most dirty funding issues in politics at least for this election cycle and if i were advising terry mcauliffe, i'd say give the money back now because you're going to have to give it back anyway. >> reporter: mcauliffe is a close friend of the clintons. he was hillary clinton's campaign chair in 2008 and thompson admitted in court to running a $608,000 shadow campaign to help hillary clinton win the democratic nomination. >> reporter: governor, did you know anything about the shadow campaign for hillary clinton when you were chairman? >> but mcauliffe did not want to talk about that either. >> reporter: governor, did you know anything about the shadow campaign? >> prosecutors say there is no evidence that hillary clinton knew anything about thompson's shadow campaign, but that may not end it for mcauliffe. >> he better watch himself because if this issue gets bigger, people will look to terry mcauliffe who is the clinton's fund raising guy and if he didn't know, why didn't he know? >> again the u.s. attorney says there's no evidence hillary clinton who he does not name knew about thompson's s

virginia's new governor terry mcauliffe is catching heat this morning. >> kevin lewis explains what this is all about. >> governor mcauliffe says he did not approve the promise to donors for personal access in exchange for donations. mcauliffe says young staffer sent that letter recently on his behalf without the governor's knowledge. the fund-raising letter said a $100,000 to the new virginia pack would receive a private dinner with mcauliffe and his wife, plus meetings with policy experts. weres with lesser amounts promised other opportunities to meet with mcauliffe. mcauliffe who was a major fundraiser for former president bill clinton said he did not donations toet times of access and will not be abiding by the pac's letter. >> thank you. some people who want vincent gray reelected say he has gotten a raw deal. they are gathering a news conference and they planted some reporters he's been found guilty without due process. earlier this month, jeffrey thompson played guilty to financing illegal shadow campaign for gray. he admitted funneling more than $650,000 to help in the 2010 elect

not only did terry mcauliffe win, but how did he win?s who came out in no,sir in 2012 to turn the state, virginia, to have their president twin state and win the presidency, they came out in the gubernatorial race in virginia in the same intensity that they did in the 2012 presidential race and so virginia, i think, is -- should be sort of the template that democrats need to use to bring out the base. president obama's not on the ballot but president obama is on the ballot. and that's what needs to happen to thwart what's going to -- what republicans think will happen and that is they'll deep house but also they think they'll take the senate. >> they think they'll take senate. and one of the things, goldie, that was not on the table in 2010 because you had that big oil spill that people remember, the b.p. spill that took president obama off the playing field and he was sort of accused by a lot of democrats of not playing hard in 2010 because of that circumstance and others. but let's take a listen to the t the yesterday because now he se

. >> just minutes after the gavel fell to end the session, terry mcauliffe picked up the pin to sign to call lawmakers back to session this month. the most important piece of business, the budget, is not passed. it expands coverage for low income individuals. >> people are dying because of lack of health coverage. let's not let one more virginian die when we can do the right thing and provide the coverage. >> the governor and senate say medicaid must be extended now. house republicans stand against it. their solution, strip medicaid expansion out of the budget and debate later. >> what it is is a major major piece of legislation they want us to take and just accept. that makes absolutely no sense. >> governor mcauliffe says lawmakers need time to get home, relax and reflect. one democratic leader skeptical minds will change by the time they return. >> this is driven by one thing only. it isn't medicaid. it's the hatred of the man in the white house. they'll sit and tell you now, but let me tell you, i didn't just get here from mars. >> governor mcauliffe expects lawmakers to stay in

virginia governor terry mcauliffe will call the general assembly into special session later on this month. lawmakers adjourned today without approving a budget or medicaidocked on expansion. lawmakers will have two weeks to hear from constituents before returning on march 24. rand paul has just won the at thential straw poll conservative political action committee's annual conference. the three-day event wrapped up this afternoon at national harbor. today's features included newt gingrich and sarah palin. cpac is considered a must attend event for potential republican candidates. new development from the crisis in ukraine today. russian troops reinforce their positions on the disputed crimean peninsula. russia threatened to stop international inspections of its nuclear arsenal in response to sanctions. today, president obama called the leaders of six countries, including great britain, france, and italy. the white house said the calls focused on the response of nato and the european union to russian aggression. abc 7 up right here on news at 6:00, the mother accused of trying to kill her

. >> we're checking road conditions in northern virginia, also governor terry mcauliffe has declared a state of emergency in the commonwealth. >> storm team4 has an update on how much longer the storm will stick around. stay with us. >>> let's take a look at more of the road conditions out there right now. the maryland state highway administration is urging you not to drive during this storm. if you must drive, they say please clear off your entire vehicle. maryland has 2,600 trucks on the road statewide to plow the snow. >>> it's also all-hands-on-deck with northern virginia. crews will plow and treat interstates firts followed by major roads and neighborhoods. if you live in loudon or prince george's, you can see the status of plowing in your neighborhood. >>> let's check out conditions now in woodbridge, virginia. >> david is live with how much snow has fallen there. hey, david. >> reporter: hey, barbara and jim. yeah, you know, actually, normally a 35-minute drive for me from arlington to this part of woodbridge. today, just a little over an hour. here's why. take a look as we ta

