fox 5 s john hanrahan has more. this is a horrible pedestrian versus car accident from last september. one pedestrian was killed, another badly injured. police say the driver, a young woman from mitchellville, maryland was very drunk. questions from both sides prompted the judge to un expectedly recues himself from the case. a group of johns hopkins graduate students was standing on a traffic island in adams morgan when police say then 23- year-old shamika adams car came around a corner, mowed down two of the pedestrians and wound up crashing into an abandoned restaurant. 26-year-old yulia later died. her mother and twin sister remain devastated. i sent her to the u.s. to have a good study and to get the career and to do something in her life and she was killed in the road. prosecutors say breathalyzer tests registered twice the legal limit of alcohol. according to the government s memorandum in support of sentencing, tamyka adams was in a bar called the district famous
the last two years. reporter: republin rhetoric, also no change. cut the spending. cut the debt. repeal and replace this health care law. reporter: mitch mcconnell s republans have grabbed an issue, no more pet projects on the gop side. reid is not on board. even though some senate democrats are arguing, that s the kind of change voters demanded in the midterms. democrats wrestling over the earmark issue is taking attention away from republican division. the old guard versus the tea rty. live from the hill, steve handlesm, news 4, back to you. steve, thank you. after three weeks of looking at the evidence and hearing witness testimony, the chandra levy murder case has gone to the jury. they will decide the fate of ingmar guandique who s been charged in levy s murder in 2001. jurors heard csing arguments today, deliberations expected to begin tomorrow morning. the suspect is facing two first degree murder charges that could mean life in prison. pat collins has more f
a woman who said she survived an attack by ingmar guandique took the stand today. she said it happened in rock creek park in may 2001. i felt this incrible thug, he said. he jumped on myback. i screamed no, over and oh again as loud as i know how to scream. then she sai she used a self-defense move. pushing her hand in guandique s mouth. he got up and ranway. the testimony of this woman, key evidence in the chandra levy murder trial. prosecutor amanda haynes said chandra s accused killer ingmar guandique made three mistakes. he told confidantes that he killed chandra 11y. he had an injury consistent with the attack on chandra. and she said he attacked two other women in rock creek park with similarities to the attac on chandra. with one exception. they survived. the defense attorne maria said the government can t fix its failures in this case. they re trying to make mr. guandique an easy scapegoat. the prosecutor said that chana levy in rock week park was a 1-80 foot trail of
door neighbor thinks she saw the jeep this morning. i thought maybe it was a lady next door. it was the me color. the jeep cherokee light color. i didn t think any more of it until the police started arriving. that was craig melvin reporting. the mother of chandra levy faced her daughter s accused killer for the first time today as the trial of ingr guandique got underway. opening statements were held this afternoon. then the first witnesses took the stand. our pat collins was in the courtroom today. he joins us live outde d.c. superior court with more on day one. pat? reporter: the prosecutor said the cops were obsessed with gary condit that it derailed the investigation into chandra levy s murder for years and years. chancera s mother, susan ley, at superior court facing the accused killer of her daughter for the first time. can you give me your thoughts? no, thank you. the weather is nice today. reporter: can you tell us what you think of the opening statements
in her opening statement to the jury prosecutor manned a haynes admitted mistakes were amanda haynes admitted mistakes were made along the way but the one man exhaustively investigated by the police congressman gary condit had nothing to do with the murder she said. this case also about the failure of the criminal justice it. the police were distracted. the juicy secret of the congressman and the internal howed guandique to hide in plain sight intern allowed guandique to hide in plain sight. it s a circumstantial case. the defense attorney maria howillo told the jury there is no credible evidence supporting the government s theory. their case comes down to prior bad acts and jailhouse informants. they have made him into an easy scapegoat. listening to it and taking notes was chandra levy s mother susan who declined to comment outside the courthouse. ingmar guandiqui is facing felony murder charges for allegedly killing chandra levy. the afternoon s testimony featured some