my colleague, david culver was in the courtroom as the verdict was read. the most dramatic moment by far in the trial. >> reporter: just going through some of my notes as i have gotten a chance to read through them. it started at 2:55 when the counts started to be read. it lasted about eight minutes. as soon as the first guilty we heard three of the five mcdonnell's children sitting behind parents break into tears. before that verdict was read they were praying. you could see them bent over holding hands with one another. as the verdict started to be read that is when they broke into tears. at one moment i looked at bobby as he was looking with cloudy eyes directing towards his father. his father, his head collapsed in his hands sobbing looking completely broken in that moment. >> reporter: i think you saw the video of the mcdonnell left the courthouse together. that is something we haven't seen throughout the trial. this was the trial that verged into soap opera as the defense tried to convince jurors that the mcdonnell marriage was so broken that these t

let's go to david culver, who joins us with news on the phone. david. >> reporter: pat and chris, we're hearing from our sources here in charlottesville that jesse matthew, the suspect in this case, has landed in charlottesville at the charlottesville albemarle airport. now, that would mean that he took a private plane to get here. as you heard me earlier in the show, police were telling us he would be arriving via commercial airliner. however, now we're hearing from our sources on the ground and we're here headed back into charlottesville central to see where exactly he may be at this time. but he has landed in charlottesville. i can tell you, though, about 30 minutes ago outside the police department in charlottesville, we saw his attorney walking into the police station. so it is possible that jesse matthew and his attorney are meeting at this hour. we're going to continue to follow and bring you updates. i'll be tweeting as well. for now, back to you. >> all right, david culver. thanks. >>> take a look outside, and it's li it's like what a way

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is following the latest now out of charlottesville. david? >> reporter: jim, that breaking news starting there in texas, but we'll bring the full focus of this story back here to charlottesville by tonight. he's expected to arrive in an airport, expected to be in either richmond or here in charlottesville. it's more likely in richmond. let me show this video of jesse matthew, leaving the galveston county jail, just before 2:00 our time. that was on his way to the airport down there in texas. now police here tell me that matthew will be arriving on a commercial flight. again, to richmond, more likely than charlottesville. while on that plane, he's going to be wearing regular clothes. he'll be handcuffed and his feet will be shackled. we heard from the chief today. he sent three of his officers to bring matthew back. >> they're willing to get him back here to escort him back to the commonwealth so he can be processed on that warrant here and be brought before a magistrate. >> reporter: now once he arrives, he's going to be brought to jail

the david culver has more on the moving memorial. >> reporter: you can't help but to look down as you that's the point. 1,100 backpacks sprawled across fairfax campus. >> today is national suicide prevention day. >> repor the number of bags representing the number of college students taken by suicide each year. some of the backpacks carrying personal stories. >> i think what is most powerful to me is putting a human face to the numbers. these are more than just statistics, more than a sad story. these were people. >> reporter: mason was chosen out of schools across the nation to host this traveling exhibit. and to mark national suicide were prevention awareness month. >> some of these backpacks were owned by college students who died by suicide. seeing backpacks owned by somebody who died by suicide has an incredibly powerful emotional impact that makes people think about it a little differently. >> rep dr. barbara meehan runs the counseling and psychology services. she says she noticed a trend after awareness events like this. >> we think there is a relation between raising awareness

northern virginia bureau reporter, david culver, live in char charlottesville where matthew is in jail. >> reporter: three unsolved tragic cases police now believe may be linked. they stretch from fairfax all the way down to right here in charlottesvill today police say the forensic evidence is linked and they say all connects to jesse matthew. right now matthew is behind bars right here in charlottesville. accused of abducting uva student hannah graham. after searching matthew's car and apartment, police now say the evidence they collected links to yet another case, the 2009 disappearance and murder of morgan harrington. the virginia tech student was in charlottesville when she vanished, her remains found a few months later in a field. harrington's case linked to a 2005 case in fairfax. matthew may be connected to all three. we are now entering the third week of searching for hannah graham, police telling us they still don't know where she is. as far as the news here of that link spreading across all of charlottesville, it created quite the reaction, some mixed reactions. we'll share

