chad daybell was also indicted in the murder of his former wife. >>> texas is about to become the latest state to let people carry a handgun pretty much without restrictions morgan chesky now with that story >> reporter: tonight in texas, getting hands on a handgun about to become even easier lawmakers in austin passing house bill 1927, allowing anyone 21 and up who is legally allowed to buy a handgun. no license needed. >> anything that allows our law abiding citizens to protect themselves and their family is a good thing. >> reporter: nationwide, similar handgun measures already exist in 20 states in texas, the law eliminates not only the license but also the written test, training, and state background checks. does this make your job harder >> i think it does. >> reporter: mike mata is president of the dallas police association. >> supporters will say more good guys with guns makes your job even easier. >> well, my answer to that is how do i know you're a good guy? you might go to a scene and now you have three, four, five people that are openly carrying a firearm. >> reporter: the bi

here's marcus moore. >> reporter: lori vallow and husband chad daybell facing first degree murder charges in the deaths of her children. daybell facing another murder charge in the death of his first wife. >> the maximum penalties carry up to -- they could run consecutively or concurrently. do you understand that? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: vallow gained national attention in november of 2019 after family reporting her two kids missing and possibly in danger. the news coming as it was revealed vallow married daybell. in court documents a friend claimed around the time the children were last seen vallow told her j.j. was a zombie and that a person's true spirit was stuck until the host body is physically killed. i asked daybell about tylee and j.j.'s whereabouts. >> no comment. > reporter: after a month's long search investigators found the children's remains. they found the remains in a shallow grave. they have yet to enter a plea on those murder charges. >>> when we come back, a new discovery on an amazon construction site. >>> and the honor tonight for an actor who died too soon. duxe h

chad daybell was also charged with murdering his previous wife weeks before he married lori vallow. the children di=peared in pq 2019, their remains were found buried in the back yard of chadw daybell's home.hby[wg 69-year-old man missing in the oregon wilderness for 17 nights was found alive.$a harry burleigh was reported missing may 7th after he did not come home from a fishing and camping trip. rescue crews searched but could not find him for days. they said temperatures dropped into the 20s, and it snowed last week. on sunday they found a makeshift shelter, called out his name, and he responded. >> he told the searchers "j[n =b kept doing this, yéd know, one day at a time, áuq( at a time.kygr jsjutjrráh3n role. >> he's reported to be in stable condition. >>> still ahead, john cena controversy. why the wrestling star is apologizing after making a comment about taiwan. n bring their kinder joy toys to life with the applaydu app and discover a universe filled with mini games so they can imagine, play, and explore. bring their kinder joy toys to life in applaydu. download the free a

prosecutors say lori and chad exchanged text messages claiming tammy daybell, his then wife, was possessedly chad increased the life insurance policy a month before her dead. vallow accused of collecting social security benefits for months after her children were killed. her deceased brother alex allegedly part of the plot too. according to the indictment he conspired to commit the murder of tammy daybell. chad daybell will be arraigned on june 9th. no date was given for lori's next appearance, but both could face the death penalty if convicted of first degree murder. george. >> thanks. >>> let's bring in our chief legal analyst, dan abrams, great to have you back in studio right here. the kids disappeared in 2019. why did it take so long. >> i think there were a couple of reasons, first of all, they had been suspects since the children disappeared and have certainly been suspects since the bodies were found on his property and the question became, wait a sec, why wasn't he initially charged with murder, she initially charged with murder? i think that they wanted to make sure they didn't j

daybell's former wife tammy suddenly died. >> once the children's bodies were found and other questions were being asked, immediately they exhumed her body. now it's clear the authorities believe that she was murdered by chad and that lori conspired in that effort. uerstand you have right to counsel. >> reporter: vallow and daybell were already facing charges related to her children's deaths. both had pleaded not guilty but the new first degree murder charges bring the possibility of life without parole or the death penalty. >> i think one interesting question now will be is there a chance one turns on the other? would prosecutors be willing to cut a deal with one of them? >> now, prosecutors have not said whether they will pursue the death penalty. lori and chad are both expected in court today. >>> now to the fight against the coronavirus and what's being touted as a major milestone over half of the adults in the u.s. are fully vaccinated and state incentive programs are aimed at moving that number higher. elizabeth schulze has the details from washington. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, andrew. well, the cdc reports more than 100 million americans are now fully vaccinated and th

