She was found in the back seat of her car, tied up with the seat belt. Now, the defendant, johnson, told police that she committedo. It was an emotional moment in court today when the defense attorney asked the judge to release johnson at that point a friend of the victims in court screamed out, no, hes an animal, and began crying. He then was removed from the courtroom by court marshals. Coming up at 5 00, youll hear from that man and his friends about that loss and tell you more about what Court Documents reveal about this crime. Reporting live outside d. C. Superior court, Mark Segraves, news 4. All right. Thank you, mark. Developing now, rising tensions between the u. S. And israel. Secretary of state, john kerry, today strongly defended americas commitment to israel. As president elect donald trump weighs in on twitter. Nbcs brian mooar joins us live from capitol hill with the latest on this. Brian . President elect clearly has a lot to say. Hes going around the media to say it. T
Iran deal. January 20th is fast approaching. Israel is still moving forward with settlements. Wednesday a Housing Committee approved new construction of a four Story Building in east engineer lemm. Jerusalem. The u. S. De nies that they wrote the passage of the resolution. The palestinian president said hes ready to resume peace talks. Also today president elect donald trump appears to accuse president obama of sabotaging his upcoming administration. This morning mr. Trump tweeted, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president obama states mentand roadblocks. I thought it was going to be a smooth transition. Not. The president elect said that president obama did phone him today. Mr. Trump said the two conversation but he would not comment any further. The Washington Post reports the Obama Administration is preparing to announce retaliation measures against russia for meddling in the u. S. President ial race. The actions are expected to include new economic sanctions, diplo
D. C. Fire ignored obligations to took to undertake. D. C. Is going to file a similar motion filed by riders. Happening today the u. S. Senate begins confirmation hears for president elect cabinet nominees. General john kelly homeland and Jeff Sessions for attorney general and a number of grumz are opposing sessions and want to make their voice heard. Live on capitol hill with the story, mel. Reporter good morning, guys, that hearing will get underway 9 30 this morning and usually depending how pop lor a hearing is theres 40 Seats Available to the public. Theyre first come, first serve so you have a number of groups that will be vying to try to get one of those very precious public hearing spots. We know sessions will be questioned on his record and views on things such as community policing, immigration, womens rights and of course, civilig well. And now the day before president elect Donald Trumps nominee for attorney general heads into what promises to be contentious hearing Jeff Se
Even with the sun today closings and delays because of weather storm. King George Country and Spotsylvania County schools are closed today. Fredericksburg sut yain Madison Country on 2 hour delay. Maryland now, caroline county, dorchester, queen anne as, talbert Country Schools all closed. Calvert country, kent county and st. Mary Country Schools on two hour delay. You can find the complete list of closings and delays scrolling on bottom of your screen and also on fox5dc. Com and fox news app. And theres a school in north are you require not School Related because of first up Jeff Sessions nominated for attorney general and Homeland Security nominee john kelly will tough a grilling by lawmakers tod lack. A number of group opposing sessions and Melanie Alnwick is live at capitol hill this morning. Melanie. Well, steve, allison, you see how the line as grown here all of these folks here waiting to try to get a public seat. Theres people advocating for causes like Legal Marijuana and civi
Even with the sun today closings and delays because of weather storm. King George Country and Spotsylvania County schools are closed today. Fredericksburg sut yain Madison Country on 2 hour delay. Maryland now, caroline county, dorchester, queen anne as, talbert Country Schools all closed. Calvert country, kent county and st. Mary Country Schools on two hour delay. You can find the complete list of closings and delays scrolling on bottom of your screen and also on fox5dc. Com and fox news app. And theres a school in north are you require not School Related because of first up Jeff Sessions nominated for attorney general and Homeland Security nominee john kelly will tough a grilling by lawmakers tod lack. A number of group opposing sessions and Melanie Alnwick is live at capitol hill this morning. Melanie. Well, steve, allison, you see how the line as grown here all of these folks here waiting to try to get a public seat. Theres people advocating for causes like Legal Marijuana and civi