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Remembered most reported by given to Star Scientific ceo, the gifts including a 55,000 rolex watch, 15,000 of ricateng for the mcdonnells daughters wedding and shopping, shopping, shopping for the first lady. More than 10,000 worth from oscar de la renta, 5,000 police at loui vitton. We just learned Jonnie Williams has taken the stand in the trial. Peggy will be in there, watch the testimony and have more coming your way on wusa9 news at 6 00. In the meantime weve brought in defense attorney mark shamel. Today is just day three of what they expect to be a month long trial and already the star witness for the prosecution is on the stand. Youre surprised. I am. Why would they do that . The government has their batting order lined up most likely before the trial starts, so i dont think theyre surprised. Im surprised because i think its sort of interesting that he is the case. You have to believe what hes saying to believe the governor was taking these things and doing it for an improper purpose and now theres all kinds of witnesses theyll call afterwards the defense can go through and point out inconsistencies with Jonnie Williams testimony. The big question after yesterdays testimony is what was the exact relationship between Jonnie Williams and maureen mcdonnell. Is the government asking that question . I think they have to. The defense is sort of making a big deal out of that. Law school 101 is you get out in front of it and put your spin on it. Theyll want john Jonnie Williams to tie this thing up. How do you defend that . Go after Johnny William and all the little Jonnie Williams and all the little points you can make that later when you call other witnesses, that he wasnt telling the truth. Then in closing you wrap it all up together. Lets get back to todays testimony from earlier in the day. There was a lot of cringe inducing detail regarding the amount of money and flights on the private jet and the golf clubs and pictures of governor mcdonnell and the ferrari. What was the prosecution trying to do . You try type flame the passions of the ordinary to inflame the passions of the ordinary people that sit on the jury. If its Something Like a rolex or ferrari, you show pictures and show them and show them and really get the jury upset about all the largess. If youre the defense team, how do you say this doesnt matter . Thats exactly what you say. It doesnt matter if its a or he get in exchange for it. When you close, thats how you do it. Any speculation as to why they got Jonnie Williams on the stand so soon . I dont know what their theory is. The other thing from yesterday kind of interesting, they promised us were going to see governor mcdonnell on the witness stand. Most often the person on trial doesnt testify. We got a promise very early. What does it mean . The governor has made up his mind and its his decision. So if hes going to testify and hes said hes never backing off, theyll put it out there. Do you think the defense probably tried to talk him out of it . I think they advised him. He understands its his right, but hes got no prior convictions. Hes a very popular governor, a smart man, ticula. Finally you recently defended another politician on this sort of thing. How did you get him off . Not a politician, somebody donating to a politician. Same kind of thing. The governor tried to bring these things out to show it was something more than it was and we had a Johnny William and were able Jonnie Williams and were able to crossexamine and show he wasnt telling the truth. A man shot in the leg by d. C. Police is recovering tonight. The cops responded to an initial robbery call on minnesota avenue in southeast around midnight. We still dont know why the officer opened fire, but the man was taken to the hospital with what are believed to be nonlife threatening injuries. A disturbing story out of woodbridge, police there arrested three teens for rape and Sexual Assault. The young victims were just 11 and 12. Police say the assaults occurred sunday morning at a home on gableridge turn. Two suspects are 17. One is 16. Police say the suspects and victims know each other. Two of the boys are held in juvenile detention. The shelling of a u. N. School in a gaza strip has killed 15 and injured 90 more. It was used as a shelter by hundreds of palestinians. Israel said it targeted the school after hamas fired mortars from the building. There has been mortars found stashed in several gaza schools. The white house is condemning the shelling of that u. N. School. A spokesman saying the concern is thousands of palestinians arent safe in u. N. Designated shelters. A virginia man charged with killingly estranged wife went back to court. Prosecutors want Braulio Castillo of ashburn back behind bars. He was released on 2 million bond yesterday. Castillo is accused of killing his estranged wife and making her death look like a suicide. The mother of five was found hanging in her shower back in march. Prosecutors say she was beaten and strangled by her estranged husband. The state is asking for his bond to be revoked because of dna evidence. Calvin willis is a 52year old married d. C. Cop accused of repeatedly kickingly 25year old girl friend during an argument in may. She refused to medical help despite concerns of a miscarriage. In dismissing the case the u. S. Attorneys office said there is insufficient evidence to go forward. Its hard to wrap your head around this, but it happens to just about one in five female students in college these days, Sexual Assault. Today brave survivors and a bipartisan senator introducing a bill to cut that statistic off at its knees. Debra alfarone introduces us to a woman whose story is sparking change. Reporter today the world got