maureen? >> thank you steve. as the weather changes the abc 7 weather team will keep you updated on wjla.com as well as on facebook and twitter. join us for "good morning washington" starting at 4:00 tomorrow morning. under an intense amount of security, jury selection began today in the trial of accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. attorney for the 21-year-old wanted to move the trial in hopes of finding a different pool of potential jurors. but the judge refused. scott is live in the newsroom. scott? >> yeah maureen let's first talk about some of the numbers here. e if you've got 1,200 potential jurors. that's going to be narrowed down to 12 plus six alternates the defendant dzhokhar tsarnaev faces 30 charges and one more number for you here. the witness list somewhere between 80 and 100. today, the pivotal start to that intense process. avoiding eye contact most of day one, dzhokhar tsarnaev faced potential jurors and a potential fate of the death penalty. victims of that bombing that killed three

maureen? >> scott, thank you. coming up at 6:00 president obama wraps up his latest road trip with a plan to help homeowners. learn what it involves. and california senator barbara boxer is not seeking re-election. unique way in which she made the announcement and how it took a close friend by surprise. and a twist for drivers appealing huge fines on the 495 express lanes. why a judge put rulings on hold. is>> president obama highlighted the nation's recovering housing sector during a visit to phoenix today. >> starting this month the federal housing authority will lower its mortgage insurance premium rates enough to save the average new borrower more than $900 a year. >> tomorrow, the president and vice president head to tennessee for an event on improving access to higher education. a senate committee has approved a bill mandating construction of the controversial keystone x.l. oil pipeline. the bill cleared the energy and natural resources committee by a 13-9 vote. also today, house minority leader nancy pelosi

>> yes, maureen. you know that the city passed a law late last year saying that residents will be fined $25, businesses $150 for not clearing their walks so this is the way a number of residents in the city coped today. with less than four inches of snow today, digging out wasn't a big problem in d.c. though traffic tie-ups early on were an issue. mayor muriel bowser came to the capitol hill neighborhood today to talk about snow with whoever wanted to talk admitting it's a worry of hers. >> absolutely. you know i want to make sure just as i've been in 7 1/2 years on council, make sure that we clear the streets. i did today what i've done each of those seven years around neighborhoods and seeing how we're doing. >> for most people we met -- >> had a little slippery. got to work on time. >> it was a bigger problem uptown where bowser closed the city's reeves center and sent workers home after a power failure. 6100 customers lost power for part of the day. another big concern for the city, the homeless w

. >> reporter: maureen mcdonnell testified in her brother's corruption trial. bob mcdonnell and his wife whose name is also maureen were both found guilty of selling their prestige of the governor's office in exchange for gifts and loans from businessman jonnie williams. sister maureen mcdonnell wrote a letter to the judge blaming her brother's wife for what happened. while the federal probation department recommends bob mcdonnell serve at least 10 years, sister maureen says the public would be better served if her brother received community service instead. >> i think the alternative is really just capitalizing on bob's strengths and leveraging why would you have a man who has such great gifts and talents and a heart to help other people to utilize that? >> reporter: robin trujillo, a juror, said it would be wrong for mcconnell to serve no time. >> there's no way we could not convict and if it was me or you or anybody else, i'm sure tomorrow evening we would be sitting in prison. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor chuck james expects a sentence of six to n

>> yes, maureen. well, they're bad and vdot's engineer say this is the beginning of the pothole season not the end. i'm along military highway, one of many areas where the potholes are starting to annoy. >> just hit one? >> limped into the tire repair place this afternoon on the rim after hitting yet another pothole! >> in the middle of the street the potholes are everywhere! >> you just hit one. >> yes! >> along georgia avenue and especially along military road potholes are popping up everywhere. with the cold weather snow and ice and the salt thrown around, the streets are starting to crumble. >> factor in the volume of traffic over it it starts breaking up even more and therefore, when it rains or snows, it comes down and we saw it melt and expands and then it freezes and then it -- >> you have crews out here trying to fix it huh? >> yes. >> on h street northwest, we found d.c.'s crews with their hot asphalt filling in holes that have been rough on drivers. they say these crews work around the cloc

maureen? >> thank you, scott. coming up at 6:00 another key found in recovery efforts for airasia, another key find, rather for airasia flight 8501. why the discovery is important to determine the cause of the plane crash. another maryland city is about to make history. what it has to do with voters. and it's the first in about four years. what is believed to be the cause >> airasia is increasing the compensation it will pay to families of the passengers killed in the crash of flight 8501. the airline will pay each family $125,000. the announcement came after divers found the plane's tail section in the java sea. this is especially important because that's where the cockpit voice and flight data recorders are located. flight 8501 you'll remember disappeared december 28th with 162 people on board. our frigid weather didn't prevent a special moment on capitol hill this morning. democratic leader nancy pelosi tweeted this photo showing the 65 democratic women of the house. sworn in as part of the 114th congress. this

