disease. -- told the judge that their client has been diagnosed with parkinson's disease. he shows signs and symptoms of what the disease could be like. they have said that the doctors at the federal bureau of prisons will be able to take care of anyone with parkinson's disease. the judge could hand down the sentence today. because of his old age and health condition, his lawyers are making the request that he should not be sentenced to prison. dr. hansen has been cooperative. -- jack johnson has been cooperative. he could face up to nine years. they're looking to have him in for seven years with three years of supervision and a fine. his attorneys came back and said he should only have house arrest. the judge has said that these are just guidelines for sentencing and it is up to him. he has the flexibility to do whatever he wants. he is speaking right now saying that it is not just one mistake that jack johnson made. we will have further updates online and tonight at 5:00. >> update massive there are any new developments. >>> after a nice stretch of sunny days, the rain h

and according to his defense attorneys, he is suffering from parkinson's disease. however, prosecutors say they're not so sure that's exactly true. his defense attorneys were asking for a lesser sentence. the judge reduced the range of the sentence. originally he could have served up to 14 years, but the judge did reduce that sentence range from 7-9 years. and as i just said, he received seven years, three months. again, we're following the story throughout the day. we'll have more information, of course, on our website at wusa9.com. and i think here we're going right now to billy martin who is the defense attorney for jack johnson. he may have something to say to the media as you can see the camera is moving around. so we will go to him. let's go to a break and then we might go back out to greenbelt momentarily. please stay with us. >>> merry christmas from germany. i'm steve. >> i'm scarlet. >> i'm brittany. >> and i'm melanie. >>> hi, everybody. here is a look at your doppler radar where we are seeing some areas of light rain falling at this hour in the beltway.

stage parkinson's disease that could be debilitating and confine him to a wheelchair or shorten his life. at age 62, prison would be a death sentence. but prosecutors cast doubt on the diagnosis saying johnson is shaky because of his hard drinking. johnson spoke in court asking the judge for leniency today saying i am haunted by this. i fell from grace. i'm sorry and asked the people of prince george's county to forgive me. but federal judge peter micetti said your job was not to line your pockets with money. he sentenced johnson to 87 months in a federal prison. he was released from court today. he is allowed to go home and get his affairs in order and will report to prison in the next 30 days or so. megan mcgrath has a report on what brought us to this day. >> reporter: the sentence a final chapter in a five-year corruption investigation. johnson was caught accepting bribes from developers in a pay to play scheme. >> what we're doing is we're attaching you to a water sewer bill. >> reporter: the fbi had him under surveillance for years. following his arrest, johnson was defiant and ple

music therapy is a way of helping pargets with parkinsons -- helping patients with parkinsons. >> i neverused to be able to pick up a fork and go to town and feed myself. i've work sod hard to feed myself, i can do it now days. >> they used it to help children with disabilities and neurologic muse wick therapy there is and helping patient with parkinsons. >>> fewer teens are sexting. researchers say 1% of kids between the ages of 10- 17 shards images of themselves -- shared images of themselves with others. a many as one in five, 20% took part in sexting. the study estimates 4000 teen sexting cases were reported to police between the years of 2008-2009. >>> some children live with autism had a chance to visit santa for the first time ever. kids diagnosed have a challenge taking part in traditions that most of us will take for granted including sitting on santa's lap in a busy mall, right here in minnesota. >> you have you have things to look forward to with your child. it's a way to have the experiences that you have to have. >> this is a sensory friendly zone. the lights and muse lick be

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his lawyers claim he suffers from early stages of parkinson's disease. he came into court on a cane today. his wife is scheduled to be sentenced friday. >>> police busted a montgomery county man trying to hire someone to kill his ex-wife. pat collins talked to the mother about the murder for hire plot. he is live where part of the deal was negotiated. pat? >> reporter: an abused wife alive after a murder for hire plot is foiled. apparently, twice. richard boyd jr. hired a hit man to kill his wife. what boyd didn't know is that hit man was really an undercover cop. after he was arrested, the interrogation didn't go too well. >> i didn't do it. i'm telling you i didn't do it. i'm not going to tell you i did something when i didn't do it. i didn't. >> i'm telling you that i know that you did do it. >> i didn't. >> because i heard it. >> i didn't do it. >> the target? elizabeth erin. the couple lived here on rocking spring drive. they were married back in 2001. she says the abuse began right after their marriage even on their honeymoon when he abandoned her