. >>> a new gun bill is on its way to virginia governor terry mcauliffe. brendan's law cracks down on people who fire weapons in the air during celebrations like new year's eve or fourth of july. virginia state senate passed brendan's law last night. the house already approved it. the bill is named after 7-year-old brendan mackie. he died on the way to a fourth of july fireworks show last year. >>> and new today, a bombshell witness, the ex-girlfriend of oscar pistorius takes the stand, answering questions about the former olympian's temper, use of guns and cheating allegations. >>> the politician who brought the audience to their feet today at the conservative political action conference. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist at the news4 live desk. people trying to break up ukraine appear to be digging in even more. let me show you new video. this is a delegation from ukraine's crimea region arriving in moscow today. they ernted the lower house of the parliament there, as you can hear, to applause. this is all after crimea's parliament voted to secede from ukraine and

governor terry mcauliffe is called a state of emergency in virginia. the virginia national guard is also on standby, ready to go if called. this storm is being taken very seriously across the commonwealth. >> thank you. so far, airlines have canceled more than 2500 flights today. most of the problems are on the east coast. runways are closed at reagan national but some flights are coming and going at dulles. airport.w going at bwi flight delays and cancellations are reported in philadelphia, new york, and boston. >> that's how things are in the commonwealth so let's see how things are in maryland. brad bell is live in laplata. >> it's a lot like what jeff was talking about in virginia. the snow is continuing to fall. the prediction was from our snow down here. we have probably gotten four inches or so. for the first time, we are seeing a peak of pavement on port tobacco road and crain highway. these are pictures from earlier today. i'm not surprised about the tractor-trailer because there are so many cars that just slid off the road. they did not know

they had a better time of it last year in virginia when terry mcauliffe won in 2013. >> right. >> it's still an open question this year. but i'll tell you what the biggest fear among democrats, chris, is. it's not just the president's health care law. it's the president himself. that number, 41%, which is what our poll and what the journal and nbc had the president at, 41% is what is really causing democrats to be scared. >> you're taking the temperature. i'm trying to come up with the prescription for the party that is going to get whacked if it doesn't change. if it simply says gene, how do you feel? i don't feel so good. how do you feel? let's talk about how we've all had the blues and we don't like the president or shift to protecting old people, because the republicans keep saying entitlements, entitlements. what are they really talking about? look at this. the republicans are serious about really cutting into entitlement spending, which they always say they are, it's all we ever hear from them, they can hardly skip over social security and medicare. look at this. according to the

election that was a test case, we used our ground game with our technological advantage to make sure terry mcauliffe was elected governor. that will be a decision that alex has to make. that is a question for her. >> [indiscernible] the immigration issue is not the biggest one for hispanic voters. why are the democrats pushing comprehensive immigration reform? my main question is, is the party going to stop deportation as many hispanic voters want you to do? [indiscernible] boy, this is firing up our base. is the democratic party going to keep insisting -- >> let me disagree with your premise. i said it was not the only important issue. you can't say it is not important issue. it is an important issue. it is important issue to many hispanic families. let me tell you, having represented the hispanic community for a long time, emily -- family is a core value. the reason that we support immigration reform is because it is the right thing to do rate it is morally right. we have 11 million undocumented immigrants that are here because they want to make a better life for themselves and their families. we

. >>> terry mcauliffe is calling lawmakers back to richmond after they failed to pass the budget. the general assembly regular session wrapped up yesterday. lawmakers could not agree on expanding health coverage for virginians under the health care law. the governor and state senate say medicare must be extended now. house republicans stand firmly against it. >> this is driven by one thing only. it isn't medicaid. it's the hatred of the man in the white house. they'll sit and tell you now, but let me tell you. i didn't just get here from mars. >> lawmakers return march 24th. some legislators are bracing for a long, drawn out show down. that could threaten state services in not involved by july 1st. >>> pope francis will celebrate his first year leading the 1.2 million catholics in the world. the pontiff will celebrate this historic moment thursday. he has turned from certain traditions already. this week he said the catholic church could tolerate civil union to guarantee property rights and health care for same sex couples. however, he maintains marriage is between man and woman.

