craig melvin: except for that witness-- the girl who left those footprints.ilds: we will never know what cassidey saw and what she didn't see. craig melvin: maybe she couldn't tell detectives who the killer was, but maybe she didn't have to. the fact that cassidy was spared--

. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline," i am craig melvin, thank you for watching. >>> i am craig melvin, i am natalie morales, this is "dateline." >> my mother called and said michelle is dead. how is that possible? a young mother found brutally murdered. her little girl left to wander in her mother's blood. police had a suspect and ther say he had a motive. >> could they prove he was the killer? >> it was a circumstantial case. >> except for that witness, the girl that left her prints. >> maybe she could not tell detectives who the killer was. maybe she did not have to. the fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to the jury? >> the person that killed the mother cared about cassidy. ♪ hello, welcome to "dateline." michelle young was married to her college sweetheart and four months pregnant with their second child when the unthinkable happened. the young mother was beaten to death in her own bedroom. the investigation revealed a troubled marriage. her husband was on business. here is keith morrison with silent witness. >> i think i paused for a second and had to t

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i said, have you ever contemplated committing the perfect murder? and he said yes. the key element to that is making sure that someone is caught. once they have somebody, they'll stop looking, and that's how you can get away. >>> a cold blooded killing. a victim worth millions. and all kinds of conflicting clues. >> i never had a case this complicated before. >> police following multiple leads. until -- >> we asked who is that? and he says, he's my neighbor. he lives two floors below. >> a suspect under arrest. >> having somebody just taken away. sorry. >> case closed, or was it? could there be something else or someone else they'd missed? >> there were so many parts of the puzzle that were not adding up. >> someone had pulled the trigger, but had someone else pulled the strings? >> he was the type of guy that could take bad luck and turn it into fortune. >>> hello and welcome to "dateline." they were neighbors living large in thei

thank you so much. >>> craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. nikki haley out as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. sources confirming to nbc news that ambassador haley has told staff that she plans to resign, not however without a photo op with president trump in the white house. that photo op happening just a few moments ago. our producers are quickly bringing that tape to us. once they do, we will run that exchange in its entirety. nevertheless, it is a high profile embrace and exit for a popular member of the republican party, someone with possible designs on higher office as well. again, nikki haley at one point a state senator there in the palmetto state. from there she wen

i'm craig melvin. fans of steven b.liams hit radio show woke up every morning to his golden voice. he was a d.j. who found fame and fortune. then one day steven b. disappeared. detectives were determined to solve the mystery, but the key remained stubbornly out of reach wrapped in a napkin, tucked in a cabinet and hidden in a library. would anyone ever find it? here's keith morrison. >> reporter: down below the surface of the pacific ocean on the far side of california's catalina island is a silent current, strange how it flows up to the swelling coastline of santa barbara, then just before the open sea turns back to glide again past the storied island with one sunny day in may 2006 someone in it. >> i have a saying that i'd rather be lucky than good. >> reporter: ken clark of the l.a. sheriff's department has been at it a long time. as has robert martindale, more than 50 years between them. but nothing like the case that literally floated to them on a lonely reach of ocean out by catalina, would never have had the case

craig melvin, you have a lot to unpack. the final vote will move forward now on judge brett kavanaugh's confirmation to the supreme court. >>> hallie, thank you. good morning to you. craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we are glued to the floor of the u.s. senate just a few moments ago as hallie indicated there, judge brett kavanaugh passing that key hurdle for confirmation to the supreme court. slim vote, 51-49 on that procedural vote. three of the four key senators voting to end debate and proceed to a final vote. collins, flake, mansion, all yes. senator lisa murkowski, though, a no. remember, though, this is the first of two big votes and there appears to be real uncertainty for this nomination right now. about four hours from now, one of the key swing votes is scheduled to announce her decision on a vote for or against judge kavanaugh. you heard correctly, even after this key vote republican senator susan collins of maine holding open the possibility that her yes today may not necessarily be a yes