11 years, and whps they dropped a bombshell, and they said he is ill and has been diagnosed with parkinson's, and they say a long prison sentence would be a death sentence, and he is 62 years owed and his health is deteriorating. the prosecutors say it's all new, and they have pictures of him playing golf and carrying a big, heavy golf bag. some of his symptoms may be due to heavy drinking, something he has been having issues with lately, and they say even if johnson later came down with full blown parkinson's disease, the prison can provide care for such inmates. this is a case of corruption that brought down the executive and his wife, a county councilwoman. johnson was caught accepting bribes from developers in a pay to play scheme. >> we are attaching it to one of -- >> unbenounced to johnson, the fbi had him under surveillance for years. following his arrest, johnson was defiant. >> i am convinced without a shadow of a doubt that i am going to be vindicated. >> ultimately in the face of damaging evidence, johnson plead guilty that there was a telephone conversation with his wife was the

eans sentence due to his parkinson- like symptoms he was displaying in court. current prince george's countiy executive rushern bake are did speak after of the sentencing saying he is working hard to restore pride and confidence in the government. >> of course, my prayers go out to the johnson family. this is a hard time for them as well as for the county. what i think you've seen even for the changing of the gavel here in prince george's county is that we moved on. i said a year ago that my focus would be on prince george's county. i think that has happened. we have some good accomplishments. >> rushern baker will join us at 7:00 this morning. >>> the head of the faa resigns after he was picked up for drunk driving. randy babbitt turned in his rest you go nation and it was accepted by transportation secretary ray lahood. he was charged with drunk driving in fairfax on saturday. police have not released his blood alcohol level but say he was driving on the wrong side of old lehigh who they pulled him over. the former number two at the faa will take over as acti

johnson's lawyersel to the court the 62-year-old may have what is called atypical parkinson's disease. if true, could soon be in a wheelchair. the government's prosecutors didn't buy it and took issue with the medical records provided to the court. >> the judge said many, many defendants who come to federal court have illnesses, and i don't think there is -- he has some illnesses. the judge determined whatever illnesses he may have, it doesn't justify a lighter sentence. >> reporter: in the lobby of a courthouse after sentencing, the u.s. attorney said jack johnson, your corruption has a normal way of doing business. >> the evident in this case is so compelling there is little for me to add. jack johnson's story were a screenplay, critics would say that it's too bizarre to be true. the facts were so egregious, the evidence was uncovered in the course of the investigation, the corruption was so brazen, that people would assume it's fiction. unfortunately, it's reality. >> reporter: prosecutors say jack johnson lined his pockets in a pay-to-play scheme that delivered over $1.6 million i

and they also said he has been taken ill with parkinson's disease.eserves the compassion of the court. federal prosecutors say you need only look at the videotape of him grabbing broad money from one of many developers to know the real jack johnson. they say his own actions are the reason he is gone to prison. -- going to prison. he knew he was under federal investigation. he just laughed it off. >> after he was sentenced to 87

defense attorneys claim this amounts to a death sentence saying johnson suffers from parkinson's. the judges cold and johnson saying he was not elected to line his pockets -- a school that johnson. >> he could of been a role model for integrity. instead, he chose to be a poster child for corruption. >> johnson has until february 3 to surrender to authorities. meanwhile, his wife leslie johnson will be sentenced friday. >>> rod blagojevich has one last chance to bag a chicago court for mercy. today, a judge will sentence the former illinois governor on 18 counts of corruption. yesterday, defense attorneys admitted his guilt. but they said he does not deserve the 15-20 year sentence the government wants. >>> there is a change of command at the faa. randy babbitt step down as administrator yesterday. one day after taking a leave of absence. then leave -- the deputy administrator was repromoted yesterday. randy babbitt was arrested for drunk driving over the weekend. >>> attacks against a a and newt gingrich are heating up. meantime, mitt romney is wrapping up his campaign. he plans t

. >> in court, he begged the judge mercy, claiming that he is ill with parkinson's disease. he said he can "hardly pulled morningtogether in the ." prosecutors told the judge that problem is alcoholism. -- u.s. attorney >> there are still corrupt public officials out there. >> the u.s. attorney would not additional details on that very ominous statement. in addition to the present time, years ofaces three probation. also $100,000 fine. attorneye u.s. that yesterday, fbi his home ando his prized historic classic 1953 mercedes. they say it was worth about $60,000. >> we will continue to follow reaction all night long. check back with us at 11:00. former longtime aide to maryland governor has been found of violating state election laws. schuricknvicted paul suppress the with a-american vote during last year's elections.al voters that martin already won the election, implying there was no votes.heir he will be sentenced in february. >>> a surprising start in the for rodng hearing blagojevich. time, his lawyers guiltyd their client is corruption. they argue a 15 or 20-year senten

