. >>> a verdict could come as early as today in the murder trial against carmella della rosa. she's the fairfax, virginia, woman, charged with throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter from a skywalk at tysons corner central last november. peggy fox joins us from the fairfax county courthouse where deliberations are going on. peggy? >> j.c., the jury started in deliberating right at 9:00 a.m. they came back ten minutes later and asked the judge a question. they wanted to see some of the transcripts from the trial and he told them they aren't allowed to do that. they have to rely on their memories of what happened during the trial. so, they'll consider the prosecution which says carmella della rosa was not insane but evil, commonwealth attorney ray morrow says she killed her granddaughter because she hated her son-in-law and resented the baby and felt betrayed by her 19-year-old daughter after she got pregnant so young and out of wedlock. but public defender don grudder said della rosa was a loving mother until mental illness took over her life causing numerous suicide events in th

carmella dela rosa was found guilty of killing her 2-year-old granddaughter. >> she tossed the girl off a walking bridge in tyson's corner. the jury found her guilty of first degree murder. now the sentencing phase has begun. more live, coming up at 5:00. >>> steve jobs saw the digital future and took us there. the apple co-founder is remembered today as one of the world's greatest innovators whose technology changed our lives. >> after a 7 year battle with cancer, he was 56 years old. jay gray joins us where flags are flying at half staff. jay? >> reporter: you don't go through a single day without seeing his things at work. perhaps that's the most enduring part of his amazing legacy. steve jobs captured the imagination of so many living out his dream which was the epitome of the american dream. >> he started in his garage with a friend and built this thing into a multibillion dollar business. >> reporter: a college drop out, he started apple computers in 1976. >> today, apple is going to reinvent the phone. >> reporter: a visionary who altered the way the world communicates, gathers a

this time, carmella carries the baby and carries out the plan to drop her off a walk way. a few hours later, with detective steve needles, he confesses she just lost it. >> are you saying i just lost it meaning, what did you lose? did you lose your purse? >> my mind. >> you lost your mind, okay. when you say you lost your mind, what do you mean by that? >> i did a terrible thing. >> reporter: as detectives probed her motive, she hashed her plan when her son-in-law called that night. she long resented james for getting her daughter pregnant before the couple married. she wanted to get revenge on james by hurting angela. >> james is connected to this person. >> the baby? okay. so you are looking at your granddaughter, you are thinking about james based on that phone call? >> yes. >> when you picked her up what are you thinking? >> about james. >> all right. okay. so when you picked her up, were you picking her up to hold her or planning on doing something else? >> i did what i did. >> right. what i'm trying to get at, you picked her up. at that moment, did you know what you

. >>> the trial of carmella dela rosa is going to the jury. in closing arguments, prosecutors say it was hate and revenge that drove her to throw her 2-year-old granddaughter off the sky walk. defense says she's not guilty by reason of insanity. julie carey has the latest on the story. >> reporter: that is one of the four choices in front of the jury right now. guilty of first degree murder or second degree murder, not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity. an even choice is how prosecutors describe her decision to throw her 2-year-old granddaughter off a sky walk. prosecutors told the jury dela rosa was angry at her place in the world, especially her son-in-law. the prosecutor said when things don't go her way, she gets rid of the problem, isolated herself or gets rid of the person. in this case, she threw the person off the bridge. in her video taped confession, she told detectives she saw jims in the little girl. they urged jurors not to find her not guilty by reason of insanity. her deepening depression produced psychotic-like symptom

a judge just released evidence seen in the trial of carmella dela rosa. a jury convicted her of first degree murder for throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter after a walk way. part of the evidence includes a video taped confession where she tells investigators she lost it and did a bad thing. >> you said you did what you did, what do you mean? i haven't been up to tyson's so, i'm only hearing rumors. i don't know what happened. >> i just lost it. >> are you saying i just lost it meaning -- what did you lose? did you lose your purse? >> i lost my mind. >> you lost your mind. okay. >> her defense claims she didn't know right from wrong. she faces a minimum sentence of 20 years and a maximum of life in prison. julie carey will have much more on the chilling video jurors saw coming up on news 4 at 6:00 tonight. >>> it may be the most powerful, important testimony in the trial of dr. conrad murray. they played a lengthy interview shortly after michael jackson's deci. . >> that i have personal experience that drug levels can be detected in the stomach of very d

