4 was first to tell you about the emergency paving project along connecticut avenue between western and east west highway. well now delays from these repairs could stretch around the clock. transportatiort adam tuss live in chevy chase to tell you the gory details. oh t likes look a mess behind you. >> reporteran ' been watching the mesl day. yeah still a btui out here. this is all trc. this guy is going to wrong way right here. i don't even know what he's

doing. doing a circle rig here in the circle. that is completely the wrong thing to do by the way if you are coming by here. just give yourse extra time. people are trying to snake their way through circle to get northbound on connecticut avenue. and the bad news as you mentioned it is going to be emergency repai around the clock for the next couple days. sitting and waiting and going nowhere fast. >> what should have taken about 2 minutes has taken at least 20 minutes. >> reporterbe o this. we told you how bad the road surface has become on connecticut avenue between east/west highway and the d.c. line. pothole, bumps, craters everywhere so brand new asphalt has to be put down in a hurry. emergency pavin to get the road back up to speed and the nearly 50,000 vehicles a day that use this road, it has not been pretty. wane cully has to get around for a living and he's now been hit

by this emey two times. >> just today i was delayed about an hour coming in d.c. and about an hour coming out. >> you got it both ways. >> yeah. >> reporter: getting around chevy chase circ hasn't been easy. but at least the fountain is nice to look at. in all seriousne look at western avenue and the traffic that stretches all the way down western trying to get around the circle. and come this way, swing it over to connecticut avenue and the traffic that j trying to get to the circle from connecticut, d backs up a language way. called the maryta highway administration to get their take. >> unfortunately we can't keep the pavement the way it is. so it's forced double lane closier situation. >> and paving will go on until the weekend. until then drives simply throw up their hands and wait it out. and back now live at the traffic

and he's back home with his mother. the american journalist freed after being hd rosts for two years. what he has to

he spent the past 22 months held captive by a syrian extremist group but tonight american jourli peter theo curtis is a free man. he spoke out for the first time today outside his mother's home in came bridge, massachusetts. he had no clue that hundreds of people were working behind the scenes to free him. nicole jacobs has more on what he plans to do now that he's free. >> reporter as the american flag waved outside of his mother's home, it is clear peter

theo curtis is glad to be back where he says he was quickly reminds of the kindness of americans. it was a walk down parker street and cambridge, massachusetts, many thought thld never see. the cameras clicked. it is just a snapshot into peter theo curtis's first morning home. >> i'm just overwhelmed with emotion. >> and wn opens his mouth the emotion in his voice is clear. how he learned of two years of efforts towards his freedom. efforts he knew nothing about. >> there have been literally hundreds of people, brave, determined and big-hearted people o all over the world working for are release. >> he was kidnapped in serious in 2012. he was released sunday. >> total strangveome up to me saying we're just glad you're home. glad you're back. glad you're safe. >> reporter: but in his cambridge neighborhood, this

photo in captivity is almost unseen until now. >> i can't imagine what his mother has gone through. >> reporter: a that is this 445-year-old's foc. >> i have bond with my mother and my family now. and i can't give you an interview and i can't gve you a talk back and forth. >> reporter: understandably so after two years in captivity. a personal story he promises he'll share later. and as a journalist curtis says he understands the media's interest in hi story, his experience over the last two years. but he saynous n the right time to share that. but again, he promised he would soon. in cambridge, massachusetts, nicole jacobs. doug joins us now. a big weekend coming up pressure is on you. >> and pressure is coming off very quickly because the forecast gets keeping better and better. very nice weekend.

and really we've had phenomenal weather over the last couple days and it's o only going to continue. no clouds at all around our region. that is goibehe case as we move through the rest of the evening hour. the only area we are seeing clouds though is out towards rusten right now. where we are looking out for sorry storms in the distance. and we'll kwont to watch those. as far as our temperatures go, there they are right there. 88 currently in d.c. 89 in warrenton. 88 in fredericksburg and a 90 in frederik. so a warm day for this time of year but not a lot of humidity. so even thoug's on the hot side, humidity is not a factor. how about walking the da dog tonight? 88 degrees. 86 around 7:00. 84 around 8:00. really going to be a very nice evening once again as they have been for the few days. something we'v be watching and we talked about yesterday. i told you weou storms around hagerstown and martins

burg. these storms ma their way to the south. not too strong but we'll continue to a tse drift to the south. they are all because of a frontal boundary and that is drifting south too. so no rain or clouds around our region. here are some clouds from hurricane cristobal and more back to the west from the front boundary. and you c see the front sweeping through pennsylvania all the way back to chicago. behind it is a little cooler area. not cold air at all. cooler. about 2 degrees cooler tomorrow. it is just going to reinforce this very nicai tt have acrs e area. right now your beach forecast for the next couple days, there you go jim hanly. wendy, not bad. 79 on friday. 83 on saturda plenty of sunshine. a slight chance of thunderstorm on sunday.

