. >>> first, julie carey has the jail video trending online. >> reporter: both fairfax county sheriff stacy kincaid just returned to the courthouse after meeting with the attorney for natasha mckenna's family. she wanted to personally express her condolences and explain why she released this video. she says sharing it with the public is the only way to accurately show how her deputies responded to this controversial transport at a time when law enforcement use of force is being closely scrutinized. a warning, some of what you are about to see is difficult to watch. natasha mckenna had reportedly been combative in the days before the transport and created a biohazard with urine in her cell. so the sert team, the sheriff's emergency response team, was set to get mckenna ready for a transport. after 17 minutes of trying to get her restrained in a special transport chair, the taser is used, four times. deputies instruct mckenna to stop resisting. >> reporter: later, as mckenna is taken to a waiting van, she is found unresponsive and cpr begins. she died five days later. this is the promis

julie carey. airfax county mother just pleaded guilty to child abuse for the second time. news4 was first to report on the case against the mother of three. she was accused of beating her 8-year-old son with a plastic hanger and her fists. in 2010, she served time for pricking her son, who was just 3 at the time, with a needle. she will be sentenced in december in the latest case. >>> new york state lawmakers are praisings list and calling on other sites to remove ads for synthetic drugs like k 2. a state senator there says he and other officials e-mailed craigslist, ebay and back page to alert them about posts involving synthetic drugs. their letter suggested that the sites were being used to help sell and distribute the drugs. the center says craigslist immediately responded, removing all posts that mention k 2 and other related key phrases. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk with breaking news in the presidential race. nbc news has just confirmed that former texas governor rick perry is dro

northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey is there live now. what are you hearing? >> reporter: this accident investigation took a long time this intersection closed down for six hours. now, look right behind me. see that crosswalk? it was just past that crosswalk where the victim's body was found. witnesses say that it appears that a large truck they describe it possibly as a dump truck struck her this morning and kept on going. dozens of officers and investigators came to the scene after witnesses called 911 around 9:20 this morning. we do not yet know the i.d. of the victim or whether she lived in this neighborhood. i'm told the impact of the crash was so great, she was killed instantly. here's how one witness described it to a neighbor who lives nearby. >> she said she heard someone yell "hey, hey, call 911." i just called 911 and she came around the corner from her garden and saw the woman in the street and i guess the truck was still driving at that point and from what i had heard, they didn't know if the truck knew it had hit anybody but i don't know if that'

our julie carey has a look at what's coming up next. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in herndon. plywood marks the latest location where bullets have gone flying into an office building. the count is growing. coming up, i'll show you exactly where these incidents have taken place. >>> that forecast right now has rain across our area. right now, some moderate rain falling downtown. take a look at this dreary, rather icky view here. take a look at our city cam towards some of the monuments. not a very good night at all for the evening rush. current temperature, 65. winds out of the north. the rain will last for the next couple of hours too. 59 in winchester, 65 in dc. a very cool evening. one of the coolest days we've seen since early june. loot rain. we're socked in with the rain. the only exception, fredericksburg toward southern maryland. winchest winchester, leesburg, frederick all seeing rain coming down at a moderate clip. dark green, yellows, around 66, in and around the dc metro area. it will be a wet start to the nationals/orioles game. it will be delayed, if they get it i

and bureau chief julie carey first told us about this last month. now she's discovered there may be two more incidents this month. she's live in herndon at one bank that was hit. julie? >> reporter: take a look at this td bank, the plywood still in place from september 2nd when a bullet shattered the window here. in fact this bank was one of two buildings hit that very night. now investigators think these shooting incidents might stretch all the way out to leesburg. the pattern in the shootings is similar. bullets from a small caliber weapon, fired into buildings during overnight hours. this photo shows the damage from inside. in at least two other cases, the bullets have taken out bank windows. and the shooter's range may be expanding. in addition the herndon area, police now think this leesburg bank may have been hit in the middle of august. no one has been hurt yet, but there were people in the building involved in an august incident. >> it's dangerous. you don't know who is inside or who is beyond. >> reporter: police are urging residents out in

