reporter: rivera claims he only learned of the plot on the way to miami. >> they were just saying sean taylorad money in the house. and they were going to go in and get it. >> reporter: but he said he wanted out, waited in the car, while hunt, mitchell and brown broke into taylor's house and that hunt shot taylor, when the burglary went bad. >> how many times did you shoot him? >> once. >> how quickly did he go down? >> immediately. >> what about this taped confession rivera gave cops three days later. >> at any point, were you told you could leave? >> no. >> rivera said police wouldn't well him call anyone. held him in communicado, that this detective was abusive. >> he started yelling. started to pull up the chair. and he basically tried to get in in my face. >> reporter: rivera claims cops lied to him, claiming his mother was in the hospital, his family receiving death threats that only he could help them. >> felt like it wasn't going to stop. like, you're going to tell us or you ain't leaving. >> rivera faces life in prison if convicted. >>> caught on camera. a video shows a woman standin

and when that happened, sean taylor, machete in his hand, standing there, was shot. >> that bullet hit a major artery and killed taylor and broke all our hearts at the time. police did cohearse a confession from their client. >>> a teacher died today trying to protect students when one of their classmates opened fire. 150 officers responded just before classes started. the shooter hit two students, one needed surgery, the other said to be doing well. police say they did not have to fire shot, but that gunman is dead. >>> still ahead, the fire on the water. look at that. a lot of smoke. the coast guard cameras rolling as they come to the rescue of five people on board an alaskan fishing boat. >> i hope you got your fill of the sunshine today because clouds are on the approach. and we expect rain in tuesday's forecast. i'll tell you coming up in a few minutes. >>> and one of the most expensive schools in the country right now, right here in d.c. but how much is your ability to pay actually factor into your ability to get in? . >>> more and more recent years schools have been abandoning b

. >>> this has been a pivotal day in the sean taylor murder trial. prosecutors rested their case against rivera and then the defense began to present its case. rivera is accused of shooting sean taylor in a botched home robbery. >>> we've all had those moments when a neighbor's barking dog with interrupt an afternoon outside, but in phoenix barking dogs apparently pushed one neighbor over the edge. police say 56-year-old michael guzzo shot himself after killing his neighbors, their son, a fourth family member and their two dogs. other neighbors say they do believe the confrontation began over the dogs and their barking. >>> just a week left in campaign 2013 in the state of virginia and a few hundred supporters came out today to see tea party favorite senator rand paul as he was stumping for ken cuccinelli this afternoon. as peggy fox tells us, the campaign is pushing its base to come out in force next tuesday. >> i had to stop to go to bingo because i heard nanny bloomberg wanted to buy a governor seat down here. after figured after he got my bingo h

now, with accused gunman eric rivera in court, taylor's girlfriend, emotionally remembers -- >> sean me up. and told me, he had heard a noise. and to call the police. >> reporter: jackie garcia, niece of actor andy garcia, said taylor grabbed a machete by the bed. and an intruder kicked open the door. >> i heard gunshots. and i screamed. i got up. and i saw sean laying facedown, surrounded by blood. >> reporter: police say taylor, shot in the leg, was bleeding to death. garcia says she never saw the shooter. but prosecutors say 23-year-old rivera confessed to the killing. investigators say it was a botched burglary, that rivera and four friends thought the house was empty. they were looking to steal money. >> sean taylor, defending himself, defending his family, defending his home, is shot by this defendant. >> reporter: in court, prosecutors showed jurors casts of what they say are rivera's footprints from inside the house. they they say rivera, who pleaded not guilty, drew diagrams and said he tossed the gun into the everglades. his defense attorney says the videotaped confession wa

