What was the argument for overturning the conviction . Reporter the judge had two basic presentations. When the judge flood when presenting his statement, they said the jurors were not questioned about pretrial publicity. Bob mcdonnells attorney had a halfhour to present his case. And the government had a halfhour. During both cases, the threejudge panels gave them questions. The former governor with your with his entire family. His estranged wife was also here. But she arrived separately. The two were convicted of accepting 177,000 in gifts alone from wealthy businessman Johnny Williams in exchange for promoting his company. Bob mcdonnells attorney argued two points. First of all, that the trial judge gave the jury flawed and overbroad instructions about what an official act is and that it wrongly wrongly sweeps and lawful conduct. Unlawful conduct. He also argued that Bob Mcdonnells attorneys were not permitted to individually question the potential jurors about pretrial publicity. And whether it had caused them to form an opinion. The governments Attorney Says the jurors were adequately question. As for official acts, he pointed to a glaring piece of evidence that six minutes after Johnny Williams negotiates the loan with bob mcdonnell, the former governor asks and instructs his Senior Adviser to help williams and his company. It makes every elected official a potential target. Because these are routine courtesies that every governor every elected official when you have every white House Counsel saying that this is grossly wrong under the law, i think that says a lot. The jury instructions the judge gave were wrong. The ones we gave or rights. This is enough to reverse the conviction. We are confident that is what will happen. Thank you very much. So you can really get a clue on how the judges feel. Two were appointed by president clinton. And another appointed by obama. Most of the questions seem to be critical of the defense. But that is the nature of these appeals since the appeal comes from the defense. We will have to wait and see. We are expecting an opinion coming in a few weeks. Perhaps a few months. Peggy fox reporting live in richland bridgman. What about Maureen Mcdonnell . Yes. She was here today. Whatever happens in this case directly affects her since the two were convicted together. So we really have to wait for the decision here, to find out what the panel comes up with. Peggy fox reporting live, thank you. A total of six people were hurt in a serious accident in Montgomery County this morning. We were over the scene. Two vehicles collided. At least one person was ejected from the vehicle. It is unclear who was at fault in the accident what, if any charges any of the charges will face any of the drivers will face. Nepal being hit today by a second powerful earthquake. The magnitude 7. 3 in a remote Mountain Region and to regard and triggered landslides and toppled buildings. At least 37 people have been killed. Many more may be buried in the rubble. We have more. Victims have been taken to hospitals after another powerful earthquake hit nepal. The the buildings were buckling. The 7. 3 magnitude quake was centered halfway between the capital of kathmandu and mount everest. In nepal, Parliament Legislators ran to safety during the earthquake. Nepal is still trying to recover from the 7. 8 earthquake that killed more than 8000 people a few weeks ago. This is considered an aftershock of that earthquake. This time, residents say the earthquake felt just as powerful, but didnt last as long. Relief agencies from around the world are still in the country delivering supplies to isolated villages villages in the himalayas. Cbs news. We have heard from Virginia Task force one on the ground there. They are all doing fine. Structural experts check to the soundness of the building they are staying in and declared it safe. Members of a Fairfax CountyFire Department went to nepal to look for earthquake survivors. They were part of the group that rescued a teenager nearly five days after the first earthquake. The team is still finalizing the plan for a return home. We are not sure when they will be able to do that right now. Metro is back on track except in bethesda where trains are single tracking due to some sort of parking issue. This after monday. The work began with stations being closed because of a report of smoke and the tunnel. It turned out the report was unfounded. The Transit Agency apologized to passengers for the long delays they experience. There was one more emergency last night. Metro center was closed until early this morning because of a transform explosion and the station. Metro center close last night about the same time the Washington Wizards game. Paul pierce could not repeat his heroics of saturday night. And the wiz ended with a 106101. And six seconds last year. The series is now tied at two games a piece. Game five is wednesday in atlanta. Verizon is buying aol. Word of the 4. 