matthew is accuse of killing two college students in virginia. without the plea he could have faced the death penalty. he's already serving a life term for sexual assault. >>> the tennessean is reporting emotional testimony by erin andrews involving a nude video of her. the sportscaster broke down when telling the jury how some in the media expect lated the video was a publicity stunld. she recalls telling her father that the video was online. >> my dad thought i was in a car accident accident. he asked why i was screaming. >>> it enabled the stalker who reported the video through a peephole. >>> the "washington post" college present who compared freshmen to bunnies who should be drowned. he was in his first year. his remarks were published six weeks ago in the school's student newspaper. >>> and the "san francisco chronicle" reports a warning to big leaguers about chewing tobacco. it's outlawed in boston, l.a., and san francisco. a reminder from major league baseball says it expects players to comply. >>> still ahead,ing a first for google's aut

other people recall seeing hannah and matthew together trying to intervene after matthew witness said you don't even know her. matthew replied hush now are learning hannah was at matthew's car telling him i'm not getting in the car with you. a witness saw that interaction to but never call nine one one year stint in lucia newman is with the ywca she says stepping up is crucial even when it seems uncomfortable with is your your sister your brother to me in stitches when she wants someone stepping in and interact and say he was going on. court documents reveal matthew strangled hannah and dumped her body behind this vacant home or green crop top was down year by the now convicted murderer will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his brutal crimes he will never be able again to when in other news hampton police are looking for the driver who hit a cyclist and kept going yesterday afternoon a twenty one year old man was on his bike and grimes road near east pembroke avenue. he says a white van have come as it left that awful del parking lot then headed north and grimes call police

i made a mistake. >> he got played by chris matthews. chris matthews made up what he thought would be the most extreme conservative position suggesting women be jailed for having an abortion and donald trump thought about it because he doesn't know what the conservative position would be. he went along with it. he got played by chris matthews because he had no idea what he thought about the matter. >> it was fair game. i'm not saying that. >> totally fair game. saying we were watching was donald trump trying to appeal to conservative voters. very ironic. or pander, if you want to use that word. and when you're trying to pander to a group of voters who ought to know what they want and what their position is, and what he didn't know is, yes, they are pro-life and, you know, he's against abortion. but he didn't know -- he didn't take it to the next step because these are not deeply held, deeply thought out views of his. on the economy, maybe. on trade, maybe. but not on social issues. >> we have to take a quick break. in the next hour, hill

and relieved jesse matthew will never again walk the streets. as jesse matthew arrived in court to plead guilty to the crimes the decision to do so according to the lawyer was entirely his own. >> today's event do not bring hannah back to us of course. we miss her every day and know many others do too. >> matthew pleading guilty to abducting and killing hannah graham, the sophomore who disappeared after a night out in charlottesville in 2014. matthew admitting to abducting and killing morgan harrington the 20-year-old virginia tech student who disappeared after a concert in charlottesville in 2009. before sentencing parents of the girls reading powerful statement talking of matthew's wicked actions and the great pain they caused. how could he and why would he said dan harrington? susan graham that matthew dumped her body like a bag of trash to be picked over by but saturdays is inhumane. matthew sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in prison and avoided the possibility of the death penalty. >> they say it takes a village to raise a child

how a gentle soul they knew to be jesse matthew, could be so transformed. >> reporter: jesse matthew showed no emotion in court. when dan harrington and susan graham read their victim impact statements, id straight at them and appeared to acknowledge what they were saying. after he signed the deal, matthew's family went over to the grahams and harringtons, and exchanged hugs. reporting live, peggy fox, wusa 9. >> wow, peg. what an emotional day in court there. matthew has seven life sentences. he was convicted of rape last year in a 2005 fairfax county case and received three life sentences for those crimes. and it was dna from that case, which connected matthew to morgan harrington's board -- murder. >>> so we have a yellow weather alert in place for friday. and a little snow on the way. just how little? topper shutt is here with us. top, when are we expecting those flakes to start flying? >> we could see flakes as early as tomorrow evening. north and west of town. again, this could have been a really nice storm. still appears to be a little snow. a little accumulation here and ther

