from lawyers argue that teresa lewis, 41-year-old grandmother, was mentally impaired. >> teresa lewis was executed for sending hitmen to kill her husband and her stepson at a trailer park in 2002. one of the gunmen became her lover. when the police became suspicious, teresa lewis quickly confessed. the case has attracted attention. executions of women are rare in america. teresa lewis had learning disabilities. her iq was 72, just two points above the legal minimum for execution in virginia. her lawyers say she was manipulated by the gunmen, and they said it was wrong that she should face the death penalty while the hitmen received life sentences. the appeals for mercy or turned down. >> tonight, the machinery of death in virginia extinguished the beautiful, childlike, and loving human spirit of teresa lewis. >> relatives of the victims say >> when you play god, you're taking it upon yourself to write your own future. when you do that, you get what you deserve. >> teresa lewis spoke by phone to a local reporter. >> i just want people to know that you can be a good person and make the

lewis' appeal was rejected yesterday by the u.s. supreme court. >>> we now know the name of the woman murdered outside her

and lewis herself didn't fire the shots. got life sentences. the judge called teresa lewis the head of this serpent. but her attorneys say her i.q. is in the low 70s, near the level of retardation. and they say lewis has dependent personality disorder, making her vulnerable to coercion by others. is it your basic contention that she was manipulated into this crime? >> yes, shallenburger have stated and the experts that have examined her agree that she was used by shallenburger, not the other way around. >> reporter: shallenburger had had an affair with teresa lewis before the killings. her attorneys cite a prison letter from shallenburger to another woman saying the only reason he slept with lewis was so she would give me the insurance money after the murders were committed. the prosecutor says this -- >> i can frankly say that teresa lewis is as evil a person as i've ever met. >> reporter: grimes says his investigation showed lewis herself took an active role in the plot, that she co nooifnniv >> her functioning ability is

teresa lewis is as evil a person i've ever met. >> reporter: grimes said his investigation showed lewisn the plot, that she connived, manipulated everyone from her late husband to her lover to her children. and he says tests his side conducted contradict those which indicated she's near retardation. >> her functioning ability is way beyond that. >> do you think she was faking? >> she certainly wasn't, as one of the experts said, she wasn't motivated to score high on those tests. roar lewis' attorney said the contention she's faking a low iq is silly. he said one expert specifically tested to see if she was faking that, and found she wasn't. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> also tonight on cnn, the pope meets face-to-face with sex abuse victims. what he told an audience in great britain, and why so many were upset by his visit. >>> later, drug use in america is on the rise again. we'll tell you one of the theories why. like chicken teriyaki with water chestnuts. it steams to perfection in minutes, giving the fresh flavors and textures of a homemade meal. marie's new steamed meals. it's ti

he talked to teresa lewis from death row.of the greensville correctional center. brian? >> ali, teresa lewis has met with her spiritual advisers and her family. she is scheduled to meet with her attorneys this afternoon. she is scheduled to be put to death about six hours from now, a little over six hours from now, here in the greensville facility. this controversy has several facets. you mentioned the case. she did plead guilty in the 2002 murders of her husband and step-son, but she did not pull the trigger in those murders. the two men who did, who conspired with her to commit this crime, got life sentences. she got the death penalty. that's part of the controversy. another part of the controversy is that her attorneys argue that she has a level of intelligence that is just above mental retardation and that she has dependent personality disorder, which makes her susceptible to be manipulated by others. the prosecutors say that none of that is true, that she has a level of intelligence above that and that she was actually d

a double standard in reporting lewis' execution.lewis' daughter kathy, the final verdict seems just. >> she could have walked away from our father and never looked back. and i think people need to remember her victims and not her. >> reporter: since capital punishment was reinstated in 1977, only 11 of the 1224 people executed have been women. brad wheelis, abc news. >>> senate democrats are putting off a decision on tax cuts. they will not schedule a vote until after the november elections. those bush-era tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. both parties are at odds whether the cuts should be extended to benefit wealthier americans or just the middle class. the democrats fared better with legislation to help small businesses. the house approved $30 billion in loans for small businesses. there's another $12 billion in tax breaks. the senate approved the bill and it is headed to the president's desk. >>> more political news now. the head of the republican national committee says he is tired of all the party infighting.