según sus abogados ha sido diagnosticado por la enfermedad de parkinson y por eso pidieron que se lespero el juez respondió que él podría recibir su>>> esto es decirle a los violentos no mÁs violencia, no mÁs secuestros. >>> la respuesta estÁ en manos >>reportera: la respuesta está en manos de quienes tienen a militares secuestrados, y con ellos un país que se cansó. yo sólo le pidió a su esposa entonces concejal del condado que desapareciera un cheque de $100,000. además le dijo que escondiera $80,000 en efectivo. [hablando en inglés] >>reportera:el residente $400,000 y 1 millón de dólares en sobornos, el juez del caso indicó que la condena fue reducida por qué debemos haber tomado responsabilidad por sus acciones declarándose culpable cooperando con los investigadores federales. es toda la información, telenoticias washington y holaciad.com. >>sulema: carolina villamizar cuando se queda la lluvia en la región, y el reporte completo del tiempo. . >>carolina: buenas noches. una nueva tormenta se acerca nuestra área viniendo desde el golfo de méxico quienes traería lluvia, cuando estén

prison, but his lawyer said that will be a death sentence for him because he has a rare form of parkinson disease, but the government said that is not true. he wants to be able to get out of punishment and that the systems are because he is click. >>> the -- alcohol i can. the first full elected term for the mayor inauguration and swearing in will be today at 12 victim time 30. she wants to grow the population in baltimore and have all the good things that comes with that. she became mayor in 2010 after the mayor stepped down in a gift card scandal. she watt set up for an easy win this year. >> i get up every morning and i'm so blessed every day to get an opportunity to do this. i have one thing to say to the people of our city, thank you, baltimore. >> what the mayor said at the inauguration today is that she is ready to attract 10,000 people to the city, it has dropped since the 60s and when people leave, they take their tax money with them. she wants another term as mayor with a new one. the mayor won the city election with 52% of the vote. back to you. >> there will be an inauguration

he is suffering from early parkinson's disease, but it did not sway the judge who sentenced johnson to seven years and three months in prison. will. >> reporter: he'll have three years of supervised release and $100,000 fine. in fact, just today, the government seized his 1953 mercedes from johnson's garage worth $60,000. tonight, we heard from a lot of his former constituents and every single one of them told us, he got what he deserved. >> he did the crime. got to pay with the time. >> what he did, there is no excuse for that at all. >> outside the first high end grocery store in prince georges county, one that jack johnson himself helped to bring here, shoppers weighed in on his sentence. >> it's obvious, according to the tapes, that he was taking money, hiding money, trying to get his wife to cover for him. >> what do you want me to do with this money? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> the 62-year-old arrived at the federal courthouse in greenbelt using a cane. his lawyers tried to convince the judge, johnson has what's called atypical parkinson's disease. in

attorney pleaded for leniency, claiming he suffers from parkinson's disease and depression. the judge did not take johnson's account.elped into >> i did not see that it would be an issue for anybody else. >> at one point, the judge you were not elected to pockets, to corrupt way you did.e >> jack johnson must surrender federal authorities to start prison term on february 3. >> on our facebook page, we thought jack prison sentence was fair. of you thought it was. >>> the onetime front-runner for takes -- picks up a key endorsement. dan quayle says he will support romney's run for the white house. his new endorsement comes as his primary challenger is gaining supporters. a new poll has a former house gingrich ahead by 15%. weeksoll comes just four from the iowa caucuses. hires ada knox attorney as she make a book deal. she hired robert barnett to represent her. is well known for brokering of the world's people.minent barnett is not commenting on this deal. >>> a new accuser has come forward in the scandal at penn state. year-old man has filed a complaint, claiming he was by sa

defense attorneys asked for leniency claiming he suffered from parkinson's disease. >>> virginia state police are investigating a trooper-involved shooting along 95 in caroline county. the trooper was injured last night when he was responding to a report of a pedestrian on the highway. after placing that pedestrian in the patrol car there was a struggle and both were wounded. the trooper is in the hospital with serious non-life- threatening injuries. the other man's injuries are said to be life-threatening. >>> police have released this surveillance video on an attempted armed robbery at a d.c. convenience store. it took place at the fairfax liquors on pennsylvania avenue in southeast d.c. on december 1. police are asking for your help to help identify the suspect in the video. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> more track work is scheduled for metro this weekend. it will affect most all lines. trains will be single tracking on all four of those lines. work starts tonight at 10:00 p.m. and the normal schedule will resume monday morning. for more information go to our

when he was in his 40s he got parkinson's disease and that destroyed his ability to make money and cutdest son has autism. with autism, families struggle under the weight of trying to help these kids. so holly rod does care for kids with parkinson's and autism. >> well, you have done a lot of things with cnn heroes. >> they can't get rid of me. >> they can't get rid of us. i was here last year. why is this so important to you? >> it's so important, because it filled some hold that was there. not because they wanted to come here to a glamorous red carpet, but because they saw a need innary communiin their community. i can't wait to see them be celebrated. i am a cnn heroes groupie. i follow them around. i stalk them on the red carpet and i talk to them in person. and offering them my help. in the social suite it's a perfect marriage of my cnn groupieness and the social media. >> we know you have a lot of work over there. all right. so we'll see you -- >> -- cnn heroes. tweet me at holly rp. >> thank you. the benefits of being there. we want to toss it to a.j. thank you very much. >> wow

