suzanne kennedy with reactions from local catholics. >> the pope telling reporters covering his trip to korea that he plans to visit philadelphia in september of 2015 with possible stops in washington d.c. and new york. >> father has met both prior popes. he says a visit by pope francis would likely touch people of many faiths. >> he's fantastic, especially because pope francis has such a carcinomharisma and command and outreach to the poor and needy. you can see his love in his face and eyes. >> the last time a pope was in washington d.c. was april of 2008, pope benedict visited catholic university and held map at nationals park. >> it was palpable. there's something special about it. you can argue different sides of your faith, but the holy spirit just felt like he was there. >> for the pope to come, it would wake up a lot of catholics here and show a lot of people in d.c. that there are more people of faith than they might think. >> sort of a breath of fresh air in a lot of ways. we hope we could have a great visit. >> suzanne kennedy, abc seven news. >> summer is over for thousan

suzanne kennedy is live in . --mond with the courtroom with the very latest from the courtroom. >> this is the 19th day of testimony in the public corruption trial of bob and maureen mcdonnell. the former governor testified for three hours yesterday afternoon. he has been on the witness stand for a little more than two hours this morning. what we are essentially getting is the timeline of the former governor and his wife's marriage. mr. mcdonnell arrived around 9:20 this morning, his wife after him. the 2 arrived separately with their separate legal teams. the former governor commented briefly heading into court about how he feels. service, i of public never thought i would testify in a trial like this. >> now to this morning's testimony. he says they were married for 38 years, and much of that time he was in public service. he says that early on the couple started to lead separate lives. she was taking care of the children and a business. he says he put his heart and soul into the attorney general's office, and

reporting live in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. >> thank you, suzanne. we'll have a reporter at tonight's vigil there at howard university and we'll bring you any developments we learn of tonight from ferguson, missouri. we'll have all that for you coming up on abc7 news at 11:00. >> we have new information this afternoon about the death of comedian robin williams. his wife released a statement about three hours ago revealing that williams had recently been diagnosed with the early stages of parkinson's disease. susan schneider also says here husband was sober as he tried to fight parkinsons as well as depression and anxiety. williams killed himself earlier this week. williams' wife says she hopes his death helps others find strength in whatever battles they face. >> today the redskins filed an appeal of the u.s. patent and trademark decision to cancel the redskins trademark. thupeal is coming in the form of a complaint that claims native americans didn't consider the redskins name to be disparaging during the relevant timeframe of 1967-1990. while this

reporting live in northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. >> thank you, suzanne.rginia senator mark warner is demanding answers after an abc7 watchdog report dealing with hundreds of military cars not being delivered to militaries. the senator calls the inconvenience and the expense to military members who were separated from their cars for weeks and months unacceptable. he wants to know why international auto >> let's get you started here in rosslyn looking across the city. a bit of cloudiness across the area, and the rain coming up well to the south and southeast of the metro area. 82 at reagan national airport. dew point is 63. that's not high, but it will get a bit higher, especially with east/southeasterly winds bringing in moisture from the atlantic ocean. so it will be muggy, cloudy and unsettled. no rain in the bucket in luplato. where it's 72. 82 in silver spring. the farther south you go, more heavy cloudiness and eventually some rain. 82 at reagan national in fredericksburg. 79 in manassas. and 79 in annapolis. temperatures slowly dropping to the lower

suzanne kennedy, live in richmond with what else we can expect today. ofthe final five minutes testimony here in richmond was by far the most interesting of the day. 17 questions were asked by governor mcdonnell's defense the firstf mcdonnell, being if you blamed his wife. he also asked him if he blamed jonnie williams. the governor also was asked whether he thought he had committed any crimes. >> i am the governor. i am responsible. >> after the third day on the stand, bob mcdonnell made an emotional disclosure. >> i worked as hard as i could. sometimes, my wife and children got the short end of the stick. up testimony today, mcdonnell was attorney asked pointed questions. one of the most too little -- do you blame jonnie williams? mcdonnell replied -- testimony today focused again on the $70,000 in loans jonnie williams gave to mcdonnell and his wife. mcdonald testifying he thought there was nothing inappropriate about the loans. the governor saying, he had not asked me for anything. mcdonnell also was questioned at length about the state department p

reporting live in rockville, suzanne kennedy. >> thank you. some insight into the mcdonald's financial problem. mcdonnell'ss -- financial problem. we are live in richmond with testimony from two key witnesses. >> no question about it, this afternoon we heard governor mcdonnell's sister's ex-husband testified. this witness for the prosecution testifies that he spoke with jonnie williams at the direction and thenn mcdonnell referred to williams as, "the guy who is helping us." of the week brought an eagerness from the former governor for the defense to have its say in court. >> we are about halfway done. >> taking the stand, martin kent. the infamousabout for ari road trip in july 2011. candace says it hurt morale a mom -- among governors of the protection unit. i asked him not to do it again, can't testified. but did not talk. another prosecution witness testified about governor mcdonnell's funding for a data block. anatabloc. >> martin kent served as yet another prosecution witness, moving close confidence to the mcdonnells.-- to the c and lac

suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> this week has been emotional for former governor mcdonnell. at wjla.com you can read for yourself the love letter he sent to his wife, begging her to help heal their damage marriage. >> the first few hours of the weekend could come with a dose of rain for parts of our area. >> we are getting used to that lately. with that last into tomorrow is our question. that is get a first look with steve rudin. the clouds, the showers, even a few rumbles of thunder will stick around. and of the weekend, it is looking a lot better. look at the chesapeake beach, maryland. winds are out of the north-northeast at 12 mph, but it feels like a t. we have seen a few scattered showers. not amounting to a lot, at least not so far. doppler radar shows central montgomery county, rockville toward gaithersburg and germantown, wet shower activity. this is slowly drifting toward the east at around 10-15 mph. we are not expecting any of this to become severe. this is what we have temperature wise. the cloud cover has kept temperatures down quite a bit. 78 degrees at dulle