according to prosecutors, the two were lured into lewis' scheme by sex and money. the money was to promise to split the son's and husband's life insurance with him. lewis confessed to the plot. >> i just wish i could take it back. >> reporter: according to a witness of the execution, these were her last words. >> she said, i want kathy to know that i love you. and i'm very sorry. >> reporter: the two men she conspired with to commit the killings were sentenced to life imprisonment. one killed himself in prison in 2006. lewis' case drew a lot of attention because she was not the trigger person. and because her i.q. is between 70 and 72, on the borderline of the legal definition of mental retardation. anyone with less than a 70 i.q. cannot be executed. best-selling author john grisham has called her execution unjust. even iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad weighed in. but for lewis' daughter, kathy, the final verdict seems just. >> she could have walked away from my father and never looked back. i think people need to remember her victims and not her. >> reporter:

lewis was pronounced dead tonight at 9:13 p.m. here at the greensville correctional center in greensville county, virginia. witnesses say that she was nervous looking almost fearful as she was taken here into virginia's death chamber. now, witnesses also tell us that as lewis was brought in to get her lethal injection that she asked the warden there that was present is kathy here. she was referring to kathy cliffton, the daughter and sister of her two victims that she took the lives of eight years ago. she then said when the warden told her kathy was here, let mer -- let her know i love her and i'm sorry. she was here. she was in a room separate from other people who were witnessing the execution. we're told that she was -- well, actually we have not heard from kathy cliffton tonight so we can't speak of how she was able to receive this execution. teresa lewis is the first woman put to death here in virginia in 98 years. anita. >>> all right. thank you so much for that report. we appreciate the update. >>> new at 11:00, a 14-year-

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lewis did make a last statement. she said i just want cathy to know i love her and i'm very sorry. >> the cathy she referred to is the daughter of lewis's husband. the lawyers for teresa lewis says she was borderline mentally disabled. more than 7300 appeals were made to stop that execution. >>> this morning chancellor michelle rhee's future is still not clear. she and d.c. mayor vincent gray met yesterday. both acknowledged their strong differences on education reform. there have been reports that arne duncan wants her to stay i the district. gray, though, is giving few clues about his plans. >> we talk about the state of education in the city. and i think we'll just leave it there. >> gray says he and rhee will meet sometime before november's general elections. >>> the commander of the bp oil spl will be in the district. thad allen will return to his alma matter. his topic is unprecedented events, unprecedted leadership challenges. allen will teach at g.w. in the spring. >>> now to the latest on the bp oil spill. i

teresa lewis admits she's guilty. so, why are so many respected people saying this execution is wrong? jim sciutto is outside the prison in jarratt, virginia. >> reporter: teresa lewis has confessed to a crime, asking a lover and a friend to kill her husband and step-son to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy in a jailhouse interview with cnn, she pled for forgiveness. >> i just wish i could take it back. and i'm sorry for all the people that i've hurt. >> reporter: but complicating the case, lewis did not pull the trigger. the men who did only got life in prison. and court-appointed doctors found she only had an i.q. of 72, just two points above the legal minimum. a duke university psychologist who examined her concluded teresa's functional mental age is in the rage of 12 to 14 years. rallying to her cause are novelist john grisham, justices sonia sotomayor and ruth bader ginsburg, who voted to stay her execution. and, thousands on the way. for the victim's daughter, all the focus on lewis is just one more crime