. >> his attorney pleaded for of leniency saying that jobs and suffers from parkinson's disease. his wife leslie will be sentenced on friday. >>> the d.c. council gave preliminary approval to a sweeping ethics reform bill that would allow the council to expel members convicted of a felony. the vote comes amid investigations into account the mobile harry thomas, who is accused of diverting city funds. federal agents raided his house last week. three council members have called on thomas to resign. >> 3 white memberes of the council. i won't make these racial. these white members keep attacking this black council member. >> thomas attended the meeting. he voted for the bill. a final vote is expected december 20. >>> we turn to vote 2012. the first debate in virginia at's senate race will be held today. george allen and tim kaine will debate each other for 90 minutes. the two former governors are not the only candidates, but the other six did not meet the qualifications. >>> coming up in our next hour, an update on the presidential race. what the president is saying about the econom

when he was in his 40s, he got parkinson's disease and it destroyed his career as an ability to maket to about five years later, our oldest son diagnosed with autism. what happens with autism is families struggled under the weight of trying to care for these kids. so hollyrod does compassionate care for families affected by autism and parkinson's. >> that's amazing. you've been with cnn heroes for a while now. you've done a lot of things with cnn heroes. >> they can't rid of me. >> they can't get rid of us. i was here last year and i'm back again, but why is this so important to you, holly? >> it's so important because these are people who saw a need and filled it. filled some hole that was there. not because they wanted to come here to some glamorous red carpet, but because they saw a need in their community and they decided to do something about it. and i cannot wait to see them be celebrated. i am a cnn heroes groupie, i am, and i love the fact that i follow them around. i know what everybody does. i stalk them on the red carpet, and talking to them in person and offering them my

an incredible ride and the young hawaiian at the end of the day however there were two australian parkinson and they were in peril fighting for the victory pair o. to the age their winning his first trophy in many ways along with a seventy five thousand dollars prize but after all it's nineteen year old florence who celebrates the how and series try and. be like this coming why this year is just one more focus than anything really helped her friends family and just the whole year on tour and being home and surf and just relaxing and surfing. even though isn't pavements from firing its first through anyone surge in a while you know especially for a contest. and finally the ice hockey world is still reeling from the plane crash which took the lives of the entire team in september the disaster living families devastated across europe a situation which prompted the wife of a prominent k. show play into action also has more. i was traveling from kazakstan to riga. september seventh and i was in the airplane when i found out that the cage. had crashed it was the biggest judge of the average to he

johnson now walking with a cane they say because he is showing signs of parkinson's disease. prosecutors said it was alcoholism. the judge rejected the medical claim calling johnson's crimes of accepting bribes severe, saying quote, you were elected to do good, not line your pockets. johnson was caught on tape doing just that, accepting a cash bribe in this november 2010 meeting. >> i don't know who they are. >> and threne was the raid on his house. council member elect at the time trying to stash cash with feds at the door. >> what do you want me to do? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> i think today justice was served. >> hundreds turned out for the sentencing, many of them johnson supporters. >> it is disgusting what generally happens to african americans versus nonafrican americans. >> you think he was treated harshly? >> court johnson apologized, quote, in my wildest dreams i could not imagine being in a place like this, he said. i worked hard for the people of county and achieved so much. prosecutor rod rosenstein painted a different picture. >> pe

. >> johnson's defense team tried to convince the judge he has parkinson's disease in an effort to get him a lighter sentence. it didn't work. three years probation and a $100,000 fine. in fact, the feds just seized his vintage 1953 mercedes worth $60,000. let's go to the federal courthouse in green belt this morning. the 62-year-old arrived using a cane. again, his defense was trying to show his medical condition is getting worse and jail time could be a death sentence. the judge said johnson could get any medical care he needs in prison. the courtroom johnson spoke for eight minutes. he apologized to the judge, the county, young people who looked up to him and his family and he is haunted by his actions. the u.s. attorney who prosecuted him said johnson could be a role mold, but chose to be a poster child for corruption. >> the evidence was uncovered. the corruption was so brazen that people would assume it's fiction, but unfortunately it is reality. >> very much reality. johnson actually chopped four years off his sentence by cooperating with the feds in their investigation of someo

