police found laura wallen's body in a shallow grave last yeey. quickly arrested her boyfriend in the case. he said he had nuthing to do with her murder. megan fitzgerald has the unusual request that prosecutors made in court today. >> reporter: it's been nearly a year since the beloved high schoolteacher who was pregnant with her first child went missing and not long after labor day in 2017, the body of laura wallen was found in this field in damascus. montgomery county police would soon learn that she was murdered. we watched as her boyfriend tyler tessier sat next toll 's parents pleading for her return. hours later he was charged with her murder. now in less than two weeks this case will g torial but before it does, theat ste's attorney from montgomery county john mccarthy and tessier's defense attorney were back in court arguing if certain evidence will be shown during the trial. >> we have agreed that we would notntroduce sonogram pictures of her child during the course of the trial. >> reporter: the second issue discussed in court was wheth

wallen was found issues of premeditation. >> reporter: wallen took a ndcture of the location sent it to her sister. it was a photo that eventuall helped police find her body because the next day prosecutors say tessier returned to that same area to kill wallen. the judgehe called t idea a ver allow jurors to travel to the last location laura wallen was seen alive. it is a decision he will make whenshe trial g under way in september. megan fitzgerald, news >> the prosecution also asked the judge for a second site visit, wanting to take jurors to the shed where they say tessier obtained the murder the judge denied that request. >>> the reaction has beenpo ing in today on social media from political leaders from bott sides o aisle offering prayers for senator john mccain. this after a statement from his family today that mccain has decided to stop treatnt for brai cancer. the 81-year-old senator has been battling an aggressive kind of brain cancer and his condition worsened last fall and mccain has beent home in arizona since december. this afternoon, weot this reaction from illinois du

wallen took a picture of the location and sent it to her sister. it was a photo that eventually helped police find her body because the next d prosecutors say he returned to the same area to kill wallen. the judge called the idea a logistical migh logistical nightmare and said it is very unlikely he will allow jurors to travel to the last location where laura waen was last seen alive. now, the judge said he will sdecide if ae visit is necessary for jurors. when the trial gets under way, it is expected to start on september 4th. back to you. >> those poor parene to relive it all over again. megan, thanks so much. >>> we are less than twoeeks away from the start of the d.c. mansionurder trial. went is accused of killing three members of a family and a housekeeper in 2015. a pretrial where prosecutors and the defense argued over what evidence will be allowed. prosecutors are zeroing in on he suspect's facebook activity. during the19-long saga when thew familyas tied up, tortured and later kill a lull in his posting and messaging which they think is si

wallen was expecting their first child together.as reported missing after not showing up for the first day of school at wild lake high school. her body was found in a shallow grave in damascus. he denies he has anything to do with her murder. >>> right now, a manhunt under way in texas. houston police say this man, joseph pappas, is who they believe killed a prominent doctor two weeks ago. that doctor used to treat george h.w. bush. >>t'he susp mother was a patient of the doctor and tied during surgery over 20 years ago. i don't ow how long ago h decided to do this, but there was a lot of planning that went into erthis. was a lot of planning and, sadly, some skill. >> investigators describe pappas has armed, dangerous and suicidal. >>> a woman in iauthern cali is suing her hospital after she had a c-section without anesthesia. the woman had her baby girl via emergency c-section. her blood pressure had dropped. and the doctor couldn't find tha 's heartbeat. the lawsuit alleges that nurses paged an anesthesiologist multiple times but

a sigh of relief for many, like doug wallen. he had important and timely mail to send. >> what's the beginning of the month and if you don't get it to the credit card companies they still fine you. so anyway -- >> reporter: the gas mart cut its hours, and then returned to business as usual. most of the customers we met defied the evacuation order and stayed home. >> we worked our butts off for everything we have, and we just don't want to lose it. >> reporter: many stayed because they were afraid of looters. yesterday police and sheriff's deputies arrested eight people who were trespassing in the evacuated town of lakeport. >> we've gotten a couple people with outstanding warrants. there is at least one person that had a significant amount of methamphetamine on his person. >> reporter: shelly barnes also stayed, but not to protect her property. she was afraid the power would go off. >> we're on a well. so animals would start dying without water. and we weren't going to let that happen. >> reporter: her ables, three horses and th

i wallen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a h. my health and my babies' health were in danger and in had emergency c-section and spent weeks in the nicu. my husband was a soldier and such a strong support system. i'm proud to have been a witness to his strength and evolution as a man, best friend and a father. would write meone one of those things about me, right? of course, he's talking about jay-znd there also talks about her body after her pregnancy ana she's in no rush to get a six pack, that she and her mommy poochre meant to be right now. >> there you go. >> now to demi checked into a rehab facility and broke her silence about her july 24th overdose. she wrote i've aays been transparent about my journal we addiction. what i've learned is that this illness i not something that disappears or fades with time. it is somethi i must continu to overcome and have not done yet. she closed her note by saying i will keep fighting, and demie will keep rooting for you. am i right? >> yeah, absolutely. >> i hope she can draw some strength

a sigh of relief for many, like doug wallen. he had important and timely mail to send. >> it's the beginning of the month, if you don't get it to the credit card companies, they still fine you. so anyway. >> reporter: the gas mart that cut its hours returned to business as usual. most of the customers we met defied the evacuation order and stayed home. >> we worked our butts off for everything we have and we don't want to lose it. >> i was going to take care of the house. >> many stayed because they were afraid of looters. yesterday police and sheriff's deputies arrested eight people who were trespassing in the evacuated town of lakeport. >> we've gotten a couple people that have outstanding warrants. there was at least one person that had a significant amount of mia methamphetamine on his person. >> reporter: shelly barnes also stayed, but not to protect her property. she was afraid the power would go off. >> we're on a well. animals would start dying without water. we weren't going to let that happen. >> her animals, three hor

for more on this let's bring in a man who was born to work in this industry, smoke wallen with verticalmajor pot player in california good to have you on. your reaction first and foremost when you see the kind of pictures that aditi is showing us. >> tragic. those fires are awful for everyone involved and our thoughts go out to the people that are in that area. it doesn't affect us very much andy woo have a massive indoor operation and our operations are in santa barbara you do the best you can to mitigate this kind of situation, but i came from the wine and spirits industry and there's been wine growing in california for a long time and they seem to work their way through it. >> you want to remind people who don't know what your business does as it relates to marijuana? >> vertical is a seed to sale and seed to shell company and we cultivate, manufacture edibles, vapes and all of the different product category, beverages have full distribution in sales we're one of the largest scale operators in the country and we are mainly california and we have operations in several other states, as