>> maureen, those road closures are in effect. we're seeing a heavy police presence across capitol hill. access limited to only those with credentials for tonight's event. the speech scheduled to start at 9:00 p.m. the president's sixth time for delivering the state of the union address. but the first time he'll stand before the republican majority in the house and senate. >> the president of the united states. >> despite a republican-controlled congress, president obama will push ahead with his agenda. hoping to capitalize on better approval ratings and economic momentum with lower gas prices and an unemployment rate below 6%. >> economy is growing, things are looking much better than they did two or three or four years ago. >> i think it's a little bit shock right now. but, you know, maybe it's on the upside. >> perhaps setting the stage for the debate in 2016 the president will unveil tackling income inequality with white house videos already promoting free community college for some students, paid sick leave for workers and ta

>> maureen, as you just told us just a couple of minutes ago the d.c. medical examiner's office late this afternoon released the identity of that woman who was killed in this incident here at the l'enfant plaza metro station. her name and we do have a picture of her also that we'll put up on the screen carol glover 61 years old from alexandria virginia we've been in touch with her family. they say that she was making her way home from work downtown here yesterday to alexandria when unfortunately, she was trapped in that metro car with dozens and dozens of other people. right now the ntsb is in charge of the investigation into exactly what happened here. >> they said we got to leave. >> timothy white and his friend were on the l'enfant plaza platform yesterday and watched the yellow line train pull through and then smoke, i says, filled the station. >> just seeing the spot and wanted to change left the station. and just smoke going all the way up the whole platform. >> within minute smoke filled the metro train also. they were on that train and shot cell

busy weather day indeed maureen. >> certainly is. thank you. the snow stopped falling more than an hour ago but we have a look now at the roads and what situation and conditions they are in at this hour. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live in leesburg. jeff? >> well maureen talking about the temperatures, it certainly feels a lot colder now than it did maybe an hour or two ago and this was the rush hour. a lot of people are concerned about, but it's not prooufb to be any problems. this is route 7 in leesburg. very busy road. it's been clear for most of the day. this cold and the snow really the pavement not cold enough for it to stick. its been warm on the roads so things not sticking. not creating a lot of slipping and sliding. certainly good news. all over leesburg though and all over the place, we saw trucks out there getting a good workout. certainly happy about getting that work after somewhat slow winter time. very picturesque scene out here in leesburg. looks like a snow globe. all over the place, we were on the roads in

maureen? >> thank you, doug. after days of cold today's bit warmer temperatures kept public works crews very busy and the changes in temperatures are causing water mains to break around the area. today, workers repaired broken pipes along p street northwest. also, on main street in fairfax and near 66th and lee highway in arlington. public works crews say water main breaks are most common at this time of year. and stay with abc 7 and wjla.com throughout the evening for updates on the weather. right now, we do not know of any school delays or closings planned for tuesday but we will keep you posted. french police say up to six terror cell members may still be at large after last week's terror attacks. one of the cell members was seen driving a vehicle belonging to the widow of one of the deceased suspects. she is now believed to be in syria. police and soldiers are guarding jewish sites and schools in paris as a precaution. new at 6:00 metro station is evacuated. people taken to the hospital and the evening commut

maureen? >> thank you steve. details are coming in about a party that ended with three young men in the hospital with stab wounds. police say it began with a teen drinking party in two rooms at the mock center hilton hotel on seminary road in alexandria. brad bell is there tonight and brad, i understand police say this was a dispute over a bottle of liquor. >> yeah maureen, you're exactly right. what we know is this -- about 20 at least 21 people were crammed into two hotel rooms in here. somebody produced that bottle of liquor and somebody else wanted it. and that touched off a fight. >> police say the whole plan was a formula for disaster. a 21-year-old woman allegedly rents adjoining hotel rooms at the mark center hilton in alexandria for what a police spokesperson calls a drinking party. the guest list includes many in their teens. there's only beer at first. but then things change. >> someone showed up with liquor. and an argument ensued over the bottle of liquor. >> at 1:30 a.m. the party turns violent. two