bureau chief julie carey joins us live now. julie? >> reporter: doreen that mental health activist says he was both sickened by what happened but also struck by the professionalism of deputies. it was earlier this week that the common wealth's attorney ruled that natasha mckenna's death a tragic accident brought on by something called excited delirium caused by her mental illness and that struggle with deputies. now, none of them will be charged and today, the sheriff released the video of the incident so the public can see for themselves what happened here back on february 3rd. the sheriff's emergency response team sent to get natasha mckenna out of her cell for a transport to alexandria. the 38-year-old, who suffered from schizophrenia previously assaulted a deputy and thrown urine from her cell so the sert team was given the tax. as a matter of policy, they videotape all of their work. >> we are here to take you out. >> reporter: mckenna appears wary from the beginning. >> reporter: the video shows deputies spend more than 15 minut

i'm julie carey, news 4. >>> if you drive i-66 you know how tough travenlg cffic can be.ng right now. adam tuss is live on i-66 to tell us how a new tolling system would help keep the traffic moving, adam. >> that's right, pat. here's the idea, you put a toll on the road and you discourage people who don't want to pay the poll from using the road. on 66, specifically inside the beltway it could cost $the for a one-way trip. $90 a week. do you think that would discourage some people? >> when you don't have room to expand a road as in the case of 66 inside the beltway, you have to make better use of it, but is a toll the solution? >> it is clear that that is the best alternative that we have available us to based on the limited resources, yes. >> reporter: state transportation secretary at vdot's northern virginia headquarters said the tolling system would use much the same way as the express lanes on 95. you pay a toll and you're promised a faster trip. right now you can't promise anything when it comes to 66. >> what i would say most of the residents need to understand is

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey talks to us from woodbridge. julie?well, just minutes ago, we saw the news from the fairfax county police about their internal inquiry about this advertising injury last week. the bottom line was the use of the taser was justified and the video that's created commotion doesn't not rapt a good picture of what he's seen. the officer believed he saw a gun in the suspect's pockets and couldn't magdz the decision at the time he made to tase him. they have ruled this was justified use of a taser. we are in prince william county and the incident happened in the rose hill shopping saernt. he came here to be with his family after he bonded out of jail to go over the weekend. we spoke to his brother and the way he clifrntly than police. >> this is the video that prompted an uproar in social media. he started recording last thursday afternoon when he saw an officer abruptly pull over to block a man walking down the street. he asked that his identity be concealed. >> then we see the guy, you know, complying to the police officer's

bureau chief julie carey joins us from the scene where she has learned the search for the truck took investigators into maryland. julie? >> reporter: that construction truck that struck and killed a woman right at this corner was tracked to prince george's county, found on allentown road. investigators came and got the truck and tow it had back to alexandria. the driver of that truck was a woman. alexandria police have not yet confirmed that. we are told the construction truck was making deliverieies i this area when the victim was him. the force of the crash was so great, the victim died instantly. her body today protected by a tent, as investigators work for hours to determine what happened. >> she said she heard someone yell "hey, hey, call 911." i just called 911 and she came around the corner from her garden and saw the woman in the street and i guess the truck was still driving at that point and from what i had heard, they didn't know if the truck knew it had hit anybody but i don't know if that's the case. >> reporter: its use -- it's unknown if the woman was walking or running

