tourists often stop to pray for good luck. when you come to the temple you light your incense, make a wish and then you place it here and wait for it to come true. hidden gems add even more of a sense of culture to this yuniqu city. and the big bud buddha built in 1993 greets the masses. >> the monostary welcome the guests to visit them and to learn more about buddhism. >> connect with the past while still having a truly modern vacation all in hong kong. victoria harbor is really what cinches hong kong as one of the world's most stunning skylines. there was no way we were going

to leave here without getting an extreme closeup. victoria harbor is as unforgettable as it is essential to this city's economy. it's also the top tourist attraction here. the aqua luna taking tourists on a sightseeing journey of the harbor with a panoramic view of this metropolis. for a bird's eye view elevate your experience via the peak tram. all the way to sky terraces observation decks with breathtaking views from every angle. it's the perfect spot for the ultimate selfie or even a place to post your love to that special someone at the say i love you heart. the hong kong skyline becomes one of the most famous

attractions in the world with its symphony of lights. a 25-minute musical light and sound show where the build realization the stings are the stars. if you're here to party, hong kong definitely has your after hours covered. one feeling you'll never get in hong kong? boredom. seven days a week there's something to do for those not quite ready to go to bed yet. >> you don't need to go anywhere. in one area you have everything that you need. >> we've got a very beautiful rooftop bar and a good selection of signature cocktails. >> right here there's always something going on. but the night life isn't just limited to indoors. there are whole neighborhoods where people just party in the

streets. and if you want your fun to be clandestine speak easy 001 is calling your name, if you can find it. on the outside, completely nondescript. make your presence known by ringing the secret doorbell monitored by security cameras. once behind the door you've successfully escaped to a classic throw back bar. next, when it comes to serious retail, angelina, nicole and paris don't mess around. >> hong kong is the shopping paradise. >> and looking just to window shop or spend your mortgage here? we've got your covered. i asked for the most expensive idea in the store. apparently it's a necklace priced at 400,000.

coming up we're at the best shopping in the city. and don't forget about the food.

welcome back to extra's mansions and millionaires hong kong. you know, people come here for so many reasons but if you're looking to drop some serious coin or snag a bargain of a lifetime, it's all about the shopping. high end. low end and everything in between. retail therapy the hong kong way is as eclectic as it is impressive. paradise found just about everywhere. angelina, nicole and paris all love to shop here. >> we celebrate chinese culture. we believe that chinese culture has a richness. and beauty to bring to the world. >> like their big seller the mandarin style jacket. >> in cashmere or silk. >> gucci, dior, chanel.

we stopped in just to catch the time. >> how about this unisex diamond watch? only about 54,000. but if you really want to show off, it's a necklace priced at 400,000. looking for bargains day or night? go to temple street night market. >> it's enjoyable to stroll around and see what's going on and what is there to offer. >> extra's mansions and millionaires has traveled to every continent and every city over the years. but there may not be a city that takes more pride in its cuisine than hong kong. probably because most people here eat out seven nights a week. can you blame them? the taste of hong kong runs the gamut from the comfort of street food to michelin star dining. >> i'm going to serve you something that's worthy of the show.

>> great. one of the most unique culinary experiences. chef long provides the direction and drama on master chef canada. i found him to be as entertaining as talented. tell me the style of the cuisine here. >> i call it extreme chinese. this is about innovation. innovation is always about trying to create something new. >> now time for a few of his innovative creations. >> beginning with a cocktail, a creamy apertiff. next his unique take on risotto. >> this is sheer luxury. 24 carat flakes and black gold, better known as caviar. >> here in hong kong some of the best restaurants are actually some of the hardest ones to

find. what may seem like the front of a stamp shop is actually hiding an incredible dining experience if you know where the secret button is. welcome to mrs. pound. inside mrs. pound they've created a diverse menu of asian street food. >> it's usually small snacks that you can just pick up and eat. we don't use too many hong kong flavors, but we use asian flavors from malaysia, singapore, korea, japan and mix it together. mrs. pound may not be real, but the food is authentic and customers feast on dishes like the pork belly. and the double fried chicken wings. >> oh boy. >> michelin star tim is the dim sum specialist. they opened in 2009 with customers digging in for fried spring rolls and rolled stuffed with barbecue pork.

