five minutes later, wright's saturn is seen leaving as l. wright's vehicle with the baby dead inside was found in this parking lot two days later, a quarter of a mile away. wright was found dead in the woods, 100 feet from the picnic table, shot once in the head. richmond phillips initially denied having any contact with wright until confronted with cell phone records that showed otherwise.

five minutes later wynetta wright's saturn vue is seen leaving as well.s vehicle with her baby dead inside was found in this parking lot two days later 1/4- mile away. wright was found dead in the woods about 100 feet from the picnic table shot once in the head. richmond phillips initially denied having any contact with wright until confronted with cell phone records that showed otherwise. >> this has been absolutely devastating for our community. it is as you might understand extreme live devastating as well to the family of the victim. they are just absolutely beside themselves, as are all of us. >> reporter: outside the courthouse wynetta wright's grandfather declined to repeat what he said to richmond phillips in the courtroom. >> i have to hold back talk right now. they told me not to say too much. >> reporter: according to the affidavit jaylin wright apparently died from the extreme heat while strapped inside her car seat. when confronted with the evidence richmond phillips admitted having a relationship with wynetta wright and admitted being in the

five mops later, wright's saturn vue is seen leaving as well.right's vehicle with her baby dead inside was found in this parking lot two days later a quart are mile away. wright was found shot once in the head. >> this has been absolutely devastating for our community. it is, as you might understand, extremely devastating as well to the family of the victim. they are absolutely beside themself as are all of us. >> reporter: outside the courthouse, wright's grandfather declined to repeat what he said to richmond phillips in the courtroom. >> they told me not to say too much. >> reporter: according to the affidavit, jalen wright apparently died from the extreme heat while strapped inside her car seat. richmond phillips admitted having a relationship with wright and admitted being in the park with her the night of the murder. >> i think we share this family's pain. we share hair pain and we look forward to prosecuting the case. >> reporter: after leaving the park, richmond phillips went to the courthouse in upper marlboro where he was scheduled to

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five minutes later, wright's saturn is seen leaving as l. wright's vehicle with the baby dead inside was found in this parking lot two days later, a quarter of a mile away. wright was found dead in the woods, 100 feet from the picnic table, shot once in the head. richmond phillips initially denied having any contact with wright until confronted with cell phone records that showed otherwise. and this has been devastating for our community. it's been devastating to the family of the victim and they're surprised as are all of us. >> reporter: outside of the courthouse, wright's grandfather declined to repeat what he said ho torichmond phillips in the courtroom. >> i have to hold off now. >> reporter: according to the affidavit, jalen wright died from the extreme heat while strapped inside her car seat and when confronted with the evidence, he admitted having a rap with wynetta wright and admitted being in the park with her the morning of the murder. >> i think everyone in the community shares the family's pain and we look forward to prosecuting

julie wright has your latest. >> good morning to you. we are looking pretty good out on the roads with very little to talk about. no incidents along southbound 270 coming in out of germantown. easy drive as you work your way south of 11 # and continue out towards mva -- south of 118 and continuing out towards mva. lanes are open if you work your way inbound new york avenue leaving bladensburg road headed for the third street tunnel. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> fox 5 continues to monitor metro this morning and the transit agency has a new plan, to keep those faulty escalators up and running. manpower. metro unveiled a resource plan which says the agency needs another 55 positions to do the maintenance. metro acknowledged its problems will not be fixed overnight. >> metro system as 588 escalators on it. there is no transit system in america that is more dependent on escalators. and so on any given day, we are constantly making repairs, trying to keep as many of them in service as possible. >>> and this is all part of