lewis was accused of killing her husband and step-son in 2002. her final statement was for for her step daughter, kathy criminaliston. -- clifton. >> she did make a last statement. she said i just want kathy to know i love her and i'm sorry. >> many -- many argue that lewis did not have the i.q. to organize this murder for hire. they say it is unfair the two gunmen got life in prison and she received the death penalty. >>> eric foreman was arraigned yesterday and charged with felony murder. neil was fately shot last month in northwest d.c. while riding his bike. they say the suspect had been associated with a gang. >>> at 6:05, taking a look at a local politician who died after being hit by an s.u.v. on sunday while riding her bike. she was a green party candidate in the senate race. the vigil will be held at 6:00 tonight in largo. >>> reassuring news about the safety of metro from the head of the national transportation safety board. a house panel was told yesterday that metro took steps to approve safety in last year's deadly redline crash. she

lewis putting a hurting on people. that was an awesome game. >> and old school was right. don, up next to the ravens, cincinnati. the ravens lost both games to the bangles last year and in the games, scored 21 points. >> yeah. thank you, ron. that was it, don, right there. from,. >> yeah, thank you. >> thank you, that goes in the back of the card. >> don't forget,the rains are on the road and they're back on wjz. you can watch them in cincinnati, here on wjz-13. it's at 1:00. >> that's a little close for comfort. i had a stomach ache by the end of it. the still to come on wjz-13 at noon. how states filed a lawsuit to block the health care bill. >>> and the gas explosion in california is raising questions about the safety of gas lines across the country. >>> let's look live outside this noon. bernadette woods will be back with the first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> >> a judge is hearing cases about states that object to the health care law. and also, about states accepting medicaid that aren't covered by the government. >>> the trial is underway for the man

when he called me in march of 2008, i asked if this was michael lewis, "the blind side" michael lewis. and he said that was the first time he had ever gotten that. he usually got, "is this "liar's poker" micael lewis?" he is an extraordinary personality. i wanted to talk to him when he called and i was open with him because whatever you tell him, you can tell him a story and he will tell you the story back. he is amazing. i am surprised. i never thought of myself as an obscure analyst at an obscure firm. prior to that time, people did not care about financials. i was obscure in the world of financial, but financials were not on anybody's radar screen. certainly, rest perspective, banks were never associated with high risk. >> let me let michael lewis say it in his words when we talked to him about his book. >> she was what is called a soft side analyst. she works for a wall street firm that offers stocks to the public. she worked for a firm called oppenheimer. she was a bank analyst. a financial sector analyst. meredith, who i never heard of, starts saying things in late 2007 when i f

d i'm vry sorry. >> kathy cliffton is t daughter of julian cliffton lewis. she was on hand to witness the executiotonight. there were more than 7,3 appeals made to stop that execution. >>> a mon after a cathol unversity student was murdered, police arrest a spect. he's oy 17 years old. news 4's dorothy spencer jns us with more. dorothy. >> reen, a source close to the instigation says this teenage suspect was under the supervion of the juvenile juice system and was supposed to be livg in a group home. some officials want to kn how close this alleged gng member is being watched. eric foan, charges asn adult of caolic university sudent neil galeski. the 31-year-old w ridinghis bike near sherman circle on august 22nd, wen heas gunned own. >> ts was a young man, working, going tochool and tryg to make an honest living, just ting to get home from work, and was shot and killed for wat appears to be absolutely no reason. >> rorter: news 4 lens tt he was under the supervision of the department of youth rehabitati services and living in a groupome in northeast at the

. >> take your hat off to ray lewis. 1-0 in the standings. good morning, maryland, i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you so much for joining us. >> how you feeling? >> great, how are you? >> great. >> a little tired from watching the game? >> no, i'm still living off that. like i played. huh? meteorologist justin berk with a look at our weather. >> want to break in the stadium, at least the second game. we had a good night last night, a good weather day yesterday and we're going to pick up on that as we head through this morning. good stuff, especially for those of you who are red-eyed this morning. you may want to put the shades on. we'll have a little sunshine mixed in with the clouds. we're still an hour away from sunrise or at least an hour and a half with the chill this morning in the 50s and low 60s. we warm up nicely this afternoon. then we'll talk about igor, still a category 4 and now sister julia, hurricane julia, renamed and upgraded earlier this morning. yesterday, we've got our time lapse imagery across baltimore. y