here's abc's marcus moore tonight. >> reporter: tonight, idaho mother lori vallow and husband chad daybellppearing separately before a judge facing first degree murder charges in the deaths of her two children, tylee ryan and j.j. vallow. daybell also facing another murder charge in the mysterious 2019 death of his first wife. >> the maximum penalties of all of those counts carry up to -- they could all run consecutively one after the other or they could run concurrently, do you understand that? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: vallow gained national attention in november 2019 after family reported 17-year-old tylee and 7-year-old j.j. missing and possibly in danger. the news coming as it was revealed vallow had married daybell after joining his doomsday religious group. in court documents, a friend claimed that around the time the children were last seen, vallow had told her j.j. was a zombie, quote, considered a dark spirit and that a person's true spirit was stuck until the host body is physically killed. in february of 2020, i asked daybell about tylee and j.j.'s wereabouts. are the kids oka

to commit several crimes that led to the deaths of three innocent people. >> reporter: tammy daybell was chad's first wife, and tylee and j.j. were lori daybell's children. tylee and j.j. were reported missing by his grandparents in 2019. a judge ordered chad and lorri to produce the children, but they never cooperated. lorri was arrested in hawaii while on her honeymoon with chad daybell. j.j.'s and tily's remains were found burred in a backyard in 2020. tammy daybell had been found dead in her home around the same time the children went missing. the new murder charges were announced today on what would have j.j.'s ninth birthday. jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. >> o'donnell: and turning overseas now, secretary of state anthony blinken met today with israeli and palestinian leaders, hoping to solidify the peace after the deadliest fighting in years left gaza in ruins. cbs' holly williams is there. >> reporter: the u.s. wants to make the cease-fire stick. >> palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely to enjoy equal measures of freedom, opportunity, and democracy,

after his ex-wife's death, chad and lori daybell married and later moved to hawaii alone. >> just tellple what's happening. >> reporter: court documents reveal chad took out a large life insurance policy on tammy, and lori continued to collect her children's social security survivor benefits after their deaths. j.j.'s grandparents had been demanding justice. >> she should be held accountable 100% for everything. >> reporter: chad has written several doomsday books and allegedly led a dangerous cult. investigators say lori believed her children had become zombies. if convicted, both could face the death penalty. carter evans, cbs news. >> o'donnell: tonight, the c.d.c. is warning that 10 million americans are compromised immune systems that they will need to continue wearing face masks, even after being vaccinated against covid. cbs' nikki battiste explains why. >> reporter: the easing of covid restrictions has onldee fearlli, like 43-ar-old jenr trokhan. reporter: shes fully vaccinate, yet wholly unprotected from the virus because her immune system is suppressed by medicine she takes t

lori vallow and chad daybell will be arraigned in a couple of hours each facing three murder chargesuried on daybell's idaho prob. kylee's body dismembered and third and j.j.'s in black plastic and duct tape. >> despite the delays we have been working diligently to pursue justice for the victims in this case to insure we have the evidence required to prove the facts beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of day. >> daybell and vallow are also charged in the murder of tammy daybell. chad's first wife. she died suddenly in october of 2019. weeks later chad daybell and lori vallow got married and headed to hawaii refusing to answer questions about the ex wife or the then missing children. relatives say daybell and vallow were part of a doomsday cult and vallow had become convinced her children had turned into zombies before she and daybell allegedly killed them. that first court appearance as i say coming up in just a couple of hours. >> bill: jonathan hunt. thank you. >> dana: 11 minutes before the hour. critical race theory off the curriculum in tennessee. they banned the teaching of th

