minutes after a young woman was randomly, brutally attacked by a man wielding a claw hammer. the victim spoke to news4 by phone. i seen a shadow so i like turned around and it was a dude. i didn t think nothing of him. turned around, i would say like a second. he just struck me with something. reporter: one day after urging residents to walk in pairs notice bing a pair of three attacks in the petworth area. police chief kathy lanier had this to say. i feel much more comfortable now that this person is in custody. reporter: community reaction is one of shock. that someone so young may be responsible for so much blood shed. he s the family member of two nfl players. we think this is a case of someone who s mentally ill and someone who acted out, perhaps did not take his medication. reporter: right now michael davis is only charged with thursday night s attack. that is very likely to change. jackie benson, news4 today. davis will be in court later today. we ll have
with his mistress. former aide andrew young has already testified that he helped hide rielle hunter in his own home while edwards pursued the white house. edwards lawyers insist the way he used the money was not illegal. this just in to cnn. a miami federal judge has declared florida governor rick scott s order requiring drug testing for florida state workers unconstitutional. an employee s union filed a lawsuit citing a violation of fourth amendment rights protecting against unreasonable searches. the order covers 85,000 state employees. and you re looking at live pictures now. vice president joe biden at new york university. he s talking national security and pushing a message a strong and secure america. biden will likely take aim at gop presidential number knee mitt romney on foreign policy. we re keeping an ear on it, and we ll bring any news to you as it breaks. walmart gets the headlines, but it s far from the only big company accused of bribing officials in oth
but certainly beyond that someone took charge of a cover-up which we were victim to and i regret. the hacking scandal has engulfed murdoch s vast media empire and resulted in dozens of arrests and two parliamentary investigations. a live report from london coming up in just about eight minutes. the prosecution star witness is back to the stand today in the criminal trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. edwards is accused of using contributions from campaign donorses to conceal an affair with his mistress. former aide andrew young has already testified that he helped hide rielle hunter in his own home while edwards pursued the white house. edwards lawyers insist the way he used the money was not illegal. this just in to cnn. a miami federal judge has declared florida governor rick scott s order requiring drug testing for florida state workers unconstitutional. an employee s union filed a lawsuit citing a violation of fourth amendment rights protecting aga
and good wednesday morning, everybody. i m rob nelson. i m tanya rivero. paula faris is on assignment. the latest results is forcing some changes in the republican race. mitt romney won all races. delaware, connecticut, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. rick santorum stopped just short of an outright romney endorsement. abc s tahman bradley has the latest on all this from washington. reporter: the general election is well under way. and mitt romney has claimed the mantle of republican presidential nominee. i can say with confidence and gratitude that you have given me a great honor and solemn responsibility. and together, we are going to win on november 6th. reporter: sweeping five primaries yesterday, the former massachusetts governor left behind the gop nomination battle and sharpened his attacks on president obama. tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointment of the obama years. and it s the start of a new and better chapter that we will write
high speed chase. apparently he worked it out. that s some nice maneuvers. up first this morning a dramatic turnaround in the trayvon martin case. the sanford, florida city commission voted to reject the police commissioner s resignation. last month he was blasted for not arresting trayvon martin immediately after the shooting, but now they question the fairness of removing him. chief lee is paying for the sins of past police officers. the police chiefs. he s been here he has been in office ten months. how do you steer a boat that big, mr. mayor? how do you steer a boat in ten months to a complete turnaround? you don t. heated discussion, in the meantime these pictures are the last we ve seen of george zimmerman. he s charged with second degree murder and is out on bail. we have no idea where he is his attorney, mark o mara, says his client is relieved. he s doing well. glad to be out. trying to get settled in. worried about his safety, but talking to his family.