. >>> i'm julie carey in spotsylvania county where we're learning more about the troubled past of a man who caused chaos on i-95 this morning. killing one man, abducting a woman. what his attorney says is behind his problem. >>> protecting the public and the police, but there's still one big hurdle to clear before officers here can start using body cameras. >>> pope francis talking to twitter this afternoon to say thauch thank you to the cuban people after a historic four-day stay there. he left after delivering a homily in the city of santiago, urged cubans to live a revolution of tenderness. many said the pope's visit brought blessings to the island and included rainfall. cuba has been in the midst of a drought. it rained today. more rain is expected tomorrow. many there are calling the rainfall holy walter. >>> the pope arrived at joint base andrews before 4:00 this afternoon. he was greeted there by president obama, the first family, and vice president biden and his family. there was a brief meeting between the president and the pope before they both left the base. the pope and the

in fairfax county, julie carey, news 4. >>> some d.c. firefighters are resorting to begging ticket writers to spare their cars. the union says several fire stations in the district have no parking spaces for firefighters and they're working 24-hour shifts. >> i've gotten several tickets parking here. the last one was $200. we've actually sat out here and waited for them to come like please don't ticket us. >> a d.c. council member introduced legislation that would create limited special permits and give them to stations with the least amount of available parking. council's going to hold a hearing on that measure soon. >>> it may soon cost you a wee bit more to use uber and lyft in prince george's county. the county is considering a 25-cent surcharge on that car service. that money would be used to improve the county's bus system and it would increase the number of taxis equipped for people with disabilities. the council's transportation committee already approved this proposal. the full council votes on it next month. d.c. and montgomery

julie carey toured the site. she reported on why it's so important to younger generations. >> reporter: he helped lead the effort to get the pentagon memorial built and often spent time at the bench bearing the name of his brother. now, he's heading another fund-raiser in the grassy clover leaf. he tells me, when he led a tour of sixth graders, he realized more than a memorial might be needed to help others remember. the sixth graders didn't know it was a plane that created the devastation. >> we started getting into a conversation. they said no, we thought they were bombs that went off. that's when we realized we had a teachable moment here that we were missing for generations coming after 9/11. >> reporter: these drawings show where they hope future generations will learn the story of what happened on 9/11. the video helps make the pitch. >> the pentagon story is the nation's story. >> a story of heroism and people went in to try to help recover people that were trapped. the story of how we rebuilt the pentagon

doug with the return of the heat and humidity and julie carey are one school stepping up security and bringing in extra counselors after a teen's murder. >> this is the growingp[1$t mem in sterling, virginia. it is a memorial for the victim who pu#é+hot in the back while walking to the school bus. that community is coming together there, preparing for a difficult day ahead. we could soon learn more about the motive in that case. >> reporter: this is the second time rita boston has come by th÷ memorial created near the spot where a park view high school sophomore was shot on friday. photos of 17-year-old danny miranda have been placed among the flowers and flickering candles. one says we lost a patriot, the mascot maim for park view high school. >> i just can't even believedzc this i feel so sorry for the family. and he didn't have a chance. he didn't have a chance here in the united states. >> reporter: danny came here from el salvador in late 2013 to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins to escape danger in his home country. saturday, three young men were arrested in connection with

bureau chief julie carey spoke with the victim after the sentence. julie?porter: when the victim first met with police and prosecutors right after that attack, she says she was terrified and not sure she could ever testify and with her encouragement she has taken the witness stand at every phase of this case and today she got the outcome she hoped for. >>> 33-year-old pins% ins headed to prison for the rest of his life. this is the team that stood by a young mother who was raped at gunpoint. her kids in the house. today she cried tears of happiness as the judge followed the jury's recommendation and imposed three life terms. we've agreed to conceal the victim's identity. >> it wasn't easy at all, but i had to do this to get him

. >> reporter: i'm julie carey where there is great relief for a victim and her family after her attacker receives three life sentences. the attack had women on edge after a man got into a ground-floor apartment and raped the victim at gunpoint with her two children in rooms nearby. a dna match led to prince perkins. the investigation had showed he stalked the victim for months before learning her schedule before he carried out the assault. a jury found perkins guilt of abduction and rape and recommended three life terms plus 70 years for other crimes. today the judge imposed that very sentence. >> happy, relief that he was off the streets and he could rn't hm me or anyone else. >> coming up at 5:00, what the victim did to protect her little girl when the child came into the room during the attack. in manassas, i'm julie carey, news 4. >>> i'm megan fitzgerald in charlestown where a woman who is facing charges of the death of her 3-year-old toddler went before a judge today for an arraignment and the judge asked romechia simms, she said, quote, i didn't mean for this to happen. the attorn