. >> reporter: we have learned the decision the jury made about the sentence for carmella. 35 years in prison. earlier this afternoon, that same jury found her guilty of first degree murder for dropping her 2-year-old granddaughter off a five-story tyson's walk way. they asked far life term. she's 50 years old. that puts her in prison for most of her natural life. the jury's sentencing recommendation is just that, a recommendation. she will be sentenced at a later date by a judge in the case. we'll be back to give you reaction to the verdict and the sentence. back to you now. >> julie carey, thank you. >>> still to come, more testimony in the trial against michael jackson's doctor. up next, the big mistake while collecting evidence in the days after the pop stars death. >>> a big win for renters in jeopardy of losing their homes. >> are you ready for some football? >> the signature song was pulled from monday night football. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every

c carmella delarosa is accuseded of throwing her granddaughter off a skylight. prosecutors say she made an evil choice motivated by revenge and hate. the defense says she is not guilty because of intansy. >>> a woman is in serious condition after being hit by an unmarked d.c. police car. it's not known if the officer was on duty at the time or how the accident happened. that block of wisconsin was closed for a few hours while investigators stayed at the scene to try to figure it out. >>> why congresswoman gabrielle giffords is back in washington this morning. >>> and the health concerns from one county coming from a nearby country clubl. >>> president obama is getting ready to embark on a new tour and why he won't travel very far at first. we'll let you know how long this picture perfect weather will last. and chopper 4 is live on the baltimore washington parkway. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's th

michael hendricks determined carmella did not know the nature of what she was doing last november 29 when she picked up her grandchild and tossed her over a 45-foot high bridge. hendricks diagnosed delaware dela rosa. dr. hendricks described her suicide attempts and said each one made her a greater risk for another. public defender asked dr. hendricks when someone attempts suicide, what does that mean? he said, it means that their mental illness is not getting better, it's probably getting worse. someone in a major depressive episode can have psychotic and dilutional thoughts. the night of the incident, de la rosa said she felt her family had a secret language that they used against her. that was dilutional thinking and so was her thinking about what would happen to angelyn. hendricks said she hasn't intended to hurt angelyn. she did not understand what would happen if she did this. she did not know right from wrong. my conclusion is that she was so stuck in very constrictive thoughts that it never occurred to her at all. the issue of right and wrong. now in the last hour under cross

now an update on the carmella de la rosa murder trial. today, psychologist michael hendricks testified that de la rosa suffers from a major depressive order. she is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. closing arguments in the case begin tomorrow. >>> a federal magistrate in d.c. ordered four men held without bond in what prosecutors say is one of the biggest prescribely schemes ever. may have scammed the army corps of engineers out of $20 million and had their eyes on another contract totaling nearly a billion dollars. bruce leshan reports, an army corps manager may have pocketed most of the cash. >> care carey was picked up at his mansion. authorities say he pocketed $18 million himself. as a manager with the army corps of engineers who was able to both let contracts and certify the contract the work was completed. the indictment alleges the four men scammed a $45 million contract to supply information technology and security to the corps. more than doubling the real cost and siphoning off the surplus into shell corporations. >> o

carmella carmela delaa rosa -- caused psychosis and she didn't know what she was doing. several psychologists said it can happen, but the prosecution psychologist argued she knew exactly what she was doing and knew right from wrong. the jury will reconvene at 9:00 tomorrow morning. >>> now to the trial of conrad murray, that's the doctor accused of killing michael jackson. today, prosecutors once again played for the jury an audio clip of jackson speaking, sounding very slurred, recorded just weeks before he died. >> i love them because i didn't have a chance. >> prosecutors are trying to show a pattern of jackson being over medicated by murray. the doctor is guilty of involuntary manslaughter for overloading jackson's body with the powerful anesthetic. it was jackson himself who administered the drugs that killed him. >>> a civil rights leader who was hailed by dr. martin luther king, jr., for his courage and energy has passed on. fred was a target of a bombing attack and beatings and was repeatedly arrested during the fight for civil rights. he was also the cofounder f

. >>> well, the defense and the carmella della rosa trial is trying to paint a picture of a disturbed woman who did not what she was doing when she tossed her grandchild over a sky bridge at tysons corner. rangers testified about finding her minivan down a mountain after she drove it off skyline drive and one of four suicide attempts. her psychologist testified that she believed della rosa was in a downward spiral but she admitted to the prosecutor she had never diagnosed della rosa as psychotic or bipolar. >>> former prince george's county councilwoman leslie johnson wants to put her sentencing on hold. "the washington post" reports that leslie johnson's attorneys filed a motion in federal court, seeking to delay her october 13th sentencing date. she resigned last june following admitting in federal court that she tried to conceal bribed money given to her by her husband, the former county executive jack johnson. >>> we've just learned that new jersey governor chris christie says he is not -- he will not, he does not want to become the president afterall. that's according to a source