hello, and welcome to "dateline" extra, i'm craig melvin. with jack jessee at the helm, his big and blended california family seemed like one happy bunch. then jack was found stabbed to death in his living room, and police wondered if the jessees weren't as close as they seemed. the case went unsolved for years until an ace detective hatched an unconventional plan to catch his killers. here's keith morrison. >> the game is called mouse trap. the little ball on its track, the tiny mice which unless every lever works in unison will not be caught, and how often things go wrong to allow the mice to get away. so awed that what really happened could so eerily mimic a children's game. >> oh, how nice. >> these are the people it happened to. the jessee clan of orange county, california. they vacationed together. >> i'm tired. i'm ready to go home. >> shared birthdays. even got together for a monthly game of ten pin. but what these grainy home videos don't show is what is yet to come. which is murder, conspiracy. one branch of the family against the

good morning, craig melvin here. msnbc headquarters in new york with our breaking news coverage of hurricane michael. the cat 4 storm now just hours away from landfall in the panhandle of florida, possibly an historic storm for that area with, according to governor rick scott, quote unimaginable devastation. just moments ago the national hurricane center issuing its latest update. we've got a full team of nbc reports from that area. let's start with my "today" colleague, these coordinates just coming in. what are you seeing? >> craig, take a look at this. this eye is about anywhere from 10 to 20 miles wide, and these are these barrier islands. this storm literally has the capability, the possibility of changing the geography of the coast of florida. we could be talking about some of these barrier islands actually disappearing under this storm. and of course, you can see as it comes in, we always have to worry, especially to the east of the eye for tornados. we have a wide swath of tornado watches from panama city up

we'll see you again next friday >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> she's on a conveyer belt. only her feet were exposed. the workers thought it was a mannequin. her last hours on earth were not pleasant. >> young women murdered or missing. families in anguish. >> i would tech her and she would text right back, but this time nothing. >> when they killed her, they killed me. >> a serial killer at work and maybe he had a friend. >> that's crazy. they don't work together, serial killers are loners. >> very rare. >> two suspected killers on the hunt. hunting them a detective devoted to justice and more. >> it's almost like you adopted these young women? >> there was a lot of visits to my local church saying, please don't let me screw this up. [ music playing ] hello, welcome to "dateline," they were young women with their whole lives ahead of them. then one by one, they started to vanish. it would take a determined detective willing to go into dark places to uncover the d diabolical plot behind the appearances. here's keith morrison with "good and ev

last june craig melvin asked mr.he would have land led tl -- handled the situation differently. >> i don't think it would be an issue. if the facts were the same today, i wouldn't. >> do you feel like you owe her an apology? >> i never talked to her but i did say publicly on more than one occasion i was sorry. >> the clintons are launching a tour together soon speaking in 13 cities from november until may. the event promises to focus on quote stories and inspithat sha their career. >> thank you for joining us on this show this morning. i want to bring in michelle goldberg. welcome. thank you for coming on. let me pick up where receiveny just left off. bill and hillary clinton 13 tours. is that something democrats would love to see or not? >> no. i wish they wouldn't do this. they say this is somebody who supported hillary clinton in the election, who has a lot of admiration for her. who thinks she's been treated extremely unfairly by the media but given the fact and to some extent given the fact she's going to be tre

don't go far. >>> craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters. president in november, but this week he is making sure his ideas are all over the midterms, how he's flooding the midterm zone with more than just campaign rallies. >>> plus, cruise control? republican texas senator ted cruz leads his race in all the major polls. in his latest debate, his opponent borrowing from the president's brand, pulling out the lying ted moniker in the first few minutes. will his new aggressive style help or hurt his

