i don't know the background between you and megan.riend girlfriend? one time? >> i can't. >> really say anything. >> about that because i had something to do with another investigation. >> when was the last. >> time. >> that. you were. >> at her house? >> sometime in december. >> sometime in december. >> you don't. you don't. >> i don't remember one now. >> so there's no. >> reason why your fingerprints or anything like. or anything like. >> that narrator: on the day meghan was murdered, hicke said he was busy. he and his wife had an appointment with a marriage counselor. narrator: and before that, he said he'd been at work. can tell. >> you, from. >> the time i got. >> up to. >> the time that. >> you saw me, i was. >> with someone every second of the entire day except for the time i went to the bathroom. >> now i've. got computer records. >> i've got people that i saw. >> i mean, it would. >> never. >> even occur to me to have to the to. >> to today. >> to have to tell everybody where i was every second. >> of every day. >> you have

he told the detective he and megan had briefly dated.rator: between tears, he swore he had only fond memories of meghan. >> she always. >> made everybody. >> made everybody. >> laugh and narrator: loved her to death? he also told the detective it was meghan who broke up with him. they wondered, was he torn up enough to murder her? narrator: the detective asked him what he knew about the crime. narrator: and then the detective came at him. i heard. that ain't what you heard. yes. you need to tell me a little bit more. i think you know some first hand information. you're not. giving it. no, i don't, sir. it. no, i don't, sir. >> i swe narrator: he swore he was just repeating gruesome gossip. narrator: and as he fell apart before them-- narrator: --his grief, to them, looked more like guilt. everything that he said, the way he was acting, everything he was doing would make you believe that he was the one who killed her. narrator: coming up, another dna test and another sharp turn in the case. we completely changed direction in our investiga

megan williams: he was a liar. he was manipulative. he had a list of names, their bra size, and whether or not they would have sex. keith morrison (voiceover): could investigators get their man before he struck again? i turned around, and he was just sitting in the dark. and he said, i'm going to kill you. [theme music] keith morrison (voiceover): it's been years since she vanished, but few people in grand junction, colorado have forgotten paige birgfeld. how could they? the story of this young mother's disappearance has long since woven itself into a local lore. she's a great mother, a great friend. keith morrison (voiceover): it's a mystery we've been following since it began. and now, as thunder heads dark in the high desert sky, finally, a trial. what he told me is that he knew how to get rid of a body so that nobody could find it. he said, i'm going to kill you. and then he just slapped me repeatedly. keith morrison (voiceover): finally, rumors and gossip would be dispelled-- or made fact. and the secrets known, not only by the gu

. ♪♪ >> megan kelly, hosted the megan kelly show and then smith. ♪♪ gmac one network you have not workedguess, that ship has sailed. >> out for lack of trying. >> thank you for joining us. that was all about you. and you are now almost uniquely free. you have a big media past. you are not working or big corporation. you are working for your self. one of the things you are able to do was appear on stage with president trump on november 4, my birthday, in pittsburgh and said president trump that, list the reasons you are voting for them, lots to do with masculinity which own ask you about later. i want to know how you think about that in terms of did it compromise you as a journalist, did it make people trust you more? >> i never would've done that when i was doing straight news. that would've been totally inappropriate. it was a new bridge to cross for me in whatever lane i am in now which is a hybrid and the invite came in from team trump and i talked to my husband about it and i was like, wow, they want me to do this and i really think that i want to do it and, doug, who is very smart w

megan. thank you, megan costello, the white house. we're now in the closing bell market zone. cnbc senior markets commentator mike santoli is here to break down these crucial moments of the trading day. pippa stephens joining us as well on energy and the sell off there. michael i'll turn to you first. well we think we're getting the tariffs. yes we are in the morning 25 and 25 on canada and mexico, as megan was just telling us an additional ten on china. that brings 20% the total there. and here's what you get in the market. >> yeah. so clearly rough numbers. we had 2% of. hope that we would not get the tariffs. >> i mean. >> it was. >> saying earlier. >> today it did seem like the market was going to eventually want to. >> test the. >> reality of that very late levitation we got on friday. we've essentially unwound the entire thing plus a few points. i do think a lot of it, though, just feeds all in the same direction, which is the economy having a stutter step a little bit softer than we thought it was. tariffs therefore seem like a kind of war of choice that's creating an e

megan fitzgerald from london. thank you, megan, for that. let's go now to nbc's yamiche alcindor, who's at the white house. yamiche, what are we hearing from the administration today about what happened in those moments after the tense oval office exchange between trump and president zelensky? >> well, i can tell you that president trump, as well as his cabinet officials and close allies, are doubling down on the idea that they believe president zelensky was disrespectful and that it was right to show him the door at the white house. we also heard from this morning from the national security adviser, michael waltz, who was one of the people tasked with actually telling zelensky that he needed to leave the white house. take a listen to what he said this morning. >> we had a. >> meeting after that. >> exchange. >> after the press was asked to leave. >> and we. >> advised the president. >> pretty much unanimously. >> advised the president. >> that after that. >> insult in the oval office. >> we. >> just do not. >> see how. >> that could move fo

