All those clouds that have been hanging around the past few days will finally bring us some wet weather this weekend. The trade off warmer temperatures after a few evening showers on friday, most of saturday is looking dry. Expect to wake up to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 40s. But we will warm up into the upper 50s to around 60 in the afternoon. A few showers are possible before sunset, but it looks like the bulk of the rain will be moving in late saturday night and into the first part of sunday as an area of low pressure rolls up the coast. You may even be awakened by a stray thunderstorm early sunday morning. We are not expecting a big outbreak of severe weather, but an isolated severe storm is possible. Most of the wet weather will end by early afternoon on sunday. And with a gusty southwest wind ahead of an approaching cold front, expect high temperatures well into the 60s. But once that cold front crosses the region, temperatures will drop. A lot. We will wake up in the 30s on monday morning and only warm into the mid 40s in the afternoon, despite plenty of sunshine. Tuesday may be a few degrees warmer in the afternoon, but then temperatures drop again. Many of us may not get out of the 30s on the norfolk city treasurer and former vice mayor has been indicted on federal political corruption charges. Anthony burfoot had his initial appearance at the Norfolk Federal Court this afternoon. We begin with live team coverage. Margaret kavanaugh is standing by live in the control rule live outside the federal courthouse. That s right according to the indictment for about 6 years from 2005 to 2011 burfoot used his different positions in norfolk City Government to benefit companies in exchange for money, car payments, and Home Appliances. But his attorney is saying those allegations are false. 21;12 these are just paper accusations and believe me when we get to trial we are confident that he is going to be cleared of this paper accusations against the city of norfolk s treasurer Anthony Burfoot. That s what andrew sacks is saying about his client accused of defrauding the citizens of norfolk during his time as norfolk city councilman, vice mayor, and treasurer. According to his indictment paperwork the scheme started in or around 2005 when burfoot became a silent partner in tivest develompment and construction llc. At the time he was only serving on city council. For years the indictment states burfoot was given hundreds payments, and Home Appliances in exchange for burfoot voting in favor of City Ordinances that benefitted tivest. One of those projects the broad creek homes. The documents show that burfoot promoted tivest s interest in the project even though tivest was not a member in Good Standing with the local builder and Designers Guild which was a requirement to construct homes in the neighborhood. But sacks says burfoot was never a silent partner. 21;34 can you say why he consistently supported tivest if he didn t have personal interests any decisions that Anthony Burfoot made in the city were for the best interest of the city burfoot is also accused of convincing a developer to pay the mother of his children 25 thousand dollars to help pay for a condo at widgeons point. In exchange burfoot used his votes to open a Gentlemans Club downtown according to the indictment. Under oath the documents say burfoot claimed during a federal trial that he never accepted nor asked for a thing of value in exchange for using his position of power. Sacks says that s because he truly didn t. 22;10 we are prepared to fight everything absolutely you say your confident . We are very confident because anthony knows what he did and didn t do burfoot was released today under the condition that he shows up for his next Court Appearance which will be his arraignment. That s scheduled for january 20th right here at Norfolk Federal Court. Live in norfolk, kelly rule, newschannel 3. Newschannel three continues with live team coverage. Norfolk city leaders are reacting to word that the city treasurer has been indicted on federal charges. Our Margaret Kavanagh is live with some of the responses today from norfolk city leaders. Norfolk city councilman barclay winn told over phone it is not a good day. And i think the norfolk sheriff is calling for the city treasurer Anthony Burfoot to take a leave of absence while his legal matters play out in court. Meanwhile councilman Andy Protogyrou says he feels for the treasurer right now. 59 44 it affects the individual, it affects the family it affects their friends but protogyrou says the allegations are serious. 58 20 the issue is of public trust are another matter. Those are things that need to be looked at very closely councilman barclay winn stressed to me over the phone today that everyone deserves their day in court and Proven Guilty but says he ll be councilwoman williams was a bit harsher saying she s disappointed and says this taints public s opinion of elected officials. We tried to reach out to mayor paul fraim. But he would only say through a spokesperson that it is too early to give any kind of comment on this issue. 01 00. There s nothing that anyone of us can do we function matter where we take it from here and to reassure the citizens that we would maintain their trust 1 11 much of the indictment revolves around burfoot sp relationship with the residential and commercial developer tivest. One deal involving the midtown office tower was supported in a 5 to 3 vote by city council. 54 23 considering the fact that it protogyrou thinks city council needs to come together and discuss what has been going on and figure out how to move forward. Live in the control room, mk, newschannel 3 as we told you burfoot is accused of using his position to benefit tivest a construction company. The president of tivest was previously found guilty of fraud in connection with the broad creek project. He was sentenced to more than four years in prison. Virginia beach police need your help to take action against crime. They re looking for the man who robbed a Southern Bank and trust. Police say this man walked into at the centreville turnpike. Inside, he passed a not to the teller demanding money and saying he had a weapon. After getting cash he took off in the direction indian river road. If you know this man take action and call the crime line president obama talked about his plan to strengthen gun back ground checks at a town hall meeting in virginia last night. It attracted high profile players in the gun debate including former congresswoman gabby giffords. The president is pushing his recently unveiled executive actions aimed at expanding background checks. That announcement is bringing a sense of excited among dealers at the norfolk scope this weekend saying the to make business better. Newschannel 3s nadeen yanes is live with more. From camo guns to American Flag guns you can pretty much get anything at this gun show this weekend. In fact these guys told me at the gun show last weekend they had a 25 percent increase in sales. The best they ve ever done. They believe it could only get better this weekend after obama says he wants stricter gun laws. Its time for the first gun show in virginia after president obamas announcmeent hes not waiting for congress to strengthen gun control. And if it was anything like last weeks gun show in chantilly attendance is expected to shoot sky high. 53 07 most businesses would like to grow 2 percent a year when you jump 40 in a week thats pretty good Annette Elliott is the president of the fear is what fueling americans to get more guns. And these dealers like rob pollard are ready to cash in. 59 24 trying to make money i believe in capitalism pure and simple butted 22 00 05 i think its going to be crowded because every time the politicians get on this gun control rant it makes people afraid for what they might be and they have a legitimate right to be afraid a legitimate right to be afraid becuase he believes the president s new plan to create stricter gun control is taking away his rights. 