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richmond phillips was charged today with killing 20-year-old wynetta wright and wright's 11 month old daughter, jaylin. the day before the hearing, phillips allegedly shot wright in the head in a prince georges county car and left jaylin alone in a car nearby. >> we look forward to prosecuting the case and to seeking justice for this family. >> the state's attorney today said she has not yet decided whether or not to seek the death penalty against phillips. a judge meanwhile, today ordered phillips held without bond pending his trial. lesli. >> all right matt, thanks for that reporting. now to a bizarre story out of sterling, arizona, lure a 16- year-old boy into his car. jose, this is a suspect here was dressed up as a woman during the crime. now a deputy responded after someone said that a woman was trying to get a teen into the car during this alleged traffic stop, the officer discovered that the driver was in fact a man in women's clothing. he faces charges related to these ackizations and being held on bond. >>> former imf leader is back in his luxury townhouse in new york city t

now, let's find out what is happening with traffic with julie wright. earlier, you mentioned a bathing suit and you said you thought you would get something from me but there is really nothing i could say because if i say well, good, i'm glad you're not going to wear it, then i'm being mean and if i say no please wear it well then it sounds a little strange. >> i was just refleing a gag reflex really. that was about it. -- i was just expecting a gag remake really. that was about it. lanes are open inbound new york avenue leaving northeast to northwest. not a bad trip at all as you travel on 50 in towards the third street tunnel. northbound 5 and 4 both quiet right now coming in out of waldorf. no problems reported south on 270. here we are close up out of hyattstown, headed out towards the scales. lanes lanes are open, the pace is good. you will find light traffic volume northbound i-95 as you travel across the prince william parkway headed across the occoquan. >>> a word of advice when you want to vent about work, you might want to do it offline. >> a

. >> let's check in with julie wright to get a look at traffic. >> hey, you guys. good morning to you all. we are looking pretty good around the capitally, overnight construction cleared as you leave braddock road and over 66. northbound i-95 clears of roadwork down in dale city. 59 in good shape headed northbound towards the occoquan. you are rolling at speed. no trouble spots on 395 between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. overnight construction was in place near 59 and college park tying up the two right lanes. beltway should now be cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> sulaimon brown finally speaking to d.c. council members. the former one-time candidate for mayor set to appear before the committee that is investigating the hiring practices of d.c. mayor vince gray. stacy cohan is outside city hall. let's get the late e. >> reporter: good morning. sulaimon brown has certainly made headlines with his accusations against the gray campaign of all sorts of payoffs and promised jobs. but until now, he has skillfully dodged coming before t

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. >>> let's turn to david wright, who's in santa monica, california, where whitey bulger was captured overnight. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. from some of the toughest neighborhoods in boston, whitey bulger ended up in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in los angeles. the beach is just a couple of blocks that way and the santa monica promenade. neighbors say that they've lived as just an ordinary, retired couple. boston crime legend james "whitey" bulger was reportedly going by the name charlie. living here at an ordinary apartment building just three blocks from santa monica beach. at 7:13 p.m. wednesday night, california time, federal agents entered the princess eugenia

the murder victim, 20-year-old wynetta wright. the murder suspect 39-year-old richmond phillips, a d.c. vice cop. the murder scene, the oxen run park behind the hillcrest heights community center. now that community center has security cameras all around the outside. according to court documents those cameras recorded the murder suspect cop and the murder victim around a picnic table in the park from 11:00 at night until 6:00 a.m. the next morning. seven hours around that picnic table until -- until that murder. miss wright found dead in the nearby woods. she'd been shot to death. the two were involved in a paternity and child support dispute. they had a court hearing scheduled later that day. after the murder, police say phillips moved miss wright's car. police found that car and locked inside, the body of her little baby girl jaylin. it appears, they say, the baby died of heat exposure. officer phillips, he's charged with manslaughter in the baby death as well. >> this has been absolutely devastating for our community. it is, as

show the two were involved in a paternity case and had a court hearing scheduled just hours after wrightas killed. >>> violent and brazen attack inside a house in fairfax county prompted police to go door to door in that neighborhood tonight. they showed people living in one herndon neighborhood the sketch of the man wanted for sexual assault. jackie bensen in herndon now with more. >> reporter: this is the image of what police believe the suspect looks like, information provided by the victim in this case. scary in any language. but this case presents a dilemma for fairfax county police detectives. how do you warn women they might be in danger when they can't understand you? detective dave crawl from the fairfax county police department goes door to door at the trevors run apartment on sunrise vali drive in herndon. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: many residents here don't speak english. he's showing them this drawing made from the description a woman who was assaulted by the man early sunday morning. he then fled. police say the victim woke up to find the man in her bedroom.