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i'm craig melvin.years since angie dodge was murdered, and in that time, her mother believed christopher taft was innocent, pouring over the interrogation tapes and stunned to see a confused young man grasps for details. she now believed chris's confession was coerced, not true, the investigators told us, but why were they so certain? listen for yourself. here, again, is keith morrison. >> by the time we visited the city of idaho falls in march 2012, the angie dodge murder case was to some, a piece of city history, but no idaho's innocence project and the founder, it was a misjustice and a cause. >> if there's dna, for god's sakes, believe the science, people are not that accurate. the dna is very precise. >> and 15 years after the murder of her daughter, angie's own mother did what was once unthinkable. she had joined forces with the innocence project. >> the city of idaho has got it wrong. >> wanted somebody to take you seriously. >> yes. >> and in the years since the murder, finding the killer was h

i'm craig melvin.or watching. >>> i take this is an existential threat to california and america and the world, and i'm going to fight it with everything i can. >> california, versus the trump administration. >> jerry said i'll wall off california if trump wins. >> to say there's differences is the height of understanding. >> jerry brown, outspoken and ready for a fight. >> trump says global warming is a hoax. i say trump is a fraud. >> from semiry

good morning, craig melvin here.bc headquarters in new york with our breaking news coverage of hurricane michael. the cat 4 storm now just hours away from landfall in the panhandle of florida, possibly an historic storm for that area with, according to governor rick scott, quote unimaginable devastation. just moments ago the national hurricane center issuing its latest update. we've got a full team of nbc reports from that area. let's start with my "today" colleague, these coordinates just coming in.

craig melvin here in new york.l start there with president trump speaking with reporters in front of the white house. he is on the way to the first of a week-long state of events. two big headlines out of that impromptu back and

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. the rookie detective finally broke the case. >> oh, my gosh. i think i've hit dirt. a strange phone call with a secret.

nbc's craig melvin gets his eyes checked in our sunday spotlight. >> faster than the blink of an eye.n the tenth of a second a batter has to judge a 90-mile-an-hour pitch, that's why on a mid summer day at fenway park while scouts from other major league teams are judging the fielding and batting skills of these cape cod league players, red sox management quietly pulls the athletes off the field to have a closer look at their eyesight. >> in the far corner over there. >> the team pays dr. daniel labbe to test players using examounts you won't find at your regular eye doctor's office. >> go ahead and put the head set on. >> he's checking the identity to identify a pitch. >> you'll be able to determine whether or not it was a fastball, slider, curveball or change-up. >> the concentration at the plate. >> follow them with your eyes. tell me the phone number. >> 5713. >> and their reaction time. using a test that's close to a game of whack-a-mole. >> that was your best time, 7816. that player did it in under 8 seconds. i gave it a goal. >> that was about 10.3 seconds. >> what's the goal?

i'm craig melvin.ing to investigators, was a conman and liar believing he trained the bank account to beautify a yacht and then skipped town. the detectives were determined to find harvey and question him on steven's murder, but the trail was cold, then, hundreds of miles away, a retired cop with a sharp nose for nonsense picked up his scent. here, again, is keith morrison. ♪ >> reporter: it was september 2006 when a smooth talking stranger walked into pete's auto dealership in great falls, montana and got himself a job as a used car salesman. >> he was quite the character, not your typical car salesman per s persona. >> reporter: he was at the dealership the day the new guy started. >> he was very sure of himself to the point of smug. in montana, where you have a lot of down-to-earth meat and potatoes people where they are friendly towards one another, having someone with a smug attitude is not going to go over very well at times. >> reporter: still, joe was friendly in the way montanans are known for

i'm going to turn it over to my friend craig melvin, who is back at headquarters in new york.d.c. today? >> as it usually is, hallie jackson. thank you so much. catch your breath. >>> craig melvin here on a busy, busy, busy thursday morning here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we start with that breaking news. vote countdown, the fbi report is in. right now senators are feverishly going through what investigators found about the allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. any moment now democrats will be speaking publicly about the findings. we also expect to be hearing through lawmakers throughout the hour. >>> plus, a new report says this entire confirmation saga may be just what the republicans needed to fight back against the blue wave they expect in november. how it's giving them hope and energy for the upcoming midterms. more on that in just a moment. we start with that breaking news, the dramatic tug of war surrounding the kavanaugh fbi report is heating up right now on capitol hill. senators are getting their first look at that

