heidy was in the bathroom. at some point conrad heard a pop, and when he turned, he saw heidy standing somewhere between the kitchen and the bathroom hallway bleeding. >> and he either runs over and catches her or she falls down. >> reporter: wallace then went back to the truman home, making detailed measurements of the kitchen and surrounding rooms. he wanted to see if conrad's story checked out. his conclusion -- it did not. >> her body's at the top of the staircase. it doesn't add up that she would have traveled that distance he said she had gone then fallen in that location. >> reporter: it was hard for wallace to believe that heidy could have traveled from the bathroom to the stairs after sustaining such a head wound. >> she would have fallen immediately to the ground. >> reporter: wallace shared his findings with assistant district attorney craig johnson. johnson agreed. everything pointed to conrad. why would conrad truman want to kill his wife? >> under the circumstances, i'd say the motive was just bas

heidi: good.d? heidi: all that's good. lemonis: what about all this? heidi: good. lemonis: look, it seems like the toys that are selling are the ones that heidi is buying, and the one that mark bought are ending up on the truck. so from here on out, mark is on the naughty list when it comes to buying toys. we're getting close to being done, and the place still doesn't look right. it looks like a metal building with a low, black roof with a couple different types of floors. and so how do you feel about closing the store for three weeks? heidi: [ gasps ] three weeks? you mean three days? lemonis: three weeks. heidi: three weeks? ♪ [ chuckles ] no. ♪ lemonis: coming up... heidi, i'm only comfortable being in business if you are the lead buyer. heidi: no. lemonis: what is it that you're worried about? ♪ uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15%ain? or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the

heidy was in the bathroom.t some point conrad heard a pop, and when he turned, he saw heidy standing somewhere between the kitchen and the bathroom hallway bleeding. >> and he either runs over and catches her or she falls down. >> reporter: wallace then went back to the truman home, making detailed measurements of the kitchen and surrounding rooms. he wanted to see if conrad's story checked out. his conclusion -- it did not. >> her body's at the top of the staircase. it doesn't add up that she would have traveled that distance he said she had gone and then fallen in that location. >> reporter: it was hard for wallace to believe that heidy could have traveled from the bathroom to the stairs after sustaining such a severe head wound. >> she would have fallen immediately to the ground. >> reporter: wallace shared his findings with assistant district attorney craig johnson. johnson agreed. everything pointed to conrad. why would conrad truman want to kill his wife? >> under the circumstances, i'd say the motive was

heidy was in the bathroom.n he turned, he saw heidy standing somewhere between the kitchen and the bathroom hallway bleeding. >> and he either runs over and catches her or she falls down. >> reporter: wallace then went back to the truman home, making detailed measurements of the kitchen and surrounding rooms. he wanted to see if conrad's story checked out. his conclusion -- it did not. >> her body's at the top of the staircase. it doesn't add up that she would have traveled that distance he said she had gone then fallen in that location. >> reporter: it was hard for wallace to believe that heidy could have traveled from the bathroom to the stairs after sustaining such a head wound. >> she would have fallen immediately to the ground. >> reporter: wallace shared his findings with assistant district attorney craig johnson. johnson agreed. everything pointed to conrad. why would conrad truman want to kill his wife? >> under the circumstances, i'd say the motive was just based on this heat of passion argument that t

the same due date as heidi's.olice remain silent on any details of the investigation. an humphrey's attorney did not respond to nbc's request for comment. >> pray for baby margot. >> reporter: palpable pain, only softened by heidi's memory. >> she is a light in complete and total darkness, and she always will be. >> reporter: sam brock, nbc news, austin >>> in the bahamas, the official death toll from hurricane dorian stands at 70. but in the wake of massive destruction, local officials believe hundreds of more may have died on hard hit great abaco we sent nbc's kerry sanders back to the island where people are still struggling >> reporter: almost four months after hurricane dorian flattened and flooded great abaco island, life here remains a struggle is there water >> no, there is no water. >> reporter: no water, no power, no sewer every structure on the island still damaged or destroyed where did you ride the storm out? >> right inside here. >> reporter: matthew taylor hoped to have a roof on his murphytown home

