scientific in exchange for government favors. the gifts included a rolex watch, a shopping trip in new york city wedding catering for the mcdonnells daughter and several golf outings for their sons on a private jet. they ll be sentenced separately on february 20th. stick around. chris christie still in the news. rap rapid response panel is next. i m josh lipton with your cnbc market wrap. the market declined for a fifth straight session. the dow felt 130 points the s&p drod 18 the nasdaq lost 16. cruelty prizesle z continuing their fall. that is the lowest level since april of 2009. sony corporation chief executive hirai says he does not expect the cyberattack on sony pictures to cause a, quote,
access to government in exchange for rides in a ferrari, a rolex watch, a fifth avenue shopping spree and tens of thousands of dollars in cash. the mcdonnells once sold themselves as the ideal political couple. he carried her over the threshold of the governor s mansion. in court he painted a stark picture of a broken marriage that left him spiritually and mentally exhausted. so bad, he said, they were barely speaking and, therefore, could not have conspired to accept favors. walking into court, mcdonnell smiled. i m sure they will do the right thing. reporter: when the verdict was read, he sobbed. the couple faces decades in prison. jeff zeleny, abc news. an active volcano has triggered a state of emergency on the big island of hawaii. the hawaiian volcano observatory says the volcano advancing nearly 1,000 feet a day since july 10th. threatening a rural community less than a mile away. mandatory evacuations have been ordered yet the volcano has been continuously erupting since
render a separate verdict for the mcdonnells and his wife. if they are convicted, they could face double digit years in prison and millions in fines. comedienne joan rivers resting comfortably in a new york hospital this morning. she went into cardiac arrest in a doctor s office. just wednesday night, the 81-year-old made an appearance at a new york event and appeared in good health. abc s linsey davis has the latest. joan, look this way! reporter: joan rivers, the emmy winning, tony nominated funny woman and fashion authority is in a new york hospital in critical condition after she stopped breathing during throat surgery. the legendary comedienne rushed there in an ambulance after going into cardiac arrest. no word on what the throat surgery was for. rivers daughter melissa boarded a plane from l.a. rushing to her mother s side. what s going on? reporter: just last year rivers documented a health scare for her reality show joan &
it is time for our tdr segment. it has been virginia all week. it is not often you hear about a former governor facing prison time. this sill i will. one will be a corruption trial of former governor mcdonnell and his wife. a judge den tide ex-governor s latest plea to dis miss the case and declined to separate the cases. clearing the way for the two to be tried together. that trial date is set to begin july 28. to recount, the mcdonnells are charged in a 14-count federal indictment that alleges they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cash and gifts from johnny williams a former ceo of a company called star scientific. mcdonnell does not deny he took the gifts but said there was no quid pro quo, therefore no crime. i deeply regret accepting these gifts and loans from mr.
williams, all of he is now have been returned or repaid with interest. i have apologized for my poor judgment and i accept full responsibility for accepting these legal gifts and loans. however, i repeat again emphatically, that i did nothing illegal. always hard, though, to prove a quid pro quo. prosecutors say that the mcdonnells helped williams by setting up meetings with local officials and throwing a launch party for one of his products at the governor s mansion. now we are getting more information about exactly what went into the investigation courtesy of state police files that have been turned over to the mcdonnells attorneys. among other things, they showed the mcdonnells were under investigation as far back as 2012. merely would years before they were charged. remember? he was being vetted for v.p. by romney. if convicted they could serve a long stretch behind bars. 12 of the 14 charges carry 20-year prison terms and the other two could get them up to