in charlottesville, i'm david culver, news4. >> a 17-year-old girl strikes up a friendship with a mancebook. and what happens next is a scenario that many parents worry about. >> derrick ward reports from falls church with details of a sex trafficking arrest. >> reporter: 27-year-old manuel contreras in jail facing an abduction and defiling charge and a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. police say he friended a 17-year-old girl on facebook and convinced her to meet up with him. that meeting turned into a terrifying ordeal for that teen. >> a 17-year-old female was victimized and sexually exploited. >> reporter: police are calling this a sex trafficking case. the teen was held for an extended period of time. this case highlights the prevalence of human trafficking, even in places like northern virginia. >> unfortunately, it is an issue in the area. >> reporter: fairfax county police have produced a youtube video aimed at making teens and parents aware that predators are out there. they say it's important to inform the public to be proactive, because usually by the t

we begin with northern virginia bureau reporter david culver. charlottesville with the developments. david? >> doreen and vance, this major development tonight is rooted in one thing. forensic evidence. and as soon as this news broke today and this started going out on social media, you could almost hear a collective sigh of relief among some. for others, they're still skeptical. it's been two weeks of uncertainty, uneasiness on the grounds of the university of virginia. students wondering who is behind second-year hannah graham's disappearance and could it be connected to morgan harrington's death. today police say the two are linked and they say jesse matthew is the common thread. >> i am shocked and a little bit scared and caught off guard but also feel closure with it. >> i'm shocked. so shocking. and i just really hope it gets resolved. >> reporte perhaps closure for some, but for jill harrington, still doesn't bring her daughter morgan back. >> i am so pleased that that has happened, but it doesn't change a lot for

david culver is live in charlottesville where we just heard from the chief. david? >> reporter: we sure did, barbara and pat. 30 minutes ago, he wrapped up his press conference and he stressed one thing. he said at this point he's preparing for trial. trial against jesse matthew. now a short time ago, matthew waived his right to extradition and a hearing that happened in galveston, texas. that means he's going to be headed back to charlottesville to face those abduction charges. this morning we heard from matthew for the first time since this whole manhunt started. >> are you jesse matthew jr.? [ inaudible ] are you requesting a court appointed attorney for your galveston county charge? [ inaudible ] >> okay. you have the right to change your mind at any time. >> his voice a little faint there, but he appeared by video conference. and that was the man who police say was last with hannah graham before she vanished. a man who led officers on a multiday man hunt. a massive search that came to an end late yesterday in galveston, texas, a 20-hour drive from charlottesvil

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver takes us inside the deliberations. >> thank you all for the way you handled it. >> reporter: as the mcdonnells walked out of the front door of a federal courthouse into the media frenzy thursday, this was the scene at the back end of the believe. the seven men and five women who decided the former first couple's fate leaving quietly, finally done with their civic duty. among them, mother of four cathleen carmady. >> it spoke for itself. >> reporter: today she invited us into her home wanting to share her experience. >> now i'm finally able to talk about it, and i feel like i just need to do it. just to get it out. >> reporter: cathleen tells me parts of the six-week-long trial were tough to sit through, especially as the defense portrayed a broken marriage between bob and maureen. >> i spent many of those moments just looking at my toes. i just couldn't even look up. it was just so awkward to hear someone else's -- the intimates of someone else's marriage. >> reporter: cathleen admits tougher than anything else was megathat guilty verdict

news4, david culver takes a loo look. this is just one of the many avenues you can pursue if you need help or need someone to talk you. you can call them at the crisis line 1-800-272-talk. we saw an approach to raising awareness. you can't help but look down as you walk across them. that's the reason. >> today is national suicide prevention day. >> reporter: the number of bags representing the numberf college students taken by suicide each year. some backpacks carrying the stories. >> i think the most powerful is human face to them, more than statistics. these were people. >> reporter: mason was chosen out of schools across the nation to host this traveling exhibit and mark suicide national awareness months. >> some of these backpacks are students who died by suicide. seeing backpacks that were owned by somebody who had died by suicide has an incredibly powerful emotional impact that makes people think about it a little differently. >> reporter: dr. barbara runs the psychological services and says she notices a trend afte

joining me now is my colleague, david culver. he was in the courtroom as the verdict was read. >> you mentioned mcdonnell being the former vp contender. we saw that bob mcdonnell many weeks coming into the trial composed and confident. what we saw today was a man who was broken. he immediately brought his hands up to his face and he was just sobbing throughout each of the counts. it started at about 2:55. it lasted about eight minutes. it felt a lot longer than that. behind him we saw his family. today it was three of his five children all holding hands on that bench and leaning over and sobbing and in hysterices. that prompted two of the jurors to begin wiping tears from their eyes. a lot of emotion in that courtroom. it was interesting because we have seen as jurors go in and out the entire defense and prosecution will stand. and the family has been standing, too. but after they read their verdict and left the family stayed seated because they simply could not stand. they were just a ss. >> reporter: sad looks on many faces as