david wright has more. >> reporter: it was the dillinger of our day. a gangster so wiley that in boston at least he became almost a folk hero. perhaps that's why the bearded bulger seemed to be smiling captured on camera right after the fbi finally knocked on his door. a door torent-controlled apartment here in santa monica >> the arrest marks the end of a long hunt for america's most- for one of america's most wanted men. >> reporter: investigators hauled out dozens of boxes of evidence including more than 60 weapons ranging from handguns to high-powered assault rifles and found $800,000 cash. bulger and his girlfriend catherere greig have lived in this building for 15 years as charles and carol gasko. barbara gluck lived down the hall for 15 years. >> he was impatient and full of rage. >> reporter: others described him as friendly enough but low key. >> seemed like they didn't want to make eye contact. >> reporter: he answered questions in a thick boston accent and agreed not to challenge his extradition. he may yet have other cacas to play. i'm davi

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the murder victim, 20-year-old wynetta wright. the murder suspect, 39-year-old richmond phillips, a d.c. vice cop. the murder scene, the oxen run park behind the hillcrest heights community center. now that community center has security cameras all around the outside. according to court documents those cameras recorded the murder suspect cop and the murder victim around a picnic table in the park from 11:00 at night until 6:00 a.m. the next morning. seven hours around that picnic table until -- until that murder. miss wright found dead in the nearby woods. she'd been shot to death. the two were involved in a paternity and child support dispute. they had a court hearing scheduled later that day. after the murder police say phillips moved miss wright's car. police found that car and locked inside, the body of her little baby girl jaylin. it appears, they say, the baby died of heat exposure. officer phillips, he's charged with manslaughter in the baby death as well. >> this has been absolutely devastating for our community. it is, as

let's check in with julie wright. >> good morning to you both. we are off to a quiet start to this monday morning drive. you will find the lanes are open as you travel to and from the wilson bridge leaving van dorn street and headed over to the bridge. no problems to report along connecticut avenue at randolph road. the beltway in montgomery county wide open between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> now it our big story this morning. the testimony by sulaimon brown. the form are mayoral candidate goes in front of a d.c. council committee looking into the hiring practices of the gray administration. he says he can prove there is a money trail from vincent gray's mayoral campaign to his own mayoral campaign. "washington post" reports sulaimon brown gave them copies of the money order. now, brown says he has other revelations he will make when he testifies today before a d.c. council committee. we get more from stacy cohan. >> reporter: sulaimon brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. fin

we'll have a live update in just a few minutes and julie wright will have the latest on that situation in traffic. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's get a look at weather. gwen is in for tucker barnes this morning. how are you? >> bright and early. i'm here. it will be a sunny day but a scorcher day definitely. it is already warm outside for this hour of the morning. so a pretty good indication of where we're headed. it is 73 degrees right now in the district. we've got 64 degrees at culpeper. 69 at baltimore and 68 at hagerstown. off to a mild, warm start this morning. 62 at boston. already into the 70s for new york city. a pretty good indication of where we are headed. here is a look at where we hit yesterday in terms of our daytime highs. it was 90 at national airport and the same at baltimore. 87 at dulles. let's take a look at true view and show you our sky conditions. ridge of high pressure in control. for today, hot, hazy and humid. you can see where we're heading up to. it will be feeling like it is in the 100s today. >>> we are following bre

