and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> we were going to go wherever the case was. >> one of the most extraordinary cases in lapd history. >> total, were not in kansas anymore. >> a newlywed murdered months after her wedding. >> as she walked away, she gave me a big smile and and i lived in that smile for years. >> and all the time episode the killer was hiding in plain sight. >> no indication she was ever spoken to? >> no. >> then a new detective took a look at an old lead. >> he just said it's a match. >> a person no one would have ever suspected of murder. >> we were going to end this. >> was suddenly suspect number one. >> perfect murder. almost. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello. welcome to "dateline". she was a new bride married just three months, then she was found murdered. what happened to her remained a mystery for decades partly because police told us the thief must have killed her during a break-in gone bad. they discovered it wasn't

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. >> >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> she can lie to you, make love to, kill you, all in the same week. and not even cry at the funeral. >> she was living that dream california lifetime. you talk about housewives of orange county, she could've been on the show. she wrapped him around the figure, just like europe so many men around the figure. >> she had all. waterfront home, fancy cars, millionaire boyfriend. quite the life, until -- >> the shots were sets of two. he saw his attacker. >> her lover gunned down who wanted him dead? >> nanette johnston would not have done it, because there was no financial gain for her. >> what about her secret friend? the former nfl linebacker. >> you lie to them, for one thing? >> i did. >> the mystery was unsolved. then came a prosecutor who took on big waves and cold cases. could he find the key to this one. this is it just >> this isn't just a motive. it's a motive on steroids. . >> he

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>. >> they found each other and their own tropical island. >> we saw love and the waters. and that's it. that willthat's it. that wil until some of those neighbors started to disappear. here is kate snow with "stealing paradise". >> it is a dream that seemed so out of reach. quit the rat race, move to an exotic glenn, and by your very own private island. >> even when she was young, she wanted to travel. she wanted to see the world. >> had cher hughes the dream and she made it come true in the most unlikely place. a tiny, far away island of bocas del toro, panama. >> she would just take a picture of the sunset and send it to me. she said, it's like living in a postcard. >> life was beautiful and simple. an escape from the pressures of modern living. who could have known that evil could find a place in paradise, to. that beneath all that beauty was a dark secret. >> it still seems very on r

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline. " >> she was brave. she was incredibly brave. why didn't i know that she needed me and that she was alone and that she was hurt? nothing was the same after that. nothing. >> they found her in the soccer field. the straight arrow student killed by a single bullet. >> i just hit the floor. >> i remember the pain. every time i talk about it the pain comes rushing back. >> that someone would shoot my child. like, why? >> this is a small town whodunit. >> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? >> we're trying to find out why! >> i would never hurt halee. >> they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. >> he's there. he's got a gun. >> how could it not have been him? then a secret spills out in court! >> that's a bombshell. >> that definitely was. >> i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. >> for that mother to get

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline. " >> something wasn't right at her house. i saw a lot of police cars. >> that woman was a fighter. she would never leave her daughters. she would never do it. >> michele ran the home. >> she was very proud about how she was able to make ends meet. >> lloyd helped with the kids. >> they're wonderful girls. they're amazing. >> the end came much too soon. >> she's motionless. and i'm concerned. >> there appeared to be a body hanging from a banister. >> from first look it would appear as though it was a suicide. >> but then they looked closer. >> it appeared that there was a struggle. my gut was telling me there's something wrong here. >> did someone want michele dead? was someone else willing to help? >> at that point we're shell-shocked. >> a bond forged in blood. >> we called it the lie and cry conversation. >> betrayed by blood. >> what are you hoping for? >> some conversation between th

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> only her feet were exposed. her last hours on earth were not pleasant. look >> young women murdered or missing. families in anguish. >> i would text her and she would text right back. but this time, nothing. >> when they killed her, they killed me. >> a serial killer at work and maybe he had a friend. >> that is crazy, they don't work together? serial killers are loners. >> very. rare >> to suspected killers on the hunt. >> hunting them, a detective devoted to justice, and more. >> it's almost like you adopted these young women? >> there are a lot of visits at my church where i pray to not screw this up. >> >> hello and welcome to dateline. they were young woman with their whole lives ahead of them. then, one by one, they started to vanish. it would take a determined detective willing to go into dark places to uncover the diabolical plot behind these disappearances. here is keith morrison wi