matthew was arrested. in october 2015, he got life in prison for the assault of a fairfax woman in 2000 five. we reported matthew attended christopher newport university in 2003 and played football, but left the school after being investigated for sexual assault. all coverage of the case is on wavy.com right now. tom: three more suspect in the shooting death of a teenager have been caught. u.s. marshals found roderick britt and two others hiding in the three are accused of killing a woman during a triple shooting on deep creek boulevard. the three were originally arrested last year. prosecutors brought the charges back last month. two of the men turned themselves in for the crime. nicole: police identified victims of a marina fire. francis and julia blantz died monday. they were living on their boat while their home was under renovations. fired destroyed dozens of boats. tom: the battle over future tolls and the possibility of free alternatives has you and your money stuck in the middle. lawmakers have agr

just before 1:30 this afternoon, jesse matthew was escorted into the courtroom. the parents of morgan harg ton and hannah graham made victim impact statements. hannah's mother telling the court she misses having tea on the couch and snuggling with her daughter. surveillance video captured the two together near some downtown bars. video her father says the family will not soon forget. you would be hard-pressed to find anyone in this community who doesn't know what 2-4-1 means to the harringtons. at the end of her comments jill flashed those the day she disappeared, morgan had said good-bye to her mother with those numbers, meaning i love you, too much, forever and once more. >> overriding priority is that matthew will never be able to inflict his deparagraphty on young women. the agreement meets the objective which we regard as a public safety imperative. matthew's deeds show he's far too dangerous to allowed to be free. >> the fine alty and the accountability that has been achieved today with this plea agreement will allow our family to redirect energy into heali

i made a mistake. >> he got played by chris matthews. chris matthews made up what he thought would be the most extreme conservative position suggesting women be jailed for having an abortion and donald trump thought about it because he doesn't know what the conservative position would be. he went along with it. he got played by chris matthews because he had no idea what he thought about the matter. >> it was fair game. i'm not saying that. >> totally fair game. saying we were watching was donald trump trying to appeal to conservative voters. very ironic. or pander, if you want to use that word. and when you're trying to pander to a group of voters who ought to know what they want and what their position is, and what he didn't know is, yes, they are pro-life and, you know, he's against abortion. but he didn't know -- he didn't take it to the next step because these are not deeply held, deeply thought out views of his. on the economy, maybe. on trade, maybe. but not on social issues. >> we have to take a quick break. in the next hour, hill

matthew is seen on surveillance video approaching hannah putting his arm around her. another to see hannah live summer stating your matthew's car yelling i'm not getting in that car with you. october eighteen twenty fourteen investigators find his remains behind a vacant home her green croc top found nearby in court documents matthew agreed he strangled hannah. he will never be able again to him that his depravity on the women women like morgan harrington details of the night she became a victim of jesse matthew are not as clear though court documents a loon matthew may have picked morgan up in the taxi was driving morgan suffered significant trauma at the hands of matthew he broke several of her bones including her ribs investigators found here from jesse mathews dog on morgan shirts and his blood at the cell phone also pinckney or anchorage farm where morgan's body was eventually found sl many people so i had a grand okay but no one ever called police. we spoke with local victim advocate about what we can learn from this case all have that part of the story coming u

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. are diggingers through large chunks of debris after a deadly overpass collapse in india. at least 15 people were killed and more than 100 people are still missing. a section of the overpass, which was under construction, fell on vehicles near a busy residential and shopping area. since the collapse, 62 people have been told that rubble. closer to home now, a top political aide to governor robert bentley has resigned following allegations of an affair. rebecca caldwell mason says she is the woman on the other end of the recorded conversation where the governor makes sexually suggestive comments. it was made in 2014 before the governor's divorce. the governor denied the affair but does it mean to saying some inappropriate things -- does admit to saying some inappropriate things. some are we turn now to the race for the white house. the latest poll shows a new gop front-runner in wisconsin and of the crucial primaries there. it comes amid new controversy for donald trump. loretta lynch t