chad daybell is charged with murdering his first wife, tammy daybell.y married weeks after her death. todd: thanks for the update. jillian: anthony blinken just arrived in cairo to have a meeting with egypt's president, they will discuss the us pledge of $110 million to rebuild gaza, blinken announcing plans to reopen the consulate in jerusalem which debuted under the trump administration. the palestinians calling for a return to the iran deal. he will travel to jordan to decrease tensions across the region. todd: let's go live to the white house where the administration will meet virtually with jewish advocacy groups is that meeting amid pressure to do more after a spike in anti-semitic attacks in the us. africans asking for security near synagogues and other houses of worship asking the administration to fill two positions to combat anti-semitism including reinstating a white house liaison. mark levin who is jewish himself had this to say about top democrats refusing to defend israel. >> i blame the democrat party because the democrat party starring t

jamie yuccas has more on the indictment. >> reporter: this was the scene at the idaho home of chad daybelldiscovered the bodies of 16-year-old tylee ryan and 7-year-old joshua "jj" vallow. daybell as well as his new wife lori vallow, the children's mother, were charged with multiple felonies, including conspiracy to hide the children's remains. they both pleaded not guilty. now a grand jury has indicted them for murder. >> the penalty for the most serious charges range from life in prison without the possibility of parole to the death penalty. >> reporter: daybell married vallow in 2019, just two weeks after the death of his wife, tammy. the timing raised the suspicions of authorities who had her body exhumed. the autopsy report is still pending. daybell is charged with murder and insurance fraud in connection with her death, as well. >> lori daybell was also indicted on the charge of grand theft related to social security survivor benefits allocated for the care of minors tylee ryan and j.j. vallow that were appropriated after the children were missing. >> reporter: according to court doc

grand jury has indicted lori vallow and chad daybell on a number of charges including murder and conspiracy. police discovered the children's remains on daybell's property last june. in this case, gained attention for the couple's doomsday beliefs. court documents allege their mother zombies and that she was on a mission to rid the world of such creatures. >>> new developments in the killing of a tadaro-ott girl in antioch. a 19-year-old oakland man is under arrest and the deadly shooting two weeks ago. police say the girls found in an upstairs bedroom at a home on oak haven way. u.s. marshals arrested the man at a home in oakland. investigators have not released emotive. >>> a terrifying ordeal for low oakland's catholic bishop. michael barber. he revealed during sunday services he was robbed at gunpoint while out for a walk over the weekend. >> he said, give me your wallet, and i was terrified. i was afraid, you know. maybe this is it. >> bishop barber said he noticed a young man following him in front of the paramount theater on saturday. within seconds, arbor said the young man a slamme

the grand jury has indicted lori following chad daybell on conspiracy to commit murder.his case gained attention for the couples doomsday beliefs, court documents alleged that they believe the children were zombies and she was on a mission to rid the world of such creatures. >>> new developments this morning in the killing of a 12- year-old girl and antioch, a 19- year-old oakland man is under arrest in that deadly shooting that happened two weeks ago. police say the girl was found in an upstairs bedroom on okay even way, u. s. marshals arrested the man at a home in oakland. investigators have not released a motive. >>> the biden administration says it will allow the building of wind turbines in federal waters off the coast of california. during a conference call with the secretary of the interior the governor welcomed the project with open arms. >> what is significant about this announcement is we are talking about a game changing investment in a green energy future that is not an investment in power production. near communities that are traditionally underserved and th

lori vallow and chad daybell.hey were each indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy and murder in the deaths of vallow's 2 youngest children. 7 year-old joshua 16 year-old tylee. the children's remains were found buried on daybell's property a year after they disappeared in 2019. daybell is also charged with the murder of his former wife just weeks before his marriage to vallow the indictment does not reveal how the victims died does say both defendants beliefs about the apocalypse to justify the killings today marks 5 years since teenager vanished while on her way to school. the overpass above interstate 7080, in vallejo. >> was the last place at 15 year-old pearl pinson was seen alive. police tracked down 19 year-old fernando castro seen here who they believe kidnapped her and went to southern california santa barbara county. but before they could get any answer a suspect was killed in a shootout with police today. pence's family held a vigil in vallejo as they do every may 25th to mark their her disapp