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> she was beautiful. her eyes were remarkable. i was going to be there for her and she was going to be there for me. it didn't matter what it was. i thought maybe she had been kidnapped. no one knew what was happening. there was nothing i or anyone could have done. >> skylar, rachel, sheila. total bffs. >> they hung out all the time. >> you thought of them as a team. >> the three of them became inseparable. >> then one ended up missing. >> nobody's heard from her. nobody knows where she is. >> something's wroong. something's bad wrong. >> where was skylar. someone was hiding something. >> it was the fbi. they were serious. >> twitter, instagram, facebook. you just see things. it starts to get ridiculously out of control. . >> mean girls. mean enough to kill. >> tonight we take you into a secret world that's going to stun you, teenagers, social media and murder. >> she was like, well,

and i'm natalie morales. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> it's all a plea, isn't it? >> are you ashamed? >> shame,? it's relevant. >> empty. >> i would do to wouldn't do anything i'd feel guilty a bout. >> you may think you know the charles manson story, but not like this. >> things that police had never seen before. >> sharon tate begged her, please don't kill me. >> he was prime to take advantage of peace and love, flower power. >> even now, decades later, the world is still fascinated by charles manson and his crimes. we take you inside his world of drugs -- >> he would dose them with lsd -- >> sex. >> he slept with all those girls. >> and rock'n'roll -- >> they really did listen to the "white" album over and over. >> with new interviews -- >> he says, gary, this is your last chance. >> and new details. >> he would always frame his statements, this is what i believe and the girls all believed it. >> the murders. >> these people were brutally butchered. >> the mayhem. >> charlie was acting meaner towards the girl. >> the mad men. >> may

i'm natalie morales.orelos was murdered, rookie detective jennifer garcia took a deep dive into his complicated personal life. there she found a web of scorned lovers and wondered if one of them wanted him dead. meanwhile as nick's loved ones grieved, the woman who stole his heart was also feeling another emotion. here again is josh mankiewicz with "stone-cold. " >> in the days after nick's murder, his fiancee, kristy, was living in fear. >> jumped at every sound. i -- my family was scared for me. >> did he ever express any indication that some relationship that he had before was something that he was concerned about now in terms of his safety or your safety? >> no, and nick was my protector above all else. so i don't know that he would have said anything to me, not wanting to worry me. >> but perhaps there had been reason to be worried. detective garcia now spent some time charting the romantic geometry of nick's love life pre-kristy. >> it all comes back to their employment. they all worked at the same

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> they, said we need you to get the car with us. they zip tied my arms and zip tied my legs, the tide my hair. duct tape my face. there's no words. i'm sitting, there i'm hysterical. it's terrifying. >> she thought he was mr. wright. comp confident, handsome surgeon, until the good doctor tracy to turn sinister. >> he put his hands over my face and said, go ahead and try to leave. i do nowhere else to go. >> she broke down. she looked afraid. >> taunts, threats, then, something deadly. >> they said that he had hired somebody to get rid of me. >> a doctor plotting a murder. >> he's giving you a way to kill someone. >> very detailed, precise, instructions. >> investigators would launch a plot of their own and unravel not one murder scheme, but to. >> so now you have a man in woman both who want their ex's death. isn't that beyond bizarre? >> shocking. >> it just was unreal. i couldn't believe

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. anks for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> marie it's a very loving person. she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth. i wanted to solve it. >> her case was a mystery for years. the mom with a tender heart and tough as nails career. >> she was part of the sheriff's department. her ultimate goal was to try to get into the fbi. >> she found a new sense of purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, like family. >> they had taken her in. they were helping her out. >> it's like, i'm proud of you. you're finding god. >> then, one baffling text and she was gone. >> i go, i know, i probably watch a lot of "law & order", that i have this really gut feeling. >> because i was a mom, i just knew she didn't leave on her own. there was no way she left that baby. >> two moms at opposite ends of a mystery. could one get justice for the other? >> this case for sure was an inves