jul julie carey will moderate the debate and it will start at 7:00 at william ramzi elementary school. >>> are you looking to the visit from pope francis? that's the question posed in a new national poll and the results suggest a little over a third of americans are looking forward to the upcoming visit while half are not particularly looking forward to it. as for what people think of pope francis, 42% of all americans have a favorable opinion of him, 6% hold an unfavorable view and 52% have no opinion. >> pope francis now has his own baseball card. major league baseball's philadelphia phillies were handing out pope francis rookie cards for free at last night's game against the nationals. the pope will make his first trip to the united states as we know next week. the pontiff will arrive in d.c. tuesday afternoon and then head to new york and philly on thursday. >>> this is how much some people want to get their hands on take tickets to the papal mass in philly. this group is camping out outside a parish in havertown, pennsylvania. they will tick out mass tickets next thursday on a fi

in spotsylvania county, julie carey, news 4. >>> we have breaking news.we just learned a firefighter was injured fighting that fire at leisure world this afternoon. we're told the creole of a burning apartment collapsed on him. he's now in the hospital. that fire started around 3:00 this afternoon in a two-story building just off the retirement community's main loop. this is in silver spring. firefighters dealt with some heavy smoke and flames. jackie bensen is live on the scene. >> reporter: well, wendy, what we can tell you is that two firefighters we just learned were injured when the ceiling collapsed. we're going to show you what the scene looks like. you can see over there that ground-floor apartment there, that is where the fire started according to officials here at the scene. firefighters got there, found there was a lot of flames, a lot of smoke, a lot of heat. they were inside until the ceiling collapsed in that unit. that's when the two firefighters were injured. now, luckily, the occupant, the person who lives there was able to get out. firef

bureau chief julie carey toured the site with the man heading up the fund raising, a man who lost hisrother on 9/11. >> reporter: jim lay check helped lead the effort to get the pentagon memorial built and spent time at the bench bare bearing the name of his brother, now another fundraiser to build a visitor's education center in the grassy cloverleaf overoverlooking the pentagon. when he led a tour of sixth graders years ago, he realized more than a memorial might been enough to remember. the sixth graders didn't know it was a plane that created the devastation. we started to get a conversation, like, no we thought they were all bombs that went off. that's when we realized that we had a teachable moment here, that we were missing to generations that were coming after 9/11. >> reporter: the drawings show with where it is hoped future generations will learn the story of what happened to the pentagon on 9/11, a video also helps make the pitch. >> the pentagon story is the nation's story. >> a story of heroism and people that went in to try to help recover people that were trapped a stor

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey has been working the scene all day long as officers hunt for the shooter. >> an unthinkable tragedy here in the first week of school, a 17-year-old boy was walking down that street around 8:30 this morning on his way to a school bus stop nearby when shots rang out. he was hit, three suspects fled on foot. the suspect's backpack marked the spot were he fell to the ground. he was rushed to the hospital where he later died from his injuries. the team was a sophomore at nearby park view high school. it was on lockdown all day and five other schools were on lockout status, meaning no one could enter. initially, the sheriff said residents should be on high alert with the suspect still at large. but this afternoon came word there was no longer any public danger. residents in this quiet townhouse complex were shocked to hear the gunshots. at the same time, kids were gathered at the bus stop and adults headed to work. i was sleeping about that time and i just heard, like, around three shots. my husband just went to his car and grabbed some stuff, then h

in fairfax county, julie carey, news 4. >>> a new group will consider what to do about all things confederate in alexandria. tonight the city manager will appoint seven members to an ad hoc committee. among things to consider, what to do about the statue on south washington street, the name of jefferson davis highway within city limits, and streets named after confederate leaders. the group will also come up with a policy for flying certain flags on city property. their first report to the council will be in march. >>> five hollow point bullets, a knife, and a bag of weed. that's what one man had on him when he got through the initial layer of security at jfk airport trying to get close to the pope. the man is a former new york city firefighter and he told officers he wanted to give the pope his business card and, quote, change the world. detectives say he flashed his retired badge saturday night to get past the first security checkpoint. officers stopped him at the second. >>> she blazed a trail for female firefighters. now a local county remembers a hero. >>> a new plan to provide life-savi

