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The former navy nuclear engineer has pleaded guilty to trying to sell closely guarded information about u.s. submarines to another country. you can remember this story. prosecutors said he hid memory cards with information about nuclear-powered subrones in a pack of gum, band-aid wrappers, even a peanut butter sandwich. nbc's ken delaney is following this case. what coined of sentence is this former engineer at and what's the latest on his wife who was also arrested and pleaded not guilty? >> reporter: jonathan toby said he thought he was selling so credits to an unnamed foreign government and...

Suggests their target was not an adversary like russia or china. the fbi ran a sting operation, paying jonathan toby $100,000 in cryptocurrency for secret information about american nuclear subs in the exchanges, he asked for a total of $5 million for all the data he said he collected quietly over his years of working as a navy nuclear expert. whether the only motivation money remains to be seen. jonathan was a nuclear physicist who could have made a good salary in the private sector. diana had a ph.d. in anthropology and taught at a private high school in annapolis, which is now suspended her...

Belonging to gabby, brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to gabby petito's demise. at this time, brian is still missing and when he is located we will address the pending fraud charges against him. and, hallie, we're in week four of that search for brian laundrie. >> that's right. dasha burns, thank you so much for that update. in other news this afternoon, the so-called sandwich spies will stay behind bars, we're learning, after finishing a first court appearance. jonathan and diana toby appearing in separate hearings before a federal judge. navy nuclear engineer and hi...

Included pro-black lives matter and anti-trump posts. diana was a popular teacher in your book advisor. "there is only one other person i know is aware of our special relationship, and i trust that person absolutely." toby said he gathered the file slowly over time to avoid suspicion, adding u.s. security forces are "lazy and have limited budgets and unlikely to recognize him as an insider threats." >> bret: thank you. up next, china gets a boost in its campaign to bring taiwan back into its fold. first, some fox affiliates out of the country are covering this tonight. fox 5 las vegas where jo...

Brian laundrie. petito's parents braced themselves for the next part of the journey, getting their daughters remains back to new york. >> bret: thank you. and a b engineer and his wife accused in a plot to sell u.s. nuclear secrets to a former government will remain in custody and be back in court friday for a detention hearing. both will receive public defenders. they face life in prison and are considered flight risks. national security correspondent jennifer griffin looks at the case against them tonight. >> the two accused spies appeared before judge separately in a west virginia courtroom...