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after the murder, phillips moved wright's suv. investigators later found it with wright's baby inside, who died of heat exposure. >>> d.c. attorney general has filed a lawsuit claiming ward council member used his nonprofit as a personal bank account. according to the lawsuit, he secretly diverted $300,000 meant for a youth baseball programs and spent much of the cash playing golf at pebble beach and los angeles. it also says thomas purchased a $60,000 audi suv. the district is suing thomas for a million dollars to recoup that money. thomas says he will fight the lawsuit and says he won't settle. >> i think my integrity is more important than anything. not just for the public i serve. i think about my children first and my family legacy first. i think about what made me who i am today. that's what i'm fighting today and that's what i will continue to fight for. i think that's the message i have sent to anyone. i have always done what i was supposed to do on behalf of those i served. >> part of the money went to a nonprofit organiz

julie wright, good morning. >> good morning to you guys. some like it hot and i would be the one. i would be the post are child for that heat. -- i would be the poster mild for that heat. we say good morning to sky fox. already a busy day for them hovering above an accident southbound as you approach 198. here we go. i got two lanes to the right getting by. couple of vehicles involved in the crash with fire and rescue units on the scene and the backup is beginning to build as you guys travel southbound out of jessup leaving 216 headed down towards 198. the accident activity has the two right lanes getting by. bailing out at jessup, better bet is to stick with 259 or route route one as the alternate. we'll take it back inside and update the ride on 59 in virginia. here we are live coming across the occoquan. no accidents to report. just volume delays. toll road still in good shape coming in from 28. southbound 270 out of hyattstown, slowing headed out towards the truck scales. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, a 12-year- old boy is sh

after the murder police say phillips moved wright's suv.y later found it with wright's baby inside who died of heat exposure. . >>> a fairfax county elementary school will be closing its tkaorg according to the washington examiner. fairfax county schools had planned to shut down clifton elementary at the end of the year due to declining enrollment and the high cost of renovations. parents upset sued to keep the school open. parents of clifton students are urged to check boundary maps for new school assignment. >>> high school students are flying high after their science experiment will head out of this world. they will start with five seeds in oasis material and find out whether it will germinate fastener space. >> future possible space colonization. what do you have to manipulate. what do you need to have it be a good crop in a microgravity environment. >> it is expected to launch next month. the experiment will come back for analysis and their final report. there's a good chance their graduate level paper will get published. >>> tailgater

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wright's daughter who would have turned 1, was found dead nearby in wright's suv.wright maintained phillips is the girl's father. prosecutors are awaiting autopsy results before deciding whether to charge phillips with the baby's death. >>> there's new concern over bounce houses, after a number of reason incidents, those houses blowing away. just over the weekend, some strong winds picked up three of them with children still inside and tipped them right upside down. nbc's john yang has a look at that case and what they caught on tape. we'll show you. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: it was a terrifying sight caught on cell phone video. three inflated bounce houses, or moon walks, picked up by the wind at a long island soccer tournament and tossed into the air with kids playing inside. >> where's my daughter? >> i couldn't believe it, it's like something out of a movie, kids being knocked over and kids lying everywhere. >> reporter: lara waiting to go in when she got tangled in a rope that was supposed to anchor houses. she had rope burns on her neck. >> a rope got caugh

arrest of the boston crime boss ends one of the most gruelling manhunts in history, and abc's david wright has the riveting details for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: he was the dillinger of our day. a gangster to wiley that in boston, at least, he became almost a folk hero. only today did we find out what whitey bulger really looks like. a big difference from all those grainy photos from long lenses. perhaps that's why the bearded bulger seemed to be smiling. captured on camera. right after the fbi finally knocked on his door. a door to a rent-controlled apartment here in santa monica, now sealed off with police tape. >> the arrest marks the end of a long and exhaustive hunt for america's most wanted man, for one of america's most wanted men. >> reporter: today, investigators hold out dozens of boxes of evidence, including more than 60 weapons. they also found $800,000 cash. bulger and his girlfriend catherine greig have lived in this biflding for 15 years. as charlie and carol gasko. barbara lived just down the hall in apartment 307 for 15 years. >> i think he was impat