thursday, december 12th, 2019, heidi broussard a female, her 2-week-old baby dropped off heidi's sixear old child at his school. heidi margot believed to have returned to the residence in south forest and 7:30 in the morning december 12th. the complainant arrived home, found that heidi come his girlfriend margot's daughter were not home. as the day progressed, the complainant went to pick up their 6-year-old child from after-school activities and found that margot was not there, the complainant became alarmed and contacted the austin police department with friends and families to find the location of his girlfriend and daughter. in the police department contacted at 7:31 p.m. december 12. officers on the scene began an investigation. they searched in the complex and preliminary investigations that evening on december 12th 2019 and at that time, to be on the lookout and both were entered into national and statewide databases as missing. in the information was dispersed throughout the community using reverse 911 system and that reached over 400,000 people in that area. they are images

when heidi was giving birth, where was the suspect? >> in the room with he and my mother. >> reporter: another mutual friend, rachel west spoke to nbc news yesterday. today, she said, you want to talk about a plot twist, i've been in contact with magen the whole week and she played it off perfectly. until last night the investigation was focused 160 miles away in the apartment complex were heidi broussard lived with her boyfriend shane carey and her two children she was last seen more than a week ago. >> a lead was generated that created a location of interest in the houston area. >> reporter: authorities say the investigation continues in this still-mysterious case of a mother now deceased her baby spared. lester, we just got word from authorities the cause of death in this case, strangulation. i spoke this morning with heidi's mother who told me she feels shocked and betrayed, lester >> what a stunning turn of events there sam brock, thank you >>> another story we're following this evening. the scare at sea two carnival cruise ships

she had an online baby registry listing a due date the same as heidi broussard's. >> when heidi was givingth, where was the suspect? >> in the room with her and my mother. >> reporter: she's been moved to austin to await her next court date as the family looks to fill a void left by heidi's death. "with christmas coming our focus right now is our grandson silas and spending time with him to grieve the loss of his mom, our daughter heidi." silas received his christmas presents early this year, delivered by heidi's friends trying to provide comfort as he misses his mom. >> that is her world, and she is his world. >> yeah. >> that simple. that someone would -- can witness with her and her son, take note. because you'll never see anything like that. >> reporter: a bond broken but a family strong in sticking together, determined to heal. >> our lives will never be the same. there's going to be an empty plate at the dinner table on christmas and every day from now on. >> sam, you have new information tonight about a vigil for heidi. >> reporter: yeah, the family, jose, is planning a vigil for th

heidi's mother telling nbc news, "it hit us hard when we arrived home."ealizing their daughter would never again walk through the front door saying "mom, we're here." rachel west is one of heidi's closest friends. >> devastating is an understatement of what this is >> reporter: now questions about hadi's childhood friend magen humphrey the two met at church camp when they were 11 heidi's body was discovered in a car trunk on humphrey's property >> i'm feeling sadness, confusion, wanting to understand i talked to her the whole week heidi's missing. >> reporter: a baby registry in magen's name shows the same due date as heidi's. police remaining silent on any details of the investigation and humphrey's attorney did not respond to nbc's request for comment. >> baby margot >> reporter: palpable pain only softened by heidi's memory >> she's a light in complete and total darkness and she always will be >> reporter: sam brock, nbc news, austin >>> now to the royal family's christmas, and there is news about where prince philip will be spending the holiday and wh

with a court date for january 2nd, heidi's family just trying to cope with their grief heidi's mom tammyelling us she learned it's a closed casket funeral, but she was expecting to see her baby's face one more time, writing heidi will be remembered as a lover of life. margot now a month old is back in her father's arms with her 6-year-old brother, cyrus. >> she can't even hold her head up she's too young. >> reporter: a wild swing of emotions for shane carey, wh posted this picture on christmas eve holding his daughter, the comments ranging from such a christmas blessing to they are together again and can start healing. the pain, though, for this family still ocean deep after celebrating life only weeks before sam brock, nbc news, austin. >>> some harrowing moments today for a group of skiers in switzerland, facing life-and-death decisions as an avalanche came crashing down on them and as molly hunter reports, theirs wasn't the only close call recently. >> reporter: this is the terrifying moment caught on camera, as snow rushes dow the slopes passed skiers creating an avalanche. in switz