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i was one of the last to suspect anything. even though you were hopeful, you knew as soon as you hung up the phone, you knew. how does anybody look at somebody drowning and not help him? how do you do that? >> a perfect husband. a perfect father. a perfect mystery. >> they found the boat. mike wasn't in it. >> we thought maybe he's had an accident. >> the thought is the alligators have eaten mike. >> but this lake was hiding more than gators. >> mike was the only hunter that has gone overboard in that lake that had never been found. >> something don't add up. >> people were saying, "well, i bet he ran off. " >> there have just been so many wild stories. >> two lovers share a secret. >> he had this desire to have her. >> there was an affair happening for years. >> they can choose each other. >> you're waiting for that crack. >> he was going to kill you to make you go away. >> obviously she k

melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. this is dateline >> he said quote, he's got me. >> he was once a kgb agent that turned into a vocal critic of russia,. when he was poisoned in london, it made headlines around the world. >> a lethal toxin in a cup of tea. >> it was a tiny little dirty bomb. >> it's nuclear terrorism. >> why was he? kilter unravel the mystery, we follow the tale of a dark conspiracy. >> are you frightened for your life? >> will me and confront the pain prime suspect. >> did you put polonium in the tea? >> and now, is a danger coming closer? >> we're two men may think waiting in the bushes. one man said shooting. >> an attack on the expert helping us with this story. >> people say it's never going to happen here. i know that can happen here, because it happened to my husband. >>, "dateline". alexander litvinenko former russian agent jim alexander litvinenko was a four critic of the russian government. -- but it could make a very rich man or a dead mat one. his murder set off an international investigati

i'm natalie morales.an an hour for a jury to find richie wilder guilty of murdering his ex-wife. even afterwards, cindy was about to rekindle a connection with an old friend and the story she'd tell him would come with a surprising if you twist. here again is keith morrison with "prairie confidential." >> reporter: murder can have so many innocent victims. like the children. angila and richie's. forever deprived of both parents now. >> i am what the kids have now. i am. they have been with me for the past year and they will continue to be with me. and they need to know that their dad is a good man. >> reporter: step-mother cyndi, the kindergarten teacher, said she was doing her best in trying circumstances. raising as step-kids, the children of the woman her husband had just been convicted of murdering. she did get some help, mind you, from her sister abby. >> i saw that she was struggling and needed some help you know, trying to figure out the whole single parent thing. >> reporter: but of course, abby h

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching >> >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> >> i think i was just in shock to find out that she's gone and the cause is a gunshot wound. . you just wonder how this could happen. it seems very surreal. >> a quiet night at home shattered by a gunshot. >> she came out of the shower and i heard a pop. and there's blood. >> a young life dying on the floor. >> she wasn't talking at all. i'm asking, what happened here? >> i was utterly confuse. >> so many different stories about what might have happened. >> he said many things that night. >> maybe someone shot something at the house. >> at one point he said it was 80% suicide. >> police had their own theory. >> i thought, oh, man, there's something going on here. >> we don't see a lot of women commit suicide naked. >> his stories weren't adding up. >> but something else was it adding up either. a key piece of evidence. >> we went to the house and we walked in and we think, ha. >> would

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> it's shocking. it just kind of, you go into crisis mode. i don't think they knew exactly what had happened other than that he was covered in blood. she was just broken and lost. there is a murderer out there and it is terrifying. >> it was supposed to be an anniversary celebration. 32 years together. >> they were in love even after all those years. they were very happy together. >> suddenly, an intimate moment turn to infinite terror. >> i just heard, help, someone is in trouble. i was scared. i was scared. >> a husband found murdered in a closet. a wife, tied up in another. >> they found her on the ground with her hands by hundred back. >> she had bruising on her arms and on her face. >> inconsolable. screaming, crying. >> who could be behind this? >> well their only daughter desperate for justice for her dad. be careful what you wish for. >> everybody gasped. nobody could believe it. this terrifies me because

i am natalie morales, thanks for watching.'m natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". he already told you the guys were flying up from florida. the black ops. at that point, it got a little scary. we are here to do a job, and they are going to kill someone. this is crazy. >> in a marriage, three is a crowd. >> you are seeing another woman? >> right. >> who do you think it? was >> chemistry. and chemistry can be explosive. >> it's your girlfriend, in the bahamas! >> this is now

natalie morales: who would want to hurt reagan? edwards: he had a knife.