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matthew is already serving life in prison for a sexual assault case in fairfax county. the hearing is scheduled for 1-30 this aftermoon. look for our coverage of these cases starting on wavy news 10 at 4. rico bush, 10 on your side. also happening today, a grand jury in norfolk will determine if there's enough evidence to pursue charges in a cold case murder. police arrested michael brown after a traffic stop last year in north carolina. investigators charged brown with second degree murder in angela lechlitner's death in 2008. officers have not revealed how brown is connected to her today a local man already convicted of sexually assaulting his niece, is scheduled to be back in court on charges of raping his step-daughter. kahlil muslimani is already serving two life sentences and twenty years. a jury in accomack county convicted him of touching his niece inappropriately last year. 10 on your side plans to be on the eastern shore for the start of the trial. look for our full report later today starting on wavy news 10 at 4. still ahead, super tuesday by the numbers. we

uva sophomore hannah graham was abducted and killed and twenty fourteen matthew fled the state after police named him a person of interest in graham's disappearance he was later arrested in texas in connection to her death either student died in the album of merrill counties to come all three declined to comment on what charges matthew was expected to plead to will bring you what will bring you updates from the corpsman later this afternoon in the newsroom elise brown thirteen years now right elise thank you on the docket today a guilty plea is expected in the case of a virginia beach man accused of killing his three year old daughter out and say this is due in court at nine thirty this morning the child was found with a fractured skull and may of last year she was his wife pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in her daughters that she created a go fund me page for the child's funeral but left out the fact that her husband is charged with her murder we're going to update you after the scheduled hearing also later today a grand jury set to hear the case of a north carolina man accuse

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. maureen: maurice bellny is charged with second-degree murder. investigators say bel on the deanwood metro station platform on sunday. it happened in front of washington's mother and two sisters. he is charged as an doesn't and held without bond. leon: medstar says it is working to restore the i.t. system after the computer virus crippled the network. they operate ten hospitals in maryland and the district of columbia. med-star is the latest medical provider to be a cyber victim. >> weeks after a hospital paid $17,000 to bitcoin to hackers they won't say if this is another case of ransomware. the f.b.i. is looking into the incident. >> almost all the hospitals in the u.s. have gone digital. they rely on the i.t. systems that they cannot offer it. >> he s budget prioritize the medical services over cyber security. unlike other industries that could close, healthcare lives are at stake and paying a random may be the only option. >> this is like doing a smash and grab. >> there is no indi

he should be able to take on chris matthews. >> and nobody is going to throw any candidate soft balls. >> look at anderson cooper. he was tough but never rude. if you want to be commander in chief, president of the free world, you're going to be asked tough questions. tho those pro-life causes don't need four, five times to get it right. they need one time to get it right. if you're a pro-lifer, there are two victims, the woman and her unborn child. they are of a single mind. and many of them feel that their work over many decades was upeneded. it's disingenuous to say this is how they all feel n. let's be honest, kayleigh. mr. trump has gotten $2 billion worth of free media questions. if you live by the media questions, sometimes up have to die by the media questions and today is just not a good day for the home team. >> sometimes you have to remove the pro-choices and hillary can now demagogue the issue telling people that not only do republicans want to force you into a dark alley, but they also want to put vulnerable women in jail, too. so this is the point i was trying to make wi

the latest in the case against jesse matthew junior. carl spencer, brother - i'll never be able to get over him until i find out what happened." plus ... the brother of a man killed following an officer involved shooting speaks out. the new details police are revealing. donald trump - "alright folks you're only going to hear it once ... all lives matter." and ... protests erupt during donald trump's rally at radford university. the message he shared with those in attendance ... ahead of super tuesday. good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at seven. i'm lindsey ward. and i'm dawn jefferies. the man accused of killing hannah graham and morgan harrington may be ready to agree to a plea deal in both cases. jesse matthew junior will be in albemarle circuit court wednesday. tonight ... we are hearing reaction from harrington's mother gil who founded the group help save the next girl in her daughters memory. wsls 10's rob manch has more. at les cheveux tonight. harrington was here as well continuing the work she's done since her

down barlow road with the investigation between matthew henson avenue and allen dale road. keep in mind that is both directions and are currently blocked. clear along the beltway and no big problems for you either on d.c. on the freeway. keep in mind, midday roadwork on the inner loop of the beltway taking out the right lane drops you down to 22 miles through college park. that's midday roaldore all righ afternoon. now back to you. jummy: the wet weather is not making things easier on the roads today. and unfortu conditions will stick around. let's get to our chief wedged overheaddrfo anda every now and then and especially levels here so we don't expect much of a rise of temperatures. 49 degrees in culpepper now and 48 in hagerstown and frederick. 50 degrees at andrews and 50 degrees now in baltimore. as we get to the afternoon we'll climb into the 50's and these temperatures even with the clouds will be just about average and maybe a degree or two below average for the afternoon. we're continuing to watch an area of low pressure that will bring up more rain likely in the a