the medical examiner found heidi's death came from strangulation. her place of death, listed as trunk of vehicle. the biggest question, how heidi's friend of 20-plus years, megan ham friday ended up at the center of it all. charged with kidnapping, tampering with a human corpse and now headed to austin to await a court date. >> i was disgusted. i was heartbroken. >> one of heidi's closest friends is trying to piece together some odd facts. how humphrey had heidi's baby in her house after humphrey told friends she was pregnant. >> do you believe that the suspect was ever pregnant? >> no, sir, i do not believe she was ever pregnant. >> if she did lie about her pregnancy, why would someone lie about a pregnancy? >> because she wanted the baby. she wanted the baby. >> adding to the mystery, humphrey's baby registry with due date december 1, same as heidi's. >> police declined to answer any questions about motives or where this investigation goes next. as neighbors try to process it. >> it's very upsetting. sorry. just the thought you know. that she's be

heidi broussard and her newborn daughter margo.ob: the breaking development on this investigation. >> reporter: we are waiting for the medical examiner to identify the body but a one-month-old baby girl also appears to have been unharmed and in safe hands in a hospital. both were found at a house in houston overnight. this is video from that scene. police, texas rangers and the fbi swarming of the house around midnight. police confirming that this crime scene is connected to the search for heidi broussard and her 3 week old daughter margo and they are looking at a car parked in the back of this house which suggests the car is registered to someone heidi knows. the 33-year-old mother and her baby girl went missing december 12th and last seen in austin about two hours from this houston crime scene. heidi dropped her son off at 2:00 in the morning, both mom and daughter returned home and then they vanished. heidi's fiancÉ called police and reported them missing. they have been searching mom and daughter under the assumption both are a

heidi trusted her, and so as a result of that, heidi living in austin, there have been some portionsthe investigation that show that fieramusca was in the austin, texas, area at this time that this child went missing, and as we know, the body of heidi broussard was found in the houston, texas, area about a hundred miles away. >> molly: you know, if this unfolds as it seems to be unfolding, this is not the first crime of its type. why does this happen? how does this come about? >> it's a very sad situation and life and i've covered these kinds of cases before. primarily, it's a woman who wants to have a child and unfortunately is not able to have a child, and as a result of that, they have gone into hospitals and have tried to steal children or there has been some dramatic incidents where they have even tried to cut the womb of a mother open and steal a child. these are very desperate people acting unfortunately, and some are somewhat mentally ill. >> molly: there's another case we are all following and keeping tabs on. one out of tennessee come out of nashville unfortunately, where t

aye sha joins us live with more from heidi's family terrible story aye sha. >> it only gets worse asay go on heidi broussard mom releases heartbreaking state let's show to to you now she wrote this the family is overwhelmed with grief we're getting through as a family. we're blessed with having many of heidi friends to help and lake charles community have been wonderful with their support and kindness. and we're very grateful to them. the mom also telling an austin abc affiliate focused on spending time with 6-year-old son. a individual is set for tonight to remember the austin mother. family and friends have really been in shock ever since her body was found. strangled in the trunk of that car parked in houston on friday, a baby found alive and healthy is believed to be heidi missing daughter margo, with investigators as you said expect dna results as early as today to confirm that. meantime everyone grappling with arrest of heidi best friend of 20 years megyn, she's charged with kid thatting and tampering with a corpse. she's accused of stealing heidi's baby but the question still

heidi's boyfriend shane, her children, parents, and closest friends, all by her side. >> i came thisorning and told her, today's going to be a very long day but we will get through it and we will be okay it's going to take a very long time for all of us to be okay, but we will be okay. she responded, that's what heidi would want. >> reporter: a tribute to a mother friends say they'll keep alive through memory sam brock, nbc news. >>> still to come, the high cost of health care and the new way some states are drastically cutting premiums >>> plus making dreams come true the boy who got a christmas gift that will change his life >>> now to the high cost of health insurance it's a struggle for so many families now some states have an innovative new way to slash premiums steve patterson has that story. >> you can see actually how much it jumps up in the winter >> reporter: it's a frequent and harrowing journey for the dennison family. a search for a way to pay the bills. >> it's hard financially. >> reporter: the young couple is raising three kids while running a small auto repair busine

heidi broussard spent most of her life in lake charles.ater today, her friends and family will paint a portrait of her personality in that chapel behind me. warm and adventurous, so her children have a memory of heidi forever. in just hours, those closest to heidi broussard, will pull back the curtain, and reveal the magic that made her so special. >> she had infectious blue eyes. you wouldn't help but smile. you wouldn't help but know she was genuine. >> reporter: rebecca knew heidi her whole life and considered her a little sister. >> she was the first to give a compliment to a changer. she was that girl. >> reporter: tributes pouring in across the world, from canada to australia. one person writing, your smile lit up a room. you will be missed. >> people wonder why she has so many best friends, it's because everyone was drawn to her. >> reporter: now, all of the loved ones flocking into town for the memorial. her boyfriend, shane, even baby margot, bundled in blankets. when they gather to remember heidi, questions remain surrounding her