we're going to begin with nbc's megan fitzgerald in london for us. megan, welcome. so i imagine the tone of today's meeting with prime minister starmer differed somewhat from president zelensky's visit at the white house. what can you tell us? >> alex? absolutely. i mean, we're talking about night and day here. i mean. before we. even heard from the two leaders, we saw what certainly looked like a very warm embrace. you could see a completely different tone where prime minister starmer leaving ten downing street, walking towards zelensky to welcome him. the two embraced. they shook hands, had smiles and then. >> before. >> entering downing street, they sort of stood there, had a little banter, smiling, shaking hands before going inside. that's then, of course, when we got that real tone and tenor of the meeting that they're having as we speak, prime minister starmer saying, you are very, very welcome here in downing street. he went on to say that there's absolute determination to stand in unwavering determination to achieve what we both want to achieve, which is las

megan fitzgerald, thank you so much for that. let's go now to nbc's yamiche alcindor, who's at the white house for us. yamiche, what are we hearing from the administration today in response to all that's happened the last few days? >> well, we're hearing from really close allies of president trump as well as his cabinet members, and they are defending president trump, saying that it was president zelensky who was disrespectful and who escalated this confrontation, this extraordinary confrontation in the oval office. here's secretary of state marco rubio, who himself was the one who told president zelensky that he needed to leave the white house this morning. >> right now, there is no negotiation. shouldn't we at least try to see if there is a way to end this war in a way that's acceptable to both sides and is enduring and sustainable? how is that a bad thing? i really am puzzled why anyone thinks that trying to be a peacemaker is a bad thing. it's only a bad thing when it's donald trump trying to do it, when it's president trump.

megan, welcome to you. so the u.k. prime minister called this meeting to help find, quote, lasting peace in ukraine. did they make any tangible progress? yes. >> you know. >> alex. >> it certainly appears as though. >> they did. >> and, you know. >> just to step. >> aside here for a second to talk about the optics of this. i mean, the world watched as 18 leaders standing next to keir starmer here in london, showing that they are unified, they are in lockstep in trying to create lasting peace for ukraine. and that's exactly what they discussed today. and so what we heard just moments ago from prime minister starmer is that they are creating something called the coalition of the willing. so he broke this down and said that this is for any country, any european country in canada, who is willing and able to increase defense and are interested in playing an active role in making sure that there is security for ukraine, that there is a ceasefire that works for ukraine and in the end, lasting peace for ukraine. they will come

megan fitzgerald, thank you so much from london. let's bring in stef kight, political reporter for axios, and kayla gardiner, white house correspondent for bloomberg. i'm glad to see you both. so ahead of today's meeting. european leaders overwhelmingly expressed support for ukraine after friday's oval office face off. stef, what fallout is the white house facing abroad? >> i mean, certainly looking at the public. >> statements from. >> foreign. >> leaders. >> trump's actions. >> and the meeting with zelensky on friday. >> really set off a lot of alarm bells for leaders around the world. >> and we're seeing that very. >> clearly and seeing the response, you know, as we were just just watching. >> there just. >> a minute ago from europe, the way that. >> you know, countries have. >> come. >> together and backed. zelensky and promised to continue to do more to step up. in some ways, this is one of the things that trump has. >> said he. >> wanted to see. trump has said he wants europe to be doing more, that there shouldn't be an overre

megan fitzgerald, thank you so much from london. and joining me right now, we have former deputy chief of staff for defense secretary lloyd austin, caroline deer and politico white house reporter maya ward. actually, caroline, i hope i pronounce your last name correctly. and if i didn't, please correct me. so, maya, you just heard that nbc is reporting direct talks between ukraine and the us are on hold. how big a development is that? >> yeah, i mean, i don't think that it's a shock after what we saw yesterday. i mean, it was unclear when zelensky left the white house what was going to be next? i mean, trump essentially said that zelensky had posted this on truth social, that zelensky is not ready for peace and that he can come back when he is ready. and so, you know, the idea was that, you know, ukraine would turn over some of these profits from its critical minerals sector in exchange for continued us support. you know, now, three years into the war, it's unclear if that is still on the table. but it's definitely after yesterday t