maureen? >> thank you, scott. coming up at 6:00 canada is making changes following recent terror attacks. a new anti-terror law was announced today and president obama is promoting what's being called an ambitious scientific effort. how the precision medicine initiative works next. >> if you are worried about protecting your social security number, have you been contacted by an i.r.s. impostor or do you have a general tax question? our "7 on your side" ask a tax expert phone bank is open. tweel -- we'll >> a federal judge is taking a close look at the federal government's no fly list to see if it's constitutional. lawyers for the government defended the program at a hearing in alexandria today. one challenged his placement on the list and its constitutionality in 2011. this comes one day after his brother was added to the f.b.i.'s list of most wanted terrorists. lawyers for the government want mohammed's lawsuit dismissed. the taliban has claimed responsibility for a shooting in kabul that killed three american co

>> hey there maureen. maybe 40 degrees tomorrow. maybe lower 40's into the day on friday. things are looking up. let's show you the numbers right now after sunset temperatures are starting to tumble a bit. we still have cloudy skies and the numbers are running into the upper 20's to lower 30's right now. 32 at reagan national. 27 in gaithersburg. 3 it 32 in fredricksburg. overnight when skies clear, that's when temperatures will start to drop. we're looking at 28 degree readings in the overnight hours and then through the day tomorrow, there you have it. some sunshine. a few clouds. very pleasant thursday. highs could reach 40 degrees. what about the holiday weekend forecast? we've got you covered with that in just a couple of minutes. >> thank you so much doug. the virginia general assembly convened today in richmond and lawmakers are expected to clash with governor terry mccualiff on many issues including gay rights marriage rights that is. jeff goldberg is live in richmond to explain. jeff? >> well, maureen, in less than an hour the governor will be delivering his state

maureen and tim? >> thank you. so much, doug. >> it looks like the wizards are celebrating christmas every day of the year. >> it's fun. this is really fun. i've got the very latest on the red hot wizards. aaron rodgers talks about the 12th man. and the redskins make a big announcement that should help this team go from being offensesive to a good offense. coming up next in sports. >> well, the washington redskins have hired the former dallas cowboys offensive coordinator and offensive line coach bill callahan. he's regarded as one of the best line coaches in the nfl and that will be his title with the redskins redskins, offensive line coach. he has a great relationship with bruce allen from his tampa bay days and he was part of jon grudin's staff with the oakland raiders. bill took the raiders to the super bowl in 2003. great get for washington. with the division title game set for this weekend in green bay seattle matchup.at will be all kinds of things with aaron rodgers and russell wilson but the headline of tha

he and his wife maureen took thousands of dollars for a dietary supplement company. maureen will be sentenced next month. >>> proposing hundreds of millions of dollars in state budget cuts. o'malley is meeting with the state board of public works this afternoon. at the meeting he will offer a new plan to cutmore than $200 million from the budget. maryland is facing $1 million. >>> this treacherous weather can be hard on a number of things including your health. what the cold air causes to go up that could send you to the hospital. >>> the discovery overnight in the deadly airasia crash that could change the course of the search. >>> a live look outside. nice picture as your >> ten minutes after the hour. a a live picture here as we continue our coverage of the day after the big storm. you're looking at the dulles toll road here. a lot of complaints yesterday about that area not having been plowed very well. a nice smooth trip along this major roadway in virginia. >>> your sreufbgrisk of heart attack goes up as the temperatures go up. more people die of a heart attack

it was unbelievable to see m e maureen mcdonald make an appearance.en, after the sentence comes down after just two years in a federal prison, he turns around and gives his wife a quick peck on the cheek. that is something that we've never seen in trial. he gave her a cold reception if e if there ever was one. where he're all extremely shocked to see that happen. >> political reporter nbc 12, richmond virginia, mike, thanks fg br here. e appreciate it. >> thanks, rachel. >>> all right, speaking of excellent local georgism. there's some further local journalism of the heroic variety coming up in our next story. this is a story that will make you proud of our nation's first amendment. but it should make you want to buy a beer for the next great local reporter you meet down at your local pub. please stay with us. this is a good one. >>> we have some breaking news tonight out of el paso, texas. at about 5:00 eastern, we got in the first initial reports of an active shooter situation at an army hospital and veteran's clinic at ft. bliss. that facility went