. >> let's go to david culver. >> reporter: with each pass daying police are gathering new clues. today, it comes down to surveillance video that could give them crucial images to tell them about hannah graham's last appearance. they have her saturday morning walking toward the downtown mall a popular area in charlottesville. she passed by this shell gas station and a witness saw her pass by 1:00 saturday alone. graham is from fairfax county and last heard from a little later on that evening when she texted friends that evening when she left a party. search efforts are under way focusing on the railroad tracks near that downtown mall. police noticed something interesting out of the surveillance image from the shell gas station further down this road. hannah first started walking and then started running. when they looked at the tape they didn't see who or what she was running from. much more ahead at 5:00. right now in charlottesville, virginia. news4. >>> two robberies by gunmen just days apart. they're targeting stores that cater to kids and teenagers. two gang stop stores have

i'm david culver, news4. >>> thanks, david. all right, division rivals about to do battle in prime time. and both need to win it at this point. >> this is a divisional game and that matters a whole lot. dianna and jason, got to win this game, don't you think? >> yes, they surely do. but vance, not only do they have the difficulty of facing the new york giants come offering a great win last weekend, but they're dealing with injuries. we're talking 17 injuries on this redskins report. we'll find out in just a few minutes who is in, who is out. i can tell you sources tell me desean jackson will suit up and play tonight. jason hatcher warmed up. we saw him getting looked at by the trainers and coaches. so we'll find out if he'll be ready to go for tonight in a few minutes. >> we hope patrick can go, one of the better defensive line meb on this redskins team. also the first night without deangelo hall, done for the season with that torn achilles. we'll see what the rookie ba shard breeland can do in place of him tonight. the guys ju

you can follow julie carey and david culver on twitter for the very latest from richmond. >>> plans foreen scrapped. sugarloaf alliance posted that old line ors naturarsenal dropp application. they had planned to build two outdoor ranges, an indoor range and a shooting tower. the alliance challenged the plan because of the potential impact on businesses and wildlife. >>> a burger restaurant is under fire this morning for eliminating america's top condiment from its menu. the mad fresh bistro banned ketchup even though most of the menu is burger and fries. the chef was apparently raised in france and he says he wants people to trust his cooking and that means no ketchup. he says if the customer doesn't like the way he makes something, he or she does not have to come back. so it will be interesting to see -- >> how dare he. >> you don't have to go there. >> you said it. absolutely right. >> he has his right and we'll see if business holds up without cu cu ketchup on my tries. >> i don't like not having the option. just cook it and make sure it doesn't kill me. >> you tell em. >> you like

talk about the trial and now it's over and two jurors opened up to northern virginia reporter david culverter: as the mcdonnells walked out the front door of the federal courthouse into the media frenzy thursday this was the scene at the back end of the building the seven mean five women who decided the former first couple's fate leaving quietly finally done with their sisk duty. among them a mother of four. >> i'm finally able to talk about it and i feel like i need do it to get it out. >> reporter: she tells me part of the six week long trial were tough to sit through, especially as the defense portrayed a broken marriage between bob and maureen. >> i spent many of those moments looking at my toes. i couldn't look up. it was so awkward to hear about somebody else's marriage. >> reporter: tougher than anything else was making that guilty verdict public especially in froochbt sont of a sobbing m family. >> as the verdict read and watching the effect it had on the mcdonnells. >> reporter: leaving the courthouse thursday a few steps behind kathleen was juror robin. >> a lot of us were close