right now more news with my dearest friend, the one and only craig melvin. >> are you going for a hatay? three hours? >> it is the international day of the girl. give me a little room. >> that's true. that's true. always good to see you, stephanie. >>> good morning, craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york city. path of destruction, that deadly storm still wreaking havoc on parts of the southeast right now. we are live across florida and georgia where the danger is not over yet. >>> plus, trump talks, in the last 16 hours, the president has rallied supporters. he's given two interviews to fox news. he talked collusion, a missing saudi dissident and his beleaguered attorney general, when he says he overrules jeff sessions. >>> plus, the kanye west wing, president trump and kanye west are slated to meet at the white house this hour. what's on the agenda and how this unlikely pair become unexpected allies. charlemagne will join me. >>> first responders just beginning to assess the damage across the florida panhandle and southern georgia from the devastation of now tropical storm mi

craig melvin, i gladly hand it over to you.een a whirlwind morning. >> always good to see you. >>> good morning, craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the investigation widens, the fbi probe into the accusations about brett kavanaugh is now bigger than the white house initially allowed. so what does it mean for senate republicans' plans to vote on his confirmation by the end of the week? plus, silencing stormy, a new report claims the president tried to stop stormy daniels from telling her story this year while he was in office, and he even tried to enlist his son eric to help. >>> and obama's picks. president obama just unveiling a new list of candidates he's backing in the midterms. how helpful is his stamp of approval? we'll get to that in just a moment. we start

craig melvin. >> i will see you here. we'll keep the seat warm for you. >>> craig melvin here msnbc headquarters in new york city, damage control, secretary of state mike pompeo in saudi arabia right now. he just met with the king to talk about the missing and suspected murdered -- suspectedly murdered saudi journalist. we're waiting to hear from turkish investigators who searched the consulate. >>> how low can we go? our discourse dominated by dna tests and threats of mob rule. is this the beginning of a relentless assault on one another in the lead up to the midterms and presidential election. >>> and a legends farewell. i sat down with paul simon on the heels of his farewell tour. we talked family, legacy, and what he is most proud of professionally as he prepares to settle down. we'll get to that a little later. we start with perhaps saudi arab arabia's best friend in the world right now, president trump, his secretary of state, mike pompeo in saudi arabia at this moment. he met with the crown prince and king a short

craig melvin. >> that's from my hometown, from columbia. that. >>> good morning, craig melvin, msnbc headquarters in new york city. too much trump? the president out in full force with his midterm message and rallies, interviews, and the oval office with kanye. is it welcomed help to republican candidates running in the midterms, or is it trump overload? >>> plus, storm recovery. it's going to take a very long time and tens of billions of dollars for part of florida to get back to where it was. so will the massive cleanup effort ahead affect the campaign and the vote there and block the vote? tens of thousands in georgia who registered to vote had their registrations put on hold, a disproportionate number of them black voters. and the man who runs the registration system, the republican candidate for governor running against a black democrat, the legal fight to let these people vote. we'll get to that in just a moment. >>> we start with that breaking news. an american evangelical pastor imprisoned in turkey for more than two years is now fr

craig melvin from msnbc headquarters in new york city.k the accuser, president trump mocking the woman who accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. it is a shift in tone for the president who just a few days ago praised her credibility. we'll dig into what's behind that change. >>> also, marketing the myth. a bomb shell report in "the new york times" takes an in-depth look at the president's wealth raising real questions about the money he has and the story he has been selling that he's a self-made billionaire. >>> not prepared, a new call for the secretary of homeland security to step down after a report found that the department was not ready to handle the

craig melvin. >> i will see you here.p the seat warm for you. >>> craig melvin here msnbc headquarters in new york city, damage control, secretary of state mike pompeo in saudi arabia right now. he just met with the king to talk about the missing and suspected murdered -- suspectedly murdered saudi journalist. we're waiting to hear from turkish investigators who searched the consulate. >>> how low c

