ever. >> he also stayed in touch with marie's husband, andre jackson. a connection to him. >> yes. he was my dad. you know, that was the only father i had, and i missed him. >> meanwhile, the rest of marie's family wondered if andre knew more about her death than he was saying. they believed police had those same questions. but andre had never been arrested. and then came that letter, which changed everything. handwritten or typed? >> it was typed. >> the unsigned letter read in part, "it is very unlikely that the individual or individuals responsible for her death will be brought to justice. although you may be receiving lip service from her former office, believe me when i tell you that the agency has literally placed her death on the back burner. the agency, of course, meant marie's secret employer, the central intelligence agency. >> she worked for them, and they never offered a reward for her, any information regarding her case or anything. >> the letter continued, "her former colleagues at work have been placed under a gag order by their office. t

first-degree murder. >> andre jackson was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. for marcus singleton, this victory was bittersweet. he still wants to hear the truth from andre himself. he knows he says that that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. >> i try to live my life to make her proud of me. i'm never going to give up. never going to give up on anything that i feel is important. and -- >> and that's her. >> and that's her. that's living for her. that's honoring her and honoring her name. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. anks for nbc 10 news starts now. >>> under water. heavy rain brings flooding to our area during the start of the holiday weekend. good evening, i'm jaclyn london. >> and i'm jay rosenfield. >>> streets and neighborhoods left really unrecognizable. the floodwater rose fast, and there was really nowhere to go. >> neighborhoods are still trying to dry out tonight. >> reporter: check this out, water from a flooded back yard is flowing down this drive

first-degree murder. >> andre jackson was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. for marcus singleton, this victory was bittersweet. he still wants to hear the truth from andre himself. he knows he says that that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. >> i try to live my life to make her proud of me. i'm never going to give up. never going to give up on anything that i feel is important. and -- >> and that's her. >> and that's her. that's living for her. that's honoring her and honoring her name. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. anks for . . breaking news. commandos storming a bakery. right now trying to free hostages taken by isis. we will have the latest bangladesh. >>> cracking down on illegal fireworks sales. firefighters urging you to leave the big stuff to the pros. >>> an all nighter. the celebration going on until down at the air and space museum. >>> first we begin with insane back backup. chopper live over route 50 west of the chesapeake bay bridge. at 11:00, w

first-degree murder. >> andre jackson was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. for marcus singleton, this victory was bittersweet. he still wants to hear the truth from andre himself. he knows he says that that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. >> i try to live my life to make her proud of me. i'm never going to give up. never going to give up on anything that i feel is important. and -- >> and that's her. >> and that's her. that's living for her. that's honoring her and honoring her name. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. anks for . >>> next at 11:00, a somber night at a mall, the extra precautions parents are taking after a traffic accident. and claims of hazing at a san francisco fire academy. the news starts in 30 seconds. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >> i know accidents do happen and stuff like that, but that's a terrible thing. >> right now at 11:00, a tragic start to this holiday weekend. a little boy dies after being hit in the parking lot of a crowded

andre they going to explode that movement go the way of the rainbow coalition movement, of which i was a part, after the jesse jacksonaign of 1988. this is a very critical movement. the genie of progressive politics is out of the bottle. there are powerful forces that want to put that back in. they want bernie sanders and his movement to go away. they want to return to business as usual. our job is to make sure that that does not happen. danny: larry said it perfectly. it is what we do beyond the ninth of november is the most important thing. , the way int we do which we view progressive politics, getting leaders elected to local, regional governments, national governments, those are the things we are going to do. we have to continue to understand the dialectics we are dealing with, to understand that the dialectics are always changing in this situation. we've got to find a way, as we bring this movement forward, it also uses insight and imagination, and the idea of transformation. dr. king always talks about transformation. theneed for us to transform institution and ourselves. what does that transformation look lik