our bureau chief, julie carey, has details live from the fairfax county criminal justice academy. >> reporter: well, you know when you think of police training you might envision rekrucruits learg how to use a weapon or take a suspect into custody but there are classes taught about this academy for a intense situation and that's the kind of training attorney general mark herring wants to offer statewide in urban and rural areas. now, after meeting with residents and law enforcement across the commonwealth, mark herring plans to fund what he's calling 21st century policing. starting next spring both recruits and existing officers would get classes aimed at keeping the police and public saf safer. the classes would include deescalation tactics to help avoid use of force, impartial policing to make sure minority residents aren't treated differently. officers would be trained in bias awareness and appropriate use of force. now fairfax county naacp leader was one of the community members that herring consulted for suggestion. she wants those classes to start as soon as possible. >> i so i

julie carey joins us now live. >> reporter: sheriff stacey kincaid met with an attorney for natasha mckenna's family to offer condolence and explain why she decided to release this video it was earlier this week that the commonwealth's attorney ruled that mckenna's death was a tragic accident, caused by something called excited delirious seft off by her mental illness and struggle with deputies. he ruled no deputies will be criminally charged in connection with the incident. again, it bears repeating, some of what you are about to see may be difficult to watch. natasha mckenna was suffering from severe schizophrenia when she was brought to the jail. because she had assaulted a deputy and created a biohazard in her cells, the sert team was used to get her out and transport her. as matter of policy, they videotape all their work. >> we are going to take you out. >> reporter: mckenna was wary from the beginning. the video shows deputies spend more than 15 minutes trying to get mckenna in restraightnts an into a transport chair, repeatedly asking her to comply. >> we are going to use the taser on

bureau chief julie carey spoke with the victim after the sentence. julie? >> reporter: when the victim first met with police and prosecutors right after that attack, she says she was terrified and not sure she could ever testify and with her encouragement she has taken the witness stand at every phase of this case and today she got the outcome she hoped for. >>> 33-year-old pins% ins headed to prison for the rest of his life. this is the team that stood by a young mother who was raped at gunpoint. her kids in the house. today she cried tears of happiness as the judge followed the jury's recommendation and imposed three life terms. we've agreed to conceal the victim's identity. >> it wasn't easy at all, but i had to do this to get him off the street. >> reporter: the investigation showed perkins stalked the victim for months, plotting the may 2014 attack. then the day before the attack he broke in and stole her cell phone and spare key. the next night he entered at gunpoint and found the victim, her young son sleeping by her side. she got her son to safety a

julie carey from sterling where three businesses were hit. julie? >> pieces of glass still litter the sidewalk. in fact it didn't take me long to get a handful and it was left behind after the front entry doors were smashed in and cash registers snagged and now the department thinks as many as half dozen of these break-s in might be connected. >> the jarring sight that greeted employees in three businesses this morning. by late afternoon, clean up was well under way. >> the final touches being put on new glass entry doors. at the chinese restaurant a nail salon and an indian restaurant. overnight burglars bashed in the doors and went straight for the money. >> they took my cash register and the register that was old and heavy and they just took it and left through the back door. >> it was that quick. >> three other chinese restaurants have also been hit in the last week. the others in the ashburn area. this restaurant owner who didn't want her face shown thinks that thieves are targeting them because of a false notion. >> a lot of people think that