. >> reporter: tonight, police in austin, texas, are searching for heidi broussard and her 2-week-oldmargot, after they vanished five days ago. >> i love you, heidi, i love you, margot. >> reporter: her fiance, distraught. police say heidi was last seen here, smiling in this surveillance image, as she dropped her son off at elementary school on thursday morning. for days, her fiance, shane, has pleaded for their return. >> just please come home. we miss you. >> reporter: police believe heidi and her infant came back to the house after leaving the school. her fiance says he found her car unlocked with her purse and money still inside. the baby's diaper bag was in the apartment, but heidi's keys and cell phone, gone. >> drop her off anywhere. i don't care, just make sure she's safe. >> reporter: so far, austin police have been tight-lipped. they plan to brief the media tomorrow, which will be six days since heidi and her infant daughter disappeared. david? >> will carr tonight. thank you, will. >>> and when we come back, more on that house explosion rocking an entire neighborhood. and w

said their disappearance remains a mystery. >> it's possible that heidi and margot have left on their own accord it's possible also there may be something nefarious. >> reporter: today the fbi joined the search, canvassing the apartment complex where broussard lived with her boyfriend shane carey and their baby daughter and son. >> everything hurts. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: we found carey walking his dog today. >> she left. everything is here and she would tell if she left it's scaring me more >> is shane carey a person of interest >> we don't have a person of interest right now. we're exploring every avenue we have. >> reporter: police reveal a new timeline for the day she disappeared, saying broussard was last seen at her apartment late thursday morning rather than an early morning school drop-off was there any reason heidi would have left? >> not at all. >> any disagreement or anything >> no, not a disagreement, nothing. it was a beautiful morning. >> reporter: tonight heidi broussard's parents holding on to each other and to hope >> something happened. she would not j

a baby found alive and healthy is believed to be heidi's missing daughter.tors expect dna results as early as today to confirm that piece of this. meantime, everyone grappling with the arrest of heidi's best friend of 20 years, magen fieramusca. she is charged with kidnapping and tampering with a corpse. the question today, why isn't she facing murder charges. fieramusca is the only person in custody. authorities possibly could be collecting crucial evidence. they did say they are not ruling out any more charges. so we'll wait and see. back to you. >> it keeps getting worse and worse. thank you. >> to some extreme weather now, a christmas travel nightmare as a record number of people get ready to hit the roads and skies this busy holiday travel week. look at this. virginia, ice and fog being blamed for this massive pileup involving nearly 70 cars. more than 50 people hurt, some critically, in that chain reaction. one driver calling it a apocalyptic. in new york city, massive chunks of ice falling from two high rises closing several streets. police taking ext

. >>> no new developments in the murder of a texas home, heidi brusard. the attorney for the suspect charged in connection with her death is speaking out this rn have charged brusard's friend, after they found the 33-year-old mother's body in the trunk of a car at her home nbc's sam brock has the latest >> reporter: as friends and family prepare for the funeral saturday, answers surrounding her death remain sparse. we're hearing for the first time from the attorney representing megan. she was heidi's childhood friend and the only person charge sod far in connection with the austin mother's death. a week ago, heidi's body was found in a car trunk she's facing two counts of kidnapping and one count of tampering with a human corpse. the attorney tells nbc news, we are in the beginning stages of a long process, but there are many questions that need to be answered as with every american accused of a crime, unless the state can prove the allegations beyond any reasonable doubt, she's innocent with a court date set for january 2, heidi's family just coping with

i had been from the beginning of her friendship with heidi.e honoring heidi atacand light vigil in austin park overnight. the fbi joining the desperate search for two missing children. police want to question their parents but they say they are on the run. the f lawyer claims to be in contact with chad and lori. according to the idaho news. in a statement he calls them loving and devoted parents but relatives say they belong to a radical called abscess with the end of the world. the couple recently were married weeks after chat's first wife was mysteriously died. lori's husband recently passed away. they have been missing since september. >> the 30-year-old charged in a stabbing attempt on majors appears in court. 's lawyers say there are flaws in the college student's murder investigation, claiming to been questioned by police without a lawyer president and the lawyer is not a credible witness because he has been accused of falsifying evidence in the past. meantime police still searching for 14-year-old who is considered a person of interest.

