even if olivia newton john and barry white are telling him to do this in his head.alid 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. the fact that he rented a car 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 what he was doing was wrong. >> the claim of the affair with the victim's wife. the prosecution and the defense say it was happening. she denies it. >> it is by star. both prosecutors and defense saying, as if it was a given, yeah, there was an i fair between them. and both of them sort of using it for different reason. then you have the very first witness in the case testifying for the prosecution saying, no, there was no affair. and then the prosecutor is cross-examining her about it. it doesn't really matter that much. the defense would have been better off if their position was, wel

he claims the devil was the voice of barry white came to him in a vision, before he gunned down a young father, dropping off his son at preschool. tonight, the intriguing connection between the shooter and the victim's wife. >>> and cash course. incredible footage of a high-flying catastrophe. watch as this b.a.s.e. jumper smashes into rocks at 120 miles per hour and survive. but why do people do these things? inside the minds of extreme sports junkies. >>> plus, all my meerkats. it's a family saga filled with love, anger, and a fierce mother/daughter rivalry. but this mellow drama stars a gang of meerkats. we show you the cutest soap opera on tv. >> announcer: this is "nightline." february 23rd, 2012. >>> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, we begin with a riveting trial taking place in atlanta. a young father, gunned down as he dropped his 2-year-old son off in the morning at preschool. the victim, 36-year-old rusty snyderman. and the man on trial for his murder, is pleading insanity. claiming an angel who looked like olivia newton-john, told him to do it. we examine his unus

barry white and olivia newton john.what these two singers have in common and why their names are now in the middle of a big murder trial. "kelly's court." @=h megyn: we are on verdict watch. jurors deliberating the fate of george huguely. he's charged with first degree murder in the beating death of his ex-girlfriend yardly love. he could face one year in jail to life behind bars. now we learned the jury has handed the judge a note. >> reporter: they began hair deliberations at 9:24 this morning. they have been deliberating for just a little bit short now of 5 straight hours. the only thing we can infer from those deliberation, they asked for and received a lunch about an hour ago. a sheriff's deputy brought in boxed lunches. they also asked the judge, what is the definition of reason. the judge elected not to answer that. he instead asked the jurors to use their common sense and every day experience to define reason. about it appears to pertain to question number 21 which relates to frame of mind during the commission

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that much. -- that's why i sound like barry white up here. >> you might be dodging a few rain drops on your way to work. so be ready for a shower. not going to rain all day but there is enough rain to get on the roadways. makes the roadways a little wet during the morning commute. most of this should be moving through here shortly but enough to probably have to turn on the wind shield wipers now across the district and here on the beltway. all of this pushing off to the east as we have a cold front off to the west that will move in later today. this is sort of the preliminary event. let's do mild temperatures. right now at reagan national, 52 degrees. amazing. 55 at fredericksburg. 55 the winning number at ocean city and patuxent naval air station. and just looking, no 40s on the map at 5:00 in the morning on february 1st. amazing. here is your forecast for today. lots of clouds to start. a sprinkle or two here early this morning. and then we'll be off and running again with temperatures well into the 60s. a few of us will be in the low 70s for afternoon highs and again, enjoy today

but the man accused of pulling the trigger will use barry white and olivia newton john in his defensenny hostin so the case. she's next. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> we heard opening statements today in the murder trial of hemy neuman, someone with no prior criminal record. he is charged of murdering this father outside his son's daycare in 2010. neuman was having a workplace affair with rusty snyderman's wife. he has pleaded not guilty by reasons of insanity. the defense says a demon with the voice of barry white and an angel that looked like olivia newton john commanded him to pull the trigger. sunny hostin on the case. i know, i hear your -- i'm thinking the same thing. on that note, let's talk about the insanity defense. what is the defense trying to prove? >> well, in this case, brooke, in georgia, they've got to prove that, bottom line, he didn't really understand the difference between rig