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. loving person. she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth. i wanted to solve it. >> her case was a mystery for years. the mom with a tender heart and tough as nails career. >> she was part of the sheriff's department. her ultimate goal was to

i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". he already told you the guys were flying up from florida. the black ops. at that point, it got a little scary. we are here to do a job, and they are going to kill someone. this is crazy. >> in a marriage, three is a crowd. >> you are seeing another woman? >> right. >> who do you think it? was >> chemistry. and chemistry can be explosive. >> it's your girlfriend, in the bahamas! >> this is now from hell. >> enter the hitman. >> he is a name, i will bring you pictures of the person who you want to have killed. >> you say that you now feared for your own life? >> yes. >> a hit that could not miss? >> or a surprise to die for? >> they actually noticed a camera inside the car? >> a big moment? >> huge moment. everything took off real fast. >> no fairytale ending for this love story. it would end either in murder or prison. >> he says, my guys don't back down from a plan. >> hello, welcome to dateline. when ira bernstein and susan met on the college campus, they c

natalie morales: madison holton, high school senior, accused killer.on goes from calm to murder in eleven minutes? bill franklin: yeah. i mean, it's a homicide.

natalie morales: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. i'm jim cramer see you tomorrow "the news with shepard smith" starts now >>> a new mandate fo >>> a new mandate for travel just how long will you need to stay masked up to fly. i'm carl quintanilla in for shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc. >>> we are in contact with the taliban to ensure the safe passage of people to the airport. >> u.s. rescue flights back in action why china and russia are staying put. plus the taliban holds its first press conference. >>> get ready to roll up your sleeves. the u.s. expected to recommend booster shots for most americans. the data, the decision and why some say this is the wrong move. >>> the race to save lives as bad weather moves in, heavy rain slows rescue efforts and the death toll continues to rise. >>> a gator attack at a kids' birthday party the crushing bite and the death roll caught on tape. the heroic bystander that rolls into action. >>> china's covid port shutdown. a crackdown on fake vaccine cards and the se

natalie morales: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >>> time is running out on the air lift from afghanistan. i'm shepherd smith this is the news on cnbc president biden sticks to his deadline >> we are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st. >> critics pounce and hope fades for afghans, families trying to get out, forced to wait in raw sewage tonight, rare reporting from outside the airport walls. >>> covid and kids, cases and hospitalizations on the rise schools disrupted and now another threat 34making the situation worse. >>> snshg's first woman governor >> i want people to believe in their governor again >> the challenge she inherits on day one. >> as her disgraced predecessor loses his emmy award >>> and digital dunkirk, the group using satellite images to help allies escape the taliban >>> a full movie blitz by netflix and selling gangster history. al capone's personal auction >> live from cnbc, the facts the truth. the news with shepherd smith >>> good evening the deadline stands. president bid

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline."dateline. >> it's shocking. it just kind of, you go into crisis mode. i don't think they knew exactly what had happened other than that he was covered in blood. she was just broken and lost. there is a murderer out there and it is terrifying. >> it was supposed to be an anniversary celebration. 32 years together. >> they were in love even after all those years. they were very happy together. >> suddenly, an intimate moment

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ack to dateline >> welcome back to "dateline" i'm natalie morales.s coworker michelle mockbee. there was no physical evidence linking him to the crime. but in her closing argument the prosecutor laid out a provocative theory suggesting david killed michelle because she caught him falsifying his time cards. the jury was about to render its verdict. but the twists in this case were just getting started. here again is josh mankiewicz with "the early shift." >> after waiting a full day without hearing a verdict, michelle's siblings were on pins and needles. when the first day comes and goes and there was no verdict, were you worried at all? >> stressed. >> stressed. >> yeah, it was agonizing waiting. >> then after deliberating some 16 hours over two days word came from the jury. there was a verdict. >> we the jury find the defendant david dooley guilty of murder. >> guilty for the murder of michelle mockbee. did you have anything to do with the death of michelle mockbee? >> no, i did not. i did not kill her. >> david dooley was sentenced to life in priso