temperature ar 85. 87 o"thuray. 84 on friday with plenty of sunshine. by the way tomorrow our last backyard weather of the season. and i think therig to be a few special guests. >> right. we're going. >> we're going. >> the 5:00 team is heading there. both saturday and sunday i think a little better chance on monday. but it will be a little heat wave. saturday, sunday monday and into tuesday. in fact temperatures are above the 90 degree mark. gonna have some fun tomorrow. >> going out witbang. it is going to be big. a 13-year-old is speaking out for the first time. >> since being seriously injured in the earthquake that hit south na napaics dylan was having a sleepover at his home when the earthquake hit. a brick fireplace crumbled on

top of him crushing his pelvis in four places. >> i thought for the first 30 seconds i was paralyzed. i thought i wasn't going to be able to walk ym i was scared. i believe that if i wouldn't have moved i could have died that. day i could have died. >> he spent 10 hours in surgery and expected to full recovery. and hopes to be back on the soccer field soon. it is not the scene you may expect when waiting for the train but we're toel you how a rescue mission on metro made for a dramatic day for commuters. >> he was kidnapped tide up and tost tossed in the water. how one man survived the attack. back to school is here and if the kids are already asking

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long gone are the kays when all you needed were the pencils and papers and back to school supplies. >> now iis about starting with the latest electronics. news more erica gonzalez joins us with help for a laptop with every budget. >> i was driving into work and saw a student with a laptop bag walking into class. if a new computer is on your must've list, consumer reports

has suggestions for kids and adults of all ages. come september even the youngest students can expect some keyboard time in the classroom. consumer reports says a good choice for first through fifth graders is a low cost chrome book. >> they run google chrome operating system. younger kids, parents can set up accounts that reri content on the weapon. >> the acor c 7602848. costs just $200and lasts more than 10 hours on a charge. for high school and middle school, consumer reports says the $600 lenovo idea pad is a good choice. >> a powerful processer, a decent hard drive and very good performer in our lab test. >> another plus at about 4 pounds, it won weigh down a backpack. >> collegboudav

loads of gear. but taking notes, is a laptop or tablet better? >> consumer report says microsoft surface pro 3 offers the best of both. costs a thousand plus 130 more for the keyboard accessory. >> it is technically a tablet but with a full windows operating sysm it allows you to switch back and forth between touch screen and one that is more conventional mouse and keyboard. >> and for creative thinkers, the surface pro 3 comes with a pen that lets you write directly on the screen. >> so amazing where technology has brought us. we're going to list all these great laptops on the website. nbcwashington.cod look there. jim and wendy back to you. >> erica, thanks so much. they were they ed o cases and put on the streets. >> a d.c. detective shuffle. what happened we started asking questions? and cop kle puppy and he's ready to make a deal. what he did after the killing that was so disturbing.

first the live desk and scott mcfarland. >> stay away from river road and tra villa road. investigates ul there for hours trying to reconstruct an accident. involving a the motorcycle and suv. the intersti of potomac shut down. as the windy, narrow street. little margin for error of traffic. the driver in the motorcycle is in grave

now at 5:30, a dramatic rescue on the metro tracks. one officer was able to save a man who may haveaange of heart. fire a s fly and a mother scrambles to get her kids to safety. >> just crying, crying, crying. >> what caused this home to explode without warning. i'm tom sherwood in northeast washington. this neighborhood is an old industrial area but getting a new light and the new gin distillery is helping. i'll have the story coming up. but first now the goal is to get more officeres on the streets of d.c. >> but tonight we've learned there could be changes to this controversial plan. d.c. police chief lanear is redeploying officers to foot

patrols, inclu detectives who investigate violent crimes. live from police headquarters with new reaction to this move. >> reporter: ths order right here issued last night by chief lan ear that would redeploy the detectives all across the district. the chief and mayor says this is good news for public safety but police officers who say it is bad news for crime victims to div give you an idea how controversial. within the past half hour she's issued a statement clarifying her positn this redeployment. >> wi sexual alts being up almost 50% year to date i find it extremely irresponsible that the deputy mayor in charge of public safety w come with a plan like. >> redeploying officers and detectives has been a standard policy for the past 10 years. >> it gives us additional officeres on ground where they are needed most.

>> reporter: b it also takes dozens and dozens of detectives away from their day to day jobs of investigating crimes. >> if your house is burglarized or your car is binto. if you are assaulted, if you are robbed, if you are god forbid the victim of a sexual assault, if your child goes missing, if your child is a victim of abuse or neglect for if a family member knows of a situation where there is child abuse those investigators could also be redeployed. >> repte as well as those who search fossilen would be taken from those investigations one week a month and put on uniform patrol duties. >> detectivw they were working on and can plan and schedule around it. >> the reemployment pl i a way keep crime down but union officials say it is a clear sign the department doesn't have

enough officers. >> that is absolute the driver of this. >> reporter: in steme released within the past hour, says on friday she'll issue a new order clarifying which officers and whh detectives would be exempt from this redeployment. at 6:00 we'll tell you what bewe know about the exemptions and who they might impact. a confrontation almost became a tragedy in front of metro riders. but a man was saved without a moment to spare. news4 pat collins joins us live with more on the incredible rescue today. >> reporter: u seeing the rhode island aven metro station, it was around 9:00 last night. this happeno fast i'm going tell you what we're about to show you. so you can realize what a bestill my heart moment this was. you are going to see a man on the platform waving his arms. he jumps off the platform onto the tracks below.

a train starts coming. the man he reaches up to the platform and some officers come in and they pull him up with not a second to spare. now let's go to that video tape. on the surveillance camera you can see the man on the top of the screen he's waving his hands. as the officers approach, he jumped from the platform totally tracks below and something about wanting to die. the platform warning lights are flashing indica train is coming in. the train operator activates the emergency brakes. but the train keeps on coming. just as the train arrives the man reaches up to the platform and the offirs pull him to safety. just in the n of time. be still my heart. now the man is 22 years old. he is okay and he was taken to the hospital r al evaluation live in northeast,

pat collins news4. the redskins wrap up the preseason tomorrow against tampa bay. and it is a huge game for jay gruden. >> the last chance to get a good look at players before he makes final cuts. jason pugh is here to tell us who we should be keeping an eye on. >> even thoug the starters won't byplay tomorrow night. they are still in play as the coaching staff has to cut down players. a couple of veterans gave us an inside look at some of the fans to watch out for tomorrow night. >> i like our runningbacks. i like red. i like shrunk. it is a lot of different guys that is going to be a battle right there at this position. you can keep either one. it is going tbegh y for the coaching staff and organization when it comes down to the runningbacks.

>> whose the guy we got to watch. whose going to be really fun to see on the field. >> red and grant. those two guys are exciting. silas, watching him grow awe a player. you form a bond with guys and it's kind of hards to see things happen and go a certain way. and ryan grant has just been consistent. doiis job the whole training camp. you seen it. so just excited to see him go throughout and get a start. and see if his demeanor changes. >> you can watch all the hope l hos tor right here on nbc 4. we'll be live before and after the game. dianna russini with live reports from tampa. coming up at 6:00 another guy to watch out for. bacary rambo. >> thanks jason. a shirt for a baby has more than just a f parents upset. >> find out what launched this

nationwide up roar over a striped shirt and a dramatic house explosion. how a mother got her five kids to safety. and we're taking a look at the very nice afternoon today but also looking at this frontal boundary righhe making its way through pennsylvania back through ohio. we're going ta more about that and what it means for next couple of days

. our wednesday's childh week is a talented young man with a great attitude. >> and while he has dreams of one day starring on the big screen, what he really would love is a family and a place to call home. meet malik. >> at the atlas theater a 15-year-old sharis dream. >> for a career i'd like to be an actor for television and film. >> he has a plan for his future that claincludes theater. so we came to tats theater where he's already had a little experience acting and singing in school. >> in fifth grade i did an opera. i sang a solo. >> he was excite to see what was happening on the stage here. >> i brought someone to meet