in the meantime, more news with my colleague craig melvin on msnbc live picking it up in new york. ig melvin here, msnbc headquarters here in new york city. hanging in the balance, while president trump criss-crosses the country campaigning there's another man hard at work, robert mueller. the investigation rolls on. deputy a.g. rod rosenstein defending the investigation in a new interview. >>> also, president trump's white house counsel officially out, will we see a november surprise? >>> and the road to 2020 runs through south carolina, while democratic presidential hopefuls are starting their campaigns in the palmetto state and why joe biden doesn't want the dems to impeach trump. >>> and obama's message, the former president taken to the internet with an appeal to young voters, dote let misinformed elected officials determine your future. >> by the way, you wouldn't let your grandparents pick your play list, why would you let them pick your representative who's going to determine your future? >> we'll get to those stories in me

craig melvin from msnbc headquarters in new york city. attack the accuser, president trump mocking the woman who accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. it is a shift in tone for the president who just a few days ago praised her credibility. we'll dig into what's behind that change. >>> also, marketing the myth. a bomb shell report in "the new york times" takes an in-depth look at the president's wealth raising real questions about the money he has and the story he has been selling that he's a self-made billionaire. >>> not prepared, a new call for the secretary of homeland security to step down after a report found that the department was not ready to handle the administration's decision to separate migrant children from their parents. we'll dig into that in just a moment. >>> we start with the hand grenade that president trump threw into an already difficult fbi investigation process. two sources now familiar with the matter telling nbc news the investigation into brett kavanaugh may end as early as today. that

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> good morning.rown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it's 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west. here's what's happening. confirmed. brett kavanaugh sworn in as the 114th united states supreme court justice. >> it was a very unfair situation. so i evened the playing field. once i did that, it started to sail through. >> what does the president mean by saying he evened the playing field during the bitter confirmation process. new this morning, how some democrats put wheels in

craig melvin is in new york now. i'll hand it over to you. >>> good morning to you. melvin from msnbc headquarters in new york city. we continue to follow this breaking news. potential explosive devices mailed to president obama and hillary clinton. as you see there, cnn reporters and others have been evacuated from their headquarters here in new york city. this is a live look outside the time warner center here in new york city. the secret service confirming a criminal investigation into the explosive devices mailed to the two democrats a short time ago, they follow a similar discovery of a device found, a very similar device that was found monday in the mailbox of billionaire philanthropist george soros. let's start with our nbc reporter tom winter, nbc investigative reporter ron allen has made his way to chappaqua. this is a suburb of new york city. this is where president clinton and hillary clinton live. hans nichols is at the white house. tom, let me start with you here in the studio. i understand that you have some new reporting

more news with my colleague craig melvin in new york. >>> good to see you, craig melvin here msnbc headquarters city. here falsehoods and fact checks. we are officially two weeks from the midterms, and as president trump campaigns for republicans, he talks of riots that don't exist, makes unsubstantiated comments about who was in that migrant caravan, and screams congress will pass a tax cut before november even though lawmakers aren't in session. separating fact from politics. also, star power, trump hits the trail, there is clear enthusiasm among his base for him, but will that transfer to candidates he's stumping for. we'll look at that. >>> and pot politics, during one of the most divided times in our

in that very public role at the united nations in new york. >> josh letterman, kristen welker, craig melvin. guys, and lady, thank you very much for joining us. again, we are live here today at the university of nevada reno, the second stop on our week-long battleground college tour. we want to look at the critical races we'll be covering throughout the next hour. nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki is back in new york at the big board. he's also the author of the new book "the red and the blue." again, go and buy it. steve, we have sue ssie lee com on later. dean heller against jackie rosen. lay it all out for us. >> let's talk about that senate race. on our end, we might be able to make a little news on that race in a few hours. i'll tell you why. this is the most recent poll we got in the nevada senate race. it's from cnn. you can see here it's from a few weeks ago in september. had jacky rosen leading dean heller, the only republican incumbent in the senate running for re-election this year in a state hillary clinton carried in 2016. when i say we might be able to m