highs between 65 and 70. >>> itself man accused of killing washington redskins safety sean taylor saysaylor's hope. eric rivera testified yesterday in miami and denies being the triggerman as well. prosecutors say it was rivera who fired the fatal shot in 2007 when he and four friends broke into taylor's florida home. closing arguments are expected to begin today. >>> michael skakel's attorney has filed documents to have his client released on bail. the 53-year-old has spent more than a decade in prison accused of the 1975 murder of martha moxley. last week a judge ordered skakel's conviction to be set aside saying the defense in the trial was inadequate. >>> troubled r&dd singer chris brown is heading to rehab to gain focus into his insight in his past and recent behavior. he was involved in a fight outside the w hotel in northwest sunday and was charged for that. >>> time to answer the question of the morning. 77% of us admit to doing which one of these things at work? is it a, snoop through a coworker's desk, b get drunk at an office party, or c, steal office supplies? >> facebook f

the latest flattic testimony of the man who allegedly killed nfl star sean taylor. >> and will the restf the week be just as nice nice as today? stick around for the updated first warning forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the captain of the costa concordia is back in court today in italy. francesco schettino faces charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. a malduvian woman who was with him at the time of the crash, is scheduled to testify. he could get up to 20 years in jail if convicted. 32 people died when the concordia slammed into a reef, off the tuscan island of gig lio in 2012. >>> passengers are stuck at an airport for almost 12 hours. mary bubala has more on the flying fiasco. >> vic, all passengers on an allegiance flight endured over 11 hours of delays and had to deal with the issues on three separate planes. >> i have been imprisoned by legion airlines by over nine hours. and i am outraged this airline should go out of business immediately. >> reporter: their flight was supposed to leave around 9:30 a.m. but the plane was forced to return, due to mechanical issu

day number 2 of testimony in the trial of the man charged with murdering former redskins star, sean taylor. today, the suspect eric rivera knew she and sean had cash in the house and shoe prints prints found in taylor's home matched those that rivera was wearing the night of the murder. rivera and four other men are accused of killing taylor in a botched robbery in 2007. >> our area isn't known for its ability to cope well with snow. in fact, they have translated into gridlock and storms that have come to be known as snow megeddon. now d.c. trying to avoid that this year. erica groh is here with more on today's city council round table. we have all been a part of something like this before. >> absolutely. and being from pennsylvania, i'm no stranger to snow, as you know, but, here in the d.c. metro area, i have never experienced anything like what we had and looking at the possibility of those flakes falling within the next, maybe couple months or so. today's hearing addressed one of the biggest complaints that people had in years past that some streets seem to get over looked in a heavy s

. >> and number four, the final game of 2007, four weeks after the funeral of sean taylor. n for sean was the motto. but the most symbolic victory is that they won by 21 points, the same number worn by their fallen teammate. >> and last year robert griffin iii explained why they gave up so much to get him. he took a huge halftime lead and the cowboys were down 25 at half rallied and the defense stepped up and the redskins held on for a victory. number two, back in 2005, joe gibbs called this one of the biggest thrills of his career. redskins had lost 25 straight games and trailing after three quarters but not this day. mark brunell connected with santana moss for 39, and 70- yard touchdown passes in the final four minutes to beat the cowboys 14-13 at texas stadium. >> and for the number one moment, december 30th of last year. a new generation of play makers, and led by rgiii and alfred morris, they won 7 straight, finishing with dallas to win the first nfc east title since 1999 and rgiii was playing on a sprained knee at that point. >> now we are hoping for some reprieve of

we'll have the latest from florida as the defense starts presenting its case in the sean taylor murder trial. >> plus he broke the color line at university of maryland and paved the way for african americans on the football field in the south. we'll celebrate the legacy of darrell hill in a couple minutes. >> you're watching wusa9 news at 5:00 coming to you live from broadcast house in northwest d.c. thanks for being here with and i sponsored this ad. candidate for attorney general, if you think ken cuccinelli would take virginia in the wrong direction, wait til you meet his attorney general candidate senator obenshain. like cuccinelli, obenshain believes politicians should dictate our most personal decisions they cosponsored a bill together to ban the birth control pill; and outlaw abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. cuccinelli and obenshain: together - a dangerously wrong turn for virginia >>> darrell is a trailblazer but not only for this university but for people like me. i couldn't think that i would be at atmosphere -- don't think that i would be the athletic director at

