Serious trouble. They had a high interest loan that was not coming through. They had rental properties and the rent wasnt getting covered. What Maureen Mcdonnell said to Jonnie Williams, what she said to him on the stand, i have a background in nutritional supplements, i can be helpful to you. The governor says i can help you with this project but i need you to help me with this financial situation. At that point Jonnie Williams says, i said okay, ill do it and at that point he said he wanted to be speaking with the governor. Because if he was going to write 15,000 for a loan to pay the bill for the daughters wedding. He said he wanted to speak to the governor about it first. The governor is the breadwinner, he needs to hear about that. Williams said to the governor i want to help, but i want you to know about it. Bob mcdonnell then said thank you. This was a busy day in court. Heres what happened earlier. Walking into court again without his wife by his side. Expecting another good day. The former governor talked about how hes preparing for the long road ahead. I have great faith in god and the Justice System and that sustains me every day. Meanwhile Johnny Fulkerson who served as journey williams Jonnie Williams aid for several years spoke about delivering gifts including a ferrari while the mcdonnells were on a vacation at the luxury lechome of jimmy lake home of jimmy williams. She says williams wanted to buy the couple a generator as a wedding gift, but because of installation issues he opted to give the couple 10,000 in cash and two firstclass Airline Tickets for their honeymoon. Fulkerson says she arranged trips for the children to georgia. While other politicians had used it in the past, she said only the mcdonnells had asked if the children could ride on the plane as well. Further asked about the jet, fulkerson said john mccain, mitt romney and Ken Cuccinelli had all used it before. John bradley, defense attorney also asked about williams. Would he lavish gifts on women to which fulkerson responded, hes very generous, yes. And thats the narrative the defense is trying to build saying that Jonnie Williams was generous and very giving with many people, many politicians and the mcdonnells were simply other names on this list. The prosecution of course saying the opposite that this was a clear case of corruption. The mcdonnells and williams had a business relationship. Jonnie williams verifying that information on the stand essentially. Well hear more from him tomorrow. Jeff goldberg, abc~7 news. From richmond to washington, the august recess is looming and federal lawmakers are scrambling to reach a solution about fixing the troubled department of Veterans Department of veterans affairs. Scott thuman is live from the satellite center. Any progress made today . In fact there was, maureen. About an hour ago the house passed the bill, so now it heads to the senate. I just got off the phone with senator mark warner of virginia. He says its an embarrassment, what hes talking about is the new information just released on wait times and how many schedulers say they were actually told by a supervisor to lie. Our 227, the days are 196. The resolution is adopted. On the same day congress moved one major step closer to reforming the veterans healthcare system, another major misstep revealed about wait times. Some for years. Some in pain. And most, some in caskets, draped with an american flag. An internal audit made public online by the v. A. Shows after serving more than 700v. A. Facilities around the country 13 of scheduling staff were told to put in the desired date rather than the actual day of treatment. That happened in washington, d. C. , including richmond, virginia and hampton. This is not a perfect bill. And i dont think ive voted for a perfect bill, but this is a good bill that moves in the right direction. Many say certain employees need protecting too. Honor whistleblower. Listen to whistleblowers and change the culture of the v. A. So it doesnt treat whistleblowers like skunks at a picnic. Democrats and republicans seem to wholeheartedly agree as the president chastised an often unproductive congress. [ cheers and applause ] come on come on and help out a little bit. Stop hating all the time. [ applause ] [ laughter ] lets get some work done together. Everybody keeps saying this is going to take a radical culture change and senator warner thinks that means an improved i. T. Scheduling team. Hes called what he calls a s. W. A. T. Team of Virginia Tech companies from the private sector who will for free, upgrade the v. A. s system. Scott thuman, abc~7 news. New tonight at 6 00. Developments in the irs scandal. The head of the house ways and Means Committee has released a series of emails that offer a closer look at former irs official lois lerner. In the emails lerner is alleged to have made remarks about republicans, in one she refers to republicans as crazies. Shes accused of targeting groups seeking tax exempt status. Metro Transit Police