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jack johnson walked into court with a cane, his lawyers say a result of parkinson's disease part of their argument for leniency. but the federal judge sentenced johnson to seven of 14 years behind bars. >> jack johnson could have been a role model for integrity instead he chose to be a poster child for corruption. >> reporter: he pled guilty in may to shaking down developers and business owners for up to a million dollars in office. the fbi recorded one bribe in action. >> i know there are other people who wanted him to get the full 14. there is a sense of anger throughout in the county. people who felt betrayed by the whole thing. >> reporter: glenn ivy ran for office on the ticket with johnson in 2006 and considered him a friend. they spoke in church a month ago. >> i think he feels terrible about what happened and what he's done. at the same time i know that you know, justice had to be done. you know, he needed a -- i think the community needed this county of sentence. >> reporter: the 62-year-old johnson apologized in court today. but ivy said what he did is inexcusable and a damaging

coffee decreases the risk of type 2 diabetes, parkinson's disease, cirrhosis of the liver and depression. now the way to reap the most benefits from your coffee is to drink it black or with a little bit of skim milk. even decaf can have a few benefits here and there. >>> it is safe to eat cantaloupe once again. the listeria outbreak is officially over. the final death toll from that outbreak stands at 30, including one in maryland. nearly 146 people were sickened across 28 states. federal officials say the melons all came from the jensen farms in southern colorado. it's taken so long to officially declare that outbreak over because symptoms of listeria can take up to two months to appear. >>> swimming at the inner harbor can be bad for your health, but the mayor want that is to change. steveany rawlings blake plans to unveil a plan next week to make the harbor swimmable and fishable by 2020. the healthy harbor plan is part of an initiative by the waterfront partnership and will involve the living classrooms foundation. the plan hopes to have solutions for issues like trash, sewage leaks

his lawyers say the former prince george's county executive now has parkinson's disease and asked the courts for leniency in the sentence. instead, a federal judge went with the recommendations of prosecutors. johnson apologized in court, but even close friends say what johnson did was inexcusable and a setback for the county. >> the economic aspect of it, i think, limited development, scared away legitimate developers who were interested in coming and building and helping with growth in prince george's county. >> jack johnson's wife leslie johnson will be sentenced friday for her role in the corruption case. the former prince george's county council member pled guilty to destroying evidence. jack johnson had her flush a developer's $100,000 check down the toilet and stuff nearly $80,000 cash in her underwear. >>> we're learning more people connected to johnson's corruption case. the head of the prince george's county hospital system has to step down while investigators look into his involvement. this morning "the washington post" is reporting that kenneth glover took a leave of absen

and, bringing new blood flow to that specific part of the brain, that helps men and women with parkinson'shael j. fox is a huge advocate of this, the stream morris... >> jamie: muhammad ali, too. let me ask you, doctor, where is the research being done. >> also in england and the research actually, here's what is key. you have to get the stem cell at the exact right stage. because, previous studies have not work with this. they literally have to make sure it is an aged stem cell and not an embryonic stem cell. we are talking about one from the brain itself. growing tissue in the brain, from memory center of the brain and they took the stem cells from one group of mice and injected it into -- as david said, l. pt ich -- they used a hormone that suppresses hunger and, they will be stem cell, not developed into brain tissue yet, we will be able to use them in spinal cord injury, brain trauma, all kinds of injury where we once thought the nerves can't regrow. but, previous -- recent studies have shown that nerves can regrow. let's help them regrow. >> and, where you have a lot of inflammation

for instance, there are now over 75,000 parkinson patients worldwide who've had tiny electrodes implanted in their brains. doctors say the operation significantly reduces tremors and allows patients to rely less on medications. >> by the way, nobody is picketing, protesting, oh, people putting computers in their brains that that is somehow unnatural or defies the way things should be. >> reporter: bioethicist brugger worries that science will soon cross the line to where brain implants will not simply heal patients, but enhance their ability to think and compete. >> if we move in this direction of radical human enhancement, are we going to develop those who are and those who aren't? the enhanced and the unenhanced? i mean, lord, we can't even find the money to get everyone braces who needs braces. >> when the technologies are only affordable by the rich they actually don't work very well. consider mobile phones. 15 years ago somebody took out a mobile phone in the movie. that was a signal this person is very powerful and wealthy, and they didn't work very well. now 5 billion people out of

some of the potential benefits of coffee is decreased risk of type 2 diabetes, decreased risk of parkinson's disease, decreased risk of liver cirrhosis, improved cognition and decreased levels of a risk of depression. >> the studies have found that through the years there are hundreds of components in coffee that could potentially provide health benefits, many of them are antioxidants, but harwood says the way to reap the most benefits from your coffee is to drink it black or with just a little bit of skim milk. >>> we're following a huge story overseas this morning that we're going to tell you about. death, including dozens at one area hospital. new information we've just learned about the number of people killed after a fire broke out in india and why hospital officials are coming under fire this morning. >>> also the deadly tsunami killed tens of thousands in japan earlier this year, the millions of dollars given and why it's now going to something other than reconstruction. >>> time now for your birthdays and a very special birthday to katrina. happy 30th birthday to you. make it a great

