Reporter protesters calling for justice in the wake of the grand jurys decision not to indict Ferguson Police officer darren wilson. Youre not saying anything, youre part of the problem. Reporter several d. C. Activists were part of todays protests. We need to turn all of this energy, all of this passion, all of this pain into power. Into something positive. Into real change that will improve outcomes in peoples lives. Reporter trayan white says what happened in ferguson can happen here. A lot of this happened in our community. We need more people concerned, more people making an issue about it. Because it could be your son, my son. It could be me, it could be either one of us on any given day. So we have to stand up and speak up. Reporter one of the organizers of todays rally says she is here because of her children. Im doing this for their lives, so they can stay alive. So that we can bring awareness to this issue, because its genocide. There is no other reason for this to be happeni
Troubled a letter the governor sent to his wife on september 5th 2011 was shown in court. Bob mcdonald explained it was a time he thought his marriage was over and it was his attempt to reconcile. He called her my soul mate and told her i made many mistakes in my life which i wish i could fix. Im sorry for the times i havent been there for you and have done things to hurt you. He said he would try to do better. But quote i am completely at a loss as to handle the fiery anger and hate from you thats become more and more frequent. The letter ends with quote, let me know if you want to talk softly, end quote. Bob mcdonald says he never heard from his wife about the email. On the day it was written maureen had four contacts with Johnny Williams. The defense attorney asked today as we speak here, whats the state of your marriage, bob mcdonald said we dont communicate much. Its i think basically on hold. They are staying separately during the trial. When asked if he thought maureen had a phy
Well post those on our nbc facebook site as well as storm team 4. 17 now. The windchill 1 below. Yes, we have sunshine across the area but throughout those windchills already below zero Gaithersburg Leesburg up through Loudoun County especially north and west. So this is hypothermiatype weather coming up for tomorrow morning. Frostbite within just 30 minutes. The re why were likely to be seeing more delays start times for tomorrow morning. Well talk about how long it will last and snow and ice for the weekend. What a rude awaken today. The bitter cold delayed school buses around Fairfax County today prompting students to get that hashtag going, going, clothesacps. Standing out in the cold hasnt been any easier for adults waiting on a bus or train that may not be coming. Transportation reporter adam is live now at the king street metro station. How are riders coping this afternoon . Reporter its not fun out here and its going to get colder. Some lucky people up on the train, up on the p
Then after that is over we will hear the prosecution question bob mcdonnell. Im peggy fox reporting live in richmond, back to you. Good news, some of the showers we saw earlier are fading away which is great news for the nats game as they go for win number 11. There are showers upstream in the mountains were tracking but in the immediate metro were okay. That one shower that went rolling down 270 is gone. Thats a good thing. But back to the north and west pretty good storms, just around cumberland, breezewood. These are going to sink off to the south and east as we go through the evening hours. We will track them for you. I dont think theyre going to make it into the metro but this storm certainly will make to the paw paw at 6 25, and also over toward largent as that moves southeast. Heavy rain is the main problem. We dont see anything severe with these storms. Storm tracker. Tonight, 6 30, a couple of showers north of town but most of the metro area is dry. If you are having a cookout
Im mike lied. We start with the latest in the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor bob mcdonald. The prosecution has started questioning after mcdonald answered some questions from his wifes defense team. Peggy . Reporter hey i tell you what, the heat is on. The former governor looks to be squirming somewhat with tough questioning. The lead prosecutor, michael dry, began crossexamination of bob mcdonald about 45 minutes ago. Look at the walk ins this morning. The governor not talking too much to us this morning. But dry began with a series of questions. You dont deny you stayed at the smith mount ten lake home you dont deny that you drove his ferarri . Went through a bunch of the different gifts and loans been mcdonald received and every single one of those you did something for Johnny Williams . That is what he is trying to slow and he is catching him off guard a little bit. In fact at one point, the judge admonished mcdonald and said just answer the questions. Because mcdonal