. >>> coming up on news4 at four, a man blames a demon with the voice of barry white for making him shoote. >>> casey anthony's attorney reveals why he is calling it quits. >>> if you thought today was nice, just you wait. veronica will >>> well, we were just talking about allergies and it is really starting to feel like allergy season. >> today, the allergy count higher than yesterday. any time you get the warm weather in here, just that. tomorrow it is going to be higher than today. so, as we talk about the warmth, yeah, you know there will be a a lot of neighborhoods hitting 70 degrees tomorrow. >> wow. in february? >> right. >> up believable. >> yes. take a look at this graphic, because i want to just show you how many times we have hit 70 degrees. 70 just once since february 1st but we have done it three times, three times, in november. what a winter this has been, right? mm-hmm. all right. go out there today, not too bad either. we have had a mixture of clouds and sunshine. 62 degrees, the temperature, wind out of the south at 16 miles per hour. let's take a look at some of the othe

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. >> barry white. >> i don't believe you. >> why not? >> it's great, folks.u're enjoying it, too. lots of sunshine out there to enjoy. beautiful weather all the way to the coastline today. it is sunny and bright. the temperatures now just beginning to warm up after a very cool start to the day. 55 degrees right now in concord. 55 in oakland. and 55 degrees in san jose. looking good into the afternoon as we expect plenty of sunshine and these temperatures are going to be much warmer than yesterday and, of course, we're not going to see all that wind outside, too, so it will feel warmer, as well. now tonight there is a slight chance of showers. this will come late tonight after midnight. but then' mostly dry pattern as we work toward the rest of the week. something to watch out for there is a high surf advisory in effect north of the golden gate bridge on through point race. we're looking at some of the swells, 12 to 14 feet at 3 p.m. and then it should subside. we're kind of in between systems here. this is the one that brought showers yesterday that moved to

he introduced tv audiences to legendary artists like aretha franklin and barry white. cornelius had recent health problems and a bitter divorce. he was 75 years old. >>> coming up, birth prevention recall. a big error that caused one company to recall more than a million packages of pills. >> he's back. the super bowl ad featuring a "seinfeld" reunion. >> and who let the dogs out? it's the puppy bowl. it's all coming up. lawrence? >>> that's what i want to seam forget the super bowl. hey, folks. headed outside today you're starting to see clouds breaking up just right now. will we see some more rain in the future? well, we'll talk about it coming up. >>> if you slept in you may have missed the showers out early on this morning. but those have swept on by now. that cold front is starting to break up. the clouds, well, they're headed eastward now and that means we're going to start to dry things now pretty nicely into the afternoon. beautiful shot over the bay bridge with cumulus clouds in the distance. and we are starting to see a break as the system moves out. still se

just a little like barry white.e talking about a crash which occurred on the beltway inner loop between connecticut avenue and georgia avenue and the wreck is under investigation and it closes this portion of the beltway at connecticut avenue. so that is why, on this inner loop, you will not find any traffic headed east of connecticut avenue and around towards georgia avenue. instead, all traffic is being diverted off of the beltway at connecticut avenue. the accident activity occurred back in the 3:00 hour involving another vehicle and a tractor- trailer. one of the vehicle caught fire. you will find again that the investigation is lengthy and ongoing at this time. traffic coming off the inner loop of the beltway heads op toen con avenue from there and then it branches off. when i came through there is the line to go northbound was considerably longer than the line to go southbound and out towards 410. depending on where you need to be, 410 could be an alternate route for you at this time. if you hit the beltway at

. >> you sound like barry white. >> you love it, don't you?ant me to sing for you. >> no, i don't want you to sing. better news for our friends traveling to and practice baltimore. we had major tie-ups along 95. it has been reopened in each direction approaching and passing o'donnell street. 395 in good shape as well traveling across the 14th street bridge. no trouble spots to report coming across the potomac. nice, easy drive right now. the beltway at speed leaving new hampshire avenue headed through silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> here is a question for you. would you give up your dollar bills for coins, dollar coins? a report by the general accountability office sphowpped replacing the dollar bill with a dollar coin could save the federal government about $30 billion. officials know there may be an an increased risk of counterfeiting associated with switching to coins. >>> a new study from the ecology center claims the new car smell could be from toxic chemicals. according to web md.

