Transcripts For WJLA ABC 7 News At 500 20140828 : comparemel

Transcripts For WJLA ABC 7 News At 500 20140828

During the time of the crime, the mcdonnells spent 90 of their lives together. We have what in many ways is a he said, she said the case. Charles james says closing arguments will be critical in solidifying the views of bob and maureen mcdonnell. The question is whether or not they see these individuals is broken individuals or whether they see them as criminals. If convicted of the 14 felony be facinghey could up to 20 years in prison and expensive fines. Governor mcdonnell was asked whether or not he forgives jonnie williams. He looked down at the ground and looked up and said, sure. Closing arguments tomorrow morning at 9 30. Jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. We know he will be there tomorrow in richmond. We will bring you the verdict as soon as it happens. Stay with abc seven news for the very latest. We are following breaking news about the growing crisis in ukraine. Within the hour president obama spoke about the conflict as a top nato official estimates at least 1000 Russian Troops had invaded the southeastern portion of ukraine. Russia is responsible for the violence in eastern ukraine. The violence is encouraged by russia, and the separatists are trained by russia. They are armed by russia. They are funded by russia. President obama went ono say although russia has violated ukraines sovereignty, the u. S. Will not take military action. The president will travel to estonia last week to meet with baltic leaders before a nato summit. We will have more on the growing crisis coming up on abc seven news at 6 00. More than 100 protesters were arrested this afternoon outside of the white house. They were charged with blocking passage on the sidewalk during the day of action. Marched andmilies demonstrated today. They called on president obama to stop deporting workers, parents, and children. Lets switch over to the weather, and it really turned into a spectacular day. It was a little warm in some parts. It was ok. At least there is a nice breeze. The humidity is low, and even though it is warm, we will see a repeat performance tomorrow. A little bit of a cold on tonight. 82 degrees outside right now. Is in the upper 50s. A nice breeze out of the north at 10 miles per hour. 79 in gaithersburg and hagerstown. 84 in manassas. A 187 in fredericksburg. Be breezy behind that cold front that sagged through early this morning. The winds will start to subside later this evening. Sunset at 7 45. We will see temperatures dropping to the lower 70s. Comfortable equal tonight with clear skies and calm winds. 64 degrees downtown. Tomorrow, really beautiful once again. The humidity will be back by saturday, but i think we will stay nice and dry by tomorrow and sunday. It is going to get hot and sticky by labor day monday. With the heat and humidity comes the threat of late they storms. I will detail all of that for you in just a little bit. This just in from the nfl the commissioner announcing tougher punishments for players convicted of Domestic Violence. That caseems from involving the ray rice and what many saw as a week punishment. Our sports director joins us now. The commissioner came out strong, a sixgame suspension for the first offense, and in lifetime ban for the second. Im calling this the ray rice rule. Commissioner Roger Goodell is making a statement to try to clean up the terrible reputation of the nfl. Ray rice cut a slot on the wrist for physically assaulting his wife. The twogame suspension basically said, that is not too bad. The outcry was heard loud and clear. Goodale says the public response showed him that the nfl is held to a much higher standard. Yesterday, browns wide receiver josh gordon was suspended for the entire season because he violated the drugs the drug policy. The nfl announced a much us stronger policy for Domestic Violence and assault. Offenders will receive a sixgame suspension for the first offense, and a lifetime banishment for the second. The twogame suspension for ray rice is exactly what a Brandon Meriweather of the skins got for a high tackle on torrey smith. The commissioner was wrong. He knows he was wrong. Today he made some serious changes. It is too late for ray rice. His suspension is going to be two games. That stays as it was. The search is still on tonight for the pilot of the f15 fighter jet that crashed in the virginia mountains. Ground teams searched in the heavily wooded area of deerfield, virginia. The jet is part of the Massachusetts Air National Guard that was headed to new orleans when it lost radio contact. No word on what caused the crash or if the pilot ejected. And woman was attacked sexually assaulted near a Shopping Center in Prince William county, and police are looking for a suspect. The woman was shoved down an embankment near the Gainesville Square Shopping Center yesterday. Jennifer donelan is there live with the police are looking for tonight. As you can see, we are standing along a very busy route 29, but at night, there are no lights. Betweenaid the struggle the victim and her attacker lasted several minutes down this embankment. They are hoping what she did to him eventually leads to his capture. Prince William County police and detectives were out in force on a nondescript corridor around now route 29. Hours before, a 19yearold was walking along this sidewalk when police say a man grabbed her from behind, dragged her down the embankment, and sexually assaulted her. The fact that it happened, it could have been me, and its really scary. Real fear gripped workers at the nearby Shopping Center. This man was warning the five women who work in his office. We have been here over eight years and have never seen anything like that. Its a little bit scary. It happened around 9 45 wednesday night. The victim fought the attacker, and they believe he is injured. After he stopped, she managed to crawl back to the highway. Residents told us a local bar employee was standing nearby, her the woman screaming, so