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." natalie morales, and this is dateline. >> i am being followed, there are threats on my life. i know we're in danger, i know we are. >> it's a riveting mystery that started in a place of glamour. >> it became a destination for a rat packs, for frank sinatra -- >> and a place of murder. the wealthy air to this legendary hotel, dead. >> he was my father. he -- >> now, police said she was next. so it when the shadows are gunning for her. >> my suspicions are growing and growing by the minute. >> so who is behind all this? but plenty of suspects and plenty of motives. jealousy, greed, someone had 10 million reasons to kill. >> if you look back and say, my god, i can't believe what i saw. >> you are not going to believe it either because in this case, there is a final terrifying twist. >> i see him arriving with the crowbar. >> but hello and welcome to you "dateline". ben novak junior was a successful entrepreneur and this wealthy son of a miami businessman. then, he was found bound and blu

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. for watching. >> a successful young company. ambush they say, in the dead of night. attacked. abducted. >> we're like, wow. where is she. >> i didn't have a clue what happened. >> the real question? was their story been true. >> we were not able to substantiate any of the things that you are saying. >> they branded that couple as liars. >> could this be some kind of hoax? who was really behind it all. >> normal people don't do things like this. >> this whole story could take another crazy turn. >> he said, i know that i need to pay for what i did. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline". denise huskins and her boyfriend aaron quinn went to sleep one night, blissfully unaware that they would wake up to a living nightmare. unarmed stranger in the bedroom and he did it appear to be alone. what happened next was so odd, it would leave detectives and the public scratching their heads. was this real life or fiction? and an unexpected break in the case would stare authorities to an unlikely suspect and the truth. here's josh mankiewicz wit

natalie morales: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. the news with shepard smith starts now "the news with shepard smith" starts now >>> no regrets, plenty of blame. president biden doubles down on pulling out. i'm carl quintanilla in for shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc. >> i stand squarely behind my decision. >> president biden addresses the nation as chaos unfolds in kabul. desperate afghans storm the airport, clinging to planes as they take off. the scramble abroad and the backlash here at home. >> the outcome, i think, is catastrophic >>> trapped and terrified. afghanistans, women and girls, fea fearing the worst now that the taliban back in power. what their future holds. >>> combat veterans in their own word zpls a horrible defeat for america. it's going to haunt us for years to come. >> reacting to the catastrophic end to america's longest war >>> screams ring out in haiti. more than 1,000 dead after an earthquake hospitals, homes and schools flattened. the frantic search for survivor s as the coun

and i'm natalie morales. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline".n't do anything i'd feel guilty a bout. >> you may think you know the charles manson story, but not like this. >> things that police had never seen before. >> sharon tate begged her, please don't kill me. >> he was prime to take advantage of peace and love, flower

natalie morales: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. i'm jim cramer see yo >>> the fda set to authorize the first covid booster shots. i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc >>> businesses start to feel the pain from covid delta. americans rethinking plans the impact on air travel, restaurants, and beyond. >>> stepping into the spotlight. >> i want people to know that i'm ready for this. >> new york's next governor breaking from her old boss days away from taking power. >> no one will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment. >>> a mutlti-day heat bomb hitting millions of americans. >> extremely, dangerously hot and people need to take precautions. >> the forecast and when we can expect some relief. >>> capitalizing on stressed-out consumers. >> our brand helps you minimize bad things in your life. >> as the pandemic drags on, the companies cashing in on our collective anxiety. >>> the aliban's biggest victory yet. new vaccine guide an for pregnant women and blame the spacesuits, the next

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." of the night i heard this loud noise. and you think your child is safe in your home sleeping. natalie morales : she was just sixteen. emma, the honor student, cheerleader, volunteer. keegan : she could get along with anybody. nathan : always so like kindhearted and sweet. lauren : she wanted to be a nurse.

