married people agreed to have a divorce two years ago, why would i need to present any facts? what she wrote in a court filing is fani willis, her subpoena is being sought in an attempt to harass and damage her professional relationship. it's obstructing and interfering with an ongoing criminal prosecution. also in the court filing from willis' office, trying to get rid of this deposition in this divorce proceeding, she essentially accuses the soon to be ex-wife of her top prosecutor, nathan wade, of conspiring with people in the election interference case. are they working together? she's raising that question there. on the other side, jocelyn wade is saying through her lawyers and a statement that we received at cnn that this is a personal matter and fani willis is using a public platform here. take that, what you will. >> thank you very much. >> cnn this morning continues

now. i have known nikki very well. she worked for me for a long time. she would not be able to handle that position. she would not be able to handle the onslaught. >> don't hate donald trump. i voted for him twice. i agree with a lot of his policies, but rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him. >> she's not going to make it. she has no way. maga not going to be with her. >> the rheen he's throwing these temper tantrums is he knows i do have a chance. he knows he's not able to defend his record. >> good morning, everyone. it's the top of the hour on a friday. so glad you're with us. it's a race to finish in the first primary in the nation. donald trump, nikki haley launched some of their sharpest attacks at one another. we're on the ground in new hampshire as haley holds a rally this hour. >> also, cnn speaks exclusively with maerrick garland. he reveals why he supports the

special prosecutor's push for a speedy trial for donald trump. >> new video shows people being rescued from the rio grande as the border standoff between the united states and texas intensifies. what is happening today as the number of migrants crossing the southern border rises again. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. >> and it is indeed the final sprint in new hampshire. nikki haley's already out of the gate this morning campaigning. haley, donald trump, ron desantis all blitzing the state today, just four days before the primary. the looming reality is that trump can lock up this race on tuesday with another dominant victory like he had in iowa. >> haley is sprinting through six stops as she makes the case she's the only one standing in trump's way. she downplayed trump's landslide win in the iowa caucuses. >> if you look at iowa, i mean, president trump won a state of 3

million people with 56,000 votes. we had a very low turnout night. we're going to have a really good turnout in new hampshire. i think we're going to have a great day. >> it's not an inaccurate point. kylie atwood is live at haley's next stop. big day in new hampshire for kylie and the campaign reporters. just a few days before voters go to the polls. what was nikki haley's strategy last night and is it going to separate her not just from donald trump but also from ron desantis? >> reporter: yeah, phil, first and foremost, barnstorming the state here. this is 8:00 a.m. it's already her second event of the day here in new hampshire. as you guys noted, former president trump has a rally here later tonight. ron desantis is also in the state. desantis really isn't competing here. it's effectively a one-on-one race between trump and nikki haley. that's exactly what her team wanted it to be right now in the state. there's a few pieces to her strategy here in new hampshire. first, she is courting

independent voters. and that's critical here in new hampshire because they make up almost 40% of the electorate. it doesn't mean all of them are going to support nikki haley, but her team feels pretty good about drawing them in and having them support her here in the primary in a few days. the other thing she's doing is tying former president trump and president biden. asking why voters would want two people running for president in their 80s. as trump is cranking up his attacks on haley, she's been going back at him. she's been defending herself, she defended herself against his racist dog whistles earlier this week, saying in her view. that just shows he's threatened by her, and when he said last night that she has no shot, she doesn't have maggie supporters, here's what she told jake tapper in the cnn town hall. >> if he thinks i have no chance, and i have no hope, why is he runs millions of dollars in ads against me.

if i have no chance and hope, why when i served in his campaign did he say i was tough, the best u.n. ambassador he ever had and no one could move me. the reason he's throwing these tanltd tantrums is because he knows i do have a chance. >> she also said she wants to have a strong showing here in the new hampshire primary, that she wants to do better than she did in iowa, where of course, you noted, she came in third. she wants to come in first or second here. privately, her supporters are saying she really has to pull off a victory in new hampshire or at least come in really incredibly close to trump, and of course, that's what she's trying to do with all of these events in the state four days out from the primary. >> huge stakes and you know as well as anybody, big shout out to the campaign embeds who had a 7:00 a.m. start. that's a painful morning start at this stage in the race. thanks so much. president biden also on the