today - expected to read victim statements and want the judge and matthews to hear their pain. a legal analyst calls this plea a win for the community. the victims families say this day is a long time coming. harringtons mother says they have been prepared to been for six years. sot gil harrington this is not a joy. our daughter is still as dead as she was in 2007 both families say they are hoping hope the healing will begin. sources say that if the judge accepts this deal - the death penalty will be completely taken off the table and matthews will serve life in prison with no chance of ever being released. walter news channel 3. we had rain early this morning -- but now -- taking a live look over downtown norfolk -- the sun is shining, but we ve lost some of the warmth we had for the start of the week. let s get right over to meteorologist myles henderson with your first warning forecast. first warning forecast colder air moving in.... expect cloudy skies with scattered showers this morning st coast. d-morning and clouds will e cold front will start near 60 early this low 50s

was already serving a jury convicted matthew of sexual assault and attempted murder for attacking a woman in fairfax county in two thousand and five matthew was also accused of sexual assault in newport news christopher newport university released the two thousand three criminal incident report for an alleged assault on campus after matthew was arrested in

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. maureen: update tonight at mallware unfected medstar health. the three systems are almost fully restored. other systems are improving and medstar says no patient data compromised. the pointment systems are back up and leon: side with health matters and frightening findings on the impact of a zika virus on the unborn. new report focuses on a 33-year-old woman living in d.c. she traveled to mexico, guatemala and belize early in her pregnancy and she became infected along the way. fetal ultrasounds show no evidence of microcephaly. but at 19 weeks, they found severe fetal brain abnormalities. >> we know by seven weeks after the symptomatic infection we could see something on ultrasound. so maybe it's not as reassuring as we thought. leon: the pregnancy was terminated and they found that the fetus tested zika. the first sign may not be microcephaly and calcification but the potential abnormalities in the structure of the brain. alison: still ahead at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a little girl m

jesse matthew junior is charged graham and morgan harrington. he is already serving life in prison for sexual assault. by pleading guilty to these charges he is avoiding a possible death sentence. >>> the sheriff said that a deputy stole a roll of tape from a victim's home. the richland county sheriff said that kaleb broome and another officer responded to a call and that broome defaced a poster and took a role of double decided tape. >>> the federal government often donates extra guns to local police departments but the inspector general said that the program has not been keeping track of the weapons. last year, 69 guns disappeared from the police department. the general services administration said it's improving the tracking system. >> without reliable information about where the weapons are lost and there is a lightened risk that the firearms are used for purposes they were not intended for. >>> critics say that the new north carolina congressional map is still racially bias. late last night, lawyers filed briefs for the districts that will

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> now we need to talk about somebody debts which are ancient that's brought back by pennies on the dollar's. it could be old but it keeps springing back to life. wusa call to action director shirley is here to share what you can do when you are hit with this. what kind of production is there? >> there is a protection act that every consumer can understand that tells you how credit companies can approach you with an outstanding debt. in zombie debts passed the statute of limitations where they are collectible but it doesn't stop the agencies from trying to get money out of you. >> how do you play this? >> kee

but i agree with matthew dowd. he'll be a tough general election opponent. >> david muir, this idea if you look at those voters who make up their minds in the last several days, donald trump doesn't do as well with them. >> yeah, that's fascinating them. i was watching your interview with ted cruz there. we wanted to know if the mud slinging in the last couple of days really worked. look at this, among republican voters who decided just within the last couple of days, rubio and ted cruz evenly split at 28%. 24% for donald trump. so that mudslinging that we have seen the size of the hands, some of these incredible comments made by marco rubio seem to have some impact in these final days. but 11th hour it wasn't enough. >> david muir, thank you. >>> rebecca jarvis with john kasich, he hasn't won a state tonight, but he's staying in. >> he's staying in, george, and the way that the campaign is putting it tonight, they have been playing an away game for the last month, now they're getting onto home turf, the midwestern