johnson walking with a cane because he is showing science of parkinson's disease.coholism. judge peters said he rejected the medical claim calling johnson's claims of accepting bribes severe, quote, you were elected to do good, not line your pockets. johnson was caught on tape doing just that, accepting a $15,000 cash bribe in this november 2010 meeting. >> i don't know who they are. >> and then there was the rid on his house. wife lesli, council member elect at the time trying to stash cash with feds at the door. >> what do you want me to do? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> justice was served. >> hundreds turned out for the sentencing. many of them johnson supporters. >> it is disgusting what normally happens to african americans. >> in court, johnson apologized to the judge, the county, and his family. quote, in my wildest dreams i could not imagine being in a place like this, he said. i worked hard for the people of the county and i achieved so

neurons in our brains work in order to get to cures to relieve us from everything from autism, parkinsons ep lepsy. >> we're working with ucla, harvard, m.i.t.and voice as cross the country. we got them to write a 10 year plan for neuroscience. >> they believe everyone can benefit from thousands of soldiers and to the general public. >> we owe it to our veterans to do better so we can take care of those who took care of united states president sent a thank you because their partnerships raised $135 million for mental health research. you can find a link on our web site. >> that is remarkable. >> and there the last forecast for now. >> true. we're going to look back there is a time lapse view, you can see low clouds this after the noon. we did get more moisture and now looking forward to sunny, mild weather. sunny dry and mild. and there are highs up to 78 degrees in palm springs. 64 san diego. going to be mild here in the bay area as well. and there is highs into mid to upper 60s, here is the accu-weather forecast. there is a lovely new year's eve tomorrow night. clear skies good viewing

defense attorneys asked for leniency saying johnson suffers from parkinson's. his wife leslie will be sentenced friday. can a former illinois governor rod blagojevich is scheduled to address a judge at his hearing today. yesterday, for the first time, his lawyers admitted their client is guilty of corruption. a federal jury convicted him of 18 counts, including trying to sell or trade president obama's former senate seat. the judge is expected to announce the sentence today. >>> it turns out baseball is the first major league in north america to issue dress guidelines for the media. starting next season, then no waerear list includes anything that has a team logo and muscle shirts. >> put those muscle shirts away. >> net tank tops. >> bar-b-que-stained tank tops. >> the dean shorts. >> the jorts. don't take my jorts from me. >> we have a busy day with the weather today. >>> we do. we have some areas of rain throughout the entire day today, even to the evening rush hour. then, we will see a change over to snow. as the national weather service pointed out today,

. >> reporter: johnson said he is now suffering from parkinsons disease. he said, i fell from grace. judge, i pray that you will be merciful. i am a very ill man. >> jack johnson could have been a role model for integrity, instead he chose to be a poster child for corruption. >> reporter: at federal court in prince george's county, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> and johnson will report to prison, february 3rd. >>> new information tonight about a sex assault inside an anne arundel county school. mary is live in the newsroom with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a 14-year-old boy is now charged with attempted rape. the investigation began when a female student said she was attacked inside a girls bathroom at arundel hills high school. the suspect was served on a juvenile citation. he has been released to the custody of a relative. school officials have been working closely with police to prevent any contacts between the suspect and the victim. back to you, vic. >> the police investigation remains open. >>> well, turning to the weather, t

the lawyers asked the judge for leniency claiming he suffers from parkinson's disease. >>> the head ofaa has resigned after being arrested for drunk driving over the weekend. he was spotted driving the wrong way on old lee highway in fairfax city, virginia. >>> president obama delivered a major address in the same small town where teddy roosevelt gave his new national ichl speech one century again. mr. obama said that the nation is at a defining moment. meanwhile on capitol hill republicans and democrats are locked in a battle over a payroll tax cut. both sides accuse the other of playing politics. >>> now to a murder for hire plot in montgomery county. a man tried to hire his handyman to kill his ex-wife. >> but he didn't stop there after he was arrested. pat collins spoke with the victim and has our report. >> reporter: richard boyd jr. hired a hitman to kill his wife. what boyd didn't know was that hitman was really an undercover cop. after he was arrested, the interrogation didn't go too well. >> i didn't do it. i'm telling you i didn't do it. i'm not going to tell you i did someth

when he was in his 40s, he got parkinson's disease and it destroyed his career as an ability to maket that. cut to about five years later, our oldest son diagnosed with autism. what happens with autism is families struggled under the weight of trying to care for these kids. so hollyrod does compassionate care for families affected by autism and parkinson's. >> that's amazing. you've been with cnn heroes for a while now. you've done a lot of things with cnn heroes. >> they can't rid of me. >> they can't get rid of us. i was here last year and i'm back again, but why is this so important to you, holly? >> it's so important because these are people who saw a need and filled it. filled some hole that was there. not because they wanted to come here to some glamorous red carpet, but because they saw a need in their community and they decided to do something about it. and i cannot wait to see them be celebrated. i am a cnn heroes groupie, i am, and i love the fact that i follow them around. i know what everybody does. i stalk them on the red carpet, and talking to them in person and offerin