authorities say their disappearance remains a mystery. >> it's possible heidi and margo have left of their own accord. it's also possible there may be something nefarious. >> reporter: canvassing the apartment complex where broussard lived with her boyfriend shane carey and their baby daughter and 6-year-old son. zblefrg hurts and i don't know what to do >> reporter: we found carey walking his dog. >> if she loved -- everything's here >> is shane carey a person of interest >> we don't have a person of interest right now we're exploring every avenue we have >> reporter: police reveal the new timeline for the day she disappeared saying broussard was last seen at her apartment late thursday morning rather than an early morning school drop-off. >> was there any reason heidi would have left? a disagreement or anything >> no. no disagreement. >> reporter: heidi broussard's parents holding on to each other and to hope. >> something happened. she would not just leave >> oh, no, she wouldn't do that. >> and she'd never leave her son. we love you and we miss you and we need you home >> reporte

this blind sided heidi's friends and family. body discovered in the trunk of the car on the property. cause of death strangulation. now investigators are pushing forward with one question. how is the woman who lived here, heidi's close friend, involved? a massive search and rescue ending on the houston door step after a week long hunt for heidi and her baby margot. authorities found the 3-week-old infant alive and well. the probe into heidi's death is just starting. >> multiple jurisdictions today are still investigating this case. >> reporter: the latest revelation jarring. the medical examiner found heidi's death from strangulation. her place of death listed as trunk of vehicle. the biggest question. how heidi's friend of 20 plus years megan humphrey is at the center charged with kidnapping and tampering can a human corpse and heading to austin. >> i was disgusted and shocked. i didn't expect it. >> reporter: one of heidi's closest friends is trying to piece together some odd facts. how humphrey had heidi's baby in the house a

putting out a baby registry listing the same due date as heidi's. something that struck her close friends as odd do you believe the suspect was pregnant >> no, sir i do not believe she was pregnant. >> reporter: why would someone lie about a pregnancy? >> she wanted the baby that's all i can process, that she wanted the baby. >> reporter: nbc reached out to h humphrey's court-appointed lawyer and haven't heard back. there is not yet a possible motive this as the family prepares for a vigil. sam brock, nbc news, austin. >>> for the first time in over 200 years, there will be no christmas mass at notre dame cathedral. the landmark is undergoing restoration after a devastating fire destroyed its roof and spire earlier this year. the iconic paris cathedral celebrated midnight mass during both world wars. even during the nazi occupation of france. the mass will instead be held at a nearby church. >>> one week left in the regular season the nfl playoff puzzle is nearly complete the chiefs are a lock after cruising to an easy win over the bears. reigning m

and heidi is joining us live from capitol hill in washington d.c. heidi it's been a long day and a long few months covering the impeachment inquiry the proceedings and the vote in the house of representatives tonight very much going as expected. that's right straight down partisan lines nearly with only 2 democrats voting against the article alleging abuse of power and 3 democrats voting against of struction of justice with all republicans voting against us of beachfront but democrats of course still having the majority numbers to officially impeach the president afterwards we did hear from nancy pelosi the house speaker who gave a press conference and she said something at the tail end of this that may make a big difference going forward she was asked what exactly the next step will be the constitution says she needs to choose the house managers will be in the the. peter managers rather who will be the prosecutors in the senate when this goes to the set if for a trial they asked when she is going to do that and she answered that she will not send t

heidi bruce sard strangled to death.ing the home of heidi's friend, and authorities discovered broussard's body in the trunk of the car and her baby margo safe in the house have we all prayed that we would be able to find are find heidi alive. we are very thankful though, that through the combined efforts here, we were able to recover baby margo. >> megan, also known as megan humphrey, now charged with two counts of kidnapping, and tampering with a corpse. this photo of the old friends together this summer, a sharp contrast to humphrey in court. karessa one of broussard's closest friends. >> i was disgusted. i was heart broken. i didn't expect this. >> how many times this week have you talked with the suspect? >> every day. she was concerned for heidi's well-being. and it was probably every two or three hours. >> friends say humphrey told her she was pregnant and an online baby registry listing a due date the same time as heidi. >> when heidi was giving birth, where was the suspect. >> in the room with her and my mother.