tonight, david wright takes a sneak peek. >> production value! >> reporter: summertime is when hollywood goes into a frenzy. >> ready, start filming the extra loud when the train passes by. >> reporter: a new blockbuster each weekend. tonight's big opening? "super 8." >> for me this is the movie to look out for. this is like the second coming of "e.t." and "close encounters." >> reporter: the only big movie this summer that's original, not a sequel or a rip-off. the only big movie this summer without a single star you've ever seen before. >> how am i supposed to be a zombie? >> did you ever have miss mullen for english? >> yeah. >> kind of like her, but hungry for human flesh. >> reporter: to say anything about the plot here would spoil the surprises. so, the marketing campaign for this movie has pretty much focused exclusively on the brand names behind the camera. the producer who brought you "e.t." the director who came up with "lost." >> when you put a j.j. abrams and a steven spielberg with the movie, it enables people to feel confident about

richmond phillips is charged in the death of his 11-month-old daughter jaylin wright. he fathered the child with 20- year-old wynetta wright and she was found murdered in oxen run stream valley park last week. the child was left in a nearby car during last week's hot spell where she later died. phillips has a wife and 12-year- old daughter. >>> runners and bikers may notice a stronger police presence along the metropolitan branch trail. police have stepped up patrols following the fact they arrested a group of youngsters a string of attacks. four people have been attacked in the last month. the most recent skirmish hammed to a -- happened to a cyclist just last wednesday. >> it's kind of scary that you know, if something happens, there's not many people around to be witnesses. >> police also are suggesting that bikers and runners hit the trail with a partner and don't wear headphones. be alert. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, another case of e. coli has popped up. find out why those so i sprouts from germany may not be to blame. >>> and later, decades after

wright says phillips is the father of that daughter.rosecutors are awaiting autopsy results before deciding whether to charge phillips with the baby's death. >>> this morning police are looking for the motive behind the murder of a local football recruiter. ralph thomas of temp hills was shot and killed friday night in mckinley tech high school's parking lot in northeast washington. thomas helped recruit players for the d.c. falcons, a semi pro football team that often plays at mckinley tech. police are not saying why they believe crawford killed thomas but community liters are saying it may be over a woman. >> whatever it may be, it really wasn't worth taking a life, especially not in this fashion and the way it happened. he's a young guy. it seems like he was doing a lot of good things with the team. whatever the reason was, it's definitely not worth it. >> thomas's mother said her son was a father of four and ex-marine. >> in decision 2012, the field of republican contenders will likely grow today. rick santorum is expected to announ

that's what cory wright is trying to do. he wants everyone to know who the sex offenders are and post their pictures in his "predator" magazine. >> it will give parents and grandparents the ability of what to look for. >> reporter: the magazine will be placed in area markets and stores. he's making it really easy to pick one up. it's going to be free. >> just a couple days ago when i showed this magazine. and there was a guy that said, this guy i went to school with my whole life. >> reporter: it's also outing predators who are trying to blend into the community. >> hate phone calls. >> death threats. >> death threats and it surprised me. i thought this magazine would be welcomed by all. >> reporter: not if you're a predator. >> not if you're a predator. >> reporter: cory wright is following in the footsteps of a publication in pennsylvania called crime watch p.a. george kittiyama, nbc bay area news. >>> do you really know what you're taking? if you're in pain -- >> you're thinking about getting rid of the symptom and not ne

