terrible request which is life in jail and the possibility to get dismissed. so she was extremely scared and tense. reporter: we heard some cheers but we also heard some boos. with some people shouting where is the justice? now in terms of amanda knox while she left the prison, and according to italian lawmakers she could be back home in seattle by tuesday. rob, tanya, back to you. what a day in court. and still, as wonderful it is she is coming back home if you believe justice prevaileprevail may not be over, possibility of civil charges. it s not over yet. hardly unlikely she would be extradited back to italy for further trial. i doubt she will be visiting that country again. maybe she will stop eating spaghetti. the, now jury selection begins in detroit today in the trial of a man charged with that foiled christmas day underwear bomb plot. umar farouk abdulmutallab was accused of trying to detonate explosives on an amsterdam to detroit flight on christmas day
warnings out of these. we ll continue to watch as more storms form throughout the evening. i ll continue to keep you updated here from the storm center. thanks, doug. now to jack johnson s fall from grace. the former prince george s county executive struck a plea deal in a pay to play scheme. he plead guilty to two counts of extortion and witness tampering. johnson now admits to accepting campaign contributions to help developers secure millions in federal grant money. each crime carries up to 20 years in prison. sentencing is set for september. we have team coverage. we begin with chris gordon in our newsroom. chris? good evening. prosecutors say jack johnson s guilty plea should assure maryland citizens and send a powerful message to public officials if you are corrupt, we will catch you and punish you. former prince george s county executive jack johnson came to court with his lawyer and members of the clergy who prayed with him before he pleaded guilty to two corr
now in a notorious jail after being denied bail on sex assault charges. after his lawyer hints at what could be his defense strategy after his lawyer hints at what could be his defense strategy today, tuesday, may 17, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. when arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver went public with their separation a week ago, a lot of people wondered why it would be happening after 25 years of marriage. we have more information now about what likely contributed to the split. in a statement released overnight schwarzenegger says after he left the california governor s office in january he told his wife maria he fathered a child with a long-time member of their household staff. he says it happened more than a decade ago before he was elected and apparently he s provided financial support to the woman and child from the start. we have the latest details in a li
being denied bail on sex assault charges. after his lawyer hints at what could be his defense strategy after his lawyer hints at what could be his defense strategy today, tuesday, may 17, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. when arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver went public with their separation a week ago, a lot of people wondered why it would be happening after 25 years of marriage. we have more information now about what likely contributed to the split. in a statement released overnight schwarzenegger says after he left the california governor s office in january he told his wife maria he fathered a child with a long-time member of their household staff. he says it happened more than a decade ago before he was elected and apparently he s provided financial support to the woman and child from the start. we have the latest details in a live report ahead. also ahead,
hi, everybody. i m kai jackson. i m mary bubala. here s what people are definitely talking about. preparing for more snow. a live look outside right now, most of maryland is hours away from a winter weather advisory. the big question right now, how much do we expect? wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods are following the latest system. bob? reporter: let s take a look at radar. we ve had a lot of sun in the baltimore region. they are getting precipitation. most of it is a mix of rain and wet snow. temperatures still pretty slow. but it s headed pretty much to our southeast. right now, this batch of storms is headed to the eastern shore. looks like it will continue at least throughout the evening hours. won t say anything in the baltimore, washington area until late, late tonight. take a look at this map. beginning late tonight, for most of the region, most of the day tomorrow, winter weather advisories. sore if o