clear now to put them as of the, whatever the in the very shock manner in which to sunday school and megan and us one plan. and he would have gotten particularly studied because he would have done that in terms of explaining to the american side, including the mistakes and what the concerns and the objectives that, and rebundle, you know, all the is it in ski and it is great in government. well, but uh, all of this work obviously prevented me and i'm on can see her 1st patient as well . the people in ukraine as everybody says, it is not from all the people about express themselves speedy. so they wouldn't be on the floor and that would be mobilized, located by government, not just of all the the excuse, but a stand, no standing up to president to come and even redo the or all of you can bodily speaking of what the cedar greens position was and the damage is very scale. i'm is very sweet and i don't think that it can be done because all that has happened has come on top of already very strong and you'll get your feelings that trump as being reduced even before. so i'm going to the activity

megan marshall has has wonderful book on the peabody sisters. i knew i knew that there that this wasn't the whole story but but what kind of caught fire for me was just a happenstance when was interviewing for my position that i have now at the university of kansas and the archivist at the at the rare books room at kansas. i have something you might be interested in and what it was was a of the first edition of emerson's nature which in and of itself is fairly i think they were only there were less than 500 of those printed at the time but it was the that he gave to his and mary moody emerson and it was inscribed to her and i broke out into a sweat and asked to look at it and and when i did, i found marginalia in there. so marginalia something that i love. i wrote about the first copy of charles darwin's book, come to the united states and the marginalia that was scribbled all over that book. mary moody emerson did scribble all over that book. but she did make her feelings known in some key passages. and that is to say, there are moments where y

is megan henderson and nick for rios show us the best looks of the night. >> so many amazing red carpetas designer here to break down all the trend. let's start with sequins sequins. it's all about crystal sequin gowns and the winner for crystal sequin >> demi moore, armani priv a custom head to toe. just fabulous. it's like the gown that you want to address what you know, you're going to win. we have selena gomez. i personally feel like this is our best look ever. i do agree. says giving old hollywood glamour. the inspiration was sophia lower end its custom. ralph lauren, off the shoulder, sequined gown, lush color, beautiful. and then emma stone, always, yeah, always great. and xi is a little bit on a basket or so, you know, says wailuku it's like a tank dress. but of course, it's different kind of temperatures because it's all covered in swarovski crystals. and of course, another big trend was safe. and we so much for ariana grande chanel, the obscene mail that would walked on the red carpet. i was like, yeah. as queen wicked queen in scupper ellie spring haute couture 2025 speaking

keith morrison: megan williams told the jury she was sure the killer was really carluccio.al liar, and anything that came out of his mouth was a lie, and any story that he made up was made up. keith morrison: so many suspects, said the defense. and they put on a retired detective to accuse the police of tunnel vision. because if you're doing shoddy work in the beginning and you're not paying attention to all the details and all of the information and vetting all of the leads, your investigation becomes sick. it's almost impossible to make it well again. keith morrison: as for forensic evidence, said the defense, forget about it. they called an expert to say there is no way a dog can follow a month-old scent. my opinion is is that's not possible. keith morrison: if true, that meant there was no proof jones had ever been in paige's car or along the highway where her belongings were found. but at the end of the six-week trial, the jury had heard from more than a hundred witnesses testifying about a nine-year investigation involving multiple suspects. so it wasn't surprising du

joining us right now is doctor megan ranney, the dean of yale school of public health.ood to see you again, doctor. thank you for coming in. we have this outbreak in texas that we have been tracking, and it is getting worse. now we have one a new case now confirmed in pennsylvania. what do you see in this outbreak? where and where it stands right now? >> well, it's too early to say whether that case in pennsylvania is one of the random cases that we see every year where there's an unvaccinated kid who is exposed to a traveler who is also unvaccinated, and whether that case in pennsylvania is just going to stop because the people in the community around them are vaccinated. real herd immunity, or whether the case in pennsylvania is a canary in a coal mine for the spreading of this texas outbreak far beyond texas and new mexico to the rest of the united states. you know, i and other physicians and public health experts are concerned because our level of measles vaccination in kids in the united states has dropped below the level that we need to protect our communities, me

. >> it's the water megan sugar. >>> next up is chris martin. running sub nine-minute miles. >> less impressive than the 3:30, but that's amazing. >> impressive. >> finally, we will end on "crazy rich asians." this beloved story is coming back to the screen. ♪ >> ever since i can remember, my family has been my whole life. rachel! rachel! >> if nick chose me, he would lose his family. and if he chose his family, he might spend the rest of his life resenting you. >> well, seven years after the box office hit won over rom-com lovers on the big screen, "crazy rich asians" is expected to make a return in the form of a new tv series. deadline reporting that the show will be based on the three best-selling books. the director of "wicked" expected to produce this project. last year there were reports that it was headed for a possible stint on broadway. so we will keep an eye on that. guys, that's your "popstart". >> something for everyone, thank you. >>> straight ahead, we're going to help you get ready for spring break, folks. it is about to warm up.