to meet the brave young woman who took her story of being sexually assaulted on a College Campus to the front page of the new york times. What happened to me and to too many other women and men is wrong. Reporter ann in was three weeks into her freshman year at hobart and William Smith colleges in new york state last year when she says three Football Players brutally raped her. A school panel cleared the players despite evidence of Blunt Force Trauma and the presence of a rape kit. The u. S. Department of education is now investigating the school along with 66 others nationwide. Anna told her story to the new york times. Today shes coming forward to support a bill that could help other victims. It is time to protect those who are wronged. The time is now. Were announcing our solution to americas epidemic of campus Sexual Assault. The campus accountability and safety act is a bipartisan bill that finally forces colleges and universities across the country to face this problem head on. Reporter the bill asks for confidential counseling and requires an annual survey of students on their experiences with Sexual Assault to be published online. Plus transparency. Currently accurate reporting makes a school an outliar because no school wants to be alone in admitting such a serious problem. With this bill underreporting will have stiff fines and real teeth. Reporter this bipartisan bill is expected to hit the floor in september. At the capitol debra alfarone, wusa9. Catholic university, one of the 67 colleges under investigation for the possible mishandling of sex assault investigations under title 9, virginia senator mark warner is part of the group of senators backing that new bill. Right now Montgomery County police have arrested a 13year old wanted for an Early Morning shooting. He is charged with attempted murder and armed robbery. Again, just 13 years old. This happened on pliers mill road in Silver Spring and scott broom is following up with detectives. Reporter it was an 18year old young woman who was the target of this shooting, badly wounded as the suspect as young as 13 stood over her with a gunfiring again and again. The scene at 5 30 this morning at the intersection of pliers mill and st. Margarets after two groups of teens converged at bond with a violent ending. I wasnt sure if it was gunshots, but it sound like it. We know there was a sounded like it. We know there was a group of two or three males, one of them as young as 13. Reporter a group of three girls had been texting to arrange a meeting with at least a pair of boys who showed up in a car. Twitter posts indicate it was this 18yearold woman we will not identify who was shot repeatedly. There was a confrontation that became physical and one of the males ended up shooting the 18yearold female standing over her while she was on the ground. Reporter the girl survived. Stark says police dont know what the motive may have been. Twitter posts linked to the photo call her a street soldier and baby girl claiming she was shot six times, Details Police have not confirmed. Detectives returned to the scene today to scour for evidence worried about what may be next. Police have based on interviews they believe they know who is involved and linked them to a vehicle but have not announced any arrests and have not recovered a gun. In Silver Spring scott broom, wusa9. We are just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00, a prankster pulled one over on an l. A. Tv station while a busted pipe causes chaos on the city streets, that and other trending topics coming up at 5 30. We keep stealing days from july, check out the low temperatures, 48 record low at dulles, 55 record low at bwi and 49 a record low at martinsburg. Well come back, talk about an increased chance of showers and st how can i avoid maintenance fees . Why would you want to avoid them . Because i dont want to. You know what . Im gonna bring my maintenance guy in here to tell you all about it. Roddy so, uh, without your fee, your checking chamber cant run smoothly. Every time you put money in, it causes, uh. Deposit friction. Gotta get some fiscal lube on there. [ male announcer ] its time to bank human again. [ defeated] okay. [ male announcer ] avoid monthly maintenance fees at td bank with a minimum checking balance of just 100. Td bank. Americas most convenient bank. More now on. Case against bob and maureen mcdonnell. The government began detailing its Corruption Case against the couple today. Peggy fox has been in the courtroom and brings us the story. Reporter none of the details about the failed mcdonnell marriage came up in court today, just the excessive and lavish gifts showered on them by Jonnie Williams, the entire Mcdonnell Family receiving gifts. I have great faith in god and the justice system. It sustains me every day. Reporter the jury to decide former governor Bob Mcdonnell and his wife maureens fate heard about the lavish lifestyle they and their children were living courtesy of Jonnie Williams, the wealthy businessmans executive assistant jerry faulkerson compelled to testify by the prosecution. She told of the free plane trips and vacations Jonnie Williams provided one time flying bob and of maureen to cape cod the same weekend he paid to fly the couples daughter rachel and her friend to florida first class paying for a yacht and allowing them to use his range rover. Daughters kaitlin and rachel were flown to a Bachelorette Party in savanna, georgia. There was a free vacation stay at Jonnie Williams Smith Mountain lake resort where a boat and ferrari were delivered. William gave Bob Mcdonnell and his son free golf time and all expenses paid at the kinlock golf resort. Faulkerson administered williams 120,000 in loans to the mcdonnells. She said she had to void