Expenses forng Virginia Beach rental properties owned by mcdonnell and his sister. His attorney asked about the nature of the money, his attorney saying it was a loan, not a gift. Mcdonnell replied, yes. The defense attorney asked if mcdonnell that the loan was inappropriate. Expenses for virginiahe answered testified that he did not believe he had to report the loan because they were made to a corporate entity and not to him personally. The former governor saying, if i had to report a loan or a stop or something, i was going to do it. Wrappedlls attorney up his questioning late this afternoon. On monday, he will face his wifes attorney, and cross examination will begin sometime after that. Suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. This week has been emotional for former governor mcdonnell. At wjla. Com you can read for yourself the love letter he sent to his wife, begging her to help heal their damage marriage. The first few hours of the weekend could come with a dose of rain for parts of our area. We are getting used to that lately. With that last into tomorrow is our question. That is get a first look with steve rudin. The clouds, the showers, even a few rumbles of thunder will stick around. And of the weekend, it is looking a lot better. Look at the chesapeake beach, maryland. Winds are out of the northnortheast at 12 mph, but it feels like a t. We have seen a few scattered showers. Not amounting to a lot, at least not so far. Doppler radar shows central Montgomery County, rockville toward gaithersburg and germantown, wet shower activity. This is slowly drifting toward the east at around 1015 mph. We are not expecting any of this to become severe. This is what we have temperature wise. The cloud cover has kept temperatures down quite a bit. 78 degrees at dulles and 82 at Reagan National. The same in fredericksburg. A lot of folks are heading out to the big baseball game tonight. Could we make it number 11 . Theeratures will fall to 70s. Eventually, overnight lows will be in the 60s. We will take a look at the next seven days. If you like lower humidity, you are going to love what is on the way. A Montgomery CountyCouncil Member joining the push now for answers, after she saw this video, captured by an abc 7 photographer, of a county Police Officer grabbing a teenager by the throat. Get videoht, lets and reactions you will see only on 7. Hashat member of council sent a letter to the chief of police in Montgomery County. While she waits for a response, she says the investigation is a transparent one. Video that sparked outrage for some. For others, concern. I was curious as to why the young man was pursued after it was clear that merrill mana was not being smoked. Sherri branson wants to understand what happened. Ae sent the police chief letter where she addresses the potential excessive use of force. Captured by an abc 7 photographer. Police say they were responding to 911 calls, one complaining about kids smoking pot, another about a group of africanamerican [indiscernible] he was arrested for failing to tell the officer his name and for having a cigar. He did not have any drugs. Abc 7 was recently denied access to the 911 calls. Say theter, the Police Recordings are a confidential Police Record concerning a child , and may not be disclosed except by the order of the court. Not having essential transparency with the review of the call, it causes concern. It is crucial the results of the investigation be made public. It is about people being able to trust and have confidence in law enforcement. His mother says she is pleased to hear the councilwomans letter. She helped the facts are truly considered. A spokesperson for the chief said he has received the letter, but will not, and that will not comment but will not, comment until he has a chance to talk to the councilwoman. Ferguson, missouri is hoping for the best. The streets were quiet, with police making seven arrests. The funeral of Michael Brown scheduled for monday. His shooting by a Police Officer sparked days of protests and looting. Today, we learned the makeup of the grand jury considering the six six white when white men, three white women, three black women, and one black man. A special on the issues raised by the outrage in ferguson begins at 7 00 on our sister station, news channel 8. You can also watch it streamed out wjla. Com. Police canvassing a neighborhood for clues in the death of 17yearold amber stanley, shot and killed in her bedroom two years ago today. The case is still open, with no suspects in custody. Elise talked to members of the community and handed out flyers. Police are offering a 25,000 reward to anyone with information that could lead to an arrest. Criticism is going of the white house amidst claims it did not act quickly enough to save murdered american journalist james foley. We learned the white house is considering foleys death an act of terror. Scott rubin is tracking the developments. A suggestion the u. S. Needs to take a closer look at its approach to hostage negotiation. The white house is reassessing the destructive reach of isil. Earlier this year, president obama described them as a junior verse 18. Nobody would say that now, especially those who have been in the thick of the fight. Thelaiming to be one of first green berets on the ground in afghanistan after 9 11, and 25 years in the trenches, scott neil talks about the crisis of american hostages. Machines were moved in the night. The execution was flawless. Nobody was killed. The bad guys unfortunately were not there at the time. He says the gruesome murder has certainly up the ante, but it should not discourage the next rescue attempt. When you have new leaders, new political decisionmakers, they think this was a failure. It may not attempt to this kind of bold action again. With at least seven more americans being held, some, including foleys family, wonder if the u. S. Could have done more. We have used all the diplomatic resources we can bring to bear to try to find out where our hostages are, to try to rescue them. Many say