but robin gardner says her husband had been sick and turned in early that night. he doesn't remember her husband stirring until the next morning. she also testified the girls got up, had breakfast, and played. as defense attorney peter green spun, from your observation was there any indication the girls were upset or emotional? "no," replied gardner. but in cross-examination prosecutor alex omato suggested robin gardner had tried to protect her husband from the beginning and had failed to cooperate with police. she asked about the night a falls church sergeant arrived at the gardner home to inform them of the charges. asked the prosecutor, "isn't it true that as you were speaking to the sergeant your husband emerged and told you to stop speaking?" "i don't recall," answered gardner. now, the defense continues its case on monday, when it's expected to call as its first witness the gardners' own 10-year-old daughter. reporting live from arlington, i'm julie carey, news 4. >>> a virginia man tonight says he's upset after the department of motor vehicles recalled his p

. >> reporter: robin gardner has stood by her husband ever since his arrest last june 22nd on charges that he sexually molested three young girls during sleepovers at the gardner home. a falls church city councilwoman and former mayor, robin gardner took the stand to talk about what she saw the night of the alleged offenses. testimony that sometimes contradicted with that of the girls. one young accuser says michael gardner fondled her for about 45 minutes during a sleepover as she lay next to his daughter on her bedroom sfloor. but robin gardner says she was awake, right across the hall in the couple's bedroom, when her husband went to comfort the girls during a thunderstorm. and she says he returned in 15 minutes. the next night during a birthday slumber party two girls say michael gardner came down to the basement several times and molested them. but robin gardner says her husband had been sick and turned in early that night. she says she doesn't remember him stirring until the next morning. as defense attorney peter green spup, "from your observation was there any indication the g

falls church city council woman and former mayor robin gardner. gardner himself is a well known falls church political and civic activist. that community was rocked last june when gardner was charged with sexually molesting three of his daughter's young friends. he was charged with four counts including three charges of aggravated sexual battery. as jury selection began, attorneys recounted the accusations that gardner allegedly first inappropriately touched a 9-year-old girl the night of june 16th when she slept over with his daughter at the gardners' home. the next night seven girls came to a sleepover in the basement there. two girls say in the early morning hours gardner zipped open their sleeping bags and inappropriately touched them. on the tenth floor of the arlington county courthouse potential jurors were questioned about whether they could be impartial in the case. asked the prosecutor, does everyone agree with me that a house can look per nektly lovely outside and the family can look perfectly nice? but sometimes you never know what's go

michael gardner's wife falls church city council woman and former mayor robin gardner was at his sidee child sexual abuse case against him began. gardner is well known as a falls church political and civic activist. the community was rocked last june when he was charged with sexually molesting three of his daughter's young friends. as jury selection began attorneys recounted the accusations that gardner allegedly first inappropriately touched a 9-year-old girl the night of june 16th when she slept over with his daughter at the gardners' home. the next night seven girls came to a sleepover there. two girls say in the early morning hours gardner zipped open their sleeping bags and inappropriately touched them. on the tenth floor of the arlington county courthouse potential jurors were questioned about whether they could be impartial in the case. asked the prosecutor, does everyone agree with me that a house can look perfectly lovely outside and the family can look perfectly nice but sometimes you never know what's going on behind those doors? gardner is represented by prominent defense

gardner's wife, robin is the former mayor. >>> snowplows have been pretty busy in parts of far western maryland in the last 24 hours. we got rain here. snow, however, fell in the higher elevations. the road crews had to dust off their equipment and hit the highways, at least to keep the main routes open. some of the places out that way got more than half a foot of snow. garrett county workers had to stop what they were doing for warm weather preps and switch to snow flows. >> since we've had such pretty weather, a lot of our plows and spreader boxes were off because we were getting ready for our spring inspection. >> when you spend winter down in florida and come back, this is not fun. >> she is tan. all the snow did not sit on the tree branches. they're are not a large number of power outages in western maryland. >>> time for the latest your money report in the morning. >> jessica is here talking the money. >> tough day on wall street yesterday. investors really hoping for a distraction from the latest federal reserve meeting on interest rates. those will be the main events for wall s

gardner's wife robin a city council woman and former mayor, testified in her husband's defense fridayfense attorneys also questioned the police work in the case. >>> we're awaiting word from d.c. police whether three men arrested early this morning are the suspects from a couple of armed robberies yesterday near georgetown. at least two attacks took place in the middle of the afternoon. 9news now reporter delia goncalves joins us live with the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. you know well that here georgetown, especially on m street on a sunday afternoon completely packed full of people everywhere. so folks are really surprised by the brazenness of these robbers to actually attack in the middle of the afternoon with everyone around. we can tell you that first robbery happened to employees outside of serendipity three restaurant on the corner of m and wisconsin. we're told the two employees were out in the alley on a cigarette break when they were prepared by three young black men wearing green or blue t- shirts they told police. it was 1:00 in the aftern