he immediately called 911 and ran over to help her. Now, i dont know what we are going to do. The man ran into the field next to the strip mall and is still on the loose. We walked behind the Shopping Center where we ran into another search crew. She showed us how close it all was to nearby homes. A lot of people come back here to go to the Shopping Center. A lot of kids come back here. It is kind of scary. Now a live look at the suspects description and hispanic male, 2535 years of age, standing at 56. He has a muscular but a thin build. He was last seen wearing a white tshirt or tank top with baggy jeans. Here is the key that they think might help in his capture he may have had injuries to the face, shoulder, and hands from the struggle with the victim. If you have any information, youre asked to call police. Jennifer donelan, abc 7 news. Now we move to a murder that rocked an apartment complex. Remains weres found in garbage bags outside his building. Leads,t, police had no but today, one of his roommates was arrested. Suzanne kennedy has the details. This is the man police say murdered and dismembered his roommate, arrested last night and laurel. Santos leonel mejiayanes admitted to police that he played a role in the killing of 28yearold jacinto perez. It all stemmed from an argument over money. The victim became involved in some sort of altercation with both suspects at their residence. Through the course of the altercation, the altercation became physical, resulting in our victims death. Wasources say perez strangled before his killers used a kitchen knife to cut him up. Detectives and technicians returned to the crime scene to search for evidence today. They planned to remove pipes from the bathroom and the carpet. Police say they are also looking for this man, bayron cruzvargus , the other roommate believed to have played a role. It is very scary. Miriam melendez has lived at the arden Court Apartments for four years. She may not stay much longer. Im really frightened. I know my parents are looking for us to look move somewhere else. All i know is that nobody likes going outside at night anymore. Residents say this murder has made them wonder who they can trust. It is scary to think that somebody actually got chopped up. That is creepy. Im glad they caught them. We should note that police are still searching for the other roommate. They believe that bayron cruzvargus health in the murder but say he could be out of the country. If you know anything about his whereabouts, call police. A tattoo artist accused of sexually assaulting a client while he gave her a tattoo. Still ahead, hear what he told kevin lewis today. Ofplus, number a number u. S. Banks hacked. What this means for your checking and savings accounts. Work is revving up, but the traffic troubles persist. There is some bad news for the morning commute. And him and now to the developing story along connecticut avenue where the traffic problems are dragging on. To rom Chevy Chase Circle 410, it was single lanes in both directions today for a little while. Frustration builds, and some drivers are boiling over with anger. Stephen tschida spent the day in the construction zone. How are things looking tonight . There is the trouble spot right now. This is single lane heading into d. C. These arethoughts southbound lanes of connecticut avenue, usually one of the busiest lanes into the city. All you see is a trickle of traffic. A base of crumbling pavement, discovered a few inches the need the surface. The result . I back up for miles up and down connecticut avenue. Im thinking they could have done it tonight. The state Highway Administration maintains the bad pavement killed the plan to pave overnight. It is very bad traffic. The base pavement is in such bad shape. To go over,icles and it would have taken weeks to finish the job. Whatever the reasons, drivers get a lot of complaints. When it finishes on the northbound lanes, it will commence on the southbound. Im kind of annoyed. The northbound was expected to open to traffic, but for a good chunk of the day, we saw singling flow in both directions. Here foreen sitting about 30 minutes already. Its insane. Some drivers are relieved work is moving faster than predicted, expected to finish early on saturday rather than later on labor day. Shows they are working hard. We should note that as crews continue to work on connecticut avenue, we will continue to bring you uptotheminute traffic information. You can check in with jack taylor tomorrow morning starting at 4 30 in the morning. Not a nice situation, but the weather is nice. Low humidity. We have had so many of these days this summer. Join into labor day weekend, the humidity is going to return. Perfect for your runs, right . Tomorrow morning should be comfortably cool. Let me give you a great time lapse from the u. S. Naval academy. Look at that beautiful sunrise. We have seen folsom to pretty much all day long. A great day to be out on the water. Maybe some people are headed to annapolis, bethany. The beach forecast looks pretty good, as well. 82 degrees at clark county high school. A nice breeze out of the west northwest. Power dewpoint temperature, 48. Really comfortable humidity. A two beach we go, degrees. The waves are looking a little bit better as hurricane crystal cristoba movesl out into the ocean. Temperatures elsewhere still sitting at 79 degrees in both hagerstown and gaithersburg. 86 degrees at reagan national. 87 and fredericksburg. We have a nice breeze. Winds anywhere from about 1015 miles per hour. Later this evening, the wind will certainly manage. Warm, wegh it has been dont have the oppressive humidity. 