and yes everything tastes as good as it looks. actually even better. when celebrities and the uber rich need to get around a city this large they have a little secret. the best way to experience hong kong is to walk the streets to be amongst the locals. the best way to see this stunning landscape? by air. >> look at cities like new york, toronto, chicago. hong kong has that kind of skyline. >> a-listers have taken flights from the peninsula hong kong rooftop to get this view. >> operating off the peninsula hotel has to be one of the most unique opportunities as a pilot and a passenger. >> starting right here at the clipper lounge with views of the harbor. then it's take off with michael wong at the helm.

and of course mansions and millionaires style, he's also a pretty well known actor. >> i did a film with jean claude van dam. >> with jackie chan and johnny knoxville. but when he's not on a set, he's in the air. it's his passion and we're lucky enough to get the one on one tour. i'm looking forward to this. >> it's exciting. let's do it. you get up to 2,000 feet. you can pretty much see most of the territory. >> and for the raw video of my sightseeing excursion, go to extra tv.com.

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>> well, that's it for extra's mansions and millionaires hong kong. i'd like to thank the entire city for welcoming us and giving us the trip of a lifetime. thank you to the intercontinental for this. and a special thanks to the hong kong tourist board for making it all come together so perfectly. mario, you've got to

put this place on your bucket list. >> thanks, michael. now we're going to leave you with your first look at oscar winner jennifer connolly's latest shelter. the drama was written and directed by her husband. have a great weekend, everyone. >> i've made such a mess. what i did is unforgivable. i don't know how to be in the world at all. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i used to live in a place like this. i was married. and now i haven't been able to see past a day in so long.

>> you can have it all back, anna. it will be different this time. ♪

♪ >> reporter: jack and tana heard about their son's widow, a new boyfriend on her arm and life insurance money in her pocket, and they fumed. >> she's buying stuff, and buying clothes, and going to restaurants. and it's very hard for us to take. >> reporter: detective brooks was determined to see the case through. just like marc's parents, he believed michelle had orchestrated the murder down to the very minute. the shooter himself said as much. carl was texting with someone,

he said, as they made their final plans in the church parking lot. >> who'd he tell you he was texting? >> the dude's wife. play by play. >> play by play. >> reporter: but virtually all those texts had been deleted. detective brooks labored for months, nights, weekends. kind of got emotionally wrapped up in this one, huh? >> i kept thinking of the children. i wanted answers for the children. >> reporter: and then, a breakthrough. finally nine months after the murder, a police analyst managed to recover several deleted text messages, including this one, time stamped 8:20 a.m., five hours before the murder. michelle writes to her dad, "has to be today. can't live like this. awful this morning." her dad's response? he asks if she can get him away for lunch, right? >> yes. >> reporter: she says she can? >> she says she can.

and he replies, "okay, i will let you know time." >> my review of some of the text messages is that marc really wasn't interested in going to eat lunch that day, but she begged him to take her to lunch. >> reporter: after lunch, remember, she asked to linger for an ice cream treat. all the while texting her dad, said the prosecutor, tipping him off to marc's whereabouts as carl placed a killer in their home. >> it just kind of sent chills up my back. what kind of person have you got to be to let your husband walk away from you, knowing what he's going to walk into when he gets home? >> reporter: armed with their new evidence, police arrested michelle. she was charged with capital murder, for planning and orchestrating the crime. she denied it, said she could explain everything, and agreed to tell us. why should people believe that you had nothing to do with the plot to kill marc?