say a person was stabbed in the back at the fort totten metro station, it was on a green line train headed to branch avenue. Its believed the victim is an adult and the injures are not life threat injuries are not lifethreatening. We have a crew at the scene and well have more on abc~7 news at 11 00. A teenage boy isn custody accused of shooting an 18yearold girl at least four times. She was in the area of Douglas Avenue and they were met by a group of boys, police say, and at some point an argument broke out. During the argument the young woman was shot several times and was taken to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. The suspect who is 13 years old has not been identified. Next on abc~ 7 news at 6 00, the Ebola Outbreak. What the cdc is saying about the possible threat to the u. S. The t. S. A. Needs your help. Your ideas to improve efficiency at our airports could earn you cash. Temperatures in the upper 70s. How many more days can we keep it going this way . The sevenday forecast minute we have developing news on the Ebola Outbreak in west africa. Right now organizations that employ two u. S. Aid workers infected with the virus are evacuating their nonessential staff from liberia. Health officials around the world are concerned at the possibility that ebola could spread. Carrie annkaren travers reports. Theres a meeting in the united kingdom. Fears are increasing that ebola may spread. Two american aid workers are in serious condition after contracting the deadly virus in liberia. The front line of this outbreak in west africa. Doctor kent brantly works for a North Carolina based evangelical Christian Charity that says they will evacuate all nonessential personnel from liberia. He knew endanger he was the danger he was placing himself in and willingly and voluntarily decided to do that. Experts are calling this the largest outbreak ever ebola of ebola. Nearly 700 have died. It requires direct contact with bodily fluids, unlike the flu. Were pretty confident that normal isolation protocols in u. S. Or westernstyle medicine, would prevent transmission. Still the c. D. C. Urges all doctors here to be on the watch for anyone traveling from that region that may show symptoms including fever, rash, vomiting and diarrhea. The american widow of a libeerian Government Official who died of ebola last week is sneaking out. She said her husband planned to travel toway next month. We dont need to iowa next month. They plan to put 340 volunteers out of liberia and guinea and sierra leon. But they say at this point they have no travel restrictions for the region. Theres a push to stop sexual assaults on university campuses. How virginia senator mark warner is hoping to make that happen next. If you have missed the hot, sticky july weather, dont worry, its coming back. Dougs full forecast is next. Coming up in sports, the nats reel in the fish for a first and head home. A local legend calls it quits at prep and horace holms sits down with one of the new d. B. S who a push by more than half a dozen senators to stop sexual assaults an campuses. Mark warner was among those on capitol hill calling for a victims bill of rights. Several survivors were there including annie clarke who was attacked at the university of North Carolina. When i reported that i was sexual assaulted someone told me that rape is like a Football Game and i should look back on that game to figure out what i would do differently in that situation. The bipartisan measure would guarantee access to confidential advisers to the criminal process, and services for victims of assault. What would you do to fix long security lines at the airport . Make them shorter. [ laughter ] the Transportation Security Administration is going to bring a total of 15,000 for those who come up with the better ideas for shorten the lines. They want ideas for better layouts and also ideas taking into consideration of changing flight schedules, peak hours and staffing. I understand the weather is going to change. Is that possible . Its always changing. Every day. But its not going to change always different. Today was cool and dry and tomorrow will be a little bit warmer. Still pleasant. Over the weekend it will be a little more humid too. Is that okay . I can make stuff up if it will make you happy. No, we believe everything you say. Were going to show you a time lapse. How the die started with hoo day started with high clouds. The sun was out and belief and the weather just beautiful and the weather calm. Not many changes tonight around the area. Well keep our eyes out for showers west of the viewing area that may affect some western suburbs late tonight. Officially 80 for the high at reagan national. 60 the morning low. 88 and 71 the average for this july 30th. The morning lows were cool. 50 in gaithersburg. 48 in washington dulles. 