was cold, calculated and intentional when she agreed to pay two undercover cops $4,000 to kill jody davis while he was walking her dog. the lawyer plans on appealing the case because the judge allowed prosecutors to show the jury an edited version of the video of davis, talking to the undercover officers. >> we argued that the tape should be shown and he denied that motion. on that tape, you have her saying, why she is talking crazy. >> judge conrad said the crime was serious and. sentence reflect the seriousness hear from the man who survived this plot and how he is doing at 5:00. pamela escobar wbtv on your side. >> thank you. one person has died after this crash in gaston county today. it happened on school road in bessemer city. police believe a medical problem may have caused the driver of a pickup truck to veer off the road. he went through the yard and crashed into the home. the driver died on scene. >> and campaign 2016 a new cbs news poll shows donald trump with a 2-1 advantage over ted cruz looking at republican primary voters across the country. and jeb bush's position in sixth

>> yeah, he said jody davis said it's been tough on them and beyond them. he believes it's led to another divorce and losing custody of another child but he said he thinks the steps is right. he -- the sentence is right and allows his daughter to move on. in court davis asked the judge for leniency. her lawyer asked her for to receive time served and or 10 years. >> i do not feel like she is a threat to her ex-husband and not a threat to society. so many of us were hoping and believing that she was going to be able to walkout with time served. >> he knew her through church and offered to help sex trafficking victims. >> it shows you what her heart was like she is a giving caring person. and that is who she was. and this is so out of context for her. >> the judge told the court he had a difficult time understanding the woman friends described as having a good heart with the woman who negotiated the killing of her ex-husband for $4,000 u they are saying what she portrayed to be to them. i do not think they are bad people. >> jody davis was the target in the m

now jodie davis is looking to move on. >> i'll get through this. >> once davis gets out of federal prison, she'll have to be on supervised release for two years and also receive mental health treatment. reporting outside of the federal courthouse, angela news. >>> some new information tonight in a channel 9 investigation we first brought to you at 6:00 yesterday. a suspect accused of ripping off car dealers across charlotte will be back in court next month. we told you this morning that bernardo gray was taken into custody last night. he illegally bought cars last month using fake credit cards and then a code that made the transaction seem real. he'll be back in court on march 1st for a bond hearing. >>> charlotte mecklenburg police chief laid out details he needs more officers. he met with the council committee today to go over last year's spike in crime and the efforts to bring it back down. it was all to support his request. he wouldn't say how many officers he wants to add. >> i'm confident that we're going to get what we need. i don't know how long it's going to take. >> next week, c

. >> jody davis was the target in the murder-for-hire plot. >> the last thing i do is go into my child's bedroom and pray for her mother. with her. that is what she wants and that it's hard but it's right. >> he said the decade she got was right. >> i think justice has not been served today. i think that she is a protective mother who was afraid for the safety of her daughter. >> her lawyer plans on appealing. >> the question you have to ask is why? at trial we were not able to present the evidence of why. the judge specifically said we are not going to include that in this case. >> prosecutors say she was willing to pay someone to take another human life. she had opportunities to change her mind and she never did. this shows her true behavior. reporting live from federal courthouse, pamela escobar wbtv on your side. >> thank you. davis is in the mecklenberg county jail and custody will be transferred to the federal bureau of prisons. she has 14 days to appeal. >> deputies have busted a black tar heroin operation near i-77 and these three are under arrest. the drug was being sold in 150-

congressman jody hice had a case in his district last year. leon davis from augusta, georgia was guilty of trying to provide material support to isis. hice says it was one of few successful apprehensions. congressman jody hice: the question is, how many hundreds of others like him are we not catching? and that's what this bill is trying to address and deal with. the bill calls for reports on how these americans get to iraq and syria, why they traveled there, and suggestions on how to prevent future cases. congressman will hurd: we talk a lot here in washington dc about how it's hyper-partisan but when it comes to this issue, to have unanimous support on this topic is a sign that there is a commitment to fight terrorists, and to keep them on the run and off our shores. hice says with hundreds of cases, the success rate for catching these people needs to it's amazing to me that this current administration refuses to acknowledge that problem, refuses to deal with it. the congressmen say they expect to see similar support in the senate for this legislation.

davis looks at the investigation. >> once you play with the devil, you know, that's what you get, i guess. >> and jody sheik, brittany russel's life went into a downward spiral in the past year. she blames it all on brittany's use of drugs. russel once lived on sherman avenue, who remembers brittany russel before drugs. >> she had her life together. she had a place down there. she was taking care of her children. she was doing what she is supposed to do. she got on the drugs like everybody else, that's when things happen and people change. >> brittany russel was found shot to death outside the dayton apartment complex. her 6-month old daughter haven was unharmed in the back seat and was later reunited with her father. chris edwards says brittany never returned haven when she said she would. today, dayton police say, they are tracing brittany's steps, in hopes of finding her killer. >> we have no history of her being in the dayton area. we want to find out, what brought her todayton. >> jody's brother used to cut brittany's grass. >> heartbreaking. a lot of stuff happening all the time. tears me up now, you know. it h

davis looks at the investigation. >> once you play with the devil, you know, that's what you get, i guess. >> and jody sheik, brittany russel's life went into a downward spiral in the past year. she blames it all on brittany's use of drugs. russel once lived on sherman avenue, who remembers brittany russel before drugs. >> she had her life together. she had a place down there. she was taking care of her children. she was doing what she is supposed to do.