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver sat down with one of them who explains what it was like to deliver that devastating verdict. >> it wasn't taken lightly, and we did it due process. >> each week day since late july cathleen spent hours in this jurors box watching prosecutors try bob and maureen mcdonnell for corruption. >> it was hard to stay focussed with such mind-numbing statistics and looking after log after log after log. >> the mountain of evidence and testimony fuelled 17 1k356 hours of jury deliberate rags. >> there was nothing. no aha moment, no smoking gun. it was everything compiled. his son, bobby, by his side. >> the emotion in the courtroom was very, very, very hard to watch. >> as the guilty counts were read, cathleen saw what we did. a family overcome by emotion. i was sitting as the verdict was being read, and watching the affect it had on the mcdonnells. >> having lived in virginia through mcdonnell's turn term as governor, cathleen remembers this bob. calm, confident. >> he was a great governor. very affiable guy, personable, great guy. >> reporter: with

david culver joins us now live from charlottesville with a lot of the big developments this evening. david? >> no question, jim. a lot of big developments. and i was just thinking, the last time jesse matthew walked into that police station, it was last saturday and it was as a free man. the next time he returns to charlottesville, it will be in shackles and handcuffs and he'll be taken straight to the jail. in the meantime, as you mentioned, the police chief asking us to move the focus away from matthew and on to finding hannah graham. the six k-9 units like this one, open fields in the woods. today the search for hannah graham stretches into the far reaches of albemarle county. >> we are trying to keep up with, you know, the requests that come over from the tip line, from the police department investigators. when they have stuff that comes in, it needs to be followed up on. we'll send search teams out to those areas. >> reporter: meantime, the man who police say could lead them right to hannah is headed back to virginia. this is jesse matthew just a short time ago, seen here leaving

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver has the story and what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: after a head-on crash back in february, mindy garthner feels lucky to be alive let alone walking. >> there were headlights right in front of me. and the worst sound i've ever heard in my life. >> reporter: this what is mindy's car looked like afterwards. it was totalled. and she was in critical condition. but at some point after the wreck, someone took mindy's easy pass from her windshield. >> it had never occurred to me that the easy pass would have even survived the accident, much less that somebody was using it. >> reporter: but someone was using it, a lot. mindy found out her pass cleared tolls leaving virginia into new jersey, then new york, and even as far north as massachusetts. the total over the course of several months, $1003.78. she called easy pass. they cancelled the transresponder but the charges remained. >> they added up another $108 after i stopped it that i'm still responsible for. >> reporter: mindy then contacted fairfax county police, but they say it'

our northern virginia reporter david culver will join us along with transportation reportered a democrat tuesday ed a democrat tuesday adam tuss to help you get around. >>> new projectiles fired off by north korea and landed in waters off the northeast coast. is this the latest this what is being described as an unusually large number of missiles and rockets test launched this year. it came just days after the north refused to take part in the asian games in south korea. back to you. >>> latest on the crisis in iraq. the u.s. military says it has carried out two more air strikes against isis targets in the northern part of that country. the air strikes were carried out by fighter skrets an unmanned drones. it brings the total number of air strikes across iraq since august 8 to 120. >>> coast guard has suspended its search for a pilot who blacked out and crashed his plane off the coast of virginia. search teams found the engine and wheel, but say there is little chance of finding anything else. the small plane left wisconsin and scheduled to land in manassas, but at one point veered off c

on the grounds at the university of virginia in charlottesville, david culver, news 4. >> the peopleho live in the community where hannah grew up, also gathered tonight on pray for her safe return. a prayer vigil was in the alexandria section of fairfax county, it was also streamed online. >>> police in charlottesville say the man seen with graham on this surveillance video, just before she was last seen is cooperating. he claims another man acted as though he knew graham, approached her moments after this video was taken and put his arm around her. police say, they would like to speak with that man. you can get all the latest about this investigation and all the surveillance video that's been released. go to our website, nbc washington.com. >>> a report detailing the disappearance of relisha rudd and the weeks that lead up to that disappearance, will get a second look tomorrow. d.c. council member jim graham is holding a hearing on that report. he has grave concerns about the findings. the council has been critical in the report for being lenient with the agents that interacted with

i'm david culver, news4. >> david, thank you. >>> shock and relief for people in fairfax after we learned about matthew's link to a rape that happened there almost ten years ago. the victim was leaving a grocery store on rock garden drive when she was ambushed and attacked. our team coverage continues now with mark segraves who is live in that neighborhood with reaction to today's news. mark? >> reporter: well, doreen, just about everyone we spoke with in this neighborhood in fairfax just off germantown road knew about the sexual assault here nine years ago. the news that police may have a suspect comes as welcome news. this is the sketch the victim gave of her assailant nine years ago. and this is jesse matthew today. >> when we first moved in this area, we heard about the rape that happened dow there after we signed the lease and she was worried about that. >> reporter: it was sometime afda on the evening of september 24th, 2005. the 26-year-old victim had just left this giant grocery store, and was walking to her home about a block away. the woman walked down this sidewalk along german

