>> no. >> reporter: missing from court, andrea snyderman. cked her out of the courthouse last week after she awkwardly hugged this witness in front of the jury. the close friend had just testified that she believed snyderman was having an affair. outside the court, prosecutors say snyderman then told her they were no longer friends. >> there was no affair. >> snyderman testified earlier that a week before newman's arrest she suspected he was the killer. despite that, she didn't tell police. that's news4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> did a councilwoman receive special treatment? what she said today about getting just a warning after she was pulled over driving more than 100 miles an hour. good evening, everybody, i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. >>> a lawmaker are a lead foot ignites a speeding controversy in prince georges county. karen coles is a member of the prince georges county council. police clocked her more than 100 miles an hour on the beltway and yet, she just received warning. news4's pat sconce live at police h

. >> absent from the courtroom monday was andrea snyderman, the victim's widow.ourtroom with her testimony last week, but the judge booted her from the courtroom on friday. >> we are moving to have her removed from the courtroom. we're moving to have her removed from the courthouse. >> reporter: snyderman's banishment came after she gave an unusual hug to shanna sitron. she doubted snyderman's claims of an affair with her boss. >> did she admit or deny an affair with her boss at that time? >> denied it. >> when she told you no did, you believe her? >> no, but my heart really wanted to. >> prosecutors said snyderman's behavior after that testimony was way out of line. >> she embraced this witness. she kissed the witness, she got outside and then told the witness that since she didn't believe her she wasn't her friend any more. that was for sure. >> neumann has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. saying his alleged affair drove him crazy. andrea has denied the affair, saying her boss was stalking her. >> there was no affair. >> also under scrutiny, snyderman'

. >> reporter: andrea snyderman broke down and denied an affair. >> none of those feelings were returnedelf clear. >> reporter: in a bizarre twist, a divorce lawyer for newman's wife says she believes that andrea snyderman is lying. >> there will be a parade of witnesses that will crop rate there was an affair, now knowing that andrea snyderman has not told the truth. >> reporter: her inconsistent feelings toward newman only contributed to his erratic behavior. he's pleaded guilty by reason of insanity. >> i'm here with dan abrams. what do you say -- tell the most bizarre story possible? >> i don't see how this works. even if olivia newton john and barry white are telling him to do this in his head. to make this a valid defense, he would need to not understand that it was wrong? so if olivia newton john is telling him to go kill, he knows it's wrong, even if it's still olivia newton john, that's not guilty by reason of insanity.e beforehand. he's wearing a hood. that it seems that there was premeditation to avoid detection is very bad for him. it shows some degree of understanding that w

andrea snyderman told prosecutors that newman, her boss at ge, was obsessed with her and made repeatedhe never reported it. prosecutors presented records of numerous business trips the two had taken together, including one to south carolina. >> what happened in greenville, ma'am? >> we were holding each other's hands and that's it it may sound worse than it s. >> reporter: snyderman denied she had a sexual affair with newman. >> asnare no affair. there was no affair. who kills someone else's snbd. >> reporter: despite constant advances and a barrage of romantic e-mail, snyderman says she never felt threatened by newman but then her husband spotted someone snooping outside their home in a mask. police later discovered it was newman. nine days later, newman shot rusty at the day care center. snyderman says the day care worker called, telling her something had happened to her husband. the prosecutor pressed her to explain why she never called her husband. instead, calling her family and then newman six times. >> why didn't you call rusty? >> because they just told me something had happene

>> no. >> missing from court, andrea snyderman. the judge kicked her out of the courthouse last week after she awkwardly hugged a witness in front of the jury. the close friend had testified she believed snyderman was having an affair. outside the court, prosecutors say snyderman told her they were no longer friends. >> there was no affair. >> reporter: snyderman's testimony gripped the court. she denied anything physical with newman. she suspected he was the killer. despite that she didn't tell police. >> you never told them on january 4, i know who it is. it's hemy newman. >> that's correct. >> you took them down a rabbit hole -- >> oh. >> and tried to get them to look at other people, didn't you? >> no, sir. i didn't. >> why were you protecting the defendant? >> reporter: there is a possibility as the defense argues its case that andrea snyderman may be called back to the stand. the trial resumes in a couple of hours, ann? >> thanh truong, thank you so much. now for a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: today's weather is

months after he pled not guilty to now decide he's seeing demons and angels is insulting. >> andrea snydermanhaving an affair with hemmy. does your client believe andrea is lying on the stand? >> yes. in fact, in the courtroom there were a lot of people who believed andrea was lying. she was completely evasive, argumentative with the prosecutor and the defense lawyer. she has not yet told the truth. she seems to have had selective amnesia when confronted with e-mails indicating that mr. newman loved her. she said she didn't remember all the e-mails she got in two years. i don't know about you, but if a boss of mine sent me an e-mail telling me he loved me multiple times it's not something i would be likely to forget. >> you have alluded in the media in the past to the idea that there might have been someone else involved in rusty snyderman's murder. can you elaborate on that? >> not at this point. i think we are all going to have to wait to see what witnesses the prosecution brings out? you will have to have me on again. >> do you and your client believe it was a plot to kill rusty snyderman?

