dave hawk as his murder trial approached in hanford, california. is peterson and mark coleman were dave's attorneys. >> we had this guy allegedly stealing from his kids, saying bad things about this sympathetic victim and all these things being widely played in the press. >> if there ever was a case for change of venue, this must be it, said the defense. after all, almost everybody seemed to have heard the accusations about dave and every time he had a court appearance purple clad friends of debbie crowded into the public gallery. in fact, during jury selection said attorney coleman he actually heard jurors tell the judge they had already decided dave hawk was guilty. >> the judge asked them, well, if i order you to set those opinions aside, can you do it? well, i guess so. >> reporter: still the defense application for change of venue was denied as was the separation of financial charges from the murder charge. defense argued that the embezzlement charges were unfairly prejudicial. >> they wanted to make him look like a bad person, a person who wou

children of dave and debbie hawk. >> we do the best we can. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." thanks for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> it was just chaos. >> a day at the mall descends into mayhem. armed men turned shoppers into prey. >> lots of screaming. lots of gunfire. they had a demeanor like they they had a demeanor like they owned the place. >> you have to be aware of your surroundings all the time, because you just never know. p pangiced moms protep p pangiced moms protep quir quiet liquiet lp . >> yeah, and just run. >> from out of the blue a hero. >> she starts running. >> could he rescue the smallest >> when she got up and ran, did thought, oh, my god. >> here's kate snow with hostage. >> hello and welcome to "dateline." newtown, orlando, las vegas. it seems like mass shootings have become all too frequent in the u.s. and overseas at a mall in nairobi, kenya, masked assailants carried out an even debtlier attack. a normal afternoon of shopping when gunmen turned it into a scene of bloodshed and bedlam but what