ashman at two different colleges still inseparable. >> she was more of a sister than a friend. >> a fateful decision with too much to drink this. >> we never thought it would impact as. >> reporter: jessica drove impaired for 30 miles before she hit a tree killing laura on impact. >> without the prosecutor i was a very tough. >> reporter: this person was us gorman's family wanted her in >> i despised her. i didn't think these talks she was doing was genuine. and she obviously looked at me as the enemy. >> i didn't do anything to you. what is he doing this to me? >> reporter: the case>> reporter: on -- the case dragged on. behind bars a surreal moment. why did so many people believe she was telling the truth? a 2020 interview that would change the course of her life. they asked if lori was alive what she wants jessica behind bars? >> he said that was my friend i wouldn't want him to go to prison. >> reporter: the two bumped into each other at a restaurant.>> i knew she was still doing these talks and i proposed why don't we do this together. >> reporter: the pair has traveled across the coun

ere's a detailed map of dialects from rick ashman's much discussed internet project. it's out there. he's got his own web site. the detail is from crowd sourcing. zillions of people basically, you know, connect with him via record what and they sound like and their location, and this has allowed actually crowd source in incredible detail how people sort it and today and all out as a linguist into different domains. this was published, by the way, after my book, so i didn't quib at the. but you can see domain level, you have that same plus thee three areas, great plains. the north zone, south zone and the midland zone. which splits the u.s. at a fundamental level, at how people speak. and you can also see the map apher's classic broad of the religious dominant zones in the country and you can see he east-west division and tiers. the midwest does exist in a sense but it's a federated it's one that i would that --i mean, obviously, there is a midwest. but what is it? it's that you had these three separate settlement streams who ave all experienced the same historical cha