muth requests a cup of coffee. i needed to know more about muth and his relationship with viola. family was happy to share what they knew. >> so, when you first met muth, what kind of an impression did he make? >> it was unusual. he was wearing an eye patch. he was at my mother's house and we came, specifically, to meet him. >> said, well, you know, it's nice to meet you. what happened to your eye? oh, i was a mercenary in south america. i was involved in very active fighting, and i -- i lost my eye. the next time we saw him, he was fine. he wore glasses. he could see. ma said, oh, muthy, he's so -- has such an imagination. he's so creative. and we just thought he was extremely odd. but, you know, if he was amusing and entertaining to her, okay. >> viola seemed to relish having her corky husband at her side at posh, georgetown events. "washington post" reporter, keith alexander, has been reporting on d.c.'s elite, social scene for over ten years. >> what do you remember about her social circles? like, what she was involved in here in d.c. and uptown? >> she was interacting with p

>> muth's wife, viola draft, was 91 years old when she died. veteran detective, bobby jackson, was one of the first to arrive at the scene. he was part of what the metropolitan police department called the natural squad. >> the homicide guy squads, they work murders. we investigate all the other deaths in the city, other than homicides. suicides, industrial accidents, natural deaths, overdoses. >> so, when this gets called in as 91-year-old woman who's dead in her bathroom in georgetown, what does that sound like to you? >> a natural. >> but detective jackson needed

when the pandem was first announced in march here in south afric e news has been widely accepted byy muthicans who are obviously shocked at the country has reached o million covid-19 cases, which, south africa being the hardest hit. anchor: how difficult to keep these restrictions over the christmas period? reporter: since christmas eve, ee50,000 cases have reported. that means a lot of people have not been complying with these covid-19 restrictions and that there have been a lot of gatherings where people have not be, you know, keeping a safe social distance, have not been aring masks, have been partying, which is what the president has been worried about. when people have consumed lalco, their judgment in with locon regulationscomply changes. anchor: i guess, briefly, what about schools? are children, particularly young chdren, still preparing to go back to school? reporter: the pre hdent not said anything about schools opening. we donow tha schools in south africa are expected to open on january 27, and there is an expectation that the president will, perhaps, make acether annont aroun

denied their right to a fair trial no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent mike muth hussein his crime journalist. to demand more neutral links and voice solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. to say. in south central chile indigenous communities are fighting to reclaim their ancestral lands and the conflict is becoming increasingly violent talk to enter syria travels to the region to see why the mcclatchy people are rising up and asks is there a profit to peaceful coexistence on al-jazeera. 2 deaths every minute says surgeon coronavirus cases in the u.s. sends california into yet another lockdown while other south korean president brings in the military to help stop the testing and made warnings hospitals could soon be over while. you're watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the battle also ahead got as incumbent leader and his predecessor a facing off in an election that's being called a battle of 2 giants and iran really says.

it depends so muthe particular context of the school, not only what's happening with public , but schoolldings themselves and what they're able to do in tes of circulation. you really have to take into account l of those different factors, the age of the child, learning difficulties in school and students with disabilities. but given the high stakes of these decisions, not or the students, but also for the teachers and the administrators, we have balance these multiple factors. >> nawaz: recent studies show students in remote learning are already falling behind. according to n.w.e.a., a research non-profit, students scored an average of five to 10% lower in math compared to last year, with students in gradesth ree four and five experiencing the largest drops. in virginia one of theargest school districts in the nation, fairfax county, has seen failing grades nearly double. mewhile, for students, like bella, what they miss most are the other students.ll you want to send a message to your friends if you have to say something to them right now, what would you say? >> don't cry. >> nawaz: oh

i cry with the family members, and you feel satisfied that notwithstanding everything muth did to avoid being held accountable, at the end of the day justice was done. >>> she hugged me. and she said she was sorry. and i bursted in tears. i bursted in tears because that to me, is a true example of humanity. >> reporter: two families torn apart by one devastating crime. >> there's a woman, she's shot, she's laying on the floor in the garage. >> reporter: a young mom named crystal taylor, murdered on her way to work, five months pregnant. >> this is breaking me! >> she pretty much gave her whole life just trying to raise me right. >> being a mom was who she was. who would shoot crystie? >> what's going on here? >> that was our question. >> reporter: police zeroed in on the men in her life. one, two, three of them. >> we're trying to find out who would have the motivation to do this. >> reporter: to help find her killer, her anguished sisters would turn amateur detectives. >> i couldn't even sleep. i needed an answer. >> that was my sister, my baby sister. >> reporter: the twist that stopp

call now and get your free infokit maybe it could mean as muthe team's been working around the clock.wire. logistically, it's been a nightmare. i'm not sure it's going to work. it'll work. i didn't know you were listening. steve: well, almost midway through the school year and research shows how much remote learning is not helping students, 83% surge in f's, failing grades from this time last year. similar research from california also found students were failing more frequently as a result of looking at a computer screen rather than an actual person in person. here with the discussion, secretary of education of the united states of america betsy devos, madame secretary, good morning to you. secretary: good morning, steve. steve: this is a no-brainer, kids do better when you're in the room with an actual teacher and as we have heard from dr. fauci and other people, it's actually safer in a school room than it is a lot of people's houses and they should probably be in the school. secretary: well, that's absolutely right, steve. and we've been saying for months that kids need to be back in