david wright now on the latest. >> reporter: a tired little penguin, 4,000 miles from home.s have nicknamed it happy feet. >> i just want to rescue it. poor little thing. >> reporter: emperor penguins are the ones featured in that academy-award winning documentary, the only species able to reproduce during the brutal antarctic winter. >> in the harshest place on earth, love finds a way. >> reporter: ritual as poignant as any of nature's wonders. happy feet was probably one of the chicks that hatched during the last penguin march, ten months ago. only once before has one of these snow birds popped up all the way in balmy new zealand. >> to have one this far north is very, very exceptional. >> reporter: scientists say it probably got lost looking for food. >> this bird may have gotten caught in the jet stream, it could have gotten caught in some currents. he could have made a left turn at an iceberg, not a right turn at an iceberg and just lost his way. >> reporter: which is understandable. it's dark 24 hours a day right now in antarctica. conditions that they've reproduced he

more from david wright. >> reporter: a tired little penguin 4,000 miles from home.s have nicknamed it happy feet. >> i just wanted to rescue it, poor little thing. >> reporter: emperor penguins are the ones featured in that abcnews.com academy award-winning documentary. the only species able to reproduce during the brutal arctic winter. >> in the harshest place on earth, love fifis a way. >> reporter: a ritual as poignant as any of nature's wonders. happy feet was probably one of the chicks that hatched during the last penguin march ten months ago. only once before has one of these snowbirds popped all the way up in balmy new zealand. >> very, very exceptional. >> reporter: scientists say it probably got lost looking for food. >> this bird may have gotten caught in a jet stream. he could have gotten caught in a current or made a right turn instead of a left turn at an iceberg and lost his way. >> reporter: which is understandable. it's dark 24 hours a day. conditions that they've reproduced here at seaworld, one of only three places in the world that has emperor pen

abc's david wright has more on a one of a kind actor and character. >> excuse me, just one more thing. >> reporter: peter falk said of colombo, you feel sorry for him. he looks like he's seeing nothing. but in fact, he sees everything. as he put it to charlie rose, who didn't love colombo? >> you love colombo? >> i do. eskimos love colombo. >> yes, they do. >> descendants of the aztecs love colombo. one more thing. >> reporter: he was trained as a certified public accountant. he hated it, and started doing community theater on the side. >> oh, one little thing. >> reporter: he lost his right eye to cancer at age 3. casting directors discouraged him from trying movies and tv, because of his glass eye. too distracting, he said. he proved them wrong. >> the principle is $600. >> reporter: he was nominated for an oscar twice, and appeared in dozens of films, includes "the princess bride." >> when i was your age, television was called books. and this is a special book. >> reporter: but the role he truly embodied lieutenant colombo. clom beep's trademark was the trench coat. despite an urba

after the murder, philips say wright moved her suv. it later found it with wright's baby inside who died of heat exposu exposure. >>> fairfax county police are trying to get out the word of a sexual assault in hernden. the trevor run apartments. several hispanic people live there who don't speak english. police are showing residents sketch of a man who attacked a 23-year-old woman over the weekend. she woke up to find the man in her bedroom. police ask anyone with any information on this incident to call them immediately. >>> a fairfax county elementary school is going to be closed, permanently, at the end of the school year thanks to a ruling by virginia supreme court. that's according to the washington examiner. fairfax public county schools planned to shut down at the end of the year due to declining enrollment. parents upset with the decision sued to keep the school open but friday the supreme court of virginia decided to shut down the school down anyway. parents of clifton students are to check boundary maps for new school assignm

right now we go to julie wright. >>> the crew in sky fox is above the american legion bridge between montgomery county and fairfax. the lanes are open and traffic is flowing freely as you travel between 270 and the exits there at tysons corner. toll road in good shape with no incidents from 28. 7 looks good into the beltway. we'll continue with our cameras and a slow go on 395 leaving the beltway past duke street. it's heavy and steady and again from boundary channel to the 14th street bridge. and more delays out of woodbridge across the occuquan. no incidents along new york avenue but receiving record at kenilworth blocking the left rain slowing your roll from riverdale. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> we start this morning with breaking news from fairfax county where three people have been stabbed early this morning. the investigation unfolding on braddock springs road in centreville. our crews are live on that scene. we do know one of the three people stabbed died at the apartment in the 13800 block of braddock springs. two other victims were flown helicopter to