just like it did not work in the virginia governor' race, where terry mcauliffe said he was support fe care act, he wanted to improve it where it was broken, move forward on it. so i think republicans are making a big miscalculation. let them talk all about the affordable care act and how they want to get rid of it. we're going to talk about how it helps people, but also, where voters are focused, which is, of course, jobs, economy, minimum wage, and it's part of a package of economic security and moving the country forward. so republicans have only a negative message, people know that, they want a positive message that's going to move the country forward. >> so, congressman, is that the caucus conversation among the democrats? go home and run on obamacare. don't run away from something that has been positively done for the american people. >> well, i think it's that, ed. i mean, don't run away from the affordable care act. talk about the benefits of the affordable care act, which the american people are increasingly seeing. so be strong about obamacare, but also, again, focus on thos

and that's one of the reasons terry mcauliffe is governor today. people just want us to work together and pass a minimum wamg increase. 74% of the american people believe minimum wage should increase, that you shouldn't have to live in poverty while also holding down a full-time job. we need to stepped unemployment benefits for the people who are still struggling to look for work. we need to pass comprehensive immigration reform. the republicans continue to talk about how they really want to reach out to hispanics and they support making sure that we can have a path to legal status, yet they have now said repeatedly that we won't deal with that issue this year. so they're talking out both sides of their face. >> indeed they are. and if we're talking about election year hijinx, i want to get your thoughts on congressman darrell issa's behavior today with congressman cummings. i found it, i'll say personally, i thought it was really beyond just shocking and actually distressing to see a congressperson who is in the halls of capitol hill precisely to

democrats believe terry mcauliffe won because he was able to pick -- split women off particularly ones of contraception and abortion in the state of virginia. if you look at some of the democrats that survived in 2010, michael bennett who's now running the democratic senate campaign committee he will tell you he won on the culture wars. yes, we're having a conversation. so the democrats won. if the culture wars are back, democrats want them to be. this is how they're going to fight. they have the economic message but on the ground, what they're spending their money on, how they're targeting voters they want to create this divide because they know when the republican party essentially is split on a lot of these social issues. you have the evangelical wing of the party that is just not moving the way the rest of the country is. i think this is going to be a long-term problem for the republicans till they settle on. you can picture how this could be an issue in the presidential. as for midterms, i don't know if it's a huge problem for the republicans because of the nature of the elector

in virginia, women and african-americans turned out at the same level as they did in 2012 for terry mcauliffe's because there was a conversation about ken cuccinelli's extremism on women's preproductive health, on gays, on voting rights. that can motivate our folks if we take the ball and run with it. >> perry, gallup came out with important analysis on demographics that have been trendsing towards what party, no shocker here, young people are moving towards the democrats. you have older voters moving towards the republican party. so in the midterms, though, the issue is if you look at who actually shows up, it's seniors who tend to show up. again, sort of underscoring the point. it's great that young vote -- we're getting more young voters. i think that's going to make a big difference when we talk about 2016. when you're talking about a midterm loelectorate, it's a different ball game. >> that's true. there has been some study. i know the dscc has been talking about this a lot. they have a big project undertaking where they want to look at georgia, louisiana, north carolina specifically. th

terry mcauliffe, democrat weighed in on the controversy.le commentary on of these apologize but there is no place in the debate that we are having today to be using that kind of language. the debate on whether to expand medicaid and the state has divided virginia lawmakers free so much so that the state general assembly recently adjourned without adopting a new two- year budget. president obama today is pushing for women's rights and they need better education opportunities. he will speak to that at orlando's valencia college career right now, ford has one of the country's most competitive key gubernatorial races so the president is focusing his efforts there even though the two leading candidates are men. the president hopes women will turn out and support other candidates in november. still ahead on the kron4 morning news and new jersey man pleads guilty to stealing nearly a half- million dollars in quarters. how he managed to sneak away a hefty load coming up. and for some mysterious march now and mysterious building which tech firm is l

election that was a test case, we used our ground game with our technological advantage to make sure terry mcauliffe was elected governor. that will be a decision that alex has to make. her.is a question for >> [indiscernible] the immigration issue is not the biggest one for hispanic voters. democrats pushing comprehensive immigration reform. my main question is, is the party going to push deportation -- stop deportation -- as many hispanic voters want you to do? [indiscernible] boy, this is firing up our base. is the democratic party going to keep insisting -- >> let me disagree with your premise. i said it was not the only important issue. you can't say it is not important issue. it is an important issue. it is important issue to many hispanic families. let me tell you, having represented the hispanic community for a long time, emily value.ly is a core the reason that we support immigration reform is because it is the right thing to do rate it is morally right. million undocumented immigrants that are here because they want to make a better life for themselves and their families rate we would be s