and i hope the state uses it i don't think tammy daybell was murdered just because chad daybell wantedd patterns the day those two children were buried in backyard, right. >> i learned this in this indictment he went so far as to google the wind patterns and we believe it's because he wanted to figure out if the neighbors would be able to smell the decomposing bodies as they were buried. ainsley: nancy, thanks so much for being on with us today. i can't imagine how a mom could do that to her children. but -- i don't know, he this are not convicted yet. thanks so much. watch nancy grace on crime stories. it's available on fox nation. plus, veterans and military get a free year of fox nation if they sign up today through memorial day at fox nation.com. 28 minutes after the top of the hour. still ahead meet the former atlanta police officer who left the force to serve his hometown in a new way next. ♪ my name is monique, i'm 41, and i'm a federal contract investigator. as a single parent, i would run from football games to work and trying to balance it all. so, what do you see when you lo

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reporter: speaking to a local news crew in arizona after the children's mother, lori vallow daybell, and husband chad indicted in idaho on nine new charges including first-degree murder. >> there are so many layers. every week, every month, there's something new in this case. >> reporter: the couple appeared separately at a hearing yesterday. >> miss daybell is present here. mr. daybell, can you hear me okay? >> yes. >> reporter: before her charges were read, lori's attorneys unexpectedly requested to reschedule the proceeding. >> okay that will be all for today. thanks for appearing. we will be adjourned. >> reporter: today documents unsealed revealing in march, a competency evaluation found lori, quote, is not competent to proceed. prosecutors are appealing that finding. >> what they're going to try to do is try to find a way to make her competent. what exactly is the issue that makes it hard for her to understand how this case is going about? does she need to be medicated? does she need to be transferred to a different facility to get additional medical services? they're going to keep trying to fi

separate case, prosecutors have since named alex cox a co-conspirator in the death of tammy daybell, the former wife of chadustifying the alleged murders because of their spiritual beliefs. >> ever since she's been involved in this doomsday cult, that is not the same lori that we knew for 13 years. >> reporter: no date or time has been set for that hearing to discuss whether vallow will face -- will stand trial and, whit, this is a case that has so many twists and turns and a family's wait for answers clearly is not over. >> truly a disturbing case, marcus, thank you so much. >>> we turn to the blockbuster comeback for the movies. huge titles like "cruella" and "a quiet place: part 2." set to hit theaters this memorial day weekend, but will people go back inside theaters? it all comes on the heels of amazon's billion dollar purchase of mgm and our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis has more on all of that. rebecca, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning. yeah, this weekend there will for the first time in a long time be movies you might actually want to see. there will be new safety res

chad day bell after the couple was charged with the murder of value low's two kids. kylie ryan and jj value low went missing in 2019. their bodies were found on daybell'sof his first wife tammy. believe the couple fringe beliefs motivated the killings. former marine to spain for trial for breaking in the north korean embassy. fighting back in court. >> believe that the truth logic, common sense will -- you know, make the day. ainsley: faces danger of north korean retaliation if he is extradited. alex trebek and larry king posthumously nominated for emmys. king outstanding informative talk show host and trebek's game show host: trebek two other nominations for outstanding game show and outstanding daytime special event. the emmys will be presented on june 25th. flaming hot fires. a texas woman loses her job after video shows her climbing into a spider monkey exhibit and feeding the animals hot cheetos. the law firm calling the former litigation assistant's behavior quote reckless. that could be a start as the zoo and el paso police are considering pressing charges against the woman. that is a look at your headlines. brian, i will send it to you. brian: