Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6pm 20140801 : compareme

Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6pm 20140801

Heres futurecast. 8 00 you can see a lot of clouds, temps in the mid70s by 8 00. By 10 00 just clouds, low to mid70s, maybe showers into the Northern Neck in southern maryland. Then by midnight we see a growing area of showers and storms south of us. Well come back, put that in futurecast and tell you what that means for your saturday forecast. The star witness in the corruption trial of former governor Bob Mcdonnell took a beating today. Defense attorneys have been poking holes in the testimony of Jonnie Williams. Peggy fox said today on the stand Jonnie Williams suddenly couldnt remember much. Reporter after hours of talking in detail about his life and conversations he had over the past few years with the mcdonnells, today Jonnie Williams seemed not to remember what he said five days ago. Court ended about an hour ago. Heres mr. Williams flanked by his attorneys pushing media away leaving the courthouse. He was crossexamined by mrs. Mcdonnells attorneys who wanted to know what he told investigators in several meetings including one last sunday, but williams responded over and over, i cant recall. Mr. Williams said he gave the mcdonnells all those gifts because he wanted the governors help in promoting his product. Mrs. Mcdonnells attorneys say williams used and manipulated her with an inappropriate close relationship. They pointed to 1,200 texts and phone calls between the two. Mr. Williams says about 100 of those discussions were about his business. Bob mcdonnells defense team is trying to show he never knew about the 20,000 shopping spree or even some of the loans and that it wasnt him but his wife doing the asking. I think it was a good day and we look forward to the truth continuing to come out and i look forward to next week. We have a long way to go in the trial and i have confidence in my legal team. Theyve done a great job. I look forward to having the truth continue to come out and prevailing. Reporter are you going to spend time with your family this weekend, governor . Im going to rest. Reporter the most sensational part of the day was an email shown from mrs. Mcdonnell to Jonnie Williams right after that earthquake back in 2011 and it said, i just felt the earth move and i wasnt having sex. Theyre trying to show that there was a close relationship between those two. In richmond peggy fox, wusa9. In the meantime current Virginia Governor Terry Mcauliffe paid a visit to rainy redskins Training Camp today in richmond. He was there to talk about the economic benefits and the jobs hosting the redskins is bringing to the commonwealth. He was also asked about his impression of the mcdonnell trial so far. I hope it gets over as soon as possible. This is not good for virginia. Im out every day. I just got back from china. I just got back from europe doing economic trade missions. Lets get this over as soon as possible. Let the judicial system work. Governor mcauliffe also had something to say about calls for the redskins to change their name. Hear what he said coming up later in sports. It was a high profile case involving texas ting. A manassas teenager sexting. A manassas teenager sending pictures of himself. He was sentenced to probation. Earlier this year sexting by studenting at springfield high landed a bunch students at springfield high landed a bunch of them in hot water. Reporter texting is a way of life for many teenagers and sexting is an extension of that. Jonathan phillips is a former prosecutor who is now a defense attorney. He says some teens dont see the difference. The behavior isnt new. Its what the behavior is leaving behind. So now you have images, videos, social media content that goes forever and technically will follow these juveniles into adulthood and beyond. Reporter the problem has grown significantly over the last few years because of the smartphone. Many kids have them. Now parents, prosecutors, educators are talking about the immaculate weapon of their own destruction for kids involved in sexting. The solution is to find a way to educate the student to understand the statute as written applies to all persons, not just juveniles and perhaps carve out an exception that deals with juvenile and juvenile consensual behavior. Reporter the fbi has put out an advisory for lawmakers and parents, but technology has outpaced the ability of lawmakers to respond. A virginia legislator tried to reduce the penalty for those underage who send pictures to other minors. It gives a lot of people discomfort. Reporter there have been sexting cases involving teen agers in other states across the country, but not in maryland where the laws are very similar. A new law did take effect in virginia last month increasing penalties for socalled revenge prince georges county, pictures sent out with malicious intent by anyone. In Northern Virginia silfverberg, wusa9. Virginia state Police Arrested a sterling teenager on seven child porn counts today, but what is particularly strange about this case is that the 19yearold Connor Flores was picked up in the very same house where a 16yearold neighbor was shot to death one year ago. In march of 2013 caleb godly apparently mistook the neighbors home for his own because he was drunk and trying to get home before his dad found him. The homeowner shot the unarmed teenager to death. Police say the cases are unrelated, but calebs dad is not so sure. I dont know what kind of culture is being brooded in that house, but its one i no longer want to be associated with. Im moving next week. Police say the arrest of flores was part of an Ongoing Investigation into possession and distribution of child porn. More than a year ago the national Highway Safety Traffic Administration forced chrysler to recall 1. 