3 45 it is infringing on their rights the 2nd amendment says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed what part they not understand one of the president s plans will affect pollard and the thousands of people who will be attending this weekends gun show. The president wants to close the so called gun show loop hole and require anyone who sells guns to have a private licesnse. The president also wants anyone who buys a gun to have a background check even if theyre purchasing from nats of steven setting up dealer steven tyler isnt completely opposed to the idea. 18 11i think it should happen but how that happens and what other stuff gets added into that process makes more prohibited on the 2nd amendment its really what the nra is talking about 34 thousand people expected times on our website wtkr dot com. Route 17 in isle of wight is back open after a tractor trailer overturned blocking all lanes for hours. The crash happened just before pickup truck swerved to avoid traffic in his lane. He then ran the tractor trailer off the road. Six vehicles were involved but only the tractor trailer driver was taken to the hospital. The driver of the pickup truck eric blair was charged with reckless driving. Another accident in Norfolk Police are investigating a multivehicle accident on the 65hundred block of tidewater drive. Police say a tractor trailer drove across the median onto oncoming traffic. The wreck involved six other vehicles. The driver of the tractor trailer was found dead, according to police. No word yet on the cause. Those with minor injuries were taken to depaul medical center. Police have blocked traffic on tidewater drive from norview avenue through widgeon road. Coming up on newschannel three at five a couple battles for custody over their daughter. A judges verdict today that could change the lives a landmark ruling by a Virginia Beach judge today involving a same sex couple in a custody case involving their son. Gabriella deluca is in the newsroom with the details new at 5. Today s hearing was all about ap simple question if a personp is not a biological parent of a child parent. The judge today said yes. Lauren poole dabs her face after a judge told her something she s known for years that she s a parent to her child. Even though she s not biologically connected to him. Across the court room head down knowing that she could soon share custody of the son they share. The two are now separated. Karen was impregnated by a sperm donor years ago. But today a judge ruled that lauren is a parent meaning she has a say in custody arrangements. It s the first case of it s kind in the commonwealth. Lauren s attorney barbara fuller agrees it s a big deal. When the two women split up karen had full custody of the child. But lauren wanted to share it so she took her to court. And the first step was proving to a judge that she s still a parent even though she didn t give birth to him. And that s exactly what the judge decided and told her parent. The next time the two will meet in court they ll discuss visitation rights and eventually a divorce trial. Live in the newsroom Gabriella Deluca newschannel 3. The Militia Group occupying a National Wildlife refuge in oregon is showing no signs of leaving. A spokesman for the group says the protests are peaceful and they won t back down. But the community in Harney County is urging the protestors to go. Hundreds of locals met on wednesday to voice their concerns about the armed group. Animal Rights Groups and Land Conservation groups are also urging the militia to leave. The Harney County sheriff met with the militia leader yesterday asking him to leave. The biggest indoor car show this weekend s hot rod and custom car show is at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in hampton. The aim is to celebrate classic cars and 1950s. 60s, and 70s. The show pulls together classic restored cars trucks and bikes as well as some new models. The inaugural show even sold out vehicle spots one month in advance. All those clouds that have been hanging around the past few days will finally bring us some wet weather this weekend. The trade off warmer temperatures after a few evening showers on friday, most of saturday is looking dry. Expect to wake up to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid 40s. But we will warm up into the upper 50s to around 60 in the afternoon. A few showers are possible the bulk of the rain will be moving in late saturday night and into the first part of sunday as an area of low pressure rolls up the coast. You may even be awakened by a stray thunderstorm early sunday morning. We are not expecting a big outbreak of severe weather, but an isolated severe storm is possible. Most of the wet weather will end by early afternoon on sunday. And with a gusty southwest wind ahead of an approaching cold front, expect high temperatures well into the 60s. But once that cold front crosses the region, temperatures will drop. A lot. We will wake up in the 30s on monday morning and only warm into the mid 40s in the afternoon, despite plenty of sunshine. Tuesday may be a few degrees warmer in the afternoon, but then temperatures drop again. Many of us may not get out of the 30s next at 5. And no it isn t lassie and this hero dog didn t save ap boy in a well. A community in massachusetts is celebrating a hero. But this Good Samaritan is no human it s a dog. Jacques and annabelle are two scottish terriers who have been friends for years. On tuesday the dog s owners suffered a medicalp emergency. When First Responders came to her aid the confusion caused the dogs to run off into the woods. Police eventually found jacques but annabelle was nowhere to be found. Jacques then led police and fire rescue crews to an embankment where annabelle had gotten stuck. Rescue crews pulled annabelle out of the embankment and brought the dog up to safety. Next on newschannel three at 530. A mexican drug lord back behind bars. How Authorities Say a tip led them to
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