. >>> just moments ago, the jury began deliberations in the sean taylor murder trial. the washington redskins star was gunned down in his florida home in a botched burglar back in 2007 and on trial in miami, the alleged trigger man, eric rivera, prosecutors say rivera and four of his friends broke into taylor's house saying the place would be empty. >> tonight the suspects and three armed robberies and two days in montgomery county are at large. as kristin fisher reports, the latest happened early this morning at the cbs on tuckerman lane. >> two masked men, one with a gun entered the cvs around 4:00 wednesday morning. confronted an employee and demanded money. >> both black males in their 20s. one was wearing a fake beard, another had a ski mask with the eye holes cut out. >> police say they ran out a few minutes later without getting any money. an employee followed him out. that's when one of the suspects turned and fired, but missed. that lucky employee. regulars at the cabin shopping center, they can hardly believe it. >> wow. >> very disconcerning. >> it's quite s

the man accused of killing washington redskins star, sean taylor, took the witness stand. eric rivera didn't shoot taylor, denied he had stepped inside taylor's home. prosecutors say riff rivera broke into the home. and thinking the place was empty. >> internal flame at the grave site of john f. kennedy has been restored at arlington national cemetery. the cemetery transferred the flame from a temporary burner nearby to an upgraded burner that is part of the memorial to president kennedy. crews have installed new gas and airlines, a new burner assembly and drainage line below the flames. >> one candidate is pulling ahead. giving terri mcauliffe a 12 point lead over republican ken cuccinelli. the libertarian has 8% of the vote. the campaign trail also heating up in this last week, today, cuccinelli attending a rally with bobby gindal and released a radio ad. >> he tries to become the state's next governor. we told you last week about the photo of doug at a party where teenager were drinking. in a conversation with another parent, about whether or not to call police to shut

. >> after years of delay, the jury is seated in the trial for the man accused of killing sean taylor. 23-year-old eric rivera, jr., faces life in prison if he is convicted of murdering the redskins star. rivera was 17 at the time of crime, so he's not eligible for the death penalty. >>> san francisco prosecutors say they will not charge the firefighter who ran over a survivor of that plane crash last summer. the 16-year-old was covered in fire fighting foam when the truck hit her as it responded to the crash. that accident did kill her. three people died as a result of that crash. >>> the titanic, one of those tragedies that still seems to fascinate people. more than 100 years later, and still to come, find out how you can own a piece of that history. >>> tonight, the florida jailbreak, how two killers got away from the cops twice. plus, steve heartman with the seven-year coffee break. how one man ordered an extra shot of kindness for strangers in need. those stories tonight on the those stories tonight on the cbs ev and i sponsored this ad. candidate for attorney general, if you thi

>> the defense has opened its case in the trial accused in the murder of former redskins player sean taylorhe center of eric rivera's defense, is a videotaped confession he gave police after taylor was killed six years ago. rivera's attorneys say the confession was coerced by detectives. prosecutors claim he voluntarily agreed to questioning. rivera faces life in prison if he's convicted. >>> chris brown has been freed from jail after charges against him were reduced to a misdemeanor. a d.c. judge ordered brown to see his probation officer within 48 hours and to stay away from the man who accused the singer of assault. brown must return to d.c. for a court hearing at the end of november. >>> now, a consumer alert. expanding a recall of potato, tuna, pasta and egg salads, among others. the packaged salads could contain listeria and could cause illnesses. the products are sold under reser's and a variety of brand names. >>> troops are turning to surgery to help them make the cut. soldiers and marines are getting liposuction just to pass the pentagon's body fat test. those who fail must underg

. >>> after years of delays the trial for the man accused of killing redskin safety sean taylor six years ago is set to begin today. jury selection is scheduled to start later this morning. police say eric rivera was 17 at the time and shot taylor in a botched robbery attempt at the football player's married home. >>> doug -- florida home. >>> doug ganzler has picked the wife of the former st. attorney glen ivey for his running mate. >>> a group of parents in montgomery county doesn't believe their children should have school today. that's because today is the islamic holiday. some muslim families and leaders believe it should be a full-fledged school holiday. they say if schools are closed for events like christmas and rosh hanna then islamic holidays should be respected the same way. muslim leaders have started petitions and have won support. school officials say they give excused absences to students who are absent for religious holidays. >>> halloween is right around the corner but some of you aren't digging in your pockets to celebrate. that's coming up in jessica casy your money rep

