Mcdonnell than last week. Initially his voice so soft the judge told him to speak up. This is a very different bob mcdonnell. Prosecutors tackled the mcdonnells broken marriage defense head on. Bob mcdonnell gave revealing testimony about how his marriage crumbled as he climbed the political ladder. The defense says the couple couldnt have conspired to help jonnie williams. Prosecutor showed images that show the former first couple hand in hand and produced evidence of many vacations together. Would it surprise you to know you had 18 out of town vacations in 22 months your wife . For starters he wondered how the governor could have been in the dark when williams paid for the 19,000 new york city shopping spree. Did your wife have a history of making inappropriate requests for money from friends and family . Mcdonnell, yes. And it didnt occur to you that mr. Williams is picking up the tab on that shopping trip . Mcdonnell, that is exactly what i am testifying to. Okay replied dry suggesting disbelief. He questioned mcdonnells truthfulness on other gifts like the first 50,000 loan to maureen in 2011. Mcdonnell testified he was very upset when he learned about the money. If he was so angry wondered why did it take mcdonnell 30 to 45 days to contact williams. Questioned you didnt immediately pick up the phone and say you loaned my wife 50,000 and we dont need it . Mcdonnell, no. Now, near the end of the day the judge asked the prosecutor whether they were near finished with questions, the answer no your honor. Bob mcdonnell will be on the stand tomorrow for a fifth day. Im julie carey, news 4. An american journalist held hostage in syria soon will be reunited with his family. His name is peter theo curtis. He was kidnapped nearly two years ago by an Al Qaeda Linked group. He was handed over to u. S. Peace keepers yesterday. The government in qatar said it negotiated a release without paying a ransom but has not released specifics. A week after another american was beheaded by the militant group isis. The man who killed journalist james foley is believed to be a british rapper who left london to wage jihad in syria. According to the daily mail the suspects father was one of osama bin ladens top lieutenant tonight the white house refuses to say whether president obama is considering military action in syria to target isis. The extremists made further advances in syria over the weekend and terrorism experts say it does not appear the Syrian Government has the ability to strike back. The white house says president obama has proven that he is serious about confronting isis by ordering air strikes in iraq. The government in syria is warning the u. S. That it will consider any air strikes within its borders an act of aggression. A much different mood in missouri today as thousands gathered at a st. Louis church to pay last respects to michael brown. Demonstrators appear to be honoring wishes for calm. Jay gray has the story. Reporter they have come together here again. Celebrities, clergy, dignit aais and a splintered community, more than 4,000 to celebrate the life of michael brown. He is not a life soul. His death is not in vein. Reporter the 18 year old whose death sparked outrage here and throughout the country is remembered by a community questioning why and how he is gone. Michael has gone on to get his rest now. We are required in his name to change the country. Reporter change that the brown family will continue to push for. We have come to bless them today. We have come to honor them today. We have come to comfort them today. Reporter on this day they are calling for silence and peace to honor their sons memory. Michael brown does not want to be remembered for riots. He wants to be remembered as the one that made america deal with how we are going to police in the united states. Reporter it was a service filled with energy and emotions. The congregation joining together with hands raised as they have been for more than two weeks here and across the country. Our hands are lifted up from ferguson to dayton, ohio to los angeles, california to chicago. Reporter many of those hands clasped today as this grieving community struggles with what has happened and how to say good bye. Jay gray, nbc news, st. Louis. A peaceful protest is expected at the white house tonight to draw attention to browns funeral. Demonstrators say they will gather at 8 00. Protests scheduled in several cities around the country. The news 4 iteam learned a Defense Department program under scrutiny because of the unrest in ferguson, missouri, that program has given police in virginia thousands of pieces of military equipment free of charge. It includes 16 mine resistant vehicles such as the ones seen here given to Police Departments including departments in Prince William and culpeper counties. Scott macfarlane learned the pentagons program called 1033 has distributed nearly 2,000 military grade rifles throughout the state. The u. S. Senate is reviewing that program. Critics say it militarizes local Police Departments. The International Association of chiefs of police says the Program Provides protection that police would not otherwise be able to secure. To see that equipment that Maryland State Police