the football player says maureen mcdonnell's former boyfriend. mcdonnell youngest sister said the whole family was always worried abt maureen's bad behavior. thclms we ten in a letter to a u.s. district judge as part of the family's request for leniey. . >>> rig now d.c. police are searching r fo men suspected in a violent kidnapping along alabama avenue southeast. the victimls police he was walking when four men in a man grabbed him. they drove around while two of them sexu assaulted him. police do not have much to go on for a suspect description. police are asking then with informati ta them. . >>> it seems the new process has come after frustrations from local residents. arlingtony board will now is ask for community input on where schools firestations and where other civic infrastru sbeui. they willo be asked how to retain p and open space. the effo is in an attempt to restore the arlington way. >>> caps fans are probably still waking on a high from the greatest er classic ever. some say yesterday's game should be an instant classic. it came

>> all right, maureen, it's quiet and dry out there right now. but big changes as we move through the overnight hours and into early tomorrow morning and the timing just in time for the rush hour commute. that's what's going to bring big, big problems with the d.c. metro area. satellite and radar that storm well off to the north and west of us. it's going to dip our ways on we move through the overnight hours and into early tomorrow morning. already, you can see how it's beginning to add clouds to ohio and to west virginia and pennsylvania. our skies will become cloudy over the next several hours. national weather service has posted a winter weather advisory. it starts at 4:00 in the morning and includes the district. all surrounding county off to the north and west of us as far as western maryland and the panhandle of west virginia. how much snow are we talking about? about an inch inside the beltway. lesser a

it was unbelievable to see maureen mcdonald make an appearance.entence comes down of just two years in a federal prison, he turns around and gives his wife a quick peck on the cheek. that is something that we've never seen in trial. he gave her a cold reception if there ever was one. we were all extremely shocked to see that happen. >> political reporter nbc 12, richmond virginia, mike, thanks for being here. appreciate it. >> thanks, rachel. >>> all right, speaking of excellent local journalism. there's some further local journalism of the heroic variety coming up in our next story. this is a story that will make you proud of our nation's first amendment. but it should make you want to buy a beer for the next great local reporter you meet down at your local pub. please stay with us. this is a good one. for most people, earning cash back ends here, at the purchase. but there's a new card in town. introducing the citi® double cash card. it lets you earn cash back when you buy and again as you pay. that's cash back twice. it's cash back with a side

maureen mcdonnell will be sentenced next month. jeff goldberg will be in richmond for tuesday's sentencing. look for complete coverage on air and online at wjla.com. president obama back at the white house tonight after a two-week vacation in hawaii with his family. the obama's were joined at joint base andrews today after an overnight flight. on tuesday, the new republican-led congress reconvenes. d.c. mayor muriel bowser made one of her first national appearances in her new position. earlier she appeared on "meet the press." mayor bowser said she will continue the fight for statehood. >> we are washington, d.c.. the residents of the district of columbia really want to forge a new path towards statehood. we can start with budget autonomy, unhooking our government from the federal government. >> mayor bowser also says she wants congress to focus on the big issues of the nation, including immigration and working together to get things done on the hill. >>coming up, eileen is backa forecast. how low >> eileen, your forecast is encour

we saw maureen mcdonnell come in. she walked in flanked by her children looking very, you know very upset. and she was sort of an unexpected attendee. they had been estranged according to all reports. we hear they got together for the holidays for the children and the family and this i guess, is another occasion like that. >> let's talk about the estranged wife for a second. as you know mcdonnell's lawyers even two of his daughters tried to place a lot of blame on maureen. one daughter writing a letter on his behalf on her father's behalf. at this point, jane any indication how much that letter or how much even that strategy could pay off for bob mcdonnell when the sentencing comes down here in a few minutes? >> yeah the defense is clearly hoping for that. they keep bringing up this one shopping trip in new york where, you know, the businessman bought more than $20,000 of clothes for maureen and they keep saying he was never told. there's no testimony he knew anything like this was happening. they're hoping for that.