from the republican standpoint, direct data, to your point, back ,n the terry mcauliffe days direct datas not the biggest problem. if you wanted to know from me everyone who votes at least once every two years, female with one over $40,000 per year and lives in this is it code and has ever taken on a hunting license or anyone in that household in wisconsin, in 10 seconds i can get you that list. that's not the issue. what i want to know is if john let's say he's in alexandria and we figure out that for whatever reason, he is only at about a six out of 10 intensity supporter for mitt romney. ?ho are his immediate neighbors maybe he is on the boys and girls club of alexandria and i found three people around his life that are nines or tens for mitt romney and i'm going to get those to talk to john because he's going to listen to them more than is going to listen to some guy named reince priebus or any guy calling him from the volunteer center. one might facebook, one might e-mail, one might walk -- knock on his door. i'm trying to put together a platform to get to the influencers of my prim

most dirty funding issues in politics at least for this election cycle and if i were advising terry mcauliffe, i'd say give the money back now because you're going to have to give it back anyway. >> reporter: mcauliffe is a close friend of the clintons. he was hillary clinton's campaign chair in 2008 and thompson admitted in court to running a $608,000 shadow campaign to help hillary clinton win the democratic nomination. governor, did you know anything about the shadow campaign for hillary clinton when you were chairman? but mcauliffe did not want to talk about that either. governor, did you know anything about the shadow campaign? prosecutors say there is no evidence that hillary clinton knew anything about thompson's shadow campaign, but that may not end it for mcauliffe. >> he better watch himself because if this issue gets bigger, people will look to terry mcauliffe who is the clintons' fundraising guy and if he didn't know, why didn't he know? >> reporter: u.s. attorney ron machen has spent a whole lot of time investigating d.c.'s african american mayor. professor mayer says he may be u

virginia governor terry mcauliffe wants to call a special session on march 24 to pass the state's budget. mccall sieve telling republican leaders he wants them to return home to hear what their constituents say. most oppose medicaid expansion. look for julie carey's report from richmond tonight on news4 at 6:00 and 11:00. >>> subliminal message aimed at the u.s. as russia hosts the paraolympic games in sochi. >>> not so fast. why plans to build new condos in georgetown could be on hold. >>> team 26. the pitch this group will make to lawmakers after bicycling more than 400 miles here to washington. how their request could change the national conversation on gun rights. >>> this morning, we are staying on top of every angle. all the new developments coming in from that missing malaysia airlines flight. you can download the nbc washington app. it will push breaking news to your smartphone or tablet. this is doug gansler. i'm running for governor - but this campaign is about you more than me. it's about brianna, who will breathe cleaner air because as attorney general i forced polluters to p

governor terry mcauliffe, brendan's law, cracks down on people who fire weapons in the air during a celebration like new year's eve or the fourth of july. virginia state senate passed the law last night. the house already approved it. the bill is named after 7-year-old brendan mackey. he died on the way to a fourth of july fireworks show last year. >>> we now know the name of the man killed in this crash in brentwood. he was 54-year-old james green from northwest washington. prince georges county police say green lost control of his car on 38th street and splamd into a pole at rhode island avenue. detectives say that green was speeding at the time. >>> it still may not be safe to drink the water in parts of d.c. if you live or work in the yellow part of this map, you are under a boil water advisory. later today, d.c. water will receive the test results of the most recent samples which will determine whether the water is safe again. the water may have been contaminated during a power outage at the reno pumping station. d.c. water says the boil alert is just a precautionary move. >>> investigator

. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe still isn't talking about money his campaign received from jeffreythompson but the democrat said he's ready to start raising money for other politics on his own. he plans to start a political action committee called common good virginia to raise money for politicians who share his beliefs. >>> lawyers for virginia's former governor and his wife are due back in a richmond courtroom today. they'll be there for a motions hearing in the case against bob and maureen mcdonnell. the mcdonnells are accused of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from the head of a dietary supplements company in exchange for promoting his products. >>> don't be startled today if you see a lot of emergency equipment around six flags and the soccer plex in germantown. police will be working with local emergency responders on a series of mass casualty drill. it's a fall-scale exercise that will test maryland's emergency response system after a large- scale disaster. crews from prince judge's, montgomery, charles, frederick and howard counties are all expected to parti

. >> virginia governor terry mcauliffe declared a state of , putting this morning state agencies on high alert, including the virginia national guard. meanwhile, vdot grooves -- crews will say on these roads throughout northern virginia and the commonwealth of virginia. a spokesperson from vdot just 15 minutes ago said to me, we still have a lot of work to do and we are not going anywhere. >> thank you. slick were roads -- slick roads were the problem throughout the day. the traffic tracker caught an accident on camera as it drove down i-66. seems like this were common all through the area. live in college park with a check of the roads tonight. >> we are high above the inner loop in maryland, and you can see pavement back there. but don't let it fool you. virginia and points south got it a lot worse. have perhaps what could be called a secret weapon. >> this is the other kind of march madness. >> i think we are all really tired of winter. >> just ask kevin curtis, whose dad compact ended up stranded on route 66 in arlington. >> once i made it through the city and got on route 66, i slid