>> you sound like barry white.ive me some weather. >> the shower activity came through late yesterday afternoon, off to the north and east. we've got a few clouds left over. we'll be in for a mostly sunny day and temperatures in the mid others. it is cool but nothing terribly cold. 41 in fredericksburg. 39 out at dulles. the forecast, a few clouds this morning. let me mention the breezes. with temperatures in the mid- 50s, i don't think we'll have a whole lot of complaints, at least not up here on the anchor desk. 56 in fredericksburg. 54 in washington. >> we haven't done a lot of complaining at all up here. >> i might find something for you to complain it. wait for the five-day forecast. >> oh. no let's get the latest from julie wright. >> hopefully, it is on the weekend and we get to sleep it. fingers crossed. on the roads this morning, so far, so good. no problems reported on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. flashing lights could cause you to tap your brakes briefly as you work past the scene. beltw

the one that sounds like barry white. an angel that looks like olivia newton-john.k when you heard that testimony? >> frankly, the first thing i thought of was olivia newton-john. was it "grease" or "xanadu." if this case wasn't so serious resulting in the death of a good man, multiple families and a community then this would be laughable. unfortunately this is a tragedy which hasn't even seen the end yet. so for mr. newman to come out nine months after he pled not guilty to now decide he's seeing demons and angels is insulting. >> andrea snyderman adamantly denies having 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 m

right age in the 70s to watch this show it was the only place where you saw the acts that you saw, barry whiteers, where you could see all these folks on tv at the time now of course you can see anybody any where but this was the only place to see it and like you say, he was an innovators really started something new, and gave an opportunity to many many people, at a time when there weren't that many opportunities out there. of course you followed along at bet with video soul and expanded that audience as well this will be a big loss to a lot of people. >> no question you said it so well i remember as a kid running home because we knew the temptations were going to be on mike douglas that day you know, because we had such few appearances, black performers on television, so when don cornelius came around you could see him every saturday morning that was amazing to us and so, yeah, you know, i was fortunate enough to be able to further that with video soul, i mean it was a different thing it wasn't performance oriented, at least in the beginning, it was more interview based experience so you kno

barry white -- >> who named him that?went to barry white's house once and had chinese food with him and his -- >> seriously? >> yes. a year or two before he died. amazing. >> did he sing to you? >> he did. my girlfriend, my best friend sang right back at him. >> knowing kim, she would do that. >> it was a little embarrassing, yes. we're moving on now. >>> let's talk about the war. potential end might be in suicide site for the u.s. led combat mission. leon panetta on a plane en route to brussels said this, our goal is to complete all of that transition in 2013 and then hopefully by mid to the latter part of 2013 we'll be able to make a transition from a combat role to training and advise. it drew criticism. howard buck mckeon said this. >> announcing a change in mission in afghanistan before we've even validated that they can maintain stability in the areas we've already transitioned and ahead of the fighting season is premature. well, was it premature? general wesley clark joins our panel this morning. former nato suprem

>> you sound a little barry white to me. it is a little soothing. it is. >> i'll call you on the phone later. >> i can't wait for that. on the roads, we've been talking about this accident which occurred back in the 3:00 hour. there has been a change. now, there some traffic able to squeeze by to the left here inner loop of the beltway as you travel from before connecticut avenue in the direction of silver spring. some traffic is able to get by to the left but notice this wall-to-wall traffic early this morning. we've already got traffic stacked up for about a mile now as you work your way around the scene and head over towards georgia avenue. a lot of activity has been moved over to the shoulder. the accident activity is right out of our camera shot here on the inner loop of the beltway. there is the combination of connecticut avenue and 4 10rbg the east-west highway that could save you some time. 410 parallelling the beltway continuing over towards college park. if you want to come off the beltway inner loop and take that up towards university bou

