and weldon moved on, too. a few years after befriending crystal, weldon found romance. i had decided to learn how to shoot and buy a firearm and learn how to use it. i was tired of feeling vulnerable as a woman. and being scared of noises that night. >> lea says that weldon didn't make a huge first impression when he rang up her purchaes at the shooting range. but soon she realized -- >> he was interested and i was not, at first. and he won me over. >> how did he do that? >> he's very witty and hasvery good intelligence and humor, and just a very engaging personality. >> reporter: weldon told her about his work with crystal. >> it was just consistent, that he had come alongside and, help them feel more confident and safe. >> and just like crystal before her, lea felt empowered around weldon. >> he's strong and i enjoyed his strength. i felt safe around him. >> on september 20th 2014, lea became mrs. mcdavid. less than two years later, she gave birth to their son. somewhere around there, weldon told them about another woman he was helping at the range, a woman named dian

weldon is a beautiful person that my son should be able to have in his life. >> reporter: weldon mcdavid, the man who said he just wanted to help, who once empowered a woman caught in an abusive marriage, now, the fallen hero, contemplating life behind bars. perhaps he sums it up best. >> there is no winners here. there is no winners at all. this whole situation is a loss. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin, thank you for watching. i'm craig melvin, thank you for watching. border battle. >> the border is a catastrophe. >> we have a broken immigration system. >> a bipartisan border security bill that would help fund the wars in ukraine and israel an uncertain future. >> any republican that signs iti should be ashamed of himself. >> we ultimately fail on the border policy.ol we will live to regret it. >> will house republicans kill the bill? and is there a push to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas just fueling partisan divisions. >> this is a policy difference. >> my exclusive guest this morning, speaker of the house p mike johnson.g, plus,

john weldon will give you all i'll take it. i it was certainly better than last year.st year was just nonstop rain and that did affect both events. >> not this year, though, we got a nicely placed winter break. now we're kind of back to it this week. this is san jose right now with a lot of sunshine up above. we have seen some sprinkles in the south bay so far this morning. you can see to our north some rain and snow near the oregon border to our south. some rain on the central coast. we've actually got 2 systems that are both impacting the bay today, cold front to the north and that low pressure area spoke so much about last week lingering across the southern part of the state enough unsettled weather to be pushing up a few showers here across the region into the late morning. early afternoon. should be pretty done with it right after sunset tonight. and then we're smooth sailing for a couple days. both tuesday and wednesday. looking great. my eyes are really focused in on thursday, friday and saturday, though, we'll have rainfall for the bay area. but for the sierra

voice was notably performed to honor the 16th president of the united states. >> remember why james weldonwe're talking about the president who was responsible for the emancipation of the from being enslaved. she goes on, every voice to save us. >> the song tells us. does it bring out a sense of pride for you when you hear the song, it tells my story line by line from one stanza to the next. >> lift every voice reminds us to imagine a world where liberty is attainable, even through the struggles of gaining freedom. yet those before us never gave up in the pursuit of freedom, as is poetically demonstrated in the song's lyrics. facing the rising sun, our new day begun. let us march on till victory is won. >> anyone that has struggled can find hope and life and meaning in lift. every voice and sing all may. just goes to show you i was going to say music lives on through generations. >> something that was written over 100 years ago. still poignant today. >> absolutely. all right. your time now is 855 and stay with us. our storm coverage will continue. san jose has declared a local emergency as

and there was yet another location called weldon spring. since then there are multiple locations all of these years later in the city of st. louis. we're talking about one metropolitan area in this country. multiple locations where nuclear waste has been dumped into the soil, dumped into the water, exposing people into the air and for 50-plus years it has been going on. it continues as i stand tonight on this floor. because how much of it has been cleaned up, mr. president? none of it. has the creek been cleaned up? no. has the landfill been cleaned up? no. has the second landfill been cleaned up? no. has the avenue been cleaned up? no. but what has happened is generations of residents did of my state in st. louis and then in st. charles have played in that creek. they have gone to those schools. they have been exposed repeatedly to this nuclear radiation and waste. and they have developed cancers of many and various kinds. we lead the nation now in st. louis county in breast cancer, in various childhood cancers. it's not natural, mr. presi