you. >> hi sir, how are you? >> he's an honor role student. his behavior at school is exemplary and he has friends and his teachers love him. >> i'd like some siblings and the family with similar interests. >> we wa to go to college to study history and acting and being on the stage here was a real thrill. >> my soul as grown deep by the rivers. >> we also asked malik to hear a little from the opera he sang in fifth grade. and we learned he also has talent in dance. calling malik a triple threat. both were impressed. >> you have a bright future ahead of you sir. with the proper training, we all need training but with the proper training i expect to see great things fm you. >> bewants to be part of a family. >> his wants are simple. >> basically i want a family that loves me and that i'll have

a happy life with. >> barbara harrison news4 for wednesday ease child. >> if you have room in your home or heart for malik or another child who is waiting call our hot line, 1-882-adopt me. you can also search wednesday's child on nbc washington.com. >> what a talent. >> he's terrific. a new distillery could give a lot of new life into a neighborhood. could be the city's next hot spot. >> and good news for anyone driving through virginia.

tonight a former police officer is facing time in prison after admitting to killing his girlfriend's puppy. and now his laer says he's remorseful aft the puppy's death in their silver spring home, the officer sent his girlfriend a text message. it said he killed the dog because it soiled their rug. news4 chris gordon with more on what happened court. >> reporter: news4 was there after alec taylor walked out of

court moments a pleading guilty. he resigned from the police department whe served more than six years. in february his girlfriend reported he had beaten and killed their 7 old jack russell terrier puppy. >> has mr. taylor expressed remorse? >> yes. obviously. all the way around. not just the charges but it was the break ouch a relationship that meant a fwoit him. >> he texted her saying i almost killed rocco. well i want to. paraphrasing he made a mess all over the carpet after i let him outside. taylor then sent avenilla a pho of rocco lifeless on the carpet. told her that he was pretty much dead and he was going throw him out. avilla asked if this was a sick joke. she found the dog's body on the

balcony. and thenoti police. >> he admitted he used a mop to remove rocco from behind the dryer then choked the dog. the cause of death is blunt force trauma. >> ts arated animal cruelty and a felony. it's very serious. >> reporter: al taylor remains free on bond until he is sentenced here in court on october 8th. but as fi offender and former cop will he really get jail time? and if so, how much. tonight your fi indication of the punishment for this crime of animal cruelty. at the montgomery county courthouse. >> taylor's attorney has said his client was under a lot of pressure at the time and took his frustrations out on the dog. back to scott mcfarland at the live desk and new information out ferguson.

>> the police pe a to drop dramatically we just learned. nbc news the unified police command in the st. louis suburb will pull out by the end of the week. after nearly a week of calm in ferguson and this is of course where we saw more an a week of riots after micel brown an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a police officer. more update as we get them. even more relief for drives of the fairfax county. an extra lane opened this morning on rte 50 in the stretch between pleasant valley and stone croft in shan tilly. tomorrow crews plan to open another secti e longer. transportation officials hope this will help ease congestion ahead of the schools going back next week. a first of ates kind elementary school in fairfax next week. the first high-rse elementary.

it was once a five story office building in the heart of seven corners. now a school, it will house students from third to fifth grade. that is abo700 kids. preschool throu send grade will continue at the original bailey's elementary. a howard university student heard from a local storage company about her complaint. we told you about reagan henderson's practically empty dorm room. she stored her belongs with store for summer. now she's one of many individuals complaining on facebook about no show deliveries. she hopes to get they are stuff today. the company did not return our calls. a studentho his items say he says delivery are behind schedule becaus some drivers had quit. >> the district has a booming business in beer.

several breweries have opened in the past few years. but the city also has its first liquor distiller in more than a hundred years. green hat gin is part of the redevelopment of the city's old warehouse disic in northeast, just off new york avenue. >> reporter: thousands of commuters pass by the old text department sto warehouse on new york avenue. an industrial area transforming into new retail and residential housing. and just off new york on little fen wick street is a maker of the green hat gin. >> it is not a hobby. you have to get a federal license to do distilling. not like home brews. >> amid old school vinyls playing on the turntable and up to the minute digital recordkeeping, tare making a couple thousa cases of the gin and business is booming. mayor gray hosted a news event

promoting businesses as government work here shrinks. >> yet another example of the city becoming more self reliant. >> reporter: a praised a new five year plan to speed up the area's redevelopment. >> this is a prime example how government can work with the community. how government can work with businesses. >> fo co-owner and fournl michael lowe isred lawyer who got bored and teamed one his son-in-law to learn the business. it is not the same as beer. >> we discovered that d.c. hasn't had a distillery in a hundred years. >> we almost doubled our production in last year. >> key question r you making money? >> we are keeping the lights on and we're hiring employees. so that is what's important and we're having fun. >> in the district, tom sherwood news4. >> all sounds good. green hat says it is already looking to expa operations and working on a winter gin for the changing season. >> sounds good. let's get the word on the weather from doug.

