second look. they still refused. so why was a responsible for a decision that was not mine to make? reporter: his defense says henson had been thrown under the buzz and left holding the bag by the ehrlich campaign for the robocall that henson insists was not intended to suppress voter turnout. and i said all along that was the purpose of the call in the first place was to motivate, persuade people to go vote. the state s own witness put on a witness that said they did exactly that. reporter: but prosecutor says suppressing votes was henson s idea and intention all along and say henson should be held accountable, along with henson s campaign manager, paul schurick. reporter: wednesday, they will hear from the woman whose voice was in that call. rhonda russell will take the stand. she has been given immunity, in exchange for her testimony. we re live at the courthouse. wjz eyewitness news. henson faces two charges relating to lack of authority on the line of the roboc
to show you 95 north, you are going to have company, 95 north of maryland 100, a lot of cars this morning. everything is moving along. other areas around the city, and in the county, baltimore, an accident on frankfort, sinclair lane. that is tying things up a little bit. if you are traveling around the curtis bay area , there is road construction, quarantine road and 695, that is holding things up, that s causing delays this morning. another delay that you might know about, if you are heading on the jfx, south, they are going both ways, working on bridge repair. the jones falls expressway around cold spring, there is also delays in that area. u.s. 40, baltimore national pike, ramp on the northbound is closed due to bridge repair. if you are wondering about the traffic, head to abc2news.com. students at the university of maryland college park have more than finals on their mind. police are investigating a armed robbery off of campus involving current and former students.
southern pennsylvania. frederick is 36. gaithersburg, martin burrs, hagerstown 43. heard from shirley out in oldtown, maryland. she s down to 35 this morning. we ve got 53 down in reedville and 49 in la plata. looking at our highs today with that mix of clouds and sunshine, mid-60s on the bay in annapolis. we ll be in the mid- to upper 60s in the metro with 71 possibly in ma man sas. manassas. monika santami, looking good for drivers in most areas. it is, howard. thank you for being so opt hiss mystic, too. owe on optimistic, too. if you re planning to head around town, things aren t looking too bad but a couple of accidents have popped up in virginia. if you re planning to head over to the west side of town, a couple of things i want to tell you about. route 234 near manassas mall, there s an accident. police are on the scene. that s south of i-66 inbound on i-66 you have the slow traffic in manassas. between route 50 and 123, an accident here on the shoulder. in fact, i
maybe near 70 in a couple spots this afternoon. monika, take it away. overall the major thoroughfares are great. for monday morning you ll just see that early morning volume forming. on the northbound side of i-95 we re fine but you want to watch out for that police activity we ve been telling but here in lorton. northbound on route 123 near palmer drive. so be aware of that. across the occoquan river on 95 things are fine, lorton, newington to springfield. we ll take a live look outside where there are no problems as you can see. again just the volume early monday morning. it already looks like this in the main and hov lanes heading for 395. back over to the map and this time all the way up 270 coming in from frederick. no problems on i-70 and 270. a live look on the beltway north of town here at georgia avenue traffic is moving well. in my next report another look at area roads at 5:09. thank you very much, monika. d.c. police are investigating several armed robberies
she will make a stop in china where it is believed that she will discuss a possible deal to free a chinese dissident. danielle nottingham reports the issue could become a diplomatic dilemma for the obama administration. reporter: the human activist is reportedly under u.s. protection possibly behind the walls of the american embassy in beijing. it s believed u.s. and chinese officials are now working out a deal that would allow him to leave the country. he is a blind self-taught lawyer who spent four years in jail after speaking out against forced abortions in china. he and his family have been under house arrest where they were beaten and harassed. last week he escaped and later released an internet plea to the chinese government. although i m free, my worries are deepened, he says. my wife, mother and children are still in the guards evil hands. the white house is not commenting on chen s case but the obama administration nation as diplomatic crisis that could strain rel