. >> reporter: when maureen harrington moved into her home on virginia avenue southwest, she says sheer thought about trains. >> eight steps. eight steps until we get to where the construction will be. >> reporter: but when she realized csx wants to temporarily reroute trains through her front yard so it can double the size of the nearby she started paying attention to what the tracks carried past her house each day. >> i didn't know how dangerous it was. very few people do. >> reporter: these diamond-shaped placards are the only hint these trains are carrying hazardous materials, which can catch fire explode, or poison us if a train derails. that's what happened in 2013 when a bakken crude oil derailment in quebec quilled killed 42 people and destroyed buildings a half mile away. >> since 2004, csx has not transported hazardous materials through the district, including chlorine ammonia, explosives. >> rep rob doolittle says the federal government askee company to stop transporting some of the most toxic chemicals through the district after this photo of a chlorine cart near the capit

both bob and maureen mcdonnell were found guilty of corruption last september. they are asking for leniency asking for thousands of hours of community service, but the prosecutors believe he needs to spend time in prison. >>> today a woman charged with vandalizing the national cathedral is heading back to court. the judge ruled she was not competent to stand trial before. she was charged in july of 2013 with destroying property at the washington national co thee dralathedral. she has remained at st. elizabeth's hospital pending tomorrow's hearing. >>> later this morning we'll learn about possible changes to montgomery county public school start times. joshua starr will present several options for changing the bell schedule at a meeting in rockville today starting at 9:45 this morning. as soon as we learn about the options, we'll post them to our website. you have a chance to voice your opinions before the school board votes on the issue in a few weeks. >>> be prepared to see some snow in your neighborhood as you leave for work this morning. here's a live look at

thank god for maureen dodd for enlarging it. thank god for you. mean there are radical views out there. what is your take? >> well you know, i think that race is such a powerful part of the american experience in our narrative. i think there's a lot of white guilt attached to a place like the "new york times", to be quite frank. and i think you see that played out in a condescending manner patronizing. we'll make excuses for the fact that someone is distorting history. they never said she got it right, which means he would be crazy. no. we should excuse this. this is dramatic license. as maureen dowd points out and i point out, there is something beyond the point of dramatic license when you are taking something like president johnson's role in the 1965 voting rights act and in the selma demonstration and turning it on its head. you're not shaving it. you're not positioning for dramatic effect. you are in fact, con va luting it. that sends the message to me that what this is about is a racial vendetta. she is saying, oh white people had nothing to

maureen? robert? >> thank you, doug. well, the verizon center is the scene of another big potential wizards win tonight. >> they just beat the defending champs. they should be feeling good about themselves. expect a surge from paul pierce tonight and big barry is back in nashville! that is. will the emotion overtake the >> the wiz are at verizon tonight hosting the 16-23 brooklyn nets. they'll look for win number 28 as they hold the sixth best record in the nba. at 27-12. meanwhile, john wall is having an amazing year. he's averaging 17 points a game along with the career best 10 assists. with a win tonight, it will be their sixth win in seven games including a 17 game losing streak. they snapped that against the spurs on tuesday. you might see a surge from paul pierce. remember, he spent last season in brooklyn. this will be his first meeting with his former team. all right. in college hoops, the hoyas are feeling good after beating depaul 78-72 on the road. next up a rematch with butler on saturday and the bulldogs are

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maureen mcdonnell will be sentenced next month. attorneys for her husband bob mcdonnell want a judge to sentence him to community service. prosecutors asking for 10 to 12 years behind bars. abc 7's got team coverage on northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg as well as the reporter suzanne kennedy will be hmond for tomorrow's sentencing and we will have complete coverage on air as well as on line at wjla.com. a memorial will be held today for a virginia yoga instructor who died while in mexico. hari simran's body was found friday on a mountainous area south of mexico city. he disappeared during a hike. investigators believe he tripped and hit his head on a rock. the memorial will be held at the sikh place of worship in sterling at 3:00 in the afternoon. coming up here on abc 7 news at noon, from housewife to inmate. the reality show star who got her prison sentence today. >> plus tracking your every move. alarming new threat that could put your home at risk. >> and winter weather is headed our way. jackie is in next to tell us

first that the sentence handed down wasn't longer and second that his wife maureen who was scapegoatedt the trial came to the proceedings and sat in the gallery. the courtroom, it was packed with supporters including bruce smith and another former governor douglas wilder. got cheers while testifying passionately on mcdonnell's behalf before pointing out that the ceo of star scientific johnny williams quote, walks away clear here. it was a day sprinkled with the scope of the bible as the judge in this gave the sentence. he says i can't wash my hands of it all. he embraced his daughter after the sentence was read and invoke invoked his own faith. >> i've made mistakes in my life, i have failed at times and some of the judgments i have made during the course of my governorship have hurt myself my family and my beloved people of virginia. and for that, i am deeply, deeply sorry. i have tremendous faith and trust in the providence of the lord jesus christ and his ability to mete out justice, and so that is my hope for ultimate vindication. >> he plans to appeal his conviction maintains he i

