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convicted of killing her, ingmar guandique, they are saying they will point to evidence pointing to gary condit. cop candida condit was in a motion argued yesterday, defense attorneys say condit had a, quote, powerful motive to kill levy and cover up her death. >>> an update now about a body found in a centreville pond. the woman is a 43-year-old. they don't suspect foul play. >>> nicole mittendorff's family says they have stayed out of the spotlight following her death until now. her husband and sister spoke exclusively to wtop. the 31-year-old career firefighter took her open life last month. after her death, fairfax county fire chief launched an investigation into cyber bullying. her family says they may never know whether bullying played a significant role in her death. it is a loss they still to drug well. >> certainly a struggle trying to find the new normalcy in my life without my hardest part is getting up in the morning, but i know it's something i have to do. >> steve told wtop that he is part of the fire chief bullying task force. her family wants to honor her life by raisinge ag wai

his attorneys going after gary condit as a suspect. prosecutors are critical of that tactic. at guandique first trial, he said he didn't murder levy but dodged questions about their relationship. >>> uber may be headquartered in san francisco but it's testing new technology in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. uber released a photo of the new test car. you're wondering why pittsburgh? that's where the company built the advanced technology center. pittsburgh happens to be where uber is recruiting the design team. a year ago they hired robotics experts from carnegie melon which is near pittsburgh. >>> as we head towards the weekend, all sorts of changing weather patterns. >> what a difference a day makes. we had near 90 in the tri-valley. today in the 60s. check out the widespread cloud cover and the weather underground sky camera. 61 degrees. a chilly 64. >> the pacific ocean as a whole acts like a bathtub in a tsunami. >> where are we most prone to a tsunami? our reality check it next. area? an earthquake here probably won't trigger a tsunami. jess/2shot but it's possible a quake fro

reporter: this 15-year-old murder mystery ended the career of a powerful californian congressman gary condits a new trial the suspect is pointing the finger back at condit. bombshell new allegations in a sensational washington murder case. could a congressman's alleged secret sex life have been the motive of murder? that's allegation being made. for this homeless man who was sentenced to prison for killing shand a ra levy. her murder one of the biggest stories t an illegal immigrant from el salvador was convicted based on a jailhouse confession to other inmates. his conviction later set aside he's now facing a new trial this fall and now his lawyers have filed a blockbuster motion zeroing in on levy's relationship with former congressman gary condit her body was found in d.c.'s rock creek park. a pair of knotted tights found nearby. the defense attorneys said that condit may have used them to restrain levy during a rough sex act gone wrong. >> condit was fooling around in doing that. it doesn't prove that he's the murderer. >> young women can be caught up in the web of predators, of powerful

now somebody is trying to put the spotlight back on gary condit. why his name is >>> some think online bullying played a role in her suicide. today, what her family has to say. >>> pd a ind and a suspected dr driver crashes her car. and who else was also in the car. [000:41:16;00] >>> breaking news at 5:44. major developments in the search for egyptian air flight 804. the military in egypt now saying it has found passenger belongings and the fuselage from that flight. more coming up at 6:00. >>> the leading suspect in the paris attacks heads to court for the first time. the convoy thought to be carrying carryi carrying an slem oig, they hope that the it testimony will shed light on the isis strategies in europe and they also hope that he will identified others who may have been involved in the november 13th attacks that killed 130 people. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >>> and all the rain lately has made for a very high amount of mold spores away. so that may be part of the sniffling and sneezing that you're suffering through. weeds remain

lawyers for the man convicted the finger at former congressman gary condit. they say his aggressive sex involving bondage is to blame. upyoung people can be caught in the hands of predators and you don't know what happened to them. the new trial is set to begin this fall. in the race for the white house, donald trump is gaining on hillary clinton since locking up the hillary clinton -- the republican nomination. sanders is making it clear he is not out of the race just yet. sanders believes clinton is jumping the gun. in number of states and the south were hit with weather so terrifying it look like a scene from a movie. >> daddy, let's go. please. jummy: from south dakota to texas, nearly 30 tornadoes were reported overnight. one twister sparked a fire in missouri. in texas, funnel clouds formed as hail and rain pounded the region. the national weather service issued a severe warning spanning from mexico to canada. home,e some rain here at as well. doug: it depends on the location. we have had peaks of sunshine. as we get through the afternoon, we will have