. >>> today the trial of the man accused of shooting rips safety sean taylor starts today.ra does face life in prison if ocean convicted. >>> police are searching for three men accused of robbing and beating an elderly couple. 87-year-old oliver dave and his girlfriend were attacked in their home early friday mourn. the thieves took a shotgun and a television. police say it seems like the victims were targeted. yesterday a good samaritan donated a new tv to the couple and police helped install it. >>> it took 50 years of debate and the intercounty connector may not have been so vital after all. the roads connecting 270 and 95 north of the beltway is carrying far less traffic than originally predicted. the original $1 billion price tag is now up to $2.4 billion. >>> good morning, if you are waking up this monday, it is time for your money segment, jessica is off this morning. senator chuck assume mer is pushing for all new cars to have veer view cameras of the the cameras could help prevent deadly crashes. >> last month the national highway traffic safety administration said

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. >>> the trial for the man accused of killing redskins safety sean taylor is finally scheduled to begin. 23-year-old eric rivera, jr. is facing life in prison. he was arrested when he was 17 years old. police say he shot taylor in a botched robbery attempt at the football player's florida home. >>> today funeral sfses will be held for a connecticut -- services will be held for a connecticut woman who was shot by capital police earlier this month. miriam carey was killed when she tried to ram her vehicle into a white house barrier and took off from her attempting to hit several other officers in front of the u.s. capitol. she had been diagnosed with postpartum depression and sigh cozy. a wake was held yesterday -- sigh companies. -- sigh companies sis. -- pschysos. >>> organizers of the equality for coalition says this is a civil rights issue. they point out the county closes schools on both christian and jewish major holidays. it 16:37. time for the final your money segment of this tuesday morning. >>> let's talk the holidays with jessica doyle. >> you think of the holidays. what do you

video of eric rivera's apparent confession, after police say he shot washington redskins safety sean taylor. in the nfl star's own miami home. on the right, you see severe ra, then 17, speaking with the detective. >> how many times did you shoot him? >> once. >> do you know where you shot him? >> in his leg. >> how quickly did he go down? >> quick. >> reporter: police say rivera shot 24-year-old taylor in the upper thigh, which severed his femoral artery. police believe it started as a botched burglary, that rivera and four others wanted to steal cash and thought taylor's home was empty. >> what were you planning to do to sean taylor's home? >> get some money. >> burglarizing the house? >> yes. >> reporter: rivera's attorney says this confession was coerced. prosecutors point to this diagram they say rivera drew, showing where he was at the time of the shooting. monday in court, rivera's father taking the stand, saying he wasn't there, when the video was taped. telling jurors, he was searching for his son at local police stations. prosecutors say rivera came to the police station willingly

. >>> jury deliberations resume later today in the sean taylor murder trial. a miami jury is deciding the case against 23-year-old eric rivera. he's accused of fatally shooting the redskins safety back in 2007. taylor was gunned down in his florida home during a burglary and home invasion. >>> it 16:02, time for another your money report. >> headline time. jessica doyle, over to you, my dear. >> good morning to you, andrea. there is some good news and some bad news coming out of of the federal reserve. the fed says it will continue its massive economic stimulus program that's been keeping interest rates at near record lows. the bad news is the reason why. the reason is the u.s. economy is still growing just fast enough and just slow enough that it still needs the help out there. the fed says budget battles on capitol hill are restraining growth. it plans to continue the stimulus until the job market improves, quote, substantially. >>> there is some other good economic news to report. the term deficit is at its lowest level since 2008. the treasury says $680 bi

