northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg stepped out of the courtroom. what did he have to say? jeff: it happened at 2:30 in the afternoon unexpectedly. the witness was compose and he talked about the shooting he received when he was on his way home from a doctor s appointment. he said he received the call from a neighbor who said, :has been an incident in your house. you need to get home right away. he was asked if anyone had problems with his wife. she had no enemies he answered. he said they were married nearly 37 years and met in alexandria in elementary school. and she lived on the street her entire life. without it was not uncommon for people to come and go from the home. but he did not know ron kirby. he knew nancy dunn. because the children attended the preschool. this is a key to the prosecution contention that charles severance targeted member of the system and wanted to convince violence against them. the defense attorneys did not ask any questions at all o
and the white house asked congress to act to raise the debt ceiling. president obama is nominating channing phillips to be the new u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. legal observers say that phillips will be asking prosecutors if they have a case against him and bring it. if not wrap it up which is now in its 5th year. d c is the national s capital. channing phillips is counsel to loretta lynx and a former prosecute. phillips will start after the probe of the vincent campaign in mayor. if you participated with jeb thomas, i urge you to come forward now. other staff have taken plea agreements. vincent gray helped to illegally spend $600,000 of thomas money to help get gray elected as mayor. gray has rejected any wrongdoing. what am i going to plead to? it has been five years that the federal prosecutor and then his replacement acting u.s. attorney vincent cohen have not brought a case against gray. was defeated by marion bowser. channing phillips is
rights down. however, third rail power has been restored and train movement has started on track wolf just shocked. mygale hit the floor. there is another break down. given the right circumstances that could seriously hurt or kill firefighters operating in that truck bed. they are saying that he got the call and power was restored. i want to you find out who authorized putting third rail power back up and allowing train movement to go back on track two without our approval. this is not acceptable. its going to lead to someone getting hurt or killed. reporter: in northwest. wusa9. metro said it s investigating and said if there is a problem they will fix it. prosecutors say that murder be became a family affair after a love triangle went sour a 42- year-old plotted her 13-year- old daughter and the girl s 18- year-old boyfriend to kill her husband and a younger woman. the victims were a 40-year-old and 25-year-old who shared the family home. we believe there wa
phase. peggy fox is live with more. reporter: this was an emotional scene in court moments ago when this verdict came down. a jury of eight men and four women confirming yes, guilty on all ten counts and the families of the victims erupted in tears. they hugged each other, cried. they ve been waiting a long time. the nancy dunning family has been waiting 12 years for justice. on the other hand, charles severance sat emotionless as he s done throughout this trial. his parents also emotionless. here s some video of mr. and mrs. severance walking into the courthouse. they were summoned and told there was a verdict and they came from their home. emotionless walking into court and emotionless as they sat there listening to the verdict that their son is guilty on all ten counts. two of them capital murder charges and the other first- degree murder. let s take a look at the counts and run down them for you. the first count that was read, ruth anne lodato, guilty. now, the first co
this evening. a look at traffic now with danella. good morning. good morning. still tracking breaking news if you re traveling 295 taking the ramp at 295 northbound. ramp to outbound 50. that ramp is shut down right now because of an accident. if you re traveling 295 instead of getting on 50, you ll have to just continue north on 295 to work your way around. let s shoot over this time, i-66 out of haymarket. a clear commute. i ll look past 234, no issues to report heading eastbound and westbound. eastbound continuing inside the beltway. a live look at lee highway in both directions. you are nice and clear as you head toward gw parkway. i m back in ten minutes. we ll check the rails then. back to you. thank you. we are staying on top of a developing story in alexandria this morning. police looking into an odd death in a normally quiet part of town. a 94-year-old man was found dead inside his home in the 2700 block of holly street. megan mcgrath with the latest on this in