now let's get an early morning check on traffic with julie wright. >>> we had some problems early this morning. westbound 198 is closed off on the ramp to southbound 95. nair investigating a fatal car fire that occurred this morning. now sky fox is checking out the drive inbound along route as you travel in from 410 out of riverdale into cheverly, you are not alone. it is bumper-to-bumper past columbia park road toward new york avenue. early morning crash at kenilworth at bw parkway has cleared but it's slow-rolling on route 50 into northeast washington. expect traffic light delays believing bladensberg road toward the third street tunnel. if you are traveling inbound along 66, we have the slowdowns as you continue to work out of manassas headed eastbound toward fair oaks. slow traffic again leaving vienna toward the capital beltway. the dulles toll road had reports of debris in the roadway prior to the outer loop. in montgomery county, no accidents to report. on the slow side toward the exit for georgia avenue. got a map on a problem in southeast washington for those traveling along f

here's david wright. >> to be clear the picture was of me and i sent it. >> reporter: he's a congressmanght in a sex scandal apparently without ever having sex outside his message. >> i have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time. >> reporter: the woman who was the intended recipient confirmed to chris cuomo in his case he was at least telling the truth. >> it was internet chitchat. >> it was nothing like a relationship. nothing like that whatsoever. hey, i think you're hot, okay. >> reporter: does that make it any less real? it turns out the congressman is in good company. how common is this? >> it's a lot more common than people realize. >> reporter: dr. yvonne thomas is a relationship therapist. >> i have had women caught this way. i've had men caught this way. it's becoming very prevalent. >> reporter: is it really cheating? >> one of the buzzwords is emotional cheating. that's not involving sex. emotional cheating can actually feel more egregious and painful and damaging than sexual cheating. >> reporter: call it cheating 2.0. in

abc's david wright on the penguin that has captured so many hearts around the globe. >> reporter: new favorite little penguin is starting to bounce back. after two operations today, this is the chilly recovery room. >> his demeanor is good. yesterday he actually punched me in the stomach with his flipper! >> reporter: the emperor penguin nicknamed "happy feet" washed up on new zealand beach a week ago. the lost and clearly hungry little guy promptly ate a lot of wet sand, thinking it was snow. that's when the wellington zoo stepped in, mounting an unusual rescue. >> we will try to save him, but there's no guarantees. he's pretty sick, and it's quite serious, having that much sand. >> reporter: they prepped the little guy for surgery. even held its foot throughout the ordeal. and with half of new zealand watching through the plate glass window -- >> it's kind of gross but fascinating. >> reporter: -- a gastroenterologist went to work. >> i normally don't have tv cameras and reporters in the room when you're doing an endoscopy, and i'm not a penguin expert. >> reporter: dr. john wyeth p

and david wright has that story. >> reporter: today in tokyo, a government-sponsored fashion show. official encouragement for workers to adopt a breezier look this summer. super cool biz may be a fashion risk, but it's a patriotic duty, in a country where air conditioners can no longer run full blast. "we have a power shortage this year," said the environment minister, in an open-collared shirt. so, the government is calling for a 15% cut in electrical usage. office buildings are being told to set their thermostats to 82 degrees. mcdonald's is allowing executives to work from home. in many buildings, escalators and elevators are shut down. japan has to save power. it simply can't produce as much power because of the recent trouble at the fukushima nuclear power plant. video from march 11th shows the waves crashing over the 49-foot sea wall. in minutes, the buildings became giant buckets of toxic water. just today, a team of u.n. inspectors concluded a week-long investigation of the plant. it's now clear three of the six reactors melted down. their inner walls gave way. they've sinc

