guy baker: they had had their vehicles broke into. she was scared. josh mankiewicz: someone had been sneaking into their home, and now, someone was in their garage. i'm sitting there, panicking. like, he's coming at me. josh mankiewicz: in a flash, it was over. [radio] someone just got shot. josh mankiewicz: that charismatic kid dead on the floor. kate: that's diren. oh, i think i screamed for hours. josh mankiewicz: what had happened in that garage that night? it was just the last person that would come to my mind. josh mankiewicz: a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap? makes the statement, it's showtime. it's showtime? exactly. josh mankiewicz: a teenager. a father. a murder. no one would be the same. we are all, like, taken aback. [theme music playing] welcome to "dateline." he came to america as an adventurous exchange student, but diren dede took one risk too many, and it cost him his life. was his death a case of a homeowner protecting his family and property or something far more deliberate? here's josh mankiewicz with "deadly exc

peter baker longtime russia correspondent said it reminded him of the kremlin press pool takeover.t your takes on where that attack on the press stands and whether we are in much more sinister territory now. >> i do think we are in more sinister territory because you have to look at what is happening with ap. in light of his lawsuits against cbs, abc, threatening the licenses of other broadcast entities, this is all part of a pattern of roughing up anyone he views as either insufficiently loyal or people who have wronged him and he looks at the press as an entity that has wronged him. but what i would say is it's a lot of inside baseball of that ap is not allowed in the pool which means they can't get into all these places. to me it just says that the white house press corps which already does hard work is going to have to work a little bit harder reporting on an administration that already leaks like a sieve. >> donald trump is everything he can to destroy things that would restrain his power. that's the attorney general's he fires, the leadership in the military and the press is

a not safe for work "pretty woman," a crewball with real bite as well, sean baker's "anora" and its surprising> reporter: even though "conclave" may be a more somber example. would that be an example of defying gravity? ♪ remember as whit mentioned earlier, cynthia erivo and ariana grande expected to sing live on stage at the dolby, and, "wicked" might do well in costume and production design. maybe those are the truly glamorous oscars. we'll find out tomorrow, whit. >> whit: definitely looking forward to that. also we talked about your favorite to win best picture. but what about the one you enjoyed the most in the theaters? >> "i'm still here," the brazilian film, which i think is this sad and powerful story of life in a repressive regime, but the best capturing of a happy family i've seen in a film in a long time. >> whit: yeah, i thought it was incredible, and, of course, fernanda torres up for best actress as well. >> that's right. >> whit: i like "dune: part 2." i'm a sci-fi nerd, my favorite experience of the year. by just my personal thoughts. >> nothing wrong with that. >> whit: no pr