. >> reporter: bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen were found guilty of corruption. maureen won't be sentenced until next month but bob mcdonnell could be looking at ten years in prison today. that's what prosecutors believe it should be. his lawyers are asking for leniency saying he should do thousands of hours of community service instead. hundreds of mcdonnell's family members and friends wrote to the judge including his sister to tell the judge her thoughts. >> something i'm not sure came out during the trial, which was the kind of man bob mcdonnell really is. even the random acts of kindness. >> reporter: before the sentencing mcdonnell has a chance to make a final plea to the judge. that is later this morning. you can follow on twitter or download the nbc washington app to learn the ruling just moments after it happens. >>> thank you. 4:36. today legal teams will question hundreds of potential jurors for the boston marathon bombing trial. in fact jury selection could take several weeks. the courthouse where dzhokhar tsarnaev is on trial is saying they will seek

now, maureen described that as a prove deny cial gift. [laughter] -- providential gift. writing at the time it broadcast the sound of little ron, the youngest crashing to the floor in the nursery allowing them to save his life. call maureen's version denial and liberals are always accusing conservatives of a politics of being in denial. call patti a cynic, always seeing everything in a negativing light, and god knows conservatives are always accusing liberals of doing that. optimism pessimism, america the innocent, america the compromised, these have become two of the polarities that structure the very left-right order of battle in american political life as much as the debate over the role of government led by barry goldwater and the culture war between mutually recriminating cultural sophisticates on the one hand and the other that i labeled in my previous book "nixonland." note well that reagan's side in this political battle which is carried out far above the minutiae of electorallallies -- tallies has prevailed. listen to lynne cheney in 2009 speaking for the republ

mcdonnell's sister maureen, who shares the same name as his wife says he will face whatever comes his way. >> i think we have to work through tomorrow and have the legal team do what they must do but really hope for full vindication in the long haul. bob is an incredible man, the most honest and ethical man i've ever met. >> bob mcdonnell's wife maureen will be sentenced next month. >>> as soon as tomorrow's sentence is delivered, we'll send a breaking news alert from the nbc washington app. you can also watch our live streaming coverage right from your phone. >>> a well-known conservative fund-raiser has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. his name is michael san tanni. he was arrested in october after police found more than 3300 images of child pornography on a computer in his home in d.c. a hidden camera was also found in his home bathroom with a view of the shower there. he worked for an outfit called base connect, a company that has raised millions in campaign funds for conservative groups and candidates. he'll be sentenced in april and he's facing up to 20 years in p

kron4 maureen kelly has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the 16 year old. who we are not naming because she is a crime victim. was found by police last night at our around 11:00 p.m. at a san francisco bart station. the girl says she was kept for five days in a motel room and the city by some men she recognized. >> reporter: she said she had gone to hang out with them after meeting up with them on new year's eve. but then they would not let her lead. she says one man even threaten her. >> he would hurt my family. >> reporter: the richmond teen says that the man tried to force her to prostitute herself on the street. >> they wanted me to work for them. but i do not want to permit >> reporter: she said she was able to use a cell phone to call her a t and after the men left let her go. >> >> reporter: she was just that at san francisco general and is now back safe at home with her family. as f p d special victim unit is not as best to getting they did not want to go into any details given the sensitive nature of the case. the texas had interviewed the teenager

maureen kelly kron4 news. >> gary:good evening! the guy who does not cup stole the show at media day. >> gary: getting together with the media on hand and the fans charging over $30 to come and. -come in. >> gary: it has been long determined but you would not get any sound bites here cre. >> i am here so that i do not defined. i am here so i did not give find it. -- fined. >> i am here so i do not get fined. >> gary: how can you get mad at a guy that is lacking at you. >> gary: lasting--laughing. >> gary: what do you think he would do? do you think he would change his mind. >> gary: even deion sanders went up to talk to him and he still sit that he was just here so that he would not get fined. >> gary: tom brady and deflate date. >> my focus is on the game. i half off the office all week. my focus is on the game. that is all that matters. and i am excited. >> gary: >> check gets into a puppet think. -- >> check >> he can talk and move his fingers and not his head. what is your favorite stuffed animal? did your daddy fix your hair?

