we left cedar rapids, but cedar rapids never left us. countless police officers that have worked on this case. i felt like we, as a team, had finally done justice for the martinko family. dennis murphy: jerry burns was sentenced to life without parole. janelle stonebraker: as we were looking through pictures, we realized that she wasn't part of that christmas. she wasn't part of that birth. she wasn't part of that party. we kept going deeper and deeper into the box, trying to find, where was michelle? she had missed everything. the family album goes on, but she's not in it. she's not in it. dennis murphy: no, she's only in the old photos. a girl smiling out into a world of possibilities, stolen on a cold december night. that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. lvin, and this is dateline on mynetwork-tv.. the first thing they asked me was, who would want to kill you? who would want to murder you? and i just kind of looked at them, like what?

until enrolled in the power and excellence, a a public charter school map in its first year in cedar rapids. because of the help he's getting at his new school he said i have the opportunity to rebuild confidence in education. sarah swayze is a school found and she is a longtime civic leader and advocate, and empowering excellence is already expanding next year. it goes to show what's possible when a culture of innovation and work-based learning is allowed to take root and grow. lives changed. futures brightened. hope regained. both sarah and dekarion are here with us tonight. please join me in recognizing them for what they've accomplished. [applause] prioritizing students means setting the kind of high and rigorous expectations that bring out their very best. take literacy. last year we passed important legislation that requires schools to create personalized plans for students who are not reading proficiently at grade level. we also provide educators with no-cost training that's grounded in the science of reading. and we sent every first grader in the state of back of literacy enhancing

detroit, chicago, cedar rapids.t delays will be a big problem. then we talk about icing from albany to hartford, upwards of a quarter of an inch into indiana and northeastern and parts of northwestern ohio. dangerous driving, power outages. to the south locally, up to 6 inches of rain from mobile to atlanta. flooding will be a big problem as well. and then we've got a second storm, guys, coming that's probably going to cause problems saturday into sunday with more severe weather in the south and more snow making its way through the great lakes and the midwest. >> so one after the other. al, thank you. >>> now we have an important recall to tell you about. triunion seafoods is recalling tuna products sold at trader joe's, walmart, costco, and other stores. these cans might be contaminated with a type of bacteria that causes botulism. a potentially fatal form of food poisoning. now, the products were sold under genova, trader joe's and van kamp's. for a full list, go to our website today.com. >>> folks are doubling do

then it gets really widespread by the time we get to thursday from cedar rapids down to shreveport, mobile has a chance of breaking your record. the only other thing we have to worry about after we get rid of this cold it does warm up significantly but as we go through the upcoming weekend we will keep our eyes on the pacific northwest. you will have the worst weather by far of anyone this upcoming weekend, that's the new stormy spot with a lot of rain. >> bill karins, a lot to watch. shaq brewster, thank you both. >>> the u.s. and russia have agreed to create high-level teams to focus on ending the war in ukraine. >> top officials from both countries met for four and a half hours in saudi arabia earlier today. secretary of state marco rubio says they plan to improve diplomatic ties by restoring embassy staffing in moscow and in washington, d.c. ukraine did not take part in today's talks. president volodymyr zelenskyy has said ukraine will not accept a peace deal if it's made without their involvement. >> nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons is in saudi arabia and joins