. >> the best way to stay away in matthews. >> and the school reopened today. >>> more spring-like temperatures in store. >> a chance for rain. >> there are a couple of opportunities let's look at that first one. we have severe weather over the next 24 hours. and it could be a shower showing up by late in the afternoon. we have 4:30. we're on the leading edge of this, the bulk will not be here. and this is what you expect. >> chill in the air. and rain and snow after that. >>> tomorrow three men accused of shooting in up town charlotte will appear in court. and and kevin thompson and fire 40 to 50 shots into two it had people in a panic. we took the concerns about the violence to a council man. >> i hope they do not look at this. >> the ciaa commissioner said the conference is working to figure out why new ways to tighten events. >> and officially booked into the york county jail. there is a mug shot and after he was extradited. he shot and killed jessie campbell in his home in january. campbell owned a greenhouse and dejesus used to work there. there is not a motive. he is expected to go befor

matthew was arrested in her case. dna linked him to harrington -- whose death had been a mystery since 2009. the virgina tech student disappeared after attending a metallica concert in charlottesville. her remains were found several months later on a nearby farm. her family says it s been a long and difficult journey to get to this point. morgan )s mom; 6:52 the finality and accountability that has been achieved today with this plea agreement will allow our family to redirect energy into healing and recovery both are areas that we have neglected in our quest matthew will not be eligible for early release or geriatric release as part of the deal. erica greenway -- newschannel 3. hillary clinton and donald trump claimed big victories on super tuesday -- including here in virginia where both candidates came out on top. democratic primaries by a large margin in virginia. she had 65 percent of the vote over bernie sanders 35 percent. trump edged out a narrow victory over opponent marco rubio here in the commonwealth. trump

matthews in northwest washington. >> i am outside st. matthews cathedral. this is one of the two fiats donated by a car company that pope francis used in his famous visit. in the visit last september the pope received attention riding around d.c. in the humble fiat while the others cars. the archdiocese plans to use the car to promote the various events around the city. it is using the #drivewithfrancis. this is one of eight that the car company donated and brought for the pope's use. the two others were given the organizations. among those who took a look at today was the cardinal of washington. >> we hope it reminds everybody of the visit he had here and the great time for us in washington. >> the blessing to the holy oil will be used throughout the city throughout the year and the fiat will be here for another hour. but it will be promoting various causes that the catholic church has. reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc7 news. you know you are big if the car you rode in one time turns into a celebrity. maureen: and it's valuable. a co

and we also know that hannah graham did not willingly go with matthew. >> reporter: after jesse matthew was seen in this surveillance video, following hannah graham in the downtown mall, she tried to get away from him. a witness saw matthew catch up to her, put his arm around her next to his car in a way that didn't look friendly. and a witness heard graham say, i'm not getting in that car with you. what is it? stolen? >> matthew will never again be able to inflict his depravity on other young women. >> reporter: graham's father john, who had not spoanl spoken -- spoken publicly before his daughter's rimains were found. >> his each deprived the world of a great talent. but hannah's enduring gift to us all is wicked man to be apprehended. she did change the world, but it came at a high price. >> reporter: matthew's attorney said his client was sorry for what happened. >> we want to express today -- to the harrington family and the graham family, our sorrow on what our fap family member, jesse leroy matthew jr., chose to do to your daughters. >> reporter: reverend car said the family coul

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> this morning on "today" an all new rosin report. vacation under konk. what happens when you leave expensive items behind in hotels and rental cars. find out where they end up and which chains are the most honest. >>> we have your final ten. syracuse taking them on in the windy city. in the second half, they win on a 29-8 scoring rampage. syracuse getting 15 straight points in one stretch. virginia could not come back and were beaten in a stunner, 68-62. syracuse becomes the fourth to reach the fievl notre dame put up a fight against north carolina. the tar heels proved too much for the fighting irish, 88-7

last night at 11:00, we brought you the breaking news that matthews passed a resolution to leave the school district unless it's guaranteed neighborhood schools. tonight, stephanie maxwell found out there may already be options for families if the town and district break ties. >> reporter: this is the future home of matthews charter school. when it opens in the fall, it will be at max capacity and that's bringing interest from parents. >> we have awaiting list of 697 students. >> reporter: that's after accepting close to 650 students for kindergarten through 6th grade. the board president of the charter schools is a supporter of school choice and anticipates more interest if cms goes through with the controversial redistricting plan. >> once the building starts going up and students start enrolling, cms will be weightless. over surveys if i would out by parents to bring more diversity to all schools. the most controversial option is moving kids out of neighborhood schools. parents are demanding a spot for students at neighborhood schools or look at leaving the district. >> i think th