4 billion deal came this morning. Best known for its dialup Internet Service in the 90s, aol now has several media brands including the huffington post. Analysts say the move could help verizon make money by distributing video over the internet particularly to mobile devices which is a growing trend in the marketplace. The deal is subject to Regulatory Approval and is expected to close some time this summer. An anonymous buyer is the proud new owner of the worlds most expensive p painting. The picasso oil works, sold for nearly 180 million at auction last night. Bidding actually started at 100 million. Auctioneers at say they are not surprised by the recordsetting bid. What is behind this boom in the art world . It is a cultural boom. One i am privileged to be part of. It is global. And goes across the continent. It took just 11 minutes, 34 seconds for the picasso buyer to reach the winning bid. A sculpture called, the pointing man, sold for more than 141 million. That too broke a world auction record for a sculptor. Coming up on wusa9 news, customer appreciation. We will tell you about an art dealer who really cared about his waitress. Plus dozens of passengers narrowly escaped a bus describing their talk this morning, john kerry met with russian president Vladimir Putin. Russia wants americas help in brokering a peace deal in syria but tensions between the two countries are at their lowest point since the cold war. We have more on the mission. Secretary of state john kerry sat down with russian president Vladimir Putin for the First Time Since russias military invaded ukraine two years ago. The two men met on russian turf at the resort town kerry came with a list of requests. He pressed him to pull back troops and to commit to a solid ceasefire. But it will take more than handshakes to move beyond their rocky past. Before john kerrys trip even began, russia was already pointing fingers. The Foreign Ministry released a statement saying the ukraine crisis was largely provoked by the United States the u. S. Need support on several global issues. The u. S. Wants russia to help brokerage brokersyria and a Nuclear Peace deal with iran. More than 6000 people have been killed since fighting began between Ukrainian Government forces and russian back the rebels last year. The conflict follows russias annexation of the crimean pole and see peninsula crimean peninsula. Traffic continues to go by and one lane of traffic. Residents living near this explosion say it was so intense that it shook the ground. The 47 people on board the bolt bus were able to scramble off before this explosion in newton. This was going from boston to new york. The passengers were also able to retrieve their belongings before the blast. A new york city waitress is 50,000 richer, thanks to a grateful customer. And our dealer who recently passed away left the money to marine donahue. He was eating at the steakhouse four times a week every week for more than 50 years. Donovan said she grew close to him over that time and regarded him as a member of her family. It doesnt surprise me. He was just a wonderful guy. I thought it was fabulous. I think she totally deserves that. It could not have happened to a better person. I was very happy for her. He never looks for anything in return. Ellsworth gave another 50,000 to donahues niece. She says she will use it to help pay for her wedding. Coming up on wusa9 news, the mushroom house is finally sold. Details on that coming up. On our way up to the 90s this afternoon. An update from her the allergy index. High tree pollen. Mold is moderate. Weeds are well. That, with another ingredients found in many Sports Supplements is to blame for the recent death of a female athlete. The ingredient is called, h bmpea it caused a stroke in a patient who took the supplement before a workout. Here to talk about this is dr. John cochran, who is the director of strokes. Thank you for being here with us. We could not pronounce the clinical name. How does this affect the body . And what exactly is this ingredient . It is an amphetamine like agent that was not supposed to be in the Dietary Supplements. It was found in the supplements the athlete used. And was found about a month ago and several similar Dietary Supplements having to do with this. It increases your Blood Pressure and causes spasms. It can cause a stroke. In this womans case, it was a hemorrhagic stroke where she blood in her brain. It also called an ischemic stroke where the blood vessels narrowed down. And part of the brain does not get enough blood. You say this ingredient was not supposed to be in the supplement. But it was. How is that pot from the fda on these supplements . Im sure you know that is a subject of some debate, where the fda should provide more oversight for Dietary Supplements. The level of science required for dietary supplement could be advertised it is much lower then it would be for a pharmaceutical agent. So they can say these things are energizing and help people work out. And they dont have to prove they work. And they are also not manufactured under the same scrutiny as pharmaceutical agents. I know we dont look carefully enough at the bottles and the ingredients and in. You mentioned the other case other supplements with suspicious ingredients in them that you are aware . A couple names you can give us . One is called, acacia. It goes under various brand names. I think the brand name this woman was using was called, jak it was supposed to have caffeine and some other vitamin type things and acacia. I would be very, very cautious about taking anything that alleges it is going to make you work out better and faster and have more energy. Because it is likely not to be safe. Or it will work. It can do ball. Dr. John cochran, we will end on that good advice. Thank you for speaking with us. Thank you. It is going to be a hot one today. Are we going to break