. >> reporter: well carmella dela rosa is severely depressed. >> her actions were unthinkable. a grandmother throwing her little granddaughter off a 45- foot high bridge. but did carmela delaa rosa do it because she was in a psychotic state and didn't understand what she was doing? moments ago, her defense attorney said we live in a world where people are deflected with mental illness. she was afflicted. she has always been thoughtful, loving, and giving by nature to her family. will the jury believe that explanation or the commonwealth attorney who said she was basically angry at the world. i told you we were going to look into the darkest part of the mind and we did. she cuts off the problem and in this case, she threw the problem off the bridge. the prosecution's rebuttal witness, dr. stanton said there is no evidence she wasn't connected to reality. my opinion is, she was able to appreciate the consequences of her actions. when she threw the grandchild over the railing, she knew it was wrong. she knew right from wrong. he diagnosed dela rosa with border line personality dis

. >>> the defense in the carmella della rosa trial is trying to paint a picture of a disturbed woman who didn't know what she was doing when she tossed her grandchild over a sky bridge at tysons corner mall. park rangers testified about finding her minivan down a mountain after she drove it off skyline drive in one of four suicide attempts. her psychologists believed her to be in a downward spiral. she had never diagnosed della rosa as psychotic or bipolar. >>> here's a look at the other things making news now. amanda knox is expect to the fly back to the united states today after spending four years in an italian prison. monday, she broke down in tears after an appeals court overturned her conviction for the 2007 murder of her british roommate. the court also cleared knox's former italian boyfriend and her codefendant in the case. >>> the trial against michael jackson's doctor is in the second week. they testified that dr. conrad murray never discussed administering a powerful anesthetic. dr. conrad murray gave jackson a lethal dose of propofol that led to his defense. the defense,

. >> reporter: both governor jerry brown and carmella harris have been quoted saying these special agents some of the best trained in the world and the secret weapon to california law enforcement. but the harsh reality is this secret weapon may be cut come december 1st. the clock is ticking. >> interview: and that's public safety at large. will suffer as a result. all of the fun task forces. there >> reporter: now we contacted the attorney general's office tonight in a cbs, they were telling, a spokesperson telling cbs "the attorney general has been working very hard to restore any and all of the funding for these task force, there is still active conversation happening with the governor's office. obviously the ag is hoping that the governor will restore this funding in its january 2012 budget and these secret agents are hoping they don't get these pink slips in december. in the east bay, juliette goodrich, cbs5. >>> also tonight this news from l.a. the dodgers say bryan stow may be partially responsible for the attack that almost killed him. an attorney for the team told espn a jury will

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. >> carmella was mad at her son-in-law when she tossed the little girl off the sky walk last year. >fense continued to argue she was insane at the time. julie carey is live. >> reporter: her worsening mental health and suicide attempts were the focus today. in a call from the patient a few months before the murder, she said she felt like she was losing her mind. two national park rangers carried pictures to the stand of her van in the trees down an embankment of skyline drive. she tried to commit suicide there in late september 2010. the incident occurred two months before she threw her 2-year-old granddaughter off a tyson's mall walk way. i'm so, so sorry for all the wrong i have done. i love you all from the bottom of my heart. it was the second suicide attem attempt. she's pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. she killed a little girl to get even with her son-in-law whom she resented for getting her teenage daughter pregnant out of wedlock. her worsening meantal health led to the crime, she was insane. a former public defender recently won a guilty by insanity case. >> the bes

carmella was driven by anger and jealousy, not insanity, when she threw her 2-year-old granddaughter off a walk way. the psychologist spent four hours interviewing the accused killer. he was hired by the prosecution. he says dela rosa told him she never got over her intense anger that her daughter got pregnant before marrying her son-in-law. she was angry at everyone, and the baby. from her standpoint, nobds loved her much anymore. the baby was getting all the attention and love. there was a certain jealousy. in contrast,she says she suffers from borderline personality disorder. does that mean she was psychotic? absolutely not. is there any evidence is defendant was out of touch with reality? absolutely not. the conclusion, she knew the difference between right and wrong and understood the consequences of her actions when she dropped the baby over the five-story rail. the defense expert had the opposite finding. they challenged the assessment suggesting the report was filled with exaggerations and only found one defendant insane in his long career. more details on the closing argumen

defense testimony resumes today in the trial of carmella della rosa, the fairfax woman charged with throwingddaughter off a pedestrian bridge. her attorney is using the insanity defense. prosecutors say she killed the girl on purpose because she was angry at her son-in-law. >> inspections on the outside of the washington monument are set to resume today. that's if the weather cooperates. wind and rain postponed the weekend inspection of earthquake damage. >>> congratulations to the university of maryland. it is team one tops overall honors in the solar decathlon on the national mall. teams must design a solar powered home that produces as much energy as it consumes. >> one more traffic and weather check when 9news now returns. >> we'll be right back. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call greater washington, d.c. home. from supporting an organization that helps new citizens find their way... to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to the anacostia community. because the more