fox foundation for parkinson's research. >> that is awesome. >> i wanted one of those. my aunt has one of those. >> i told you -- >> it was cool to watch the doors go up. >> like childhood dreams revisited. love it. >> a local jury store bids for some of elizabeth taylor's jewels. they ended up for a paper necklace. how much they paid for it and why. >>> [ indiscernible ] [ laughter ] >> oh, oh. oh, oh. a couple gets a pretty interesting wedding surprise. we'll have more of this video next. next.  >> the legend of elizabeth taylor is alive and well at a jewelry store in woodbridge, virginia. a paper necklace once given to her by publisher malcolm forbes was purchased at auction by almost $7,000 by a woodbridge jewelry store owner. could it be worth the money? dick krantz has the story. >> here the necklace, looking like an aces isery for a paper doll. it has not a single gem, stone, or pebble. you can shred it with a scissor in seconds. >> this is from the top. >> reporter: the owner of jewelry by design in woodbipartisanship was thrilled to buy it a

he claimed he was suffering from parkinson's like symptoms. he took a million dollars in bribe. that sentencing is scheduled to start at 10:30 this morning. leslie johnson would likely show up here shortly before that. she was not with her husband he was offense sentenced earlier this week. the prosecution and the defense will ask the judge for a sentence but then it will be up to the judge what sentence he will give >>> a missing 12-year-old boy has now been found. an alert had been out for ricco singletop. the good news here is that he has now been found and he is now safe >>> a virginia state treerp is expected to make a full recovery after being shot on the side of i-95 in carolina county. the trooper stopped to pick up a pedestrian walking down the interstate yesterday afternoon. there was a struggle and both he and the suspect fired shots. the trooper has been identified as m. h. hammer. the pedestrian was also shot. he is in the hospital in critical condition >>> another naive yo convoy set ablaze in pakistan. attackers for end more than 20 tankers carrying fuel to u.s. t

fox foundation for parkinson's research. >>> your weather, traffic and top stories coming up. fox 5 morning news continues right now. now. >>> one guy in my home town that had a delorean when we were growing up. i loved that car. didn't go for anywhere near a half million dollars but at least the money went for a good cause. nice view of the d.c. skyline. that means the monuments out there. glad you're with us this morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's say hello to tony perkins now. >> we've got a nice weekend on tap do start our 2012. we will see milder temperatures over the course of the weekend with highs in the 50s. so not bad at all. take a look at what is happening right now. current temperature here in washington is 37 degrees. we are at 28 degrees at dulles airport. 2 in baltimore. a little bit warmer off to the south and east. 42 in ocean city. here is a look at the satellite composite for the region. it is kind of a mixed bag this morning. some clouds, we'll see some sunshine later on and then during the course of

to the therapy and cures that are going to relieve from us everything from autism to alzheimer's parkinson'slepsy. >> we are working with uc sf, ucla, harvard. mit, places all across the country and we got them to come together and actually write 10 year plan for neuroscience. >>reporter: they believe everyone can benefit from the thousands of soldiers with brain injuries and ptsd to the general public. founders say it will create a super highway of information about the brain. >> we owe it to our veterans to do better by researching traumatic brain injury and ptsd so we can better take care of the people that took care of us and kept terrorism off our shore for the last 10 years. >>reporter: many cheryl jennings reporting. >> president obama sent the cupally thank you because the fundraiser partnership raised combine total of 135 million dollars for mental health research. you can find a link to one mind for research on our web site. if you would like to get involved. >>> more than 1700 troops have died in afghanistan this year and here ace look at 5 solders who died just this week. back ♪

inside johnson's lawyer, claiming he has been diagnosed with the early stages of atypical parkinson's disease and a long prison term would amount to a death sentence. johnson told the court, i'm haunted by this. i beg your mercy. i'm a very ill man. it was a very different johnson seen on federal surveillance tapes in november, 2010, taking a $15,000 cash prize. >> what do you want me to do with this money? >> and the caught on cell phone call to his wife, lesli, and a county council member made the couple a laughing stock. as they conspired to hide bribe money at the couple's door. >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> jack johnson could have been a role model. instead, he chose to be a poster child. >> rod called johnson's shakedowns of business owners -- the judge rejected the medical claims with prosecutors noting johnson is also a diagnosed alcoholic. but the sentence was reduced from a possible 14 years to just more than seven because prosecutors said johnson has been cooperating with continuing investigations. leaving everyone wondering who might be next. >> t