how are we looking into the weekend. two thum up baby. after that it's as good as we can get for the holiday weekend. when talking about the memorial day or labor day weekend you want temperatures that are going to be hot. y want plenty of sunshine and that is exactly what we're getting. sunny out there a very nice evening. sunset at 76. so we're on thidf sure and going to stay warm through the rest of the evening. a very, very nice evening once again. and it looks like that is going to be the case over the next couple days. still heat though. 990 in college park. 89 towards ruston. we've had the temperatures above average and i think they will stay above for most of the seven day period. we have a coue rm nothing o d.c. not even a cloud in the sky for

most of the region. but to the west, look at the these storms coming through. these storms making their way around hagerstowhagerstown, mar. so if you live there, heads up. i think you are going to see some storminess come through. the storms are losing power as they move to the south. it is all part of a fronld frontal boundary. and as the front sags to the south it is o going to reinforce our nice weather with more sunshine and plenty of blue skies. mostly sunny. another beauty tomorrow. 84-88. doesn't get much better than this unless you like it hot. friday, 84. 90 on saturday, 94 on sunday. here comes a hea waive in time for the weekend. chance of storms saturday and sunday yeah but only a 30% chance. best chance will actually be monday afternoon. it was his will to survive.

we'll share the dramatic rescue for a man who's kidnapping nearly ended on the river banks. long lines and people turned away. the grand opening to maryland's newest casino

. let's check on some stories trending online. the zara, under fire for selling a the baby shirt that some say looks like a holocaust prisoners

uniform. the shirtit blue and white stripes and a yellow star on the chest was inspired by sheriffs in western films. zara has since tweeted an apology and pulled the shirt from stores. and a chain link fence and razor wire could stop a man climbing to free almost naked. it just took seconds. the inmate last seen running off in his boxers. left behind his prison jump suit. he was serving time for burglary and escaping custody. >> terrifying moments on camera, a mother and her children make it out aliv aer a fiery explosion in their home. neighbors are saying it is a miracle they al survived. this gas explosion was caught on surveillance cameras across the street from a house in dallas tuesday morning. the mother and her five kids, ages 3 to 18 all escaped. the oldest son helped everyone get out through a window. they were hurt but are expected

to make a full recovery. stabbed, bound with duct tape then thrown into a river. a philadelphia was able to crawl to safety and scream for help. but his two friends never made it out. nbc's doug shimelle explains what led up to the violent crime. >> reporter: officers patrolling along the schuylkill early tuesday morning were stunned. >> observed a map male walking in his underwear with hands and feet bound. he was bleeding from multiple stab wounds. >> rert: li say the man told them he was the only survivor of a brutal attack. >> he told officers himself and two friends were abducted, were stabbed. their hands and feet bound. they were placed into the back of some type of automobile or van. >> reporterdeve say two of three men, all of asian decent were weighted down with buckets and dumped in the river.

those two did not survive the third was able to swim to shore. >> all three individuals were targeted and ro our investigation some type of drug nexus at the clux of this double homicide. >> now an autopsy will show if the victims died before or after they were throwntheer. as for the survive he had to undergo surgery for seven stab wounds. new at six, the defense has rested in the bob mcdonnell corruption trial. from the couple's rocky relationship maureen's obsession with another man. the bomb shell testimony from the couple's oldest daughter. a teenager drowns in ocean city. hurricanes churning on both coasts could create even more dangerous conditions as we head into labor day. and a dramatic scene unfoelgds an packed platform. the last second move that saved a man who jumped onto the tracks as a train was closing in. we begin with word that a

second american has been killed in syria fighting alongside isis terrorists. defense officials say there could be dozens of americans going overseas to wage jihad. >> and tonight president obama is said to be closer to a decision on air strikes targeting isis in syria. nbc's brian mooli on capitol hill with the latest. >> wendy, doreen, many americans don't want anythi to do with this fight but it is hitting home if a terrible way for a few families here in the states. with isis terrorists threat tong behead steven sotlove, his mother begs for his life. theo curtis held nearly two years by another extremist group which reunited with his mother and back home today in massachusetts. douglas mccain was killed in syria, a mid westerner who went to the middle east to wage