. >>> a videotaped confession of a man accused of killing washington red skins safety sean taylor is played for the jury. yesterday, a detective testified 23-year-old erik rivera, jr., admitted to breaking into taylor's home, kicking down the bedroom door and shooting him. prosecutors say rivera and four others from the fort myers area thought taylor would be playing a game when they went to his home, but he happened to be home with an injury. >>> a shocking realization from one of the most successful quarter bashgs ever to play in the nfl. bret favre says he suffers from memory loss and believes that maybe the result of concussions. duncan reports for wjz. >> for 20 seasons, bret favre stared down some of the biggest, meanest players in the nfl and won. now, retired, favre says something else has him scared. >> i don't remember my daughter playing soccer one summer. i don't remember that. >> sports radio station he's experiencing memory loss that's more than just misplacing his glasses. >> so that's a little bit scary to me for the first time in 44 years, that kind of put a little f

talking about the second day of the trial of eric rivera, the man charged with shooting and killing sean taylor. today, taylor testified she knew the alleged shooter. sasha said she dated the brother of another suspect in the murder, prosecutors say rivera confessed, his defense attorneys insist they were ambushed by investigators who forced them to confess. >>> anthony is charged with killing outside his home, september of last year. investigators say reid may have had some sort of relationship with his estranged wife. >> a silver spring family is recovering from its own close call. >> a bunch of motorcycle stunt guys that left them with visions of that gang attack. bruce leshan talked with them. >> they are just coming through everything. >> joe captured a few quick picks of the close encounter that left his family with nightmares. >> i remember those pictures in new york, and so i'm pretty shook. i don't want to be dragged from my car. i don't want anybody hitting my car. i don't want to have anybody falling off their motorcycle and hitting them by accident. >> they were drive back on route

the defense in the sean taylor murder trial is starting to call its witnesses.after a medical examiner testified that the redskins safety died from a massive blood loss after being shot in the upper thigh. the accused triggerman, 23-year- old eric rivera, jr. faces life in prison if convicted. >>> penn state university has agreed to pay about $60 million to settle the claims of 26 men who alleged they were sexually abused by former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. sandusky is in prison after being convicted last year of abusing ten boys. the university says liability insurance will cover the settlement costs. >>> some of the new restrictions texas lawmakers put on abortions in their state will not take effect today as scheduled. a federal judge struck down a requirement that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics. this legal battle is expected to end up in the u.s. supreme court sphwhrz 5:53. join us on our facebook page to take a guess at our question of the morning. according to cosmo, whi

deliberations will continue in the sean taylor murder trial.is deciding the case against eric rivera, the man accused of fatally shooting the redskins safety in 2007. taylor was gunned down in his florida home during a botched robbery. >>> more revelations about the national security agency. imagine that. "the washington post" is now reporting the nsa stole millions of communications records from both yahoo and google. and an italian magazine says the agency reported vatican phone calls and may have eavesdropped on a recent papal conclave. >>> you could soon run into elmo and big bird at the grocery store. the makers of "sesame street" will allow the produce industry to use its characters to encourage kids to eat healthier. first lady michele obama recently urged food companies and television broadcasters to do more to promote healthier foods to children. >>> when you turn your clocks back this weekend, you might have to turn up the heat. >> oh, really? how wrpdz has details on our -- howard has details on our looming cooldown next in the >>> 5

closing arguments in the sean taylor murder trial could start later today in a miami courtroom. the redskin safety in 2007 testified in his own defense tuesday. eric rivera denied shooting taylor or even stepping inside taylor's home but prosecutors say rivera and four friends broke into taylor's home and shot him. >>> chris brown has checked into a rehab center in california. a spokesperson says the singer wants to gain insight into his behavior. brown was arrested in d.c. over the weekend. he's accused of pumping a man outside the w hotel. he's now facing a misdemeanor assault charge for that. >>> a pennsylvania school district says it will take its fight against the boobies bracelets to the scowrpt -- to the supreme court. the bracelets are designed to promote breast cancer awareness among young people. >>> join us for our facebook question of the morning on our facebook fan page. according to the survey, 77% of people admitted to doing what at work? is it a, snooping through a coworker's desk, b getting drunk at an office party or c, stealing office supplies? >> jennifer say

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