. >>> the defense in the carmella della rosa trial claims she was a severely disturbed woman. the 50-year-old is charged with killing her 2-year-old granddaughter by tossing her over a sky bridge at tysons corner. monday, della rosa's attorneys presented evidence she tried to commit suicide on four other occasions. her psychologist testified she believed della rosa to be in a downward spiral but admitted she never diagnosed the woman as psychotic or bipolar. >>> there is new health department -- a new health department report out about cancer cases around maryland, fort detrick. the report finds no spikes in cancer cases immediately surrounding the fort but it does show that for a couple of kinds of cancer, the rate in frederick county is significantly higher than for the entire state of maryland. however, this report is only based on cases from 1992 to 2008 and community activists say that's not thorough enough given that chemicals were tested at the fort for decades. >>> so maybe people in our area will benefit from delicious difference week. volunteers helped staff members

carmella de-larosa was charged with murder. last november, she threw her granddaughter off a sky walk at tyson's corner square mall. prosecutors say this was a calculated incident wheel her defense team tried to argue she was mentally ill. >> there are no winners in a case like this. there's no joy. i'm not happy. i'm sad. >> i'm a criminal defense lawyer. i respect the jury process, although idy agrees with their verdict. 35 years is an odd number. i thought they would do one extreme or the other, but that's what they chose. >> the judge will sentence delarosa on november 26th. he can reduce the sentence, but cannot add more years to it. >>> mike leggitt says his county needs more than three times the money it's been allotted in order to pay for construction projects. the county received $2.8 million to start improvements to rockville pike and the streets around the new walter reed memorial center. the county needs $14 million more to pay for the improvement and even that may not be enough, he says. most of the money will get

. >> 50-year-old carmella della rosa is being tried for throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter off a walkwayt tysons corner last november. prosecutors say della rosa confessed to the killing of anglyn ogdoc primarily to get back at her son-in-law. she has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. >> an american student has begged an italian court to let her go. amanda knox says she's not guilty of killing her british roommate four years ago. she cited faulty dna evidence. 9news now surae chinn is in the satellite center with more from this morning's court proceedings. >> it is judgment day. amanda knox spoke for about 15 minutes addressing the jury and i've been watching the proceedings which wrapped up about 45 minutes ago. speaking in italian, she addressed the jury made up of eight people including two judges and a packed courtroom in perugia, italy. knox says i'm paying with my life for things i didn't do. fighting back tears, she says she is innocent. she said she couldn't believe her roommate had been murdered back in november 2007. she said she did not rape, steal or kill. she said sh

a sightologist testified today that carmella dela rosa was sane when she tossed her granddaughter off bridge. the prosecution called to refute the defense's experts. the 50-year-old could not distinguish right from wrong when she tossed the toddler. the case could go to the jury sometime tonight. >>> another person has died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria. that now makes 18 folks who died from this outbreak. it's the deadliest in a decade. investigators at the centers for disease control is trying to figure out what caused the contamination. so far, at least 100 people in 20 different states have all gotten sick and as we just noted, 18 of them have died from eating that cantaloupe. >> coming up, risky business from slaughters to robbers to sexual predators. attacks on real estate agents are at an all-time high. lindsey mastis takes a closer look later in the newscast. >> still to come, you saw it first only on 9 and other viewers are weighing in on an autistic man's ride to nowhere coming up. following up with metro to get answers for you. >>> pretty much a perfect

. >>> the verdict could come as early as today in the murder trial against carmella della rosa, the fairfaxharged with throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter from a skywalk at tysons corner center. the girl died. defense attorneys say della rosa suffers from mental illness and didn't understand what she was doing. prosecutors, however, say she knew what she was doing was right from wrong and she was seeking revenge against her son- in-law. she could be sentenced to life in prison if she is convicted. >>> a coalition of groups upset about the economy, lack of jobs, wars in iraq and afghanistan and other causes is descending on washington today. a massive protest is being planned at freedom plaza in northwest. surae chinn is there live and this isn't the first day of protest, correct, surae? >> it is not. they've been here all week long. protesting. we have even seen people camping out at mcpherson square a couple of miles from here. protestors want to build on that today where thousands are expected to be here at freedom plaza. >> jobs not cut. >> prosecutors say there is a lot wrong with our

carmella dela rosa was found guilty of first degree murder yesterday. last november, she threw her granddaughter off a sky walk at tyson's corner mall. her defense team argued that it was because she was mentally ill. prosecutors say she didn't like her son-in-law and was objecting to her daughter getting pregnant for being married. >>> king's original quote is, yes, if you want to see that i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice, i was a drum majors for peace, i was a drum major for righteousness and all of the other shallow things will not matter. it reads, i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness. memorial planners say they could not fit the entire quote on the statue. >>> drivers in virginia won't be able to get or renew their leps for a few days. the state's bmv says they can't issue them this weekend because the social security administration is running maintenance of its system. they will not start issuing licenses again until tuesday. >>> maryland could be the next state that legalizes same-sex marriages. part