lewis died by injection shortly after 9:00 at a virginia prison last night. it's been almost eight years since the murders of her husband and son. lewis was convicted of arranging the killings to cash in on a quarter million dollar life insurance policy. a witness from our station in richmond says when lewis entered the execution chamber, she asked if her husband's daughter kathy was there. >> well, i want kathy to know that i love you and i'm very sorry. >> protesters learned later the execution was carried out. >>> at the united nations today, president obama will take talks on preventing new violence in sudan and host a luncheon from leaders from southeast asia following his address to the u.n. general assembly yesterday that focused on the mid east peace process. manuel gal lays go reports. >> reporter: the president is calling on world leaders to step up and lend a hand to the middle east peace process. >> peace must be made by israelis and palestinians, but each of us has responsibility to do our part as well. >> reporter: president obama said u.s.-led

he had nothing but respect for ray lewis and the ravens defense. >> they obviously are led by ray lewis and they fly around -- that has been made up of that team. i think everyone knows that defensively they try to impose their presence throughout the game. you just have to go out there and play smash mouth football with them. >> who are you and what have you done with terrell owens? several area high schools have pushed their games up by one day this week. the game of the week, towson and delaney. first quarter, delaney down seven. a 20 yard gain, keeps the drive alive. on to the second quarter, same drive that, chris davis bounced off the guard into the touchdown. second quarter, m. j. preston on the run and will get all the way down to the five before he gets pushed out of bounds. towson did not labor. damon jones around left side, untouched. telson goes on to beat delaney, 27-12. annapolis hosting glen burnie, annapolis in blue. pickup the action first quarter. watson on the sweet, cut it back, picks his way through traffic. 15 yards for the touchdown, 7-0 panthers. same play, diffe

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the judge called teresa lewis the head.says her iq is in the low 70s, near the level of retardation. she has dependent personality disordser making her vulnerable to manipulation. the experts that have examined her agree that she was being used, not the other way around. >> reporter: he had an affair with teresa lewis before the killings. her attorneys cite a letter to another woman saying the only reason he slept with lewis was so she would give me the insurance money. he later committed suicide in prison. prosecutor david grims says this. >> i can say she is as evil a person as i have met. lewis herself took an active role in the plot. she canived. his side contradict those that say she's near retardation. >> her functioning ability is way beyond that. >> you think she was faking? >> she wasn't, as one of the lawyers said, she wasn't motivated to score accurately and high on the tests. >> reporter: the contention she's faking a low iq is silly. one expert tested to see if she was faking and found she wasn't. brian todd, c

. >> lewis is the 1th woman executed since the u.s. resumed the death penalty in 1976. the last woman to die in virginia was a 17-year-old virginian. she was put to death in the electric chair in 1912. >>> police have made an arrest in the murder of a d.c. waiter and college student neil godleski. he was shot to death while riding home from work last month. police believe the killer was 17-year-old eric foreman. he was 16 at the time of the killing. >>> the district's presumptive next mayor sat for a much- anticipated meeting with michelle rhee yesterday. rhee kept quiet but gray announced the meeting was productive although no decisions have been made about rhee's future. >> the chancellor and i just finished what i think was a very product yugoslav meeting. i think one of the things we both agree upon is that we want the best for our kids in the district of columbia. we will have those conversations in a later discussion. we did not talk about chancellor rhee staying or going. >> convincement gray maps to meet with michelle rhee in t

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teresa lewis was executed by lethal incorrection.sterminding the murders of her husband an stepson to collect their insurance. >>> we made it to friday. howard bernstein is here with our forecast. no matter what you say it will be good. >> today will be record heat. records 94 at national. 92 dulles. maybe 95, 97 at spots. on sunday we may need a wrap in the morning. a big difference over the weekend. a touch of fog out there. the moisture is in the air. very thick. andrews air force base a quarter mile visibility. and frederick three-quarters. even else is hazy out there. temperatures in the 60s to mid- 70s. 74 at reagan national. 85 lure luray. tappahannock could be 99. welcome to fall. >> the screen is on fire. it is friday and feeling good already. a couple of tieups to tell you about traffic wise. connecticut is where we have an accident going on right now aniso capitol street we are hearing the bridge is closed for construction. that should be clearing in the next half hour or so. moving outside, 66 eastbound no problems here.