55 in baltimore. Very impressive and up to records in washington dulles, a record of 48, and 55 at b. W. I. The official low was 66 degrees at reagan, 6 degrees above the record for this date. Most areas in the comfortable 70s, mid to upper 70s this hour. Comfortable because the dew point temperature, the measure of the moisture is in the 40s and 50s. Thats a great combination. Very comfortable weather and it will stay comfortable tonight as well. We mentioned before the possibility of a shower. There are areas of showers west of the appellations. It looks like most should dry up. But overnight, early hours, a couple stray showers west of the metro area not out of the question. 5465 degrees by tomorrow morning. It looks impressive now, but we have so much dry air, i think well see clear skies be the rule. 62 in the morning when you wake up. Partly cloudy throughout the day. There will be a breeze out of the south and southwest. Highs of 80 degrees at midday, and about 86 for the highest in the afternoon. Looking ahead to fridaysunday, partly cloudy, warm and muggy, but not hot. Low to mid 80s. There will be chances of showers and storms friday, saturday and sunday. Monday and tuesday look dry. More showers and storms as we head threw the middle of through the middle of next week. And now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. There were huge crowds at the redskins Training Facility today to watch practice and those folks are ahead of the game because its a lottery for tickets to fan Appreciation Day on saturday and the joint practice sections next mondaywednesday. Todays workouts seemed crisp and they got a lot of reps in. Rg3 ran it down the end and down the sidelines but the skins will rely more on griffins arm this year. With a quick tempo mixing in screens and runs and take something shots deep. The some shots deep. But the key will be the defense. Horace holmes spent time with safety ryan clark today. You look good down there horace, how was he . Oh, he was great. Great day all the way around. Can you believe its day 6 of Training Camp in the books already . And everybody keeping everybody loose out here from coaches to players and fans is that guy we just talked about, ryan clark. Does anybody have an embrella. Umbrella. He finds it next to impossible to turn down an autograph, or a picture or a moment to shake a hand or give a hug to afan. So after practice you can find ryan clark rubbing shoulders with fans. If we lose they have a bad week in d. C. , so we want to show them we appreciate them coming out to support. 34 and his second stint with the redskins now nearing the end of his career, ryan clark comes to washington appreciating everything about being a pro football player. He comes with a veteran presence and vast knowledge of the game having played on top defenses in pittsburgh. He was recently quoted as saying this defensive backfield in washington is the most talented hes seen. The toughness and physicality and chemistry to make yourself a great secondary. But just on paper with the people weve had, ive never seen such a Challenging Group of quarterbacks. Rg3 keeps the ball and runs around and outraces everybody into the end zone for a touchdown. Ryan clark says if it were a real game, he would have knocked him on his tail after two yards gained. Rg3, timmy said, no way. Reporting live from richmond, horace holmes, tim back to you. I believe ryan clark. He knows the difference between come here and sic em. The nationals played a matinee in miami and head home to end with a series with the phillies. The race will hit full speed. Being 149 this month, their mission very nicely. He and desmond gets the barrel on a roll. Left field and here they come. Laroche comes hard from second base. He pushes it home. Nationals beat the red hot marlins 43 and snap the fish streak at 6. Kevin is retiring after 27 years as coach as Georgetown Prep lacrosse. He won 10 league titles. Kevin giblin steps down and hell be missed. Reminds me when John Gallagher stepped down. We like the way this weather is during the last, the end of july. Me too. Well last lets find out here. First well take a look at our storm scan. Temperatures are in the 70s now. Showers to the west. Maybe an isolated shower will make it east of the mountains tonight. Otherwise a partly cloudy day. Better chances with increaseed humidity friday, saturday and sunday. Eileen whelan in tonight and shell give you an update on the showers as well. Abc world news is coming up next. Join us again at 11 00. Have a good night. Welcome to world news. Tonight, ebola alert. Two more americans placed in quarantine. The peace corps caught in the largest outbreak in history and the scare at one hospital here in the u. S. Outrage, another civilian shelter hit in gaza as our terry moran takes us into the battle with israeli forces. And limits of forgiveness. Kelsey grammer, his murdered sister and the decision about the murderer tonight. A good evening to you on this wednesday night as we come on the air. Theres urgent new concern about the deadly ebola virus. Tonight two American Peace corps workers
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