beckman's attorney says the 52-year-old business leader is innocent telling st.ely out of his character. everyone who knows him knows this is not who he is. the attorney says he will plead not guilty next week. promising more details not included in the grand jury indictment. >> going to be evident to anyone that's going to examine the facts of this case that blake and his brother were manipulated by mr. beckman. >> reporter: and abc news reached out to the lawyers for the three other suspects, but didn't get a response. the u.s. attorneys office says the most serious charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. >> no joke. wild story. thank you. appreciate it. >>> thank you very much. let's send things back to kate. you say there's another system coming from the wild, wild west. >> yeah, if you're ready for it. didn't really have much time to breathe here. how about this in montana, my favorite thing in the morning. a blizzard warning without any snow falling from the skies. thanks to the winds 60 plus miles an hour. so in the west, here comes the next sy

beckman's attorney says he's innocent telling st.mpletely out of his character. everyone who knows him knows this is not who he is. the attorney says he will plead not guilty. promising more details not included in the grand jury indictment. >> going to be evident to anyone that's going to examine the facts of this case that blake and his brother were manipulated by mr. beckman. >> abc news reached out to the lawyers from the other three suspects but didn't get a response. the u.s. attorneys office says the most serious charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. >> no joke. thank you. appreciate it. >>> thank you very much. let's send things back to kate. another system from the wild, wild west. >> yeah, if you're ready for it. how about this in montana this is my favorite thing in the morning, a blizzard warning without any snow falling from the snow thanks to the wind 60-plus mile an hour. in the west we have advisories up across parts of oregon and parts of washington. the cascades up to a foot of snow. northern robberies

. >> reporter: beckman described as bringing three days of absolute terror.ith another suspect to kidnap the victim claiming he stole money. prosecutors say the men and three other suspects confined him in a basement, bound with zip ties, handcuffs, and duct tape and repeatedly beat, tased, and threatened to shoot him, called the worst kidnapping case ever seen. >> they could hear their son in the background screaming from the torture. >> reporter: on the second day, investigators say the victim was moved to a shipping container on beckman's property where beckman allegedly put a handgun to the victim's head and threatened to kill hill. investigators say the alleged ordeal only ended after the victim's mother drove from florida to missouri with $27,000 in ransom money and accused attackers released him in a strip mall parking lot. they were arrested in december indicted on federal kidnapping and weapons charges. beckman's attorney says the 52-year-old business leader is innocent telling kmov it's completely out of his character. everyone who knows him knows t

beckman. >> we reached out to lawyers for other three suspects, but did not get a response.rry a sentence of live in prison. chilling to read the court documents. we didn't get to mention in there, but according to the court documents, these suspects made the victim sign a document acknowledging that he'd be killed if he told anyone what he'd been through. just this is after three days of being tortured, put in a shipping container, quite -- >> a strange case. >> bizarre case. >> all five will be in court tomorrow morning. >> yeah. >> all right. >>> coming up in the next half hour, what happens when hard hits happen in really, really cold weather. hello logo, beware. >> the clock is ticking and holiday shopping season in the final stretch. we have a strategy for the procrastinators out there. you know who you are, kendis? stay with us, you're watching "world news now." >>> "world news now" ♪ >>> lighten up. too sweet. >> it's not here yet. maybe it'll arrive a week from now. >> why we play the music to wear you down. >> warm me up, not happening. of course, you know, a week

he was paid by beckman.d a present for baldwin/trump. >> since it is christmas afterall, i got you a gift. this is elf on the shelf. it's fun. you just put it right here next to your and you keep it there all year. >> here's another good one. white house staffers had fun with none other than president obama before he and the family headed off to had hawaii for the holidays. they moved snowman on display of the re garden outside the president's oval office windows. one peering over the president's shoulders as he works, peterer souza posted the pictures on instagram. he told people magazine that the snowman freaked him out, calling them a little creepy. >> he's really funny in those last few weeks. they're all having fun. >> letting loose. >>> imagine one of the richest people in the world is your secret santa. we'll tell you about it when "early today." why am i so devastatingly handsome, i'm in a fragrance... this scarf, all that's left to remember. what! she washed this like a month ago! how's a guy suppos