lewis, ms. lobato and hundreds of thousands of americans poisoned by salmonella every year, please lift your hold and allow this vital safety legislation to move forward. we're going have some tough questions today for jack decoster, the ceo of the wright county egg and or len bethel, the ceo of hillendale farms, but i do want to thank them for appearing here voluntarily and for cooperating with our committee's investigation. i also want to thank fda deputy commissioner dr. joshua scharf stein for testifying been us today. our goal is to make american families safer. that's why this hearing is so important and why we must reform our food safety system so that we can eradicate or ateast reduce food borne illnesses. imagine, the fda cannot get information from these farms, they don't have the ability to subpoena it. they have to be given to them voluntarily. they can't issue a warrant -- they have to try to issue a warrant to get information. there's no obligation by these farms to report to the f

lewis did make a last statement.said i just want cathy to know i love her and i'm very sorry. >> the cathy she referd to is the daughter of lewis's husband. the lawyers for teresa lewis says she was borderline mentally disabled. more than 7,300 appeals were made to stop that execution. the two killerswho actually did the killing got life. one of the shooters committed suicide in prison. >>> the national icident commander of the bp oil spill will in the district. retired coast guard admiral thad all will return to his alma matter at george washington to address students. his topic is unprecedented events, unprecedented leadership challenges. allen will teach at g.w. in the spring. >>> now to the latest on the bp oil spill. it's been a month since a new administrator took over the $20 billionompensation fund. pay czar ken feinberg's office has paid out almost $350 million for 26,000 claims. some people are still upset they have not receed a check or not enough money. fineberg says most people are still waiting for mone

someone blasted father and son jullianne and cj lewis repeatly with a shotgun and teresa lewis waited 45 minutes to call for help for her dying husband. >> he was in agony. he was conscious, and he was able to say as his last words, my wife knows who done this to me. >> teresa lewis admitted to police that she plotted with her lover and his friend, rodney fuller to murder her husband and his son for cj's life insurance. but while a judge sentenced sheldon burger and fuller to life for pulling the trigger, he sentenced to teresa lewis to death. her lawyer insists the plot was shellenburger's idea. >> he found she was an easy mark and somebody he could use to get money. >> lewis would be the first woman to be put to death in virginia in nearly 100 years. reverend lynn lispfield was her prison pastor. >> i think what is happening to teresa is unjust and as a result of the misconception of her intelligence. >> lewis' iq is just 72, barely above mental retardation. her supporters include john grisham, who says there are other cases where a wife and lovers scheme to kill for money and there

i wish i could take it back. >> reporter: theresa lewis pleaded guilty to plotting the murders of herband and stepson for their life insurance but while the judge sentenced two men to life, he handed lewis a death sentence, saying she was clearly the head of the serpent. we talked to her lawyer as he drove to death row to be with her in her final hours. >> i think it is grossly unfair to have the triggermen receive life while she receives the harshest penalty. with an iq that puts her close to mental retardation they say she is no mastermind. >> i can say she is as evil of a person as i have ever met. >> reporter: her step daughter where witness her execution. she did the crime, she says and now she will have to pay for it. >> teresa lewis has chosen her last meal, two fried chicken breast, wait sweet peas with butter, german chocolate cake and dr. pepper. the judge ruled that the comments to court officials would be inflammatory. he said he cannot control himself when he sees someone in a secluded area with something of value. he has plead not guilty in levy's death. house republican