and i'm natalie morales. this is "dateline." >> we were going to go wherever the case was. >> one of the most extraordinary cases in lapd history. >> total, were not in kansas anymore. >> a newlywed murdered months after her wedding. >> as she walked away, she gave me a big smile and and i lived in that smile for years. >> and all the time episode the killer was hiding in plain sight. >> no indication she was ever spoken to? >> no. >> t

i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> you can lose a child without knowing it in a second. it wasn't an if, it was a when are they going to tell us that she's not coming home. this is not what was supposed to happen. >> the note was under her blanket. >> i saw it sticking out and i grabbed it. >> their daughter was a runaway. >> i am frantic because i didn't know how to find her. >> they called police. they searched. then a jogger found a red shoe and a pool of blood. >> here they are, three people at the door. >> i just started sobbing. >> they had found her daughter. but not the boy she was with. it was as though he'd never existed. >> we couldn't find anything about l.j. >> months went by. still no trace of l.j. and then a rookie took the case. >> how did you feel about it that this was now going to be your case? >> i didn't know if i was capable of doing this. i cried for two hours. >> a teen found dead. >> we still don't have an answer. >> a mysterious missing suspect. >> she said that

natalie morales : that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. the news starts right now. >>> a third covid shot is coming, but will americans roll up their sleeves i'm kelly evans in for shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc. >> better to stay ahead of it then chasing after it. >> when the rollout begins and the questions already being asked. >>> there have been huge, huge crowds here. >> evacuation efforts ramping up in kabul will security hold at the airport long enough to get everyone out >>> there was nothing that i ora anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days. >> new reporting on what happened in the fall of afghanistan, the taliban making deals. offering cash and promises >>> r. kelly back in court today, the serious charges including physical abuse and the women expected to take the stand. >>> fighting fire with fire in the west the climate's financial impact on your flood insurance. >>> plus a ten-foot snake pops up at a supermarket. >> announcer: live from cnbc, the

natalie morales: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. message to businesses. make your employees get the shot how is that going to fly i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc >> it's an important moment in our fight against the pandemic. >> the fda grants full approval of the pfizer shot now the president says, businesses, make it mandatory. >>> eight days left to get americans and allies out of afghanistan. need more time the taliban says no chance their new threat of consequences >> what has been done in 20 years was wiped in 20 days. >> documenting the escape from kabul, a photographer shares her story. >> it gives me a lot of guilt. they became part of my family, that i had to leave them behind. >>> historic flooding in middle tennessee. >> this is almost of biblical proportions here. >> towns destroyed more than 20 people dead dozens still missing we're live on the ground joe governor cuomo goes down fighting >>> cnbc investigates, vanishing crypto cash. >>> and bug directive. if you see it, stomp to kill

hearing where his legal team is going to continue to fight for a new trial citing juror misconduct natalie morales has been leading the chorge to prove he's innocent. natalie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys for years, scott peterson has argued his trial was flawed, claiming one of the jurors lied about a history of domestic abuse to get on the case and convict him. today, peterson is back in court attending virtually from prison. the judge is expected to set a date to hear the allegations of juror misconduct and if found, peterson could get a new trial meanwhile, his sister-in-law janie believes new evidence in the case will set him free if he is given a new trial, do you think he'll be exonerated? >> absolutely. i am confident that scott will never be convicted again >> reporter: for nearly two decades, janie peterson has believed in her brother-in-law's innocence. married to his older brother, joe, janie says she's known scott since he was 13 and regularly talks to him in prison where he's been locked up for the past 16 years. found guilty of murdering his wife, lacy, then 8

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline."know we're in danger, i know we are. >> it's a riveting mystery that started in a place of glamour. >> it became a destination for a rat packs, for frank sinatra -- >> and a place of murder. the wealthy air to this legendary hotel, dead. >> he was my father. he -- >> now, police said she was next. so it when the shadows are gunning for

the "today" show natalie morales sat down with his sister-in-law janney who has been leading the charge to prove he's innocent. >> how do you explain he told amber his wife had died? >> there's nothing i can say to justify or explain that statement, but also there was no evidence that he had anything to do with what happened to laci. >> you don't believe an adult error makes motive for murder? >> i don't think you can take that leap. >> now later this morning you can watch the "today" show who -- and find out who peterson's defense team says should be investigated for the murd jeer a hillsborough mother expected to enter a guilty plea in connection to the college admissions cheating scandal. marcy patella is expected to make a deal with prosecutors, the ceo of a liquor distribution company. prosecutors say she'll admit to pay $500,000 to get her son into usc as a football recruit. she's expected to spend six weeks in jail and pay a would bo admit to charges in the scandal. >>> today there will be a meeting about safety at a south bay high school. this comes after several fights on campu