. >> julie carey, live for us. thank you. parents and students at hilton high school in woodbridge are on edge after a 17-year-old girl reported a man exposed himself to her as she was walking at the bus stop. that happened yesterday morning. the man was standing near a wooded area there. police say he didn't approach or touch the student. police and school security officers are keeping a closer watch on students walking in that area today. a picture of women wearing black face has five college soccer players suspended. a player at whit world posted this photo on instagram and twitter. the group was dressed up as the jackson 5 for a party wearing black face and wigs. it was later taken down. witworth university spokane has suspended the women. they could face more punishment. >> looks hot, feels hot, and it looks hot. temperatures are going to go well into the 90s, again today. hazy sunshine for your late morning hours. high this afternoon, 95 in downtown. 92, leesburg. 91, manassas. there will be an opportunity for showers.

the only local reporter at the scene, julie carey, joins us live. julie?> reporter: well, the bright spray paint you see on the pavement all left of the drama this morning. i-90 northbound closed for hours as commuters were routed off the interstate away from the scene. tonight two northern virginia families dealing with tragedy. one of them includes longtime former state senator ed houck. his son died here today. >> i think they crashed. >> reporter: this is where the tragedy ended. the dark suv finally stopped in spotsylvania when state police closed in. almost instantly, troopers heard a gunshot as the suv's driver, 36-year-old todd houck, killed himself. the chase started in caroline county after a 911 call came in to report trouble at the relax inn. >> there was an argument that was going on and gunshots were fired. >> reporter: 36-year-old jeremy gift who was at the hotel with houck's estranged wife was killed. investigators say after houck shot gift he grabbed his wife and took off. >> they're going to be 95 north around the 120 mile marker. just wa

here's julie carey. >> reporter: the family of nancy dunning last year just after charles severance was indicted for the popular the realsor's murder and those of two other well known alexandria residents, ron kishy and ruth ann ledato, it finally meant exoneration for the sheriff jim dunning. today the defense made it clear they will put a new spotlight on evidence against the former sheriff. for example a 911 call in which he's heard calling his wife's death a murder before the cause of death was known. a prosecutor fought the cause of death calling it a continued denigration of of a dead man in front of his friends and family. the dunning family i haves believy upset left the courtroom after the judge ruled in favor of the lawyers got the go ahead brick this man to the trial. he admitted today in court marks the first time he's ever laid eyes on charles severance. severance refused to be examined by him. he's formed an opinion about his mental health by reading hundreds of pages of writings and by talking to the defendant's friends and family. his diagnosis, a personality disorder wi

julie carey talked to the family of the victim today. julie? >> reporter: the victim is 17-year-old danny santano miranda. he lived with his aunt, uncle and cousins down the block only steps from where he was shot. i talked to him a few minutes ago, they were too distraught to speak on camera but tell me he came here from el salvador a year and a half ago to live with them. today, they had to make that unimaginable call to his parents to tell them their son was dead, killed on the way to school. there were tears as hugs as park view high school students and their parents returned to their town those afternoon. they were hit with the news that a young neighbor, 17-year-old danny santano was shot as he walked to the school bus around 8:30 this morning. he died soon after the at the hospital. the victim's backpack marked where he fell, later surrounded by dozens of investigators. this teen was one of his friends. >> he was a good person. i don't even know his -- he was always trying to make a smile. >> reporter: this is the school bus danny was su

in spotsylvania county, julie carey, news 4. >>> two firefighters are in the hospital now after a ceiling collapsed on them. they were fighting an intense fire in an apartment at the leisure world retirement community when the roof crumbled. you can see that hole from chopper 4. all of the residents got out safely. at least eight homes were damaged there. that forced more than a dozen residents to find a new place to live. >>> half a second. it can be the difference between life and death along train tracks in our area, be it amtrak or marc or vre. john dereggi jr.'s family tells us he and his girlfriend were taking pictures seconds before amtrak's capital limited approached them in boyds, maryla maryland, yesterday, killing him. news 4's chris gordon is in boyds and was there as the same train went by today. chris? >> reporter: well, this is the spot on the track where the fatal accident occurred at 4:45 yesterday afternoon, and we were here with our camera rolling an hour and a quarter ago when the same amtrak came through 24 hours after john dereggi jr. was killed here. we heard a horn