two loan checks because williams asked her to take Maureen Mcdonnells name off the memo line. Court is still in session. Jonnie williams is in the building. He may begin testifying today. He will certainly continue testifying tomorrow. In richmond peggy fox, wusa9. Pinpointing exactly when weather will hit your neighborhood hours before it happens, wusa9 first alert weather. We mentioned yesterday you needed a sweater this morning and i know it sounded counterintuitive, but you did. My daughter went out, came back in for the sweater. Lets start with a live look outside, our live, michael and son weather cam, still gorgeous, 79, dew points in the 50s. It still should register oh, i could probably leave the ac off, relative humidity 42 . Radar, were widening it out. Were okay in the immediate metro area through the evening hours and early nighttime hours, showers and thunderstorms building through morgantown, cumberland and Garrett County in the next four, five hour, but in the meantime were fine and maybe a passing sprinkle overnight. No record tonight but comfortable, warmer but not humid thursday, an isolated shower or storm possible, a much better chance of scattered showers and storms friday. Well monitor friday and saturday for a possible upgrade to a yellow alert. They might affect your outdoor plans. Heres futurecast. Ill stop here at 10 00 tonight. Out to the mountains, martinsburg, winchester, cumberland, could be a couple light showers, temperatures in the 60s. By afternoon temperatures low to mid80s, a couple showers popping up, nothing crazy heavy. Yot evening hours, a little flecks of yellow out 66. Well see the rumble of thunder through some parts tomorrow, but not everybody. That will be the exception, not the rule. 5 00 a couple showers toward Prince Georges County county and one down on the east side of 95 into Southern Maryland and by 7 30 a better chance of a shower toward baltimore and chestertown, 10 00, probably walk the dog, temps in the 70s and by midnight low 70s. It will become more muggy thursday night and friday night. Kind of spoiled. Tonight partly cloudy, not as cool, a sprinkle possible, low temperatures 58 to 66 with light winds. Now well break this down. 60s to start, downtown temps, 73 by 9 00, 80 by 11 00, so a little warmer but pleasant, 84 by 1 00 and really not that humid yet either. Next three days scattered storms on friday, green now, 84, scattered storms on saturday, leave that green for now. Next seven days weve got nats on 9 saturday. The nats are starting a homestand tomorrow for a long time, more storms possible sunday. Nats are in town again. Nice mound, isolated storm, hot on tuesday, keep it dry, a little cooler, temperatures in the mid80s. Its being called a first for low income families in our area and across the country. Today Montgomery County launched a new program to give those families the chance to buy laptops through interest free loans. Stacy span ded is executive spand is the executive director. This is a nationally Unprecedented Program and just like of single thing we do every day, were trying to transform the lives of folks in our community. County executive ike leggett joined spand at the event and both said this is an opportunity to connect the communitys underserved with the rest of the world. There are computers and thousands of youngsters in d. C. Area who dont have any basic supplies for this school year, even a backpack. This is why we teamed up with volunteers of america and toyota to help homeless kids get the school year started off with the things they need. So please help us to give joy with operation backpack. What does this mean for the kids . Just confidence. It means hey, i got what i need to go to school and theyve got everything that they need to be successful. So thats what were trying to do is enable their success. Through operation backpack, thats what gets it done. Reporter what kind of backpack would you like to have . Maybe one that has more pockets for my stuff. Pockets for stuff is always good. How can you help get School Supplies to these kids . You dont even have to go to a car. Just go online. Store. Just go online. Log job to www. Wusa9. Com backpack and there youll see the kids you can help. Youll click on their wish list, click it on an Amazon Wish List and when you buy it, it goes straight to the organizations to get to the kids. They are Cost Effective once you own them, but which small electric car will keep you safest in a car . The results of a brandnew test are coming up in a little bit. Reporter hes one of the most impressive rookies at redskins camp, but thats not really the story. Trent murphy inspired by dad who is pretty amazing, welcome back to redskins Training Camp, everybody. Our daily feature that is success beyond just nuts and bolts football, trent murphy, one of the most athletic, gifted, big fast strong guys out here, rookies in Training Camp groomed by his father, but its not a normal father son relationship. Youre about to meet the murphies. Its a special bond, a special relationship indeed. Standing 6 6 its hard to believe theres anyone in trent murphys family bigger than him. Well . Pop is 295, 6 7. Hes a big guy. Reporter pop is dad, jerry murphy, and even in his 50s he still seems to have a physique carved out of mountain rock. Hes been working out. He still can bench 25, 30 reps. Reporter jerry built a home gym where he pushed trent and his other kids during workouts and even today trent says im still trying to catch pops, cant beat up pops just yet. Reporter growing up under that heavy hand was easy. Pops was judge and jury in all things often meting out punishment in his own fashion, flashback to when trent was 14. We had a big b

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