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. >> reporter: tonight two close friends of heig heidi broussard say there's no chance the mother of two would have left town of her own accord >> heidi would have never left without her son. >> never >> it needs to be known to the world she didn't leave on her own. >> reporter: rachel west worked with heidi at cracker barrel. >> she's loved >> reporter: destiny fine has known her more than a decade tuesday was the last time she saw her friend did it seem like anything was wrong >> nothing, she seemed great. happy, smiling >> reporter: both say she is totally devoted to her newborn margot and her 6-year-old son. >> yeah, that is her world and she is his world. plain and simple yeah >> reporter: shane kerry is the boyfriend and says he's the father of both children >> amazing, everything hurts. i don't know what to do >> reporter: police are still searching for clues saying there is no person of interest >> if you could say anything to heidi right now, what would you say? >> i miss you. i love you um, we real find you i really miss you. >> reporter: two women holding out hope and stan

let me sort of walk you through this, heidi was last seen around 8:00 a.m. that will be a week ago, last thursday. after surveillance video captured her grabbing her 6-year-old son off at school. investigators believe that heidi, taking her 3-week-old daughter margo back to the apartment complex but then it really seems as if the two just vanished. authorities did find her car parked in the parking lot of their apartment complex. her fiance reported the parent missing around 7:30 p.m. that night. roughly 12 hours after they were last seen or even heard from on that surveillance video. but he says that he did that because he hadn't talked to her but he said he knew he was worried when silas' school called saying she never picked him up. he said he went and picked the sun up and returned back to the apartment complex, that's when he called authorities. the fbi said to team, they are involved, they are helping the texas rangers and they've been combing the area, knocking on doors not only asking to go into neighbors homes but asking for details, what kind of ca

how humphrey had heidi's baby in her house after heidi told friends she was pregnant. >> do you believehe suspect was ever pregnant? >> i don't. >> why would someone lie about a pregnancy? >> she want add baby. all i can grasp. she want add baby. >> reporter: adding, due date december 1st, same at heidi's. police declined to answer questions about motives or where this investigation goes next as neighbors try to process it. >> very upsetting. i'm sorry. just the thought, you know? that she's been over there for a week. >> reporter: no murder charges filed at this time but law enforcement officials left open the possibility that that could change. as for the family, heidi broussard's mope planning a vigil hoping the community can come together and grieve together following this horrible tragedy. back to you. >> thanks to sam brock in the austin area where that texas mom was from. >>> a scathing editorial coming from what in may consider and unlikely source. a small but prominent christian publication calling for president trump's removal from office. is there a shift when it comes to eva

, i spoke with heidi's mother last night.she headed back to louisiana with her husband to prepare for the funeral. she said she was in the process of writing her daughter a letter just as she always did when i haddy went missing. expressions of your love flow in many different ways. she said when they walked through the door of their home, it hit them hard realizing heidi would not come home declaring mom, we're home. craig, back to you. >> sam brock for us in austin. >>> still ahead here, the nationwide surge in flu cases just in time for the holidays. we've got important information on how to protect your family and prevent the virus from spreading at those holiday gatherings. >>> but first, your best bet if you have 11th hour holiday gift shopping to finish, including one trick to beat the store crowds and still get what you want that's right after this. is skincare from around the world better than olay? olay regenerist faced 131 premium products, from 12 countries, over 10 years. olay's hydration was unbeaten every time.

when heidi gave birth to margo.end telling people magazine megan left minutes after the birth saying without a goodbye she was gone. i knew something was wrong. heidi's mother says she had a bad feeling telling abc news i was uneasy with her and had been from the beginning of the friendship. dozens of people honored heidi in austin park overnight. >> the fbi joining the desperate search for two missing children, police want to question their parents but say they are on the run. the complex lawyer claiming to be in contact with chad and maureen. in a statement he calls the loving and devoted parents. relative say they belong to a radical cult obsessed with the end of the world. the couple recently married weeks after chad's first wife mysteriously died. lori's husband recently passed away. joshua and kylie have been missing since september. kim jong un 13-year-old charged in the stabbing of tessa majors in new york, there are flaws in the college student's murder investigation, attorneys claiming the team was questio

