Courtroom observers including this longtime political analyst were stunned. It was perhaps the most riveting moment that i have seen in virginia politics in quite some time. They had a relationship that was inappropriate for a married couple and all that is going to do is fuel speculation about what was the extent of this inappropriateness, as well. The former governors defense attorney picked up the story in his Opening Statement saying Bob Mcdonnell was a good governor but evidence will show he was not nearly successful as a husband. And said Maureen Mcdonnell once told him she hated him. He promised jurors the evidence will show the governor was only doing his job when he talked up williams company. Prosecutors say they will present a different picture saying there is nothing wrong with the governor promoting virginia business just not in exchange for money. Reporter one of the first witnesses called, one of the mcdonnell daughters. I will tell you what made her break into tears on
Slow. I drive slow. The story shifts to tonights bitter temperature drop and refreeze meaning a black ice danger overnight tonight and for the next couple days. Deep freeze, any water thats on the road untreated will refreeze. If you are about to hit the road, take care out there. Good afternoon, im pat lawson muse. Im Barbara Harrison in for jim hanley. Right now theres several inches on the ground in some places. School and federal government closed. Salt and sand crews out on the roads, there all day. No break for power crews struggling to restore electricity after sundays ice storm. Suddenly thousands more customers needing help. The next issue could be black ice. Our storm team predicts overnight temperatures will be below freezing and temperatures will stay low for the next two to three days. We have Team Coverage of our weather today and the new weather headline, bitter cold moving in. We begin with storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. Bitter cold for sure. Were not just
Everywhere with the exception of southern maryland. It snowed just as much in leesburg as it did in washington, d. C. , just as much in gaithersburg as d. C. Completely different scenario played out. Take a look. This is the reason why. To the left of your screen, theres gaithersburg, a 32degree temperature. Alexandria, just two degrees more. Notice the streets and sidewalks. What a difference just a couple degrees make. Alexandria reporting about an inch and a half of snow. Much of that, if not most of it, melting out there on the roadway. This is what todays weather story is, much colder tonight, refreezing and slick roadways. Yes, another storm. Talk about much colder temperatures tonight, look at the windchills as we move through the night. Windchill down to 6 in winchester, 17 in washington. Well see refreezing, no problem at all. Then we will see another storm system making its way our way. That next storm system could come here during the weekend hours. Were talking saturday and
Up in some parts of the area today. Most areas saw about three inches. The big danger to might is now that the snow is melting, the dropping temperatures will create black ice for the morning commute. Doug kammerer is tracking the radar and the freezing temperatures and has more on what we can expect next. Doug . As always, this depends on where you live as far as what you got. Take a look at the radar, as it came in around 5 00, 6 00 in the morning, it did become heavy at times. The timing of this was absolutely spot on. We told you about this during the day yesterday. It would be right during the morning rush. Thats exactly what happened. Temperatures, however, they were the key. They were a little warmer than expected. I want to show you something. Take a look at this. This is two areas that saw snow today, one in gaithersburg on the left, 32 degrees. Notice the roadways there, about three to four inches. Alexandria saw the same amount of snow fall from the sky, but because temperat
Off. Three People Killed after a man opens fire inside. We have an active shooter at the Columbia Mall. Last seen in the food court. Kids are hiding in the bathroom. Tonight, people gather at a vigil for the victims. Good evening. Im christ gordon. The Columbia Mall will remain closed tomorrow as investigators comb the crime scene. This is video of investigators inside the mall searching for evidence. Tonight, Howard County police say they have tentatively identified the shooter, and say they believe that he died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Investigators are still looking for answers about what led the man to open fire inside. Shots rang out shortly after 11 00 this morning. Three people, including the gunman, were found dead at the store on the malls second level. Now, the name of the gunman has not been released, but police say that he was armed with a large amount of ammunition. News4s Erica Gonzalez is live at the Columbia Mall tonight with new information about more weapons