laquan hall, monty beckman, and rico stewart. stewart is a juvenile but was charged as an adult because of the fully loaded weapon that was found on him. >> they were all four taken to our district three station where they have been charged with this crime. >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, police have tips for how to meet someone online. and what prince george's county police found inside of that apartment when they searched it. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> developing now in syria, the evacuation of residents from the city of aleppo ground to a screeching halt today. the convoy of buses seen leaving the city with no passengers. a cease-fire down after a confrontation on one of those buses. thousands of people are still trapped in the eastern part of that city this evening. a mother and daughter have posted multiple updates on their -- of their struggle on twitter. richard engel posted this update earlier today where the two made a plea to first lady michelle obama. [ inaudible ] >> hello, mrs. obama. please help us. >> syria's p

laquan hall, monty beckman, and rico dequan stewart. stewart is a juvenile but was charges as an adult because of the fully loaded weapon found on him. prince george's county police have this tip for anyone who is meeting someone online foth meet them in a public location where there are a lot of witnesses. just in case something goes wrong. >> prince george's county police say they're investigating this group to see if they have done anything like this before. outside prince george's county police headquarters, tracee wilkins, news 4. >> we're getting a clearer picture of a police-involved shooting earlier at a fairfax hospital. a deputy shot and killed a man outside the hospital in a report out today from the virginia commonwealth attorney, we learned police thought the man had a sword based on 911 communications from the hospital. in reality, the man had used a sign post to hit and injure a security guard, which is what prompted them to call 911. the report found that the officer was not criminally responsible for the homicide. >> a

as director bohee mentioned i'm gretchen beckman for the authorization to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement in the amount of $3.5 million for candlestick point block 10a one of the first ocii affordable parcels to be developed in the candlestick neighborhood of the bayview-hunters point redevelopment area. i'll start by orienting everyone to the future candlestick point neighborhood. as you all know candlestick point is located in the non-vested southeast jennifer tip of the city of the shipyard. [tpha*-upt/] shipyard phase 2 and candlestick point project complete with residential, community and park space served by new transit lines and infrastructure. the first slide shows the plan for the candlestick point neighborhood in detail. when complete the candle stick point neighborhood will be anchored with my the candlestick center, outlet retail space, featuring ground floor space leased to community-serving and mid-sized chain retailers, as well as cafes and restaurants. in addition to the retail amenities the neighborhood will also feature a grocery store, four family child units

as director bohee mentioned i'm gretchen beckman for the authorization to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement in the amount of $3.5 million for candlestick point block 10a one of the first ocii affordable parcels to be developed in the candlestick neighborhood of the bayview-hunters point redevelopment area. i'll start by orienting everyone to the future candlestick point neighborhood. as you all know candlestick point is located in the non-vested southeast jennifer tip of the city of the shipyard. [tpha*-upt/] shipyard phase 2 and candlestick point project complete with residential, community and park space served by new transit lines and infrastructure. the first slide shows the plan for the candlestick point neighborhood in detail. when complete the candle stick point neighborhood will be anchored with my the candlestick center, outlet retail space, featuring ground floor space leased to community-serving and mid-sized chain retailers, as well as cafes and restaurants. in addition to the retail amenities the neighborhood will also feature a grocery store, four family child units

as director bohee mentioned i'm gretchen beckman for the authorization to enter into an exclusive negotiatinggreement in the amount of $3.5 million for candlestick point block 10a one of the first ocii affordable parcels to be developed in the candlestick neighborhood of the bayview-hunters point redevelopment area. i'll start by orienting everyone to the future candlestick point neighborhood. as you all know candlestick point is located in the non-vested southeast jennifer tip of the city of the shipyard. [tpha*-upt/] shipyard phase 2 and candlestick point project complete with residential, community and park space served by new transit lines and infrastructure. the first slide shows the plan for the candlestick point neighborhood in detail. when complete the candle stick point neighborhood will be anchored with my the candlestick center, outlet retail space, featuring ground floor space leased to community-serving and mid-sized chain retailers, as well as cafes and restaurants. in addition to the retail amenities the neighborhood will also feature a grocery store, four family child units se