they say that leyla mccullagh said all she was trying to do was confront him about an alleged affair. mrs. mccullagh was charged with domestic assault. leyla mccullagh pled guilty to that domestic assault. she was placed on probation. she was supposed to check in with the court but she disappeared before she could make that appointment. now we reached out to matthew mccullagh. so far, no comment from him. live in hernandez, pat collins, news4. >>> last minute preparations are underway for the debate tomorrow night. a brand new "wall street journal" poll out shows nearly four in ten voters say that debates will be an important factor in derrelling their vote. with both candidates preparing for the debates behind closed doors, their running mates traded barbs today. >> the obama economic agenda failed not because it was stop. it failed because it was passed. >> how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class has been buried the last four years. >> republicans jumped on vice president biden's remarks today and said the middle class has been buried by president obama's policies. th

those same documents say that leyla mccullagh complained her husband was assaulting her and threatening to get her deported. mrs. mccullagh told friends, she was from russia. trouble at the mccullagh house came to the attention of police about five months ago. according to court documents, one day last april, about 4:00 in the morning, matthew mccullagh called the cops on his wife. he said she kicked in his bedroom door. that she broke his tv and threw it at him. that she attacked him. when the cops got to the scene, they say they noticed cut marks on his hands and forearms. they said she said all she was trying to do was confront him about an alleged affair. mrs. mccullagh was charged with domestic assault. laila pled guilty to that domestic assault. she was placed on provide bags. she was supposed to check in with the court but she disappeared before she could make that appointment. now we reached out to matthew mccullagh but so far, no comment from him. live in herndon, pat collins, news4. >>> thank you. there's a website causing some trouble now in a court case involving a defendant

a mother fromoudoun county disappeared and police are calling it suspicious now. 36-year-old leyla mccullagh disappeared from her home on august 13th. investigators tell us she appeared to be suffering from an unknown medical condition at the time. detectives say mccullagh had a husband and two children. they searched the husband's apartment in hernandez last month. several guns and ammunition were confiscated and police say foul play may be involved. pat collins will have much more on the allegations flying coming up at 5:00 tonight. >>> last-minute preparations are underway for tomorrow's first presidential debate in denver. it could be the best chance for mitt romney to change the race in battleground states like colorado, florida, and ohio. nbc's steve handelsman joins us live with more on what to speck during the rumble in the rockies. steve? >> reporter: i like that, pat, thanks. good evening. this is the campus of the university of denver. south and west of downtown on the way to the mountains. this is the site of tomorrow night's possibly critical first presidential debate. it will b