campaign trail, making stops in the battleground state yesterday of north carolina. he's pushing an economic message and sharpening his criticism of donald trump. >> our approach is the fundamental break from trickle down economics. supercharged by my predecessor. my predecessor, everything was trickle down, but not a lot trickle. did you hear he wants to see the stock market crash? he doesn't want to be the next herbert hoover. he's already hoover. he's the only president to be president for four years and lose jobs. >> president biden is entering the 2024 election with signs the u.s. economy is strengthening. yesterday, new weekly jobless claims fell to the lowest level since september of 2022. mortgage rates also falling after hitting nearly 8% last year. many voters remain skeptical. 31% of voters approve of the president's handling of the economy. joining us now, former white

house infrastructure coordination and cochair of the biden re-election campaign, mitch landrieu. i don't have to worry about the hatch act anymore in talking to you. that's a nice pivot now that you're on the campaign side. >> it's great. >> can i ask you something i have been thinking about a lot, given your expertise inside the white house, on issues, on implementation. so many of the president's legislative accomplishments, many bipartisan, take a long time to get in place. whether it's the chips act, elements of the infrastructure act, the inflation reduction act. does that concern you? i understand that's part of the reason why they were enacted, is the long time horizon and the build toward it, but it does it concern you that a lot of these policies, people aren't seeing them? >> first, it's important to note for the past 50 years presidents have been talking about trying to rebuild the country and none were able to really do it. joe biden basically said if you elect me, i'm going to bring people together.

when we do things together, we can do big things and he put the ball in the hoop in four of the biggest pieces of legislation we have seen in the last 50 years in an effort to rebuild america, to invest in america, to invest in the american people, to create jobs, to create economic growth. and to give people as he likes to say a little breathing room. in fact, as of today, we have 40,000 projects, seeds that have been planted all over this country rebuilding the roads and bridges. the airports, the ports. he was in north carolina yesterday talking about the importance of making sure that everybody has access to high speed internet, not only in the cities but in rural areas where it's critically important as well. making sure we have clean air and clean water, getting rid of water in lead pipes and then building a clean energy economy. and so this president, it speaks a lot to his character, he's willing to do a deep dive investment that not only is going to have short term benefit but also the long term benefit. i'm fairly confident by the time this campaign is over, american citizens will be fully informed

of the incredible work he's done and the benefit they have to them. as the president announced just a minute ago, just as one metric for the people of america, since he's been president, over 14 million jobs have been created. since we're likely to be running against donald trump, it's worth noting donald trump lost, he's the only president since herbert hoover who lost jobs and it's mining 2.5 million. when people ask, who is putting people back to work, who is really getting the benefit? joe biden is fighting for working men and women every day and he's succeeding. >> i hear you on the statistics and also hear you on the implementation. the question that is long, i think, confounded me and some folks in your operation as well is, the economic comparative that the president has been talking about, that you laid out with the former president, people when they're polled think that the economy under trump was better. when you talk about the infrastructure proposals you talk to local officials and they'll tell you ad nauseam how much they appreciated what's happening in their communities. you talk to people and they have no concept of the fact that it

may have come from this administration. you said that's going to change by election day. how? >> absolutely it's going to change. these are the reasons why. right now, donald trump is hoping that american citizens have collective amnesia that when he was president, he basically presided over chaos and destruction. and he thinks the american citizens are going to forget that. we're going to remind them of it. we're also going to remind them in this campaign about all of the investments that we have made and the benefits. this is what campaigns are about, and comparing the work that we have done. donald trump also payments a mythical picture of a past that never was, and tries to convince you that's good for you. and everybody in america knows that's not true. we have people in this country that are climate deniers, that are election deniers, that are science deniers. he's the kick of the deniers. we're going to remind them of what it was like when he was president. there's an article in the paper today, 17 people who worked for donald trump who know him well have come out and said i cannot tell you how strongly we feel