more news with my colleague craig melvin in new york. >>> good to see you, craig melvin here msnbc headquarters in new york city. here falsehoods and fact checks. we are officially two weeks from the midterms, and as president trump campaigns for republicans, he talks of riots that don't exist, makes unsubstantiated comments about who was in that migrant caravan, and screams congress will pass a tax cut before november even though lawmakers aren't in session. separating fact from politics. also, star power, trump hits the trail, there is clear enthusiasm among his base for him, but will that transfer to candidates he's stumping for. we'll look at that. >>> and pot politics, during one of the most divided times in our politics, a rare issue bringing people together, marijuana. we'll look at that, but we start with the fear and falsehood election. exactly two weeks before the midterms, president trump is pulling out a slew of unsubstantiated attack lines. phantom riots, attacks on muslims and latinos, mystery tax cuts all perfectly truthful perhaps inside the trump bubble, but one difference from

don't go far. >>> craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters. you may not be able to vote for the president in november, but this week he is making sure his ideas are all over the midterms, how he's flooding the midterm zone with more than just campaign rallies. >>> plus, cruise control? republican texas senator ted cruz leads his race in all the major polls. in his latest debate, his opponent borrowing from the president's brand, pulling out the lying ted moniker in the first few minutes. will his new aggressive style help or hurt his chances? >>> politics of hate, the new white nationalist movement plotting to take over the gop, and how it's trying to enlist college kids to make it happen. we'll goet to that in just a moment. we start as we have so many days this month with president trump in front of the cameras just moments ago, yet another fox interview. >> they talk about majority. we have a majority of this much. >> yeah. >> i always say if somebody has a cold, just a minor cold, we no longer have a majority. >> that's not the only event

craig melvin here in new york. we'll start there with president trump speaking with reporters in front of the white house. he is on the way to the first of a week-long state of events. two big headlines out of that impromptu back and forth. rod rosenstein aboard air force one. it would appear as if his job is safe for the time being according to the president. also president trump's opinions on democratic talk of impeachment of brett kavanaugh. i've got a team in place to break this down. rick tyler, an analyst, amber phillips, a reporter for the washington post. let us start with jeff bennett at the white house. what else did we hear from the white house? >> reporter: let's pick up where the president left off. you talked about rod rosenstein. testifies the focus of the new york times story. it was reported that rod rosenstein questioned the president's fitness for office. also wondered aloud about wearing a wire to secretly record the president. the meeting was supposed to have a meeting. it was said then that he

. >>> craig melvin at msnbc headquarters. president trump wants to turn the conference back to the -- conversation back to the midterms and away from pipe bombs and pittsburgh. the president says he wants to send 5,000 more troops to the southern border, and he wants to end birthright citizenship. is this what it takes to fire up the base and keep the republican control of the congress? >>> plus voice of the people, one week away from our midterm elections our road warriors are coast to coast talking to voters about what matters most to them. >>> and synagogue attack, president trump heading to pittsburgh as victims' families begin laying their loved ones to rest. why some in the community are saying the commander in chief is not welcome there. we'll get to that in just a moment. >>> we start with president trump's push to make the last week before the midterms about something other than pittsburgh, pipe bombs and his performance in the wake of both. he will visit pittsburgh later today, and some political and jewish leaders

craig melvin, i gladly hand it over to you. it's been a whirlwind morning. >> always good to see you. >>> good morning, craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the investigation widens, the fbi probe into the accusations about brett kavanaugh is now bigger than the white house initially allowed. so what does it mean for senate republicans' plans to vote on his confirmation by the end of the week? plus, silencing stormy, a new report claims the president tried to stop stormy daniels from telling her story this year while he was in office, and he even tried to enlist his son eric to help. >>> and obama's picks. president obama just unveiling a new list of candidates he's backing in the midterms. how helpful is his stamp of approval? we'll get to that in just a moment. we start with the ever-shifting definition of a comprehensive fbi investigation into brett kavanaugh. just moments ago, some breaking news, nbc news reporting that the fbi has completed its interview with mark judge. that's according to judge's att