david culver has our report. >> we're often going to fairfax county trying to get new information for the search warrant. it remained sealed for several months. now that we have it, it suggesting a red 230rd escort speeding from her home the night she was shot and killed. no license plate was revealed. that car description means something to police. in march, severance showed up to the russian embassy in d.c. seeking asylum. what was he driving? according to investigators, a 1999 ford escort. the warrant says tips helped link sef vans to the murder and police said the sketch ty put out looks like severance. it does not reveal how he may be linked to ron kirby and nancy dunning's murders but ballistics shows the same guns were used in the murders. he was indicted on all three murders and expected back in court. >>> an open air drug market busted. how police uncovered it in prince george's county. >> i'm tom sherwood in the district. coming soon near you, police officers with cameras. >>> a big mistake at a local high school lands several >>> police at laurel just got new equipment and

our northern virginia bureau reporter david culver uncovers this case of easy pass theft. he joins us now with a story you are only going to see on news4. >> wendy and jim, since our progress in february, mindy gardner has focused on one thing, surviving. she has been in and out of intensive rehab. going through her bills, she found a charge on her american express card statement that didn't quite make sense. >> i opened my american express bill. and there is $105 charge three times. >> reporter: mindy gardner tells me that charge was for her easy pass. but the amount seemed way too high. >> so at $75, 11/11. 27, 19, 105. that's in one day. >> reporter: that's a lot of driving. especially for a woman who is confined to this home hospital bed for weeks. >> i was heavily, heavily medicated. and -- but -- a lot of injuries from head to toe. >> reporter: this is what was left of mindy's car after that february wreck. >> never occurred to me that the easy pass would even survive the accident, much less anybody was using it. >> reporter: mindy called easy pass. they immediately

i'm david culver. >> and i'm angie goff.nt to strart with this warm weather ahead on this last day of summer. >> let's get the storm cast with storm team 4's chuck bell. >> off to a dry and pleasant start this morning, 50s in the suburbs to 60s in town. a big cooldown tomorrow. outside on radar this morning there is a cold front draped across the state of ohio. that is coming our way due to arrive ton i-95 corridor along sundown this evening. it's dry outside now. dry all the way this morning and into at least the early to mid afternoon time frame today before rain chances start to creep up just a touch. 50s and 60s this morning, impact on your day. temperatures getting up into the mid to upper 80s, timing of rain chances starts to reach the metro between 3:00 and 5:00 this afternoon. not a big risk for severe weather. but we will have the opportunity for thundershowers. more on all that and a cooler back-to-work forecast coming up. >>> developing today, the secret service stepping up security after two problems at the white

julie carey and david culver are in richmond tonight. we will have live reports tonight at 5:00. >>> an apology from singer chris brown as his assault case in the district comes to a close. brown pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor assault for punching a fan in the face. he spent two days in the d.c. jail for the assault and almost another month in jail in california for violating probation. brown was on probation for the 2009 attack on his former girlfriend. today brown told the judge he was sorry. the judge sentenced him to the time already served in the district. his attorney says brown is looking forward to moving on. >> mr. brown is pleased with the outcome. it helps him get on with his wife. as you know mr. brown is a recording artist. he wants to focus on his career. >> brown still faces a civil lawsuit in this case. the victim is suing him for $3 million. >>> a new arrest this afternoon for justin bieber. the singer was charged with dangerous driving and assault after his atv crashed into a minivan friday. investigators say

. >> david culver reports on the search zbla we sear a week of searching, press conferences and vigils. >> you make things good, hannah graham. where are you? we want you back where you belong. >> still that question remains unanswered. where is hannah graham? police now say they're getting closer to the man who may know. >> so, let me just say, we're interested in him. we're interested in talking to him. we're interested in learning more about his interactions with hannah. >> we watched police take bags of evidence from that man's apartment early friday. they believe hannah got into his vehicle at some point before she disappeared. and police say they saw the man in question during their search, but did not have probable cause to take him into custody. >> i would say that i spoke with him and i want to speak to him again. >> the chief, making a passionate plea. >> if you live in the city of charlottesville, if you attend the university of virginia, you have the responsibility to help s in thi er. communit answering the chief's call to help out, joining in on a massive community search