that he should not be president of the united states again. that's why president biden is running, to restore the soul of america and protect democracy, and then make sure that working men and women have a leg up in this country. >> there's certainly no precedent to the point you're making about past administration officials with their boss running for re-election and where their stand. there's no question about that. the idea of the attacks against the former president, which you have made clear will come fast and furious in the weeks and months ahead, and also his supporters. it's upset some people, including jamie dimon. take a listen to what he had to say. >> i wish the democrats would think a little more carefully when they talk about maga. the democrats have done a pretty good job with the deplorables, hugging their bibles and their beer and guns. really, if we just stop that stuff and grow up and treat other people with respect and listen to them a little bit, i think this negative talk about maga is going to hurt biden's election campaign. >> what do you think when you

hear that? >> well, first of all, i like jamie. he's a friend. but to be clear about this, the president has always said that independents, republicans, everybody is welcome in his tenlt. as a matter of fact, as he sent me across the country, he made sure, unlike donald trump, this money got spent everywhere, not just for people who voted for him. it is true that there is a philosophy coursing across the country that we have to call something trumpism, call it the far right of the party, a theory of governing that causes chaos. and that is what we're trying to point out. i think the president has profound respect for every human being. he doesn't call people vermin. he doesn't say that people poison other people's blood. but we do have to call out this extreme right wing agenda that has threatened democracy in this country. we'll figure out what to call it in a respectful way, but you can't hide from the fact it's damaging who we are as a country and who we promised each other in america we'll be.

the president of the united states is going to remind people of that. that's the reason why he ran and why he's running again. by the way, the only person that's ever beat donald trump and he's going to beat him again. >> that is an accurate statement, which some democrats seem to forget sometimes. mitch landrieu, former senior white house official, former mayor of new orleans, we appreciate your time. >> great being with you. >> attorney general merrick garland pushing back on the claim he's weaponizing the justice department against donald trump. cnn's exclusive sit-down with the top law enforcement officer in the country is next. >> another top official tells cnn why a new report detailing law enforcement failures in the robb elementary massacre is so important. . >> it means something to those families to have the justice department validate their pain and experiences. they have been feeling like everyone has just forgotten them, that the country has moved on, that the world has moved on. >> the mother of 10-year-old victim lexy rubio joins us to

explain what the report means to her, to remember her daughter.

we follow the facts and the law wherever they lead. politics is not a part of our determinations. it would be improper. >> attorney general merrick garland sitting down exclusively with cnn, insisting politics has no influence over decisions made at the justice department. >> donald trump disagrees. >> you have people running the department of justice

surrounding him. they're young and they're smart, and they're communists and they're marxists. they're fascists. and they're running this country. they're running it right into the ground. >> evan perez is with us. he did that exclusive interview, it is so rare that the attorney general will sit down, particularly for a one-on-one, a really important conversation. what else did you talk about? >> reporter: well, poppy, these are the most extensive conversations we have had, the comments from the attorney general. he was defending the independence of these investigations by the special counsel, by jack smith. and really the timing of these trials, as you know, there's a trial scheduled for march right now, still pretty much on hold, while the former president litigates this. but it's obviously running straightforward into the political calendar. here's what the attorney general had to say. >> one of the trials for the former president, donald trump, is scheduled for march.

you know, some of the polling recently shows that three-quarters of republicans believe he's being targeted for political reasons. does it concern you that this public perception exists and what can you do to try to change that? >> of course, it concerns me. what we have to do is show by the acts that we take that we're following the law, that we're following the facts. the prosecutions that you're talking about were brought last year. and the special prosecutor has said from the beginning that he thinks public interest requires a speedy trial. which i agree with. >> you do? >> i do. and the matter is now in the hands of the trial judges to determine when a trial will take place. >> the department has policies about steering clear of elections. is there a date in your mind where it might be too late to bring these trials to fruition? again, to stay out of the way of

the elections as the department policies -- >> i'll say what i said, which is the cases were brought last year. prosecutor has urged speedy trials. with which i agree. and it's now in the hands of the judicial system, not in our hands. >> do you look -- looking back now, do you think the department took too long to bring these cases maybe? >> the special prosecutor has followed the facts and the law. they have brought cases when they thought they were ready. >> and phil and poppy, he also talked about the rise of extremist threats to public officials and of course all these swatting incidents. he talked about how these essentially pose a threat to the fabric of our democracy. >> evan, thank you. i encourage everyone to watch your full interview. we really appreciate it. and evan's interview includes an extensive conversation with the attorney general about the 2022 massacre at robb elementary in