have received we invite you to nbcwashington. Com and click on investigations. Military officials have yet to identify a soldier who died after prompting an active shooter lockdown at fort lee this morning just south of richmond, virginia. The army says the soldier barricaded herself in an Office Building on the base and shot herself in the head as police tried to negotiate with her. She died and nobody else was hurt. The army says she had served for 14 years. People in a local neighborhood are understandably on edge after a dismembered body was found stuffed in trash bags. We will hear from the man who discovered the body. Three women attacked in five days. The crucial clue that could tie one man to all cases. An expensive accident creating confusion on one of the busiest roads in our area. And washingtons quarterbacks respond for the first time to talk about some kind of controversy. Temperatures for the next couple of days going up. Today perfect. 83 at d. C. 81 manassas. 82 at leesburg. Say hello to the 90s. Say hello to the 90s. They are to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. Why is this thing so slow . Its not moving like i dont get it, this one is working . Can you move please . Look how fast theyre going ladies, shouldnt up be as fast as down . Yeah your socks match . My socks match do your eyeballs match . Yes shouldnt internet speeds match as well . Definitely they should its kind of a no brainer, right . Yeah why cant everything just be the same speed . I got a little secret to tell you. 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Hundreds of thousands of kids went back to school today. Schools in the district had their first day of classes and back to school today in frederick, montgomery, howard and Charles County in maryland. Students in Prince Georges County go back to school tomorrow. In d. C. A key Council Member says he will seek to block School Boundary changes set to take effect next school year. Council education chair says too many schools are unprepared for the big shift if and when they happened these would be the first changes to d. C. School boundaries in 40 years. New images of the damage in Northern California. Why the threat could linger for days after a major earthquake there. A murder with a message, a man is killed. His body dismembered. Body parts placed in trash bags and left around an apartment there have been three sexual assaults in the past five days in an area of mt. Pleasant. In each case the victim, a woman, was walking alone. Those attacks happened within a few blocks of each other between 2 00 and 3 00 in the morning. In one of the attacks the victim was stabbed. Police say she is going to be okay. The suspect in each of the cases is similar. In one of the attacks he wore a Chicago Bulls hat and a green and white polka dot shirt. A crime so disturbing people tell us it is making them want to move out of their apartment. A man in his 20s murdered and his body parts found in a trash bag. Investigators dont know where the original crime happened. Pat collins has the story from laurel, maryland. Once i realized what it was my heart was heavy with sadness. Reporter he was out walking his dog, milo, when the body parts were discovered in the trash bags. It was so surreal that it sunk in like this is real right outside of my home. Reporter the victim is 28 years old. They say he is a day laborer who lived in the complex for a couple of months. He was killed and dismembered, his body parts found in trash bags spread about thearden pointe apartment complex. Residents here left upset by this discovery. Terrifying. When you have kids police today going door to door looking for a murder scene, a scene that could help them solve this case of murder. It appears to be the work of more than one person. It appears that it had to be done somewhere close by. There are 800 homes in this complex. Police searched 39 unoccupied apartments so far no sign of that crime scene. So is this gang related or Something Else . Police still searching for a motive and searching the suspects. 25,000 cash reward posted in the case. Live in Prince Georges County pat collins, news 4. There is a state of emergency still in effect in Northern California following that earthquake on sunday. There are still concerns about safety tonight. People in napa will have to navigate carefully as the cleanup continues. Tonight at least 30 buildings are shut down and falling debris remains a threat. As many as 70 after shocks are expected over the next week. There were 50 yesterday alone. And the new economic numbers show the Economic Loss in napa alone could be anywhere from 500 million to 1 billion. The epicenter of the quake hit at the heart of californias wine country south of napa. And the damage was dramatic. New images continue to come in. Shattered storefronts, roads split open, store shelves toppled, vineyards and wineries took a huge hit losing barrels and barrels of their product. The hospitals have been flooded with patients, more than 200 were hurt in what is now the strongest quake to rattle the San Francisco bay area in 25 years. Back to you. Probably more afterschaubs to come. Just like our earthquake we had hundreds here. They are