paying ransom like the 130 million demanded for prisoner swaps should be considered despite u. S. Policy. Wilson says that encourages hostagetaking. The only answer is to decimate i sil, not just with weapons. Where the u. S. Has been able to encounter them is in the virtual space. He is talking about a campaign of perception, meaning countering how the terror group is recruiting westerners online into joining the jihad. Another argument while the u. S. Says it will not negotiate with terrorists, the president did approve the prisoner swap to rescue Army Sergeant bowe bergdahl, so that debate will continue. The Obama Administration is offering new accommodations to religious nonprofits that object to covering Birth Control for their employees. The measure allows those groups to notify the government rather than their Insurance Company that Birth Control violates their religious beliefs. The governor is extending an existing accommodation to forprofit Companies Like hobby lobby that is currently available just to nonprofits. Park is now open in northeast washington on what would have been the singers 70th birthday. Sam is there live to give us a look at what is happening out there. A party out there today. Indeed, it was a big party. The big crowds are gone now. They left this wonderful mural. With eventsle mural from chuck browns life. , the shot of the capitol, where he had his famous concert with the National Symphony orchestra. Do it well, or, dont do it at all. Everyone had a great time today. How do you celebrate what would have been the 78th birthday of adc music icon . With music, of course. They came with umbrellas and danced in the rain for the dedication of the chuck brown memorial park. In theas always community. He always gave back to the community. Chuck brown is d. C. He made people happy. It dont mean a thing if it aint got the [indiscernible] in addition, there was an abstract sculpture with the check image on it. His family said he would have loved it. Haveuldve allowed loved a street named after him. He would have loved this, because this is overwhelming. I wish he was here to see it. He spoke with chuck brown three years ago as he was turning 75, and he made light of his popularity as fans came running. Peopleears ago, the only who knew chuck brown died nine months after that interview. Linning for this part began almost immediately. The fans came today, ready to smile, ready to party, ready to remember an icon. We are back live at the other park, where there is this abstract sculpture. You can see chuck brown monster all of this. Wind me up,d chuck. Been coming here all afternoon. It is right next to the road. Stopping to take a look, take pictures. And remember chuck brown. Very cool. It actually is very cool. It is really pretty. Next, the war cost him his limbs. Fire cost him his home. Coming up, what the community is doing to give back to this wounded warrior. We have heard testimony from former governor Bob Mcdonnell questioning his own wifes mental state. How is that strategy going to work . From coasttocoast, said news from minnesota, hase d. C. s famed snowy owl died. It was found that far away from the Raptor Center. The Raptor Center believes a car hit the owl and killed it. It was hit by a bus in d. C. , underwent treatment and rehabilitation before being released, and unfortunately was not successful. Homes flooded. Roads washed away. The past 24 hours have seen extreme amounts of rain from coasttocoast in the u. S. The problem goes beyond flooding. Incredible images to show tonight. Water, water just about everywhere. In less you are out in california, where it was dust, or washington state, where it was mud. A rolling storm across the california desert. Thats what it sounds like inside this wave of sand and dust near palm springs. Its a weather phenomenon known boob, a combination of wind and dry conditions. In washington state, flash floods and heavy rain. Same earth was scorched earlier this summer by wildfires. I cannot believe how big the roominess. Across the country, flooding from chicago, where the windy city turned into the watery city, to indiana. More than nine inches of rain in some parts, from carolina to pennsylvania. I have never seen that number of streets being flooded. Was probably the most intense thing i have ever seen. Ankledeep to knee deep, depending on where you were standing. Water, more than four inches in 90 minutes. This is just unbelievable. For many, the cleanup will be long and costly. Many areas are not out of the woods yet. It seems like there is almost no in between, except where we are right now. Had a wet center, and now we have a few showers out there. Nothing like yesterday. Improving conditions. That is the best thing i can give you for the second half of the weekend. Bag. Ed we had outside right now. Sunshine trying to make it through. Enoughshine may add just to destabilize the atmosphere, to allow a few more showers. As the sun sets a little bit before 8 00 tonight, most of that should settle down. 81 degrees at Reagan National airport. Feelsw point level why it sticky and uncomfortable, at 70. Big game tonight at nationals park. Be forewarned, we may find popup showers developing over the next hour or two. The history we have seen with the showers they have not moved very quickly. 