. >> natalie morales reporting there. all right. i want you to check your bank accounts because many californians are set to receive a round of state stimulus money. the governor's office says that nearly two-thirds of those living in the state are eligible for a $600 check. some families will get an additional $500. the governor signed a bill in july that included $12 billion for middle class families hit hardest in the pandemic. to be eligible you must have an adjusted gross income of $75,000 or lower for the 2020 tax year. you must be a california resident for most of that tax year, and that's more than half of it anyway for the 20 to tax year and cannot be claimed as a dependant by another taxpayer. >>> california may be ready to try a new strategy to fight drug addiction, paying people to stay sober. that plan calls for incentives or payments when addicts testify negative for drugs. that could amount to a few hundred dollars by the time the person completes treatment. the cost of the program depends on how many people participa

and i'm natalie morales.ig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> she was beautiful. her eyes were remarkable. i was going to be there for her and she was going to be there for me. it didn't matter what it was. i thought maybe she had been kidnapped. no one knew what was happening. there was nothing i or anyone could have done. >> skylar, rachel, sheila. total bffs. >> they hung out all the time. >> you thought of them as a team. >> the three of them became inseparable.

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. >>> breaking this morning on msnbc, afghanistan's president speaking just moments ago, clinging to power amidst the taliban's furious and rapid takeever. kabul is now on the line with worries the city could fall within potentially hours youshocking new numbers out of florida. the state sees a 70% increase in covid cases since the last week. hospitals in the south are running out of beds, and some emergency services are stretched far too thin. >>> today for 26 minutes we had not one ems unit available in the entire city. >>> and breaking for fred. the tropical system barreling toward florida at this hour with the potential to unleash a nasty spell of rain and wind starting today. the latest on the storm's track. >>> good saturday morning, everybody. i'm lindsey reiser live at msnbc headquarters in new york. we're following fast-moving developments in afghanistan. the u.s. military is frantically rushing to evacuate the u.s. embassy in kabul. an advanced team of mar

i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline.n >> the neighborhood had everything a burglary wanted to find, private yards, wealthy homes -- >> and she had the worst of possible luck, in that he picture. >> yes. >> i'd like to report an attempted break -- in >> a mother, home alone. cops raced to her front door as she walks into an ambush in her backyard. >> how does somebody die in a matter of seconds with officers around her home? >> it was surreal, it was awful. >> your

. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline. " i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >> i finally get a hold of dad and i was like, "what's going on? " and he's like, "lisa's been shot. " >> i held her hand and i just said, "my lisa. my lisa. " >> everyone's like, "do you want justice? do you want revenge? -- i just want the truth. >> lisa techel, newly married, pregnant, starting the career of her dreams. >> she always put everybody before she put herself. >> then, one morning, a single shotgun blast rocked the newlyweds'home. >> she's been shot. >> a young husband, out of his mind with grief. >> it was a tragedy. but for lisa's dad, a sheriff's deputy, it was no mystery. he was sure he knew who the killer was. >> go get him. go get him now. >> a neighbor with a gun and a grudge. >> i thought, "they better get to him before i do. " >> but some said this couple was having trouble. that seth had a secret. >> did he tell you, "she sent me some topless pictures"? >> yes. >> others said the real murderer was someone else, right under cops'noses. >>

