And well have more on the cold weather and problems that its causing for us in just a minute. But first, former governor Bob Mcdonnell just appeared in court to face the charges against him. News4s Aaron Gilchrist is at the newsdesk. They had two court appearances, and the first has concluded. Theyre in the second hearing. Let me show you video of Bob Mcdonnell and his wife maureen arriving at the federal courthouse in richmond earlier this morning for the bond hearing, which is where they appeared first. The judge in that courtroom did release them on their own recognizance this morning, and they immediately went upstairs in the federal courthouse there to appear for their arraignment on federal charges. We learned on tuesday that they were being charged with 14 different counts results from 165,000 in gifts and loans they received from a wealthy businessman there in the richmond area. Mcdonnell saying repeatedly over the last year or so that nothing inappropriate was done on his part
Child porn. He had been living with his family in psychsville since his arrest. They called police after finding his body. A new mother charged with firstdegree murder after police say she killed her newborn baby, then tried to dispose of the babys body. News4 was first to report this story. On thanksgiving day, police were called to this apartment complex on 14th street in d. C. s brightwood neighborhood. A resident reported seeing bloody water dripping through the ceiling of an apartment. Police found Lillian Alvarado in her apartment in the bathroom with the baby. Sources tell news4 she was trying to dispose of the body. Alvarado has been under Psychiatric Care since that happened. Police charged her after the autopsy results came in. Not guilty, please, for virginias former governor and his wife to federal corruption charge. Bob and Maureen Mcdonnell are accused of accepting gifts and loans from a ceo of a Company Interested in doing business in the state. Northern Virginia Bureau
News4 has learned this isnt his first runin with the law. Were digging into the drivers past to find out why he was allowed back on the road. And the deep freeze is tightening its grip on our region. The cold isnt going away. And now the threat of more snow. Were tracking it all from storm center 4. News4 at 11 starts now. New reaction tonight after a suspected drag racing crash in montgomery county. Police say the cars collided and spun out on to a sidewalk, killing a teenaged girl and critically injuring her friend. Shomari stone is in gaithersburg with reaction from the young victims church pastor. Shomari . Reporter well, doreen, its a very sad night out here in gaithersburg. Right now behind me an Accident Reconstruction Team sought here on muncaster mill road, trying to piece together exactly what happened out here. The two teens were students at covenant life church. Their pastor describes them as good students, good people. And he is saddened by this tragic loss. Its a tragic n
Longer here. They were transported to the hospital. But what theyre looking at right now is the the geography of this area, how the two lanes come in to one. Theyre going to have to, you know, map out the area. Right now theyre trying to notify next of kin, relatives of the people involved, once again you have one pedestrian killed, you have one thats in critical but stable condition. And the drivers along with one passenger, well, theyre they have nonlifethreatening injuries. Live from gaithersburg, news4. And heres the latest now on that crashha tying up traffic on the bw parkway. The northbound lanes of the parkway remain closed, and drivers are advised to avoid that area. That crash happened near powder mill road and route 197 in greenbelt. Park police are telling us that a vehicle traveling south on the parkway crossed the center line, struck a car head on in the northbound lanes. Now to a story youre seeing first on 4. A man stumbles along a metro platform and falls on to the tra
And good morning. There will be some snow in areas today. Not everybody will see the flakes flying. And if you do see the snow, its going to be something to note. Not a lot in the way of accumulation. Starting out this morning, well, we are warmer than we were yesterday morning. 24 is the temperature right now in washington. Many locations already in the low 20s. When you factor in the winds, this is how it feels outside. It feels about 10 in washington, 16 in college park, and a cold 6 degrees right now in dulles. Overall right now, temperatures today will be warmer than they have been. This is the system im tracking. As it pushes over the mountains, a lot of the snow will fall apart. Again, some scattered snow showers mainly later today. The area is dry right now. So heres what you can expect. Temperatures in the 30s today, some scattered snow, little but no accumulation. If you can expect snow coming up in a just over 10 minutes, angie. Thank you very much. More snow is headed to th