5 million suvs over concerns about fire deaths. As of this day those 1993 to 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jean liberty models have not been repaired and jeep liberty models have not been repaired and owners continue to put their lives in jeopardy as they drive these recalled vehicles down the road Safety Advocates say. Theres no good explanation. People are dying. Theyre being burned in fire crashes in these jeeps. Its hard to imagine anyone could survive the flames raging from this 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee on a california highway. In april two brothers in the suv were struck from behind by another car that caught fire, too. The men escaped with massive burns. Clarence ditlow heads up the center for auto safety, the nonprofit that alerted the government to problem in the gas tanks in certain older model jeeps positioned behind the rear axle with virtually no protection in the event of a crash. Chrysler maintains its vehicles are safe, but more than a year after they agreed to recall 1993 to 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jeep liberty models none of the vehicles have been fixed. How come its taking so long . Tonight at 11 00 well tell you about a rarely used legal action nhtsa took to challenge chrysler on the delayed repairs and what it means if you have one of these vehicles. Next racy emails, talks of financial desperation, just some of the juicy details laid out in court today in the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor bob mc back to our top story, the corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell and his wife maureen, a racy e mail and more than 1,000 text mails between the former first lady and businessman Jonnie Williams were admitted into court today. Peggy fox has been in the courtroom all week. How did Jonnie Williams come across today . Reporter his credibility was somewhat tarnished today lets say. He couldnt recall a lot. When Maureen Mcdonnells attorney asked if he recalled what he said to investigators, over and over again at different meetings he could not recall. That was quite a contrast to yesterday when he was so precise recalling all kinds of conversations and details about his life. Also we learned there were 1,200 texts and phone calls exchanged between him and maureen over an 11 month period. Thats 110 texts and phone calls a month. So his assertion that the two only had a business relationship, that doesnt really make sense if youre texting and phone calling someone so much. Of. It is it is easy to forget the mcdonnells have separate legal teams. Reporter Maureen Mcdonnells attorney said in their Opening Statements that look, she was in this failing marriage. Their marriage was on the rocks. She was vulnerable and this wealthy businessman, this salesman, comes along and totally takes advantage of that, showering her with gifts and trying to get to the governor, trying to get them to do things, to do specific official acts for his company. Near theyre also say theyre also saying this was not a business relationship. Theyre good friends texting and phone calling each other. At one point there was evidence that said there were texts and phone calls overnight from 1 a. M. To 8 00 in the morning and Jonnie Williams said oh, no, that cant be. I would never do that. Then we saw the sensational e mail that Maureen Odonnell sent to Jonnie Williams on the day of the earthquake in august of 2011 and she said, i felt the earth move and i wasnt even having sex all in capital letters exclamation point do you really send that to someone you have a business relationship with . Lots of questions and a lot more testimony in the coming weeks to get to. Great job this week. Well see you next week right back there in richmond. Coming up next more on tonights yellow alert. Topper is tracking the storms that we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast. Whats it like paying for internet rated 6 out of 7 in Customer Satisfaction . Not good, its not the best. No, its not fun. Look at it this way, youre kind of on top. If i was like this, all day. Switch from the bottom to the top and see why millions of satisfied customers have made fios 1. Sign up for a verizon fios triple play online with a 2year agreement and get an amazing 400 back plus a free lg g tablet or up to 200 off any tablet from verizon wireless. But hurry, dont wait this great offer ends august 10th. Calling officially. He called four or five yesterday that was nothing. So tell him to worry about his job. Reporter finally scenes from the crowd. This is always cool. Look at these two cuties, sisters. They wanted autographs so bad they made up this sign ill trade my sister for autograph. Blood is thicker than ink, apparently not. Thats always pretty cool. Thats going to do it from here in richmond. Back to a guy i wouldnt trade for anybody, holden kushner. Whats up . How you doing . Thank you, dave. I appreciate it and i dont believe you. It was a bit quieter in owings mills today following yesterdays commotion of ray rice apologizing. That hasnt stopped fans and media for criticizing the nfl for suspending rice for two games. Roger goodell spoke today depending the punishment he handed down. Ray rice did not

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