our bureau chief julie carey spoke to the suspect's relatives about this takedown and she joins us live from woodbridge with both sides of this story. jules? >> reporter: well, the result of the police administrator review into the use of this taser only came out about an hour ago. so since my 5:00 live report i had a chance to work thoroughly and i had a chance to go down the street there and talked to the brother of the man who was tased in that video about his take in the latest information. the incident happened last week at the rose hill shopping center in fairfax county. we are here in woodbridge and that's because the subject of the whole controversy came here to stay with his family after he bonded out of jail. he told me he has cerebral palacy and he was extremely shaken by the incident. the family tells me they are very upset to learn that police have ruled the use of this taser was justified and they say they've hired an attorney to represent them. >> this is a video that caused an uproar on social media taken by an employee as the rose hill shopping center. it shows a man ad

our northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, tweeting from the hearing said dunning's family was visibly upset by the judge's ruling to allow that evidence at trial. a psychologist also testified and ruled out schizophrenia as a diagnosis for severance. follow julie and the nbc washington app for updates. back to you. >>> you know, it's interesting to me, mr. trump said that he heard mr. bush very clearly and what mr. bush said. i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> carly fiorina, just one of the names in the gop you're talking about right now. the big question this morning, who won the republican presidential debate last night. a lot of you were watching. i'm joined by nbc chief political editor mark murray to talk about that and everything that's going on in politics right now. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. >> it was a long time -- >> very long night, yes. >> did you watch the entire thing? >> all five hours. the three hours of the main debate and two hours of the undercard. >> i want to ask you if you thought there was a clear

tom: julie carey who is our northern virginia reporter covered this case for us. i did speak a great deal about the case. i am familiar with this. as we sit and talk now, we are waiting to see if the supreme court is going to be a final savior for mcdonnell. he was convicted in this trial. he appealed and they turned him down. he appealed to the full appeals court, 15 judges, to reconsider his conviction. it said no. and now he is gone to the supreme court. he got one blip of good news where the supreme court judge, the chief judge, john roberts, said you can stay out of prison until we decide if we are going to take your case or not. if they do not take the case, he will go to prison for two years. if the supreme court takes the case, i do not think he won't go to prison until the supreme court decides. brian: and his wife, her appeal is in october. tom: she finds out if her appeal will be accepted or not. virginia has some of the most lax ethics laws in the country. you can give any amount to anyone who is running for office. he says he never did one overt thing

in the newsroom, julie carey, news4. >>> i'm adam tuss in the metro system. the sign here says it all, delays possible. and that's something that riders have been seeing over and over again and now, there are statistics to show that metro's on-time performance on the rails is not where it needs to be. take the orange line, for example. 79% on-time performance according to the most recent ranking. metro's got a target of 91% for on-time performance. and the only rail line that has shown that is it is meeting or exceeding the on-time performance standard, according to the latest rules is the yellow line. now, of course, a lot of riders frustrated with it all. >> i think that there's room for huge improvement. sometimes, i'm late for something, like a doctor's appointment or something like that, because, you know, need delay. >> reporter: metro also has a report showing that some of its railcars are not going as long as they should go between breakdowns. at the morgan boulevard station, adam tuss, news4. >>> been on the hot side for the last couple of days. two

our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live at the most recent break-in to explain. jules? >> reporter: when we pulled up earlier they were just finishing work on this brand new glass door. take a look inside the waste can here. that's what's left of the front doors of three businesses in this plaza all burglarized overnight and loudoun county investigators think as many as a half dozen businesses were burglarized lately and those businesses might be connected. >> the finishing touches being put on a brand new glass door at this chinese restaurant. this is what it looked like earlier at the nail salon next door and at the indian restaurant. ling has run oriental express for 21 years. she says when the chef arrived this morning he called with the bad news about the smashed door and this. >> they took my cash register, the whole cash register which is really old and heavy. they just took it and left through the back door. >> three other chinese restaurants have also been hit in the last week and the others in the ashburn area. this restaurant owner who didn't want her