heidi's body in the trunk of a car and her 3-week old baby margot in the house. goes by megan humphrey was one of heidi's oldest and closest friends. they met at a church camp. she's now charged with two counts of kidnapping and tampering with a human corpse. heidi's mom telling nbc news, today we feel overwhelmed with grief and the details of what needs to be done. with christmas coming, our focus is with our grandson to spend time with him to grieve the loss of his mom. >> she had me convinced when i talked to her, and after i hung up talking with her, that was the last person in the world i expected that could possibly have anything to do with it, so yeah she fooled us all. >> reporter: we reached out to humphrey's attorney who has not returned our calls but heidi's friend suspect magen humphrey who has gone by the name magen fieramusca may have staged her own pregnancy after she posted this baby registry with the same due date as heidi's. >> do you believe the suspect was ever pregnant? >> i do not believe she was ever pregnant. >> reporter: as for baby margo

thank you for that heidi. on capitol hill for us let's speak some more about this not to joseph or has an associate professor of political science at texas a and m. university thank you so much for being with us once again on al-jazeera this is no doubt make old break moment for both sides for both both republicans and democrats have the democrats in your view managed to successfully lay out what they think donald trump did wrong. well the the intelligence committee hearings preceded the judiciary's work this week. certainly offered a compelling set of facts for the american public the testimony of senior diplomatic officials of ambassadors and career diplomats really laid out how the president's actions violated norms of how the u.s. conducts foreign policy why it was contrary to the interests of the united states ally to withhold aid from ukraine and to withhold the white house meeting from ukraine's president zelinsky and you know separately why these actions would have been to president trump's advantage i

to castro on capitol hill heidi who's coming up next. i'm also actually we're going to be hearing again from the republican counsel steve castor in this next bit of the hearing what he'll say differently now from what he has already said of the opening statements and now he's going to focus more and the republicans defense against the accusations of this ukraine scheme and it's interesting we saw from democrats leading up to the. sort of. an expectation of what republicans might say are its defects trump that this aid the security a $400000000.00 from the u.s. team was eventually released well democrats already countered that saying that it wasn't released though until congress caught wind that there was there was this whistleblower report about trump's call with selenski another likely point of defense from republicans would be that trump has been anti-corruption that this was his motivation in asking for the investigation into his political rival joe biden well democrats have also counter that saying that for this phone call with betwe

this is a political exercise. >> heidi, does he have a point? is it fair to assume, this thing is going to go down a party line vote. >> i am not going to give any character judgment other than to say it is the constitutional role of the senate. once the impeachment articles are received to hold a trial. trials have witnesses and trials have documents. you can probably surmise this will be a party line vote and with mcconnell already forecasting that the president will be acquitted. there is no way they'll get 20 republican senators to come over when you have not a single republican defection in the house. the bigger point is how the public perceives it. 70% of americans want to see these key white house officials who have been refuse to testify. my prediction is that after that point is made that nancy pelosi will eventually send those articles over and the public will render the final verdict here on whether or not this is a fair trial. >> all right, thank you all so much. ken dilanian and heidi and greg brower, more criticisms of 2020 candida

heidi's fiancÉ called police and reported them missing.they have been searching for mom and daughter under the assumption that both are alive. that could change once we have an identity later this morning. jillian: we will stay tuned for that update. the other big story, all eyes on los angeles as twee 7 of the presidential hopefuls face-off for the final primary debate of 2019. there tax on donald trump are to be expected but they took as many diggs at each other. >> we have a president running the most corrupt administration in the modern history of this country. >> this is a global watergate. >> the more we act like donald trump is the cause of our problems the more americans lose trust that we can see what is going on in our communities and solve those problems. stop with the impeachment. >> a coalition to bring you back to office with 80% of the vote. >> you tried and lost by 20 points. the mayor just recently had a fundraiser held in a whiny cave full of crystal billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the uni

i want to bring in heidi przybilla who has been watching all aspects. the president was back at it in this rally last night. vi a brief clip that's relevant. take a look. >> the house democrats announce these two flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous articles of impeachment. this has to be a first in history. they're impeaching me. you know why? they want to win an election. that's the only way they can do it. >> heidi. >> this is why you can connect what's happening on one end of congress to the other end of congress. here today, ari, when you look at what lynd /* lindsey graham is doing and why there's so much drama over delegitimizing horowi horowitz's work, because he destroys a key pillar of trump's defense, there has been this deep state coup out to get him and essentially overthrow the results of a u.s. election. remember, republicans are expecting there to be a bombshell. comey told us the other day that he was booked on "fox & friends," and after the report came out they called up and abruptly canceled him. they had really built this report up. comey sa