police say lewis appeared to have been arguing with one or more people. and as he walked away to enter the shopping mall, he was shot in the back. >> i think it was somebody that actually was still in the disease of addiction, you know, probably couldn't help the guy. >> lewis was known for his work helping recovering addicts and parolees trying to re-enter society. he started a drug rehabilitation program in east palo alto called "free at last." >> we are working this case really hard, lloyd. we are pounding the pavement ourselves. we are partnering with the community. and we are truly hoping to get the word out there. >> reporter: tonight volunteers went through the mall handing out flyers and letting people know there is a $50,000 reward. one woman carried pictures of lewis meeting with former president bill clinton. >> david was a big community leader. he liked to bring criminals to justice. >> reporter: fear may be a factor on why no one is coming forward. >> not a bad neighborhood but a lot of people don't say things because they are worry or fear o

lewis did make a last statement. she said i just want kathy to know i love her and i'm very sorry. >> when theresa entered the death chamber, she looked quite scared. she looked a little nervous. she did look clear headed, clear minded. >> reporter: tonight the machinery of death in virginia extinguished the beautiful childlike and loving human spirit of teresa lewis. >> reporter: now lewis is the 12th woman executed in the united states since the death penalty resumed back in 1976. the last woman to die in virginia was 17-year-old virginia christian. she was put to death in the electric chair in 1912. brian. >>> the other big story we're following tonight, an arrest in a murder case that outraged the district. a man gunned down while riding his bike home from work through sherman circle. neil godleski's death was unsolved until now. police believe they have the killer. fox 5's roz plater is live at the scene with more on this story. >> reporter: prosecutors say the suspected triggerman in this case was just 16 years

police say lewis appeared to have been arguing with one or more people. and as he walked away to enter the shopping mall, he was shot in the back. >> i think it was somebody that actually was still in the disease of addiction, you know, probably couldn't help the guy. >> lewis was known for his work helping recovering addicts and parolees trying to re-enter society. he started a drug rehabilitation program in east palo alto called "free at last." >> we are working this case really hard, lloyd. we are pounding the pavement ourselves. we are partnering with the community. and we are truly hoping to get the word out there. >> reporter: tonight volunteers went through the mall handing out flyers and letting people know there is a $50,000 reward. one woman carried pictures of lewis meeting with former president bill clinton. >> david was a big community leader. he liked to bring criminals to justice. >> reporter: fear may be a factor on why no one is coming forward. >> not a bad neighborhood but a lot of people don't say things because they are worry or fear o

miss lewis did make a last statement. said i just want kathy to know i love her and i'm very sorry. >> reporter: lewis was peeking to kathy clifton. her father and brother were killed in 2002. >>> a 14-year-old boy hit by a metro utility vehicle last night. it happened at 16th and east west highway in silver spring. police tell 9 news his injury are not life-threatening. no word if any charges will be filed. >>> do you think you could have a half billion dollars lying an and not realize it? the virginia department of transportation apparently could. an audit made public on thursday shows vdot had a hundred million dollars it didn't know about. that money sat while people were laid off, projects sidetracked and rest stops closed. governor kaine cites his fiscal policies for restoring funding, current governor mcdonnell disagrees. >> my conclusion is that the the previous administration, vdot administration made bad management decisions. >> reporter: the governor wants the newly found money to be pushed out the door and wan

a former volunteer firefighter, lewis said he was determined to stay to protect his home.e was afraid the burning inferno would swallow his home he's lived in for almost 20 years. but he ended up helping save the life of a badly injured woman. >> the skin was coming off her hand. her face was all black, hair was all singed. i laid down and then moved her later to another yard and got a hold of her and held her down. >> reporter: he waited 20 minutes for the ambulance to arrive. he believes she'll recover from her injuries. the family is optimistic about their home. >> we haven't seen it yet, but it's still standing, we've been told. so we're one of the lucky ones. >> it just shows you what the most valuable thing in your house is which is your family. you kind of forget all about your cell phones, your keys, ipods, laptops. and you just worry about your family the most. you can rebuild a house but you can't rebuild a family. >> reporter: david is probably cringing tonight if he's watching this story because he told me he saddam hussein consider himself a hero. he says his

