Mcdonnell is expected to speak at any moment now in richmond, virginia about todays indictment by a federal grand jury against him and his wife. Mcdonnell once considered a rising star in the Republican Party and a potential president ial contender is now accused of accepting illegal gifts valued at a minimum of 140,000. Among the items listed on the 14count indictment are a rolex watch engraved with 71st governor of virginia, louis viton shoes and other designer clothes, two sets of golf clubs, two iphones and 30 boxes of an expensive antiinflammatory. In a statement earlier he admitted to poor judgment but was emphatic he did nothing illegal. Were going to keep an eye on the story for you and an eye to see when the governor comes up. Bob mcdonnell about to speak at any moment about the charges against him and his wife. Other breaking news tonight, snow slamming the northeast and the mid midwest. If you thought the last big storm was bad, whats about to hit is much, much worse. Up to
that those talks are completely separate from the americans who are being held in iran right now. susan candiotti, thank you very much. still to come, new details in a bizarre story we brought you yesterday. why a mother charged with killing her two children during an exorcism formed a group called the devil s assassins. plus brand new video of toronto mayor rob ford slurring words and making obscene comments. and first lady michelle obama schools members of the miami heat later in the show. and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that s handy.
through such agony. and that a child was lost that we believe there were more than one opportunity to save. and we want to going forward learn from this tragedy and make changes as a result. reporter: for most of his life, dobson was moved from one caretaker to another. his mother, ashley dobson, lost custody of her son in 2011 for failing to care for him. she says she lost custody for financial reasons. dobson was placed with his father, okie wade. wade has an extensive criminal record. over the period of a year, children s services visited dobson s home nine times. but never discovered wade was in jail during each of those visits. every time we went to visit our workers went, we were told that the father was working, and was working very long hours, 16 hours a day, and that s why he wasn t available. should we have done something differently?
today stinny s siblings testified the teen was innocent with them the entire time. i want to clear the air. we are not allowed to go any place without my mother s permission. they were very strict with us. we could not go no place nowhere. listening to the family on the stand today, they draw a picture of a case in which critical evidence seemed to be completely overlooked in this rush to judgment. they pointed out in a crime like this, there would have been a great deal of blood, and yet they found no blood anywhere on their brother s clothing the obvious question, why did it take 70 years for this case to go back to court? this was a very slow-moving thing but it continued to build over the decades. at first the family was afraid to speak out and actually had to leave their home. the siblings were talk on the stand today how they had to leave in fear a mob might show up to do them all harm after their brother was arrested so they left in fear and didn t talk about it for a wh
why didn t you say what you knew at the very start? the risks to bob. i didn t know the what the risk would be. we were told by the u.s. government by revealing what he was actually doing over there would have been harmful to his safety. reporter: now, the family is certainly grateful about ongoing efforts to try to bring him home. but the fact of the matter is no one knows exactly where is he or how he is. the family wants to be able to go to iran. they re asking for permission to go back there, don, so that they can push for answers. they were there once before in 2007. is there any chance that bob levinson and others might be used as bargaining chips to help with the nuclear agreement? he s certainly not the only one there, there are two others. the family would like to see that happen but the u.s. government has made it clear that those talks are completely separate from the americans who are being held in iran right now. susan candiotti, thank you very much. still to c