uvalde, texas. here's part of that. >> being there, seeing how small the two school rooms are, their attachment to each other, the holes in the wall left by the shooter, the places where the children tried to hide. it's just a different experience. both in terms of understanding why tactics were wrong but also in terms of understanding what happened. >> yesterday, attorney general garland saw for the first time the evidence laid out in a new justice department report on the law enforcement response to the shooting which laid bare an excruciating detail the siri of, quote, cascading failures that cost 19 students and 2 teachers their lives. failures in leadership, failures in decision making, in tactics and policy and training, and a failure to take courageous action. >> every day, police officers run towards danger to keep people safe.

in uvalde on may 24th, 2022, that did not happen until far too late. >> 10-year-old lexi rubio, you're looking at her big smile right there, she was one of the 19 children murdered at robb elementary school, and those who love her most dearly remember her as a kind girl, a sweet girl who had a very bright future. they describe her appreciation for life, her love of softball, and her desire to be a lawyer. lexi loved bright colors like sunflowers and butterflies. the ones you see right there at her memorial in uvalde. the tribute represents lexi's five siblings and also her love of math. and take a look at this. this is the last picture that lexi took with her parents after she was recognized with a good citizen award in an honor roll ceremony at her school just hours before she was killed. lexi's mother kimberly joins me this morning. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me.

>> you told us back in may that you felt robbed of answers from authorities. and i wonder, has this report, the attorney general being there, helped at all? >> i'm very grateful for the doj and also for the attorney general for conducting this review. for telling the world what we the families already knew. we were failed that day. >> as lexi's mother, you have talked about the answers that you want and need the most about the last moments of her life. did you get any of those answers? >> no, with every report that comes out, i'm beginning to realize that there's some answers i'll never receive. especially concerning her last moments, how fast was it, was she waiting for us, was she scared? those are the answers i won't

ever receive. >> if we could talk, kimberly, for a moment about your grief, because something you have said that i will always remember is you have said that your grief has only gotten worse. and grief is really complicated, and it's messy for lack of a better word, and it's different for everyone. but i wonder if you could speak to what you have gone through to other parents who have lost their children. >> navigating this new life is heartbreaking. i'm not the same. my family is not the same. we never will be. and it doesn't get better. it gets worse because every day is one more day that we haven't seen her, and it's already been so long. it's just a pain we'll carry for the rest of our lives. >> you also, kimberly, talk

about carrying lexi with you, not only in the necklace around your neck, which is her thumbprint, but carrying her in your heart and mind with you and your husband, felix, in everything you do. can you talk about that? >> you know, in our minds, she can't be gone if we take her with us. so we do. everywhere we go, we take lexi. she is with me. she is behind me. she is the reason i can continue advocating for change in her honor. >> she must be so proud of all you have done to try to advocate for change, kimberly. you talked about her as a girl who is going to make a difference in this world. you said just wait and see. since she was killed you have run for mayor. you have testified to texas lawmakers. and i want to play that because you were pushing for an age increase in some gun legislation.

here is you fighting in your daughter's name. >> had this bill been the law in the state of texas one year ago, the gunman would not have been able to purchase the semiautomatic weapon he used to murder our daughter and 20 others. eight days after his 18th birthday. it's too late for us. no action you take will bring back our daughter. but you do have the opportunity to honor lexi's life and legacy by voting for house bill 2744, which will make our community safer and save lives. >> that bill is yet to receive a vote. will you keep fighting? >> absolutely. at the state level, at the federal level. every day with everything i have. >> one of the things that i'm so struck by is the report laying out the failures for families. and obstacles you faced.

and you embodied that, that day. you and felix running at one point, you barefoot running back to the crime screen, trying to find your daughter, trying to get answers. from what you read on that, do you believe that laying it out in such stark terms will prevent parents from ever having to do that again and facing so many obstacles? >> absolutely. that's what this report is for. it is to serve as a warning to other communities and to prepare law enforcement agencies around this country. but it is a very reactive approach. and i'm disappointed in the federal government for not taking action sooner and for not taking action after uvalde so we don't have to rely on something like this. >> do you want to end on the fact that the sheriff at the time of uvalde county, sheriff reuben nolasco is named in the report. they talk about a failure to lead, to respond appropriately. he's running again for re-election. i wonder if you think he should

not be running in light of this report. >> there are several individuals named that are running for re-election this year. and i hope voters take note of that. >> kimberly rubio, we'll always remember beautiful lexi. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you.

