cousin, shauna washington. besides my real sisters, they don t live around here. we were close. reporter: she says they were more like sisters, best friends. he worked two full-time jobs. shauna didn t really have to work. reporter: shauna and her husband, clarence washington, lived in this simple culpeper home. he worked during the day as a factory foreman. at night he cleaned schools. she was taking online classes and raising their three daughters, owe livya, onya and omesha. inside their home relatives tell me things were far from perfect. there were signs of violence. shauna recently told family members she wanted to leave clarence. there was a domestic situation between the husband and wife. our investigation up to this point would lead us to believe that the crime was committed by one of the adults. right now that focus is mainly on mr. washington himself. reporter: after not hearing from the family since saturday, shauna s mom and a family member came to th
i m richard lui. the u.s. is readying for a possible solo action against syria, but president obama is facing some skepticism from congress. defense secretary chuck hagel spoke with senior congressional leaders thursday. the 90-minute call detailed the administration s evidence against assad s regime. lawmakers from both parties pressured the president for legal rationale. the president is going to have to make his case to the congress and to the american people. i think before he takes any action. but new york congressman eliot engel tells nbc news in part, quote, there s ample precedent for the president to initially take action without having a formal vote from congress. and a new nbc news poll shows 50% of americans oppose u.s. and military action in syria, and 8 in 10 believe president obama should get congressional approval before using any force. that information just in to us. we have reports now from the middle east and london for you. we re going to start with n
the u.s. is ready for possible solo action against syria. chuck hagel spoke with congressional leaders on thursday. it detailed the administration s evidence against the assad regime. lawmakers from both parties are pressuring the president for legal rationale. the president is going to have to make his case to the congress and to the american people, i think, before he takes any action. but new york congressman elliot engel tells nbc news in part there s ample precedent for the president to initially take action without having a formal vote from congress. there are developments abroad. we have team coverage this morning from the middle east and in london and we begin with nbc s annabelle roberts. reporter: this was a bad defeat for mr. cameron. members of parliament were called back from their long kay aviation to vote on military action against syria and they voted against. opinion polls shows the public electronically opposed to any military action. there s a feeling
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