it because he had gone insane, that he was visited by an angel, olivia newton john, and a demon, barry whiteed him to kill. i'm a little confused. does this, is this -- is this -- do you get a sense, how do you know if someone's insane? this is almost so insane as to be fake insane. >> exactly and that's my thoughts. in georgia now, they're standard is could this person dif wrennuate between right and wrong so the mental illness portion is separate. whether the person is mentally ill and in this case, they're saying he's bipolar. you can be bipolar and have delusions, but still know who's right or wrong. >> one of the problems, too, that i think the defense has with that argument, that this guy was guilty by reason of instanty is that this was a man operating at a high level. he was a high level operations manager at general electic. managed about 5,000 engineers and managed a budget of $800 million, so it's very difficult to have someone come from that back ground, no history of mental illness. >> how do they test someone to be insane? could you fake it? >> well i'll tell you how i can tell

already made claims of seeing an angel that looks like olivia newton john and a demon that looks like barry whitewe're not talking about some random witness who was tossed out of the courthouse. this woman is integral to the trial, she is the victim's widow. i can't imagine this happens very often. >> it really doesn't. this is just extraordinary, brooke. it's remarkable, and it doesn't happen because witnesses listen to the judge, they listen to prosecutors when they were instructed not to have any contact with other witnesses. well, this witness, andrea sneiderman, as you mentioned, the widow of the victim in this case, doesn't seem to get it. she doesn't seem to listen. perhaps she doesn't want to. but right there in the courtroom after one of her friends testified, she hugged her friend in front of the jury. you see it right here. but then, brooke, she follows it outside and says to the woman, you are no longer my friend since you don't believe me. and that is because andrea has just completely, completely stated and denied that she did not have an affair with this defendant, and her friend s

introducing tv audiences across the country to artists like an wreaths that franklin, marvin gaye and barry whiteh political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? ann corn blume joins us now from the "washington post." we're looking at nevada. you've got the candidates congregating there, saturday's caucuses. a big advantage for mitt romney going in. four years ago, there's 26% of nevada voters in the caucuses were more mon. but you've got sheldon adelson there. this is his big playground, nevada what does that do for newt gingrich? >> that's right. adelson obviously the billionaire super pac donor you were talking about in the last segment. he lives in nevada, his home base. he's a vegas casino owner. but it's not clear that he's going to play in nevada. he hasn't written a check we know of yet for the gingrich super pac. grich has an uphill battle having come out of florida with the loss. we'll see what his crowds look like. he's going to arrive for rallies later this afternoon. we'll see whether he has the organization. this has been a big question for newt gingrich whether he could

and one controlled by a demon in the form of barry white and an angel looking like olivia newton-john. >> has he spoken to you about any dilution s delusions he had having? >> no. >> near the end of the day, another witness testified how newman bought the murder weapon from him and gave him money to keep quiet about it. >>> this cat will tell you when you're done petting him. this kitten just apparently can't get enough attention and if you dare to ignore him, he won't let you forget about it. this video has wrapped up 1.3 million hits since it was posted just a couple of days ago. hopefully that's enough attention for the feline and this attention we're giving it awell. very cute. it is now six minutes past the hour. some more, please? let's go out to al for a check of your weather. awww. >> natalie, i have to do the same thing with our camera man, i have to -- and then he pets me. >> it works! >> prrrrr. thanks so much. hi! >> hi. >> where you guys from? >> buffalo. >> buffalo, all right. shuffle off to buffalo. >> my mom's tummy. you're from your mom's tummy. very good. how do you

. ♪ ♪ ♪ love is in the air ♪ love is in the air >>> i need to get my little barry white voice going.king. not that kind. this is about real love. valentine's day kind of stuff. yahoo's web life editor heather cabot has the details on this. good morning, heather. >> reporter: good morning, guys. the web is buzzing with romance this week as we close in on valentine's day. and first things first, people are confirming when the big day actually is. searches for when is valentine's day are up more than 1,000%. by the way, february 14th is next tuesday. and it's not just women looking for ideas to express their affections. 40% of valentine's searches on yahoo are coming from men. and the top states, texas has the biggest heart followed by ohio, arizona, new york, and pennsylvania. puppy love is definitely in the air. lots of young people are curious about how to tell a crush how they feel. among 13 to 17-year-olds lookups for cute short love quotes are spiking more than 1,400%, and love horoscopes, love letters, and the query "first kiss" are also very popular searches among teens this wee