60s around fredericksburg and lexington park. Very pleasant for the remainder of this evening and overnight. Is our dominant weather feature. We had the cold front moved through early this morning. Northwesterlyice breeze. This area highpressure is going to slide farther offshore. That is going to bring us more of an easterly wind. It will bring us a bit more cloud cover. I think futurecast is a good job of explaining. You see this area highpressure moving to the east. Tomorrow will stay beautiful, sunny, low humidity. Thisarly saturday, with wind, we might see a good bit of cloud cover early saturday morning. Overall, dry. We cant rule out a stray storm over the mountains. By sunday, this front moves to the north. We tap into hot and humid conditions to the south. Daily threats for storms sunday, monday, and into next week. Tonight, really pleasant. You can enjoy some of these cold temperatures in the suburbs. Downtown, right around 64 degrees. Tomorrow, 8286. It will be warm, and youll notice that increase in humidity for the day on saturday. With those clouds, temperatures will be a little bit cooler than we originally anticipated. By sunday, about 91. 831 chance of the late a storm. It isnt going to be widely scattered to by any means. Youll have the same risk on labor day monday. Randy degrees as the high temperature. Utilize the pool while youve got it. 90 again on tuesday, and we stay in the upper 80s to around 90 through the middle of next week as the threat for late a showers and storms continues. Overall, think the Holiday Weekend should be pretty nice. Enjoy these comfortable temperatures. All of the polls close on monday. It is still going to be hot next week. We will see you shortly. Another note for you tonight about comedienne joan rivers shes in stable condition in a new york City Hospital after complications from throat surgery. A source told the news that 81yearold rivers stopped breathing while undergoing a minor procedure at a medical clinic. That is when she was rushed to the hospital. Police,sts fashion and she has a series of standup comedy shows planned across the u. S. Moment. G up, a special power moving man is signing off. Arch campbell is here to give us one last movie review and to tell us what is next in his storied career. Is the latest sport getting sued over concussions. Im greta kreuz and will tell you about a new classaction lawsuit. First, it is ravens and the saints. A preseason game on abc a Class Action Lawsuit now tos to soccer in order protect Young Players from concussions. Fifhis lawsuit is against and is similara to other lawsuits sports organizations have faced. Demandlawsuit does not any money, but it does demand a change in safety rules saying soccer needs to start taking concussions more seriously. The Class Action Lawsuit cites an epidemic of concussion injuries in soccer. I was out for like 30 seconds, and then i woke up. This 14yearold has already had two concussions. One landed him in the er. The suit, brought by a group of parents and players, says nearly 50,000 High School Soccer players got concussions in 2010, more than in baseball, basketball, and wrestling combined. Fif becauseang they have failed to implement best practices. Soccer is not the number two sport for concussions behind football. While football and other youth sports have rules for concussions, fifa does not. Things we used to consider a dinghy, now we consider it a concussion. Are gettingetes baseline tests to record memory and concentration before they start playing. It gives us an estimate of how they were doing before anything happened. The baseline tests are one demand of the lawsuit. Kids who may have suffered a concussion limiting the number of headers allowed per game by player 17 and younger. The medical Committee Meets in zurich september 22. The nfl and nhl have faced similar lawsuits. In a proposed settlement last month in another case, the ncaa offered to toughen return to play rules for players who got hit in the head and create a 70 million fund for testing athletes with brain trauma. Greta kreuz, abc 7 news. Quite painful to see that hit. Probably painful for the kid. Ing up it was a coordinated attack on several u. S. Banks. Now the fbi is investigating. We will tell you what you need to know about this major breach. Tattooce arrest a local artist for allegedly getting to handsy on the job. You are watching abc seven news at 5 00 on your side. Artist isal tattoo accused of sexually assaulting a client while she was getting a tattoo. 35yearold Mark Matthews is the accused, and tonight he spoke exclusively to abc 7 news, denying the charges. Kevin lewis spoke with him just hours ago. He is live in damascus with the story you will see only on 7. Matthews called this a big misunderstanding. Investigators say he sexually abused that girl with his teens here at the Damascus Tattoo Company. Management says they fired matthews right on the spot, but today abc 7 news found him practicing at a Tattoo Parlor only 30 minutes away. Fresh out of jail, Mark Matthews was in no mood to talk inside his new Tattoo Parlor. Police say there is a story. We would like to share both sides. We would rather not. Matthewsalleged victim is speaking. She said she came here to the Damascus Tattoo Company hoping to receive a design on her in her right thigh. A bathing suit bottoms, police say matthews sexually assaulted the team for 2030 minutes. The victim told detectives she didnt scream or fight back because she feared matthews could permanently damage your skin and tattoo, or harm her with a needle which was inserted in her skin. Tattoo artist john roberts was working in the studio less than 10 feet away. I remember the girl. I couldnt have imagined anything appropriate cash inappropriate happened. You have to take everything seriously. Management fired matthews, who has a criminal record, but photos of his design still hang on the shop wall. Mark is a talented artist. He is a funloving individual, very easygoing, lighthearted. I liked mark, but once again, we cant let things like this go unchecked. Newsvestigators tell abc 7 no other victims have come forward. That said, if you feel you were inappropriately touched, police want to hear from you. Live from the Montgomery County mobile newsroom, kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Thank you. Frederick countys board of zoning appeals is considering a

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