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matthew fruchey fairfield township police chief "we found two females in the basement, dead of gunshot wounds, subsequent investigation found it was a mother and her developmentally disabled daughter." police say 54-year- old barbara busch shot and killed her 24-year-old daughter cynthia, then turned the gun on herself. according to the autopsy, both were shots to the head. matthew fruchey farifield township police chief "she did leave a note, she was suffering from some severe depression and she felt very overwhelmed by her life circumstances." one neighbor we spoke to says she saw the mother and daughter on a daily basis. lori lohrer neighbor "very, very friendly, lori lohrer neighbor "i've seen them riding the cycle built for two and she just loved that kid to no end, it's just a very sad tragedy." matthew fruchey fairfield township police chief "it's a terribly sad situation that people felt so distraught they couldn't reach out and get help for themselves." tag: police would not say if the gun belonged to the mother, they did tell us that there was no prior history of violence at

matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look att the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. frozen out when the votes in wimpbter started. now we're in spring, he's the dominant force in the party. he's gone through a hostile takeover of the republican party. he's basically beginning to fire the senior management of the republican party and and it's going to be very difficult for the republicans to be in the same place they were as a party in aftermath. >> jon karl, one thing he's been served by this entire campaign, divided opposition, going to remain divided, stunning every single one of these candidates say they're going to stay in. >> absolutely. this super tuesday is trump tuesday. not just because he comes out with a win huge delegate lead, butecause every one of his main opponents -- kasich, rue owe, cruz, they all see a reason to stay in this race so donald trump, tonight, is stronger than ever, his opposition

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> the tidal basin lined with thousands of people there to see it this morning on a beautiful start to this saturday. welcome back. >> that's right there in line. map you almost need a wint out in the 30s but we get sun and to the 60's this afternoon. that's kind of the good news there. it'll be very crowded regardless. thousands, upon thousands of people i'm sure this weekend are going to be out at the tidal basin checking out the peak boom bloom of the cherry blossoms many good friday was yesterday. it feels like 33 degrees. that's what are you dealing with this morning. not much in the way of cloud cover in morning. 37 -- leesburg 37. martin burg 34 an

donald trump created a firestorm during a town hall hosted by chris matthews. the most surprising moment that came while discussing abortion. >> should the woman be punished for having a abortion? >> look -- >> this is not something you can dodge. if you say abortion is a crime or murder, you have to deal with it under the law. should abortion be punished? >> people in certain parts of the republican party would say, yes, they should be punished. >> how about you? >> i would say it's a serious problem and it's a problem that we have to decide on. it's very -- >> but you're for banning -- >> wait, are you going to say put them in jail? is that the punishment you're talking about? >> well, you said ban -- how do you do it? >> you go back to the position like they had where people will perhaps go to illegal places. >> yeah. >> but you have to ban it. >> you ban it, they go to somebody who flunked out of medical school. >> are you catholic, how do you feel about the catholic church's position? >> i accept the teaching authority of my teach of moral issues. >> but d

>>> in about an hour the man accused of kil plea deal and by admitting his guilt jesse matthew's avoids the death penalty and the parents of two murdered women get a taste of justice. good afternoon i'm andrea roane and peggy fox live outside the court in charlottesville with the latest.>> reporter: the hearing is at 1:30 and i just got off the phone with joe harrington morgan harrington's mother her and her husband dan and supporters on the way from roanoke and john and susan graham on the way here from alexandria. the plea agreement covers both cases. jesse matthew is accused of killing morgan harrington in 2009 and the university of virginia student hannah graham in 2014. matthew is serving a prison term of three consecutive life sentences for sexually assaulting a woman in fairfax county in 2005. in the hannah graham staff he is charged with capital murder making him eligible for the death penalty however morgan harrington's mother tells us she believes matthew has agreed to a life sentence and he will never be a threat to the community. here is jill harrington. >> we have been tryi

