adkins, united states army. sergeant first class bennie g.ins distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an intelligence sergeant with detachment a-102, 5th special forces group, 1st special forces, during combat operations against an armed enemy at camp a shau, republic of vietnam, from march 9 to 12, 1966. when the camp was attacked by a large north vietnamese and viet cong force in the early morning hours, sergeant first class adkins rushed through intense enemy fire and manned a mortar position, continually adjusting fire for the camp, despite incurring wounds as the mortar pit received several direct hits from enemy mortars. upon learning that several soldiers were wounded near the center of camp, he temporarily turned the mortar over to another soldier, ran through exploding mortar rounds, and dragged several comrades to safety. as the hostile fire subsided, sergeant first class adkins exposed himself to sporadic sniper fire while carrying his wou

adkins'?orrect. >> reporter: far more believable the defense said was adkins' story of an accident. >> he has insisted since september of 1982 he didn't do anything, she fell from his car. that has -- that has not changed at all. lots of other evidence has vanished, witnesses have disappeared or died that's the one thing that has not changed. >> reporter: and even if you didn't believe russell adkins' words, the defense said, his actions that night seemed to speak for themselves. >> frankly, it doesn't make sense that someone who has just murdered someone is then going to go door to door at 3:00 in the morning, pounding on doors, trying to get them to call someone to come help her. >> putting yourself at the scene? >> correct. >> reporter: and if the crux of the prosecution's case was the science, the defense was more than happy to make this a case of dueling science. >> you knew early on it was going to be a battle of science, expert versus expert? >> yes. >> reporter: and if weighty resumes

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>> trace adkins on the show. a tribute to american heroes coming up tomorrow night.f with two women who can tell us the one thing you can do in your bed in the morning to take off the weight. >> oh. >> it's not that thing. it's another thing. we'll talk about it. >> do we want to do this thing? >> yes. it's effortless. now, you're speaking my language. effortless. done. thank you. >> that's on "megyn kelly today." >>> time for a check of the weight it's going to be unseasonably mild. very nice. rain amounts in the northwest. breezy in texas. sunshi along the eastern seaboa mildes day in the east. the we light the christmas tree, light that. snow showers out west. we're also looking alt gusty winds. and for the christmas in last year, rainy and windy. 51. clear, and mild. that's what's goin on around >>> good morning. clear skies right now. expect to look like this lots sunshine and it's going 40 degrees right now in the next rain chance won't be until 34 degrees in gaithersburg 32 dulles. clinto it's a cold one out there. by the afternoon, >> giving tuesday on "today

>> trace adkins on the show. a tribute to american heroes coming up tomorrow night.with two women who can tell us the one thing you can do in your bed in the morning to take off the weight. >> oh. >> it's not that thing. it's another thing. we'll talk about it. >> do we want to do this thing? >> yes. it's effortless. >> yes. now, you're speaking my language. effortless. done. thank you. >> that's on "megyn kelly today." >>> time for a check of the weather, al. >> the one thing you can do with your weather to lose weight, we can show you right now. it's going to be unseasonably mild, very nice. rain and mountain snow, breezy through texas. mildest day of the week in the east. the day we light the christmas tree, we like that. we're looking at gusty winds out west. and for the christmas in rockefeller center. two years ago, cloudy and wet. last year, rainy and windy. this year, it will be clear and mild. come on down tomorrow night right here at rockefeller >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cold morning but we've got bright sunshine. it's going to be a

her daughter -- kaliyah adkins -- was a student at sassarini elementary school also in sonoma.e just talked to her family... they wanted thank everyone for their support.. and let everyone know the little girl is an organ donoar.. the suspect in the case is jose lopez-perez. he is facing multiple charges including murder.. prosecutors say he was convicted of d-u-i back in 2013. . (grant) also tonight we're learning more about a deadly crash on highway 101 in san francisco. it involved a dump truck and a muni bus -- and caused a major traffic mess... kron4's gabe slate reports from 101. summary: one person has died in a collision this evening on southbound u.s. highway 101 in san franciscothe crash involved a muni bus and a dump truck.2 people were transported to hospital for minor injuries 4 were treated on the sceneit happened just before 4 p.m. on the highway near the cesar chavez street off-ramp. (steve) only on kron-4.. we're learning kron-4.. only on (steve) (steve) only on kron-4.. we're learning more from the brother of a man shot by bart police in richmond two days ago.