craig melvin, msnbc headquarters in new york. we continue to follow this breaking news.tic escalation today in the nationwide manhunt for the person or people behind a rash after explosive devices sent to former presidents and prominent americans all over the country. today three more explosive devices have been discovered. the total now at ten. today's intended targets former vice president joe biden and actor robert de niro. other devices were addressed to hillary clinton, former president barack obama, former cia director john brennan, former attorney general eric holder, congresswoman maxine waters and george soros. none of the devices has detonated so far. we'll get details from our reporters and analysts. we start with pete williams. ron allen is outside robert de niro's tribeca restaurant. msnbc contributor former u.s. attorney joyce vance is with me as well. pete, bring us up to speed on where we are in terms of the investigation? >> ten devices as you say. they were looking for one pa

craig melvin, you have a lot to unpack. the final vote will move forward now on judge brett kavanaugh's confirmation to the supreme court. >>> hallie, thank you. good morning to you. craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we are glued to the floor of the u.s. senate just a few moments ago as hallie indicated there, judge brett kavanaugh passing that key hurdle for confirmation to the supreme court. slim vote, 51-49 on that procedural vote. three of the four key senators voting to end debate and proceed to a final vote. collins, flake, mansion, all yes. senator lisa murkowski, though, a no. remember, though, this is the first of two big votes and there

that's all for this edition of "dateline"ment i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> good morning to you. i'm richard liu i in new york. 7:00 in the east, 4:00 in the west. here's what we're watching this morning. new poll numbers showing voters are significantly more energized than nerp four years ago. what's good for the ds, what's good for thers? >> collusion, obstruction of justice, the issues being raised and what they mean. >>> plus the death toll and the rise for hurricane michael. the hard choices ahead for those who lost almost everything. first, new this morning, just 23 days to the midterm election and re-electing and not re-electing some of the folks headed to that building. a new poll giving a hint of what might happen. a sharp inees in voter en throughs yachl since the last midterm. 77% of registered voters say they are absolutely certain to vote or have already voted early. that's up 12 percentage points from a 2014 poll from october that year. specifically, enthusiasm is up among all demographic groups. but the increases are

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> good morning. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it's 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west. here's what's happening. confirmed. brett kavanaugh sworn in as the 114th united states supreme court justice. >> it was a very unfair situation. so i evened the playing field. once i did that, it started to sail through. >> what does the president mean by saying he evened the playing field during the bitter confirmation process. new this morning, how some democrats put wheels in motion to oust kavanaugh. >>> next up, midterms. how president trump is already using this latest battle to try to help the gop. >>> the democrats have become too extreme and too dangerous to govern. >> is this the joke gop needs to prevent a blue wave or will it energize democrats. >>> we begin with a live picture of the white house and president trump taking a victory lap after clinching his second supreme court nominee. the one republican senator who voted against justice kavanaugh. the president telling the "wash

thank you so much. >>> craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. nikki haley out as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. sources confirming to nbc news that ambassador haley has told staff that she plans to resign, not however without a photo op with president trump in the white house. that photo op happening just a few moments ago. our producers are quickly bringing that tape to us. once they do, we will run that exchange in its entirety. nevertheless, it is a high profile embrace and exit for a popular member of the republican party, someone with possible designs on higher office as well. again, nikki haley at one point a state senator there in the palmetto state. from there she went on to become the first female governor of south carolina, the first minority governor of south carolina as well. her husband a member of the international guard. she's a proud graduate of clemson university. she wears her tiger pride on her sleeve, frequently talks about clemson. also spends a fair amount of time talking about her two children as well. again, it wo