>> because i didn't. he was such a good dad. such a good dad. anybody that knows me knows that my kids are so important to me, the most important thing, and i would never want them to not have their dad. >> reporter: but she did want out of the marriage, she said. so, those back and forth texts with her dad that day did involve a plot, just not murder. what did you think he was helping you do? >> leave. >> reporter: how was he going to help you leave? >> by getting things while we were gone. >> reporter: so she'd keep marc at lunch while carl and two hired hands moved her stuff out of the house. but her dad changed the plan on her, she said, used those men to kill her husband. she swore to us she had no idea when she met her dad at the bank that day what he'd just done. you're this close to each other, father and daughter, and you're looking in his eyes and talking

to him. he gives no hint that he just killed your husband? >> not at all. >> reporter: and then michelle -- what's the expression? -- threw her father under the bus. carl killed marc, she said, not because he thought marc was abusing her, but for money, for a piece of the insurance payout. but you were going to get the insurance? >> right. >> reporter: so even if it was his idea, it makes you look pretty guilty. >> right. one thing that he always told me and my sister, growing up was, you know, that he -- you know, it's use people for what you can get out of them, you know. >> reporter: that was what he told you -- >> uh-huh. and i never dreamed he would do it to me, use me. >> reporter: did he? or was michelle the clever user? in our interview, michelle denied being a master manipulator.

she denied that she stoked those sex abuse allegations or that she engineered marc's split with his parents. for that, she blamed jack and tana. >> i never would've walked away from my kids in the first place. i never would've -- >> reporter: in the end, they didn't walk away from their kid either. because who was pushing, from day one, to solve the murder? who kept pushing, month after month after month? >> my opinion on that is their hatred toward me. it wasn't anything to do with marc. it didn't have anything to do with marc. it was all about jack despain's hatred toward me. >> reporter: you seriously believe that? >> i do. >> reporter: michelle, out on bail, waited for trial. her mother, kathy defended her around town. did you ever let yourself think she was involved?

>> the daughter i know? the daughter i helped raise? no. >> reporter: meantime, michelle's attorneys, ray nickle and bill stanley, took a closer look at those recovered text messages. they filed a motion arguing that investigators didn't obtain them properly. >> they didn't get a new search warrant every time they searched the phone. we're talking about, i think 15 searches. >> yeah. >> of michelle and carl's phones. and they didn't have 15 search warrants. >> reporter: their arguments about improper search warrants may have had some traction. with the trial looming, the prosecutor was worried. >> we're at the high stakes poker game where it's all or nothing when that judge rules the next day on whether to admit the evidence or not to admit it. >> reporter: the prosecutor agreed to start talking about a plea deal. the defense played it tough, said michelle was only willing to admit she learned about her father's plot after the murder.

>> she is admitting to having knowledge of someone being involved and not disclosing that to the police. >> reporter: she would agree to plead guilty to a charge of hindering apprehension said the defense. after some prayer, marc's mother said she could live with that. >> i'm not a gambling person. and you know, it would only -- even if we'd a went to trial, it would've only taken one sympathetic juror to have set her free. >> reporter: in september, more >> reporter: it was more than three years after the death of her husband when michelle despain walked into a courthouse. michelle sentence to 30 years could be out on parole after serving as few as five. until then her mom will raise

the kids. jack and tana hope one day those kids will want to know them, that they will want to hear about their dad and their love for him that came before all this hate. some of marc's friends told us that you were his hero, jack. >> yeah. >> reporter: you knew that. >> i loved him. >> reporter: i'm sorry, jack. jack and tana set up a charity to help other victims of violent crime. it's called marc's place. >> we're going to try to move forward with something positive that we think marc would be very proud of. >> reporter: and on a fall sunset, they gathered family and friends together to remember their son and finally say goodbye. >> i tell people all the time, it's hug the ones you love. let them know, because you never know. the next moment they may be gone.

that's all for now. i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. this sunday morning, donald trump dominating the national polls now more than ever. >> something is going on and it's beautiful to see. >> but no one has ever won without paying more attention to early states like iowa. trump is rewriting the rules. can he rewrite history? donald trump joins me live. plus, last night's democratic debate. >> secretary clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. >> did bernie sanders pass the commander in chief test? he joins me this morning. and speaker of the house paul ryan says he and president obama don't agree on much. >> we're going to have one heck of