news 4 has been covering every step of this trial and jury deliberations, and julie richmond and david culver will keep you updated on twitter and the news. >>> and singer chris brown will be expected to enter a guilty plea in his assault case in d.c. superior court. brown and his body guard were charged with punching a fan at the hotel in downtown d.c. after the homecoming last year. sources tell news 4 that the singer reached a plea deal in the case, meaning he likely would avoid jail time. a judge found his bodyguard guilty earlier this year. >>> and police in ferguson, missouri are joining the growing list of police officers who are wearing body cameras. this follows the outcry over michael brown being shot in missouri. officers in laurel, maryland, also used the body cameras to document what officers do and see while they're on duty. >>> and chaos in libya as a militia storms the u.s. embassy and throws a pool party. >>> two burrrothers out for an afternoon hike and it turns deadly. i'll have more on this coming up. >>> it could be the biggest celebrity hacking story ever. the news of >>

. >> david culver reporting. >>> police say they have what they believe is a new sighting of fugitivesniper eric frein. researchers, trackers, canine crews spent much of the afternoon near a campsite in barrett county. they found a checkbook with eric frein's name on it and ammo for a .308 caliber rifle. >> we have granola bars by a tree that have not been open. >> file it in. file it in and move towards him. >> police say the canine unit's lost the trail by midafternoon but kept searching near frein's alleged campsite. he's wanted for the deadly ambush of two pennsylvania state troopers earlier this month. >>> a tragic accident claimed the life of a worker at the philadelphia zoo this morning. >> nbc 10's jim rosenfield is live in the digital operations center with the latest. >> jacqueline and keith, authorities are telling us the work was working on a heavy duty golf cart when it fell off the jack and landed on top of him. when the employee didn't show up to a regular 10:00 a.m. meeting, his boss sent someone over to the garage to check on him and that's when they found him pinned

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver takes a closer look at the reaction to these cuts. >>ter: there's something about libraries that attracts people of all ages. perhaps it's the books. or theose rows of computers. or maybe it's just the silence. ask mom catherine, speaking to us in a little more than a whisper. >> there is something great about having the paper and the books and a place to have it quiet where you can escape. >> reporter: catherine escaped to the restton regional library today with two of her kids. she home schools them and likes the setting. but cathy, along with several members of her group, friends of the library, worry about the future of libraries in fairfax county. >> there is great need in this community for a quality library. and we're not headed in that direction. >> reporter: cathy points to the unfilled positions. she says last year library administrators cited 45 job vacancies that they needed to fill. this year, cathy says the number has jumped to about 61. for the next fiscal year, she cease the library trustees are considering eliminating an

news4's david culver says there is good reason to be worried. >> i think both sightings sounded likewere in this -- in the open fields back here. >> reporter: animal control officer forest higenbobben let us tag along for his search. >> i want to see a likely place an animal my size would be able to get in and out of the woods. >> repor he's heard the reports, a big cat, possibly a cougar, prowling about these woods. >> the biggest threat, it eats a rabid raccoon or fox and comes down with rabies and then tries to infect some other animal. >> repor what have it is, it was spotted on this baseball field just yesterday. that's right behind a school. officer higenbobben checks for prints. >> you can see the toe nails that go in. that's a dog. >> reporte the school principal has called off recesses and across the street high schoolers at mt. vernon are being kept inside. >> i believe it. i believe it. i believe, because they tear down all of the woods. >> repor dropping his friend off, john davis not only believes the sightings, he thinks, well -- he thinks he has seen it. >> i don't kno

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver explains about a new start time making the rounds. >> we have been talking about this. this is one of the big issues. impacting students, parents and teachers. we have shown the early morning struggle some young people have to go through to be in their desks by 7:20 each morning. today fairfax county superintendent dr. karen garza presented school board members with her preferred option. let's start with middle schoolers. they begin their day at 7:30. that's slightly earlier than some currently start. high school would be delayed until at least 8:00 a.m. and you're going to see here some could start as late as 8:10. that is potentially 40 more minutes of sleep for their students. board members stress the proposed changes really don't affect most elementary school students. meantime, we have consulted sleep specialists on this and they are all about this later start time. >> many schools in the area are absolutely starting too early. a couple of larger school districts start at either 7:20 or 7:35 in the morning. adolescents really are no