i'll share more in a minute maureen? >> thank you so much doug. if you weren't driving in it or trying to drive in it you certainly heard about it. the commute this morning was a mess. this is video of a crash on i-270. one of several in our area this morning. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in silver spring. any improvement out there tonight? >> tremendous improvement as you can imagin

>> maureen, certainly not a typical rush hour on this martin luther king jr. holiday. h.o.v.n effect. in the district, rock creek parkway and canal road stay in two-way operation normally the rush hour they go to one way. brief delays around the region. want so much in bethesda and silver spring. a little slow northbound and southbound getting to the occoquan briefly slow. let's see how things look like now. a little bit of volume getting past river road and really moving ok on the inner loop. pretty light getting up to 270 and on 66 just brief volume delays between vienna and fairfax city. i'm bob emler with 103.5 wtop radio. >> coming up at 5:00 luggage lost. a blind woman left without her winter clothing. what it took to finally get that bag and those warm clothes back. >> and at 6:00 honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king. how hundreds here in the district are turning >> an arlington woman's return home from michigan left her in the cold without her winter clothing and that after the airline lost her bag. >> and compounding it all, that woman is blind. here's what

and his daughter maureen wrote about that trait inherited memoirs talking about his relationship with his wife nancy amar'e and brode quote sorry nancy you were not his best friend. his forces his best friend. that's the way he was. his press secretary put it more succinctly in his memoirs. quote reagan would have made a superb hermit. exactly. it seems strange. reagan had no friends but he had compartmented allies. though clarke was one. he was a fellow cowboy that clarke in the early days helped run the state government. he was close with ed meese who is here today and one of your colleagues. ed was a counselor but i'm not sure he would classify himself as a friend. reagan had pastors and he talked about higher beings. he trusted me with his political life. he was wonderful in that regard. when we decide to do something in the campaign we will do it x and there is no micromanaging. he trusts me with his political life but i was not a friend. nancy was his lover and his wife but at times she became the keeper of the bubble. she became a surrogate for nancy's protective mother now. ne

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thank goodness for maureen dowd and others for enlarging it, thank god for you, there are radical viewscheck. what is your take on that? >> i think that it's such a powerful part of the american experience and our narrative, there is a lot of white guilt attached to "the new york times" key quite frank and i think the you say that play out. patronizing. patronizing. making excuses for the fact that somebody is distorting the history. he never says oh, she's got it right, no, he simply says that we should excuse this. as maureen dowd points out and i point out, there is something beyond the point of dramatic license and this includes turning the voting rights act on its head. you're not positioning it for dramatic effect, you are in fact, congo looting it and distorting it so that what you are saying is absolutely wrong. and that sends a message to me that what this is about is a racial vendetta. but oh when people had nothing to do with a the victory that black people had in the civil rights era and she's going to make president johnson as a white man into a villain for her purposes. lo

maureen bunyan spoke with him about their decades working together in his plans for the future. >> i don't think many people know how you got started. can you remember back that far? >> after leaving the marine corps, i did not want to go to work, so i got a job as a news director at a radio station. it was a mess. >> then he covered sports in boston. >> a lot of sports for cbs radio news or network. frank gifford, covering the impossible series with the red sox and the cardinals. i covered arthur ash, billie jean king. >> but his first love, political reporting, pulled him to washington, d.c. in 1969. >> the civil rights thing was big. you walked up 14th street with the mayor in the summer of 1969. his clothing reeked of tear gas and i had tears in my eyes and i loved it. >> gordon also began a 45 year career as one of the nations premier news anchors. we shared the anchor desk for more than 20 years at wusa, and here at channel seven the past 10 years. >> best tenures i've ever had come right here. also, a great chance to be reunited with you. that was a main factor. >> and doug. >

the jury convicted bomb at and his wife maureen. -- the jury convicted bob mcdonnell and his wife, marine, and they will be sentenced tuesday. a popular airshow was coming back. and here is hoping that you enjoyed the warm weather. >> fans of 1980's cinema had an idea of what 2015 might be like because of marty mcfly's trick in "back to the future 2." >> you have to come back with me. back to the future. >> in 1989, when the movie was released, we got a glimpse into how hollywood picture the future. well, the future is now. doc brown and marty mcfly used a modified delorean to travel to 2015. social media was packed with people comparing and contrasting the movie with reality. >> when he did the movie, he did not to be scientifically correct. he just wanted to have fun with it. >> alvin jones says we are obsessed with looking ahead. >> i think "back to the future" gave people the feeling of being a kid and that the possibilities are endless. >> we don't have flying cars, automated gas stations, or a skateboard that can be a hover board. people sure are trying to make a overboard, though.