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migrants out of the rhio grande to safety on thursday. this happened near the texas border in eagle pass. texas officials have begun arresting migrants for the first time after the state blocked federal border agents from access to the public park last week. rosa flores has been following all of this. joins us live from eagle pass. you have gotten access inside the zone that texas is controlling. what have you seen? >> reporter: let me show you how texas is doubling down because they have added multiple layers of razor wire. you can see here migrants use clothes and other items to protect themselves as they cross in. as you mentioned overnight we obtained videos and pictures from mexican authorities showing despite all this, migrants are still trying to cross. mexican authorities rescuing several of them. i want to show you because the international boundary between the u.s. and mexico is the middle of this river. once migrants cross the middle of the river, they're on u.s. territory and under u.s. law and policy. they should be processed under

federal immigration laws. but phil, that is not happening right now because this area has been taken over by the state of texas. instead of being processed under federal immigration law, they're being arrested and charged with criminal trespassing. that is a state charge. phil. >> rosa, there's also another meeting between u.s. federal officials and their mexican counterparts coming up. what are the expectations? do they feel like there's anything they can do in the near term to stem some of the tide here? >> reporter: what we know is this is a working group. this is an extension of the talks that happened in mid-december in mexico city between both countries. now look, the number of migrant apprehensions has plummeted since mid-december when migrants were -- excuse me, border patrol agents were apprehending about 10,000 migrants a day. right now, that number has dropped to about 4,000 migrants a day. dhs contributes that to actions by mexico, up to law enforcement

and deportation. these talks are a continuation of the talks in mid-december. they're going to continue working together and maintaining that relationship. as for what we can expect out of these talks, we're not expecting any big announcement, but again, this maintains the relationship between these two countries, and phil, you know as much as i do what mexico does or doesn't do when it comes to immigration impacts the number of migrants that end up on the u.s. southern border. >> critical bilateral relationship. thank you so much. ahead for us, fulton county district attorney fani willis is fighting back against claims that she had a relationship with a prosecutor who she hired for donald trump's georgia election subversion case and that that is inappropriate or unethical. how she's defending herself and how the accusations could impact the case.

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fulton county district attorney fani willis fighting back against allegations she benefitted from a relationship with her lead prosecutor in the trump georgia probe, nathan wade, a man who she hired. willis was subpoenaed to appear in court as part of wade's divorce case. in a new filing, fani willis' attorney claims wade's estranged wife conspired with interested parties in the criminal election interference case to annoy, embarrass, and oppress willis. they said, quote, because the parties agree their marriage is irretrievably broken, there is no information that willis could provide that would be relevant. these allegations against willis and wade came in a court filing earlier this month by someone

named mike roman, a former trump 2020 campaign official who was indicted over his role in the fake electors plot. roman alleges that wade is having an affair with willis and used, he billed the d.a.'s office for his work on the case to take her on fancy vacations. it's complicated. but could be crucial. roman's attorney has not yet provided direct evidence of any affair. the judge overseeing the trump case did, though, set a hearing on all of this to consider the motion that willis has put forward to quash the subpoena. here to discuss all of this, legal analyst, former u.s. attorney for the middle district of georgia, michael moore. it's super complicated. but i just wonder, michael -- >> it is complicated. >> i wonder the big picture here, is the entire georgia rico case against donald trump now in peril? >> well, i'm glad to be with you. it's not in peril. this is not something that i think on its own will be