. >> reporter: his lawyers begged the court for mercy, saying johnson now suffers from parkinsons disease and is close to being confined to a wheelchair. but video showed him playing golf after that. the judge said, you were not elected to line your pockets. you brought this on yourself. >> he knew he was under investigation. but he laughed it off and put it in his pocket. >> put it in your panties, leslie. >> oh, my god. >> johnson told the court in my wildest dreams, i couldn't imagine being in a place like this. i work so hard in the county, i want to apologize to the people in prince george's county and my wife. i accept my responsibility and i'm haunted by that. judge, i've lost everything. >> reporter: prosecutors called leslie johnson, his most trusted conspirator. she'll be sentenced on friday. at federal court, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: johnson will report to prison, february 3rd. >>> rain is moving through tonight. and could see snow this week. that's right. outside, it's overcast and mild. but we're tracking some big changes. let's check in with bob turk

his attorneys say the former prince george's county executive now has parkinson's disease, and he asked for leniency. instead the judge went with the prosecutor's recommendations and sentenced him to more than seven years in prison. prosecutors had reduced their original request for a maximum of 14 years because they say johnson has cooperated with the investigation. johnson pled guilty in may of accepting bribes of up to $1 million. he apologized in court, saying his actions have haunted him and ruined his reputation. others in the county call what he did unforgivable. >> i think he really does feel terrible about what's happened and what he's done. at the same time, i know that justice had to be done. >> in addition to the seven-year prison sentence, the judge ordered johnson to pay $100,000 fine and forfeit a $78,000 antique mercedes benz. johnson asked to be sent to the federal prison in buckner, north carolina. that's the same prison where bernard madoff is serving 80 years for his ponzi scheme. johnson's wife leslie will be sentenced on friday for her role in the case. back in jun

religious faiths and ages including an adult day program for senior suffering from alzheimer's, parkinson's and all other forms of dementia. >> we hope our program, that maybe other aus spis will take us over. >> stephanie said staff and parents spent the last 24 hours reaching out to other places in the area. >> we may not all be together. >> administrators refuse to answer questions from reporters or anyone else, and some say they need answers immediately. >> financial issues overnight? i don't know. >> we're hearing lots of rumors it was known for a long time, and that we have been kept in the dark. >> reporter: there was a meeting late this afternoon with preschool teachers, and they say they didn't really get anything out of it. they say that the administrators didn't really answer any questions. they asked them about rumors that the center was anywhere from half a million dollars to $750,000 in the hole here, and they couldn't get that confirmed. the administrators told them that they had been approaching some parents to he denature money, but the teachers say they have yet to run acr

jack johnson's attorneys claim he is suffering from early parkinson's disease. johnson to seven years and three months in prison. he would have to pay a $100,000 fine. here is reaction from residents in prince george's county. >> he did the crime. got to pay with the time. >> what he did, there was no excuse for that at all. >> outside the first high end grocery store in prince geoone that jack johnson himsel helped to bring here shoppers weighed in on his sentence. >> it's blai tbtly obvious acourting to the tapes, he was taking money, hiding money. >> what do you want know do with this money? what do you want know do? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> the 62-year-old arrived at the federal courthouse in greenbelt using a cane. his lawyers tried to convince the judge, johnson has what's called atypical parkinson's disease in an effort to get him a lighter sentence. prosecutors didn't buy. it citing a recent round of heavy golf and added, he will receive ample medical care in prison. >> he knew the reporters had written expoys about his lan

his defense failed at getting johnson a lighter sentence using the defense of his parkinson-like symptomsourt. current prince george's county executive rushern baker did speak after the sentencing saying he is working hard to restore pride and confidence in the government. >> my prayers go out to the family. what i think of a seen with the changing of the tbaf el here in prince george's county is that we moved on. i said a year ago that my focus would be on prince george's county. i think that has happened. >> baker will join us live this morning on fox 5 morning news to talk more about the changes the county has seen in the last year. can you catch that interview in our 7:00 hour. >>> the head of the faa resigns after he was picked up for drunk driving. randy babbitt turned in his resignation yesterday. he was charged with drunk driving on saturday. he was drying on the wrong side of lee highway when they pulled him over. >>> a controversy over a mcdonald's ad campaign. up next, it is supposed to look like giant french fries reaching up into the sky. >> some say it conjures up another im

. >> bison have been in this paddock since 1899 and have been in golden gate parkinson's 1891. >> reporterhe great herds that roamed the mighty plain this one was close to extine extincti extinction. >> we have two bison, one 29, one 19. >> reporter: two bison died earlier this year from old age, leaving the future of the exhibit unclear until now. phil ginsberg says the arrival of new blood is giving this tradition new life. >> yesterday afternoon we were pleased to welcome a new young herd of seven bison that came from bison. >> reporter: through donations, rec and park bought seven new bison, all female. they remain quarantined from the older ladies. >> they remain separated so everybody can become accustomed to each other. >> reporter: today the older females were busy sizing up the new girls. sarah king says there are no males on the horizon. >> for the safety of keepers, bison, we prefer to just have the girls. >> reporter: the bison's $7,000 price tag was paid by an assembly woman and dick blum. blum also kicked in $50,000 to pay for the new digs. >> in fact, i think the story goes