she texted sam boardman "i'm losing hope, i think he really did it."though she knew conrad was alive. three minutes later she texted conrad, "the generator will work 100% and quick. i don't get why you don't just use that." >> she's telling her friends that he's missing, he might've committed suicide, when she knows exactly where she he is. she's talking to him. >> and then, she made sure to instruct him before he did die that he should write her a suicide letter, and that his last tweet should be to her, because she wanted to get a shout out from him. >> yes. >> reporter: the commonwealth also claimed michelle tried to cover her tracks by sending conrad text messages after she knew he was dead, like this one the day after his suicide. "did you do something? conrad, i love you so much. please tell me this is a joke. >> reporter: and she continued sending texts to his phone for months, nearly 80 of them. the prosecution argued she deliberately sent the texts as a way to change her story. at the time i went along with it because i knew you weren't going

it comes from david boardman in pennsylvania who is a legendary editor and journalist. the question is, sally hasn't been any discussion among the major news players, about working together on ground rules for when projections given the unique circumstances? >> i sumi mean around race calling and other things. i mean that's a great question. think it sort of a double edge sword. i think that there has been som some. i thought about that question. i think that the media is very worried about -- violent other news organizations that hey here's how are going to do election night. think they would be open to some people in this country perhaps saying that media was colluding or something like that. so i think there has been some , no we all have our ethical standards. other news organizations that are fact-based incredible and have high standards we consult with regularly just to make sure that we know, like lou are we doing things the right thing is there some better way to do something or something like that. there has not been actually. we have been participating to like