in charlottesville, virginia, i'm david culver, news4. >>> a former profiler with the fbi tells us the concern over who hannah encountered is real. we spoke to clint van zandt. he says hannah's behavior could have made her a prime target for a sexual predator. >> a lion will go after a gazelle with a bad leg or something. a sexual predator will look for that person who is by themselves, who looks like they may not be in full capacity of themselves. predators many times will practice this. they will know the area they're going into. and all they do is sit and wait for that particular victim that they're looking for to come walking down the street. >> vanzant says predators are sometimes willing to wait years between attacks. he also says in his years of experience, it is rare for a victim to return unharmed after being missing for so long. >>> now to that foiled isis terror plot. the plan was designed to shock, horrify and terrify the public by beheading random strangers in two cities in australia, according to prosecutors. the plot was uncovered tuesday when prosecutors intercepted a p

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver was at the work station and is here to explain the proposed changes. >> reporter: school board members say they have waited a long time to change start times in our region's largest school district, some 15 years. and most are convinced the change is investable. but giving students more sleep is going to come at a loss. school is back in session for okayton high school senior, ryan edwards. >> i maybe, maybe will get six hours. >> reporter: and that means sleep is hard to come by. >> it is just impossible for me to get the amount of sleepy need. >> i get up at 5:20 and start waking him up at 5:40 so he has enough time to wake up. >> reporter: ryan's mom terri wishes her son could snooze a little longer. >> the start times are just way too early. >> reporter: that's why the fairfax county school board is considering changing the bell schedule. middle schoolers would start at 7:30, slightly earlier. high school wouldn't start until at least 8:00 a.m., potentially 40 more minutes of sleep. most every elementary school student wouldn't see any sig

i'm david culver, news4. >>> jesse matthew was found 20 hours away from virginia on a beach outside galveston, it texas. that's where he appeared in court today. our team coverage continues now with ryan corzgard in houston. >> reporter: this is where matthew was staying on the gulf of mexico. you can see over here the fire left behind the fire pit. deputies say he was here and had been here for at least a couple of days. but a fisherman here on this beach had no idea. just down the beach, there was a man who was fishing. he said he threw a fish back in and matthew came running over and asked why he would do that. he caught another one and matthew asked if he could have it. he gave it to him. he said matthew also asked he give him a cooler. the man said he didn't have that. matthew then took off and said he came back a short time later followed by sheriff's deputies. a deputy tells me it appears that matthew had bought things along the way and had been here on the beach for at least a couple days. in texas, ryan corzgard, back to you. >> we posted the raw video of the press conferences and ex

thanks, david culver. >>> stay with news4. again, we will have all of the developments for you right up to the minute on this hannah graham search. and we're going to have any new information. it will be posted on nbcwashington.com, and that goes throughout the hour. >>> an apology and a vow to change. nfl commissioner roger goodell is speaking out today for the first time since the league announced changes to its domestic violence policy. this follows, of course, recent criticism over the handling of the ray rice case and others that arose afterwards. >> i got it wrong in the handling of the ray rice matter. and i'm sorry for that. i got it wrong on a number of levels. from the process that i led to the decision that i reached. but now i will get it right. >> roger goodell there. so what will the nfl do next? jason pugh will have more on that part of the story coming up in our next half hour. >>> a contentious hearing today on the relisha rudd case, that little girl who vanished from the d.c. homeless shelter earlier this yea

david culver was in the courtroom for the emotional scene. >> reporter: when we think of bob mcdonnell especially those of us who live in the commonwealth we think of a man who lived up to the stature of a governor. he was well composed and calm. we saw that for the weeks as he walked in and out of this courthouse. what i saw inside the courtroom was a broken man. i want to show you the image of bob mcdonnell walking out a short time ago. i want to take you inside the courtroom. this is what i saw. bob mcdonnell walked in. he took a deep breath. he was surrounded by his family, supporters as he has been throughout the trial. he sat down. when the jury came down and as the counts started to be read he slowly started to cry. behind him, his son, two daughters were in hysterics crying and sobbing with each count as though a wave hit them each time. we heard it 11 times for the governor. he put his head into his hands and began shaking and sobbing, crying loudly. i looked up one moment and saw his son, bobby, looking at his dad. his eyes were filled with tears. he was fixated on his father