>> and you need to listen to her. >> reporter: prosecutor lisa jones has the last word. making sure the jury leaves the courtroom with nique's voice echoing in their ears. >> welcome to my world. you killed me a long time ago. >> find him guilty because that's exactly what he is. >> reporter: it's a friday afternoon. the jury has two things on its mind. lunch, and whether matt leili will be eating prison food the rest of his life. >> have you reached a verdict? >> yes, your honor. >> announcer: "20/20" saturday continues with what the camera didn't see. >> reporter: i'm told by the bailiff that the jury has reached a verdict so we're going to ask the jury to come in. >> reporter: judgment day for matt leili, accused of killing his wife, nique. nearly five years to build the case, 3 1/2 hours to decide it on a friday afternoon in georgia. this is the moment georgia, this is the moment nique's family hand in hand, they can hardly wait. >> i'm going to ask you at this time if you would stand and read the verdict out loud. >> as to count one, we the jury find the defendant g

. >> in her opening statement to the jury, prosecutor lisa jones depicted matt leili as a couch potatoponging off his hard-working wife. >> nique leili was the breadwinner. the family was in debt, up to $300,000 in debt. >> furthermore, jones said, matt leili tried to control his wife by turning their home into a virtual north korea. with cameras and recording devices everywhere. lenses aimed at them as they sat on the couch and watched tv. >> you will take a look into this marriage, ladies and gentlemen, in this case. you will hear the voices of nique leili and the defendant in this case arguing. >> nique's murder, she claimed, was simply matt leili's final act of control. >> i think they got into an argument, that he wanted to have sex, that he drugs her, that he has his way. she is loud, she is not able to resist as much as it progresses, that he silences her. that he strangles her, he sits on her, he asphyxiates her to where she can't breathe. >> not meaning to, maybe. >> i think he meant to. i think he had it. i think he knew she was leaving him. she made it clear she was done. >>

jones. lisas back to formally introduce >>> just to give you an update on the emergency situation at the mcarthur station with b.a.r.t., we are told by b.a.r.t. they are taken that person out who was cause under the train. the person is alive. and the mcarthur station is now back open. expect residual delays for a little while. and more on this throughout the afternoon on our website and our news app. >>> coming up today on abc 7 news at 4:00, a road to recovery. michael finney live in san jose taking questions from residents affected by this week's flood. >>> plus -- la la land leads the pack with 14 oscar nominations. you'll hear from the film choreographer about her goal in every scene. that is tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> every friday at this time, we introduce you to a dog or cat looking for a forever home and lisa, you have a cutie in the perfect pet this week. >> and today we're featuring a dog from the friends of the alameda animal shelter. mr. jones. this guy is three years old wit

lisa: you can see them shooting up on the s&p 500. and the dow jones. we will keep an eye on that. mberg. ♪ ♪ lisa: we are a moment away from the closing bell. the dow is turning positive. it could be another record. "what'd you miss?" erik: i'm erik schatzker. joe: and i'm joe weisenthal. we want to welcome you to our closing bell coverage every weekday on twitter. ♪ erik: we begin with the market minutes. benchmark industries as you just heard, individual, indy mostly higher. the nasdaq trading lower. if you take a look at the dow, it went over the positive line in the last few seconds. lisa: and the nasdaq? erik: he did as well. the dow closing higher around 7.5 points. .14%, a gain of 3.3. roughly speaking. and two stocks i want to highlight underneath the activity that is the benchmark. you saw yesterday the new attorney general jeff sessions reversing in obama administration order that the justice department stop using private prisons for federal purposes. and two stocks you might think would be active on the news, what is now called -- or formally the correction system of ame

lisa abramowicz. joe: i am joe weisenthal. we are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the u.s. pimm: u.s. stocks, paring losses. the dow jones, poised for its 10th consecutive trading session of gains. lisa: president trump, summoning prominent ceos to the white house today. he said he plans to put them to work to restoring u.s. dominance in trade. also on the hill, treasury secretary steven mnuchin and says he is in no hurry to brand china a currency manipulator. his comments about extra long bonds are making waves in the bond market. puerto rico's governor will meet with the u.s. treasury secretary commonwealth's relationship with the new administration and how it plans to tackle its budget crisis. joe: let's look at where the major averages stand. bloomberg's abigail doolittle is standing by. abigail: we are looking at mixed trading action for the major averages. the dow and s&p 500, modestly higher. the nasdaq has been lower all day, the laggard today, wade on by some chip stocks. both indexes have put in all-time highs, and the dow jones industrial average is on pace for yet another record close. the s&p 500's fractions

jones made it as a contributor. that's the way the ball bounces. i am mike shumann. have a great day. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with lisa>> starting out with live doppler 7 and picking up the lack of rain. we have cloud cover and fog and widen the perspective and you can see what is queuing up offshore, not only the cloud cover but a storm system pushing in, starting in the north bay in the evening hours and then increasing. already a winter storm warning in effect until 4:00 p.m. on tuesday, and the sierra nevada lake tahoe. and then looking at those gusty winds once again. the particular ski resorts just gaining amounts. 40s right now in our east bay valleys. good morning to you, san ramon, and dublin, 44. 48 for you in concord. and once again, not too cool out there but cooler than it has been since the last 24 hour check. as we go into your forecast highlights, you will notice fog and clouds throughout the day today. rain arrives tonight. it's the first system, and another right on its heels, and monday night into tuesday night looks to be a bigger rain maker, and still both of these a one on the storm impact scale,

lisa kudrow and craig robinson. >> and nick lachey. >> al roker. >> sheinelle jones. >>> your local news and weather and then these6 on tuesday, february 28th. i'm angie goff. right now a check on your traffic with wtop's jack taylor. >> hey, angie. 28 in sterling, trying to move southbound toward the toll road. not attractive. crash along the right side southbound toward the airport. inbound canal road after fox hall toward georgetown. the crash has been confined to the left turn lane. route 4. lexington park, closed again. the wires are down from an earlier crash. they had opened it and said, nope, can't do it. power lines down. closed it again. back to you. >> a check on your changing forecast when we return. >>> i am storm team 4's lauryn ricketts. temperatures upper 60s. rain leader today. after 4:00 or 5:00. most of the day will be dry. again, we'll have rain then. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. weather alert day tomorrow for severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. more "today" show after this. sn by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get our best offer of the year. 150 meg