i can tell you this, i have spoken with numerous friends of heidi's, good friends of heidi's who sayy are stunned that this investigation ended up on her doorstep. police, at this point, we should say have not confirmed the friends or family's account. we are looking to get that confirmation today >> you'll stay on this story thank you. >>> in paris for the first time in over two centuries, there will be no midnight mass at notre dame cathedral on christmas. as work slowly progresses to rebuild notre dame after the april fire that destroyed its roof and spire the church will celebrate its famed christmas mass in a temporary home about a mile away landmark has kept christmas going since the french revolution, and has been a beacon of hope amid the bloodshed of two world wars. >>> we've got the news covered would you like a little morning boost. >> let's do it. >> i got you a christmas prize in south carolina where families at a military base thought only one would get their holiday lay aways paid off the base gave each of the 25 families an envelope, when they ripped them open, they f

we don't yet know if it is in fact heidi broussard. we are waiting on the positive i.d.m authorities. an autopsy was being conducted this morning. ahead of his press conference where getting a pretty big bombshell piece of information. a friend of the missing mother, friend of heidi's apparently owns the car where the body was discovered in the trunk late last night. that woman has already been arrested on she has already made her first court appearance. in fact, this is video of that. it happened within the last ho hour. magen fieramusca has been charged with two counts of kidnapping and tampering with evidence. according to court documents, a human corpse, the missing 1-month-old baby girl, margot, was found safe and sound inside the houston area home. the same homework investigators found the woman's body in the trunk of a car parked outside. authorities not confirming that it is heidi broussard but for context, this house where the discoveries were made, it's 150 miles or so from austin. austin is where the victim lived and it's where they were last seen alive. a wee

heidi thank you very much for that for now that is heidi show castro live in washington d.c. . you're watching al-jazeera and we're going to take a quick look now at other news from across the world lebanon's former prime minister has announced for the 2nd time that he doesn't want to lead a new government saadi resigned in october after weeks of anti-government demonstrations on monday the president planned to hold call consultations with the political parties to decide on a new prime minister but that's been postponed until thursday where people have been voicing their anger against corruption and sectarian politics governing the country for decades. and they are protesters have rallied again in new delhi after india's top court post foreign hearings on a controversial new citizenship law until january it says it needs more details from the government the law makes it easier for non muslims from of ghana stand bangladesh and pakistan to gain indian citizenship at least $23.00 civilians have been killed in the latest round of russian attacks on rebel held areas of northwestern

her fiance shane carey pleading for his family's safe return. >> i love you, heidi. love you, margot. >> reporter: from the beginning, broussard's parents, certain their daughter didn't leave on her own. do you feel like she left on her own? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: tonight baby margot is with child protective services until authorities can confirm her identity through a dna test. and things moved very quickly in this case. detectives were able to hone in on that house and the suspect after following a number of leads including one that came late in the investigation. but david, just a day earlier, investigators tell us they were not at all confident they could solve this case quickly. david? >> marcus, thank you. >>> there are also late developments in new york city in the case of the barnard college freshman killed in a city park. you'll remember police say tessa majors was robbed and stabbed last week, and she staggered up the a staircase before dying. a 13-year-old has been charged and nypd has just released this picture of a 14-year-old also wanted in connect

was that indeed the body of heidi broussard in that trunk?y survive and what are the circumstances in terms of how they got there? again, north of houston some 150 miles from where they were last seen. we'll keep you posted. >> jon: a lot of questions about that very sad story. >> sandra: two firefighters still battling wildfires in australia. it happened in new south wales. their truck crashed into a tree and rolled off the road. three others hurt. the prime minister saying their sacrifice will always be remembered. australia is dealing with dozens of wildfires fueled by a record setting heat wave there. >> jon: an 8-year-old becomes a multi-millionaire. wait until you hear how much this little boy earned as youtube's top moneymaker of 2019. what are your kids doing? >> sandra: what a story. it won't bring peace on earth but amazon says it could keep the peace in your own home over the holidays. wait until you hear what it can do. we'll explain next. us. it's what this country is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get bac