going to see hundreds more. As far as our weather is concerned we have nothing like that. We have some phenomenal weather. What a great day. You guys said this earlier. What a great day to fly a b 17. That is what we were saying. Exactly right this is adam tuss. He got a view from the memphis bell. This isnt actually the one that flew in world war ii but was in the 1999 movie with Harry Connick jr. It did not see combat. This is one of the last remaining that is still flying today. Adam got the shot right over the inner harbor towards baltimore on a picture perfect day. He said at one point he got to stick his head out. If you saw the story at 5 00 got to stick his head outgoing 150 miles per hour. Right now looking pretty good. Cloud cover out there but not too much. We have seen a beautiful, beautiful afternoon. Temperatures have been in the upper 70s to lower 80s all day. 79 leesburg and manassas. It really does not get a lot better than this. This is perfect weather. It is a good night to maybe get a run on. 79 at 7 00. Temperatures dropping but not too fast. Sun goes down at 7 49. So that is something to know. Sunset before 8 00 will continue to go down earlier and earlier as we head towards winter. Storm team 4 radar showing not much. Looking pretty good there, too. I think we will see a chance of a shower or two on wednesday. All in all not going to see much. These storms towards chicago are strong but moving south and west of the region. We are not going to see much from the storm system. Not much in the way. Here is the center here starting to see some storminess on the south side. It is not a well defined system. It currently has winds of 60 miles per hour. On that track it will continue to stay well away from the east coast. However, just like the last storm did it is going to provide rip currents over the next couple of days. If you are heading towards the beaches know rip current threat probably through friday or saturday if you are heading to the beaches tomorrow. Tomorrow morning clear skies, nice and cool. 53 to 63 degrees. Cool on the suburbs. You might need the jacket early. Kids might need it but night not bring it home. 87 on tuesday. 92 on wednesday when the heat moves back in. And then it stays on the hot side. Temperatures above average for an extended period. We have not seen that much this summer. How about 92 on saturday. Breaking news regarding brandon meriwether. A live look now at the red carpet for tonights emmy awards. Coverage starts at 7 00. Oh, my. 7 00. That means nbc nightly news will air at a special time of 6 30. This is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. There is no controversy. Rg iii is the quarterback. You look at the numbers, you understand why people are saying that maybe cousins should be playing. Im not saying this but the numbers are quite different. Rg iii and the redskins offense they look below average. During the broadcast the redskins great said lets stop beating around the bush here. Cousins is a better quarterback. When that guy weighs in people listen. What do the quarterbacks think . You cant worry about what anybody says. What everybody in the locker room is all we got and all we need. What everybody else says outside of it doesnt effect our approach to the game on the practice field or game field. We have to play. I have aspirations to be a starter. I cant do that until i do my job as a backup. I cant look down the road too far. I need to be ready as a backup which means play well in the preseason. When called upon in the Fourth Quarter in december in a blizzard i have to be ready. One thing at a time. The next step is thursday night. Only way to answer that one. Breaking news. Brandon meriwether suspended for the first two games of the regular season suspended for the hit on torrey smith in saturdays game against the ravens. This is his sixth violation of player safety rules. He will be eligible to play on september 21 against the eagles. You can watch the redskins take on the buccaneers here on nbc 4. Game time 7 30 on thursday. Tomorrow we find out from head coach jay gruden if the starters will play in the game. They normally dont. There is a 10 chance. We will find out tomorrow at 3 00. Some baseball. Nats on the road tonight to face the phillies coming off an incredible homestand, 91 in ten games. Everybody is talking about yesterdays comeback win. Nats down 50. They rally back beating the giants. The nats have now won 12 of the last 14. Best eight games of the division. Bryce harper called it epic once again. They are crediting the pigeon. They have been phenomenal. Can i say rg iii does not look well . Ask the coach who the starter is going to be. No controversy. On the broadcast tonight, aftershocks rumbling in california. Tonight, why Scientists Say this time we dodged a bullet. But is it a sign of things to come . Plus, the deep impact on the price of wine. Under the mask. Tonight intelligence officials think they know who killed james foley. Now, how will the u. S. Respond . Air scare, an unusual threat involving an American Airlines passenger that scrambled fighter jets and caused the pilot to make an emergency landing. And sleeping in, the new push from the nations most influel