. >> on day two of the murder trial, andrea snyderman testified that just over a month after her husband, rusty's murder, she suspected her boss at ge was the killer. prosecutors asked why she didn't tell police about her suspicions. >> you never told them on january 4th, i know who it is. why were you protecting the defendant? >> i was not. >> why didn't you mention his name? >> have you seen what's happened to my life? >> prosecutors and the defense both maintain that snyderman and neumann were having an affair. and that led to rusty's murder. she insists newman was obsessed with her, but denies anything sexual. >> there was no reciprocation of any feelings. >> but this bartender testify she'd saw the two groping and kissing each other just a few months before the murder. >> he had his hands on her on her rear end and she was hugging him. and they looked like a couple. >> and next up, newman's real estate broker turned confidante, melody white. she revealed what newman told to her about a business trip he took with snyderman. >> he said they laid on the bed and cuddled and did just abo

tuesday, he went after andrea snyderman, saying she failed to reveal an fair with neuman and that there was a life insurance policy on rusty and that she waited six days to reveal that neuman might be the killer. >> can you tell us whether or in the at that point you became us is suspicious of andrea sneiderman. >> yes. >> you know that hemy and andrea, at last you know at this point, they were having an fair. >> yes. >> having sex? >> it would seem so. >> reporter: andrea sneiderman has denid an fair. cell phone records could show different stories. >> her phone has 1426 contacts with the hemy neuman phone. >> reporter: they also say she gave conflicted reports on when her husband was murdered. neuman has claimed not guilty by reason of insanity. he claims he was commanded by spirits to murder rusty snyderman. by the way, andrea has been banned from court since friday pause of what some are calling her own bizarre behavior. >> her name coming up fen and again and again. what is going on here? >> the prosecution is trying to use that relationship saying that is the motive. they were in

prosecutors saying that andrea snyderman could know more about her husband's death before he died.dmits to gunning down rusty smiderman in this day care parking lot this 2010, saying he and an dee ya were romantically linked. zblint know what happened to rusty until i got the emergency room. >> okay. >> no one told me what happened to rusty. >> reporter: prosecutors questioned her testimony that she first learned her husband had been shot when she arrived at the hospital. calling her father-in-law to the stand. >> around 9:30 in the morning, andrea called us and said, rusty had been shot. she was so, so, sorry. >> reporter: snyderman's foerm boss is the one accused of murder. with both sides of the court casting down on her story this week, you might think she's on trial. >> in the first hour, she calls hemi six times. >> reporter: she continues to deny an affair with newman. her friend of ten years was asked if andrea admitted or denied the affair after the murder. >> denied it. >> based on all the time you have been her friend, when she told you know, did you believe her? >> no,

andrea had more involvement in this or if she's an innocent bystander. >> reporter: to be clear, andrea snydermansn't on trial or charged with a crime but she figures prominently in the case. the trialesumes in a couple of hours when they will play more of the interrogation video. >> thanh truong, thank you very much. now a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> thanks, matt. let's start off in san diego. the mountains were hit with snow. we're talking anywhere from four to six inches throughout parts of the area and folks getting into a little snowball fight. nice. for today we have a risk of strong storms nebraska into iowa. in the mid mississippi river valley, could see tornadoes especially overnight tonight. we're keeping an eye on that. afternoon highs in the 20s and 30s in new england. 20s through the plains. warm weather held down to southern texas on into southern florida. you made it to new york city. had a little trouble spelling nyc there. >> i did it at like midnight. had to wake up at 5:00 a.m. >> all right. nicely done. >> good morning. it will be a nice day today. still above aver

on day two of the murder trial andrea snyderman testified that a month after her husband's murder shehe police about her suspicions. >> you never told anyone that you thought it was him. why didn't you mention his name? >> have you seen what happened to my life. >> reporter: both maintained that they were having an affair and that led to rusty's murder. she admits newman was obsessed with her but denied anything sexual. this bartender testified she saw the two groping and kissing each other a few months before the murder. >> he had his hands on her rear end. >> reporter: next up melanie white details what was revealed about a business trip he took with snyder. >> he said they laid on the bed and cuddled and did just about everything but have intercourse. >> white said newman seemed normer, a slight contrast of an unusual defendant. one controlled by demon in the form of barry white in an angal looking like olivia newton john. >> had he spoken to you about delusions he had been having? >> no. >> reporter: later that day another man testified about how newman bought the murder weapon fr