detrimental or completely destructive of the case. what has happened is you have a real optics problem for the district attorney herself, which is never good for a prosecutor as she may be put in credible questions as play, and frankly, some issues may come up later if there are questions about the public funds she used to pay mr. wade, whether they were legitimately earned, that type of thing. i think it's more likely that the judge will make short work of this at a hearing. he'll ask the filing attorney, the defense attorney, to put up what evidence they have of this, which i think will include some information from a sealed record in the divorce proceeding of mr. wade and his estranged wife. and will probably ask the district attorney to state in her place if the allegations or any of the allegations are true. the issue of her personal life and who she chooses to see or date, frankly, i don't think that's much moment at this time. i think the question is whether

or not she hired somebody who was not experienced, does he in fact have a felony prosecution background to be handling this type and this magnitude of a case, and whether or not the money is paid, the public money is paid, were appropriately paid. >> we're talking about north of $650,000 paid to him so far in this case. that's taxpayer money. some of the great local reporting done there by the atlanta journal constitution talks about what she could face, though. this is the d.a. in charge of this case. and their reporting is if trump's -- not trump's, but this fellow defendant of trump's attorneys prevail in all of this, willis could be charged with honest services fraud and potentially prosecuted, ironically, under a federal racketeering statute. is that possible? >> i'm not going to say that things aren't possible. i think that's far down the road and we don't know enough about the facts yet.

what we do know is she has paid mr. wade approximately or almost ten times as much as she has paid another special assistant who is a long time lawyer and rico expert here in the state. her other special assistant, she has paid mr. wade about five or six times as much as she has paid the other special assistant. those disparities are going to have to be explained. the reporting is there's one entry where he's paid for a 24-hour period at a significant hourly rate, so those are questions she's going to have to ask. no judge wants a courtroom to become a circus. the problem with these kinds of allegations is it has a tendency to make a case a circus as opposed to the facts of the case. that's the reason i suggested she should recuse herself and let somebody else come in and take over the prosecution of the case. >> want people to hear her defense. she spoke about this sunday. here it is.

>> all three of these special counselors are superstars. but i'm just asking god, is it that some will never see a black man as qualified no matter his achievements? what more can one achieve? the other two have never been judges. but no one questions their credentials. >> she is trying to have a subpoena quashed, so she won't have to answer questions in the civil divorce proceeding that could tie to this bigger case. do you think she succeeds in this motion to quash the subpoena? >> i don't think she does. i think she's got herself right in the middle of that case. there are questions any time you have a divorce case about division of property and marital assets and alimony, all of that gets considered by a court no matter what someone may file in their initial papers. to see in a case like this where she makes the allegations he's been questioned because he may be an african american male, it

misses the mark. i don't think you can use race as a sword to attack somebody clearly, nor do i think you can use it as a shield to hide behind to say simply because you may be african american, that your activities are beyond any inquiry, especially when these allegations are made. i think that's the line she's crossed. it strikes me that these are very similar tactics to what we see with trump, that is instead of facing the allegations head on and simply giving an answer of yes or no, this is true or no it's not true or yes where did this and it was a mistake and i'm sorry, what can i do to make it right, instead we have seen now it's an attack on the people who are questioning or raising the issue for further investigation. i think that sounds a lot to me like maybe a concession that some of the allegations in the motion must be true. >> we'll know soon. michael moore, thank you. the edisons project has taken up the scott peterson case

two decades after he was convicted of killing his wife and unborn son, the new evidence they say they have uncovered. that's next.

this morning in one of the most infamous murder cases of the 2000s. the los angeles innocence project now representing scott peterson, that's two decades after he was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, laci peterson was seven months old in 2002. her body was found in the san francisco bay of april of 2003. peterson was convicted in 2004 of murdering his wife and their unborn son. he was sentenced to death in 2005. that was overturned in 2020 and a court ordered his conviction re-examined. its 2021, he was resentenced to life in prison without parole.

now, however, the l.a. innocence project wants to exonerate peterson by contending the key evidence was withheld from his first trial. peterson has maintained his innocence throughout his sentence and claims he received an unfair trial based on possible juror misconduct. jean casarez joins us now. you were in the courthouse in 2004 when he was sentenced to death. for those who don't remember it, this case was enormous. >> it was huge. first, hundreds of people outside the courthouse waiting for the verdict. when it came out, there were cheers as far as the eye could see. but the case and facts are fairly simple. it was december 24th and it was 2002. laci peterson was eight months preginants. she was about to give birth right after the new year of their son conor, already had a name. and she went missing. scott peterson said he left the house around 9:30, she was going to walk the dog. no one ever saw her walk the dog. he then decided to go fishing.