mooney began investigating matthew after graham disappeared in the u-v-a second year, matthews final victim, last seen on surveillance video on charlottesville s downtown mall court documents show moments later a witness places her near matthews car. mooney 19:03:07 the witness describes the door being opened and her saying i )m not getting in that car it is stolen and her voice led this person to believe that she was scared and did not want to be there. laura hannahs skeletal remains - like harringtons five years earlier - would be found in rural parts of albemarle county missing clothing and without undergarments... both young woman beaten before being murdered. but mooney says the clue that helped crack the case would be found in matthews apartment in the days after hannah vanished. a pair of stained shorts belonging to the killer 18:59:35 it s a mixture of dna and consisted of hannah and jesse which confirms they had contact pretty huge piece of evidence laura evidence of a sexual assault. with so much promise faught until the end. 19:04:45 )they absolutely probably fought back a

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. up to the minute the minute you're up as the 2016 nuclear security summit con verges on d.c. and it could create a major traffic problem. the areas you will want to avoid. >>> and check out the current temperatures. they are at least 20 degrees warmer in some places than this time yesterday, but we will see an even bigger warm-up? a closer look at 5:01. >>> metro shutdown that happened earlier this month made preview some bigger problems to come. at a wednesday summit, metro leaders said systems cannot continue to move from one crisis to the next. it may mean having to shut down the entire line for months because of maintenance issues. the new general manager says there are no easy solutions. >>> virginia may determine the fate of north carolina use by those who are transgender. protests have been common following the new law and now we're waiting for an appeals court decision in a virginia case. a high school student born female but who identifies as male says that he has had to take

jesse matthew jr. admitted to killing 18-year-old university of virginia student hannah graham in 2014.... and 20-year-old virginia tech student morgan life terms.. consecutively.. with no chance of any type of parole. the victims' families support the deal. "at times like this, one has to draw comfort where one can. hannah was the most optimistic person we've known and she was extremely happy and loved charlottesville and was excited to return in august 2014 for her second year at university" "with this plea agreement will allow our family to redirect energy into healing and recovery. both areas that we have neglected in our quest for justice for morgan." matthew, junior did not speak in court.. but apologized to his family through his attorney. talk about one un- lucky cruise ship. royal caribbean's anthem of the seas had to cut short another voyage 12-day trip to the eastern caribbean... but turned around because of severe weather. just last month, this same cruise ship sailed into an atlantic storm

and it's very clear he had not really thought this through in answers to chris matthews' questions. >> reporter: andrea, you almost get the sense it's a cut and paste with ronald reagan and position has not changed from any kind of statement and applying it here because that adds some safety in a republican environment to say ronald reagan. it does seem that there are two separate issues. does, on the substance, does donald trump have a mature reasoned policy position on abortion knowing that voters on all sides of the spectrum are often motivated by this issue, have personal feelings about this issue, and it intersects with religious and moral components that have real impact on how people assess a candidate in terms of judgment, values, and so forth. is he mature as a candidate on that side? the other side, much more tactical. allowing himself to go into an interview and wing it. appeared he was not prepared to go into a deeper level of answers and couldn't control that moment. and that's a problem for a candidate. not only performance through the campaign season but if you become p

matthew will spend the rest of his life behind bars. he received four consecutive life sentences, and waived his right to parole. 10 on your side was outside the albemarle county courthouse as the parents of the graham and harrington expressed relief at the plea agreement, and talked about the holes left in their lives. john graham - victim's father "his evil deprived the world of a man to be apprehended and convicted. she did change the world, but at a gil harrington - victim's mother "the finality and accountability that has been achieved today with this plea agreement, will allow our family to redirect energy into healing and recovery" matthew's attorney said his client was sorry and that he loved his family. he's currently serving a life sentence for a 2005 sexual assault in northern virginia. our extensive coverage of this case continues on wavy-dot-com. you'll find new details from court documents in graham's case. plus, there's a timeline of events, letters that describe matthew's past, and more reaction from the victims' loved-