lewis, ms. lobato and hundreds of thousands of americans poisoned by salmonella every year, please lift your hold and allow this vital safety legislation to move forward. we're going to have some tough questions today for jack decoster, the ceo of the wright county egg and or len bethel, the ceo of hillendale farms, but i do want to thank them for appearing here voluntarily and for cooperating with our committee's investigation. i also want to thank fda deputy commissioner dr. joshua scharf stein for testifying been us today. our goal is to make american families safer. that's why this hearing is so important and why we must reform our food safety system so that we can eradicate or at least reduce food borne illnesses. imagine, the fda cannot get information from these farms, they don't have the ability to subpoena it. they have to be given to them voluntarily. they can't issue a warrant -- they have to try to issue a warrant to get information. there's no obligation by these farms to report to

lewis made a last statement, saying she hoped that cathy knew that she loved her. >> lewis orchestrated the killings. this was the cash in on an insurance policy. >> she did not even show a bit of kindness. >> she was led into the room, she was strapped down and her limbs were struck out on to the bernie. >> with the victims' families watching, she was put to death. >> virginia has one of the busiest death chambers in the united states. the last woman executed in the state was five years ago. >>> police say an mercedes flipped off a road in herndon, and the driver was killed. there is no word on what caused the crash. >>> we are keeping a watch on the heat wave, and we could be moving closer to 2 records tomorrow. >> this is the summer's end, and today we had a 90-degree day. we now need only two more days. tomorrow we may be setting a record for not only the high temperature, and then one day at dawn, getting that much closer. the temperatures right now are on the weatherbug network -- these are temperatures that would be still above average for the average high temperature. meanwhile,

mental status doctors have testified that lewis had an i.q. of about seventy which is considered mentally ill anything under seventy two is but a judge ruled that she was competent to stand trial and to face the death penalty now lose the death sentence was only the twelfth time that a woman isn't executed in the u.s. since capital punishment was restored as a sentencing option thirty four years ago now in that same period one thousand two hundred and fourteen men have been put to death and in fact many of these executions barely even draw headlines anymore but because lewis was a woman and because she was white then of course her story gained national attention even international headlines her i.q. also played a huge role in the attention of the media gave or you know it something that no one covered is that twelve days before her execution a fifty year old alabama man was executed for shooting his former girlfriend to death in one thousand nine hundred three hollywood died by lethal injection on september first of this year and during his ap

the one who wants this case closed most is lewis' widow.cific stores. >> this was david's favorite store. >> yeah. came in here a lot. a very nice guy. >> my stomach is really in knots. i wanted to come back to the scene of the crime where my husband was murdered. but i need to be here. >> it's a sentiment shared by many. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> a suspect is under arrest in connection with a pot-growing operation discovered in the east bay hills. police seized 2,000 mature marijuana plants at the regional wilderness park in san ramon. police spotted another suspect in the area but he got away before officers could catch up with him. >> an aide to senator barbara boxer is facing marijuana charges in washington. march -- police arrested him yesterday after they spotted him removing pot from his pocket after he went through screening at an office building. stanley resigned as soon as news of the arrest came out. >> boxer dead even if bid for election against carly fiorina. gives republican meg whitman a slight edge in the governor's

theresa lewis has been put to death by lethal injection at the greensville correctional center in jarrett. she was convicted of hiring two men to kill her husband an stepson, giving them sex and cash in exchange so she could collect a quarter million dollars in insurance money. she used her final statement to tell her husband's daughter she loved her and she was very sorry. >>> now, to a break in the murder of college student neil god left tski. police arrested a 16-year-old gang member yesterday. he was gunned didn't while riding his bicycle through sherman cycle. the suspect, eric for mansion 17 and is being charged as an adult. >>> the washington nationals are losing stan kasten. he was part are of a tbiewp to buy the nats. he at the time being he committed to staying with the team for five years. -- he was part of a group to buy the nationals. >>> very quiet out there. very calm. also very humid you will find as you walk outside today. i'm sarah simmons in for gurvir dhindsa. let's get a check of the weather again with tucker barnesism feel like a broken record but this is not the kin