maureen naylor is in mountain view and she tells us why they came to the center of the tech world. >> reporter: the royal couple have arrived for a six day visit and their focus is technology and it was highlighted with an event here tonight. sweden's smiling princess victoria and her husband arrived at the computer museum for their first silican valley visit together. they're meeting with dignitaries and learning more about technology companies with ties here. >> every road leads to the bay area. they have been here before but they haven't been down to the valley. and it was time to learn about the invasion. >> reporter: the royal coupled mingled with the crowd of about 170 people. among those who got to meet the princess this stanford student. >> even though sweden is a very small country, we we have 4 million people and the number of california is crazy. but we celebrate each other and work together to move forward. >> reporter: the council general of sweden likened silican valley to roam in ancient times, calling it the hub of the world right now. >> we're equally pushing forward,

maureen naylor, thank you. >>> the owner of the st.rams said today he plans to build a new stadium in las vegas which could mean the return of an nfl team in that city. the rams used to play in los angeles and could be heading back. there's also speculation the oakland raiders could move south again and share that facility. >>> after nearly a week without hot water, familys in a south bay apartment complex are finally getting some relief tonight. a tree damaged a gas line at the montclara apartments last tuesday in san jose. people in more than 30 units were left without any hot water. the city says repairs were delayed because the property owners didn't notify the city until late friday. crews were able to restore service just before 5:00 tonight. >>> in washington, d.c. the new 114th congress is set to be sworn in tomorrow. this year republicans are in the majority. one of the first things on the agenda is the election of a house speaker. and as joel waldman reports now, john boehner wants to keep that job but he faces challengers. >

maureen kelly talked to the woman's best friend. >> she didn't see my 21st birthday or her own birthday. she didn't get married. >>reporter: she's overcome with emotions thinking about the live her friend will be missing out on. the two annual each other since they were both freshman. this is the last picture kayla took of herself all dressed to go out on new year's eve with her boyfriend. the couple went to san francisco to have dinner and watch fire works. police believe the boyfriend was under influence of drugs and alcohol. the mangled wreck of the car which they say hit a poll on 580 near high street in oakland at around 3:30 new year's day. kayla was pronounced dead at the scene. while the friend is now devastated she says she can't find it until her heart to be angry with mareska because of how happy he made her friend. >> i can only be grateful because that's something that she deserved. not many people can say that they loved and found somebody that loved them just as well. >>reporter: upset as she is with the death she is okay with it. the boyfriend is being held on $300,000 b

maureen kelly crop for newsprint >> reporter: and out of control vehicle drove right into the macy's door driving almost 50 ft. inside of the car before the vehicle came to a stock. kron 4 news. --stock. s >> reporter: non union pacific says they will clear the site on january 21st the people that we speak with a system will be out of here before that time creek where they will go? they do not know. >> reporter: after a very wet november and december, california has gone dry. the u.s. drought monitor released a map on thursday setting california is still dealing with an exceptional and extreme drought conditions. the water resource departments is statewide the reservoir did get a small bump from yesterday's or from last year. the deeper said snow that we receive this year and the sierra. charles clifford krauss 4 news. >> reporter: testing two new valves that were put into place. both belfort important and work well to officials on thursday despite the fact that we are in a drought we are talking about 30 million gal. of water that was released. done once every 10 years and this was

maureen marion is the u.s. postal service manager of corporate communications for the northeast.ne. what happened to neither sleet nor rain nor snow nor all that other stuff? >> well, i think what happened here is that we have a significant storm that has tracked down on the northeastern part of the united states. and under these enormously difficult conditions when you factor in both weather and visibility and transportation i think that we made the smart move, as did millions of others of your neighbors, to be sure we did the right thing for the safety of our employees and our communities. >> to be clear here. we're not talking about all of connecticut and all of massachusetts and all of rhode island either. can you tell me what parts of these states are effected by the mail delivery suspension? >> let's be clear. we have the entire state of connecticut today did not receive mail. >> okay. all right. >> it is connecticut. we have four states that were closed completely here in the northeast. that's connecticut, rhode island massachusetts and new hampshire came in late into the