the record . The one that goes back to september . The last time we hit 90 was in september. We will break some records . Potentially, yes. We are going to dry out this afternoon. The air is drying up. Lower humidity. Were still a little sticky here. Over the next couple hours in washington, we will feel that low humidity. Temperatures will not fall until tonight when the cool air moves and. I will show you what is happening. Were still dealing still dealing with a very warm atmosphere. Ninetys is the forecast high. Have not been there in a while. The average high is 74. Were way above average. Eightyeight this evening at 6 00. It will be too humid. But it will fall off tonight. Lows by tomorrow morning will be down in the 50s. It will feel a lot better around here, in about 12 up to 18 hours. Today is the 11th day of above average temperatures. First of the month, we were below. Much cooler air arriving tonight. It will be around for wednesday, thursday and friday, with highs only in the 70s. Nighttime lows will be delightful. Open the windows. Turn off the air conditioner. Fortys and the suburbs. Fiftys in town. Next chance of showers and storms are just in time for the upcoming weekend. Ninetyfour in baltimore. And 93 in washington. So in washington dry air moving in. The dew point in the 40s and 50s in the valley. A dew point is down from 69, down to 63 in the last hour. So dealing with that high humidity in some areas. The wind shifting to the west. And the dry air moving in. Temperatures range from 86 in town up to 79 in hagerstown. And 87 is the warm spot right now. The skies which which were cloudier, will become more sunny as this patch of cloud moves through. Officially 86 with a west wind at 13. Humidity, 46 . Watch this humidity level dropped, maybe into the 30s. 25 range this afternoon. Nationally, rain in the northwest. A lot more rain in texas. They had the Drought Conditions six months ago. Most of that has been alleviated. Were watching a cold system across the great lakes. And in ontario. Yes, that is snow on the map in the middle of may. Highs in detroit and chicago, only in the 50s today. Were dealing with the heat. We will be up to about 90. The warm air is with us. That will get out of hear this evening. The cool air moves in tonight. Tomorrow, breezy, cool and pleasant. Highs tomorrow in the low 70s. About 15 up to 20 degrees cooler than today. Three day forecast. Ninety today. Tonight, 58. Low 50s north and west. Tomorrow, 72. Tomorrow night, 52 and 40s in the suburbs. Thursday looks fantastic. If you have plans for thursday go for it. 74 degrees. Friday, a little warmer. 78 degrees. Chance of storms saturday and sunday. Temperatures climb back into it took more than six months but the home known as the mushroom house in bethesda has to finally been sold. The oneofakind house that belongs looks like it belongs and bedrock sold for 920,000 pick it was pretty regular looking in 1967 when it was bought. But then it was given a makeover. The owner says he was young at the time. And looking back on it, he says it was probably end of a dumb thing to do. The mushroom house, as we said, was on the market for six months. If you want to move your property, now is the time because this is a sellers market. However, Real Estate Experts say there are five big selling mistakes you want to avoid. Marilou, always good to have you here with us. As we said, the mushroom house sold for 920,000 but went on the mark initially at 1. 2 million. Pricing is one of those seller mistakes that you want to avoid, isnt it . That is the most important thing when you put your property on the market. People will say, lets just try it. 1. 2 million. And it sits. Other people who are looking to buy will say, what is wrong with that . And it is the price. So when they brought the price down, they finally sold it . That is correct. That was an unusual house. The one thing that really draws people in, is curb appeal. You say, dont forget about that. Dont forget curb appeal. Often times people focus on landscaping. And i have seen where they forget the trim on the front door, or the front door. And that takes a lot of wear and tear. And that is part of your first impression. So sprucing up on the outside is important. And you say, on the other side, dont over improve. What do you mean by that . People have thought they needed to do so much to make their house look good. And by doing it, they overspent and in the end, they couldnt get all the money out they put into it. I have heard that. You might want a kitchen. And you do it the way you want. But maybe somebody that wants to buy the house doesnt like what you have done. That is correct. The other thing is, what about the open house. Often times, people have thought it would be good to be there to answer questions. Hopefully, more and more, they get the message. When buyers come, they want the freedom of not worrying about the owner being underfoot. That is what you have a Real Estate Agent do that for you. Yes. And you say, dont wait too long to respond to a buyers offer. That is very true. Often times, when people are ready to buy, they are ready to buy. And they make an offer and they want an answer. The longer you drag your feet, you risk having buyers remorse. And they move on. And guess what, we have to move on too. That is it for wusa9 news at noon. And were back at 5 00. 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