lewis did make a last statement. she said i just want cathy to know i love her and i'm very sorry. >>> metro is getting high marks. metro is much safer than it was a year ago. >> reporter: good news for a change. it was just a few months ago that the national transportation satisfactory board blasted metro for the anemic safety culture th say existed at the time of that deadly crash. now, the ntsb is recognizing them for strides they have made over the last year to improve safety. the chairman of the ntsb said metro is safer now than it was back in 2009. metro has made significant safety improvements in the year following a collision that left nine dead. that the word from the national transportation safety board. >> they have done a lot of learning in the last year plus, and i think that always every organization is going to go through a difficult time after an accident. the question is how you react to that accident and what changes you make. and i believe that the metro board was very willing to listen to the safe

lewis' appeal was rejected yesterday by the u.s. supreme court. >>> we now know the name of the woman murdered outside her prince george's county apartment. neighbors say the woman was moving out of her old apartment on green belt road into a home that she had just purchased. it is believed that her killer attacked her when she returned to the apartment to move things. at this point her killer is still on the loose. >>> movers are coming to the rescue of a woman evicted from her apartment. her items took up several blocks of a neighborhood in northwest washington. the center of it all 11th street and otis place in the columbia heights area. chris ten fisher is live to tell us exactly what's going on now. >> reporter: you know, we've heard so much recently about foreclosures and evictions. but it's another thing to really see it. for this one woman in columbia heights, this is all of her stuff. we've got clothes, make up bags, cleaning products, it's all just spread out on the sidewalks for all the world to see. >> it is not fair. it

were there any family members for lewis there?amily members of teresa lewis are not allowed to the executions in virginia. there were media and civilian witnesses and her lawyer and her chaplain. there is another room where family members of the victims can gather. we couldn't see that room, but we understood that the daughter and sister of her victims had planned to attend. >> lewis is now the first woman executed in virginia in nearly 100 years. explain some of the last-minute legal attempts. were there any up to the last minute there? >> yeah, absolutely. her legal team had asked governor bob mcdonald for clemency. he denied that. they came back with a second request. he denied that, as well. and also they asked the u.s. supreme court to for a stay and the court declined to intervene. >> we discussed this before the lawyers attempt was to say that she was mentally incapable of doing this because her iq of only being 72. was she aware of what whauz happening? >> in the end her lawyer told us afterward that she did understand tha

. >> ray lewis lost a step? i don't think so. ray lewis is the best linebacker in football. no doubt about it. >> it was a w for the ravens in the meadowlands last night. >> before the jets lost some players had to say i'm sorry. why this reporter was so upset. >> 6:41. no apologize for this. we're minutes from sunrise. it's getting bright. we have a mix of sun, clouds and mostly clear weather expected but chilly 57 in baltimore. we'll have the warmer afternoon forecast and much more when we come back. >> we're actually looking pretty good through baltimore city, no issues on the jfx. however, we are getting reports of an accident northbound 95 at caton avenue. it's blocking some lanes and causing delays. we'll see how that will affect your commute when "good morning maryland" returns. in case of everyday emergencies, it's important to be prepared for dinner. that's why i've prepared my perdue perfect portions fresh chicken breasts. they're individually wrapped, so you can cook what you need and store what you don't. [ male announcer ] perdue perfect portions. ready when you

. >> her lawyers say lewis was borderline mentally disabled and supporters claim she was a changed woman who her prisoners and religious songs, allison. >>> a police chase in district heights maryland ended if the district with shots fire. prince george's county police were chasing suspects accused of an armed carjacking along silver hill road earlier this morning. two vehicles were involved, a honda and toyota avalon. the suspect in the honda bailed out at 31st and g streets on southeast. that's when they got into a shootout with the officers. no one was hurt. two suspects were arrested. police are still looking for the burgundy toyota avalon with maryland tag 754-60hv. >>> police have made an arrest in the murder of this d.c. waiter and college student. he was shot to death while riding home from work through sherman circle last month. police believe the killer is 17- year-old erik foreman. he was 16 at the time of the killing. officers say foreman tried to rob the man before shooting him several times. foreman is being charged as an adult. >>> all right, stephen colbert will be testif