and by virtue of that, they tossed dalia dippolito under the bus. bus to make good television. dennis murphy (voiceover): as dalia waited for a jury of six to decide her fate, flanked by her attorneys, she spoke exclusively to dateline. for the past seven years, i mean, this has been a complete nightmare. dennis murphy (voiceover): she told us her nightmare began after she complained that she'd been the victim of domestic abuse, an accusation her now ex-husband michael strongly denies. she said she was used by the boynton beach police. we're here because they turned what should have been a complaint and getting me help and questioning me and stuff into this big production for a "cops" tv show deadline that they had. and they just started manufacturing all of these things and creating these scenarios and putting me in these situations that look horrible. dennis murphy (voiceover): the police say they did not ignore a domestic abuse case. they were trying to stop a murder for hire plot. and those "cops" tv cameras didn't change the substance of their

and so dalia dippolito, the real housewife of boynton beach, who became a worldwide reality tv sensation, is now simply florida inmate w42222. yes, really. that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm andrea canning. thanks for watching. ♪ it's christmastime ♪♪ >>> good morning and welcome to a special holiday edition of "morning joe." we're on tape this hour, bringing you some of our best discussions of the past few weeks. we will begin with a recent column for axios titled "the great upheaval" which looks at how ai is among the many forces generating major change in government and beyond. >>> let's bring in the co-author of this piece co-founder and ceo of axios jim vandehei, msnbc contributor mike barnicle also joins us. i looks good, actually. >> yeah. >> okay. thanks for showing up. >> jim vandehei, this ai thing scares me. >> scares all of us. >> carnies, they -- >> what? >> they scare me. it's an austin powers line. but this ai thing scares me, man, and it seems like we don't have an administration that is going to be actually bringing the reins in on development of it. what are