because levy was a capitol hill intern who was having an affair with then congressman gary condit. >>> the new undersecretary for health will go before a judge. dr. richard stone is accused of assault, a man says he slammed him against an ice rink at a school hockey game. >>> it is time for your weather and traffic on the 1s. and some weird stuff was happening. it was like misty, not enough to get an umbrella, but bad enough to ruin your hair. >> i took it out. i'm a fragile soul. >> and your hair is a wreck. that's always a risk. >> 15 days in a row, but the streak is dead. how about 16 out of 17 and 17 out of 18 tomorrow? two quick moving rain chances today and no sign of any may warmth in the future. right now temperatures in the low 60s. radar shows a couple complete sprinkles moving into the west side. there will be more rain chances later on today. here is the timing out of it. by 8:00, it's into the metro just about the time for lunch. but with progress, we should get all those showers out of here by 2:00 or 3:00 at the latest. that would leave it nice for baseball. we'll have

reporter: this 15-year-old murder mystery ended the career of a powerful californian congressman gary conditek park. now, as he faces a new trial the suspect is pointing the finger back at condit. bombshell new allegations in a sensational washington murder case. could a congressman's alleged secret sex life have been the motive for murder? that's the allegation being made. by the attorneys for the man sentenced for killing chandra levy. she was an intern who disappe disappeared 15 years ago this month. >> we just beg information. please call it in. >> her murder, one of the biggest stories that summer. an illegal immigrant from el salvador was convicted based on a jailhouse confession to other inmates. his conviction later set aside, he's now facing a new trial this fall and now his lawyers have filed a blockbuster motion zeroing in on levy's relationship with former congressman gary condit. claiming aggressive sex involving bondage may have killed her. her body was found in d.c.'s rock creek park. a pair of knotted tights found nearby. >> anything you want to say? >> the defense attorneys

attorneys for ingmar guandique say they will offer evidence pointing to california congressman gary conditcondit was romantically linked it to levy and was once the primary suspect but eventually ruled out by police. in a motion argued yesterday, defense attorneys say condit had a, quote, powerful motive to kill levy and cover up her death. >>> firefighter nicole mittendorff's family is speaking out following her death. her husband and sister spoke exclusively to our news partners at wtop. the 31-year-old career firefighter took her own life last month. after her death, fairfax county's tire chief launched an investigation into cyber bullying. her family though says it may never find out if bullying playedig it's a loss they continue to struggle with. >> certainly a struggle trying to find the new normalcy in my life without my wife. hardest part is getting up in the morning and finding the motivation to carry on throughout the day, but i know it's something i have to do. >> steve told wtop that he is a part of fire chief's bullying ask force. the family plans to honor nicole by raising aw

lawyers have filed a blockbuster motion zeroing in on levy's relationship with former congressman gary condit claiming aggressive sex involving bondage may have killed her. a pair of knotted tights found nearby. defense attorneys say condit may have used them to retrain levy during a rough sex act gone wrong. chandra leave have i's parents are split over the defense efforts to re-evaluate his possible role. >> condit doing that but it doesn't prove that he's the murderer. >> young women can be caught up in the web of predators or powerful people and you don't know what happened to them. >> reporter: the defense motion claims condit had a powerful motive to either kill and or cover up the circumstances of her death whether her death was intentional or accidental. at the time, condit told abc's connie chung he's innocent. >> congressman condit, do you know what happened to chandra levy? >> no, i do not. >> did you kill chandra leave have i? >> i did not. >> david wright, abc news, new york. >> it's a big one. that case was considered to be possibly the next o.j. case. we were all distracted bec

. >>> and new allegations about former congressman gary condit and his involved with murdered intern levy and other women. you'll get the story a full six minutes from now. >>> well, south korea launching a specialize cream bar designed to ease hangovers. that's what they say. ice cream apparently contains a certain rasin trie fruit extract, not exactly sure what that is, but that is a traditional hangover cure that dates back to the 17th century. drinking is a big part of work life in south korea and hangover cures are becoming a big business there. >> any reason to eat ice cream. >> yeah. >> hey, severe weather across large parts of the country. take a look at what happened in montana. a severe spring storm bringing golf ball-sized hail damaging windows and vehicles, as you can imagine. across the plains, flooding is the issue, and there's no end in sight. more bad weather expected today. meteorologist janice dean live in the fox weather center for us. j.d.? >> hello, john and heather. yes, we had over 100 reports of severe weather yesterday. 38 of them tornadoes, and then we had o