. >> that guy >> if we just all concede that trace adkins is a [ bleep ], can we move on? ever happened to me. the worst? >> sitting here thinking, this song sucks. then i realized it was a dannon shea song and everything made sense. >> would rather live a musicless life than hear jana kramer on the radio. awesome. >> some say i should just ignore what i think sucks, so today i'm ignoring chris young's new album. >> dude from florida georgia line looks like clayton kershaw, if he gave up baseball and started making [ bleep ] music. >> lady antebellum is the musical equivalent of getting kicked in the sac. that can be a good thing. >> just got kicked in the sac with our music. >> chris stapleton proves ugly >> i kind of feel like jake owen is a douche bag, but i don't know, with a frog emoji and a coffee cup, which i don't even have any idea what has to do with me being a douche bag. >> little big town sounds like they threw cats in a bag and beat them with a tennis racket. >> that is meanness. >> justin moore, get some pants that fit, bro, i can see your balls. [ laughter

just a few miles away in the town of adkins, neighbors spent two days cooking over 5,000 pounds of food to raise money to assist the victims. >> i mean, like i said the some and is never going to replace the actual victims but it will help them in need, i guess the recovery process. >> reporter: volunteers of the first baptist food pantry showed up this weekend like they always do to help the needy. the woman who organized the effort for years was lost in the attack. >> liz is no longer with us except in spirit. >> reporter: for lou they served up bread and love and even a little laughter. [laughter] >> reporter: church leaders said volunteers allowed them to transform the site of the shooting into a beautiful memorial that celebrates and pays tribute to the lives that were lost. linda lopez, abc news, new york. >> back here philadelphia police are looking for a masked gunman who shot a man outside a grocery store. police say the victim and another man were standing here at the 2800 west huntington street location just before 7:00 when the suspect walked up. he shot the victim three tim

in the town of adkins neighbors spent two days kicking over 5,000 pounds of food all to raise money tossist the victims. >> i mean, like i said, the money is never going to replace the actual victims but it will help in the recovery process. >> reporter: volunteers of the first baptist food pantry showed up this weekend like they always do to help the needy. lou, the woman who organized the effort was lost in the attack. >> lou is no longer with us except in spirit. >> reporter: for lou they served up bread and love and even a little laughter. [laughter] >> reporter: church leaders said volunteers allowed them to transform the site of the shooting into a beautiful memorial that celebrates and pays tribute to the lives there were lost. linda lopez, abc news, new york. >> happening today, folks will gather in fairmount park to help in the battle against childhood cancers. lemon run philadelphia starts at memorial hall at 8:30. a kid's dash gets under way at 8 o'clock. people will make their way along the 3-mile course in the park. proceeds benefit alex's lemonade stand and its mission to

kimberly adkins, chief washington reporter for the "boston herald." vogel, "new york times" political reporter. thank you to all three of you. phil rutger, let me start with you because you got new reporting out in the "washington post" tonight about the pressure on donald trump to fight mueller publicly. you've written "a number of prominent trump allies including former trump white house chief strategist stephen k. bannon said they believe the president's posture is too timid. seeing the investigation sas a political threat, they're urging a more combative approach to mueller that would damage his credibility and effectively kneecap his investigation." the interesting part about the article, phil, is that the president is resisting this pressure. >> that's right. it would be within character for the president want to be combative and aggressive but he has been convinced at least as of now by his lawyers, ty cobb, john dowd, and jay sekulow to take a conciliatory approach, responsive in working with the special counsel and importantly to not personal

for more, i'm joined by nbc news capitol hill correspondent, kasie hunt, and kimberly adkins, chief washingtoneporter for the "boston herald." thank you, both, for joining us. i guess, what do we -- where does this stand qub ju, just in of the institution, do you think there will be an ethics committee investigation of this incident from his tour for the uso? >> it seems like it's on track, chris, for there to be an investigation. leaders in both parties are saying that's what needs to happen. obviously, franken himself said that. this is a pretty rare thing, though, and we almost never really get a glimpse at,looking at or investigating. you know, examples where there have been, you know, significant consequences out of some of this are relatively few and far between. there was a senator expelled back in the 1860s. most of the senators that have ever been expelled were expelled for joining the con fedderci. so then he recommend that packwood be thrown out the senate. packwood resigned before he allowed that to happen. so this is clearly something where you can tell that members of congress ar

along with three of his followers, susan adkins, patricia krenwinkel and van houtte on the, those sentencesuted to life when california outlawed the death penalty in 1972. manson spent nearly four decades behind bar, occasionally giving interviews in which he remained unrepentant and defiant. here is what he told nbc's tom snyder in 1971. >> how do you feel about spending the rest of your life in prison? >> well, we're all in our own prisons. we each are our own wardens, and we do our own times. we get stuck in our own little trips and we kind of judge ourselves way we do, you know. i can't judge nobody else. the best thingy do is try to judge myself and live with that. >> you scared to die? >> sometimes i feel i'm scared to live. living is what scarce me. dying is easy. >> for more i'm joined by linda deutsch, a former associated press correspondent who covered the manson trial. thank you so much for join uh us. >> thank you, chris. >> who howe do you think this all fits? i think some things are atmospheric at times. the late '60s, the 70s weed that symbionese army. what led people to join