craig melvin at msnbc headquarters. the nation on high alert, on high alert over a domestic tryst terrorist who's been waging war through the u.s. mail all week. pete williams just a few moments ago reporting that a person has been taken into custody at this point, a person we're told perhaps in his 50s taken into custody in florida for questioning in connection with the mail bombs that have been sent to prominent americans all over this country over the past few days. details as to this person's connection right now, those details remain unclear. this coming as two more explosive devices were discovered today, a total of 12 devices have now been sent, 12 explosive devices. today one package found at a new york postal facility on the west side of manhattan. that one was addressed to former director

and i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline on mynetworktv. n't a very good anniversary gift.fter a fatal gunshot just hours after celebrating 16 years of marriage to her police officer husband. he told me she may have tried to clean my gun and it may have accidentally went off. natalie morales (voiceover): police were suspicious. the victim's own mother wasn't. she was so opposed to anyone even exploring the idea that her only daughter had been murdered. natalie morales (voiceover): as the years went by, the case grew cold until a reporter heated it up again. donna fielder: i stayed up all night reading that file and it was astonishing. natalie morales (voiceover): it turns out there was a lot less to this marriage than met the eye.

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. a vivacious young mother of three found murdered in a field. >> it's a lot of sadness. that someone would do that to a mother? >> why would this happen to her? >> was it someone she met that night? is it someone she knows? do we know them? >> blood in the house. in the car. on the road. and the trail led straight to her boyfriend. wisconsin. home of the legendary packers. a place where folks love their sunday football and a good "knock down" on lambeau field. but this past winter, after the football season had ended, the city became transfixed by a new battle of sorts. one that played out -- not on the gridiron -- instead, in a court room. a murder case where nothing was as it seemed. >> reporter: kids meant the world to nikki and she had two of her own. a son and a daughter from a previous marriage. >> was she a good mom? >> absolutely. she's amazing mom. >> reporter: in 2015, the busy mother finally decided to start dating again, when she met 33-year-old doug detrie. the two immedia

and i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline on mynetworktv. rrator: she was there. she'd walk into the room and it just kind of brightened. narrator: and then she wasn't. my initial reaction was, oh my god, what has happened? narrator: the mother they adored missing. in her place, a trail of blood. my biggest fear was that we were going to find her. narrator: what police found instead was a puzzle. man: in my 28 years, i've never seen that before. narrator: a missing woman, a mystery with few clues. did you find any fingerprints? no. hairs, anything? no. narrator: but did one man have a motive? he steals $300,000 and you're about to be exposed for it.

including al roker and craig melvin. >>> a storm moving up the east coast.s like a messy weekend for the northeast. here is meteorologist derek van dam. >> good morning, dave and christine. you have one more dry day ahead of you. more of that in a second. this low pressure that is really the culprit for the change in the weather forecast. it is bringing pwet weather across charlotte and the ohio valley and overnight and into saturday morning. as it strengthens off the east coast, it will turn into a nor'easter. temperatures will be too warm for this to be a snow event for the major east coast cities. a few flakes will fly in new york and vermont and new hampshire. there is the storm across the southeast. georgia to pennsylvania with wet weather and into maryland and delmarva peninsula. as we head into saturday, that is when we see the rain drops into new york city and boston. look at the temperatures as we head into the day today. 50 degrees for the big apple. 53 for d.c. back to you, thank you, derek. -- >> back to you. >> thank you, derek. >>> arby's is of

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. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> in is "dateline." >>> it's shocking.u just go in crisis mode. i don't think they knew exactly what had happened other than he was covered in blood. she was just broken and lost. there is a murder out there and it's terrifying. >>> it was supposed to be an anniversary celebration. 32 years together. >> they were in love even after all those

. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >>> you can lose a child withoutond. it wasn't an if. it was a when are they going to tell us she's not coming home. this is not what was supposed to happen. >>> the note was under her blanket. >> i saw it sticking out and i grabbed it. >> their daughter was a run washingt away. >> i am frantic. >> they called police, they searched and a jogger found a red shoe and a pool of blood. >> here they are, three