levy was a capitol hill intern and who was having an affair with then congress than gary c fwa gary condit. >>> dr. richard stone is accused of sault, a man says he school hockey game. he will appear in court this morning. >>> the senate has a new deal to add more than a billion dollars to fight zika. the plan is about $800 million less than president obama requested. the bill is expected to get majority support when it goes up for a vote next week. more than $500 million of unspent ebola funds are already in use. one plan to fight zika throughs using genetically engineered drugs. a firm as suggested releasing modified mosquitos that don't survive after mating with females in the wild. researchers believe that in time the method would sharply reduce the mosquito population that carries zika. >>> you may soon be eating fresh beef patties at mcdonald's. they're testing fresh patties at 14 restaurants in dallas. it says it's he too early to say if they can replace frozen patties nationally. the test comes as t making giant fights slumping sales. the company has said it's looking to improve it

national attention because levy was a capitol hill intern who was having an affair with congressman gary condit. >>> the former director of the d.c. republican party will be sentenced today. 45-year-old robert turner pled guilty in february to a charge of first-degree fraud in connection to the stealing of more than $7,000 from the organization. as part of his plea agreement turner must pay back that money. >>> more on metro's latest troubles. the transit agency is making changes to its safe track plan after that scathing letter from the fta. you can read the entire letter and what it says metro is doing wrong on the nbc washington morning. an arcing insulator on the red line resulted in single tracking between the van nesz and medical center locations. single tracking will be done on four lines. metro is working to fix all the problems, but news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss says the plan could mean major disruptions. >> reporter: remember how we told you that that whole metro safe track maintenance plan was going to be really disruptive? well, now it is starting to really hit home for a

in a biggest murder cases in america, attorneys again pointing the finger at former congressman gary conditvered malware that could >> fingers crossed crews can put the finishing touch on san francisco's tallest statue. workers were supposed to hoist head on the 92' sculpture last week with strong winds nixing that. the sculpture is the centerpiece of a public arts collection in the courtyard of an apartment complex at market and 8th. this is what the culture will look like when it is completed, shorter than the statute use of liberty. >> statue of liberty. >> this 10 coyote that trapped two hike are yesterday morning. a coyote approached them and their dogs in a menacing way and they could not scare it off. officers arrived and chased the coyote without hurt it. >> if you hit the a.t.m. soon, you should aware of a new way that crooks are trying to steal your money. a new type of malware is discovered in atms across the united states. it is not like the skimming devices that attached to the front the a.t.m. but this turns the entire a.t.m. and a skim device. thieves hack into it remotely li

levy -- say at his second trial they will offer evidence pointing to former california congressman gary condit. condit was romantically linked to levy and was once the primary suspect but was eventually ruled out by police. in a motion argued yesterday defense attorneys say condit had a, quote, powerful motive to kill levy and cover up her death. >>> a montgomery county community is coming together to save an iconic record store, joe's record paradise has been a staple in the community for over 40 years, but financial problems forced the store to close two months ago. last night the community came to the rescue. local deejays, record collectors and other community members came out to raise money toel hole after its recent relocation. >> it was debt i figured i could pay back, i just needed to open. so it was a misstep in timing, i didn't know the process took so long. >> the community has helped raise over $10,000 for the store over the last two months. >>> a founding member of the beastie boys has died, john berry died at hospice yesterday morning according to his stepmother suffering from fr

. >> pam:lawyers are once again pointing the finger at gary condit. in the death of chandra levy. levy disappeared back in 2001. and the story took off after she was linked to the california congressman. >> pam:condit was considered a prime suspect in her death. but eventuall, y investigators ruled out his role. >> pam:another man. ingmar guandique. was convicted of killing levy in 2010. >> pam:however, he was granted a retrial last year, after concerns were raised about one of the government's witnesses. >> pam:his attorneys say, they have evidence they will present at the new trial this october, which will point once again, to condit as the culprit. >> pam:the hiker who disappered in the donner summit over the weekend has been found this afternoon. >> pam: coming up at six! are you missing mail? that's of milk was discarded and the support system. coming up! >> pam: we are filing break the news out of san francisco as the police chief, greg suhr resigned. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious

have endured and so many other people, also, have endured. >> reporter: today, former congressman gary condita, owning his own business. police chief ramsey, criticized for his department's handling of the investigation, was the police commissioner of philadelphia for eight years before he retired this january. and due to admitted errors in the initial prosecution, convicted murderer guandique is on the verge of a new retrial, set to begin this october. >> as far as i can see, it's just defense attorneys trying to make themselves a name and make more money, you know. he's guilty. >> we were not able to get in touch with charles ramsey about the criticism he faced. meanwhi meanwhile, susan levy added this time of year is especially heartbreaking for them because chandra's birthday and the day she went missing are in a span of two weeks. the pain is still acute. her memory, as vivid as ever. >> the media tends to move on, and the families don't move on. >> right. >> you always have to think about that. craig, thank you. >>> backlash to the old navy ad. what the models featured in it are saying

erin como she'll talk about road conditions and gary mcgrady talks about improving weather forecasts. we'll get to the news first. right now, president obama is traveling to japan early this morning. he wrappedp a three day trip to vietnam with town hall with 800 young adults. >> this next leg of president trip through asia is most controversial. he'll be the first sitting president to visit here sheem aduring world war ii. and fiscal independence headed to the house floor. >> advocates for city are hopeful that d.c. could soon be free to spend its own tax dollars support from time from the white house. melanie alnwick joins us with more. >> good morning first they have to get through congressional republicans though. some are saying there's a big win here at d.c. budget at least in spirit. white house will veto efforts by congregational republicans to put d.c. back under their thumbs. house plans to vote today on a bill to force the city to once again get approval for the budget. obama administration pushing back though writing it strongly opposes bill noting "the residents ever the

we made it to wednesday, 4:36, gary mentioned watch the road spray and ponding conditions from the heavy rains that moved through. in hyattstown, 270 southbound checking tall off 109 give your time to get through the area. 28 northbound dealing with construction and alternating lane closures there it's just north over the bridge there. a little extra time. we'll take a closer look at mar par drive times when we get out of the way. 95, icc to beltway and close to spur annapolis and no slow zones through the beltway. i'll let you know if that changes after traffic. >> police at local police warned students about the growing problem of sext torsio torsion. >> and as we head to break let take a live look outside d.c. region. >> hey, yeah, i love it time 4:37 we're getting you going on a wednesday. fox news morning back after this♪ pa pa >> prince's death is now single of federal investigation vl last night in minnesota dea agents carried out a search of his home and investigating dr. todd shilenberg. she treated him twice in april and prescribed him medication the day before he died. there's

curry will take the court to nine the sports director will have an update on this condition and all the sports. >>garycurry is going to claim steph curry is going to plan that is the latest word from ford and he went to the short run this morning and he was of credit from doubtful to questionable not just a few minutes ago was to the pre-game warmup move will shot well and steve kerr says bring him down for and the two games to one that now have to do with the league mvp in here is steve kerr. >>gary: of course we would never know if the warrants for three nothing what he'd been a tenant but nonetheless requested this game a nice kick steph curry back on the floor steph curry 7 this morning can mounted once again these of these rules by the player for the second straight year and the only point guard to do that magic johnson and steve nash about one and to use you can argue in the these things are feminist the center of this continent and pointed them alegrete's regular-season team and hester--in history. >>gary: draymond green has become such a person having the media always flock to him if he had sa

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condition. >>> there is a new contender for the white house. the libertarian party has nominated former new mexico governor gary johnson as its presidential candidate for that party in 2012. the former republican describes himself as fiscally conservative and socially liberal. he wants to eliminate federal income and corporate taxes and replace them with a national sales tax. >>> still to come, he's called thearrow. >> watch as he pulls off this stunt over a world famous landmark. >>> plus. >> the warriors' dramatic game six win over the thunder forces a game seven which will be played tomorrow at oracle arena. everybody's ready for this. after a happy flight home, the defending champs are back in the bay. hear what coach kerr said about the dubs' state of mind. we're ready to talk basketball. >>> hello, everyone, i'm henry wofford inside the comcast sports studio. the warriors were on the brink of elimination against the thunder, but the dubs have roared back to tie the series up three games apiece. and now they have the momentum, but head coach steve kerr realizes the come back is incompletely. >> our players already talked about it after the gam

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