david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> the father with the father's day gift for other parents. >>>ws" for this saturday night. we're always online at abcnews.com. dan and bianna, with "gma," first thing tomorrow. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. good night. >> alan: nearly 60 billboard around oakland are raising a controversy. they show a baby and read, black and beautiful, with an antibiotic abortion web site on the bottom. some people say the billboards are racist, the organization who paid for them said at it just the opposite. >> reporter: the battlelines have been drawn here in oakland. you can see the billboard behind me. this billboard was funded by the issues for life foundation, which says that their campaign is to try to save the hundreds of thousands of black babies from being aborted each year in the u.s. a prochoice advocates say this is an evil campaign meant to divide the

david wright has more on our favorite bleeping story of the day. >> reporter: bleep.heep and at bedtime decide not to sleep, try as you might to turn out the light, it's enough to make any mom bleep. >> the story starts with a lot of sleepless nights. and one day after putting my daughter, vivian, to bed, i sat down and actually wrote the book in probably two sittings. >> reporter: hence this lullaby meant to shock by author named adam mansbach. >> i posted it on facebook as a joke. look out for my forthcoming children's book. the cats nestle close to their kittens. >> reporter: little wonder his book has gained traction, even though we can play just a fraction. >> all the kids from day care -- >> reporter: the cadence and drawing, so sweet and so cloying. and that voice, yes, it's samuel l. jackson. >> hell, no, you can't go to the bathroom. you know where you can go? to sleep. >> reporter: mansbach says this book is not meant for kids. but for parents, suppressing their ids. >> everybody who picks up the book knows exactly where it's coming from. i'm getting a lot o

officer richmond phillips shot wynetta wright and left her daugher in the hot car to die. he was also face a manslaughter charge in relation to the death of the baby. >>> emails have surfaced linking former presidential candidate john edwards to the campaign scandal. they have emails in which he acknowledged payments were made to his mistress, rielle hunter. he has turned down a plea deal because it included six months in prison. >>> coming up on abc7 news at 6:00 from a deadly day for american forces in iraq. >> i think about you every day. i feel your hard ship. your sacrifice coming your burden. >> a tearful goodbye in his final visit to afghanistan. but defense secretary robert gates had to say about the future of that nation. >> we will put today's weather in the win column. >>> you are watching abc7 news at 6. on your side. >>> five service members are dead after a deadly attack in iraq. they served as advisers to iraqi and security police. the deadliest single day for american security forces in two years. the service members names have not been released. 2500 ameri

david wright, abc news, san diego. >> this poor guy.ow he's 2 1/2 years old -- >> guy or girl, we're not sure if it's a guy or a girl. incidentally we wanted to help out happy feet. >> we want to help keep him warm. >> we sent him a little t-shirt. actually he doesn't need to be any warmer, he needs to get back >>> this morning on "world news now," final judgment. the verdict is in for rod blagojevich. >> the former illinois governor was found guilty on 17 counts against him and now faces years in prison. it's tuesday, june 28th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i'm daniel sieberg. rob nelson is on assignment. >> i'm peggy bunker. after being convicted on multiple counts of corruption, including trying to sell the senate seat once held by president obama, rod blagojevich will soon be heading to prison. what the future holds for the former illinois governor in a moment. >> just how many years he might be serving in prison. >> right, and also many people have been watching this from the start. at some point it seemed that n

officials say a camera recorded a meeting between phillips and wright last week. they met in hillcrest heights park the night before they were due to attend a paternity hearing. two days later write was found dead in the woods nearby and she had been shot. the baby was found strapped inside her mother's car and she apparently died from the extreme heat. >>> the world summer games of the special olympics were get underway later this month. and four athletes from our area are participating. >> we're going to talk with one special athletes and his coach who happens to be his dad next. we'll be back in a moment. stay with us. it is 9:10.  man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! t of home cooks dothe one. i thinand the competiter) i baker how long? three weeks? >>> welcome back, everybody. it's 9:13 right now on a tuesday morning. nice, live look over northwes

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