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline. " everyone says that you and your sister were your mom's life. >> yeah. amazing person. committed to family, committed to my sister and i, and then five years later, gone. >> she was a gorgeous girl, a model who became a mom. >> said you guys made some good looking kids. >> oh, they sure did. >> on the eve of her son's 5th birthday she vanished. >> the whole time we're talking about where is she, what happened. >> when the woman disappears, we know police will have questions for the man in her life. in this case, that wonlt be so simple. there was the estranged husband who admitted to an argument that once landed her in jail. >> she came at me, i grabbed her by the arms, then she called the police. >> then, there was the former colleague with a crush. >> and there was a third man. former colleague with a crush. >> cliff shared with friends that he had found the love of his life. >> so, you have three potential suspect. >> yeah it's a tangle. >> could investigators unravel it. >> we're asking ourselves what this means. >> would he

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. see you tomorrow "the news with shepard smith" starts now. this is the news on cnbc >> my resignation will be effective in 14 days >> governor cuomo's fall from the political mountain >> in my mind i've never crossed the line with anyone >> blooming legal problems and the lieutenant set to make history as new york's first woman governor >>> front line nurses, frustrated and heart broken. >> it is unnecessary and it is preventible. >> the reality they wish all americans could see. >> closing in from all sides the taliban sacked another capital. our report from afghanistan on the taliban atrocities and stories of abuse on women and girls. >>> a blockbuster bipartisan break through. the senate passes the $1 trillion infrastructure bill and reflecting on last year's deadly derecho storm and the news over election lies. and a shoplifting sea gull caught on tape >> announcer: live from cnbc the facts. the truth. the news with shepard smith. >> good evening. after months of denials, new york

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >>> breaking on msnbc, taking revenge, president biden delivering on his promise to track down the terrorists who killed 13 u.s. service members and dozens of afghanis at the kabul airport. >> we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> the u.s. military carrying out an air strike and killing anitesis k planner. but the terror threat remains as the biden administration works to evacuate the remaining americans and allies before tuesday's withdrawal deadline. >>> plus a dangerous hurricane bearing down on the gulf coast expected to slam into louisiana with devastating force. forecasters warning ida could make landfall as a stronger storm than katrina on its 16th anniversary tomorrow. >>> hurricane ida represents a dramatic threat to the people of the city of new orleans. time is not on our side. >>> and tens of thousands of people are expected to march in washington, d.c. and across the country today to denounce voter supp

i'm natalie morales. first up on msnbc, as the nation battles to contain the delta variant, florida sets a new record in covid cases and hospitalizations this week, and it's all ahead of a monster truck event that's expected to draw huge crowds, but despite the crisis in florida, the governor is going after president biden and railing against possible restrictions. >> i'm the governor who protects parents in their

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. >>> first up on msnbc, chaos in kabul. rescue flights resume after an hours-long pause. some 300 afghan evacuees landing in germany. troops airlifting 169 americans to safety after they couldn't get to the airport. the president making this promise. >> this evacuation mission is dangerous, but as commander in chief, i can assure you that i will mobilize every resource necessary. >>> plus, we have an update on this heartbreaking video showing a crying baby being handed over a wall to a u.s. marine at the kabul airport. >>> tropical storm henri barreling toward the north. the first to make landfall in the region in years. >>> a debate escalating in florida. another school district is defying the governor's orders as thousands of students are forced into quarantine. the punishment the school districts could face if they don't reverse course by monday. >>> plus, the latest report by the florida department of health. >>> good morning, everybody. it's saturday, august 21st. i'm lindsey reiser. >> and i'm kendis gibson. we're kee

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. ♪♪ >>> first up on msnbc, as the nation battles to contain the delta variant, florida sets a new record in covid cases and hospitalizations this week, and it's all ahead of a monster truck event that's expected to draw huge crowds, but despite the crisis in florida, the governor is going after president biden and railing against possible restrictions. >> i'm the governor who protects parents in their ability to protect their kids' education. i protect jobs by not letting the federal government lock us down. >>> regarding the insurrection, preparing to send out subpoenas any day now, this as another republican joins. >> we can't worry whether we have an "r" or "d" next to our name. it's time to look at it in a fact-based way on what happened january 6th. >>> u.s. men's basketball winning their fourth straight gold. we'll also talk to an olympian trail blazer, who's helped pave the way for big changes. >>> and for only a second time in its history, the peace corps i