. >> reporter: soul train showcased the talents of barry white, the jackson five, james brown, gladysght and the pittsburgh penguins, aretha franklin and smoky robinson among others. all held together by cornelius's powerful presence and its unforgettable voice. >> i'm don cornelius. as always we wish you love, peace. >> reporter: he retired from soul train in 1993 and suffered from bad health and legal troubles in recent years. don cornelius was 75. coming up, father and daughter. cary grant's home movies. and then the favorite son. come for a smoke? yeah. no. you quit? i'm trying nicoderm cq. [ male announcer ] nicoderm cq, the patch with 24-hour smart control technology, lets you celebrate a little win every time you say no to a cigarette. nicoderm cq. quit one day at a time. [ gargling ] oo-ay-ow. savings. savings. savings? progressive was the first to offer online quoting. you can do better. first to show comparison rates. ding! the "name your price" tool. oh! gosh, don't mind if i do. who was the first to offer pet injury coverage? we were. and when did you know you wanted to se

telling people that an angel that looked like olivia newton john and a demon that sounded like barry white to kill. >> thank you. >>> let's turn to "gma's" legal analyst dan abrams. you would have thought the widow was on trial yesterday. >> you're right. you have both the prosecution and defense in essence, saying, she's lying. the defense was using the affair to say, this was the motive. this was man who wanted to kill his romantic rival. the defense is saying this relationship led him into this spiral of madness. and yet, you hear her saying in court, there was no relationship. >> it seems their suggesting she was part of the plot. >> now with the other witnesses saying she's not telling the truth about when she found out about the shooting. that is really puzzling. and it's sure makes you wonder how much the investigators looked at her. they maus have. they must have questioned her. must have investigated that potential ang. obviously, they didn't come up with anything. >> there's still a huge burden on the defense. they have to prove that their client was crazy. >> that's right. you'r

. >> especially when you hear olivia newton john, barry white. >> they're going to focus on an dee ya sni -- andrea sneiderman. they're going to say there are experts. this is really tough to demonstrate that he didn't understand what he was doing was wrong. if he didn't understand, why didn't he admit it after the fact. why did he try to wear a disguise, cover up what he was doing. that makes it a harder case than many insanity. i think some people have this impression that people get off all the time in insanity defenses. they almost never win. >> thanks, dan. >>> sam, you looked great out there on the water yesterday. spectacular. sfwlit was so fun. beautiful yesterday. a perfect day. in case it comes up today, leap day, here's kind of -- how it works. so 365 days in the calendar. the trip around the sunday takes 365 days plus six hours. so every four years, we add a day to make up for the fact that we haven't counted those six hours before. >> thank you, mr. science. nice, well done. well done. >> the math that was going on in the weather area just moments ago was like, phew, i'm

they say he was delusional guided by a demon that looked like barry white and angel that looked like u.s. immigration agents erupts into gunfire last night. officials say one agent who had been threatened with disciplinary action pulled his gun and wounded his supervisor several times. a third agent shot and killed the gunman. >> at this time we belief this was an isolated incident and we believe the shooter was acting alo alone. >> the wounded agent is reported in stable condition at a long beach hospital following surgery. >>> johnson and johnson is recalling 574,000 of grape flavored infant tylenol. they were distributed throughout the country so check in your medicine cabinet. the recall was issued after parents complained about problems using the device that helps measure dosage. there are no reports of children, though, being harmed. >>> both houses of congress passed legislation today extending the payroll tax cut. president obama has promised to sign it as soon as it gets to his desk. the extension impacts 160 million americans who already pay a smaller amount towards social