he got his boat, went out into the bay, wasn't out too long, came back home and discovered she was gone. well, there was a search, and several months later, her body along -- her remains i should say, along with her unborn son, that's terminology from the california courts, conor, washed up very close together, two miles away from where scott peterson went fishing. one more thing, he started dating a woman by the name of amber frey, represented by gloria alred, she started dating scott peterson november, one months before laci went missing. scott peterson told her that his wife was dead. and he was single. she wired up with law enforcement, she immediately went there, gloria alred by her side, and those tapes were played at trial. let's look, the innocence project wants things tested for dna, newly discovered evidence they didn't know about, and also

retesting. first of all, a length of duct tape recovered from laci peterson's pants, when those remains washed on shore, a 50-inch-long tape and twine tied in a bow around the neck of conor, which is very curious because conor -- she was eight months pregnant at that time. target bag from the area where lac irbs's remains were found. duct tape from the bag, a black tarp found close to the remains, items from a van that was burned around the time she disappeared. gloria allred gave a statement to cnn and said i think scott peterson has a right to exhaust every available avenue to prove his innocence, however the innocence project's decision to get involved does not in any way alter the 20-year judicial history of this case where he was convicted of first degree murder of his wife, laci peterson, and their second degree murder of her unborn

child. and now, it's up to the appellate court if they will agree to test these items for dna, and many more than what i listed. >> stunning development. please keep us posted. well, it's been 32 years since the detroit lions fans shed any tears of happiness. one fan's cry is going viral and he's getting a special gift on this nfl plalayoff weekekend.

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and a very important place for him. and yeah, you see a few tears in there for those folks. >> it is a big weekend for fans of the detroit lions, after they

won their first playoff game in 32 years. they're playing again this sunday and this fan might be the most excited. that is aaron shedding tears in the crowd after last week's win. the viral video, well, the video went viral immediately, and emblematic of the long suffering lions fan pace. joe is an ironworker who helped build the lions home. in 2004, joe died in a car crash, and aaron said his dad was there on sunday night with him. >> a fill circle moment with me. i don't know my dad as an adult, as a man. it's hard to connect in moments as of late. so being there, i can be 14 again. >> wow. the best part of this story, he'll be back at ford field on sunday, after hearing about aaron's story, a michigan attorney gifted him tickets to

this weekend's playoff game against the tampa bay buccaneers. go lions. we're just two rounds away from finding out which two teams will be duking it out in super bowl lvii in las vegas. my san francisco 49ers will play the packers together norm. harry enten's buffalo bills have a big matchup against the kansas city chiefs on sunday. it looks like harry is outside. he's not. i don't know why he's wearing ear muffs. the matchup itself, can i start with how much does america love football? >> we love football. i obviously am amongst those folks who love football. take a look here. tv viewers this past monday night, the eagles/buccaneers went up against the emmy awards. football crushed the emmys. nearly 29 million people tuned in to the football matchup. just 4.3 million tuned in to the emmys. but this is not a big surprise that the gridiron beat hollywood because take a look here. these are 2023's top television

programs. top 20, all of the nfl. top 50, 49 are the nfl. you look at the top 100, 93 are the nfl. a lot more folks are like me, wearing their nice little head scarves to work today, than you in a suit. >> head scarf. that's what we're calling that. which fans are the most loyal? >> which fans are the most loyal? how about this? teams most watched in their local markets, the buffalo bills are number one. number two, the team they're taking on this weekend, the kansas city chiefs. number three, the green bay packers. more loyal than your 49er fans. >> do you have predictions for this weekend? >> i do have predictions for this weekend. look, here's some nonbiased odds. of course, i believe the bills will crush the chiefs or at least i hope so, but they're favored by 2 1/2 points. but let's go, buffalo. come on. you got to be rooting for them. >> if you cared you would be jumping through a table right now like a real buffalo bills fan, one that is flaming. the head scarf doesn't do it for me. do you actually care?

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