80 degrees, just a touch of rain this afternoon. At 74 and rockville, they picked up a quick 10th of an inch of rain. This is from the slowmoving thunderstorms or showers that have become heavy at times. In manassas, 83 fredericksburg. Lexington park now at 79 degrees. Eventually dip further south. The stationary part that has not moved all whole lot over the last few days moves to the south. Improvinging to bring weather conditions as soon as tomorrow, into tomorrow night. Will see more sunshine, lower humidity, and temperatures well below average for this time of year. Popup showers and thunderstorms will stick around for at least another couple of hours or so. I do not expect them to amount to a whole lot. Most of the activity has come to an end at least right now. You can see what is going on across central Montgomery County. Here is the cell over north potomac. This is the one that brought a 10th of an inch of rain to rockville over the past 45 minutes or so. This is steadily drifting off toward the west. To the next hour. This is futurecast has removed through the next 48 hours. We will keep a few showers overnight and into the day tomorrow. At least 3040 chance of showers. Evening hours of saturday into early sunday, wind out of the east. That is going to bring cooler air. We will look for sunshine on sunday. Lingering showers overnight wins will be out of the east, 38 mph. Through the day tomorrow, mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Maybe a rumble or two of thunder. Northeast, the 1015. It is going to be beautiful monday and tuesday. Comfortable temperatures. If you like the heat, like the humidity, we will get it back. We are talking ties back into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. Tomorrow will be the gloomiest of the weekend. Sunday looks fantastic. I just like the drive. Whatever it is going to be, make sure it is drive. I like that idea. Togethermmunity comes in a big way for a wounded veteran. Plus, a warning about a brand of beanbag chairs blamed for two childrens deaths. A risky strategy in the mcdonnell trial, pinning the blame on virginias former first lady. As we and the third week of the corruption trial against Bob Mcdonnell, it is clear the defense is focused on problems, marital and otherwise, it is all blooming on his wife. We are wondering how women react to the seemingly endless attacks against the former first lady. Rebecca cooper joins us with the pulse of the community. This is a dangerous defense strategy. Especially with four women on this jury of 12 people. His testimony and defense witnesses all content he did not know his wife was taking so much money from jonnie williams, and could not have known, since his marriage was unstable, even hinting the first lady may have been unstable as well. Electedcdonnell was with strong support from female voters throughout the commonwealth. Throughout his trial, in polls and online, fenty of women say they still support him and believe in him. But today on the streets of northern virginia, we could not find a single one who thought testifying against his spouse was the right have to acquittal. It sounds stupid it is an excuse to blame someone else. To beont think it needs addressed specifically to women, but as a human being, ratting on someone you care about does not appeal to me. I do not believe that to be an admirable quality. It was a lively discussion over lunch. I think it is live is cowardly. On should not throw their spouse underneath the bus. This Council Member says he is reserving his opinion on guilt or innocence, but he says it has been painful to watch the former top elected official discuss angry private tirades at home. It must be so hard for them not only to deal with it, but it for it to but for it to be broadcast all over the media. The governor under Virginia State law, prosecutors have to prove not only did the governor and his wife knowingly take gifts and large sans sums of money, but did so in exchange for official acts. We will have to wait and see. Thanks, rebecca. Ofing up, a father accused leaving his children locked inside of a car as he drank inside of a bar. What happened when people inside found out what was going on outside. Who special working woman cared for the elderly at the age of 90. Who severely injured vet lost everything in a fire one week ago captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org an outpouring of support is providing hope to a disabled veteran and his wife who lost their homes to a fire. Neighbors ran to the rescue when their gaithersburg home caught fire. Strangers came and rescued them. People they do not know may provide them a new home of their own. Tonight, the story. Stephen . They are in temporary housing here at walter reed, the same place they came after captain flip klein was injured in afghanistan in 2012. To go to a newt home, a home of their own, thanks to an overwhelming showing of generosity. Raged through their home, they lost everything. Grief combined with gratitude for the neighbors who raced to pull them from the inferno. Thank you so much for helping a bunch of strangers. Today, captain flip klein, who lost both legs and an arm in afghanistan, checked out new speciallyequipped trucks. Just a week after a fire, he is full of hope again, and anticipation for a new life and home. It is just amazing to me that all these people who came through in such a real way to years ago here they are again. A nonprofit which helps severely injured veterans put the clients at the head of its list for a new smart home. The heat, therol light, the airconditioning, the doors opening and closing. If he wants a glass and is in his wheelchair, he does not have to say, can you get that for me . All donations from now to september 4 will go directly to the client the kleins. I am struggling to figure out what i have. I am not worried about the loss anymore. I am kind of balance out what i have. They have been flooded with thousands of dollars of donations in the last couple of days. The dogs also escaped the fire, but cannot be with them at walter reed. One thing they are looking forward to is getting their dogs back. Congressional lawmakers freaked Campaign Contributions from many different lobbying groups. Some people think about how some of those done nations might affect u. S. Environmental policy. Environmental issues are not just big news it has become big business. A whole the industry as spent more than 14 million lobbying congress for a variety of causes. It is kind of a game. I wish it was not. Sawyer, aom businessman and billionaire who started nexgen climate. He is planning to spend 100 million, including 50 million of his own money, to make Climate Change a major issue in his next election cycle. He is already attacking some republican candidates about environme