. >> emily's sister ammie could see they were in love. >> her eyes sparkled.s eyes sparkled when they were together. huge smiles on both of their faces. >> the girl who never dated was swept off her feet. emily and alex married may 10th, 2003. how many people? >> i would guess at least 400. >> that's big. >> yeah. i mean, for an italian wedding it's maybe midsize. but -- >> the couple had a son nick, and a year later, alex took up emily's parents on an invitation to move to boone. >> it was an open offer if he wanted to come and work for fareway. >> her father offered alex an opportunity as a family member to move way up the ranks and at my husband's encouragement, he went. >> alex took an entry level job as a fareway store near boone. the beckwiths gave the couple this house, just a five-minute drive from their own. soon, there were two more additions to the family, ricky and coco. >> all emily ever wanted to be was to have a family and be a wife and a mother. >> it all seemed perfect. until the night of january 29th, 2012. it was close to the kids' bedtime.

i ammy goodm here in e epicenter of the pandemic, broadcasting from the studio.ohohost nermeen shaikh is broadcasting from home to protect against community spread. nermeen: good morning, amy, and welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. turning first to russia, where the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, with a rate of newew infections that is the highest in europe and second only to the united states worldwide. after weeks of reporting a seemingly low number of cases, infectioions have explploded in russiaia this week, , with 10,00 new cases a day since sundayay. ththe number of rereportedasasei more than 177,000 with more than half of the infections in the capital of moscow. but moscow's mayor says the numbers there are likely three times higher than rereported. meanwhilile, russia's covid-d-19 death toll hasas passed 1500. more than 100 medical workers have died fighting the virus and many have reported lack of personal protective equipmenent. three dodoctors mysteriously fel from hospital windows ovover the pa

ammie. c >> that afternoon. i am looking for specifics on your discussions with republicans today. who did you speak with? when did you speak with them, for how long, what was discussed? are any talks scheduled for the future? is there anyway the badger bounce back survive these talks? >> that is several questions. i cannot tell you the exact time. i was not keeping track. withked on the phone speaker voss and majority leader fitzgerald, some staff members, and some staff members with new. -- with me. promiset, unlike the that was made in the supreme court case that there was a plan, didn't hear anything about that. it was obvious to me through the conversations that the majority leadership was pretty much unconcerned about confusion that andng multiple counties municipalities having different rules and regulations, they are pretty ok with that. they can speak to that. it was a respectful conversation. did notd before, there seem to be any interest in having a gradual and safe reopening. that was suggested in a letter to me not long ago. that said, we talked about the possibility o