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i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. thank yog . i'm craig melvin. and i'm natalie morales.nd this is "dateline." >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> i'm here, asking for help. >> it was like hearing a ghost, a voice from beyond the grave. >> there's no way i can go back. >> can she help solve her own murder? >> so surreal. this is something that happens to other people, not to you. >> she was a dancer, who married a dashing photographer. >> you could see the body underneath the snow.

i'm craig melvin thank you for watching >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is." >> i said, did you ever contemplate committing the perfect murder? and he said, yes. the key element to that is making sure that someone is caught. once i 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

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm craig melvin thank you for watching >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i said, did you ever contemplate committing the perfect murder? and he said, yes. the key element to that is making sure that someone is caught. once i 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's that? he says he's my neighbor, he lives two floors below. >> a suspect under arrest. >> having someone just taken away, sorry. >> case closed. or was it? could there be something else or someone else they 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 a fortune. >>> h

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline." >> all of a sudden, i realized, what's going on? something definitely was wrong. he said, your family was in an accident. and my whole world just dropped out from underneath me. >> the scene told the story. >> what did you find? >> something i don't want to see again. >> a deadly crash on a dark road, two gone, one barely alive. a tragic accident. but look closer. in all the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? >> the last thing i wanted was to have to take a double fatality and now treat it as a homicide. >> murder and accusation no one saw coming. >> i couldn't deal with it. >> two families in torment. >> we were both just -- >> a small-town trial with big emotions. >> you took it. you did it. >> and the verdict -- >> we the jury. >> -- that would shake them all. >>> hello and welcome to "dateline." a dangerous highway in big sky country. that was the setting for a deadly crash that left shock and heartbreak

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i said, did you ever contemplate 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 kind 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. >> 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. >> "suspicion." hello, and welcome to "dateline" extra. i'm craig melvin. they were neighbors living large in a s

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. ng >>> she was a person out of a '40s film noir movie. which a life full of mystery to match. >> she was a stunner physically. she was able to say jump and the men would say how high. >> married to a wealthy lawyer. >> he always said she has this hold over me. >> but there was someone she seemed even closer to. >> they bought matching underwear together. >> they shared everything. >> the eating together, they're sleeping in the same bed together. she's living at her house. >> did they also share a deadly secret? >> it was a love triangle, and one of them had to go. >> but was it her idea? >> oh, god, it seemed like a good idea at the time, but oh, my god. >> or her's? >> oh, god, get out. >> and who would take the fall for evil? >> how deep of a hole did you dig? >> "poison." hello and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. larry was a successful trial attorney with a thriving practice, a wife he adored, and a lavish lifestyle. then the 53-year-old vani

aim i'm craig melvin thank you for watching >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie moralis. >> and thisateline." >> your husband, michael, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> no. no >> she's like poison candy. >> he fell in love with her. he thought she was the end all, be all. >> she had everything she wanted but she longed for

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> trying to solve this murder. >> we were going to set a trap for three people, and i wasn't sure if it was going to work or not. it had to be perfect. >> he was a family man who didn't seem to have an enemy in the world. right up until the night he was murdered. >> there was evidence of a violent struggle between jack and his killer. >> someone was keeping secrets, and police thought they knew who. >> her tone was just scary. >> they thought they knew the motive, too. but -- >> matter of proving it is a different story. >> until someone found the perfect bait. >> hey, dude, it's me. you need to [ bleep ] call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might literally get away with murder. >> "deadly conspiracy." hello and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. with doting grandfather jack jesse 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 p

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i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie moralis. >> and this is "dateline." >> i don't go undercover every day. that's what made me nervous. >> they had a secret plan. >> were you armed? >> yes. >> and you were wearing a wire? >> yes. >> to solve a baffling case. a college student on a friday night out who vanished. >> she was a very shy girl but she was something special. >> the possible suspects just about everyone. the friend, her boyfriend, the mysterious older man. even her mom. >> i was shocked that they even suspected me. >> so why were police at a dead end? enter this guy. >> he sees things other cops don't see? >> phenomenal. >> they call him the evidence whisperer. he's about to crack this case open before your eyes. >> the answer was in the details? >> it was right there. >> and you won't believe how. >> you walk out of there thinking, i spoofed him. it worked. >> i hoped. i wasn't quite sure. >> hello, and welcome to "date line." 250-year-old lynsi

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. thank yog . i'm craig melvin. and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> i'm here, asking for help. >> it was like hearing a ghost, a voice from beyond the grave. >> there's no way i can go back. >> can she help solve her own murder? >> so surreal. this is something that happens to other people, not to you. >> she was a dancer, who married a dashing photographer. >> you could see the body underneath the snow. >> where was her husband that night? >> my attorney said you don't know the tidal wave that's coming towards you, do you? >> seems like it's always the husband, right? isn't that what police say? this time, they weren't so sure. >> it's a whodunit. i have three viable suspect. >> three possible suspects? this victim also had a boyfriend, and he had a wife. >> everyone starts getting questioned. >> husband, boyfriend, jealous spouse. >> i said something like i hope she rots i

i'm craig melvin. 29-year-old andrea constant was devastated.he had just disclosed to her mom that during the visit at the home of her friend and mentor, bill cosby, he first drugged and then raped her. she reported the crime to police. but after investigating, the d.a. determined there was not enough evidence to prosecute. for some, that might have been the end of it. for andrea, it was just the beginning. here again is kate snow with "bringing down bill cosby: andrea constand speaks." >> i needed to make the first step. after that, it was in god's hands. >> reporter: it was early 2005 after the d.a. decided not to press charges against bill cosby, andrea decided to hire two suburban philadelphia lawyers. >> when andrea called me in 2005, little could i imagine that we'd still be on this journey in 2018. >> reporter: bebe kivitz and dolores troiani had years of experience helping survivors of sexual assault. after andrea's story made news, other women privately reached out with similar accusations. >> you start hearing from a lot of women. >> r

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> 96 kpke with the bird and the bee. >> i had a huge crush on him. he had this amazing voice. >> very gregarious, very charismatic. i think the passion he had for people came through. >> reporter: he was the guy the whole town woke up to, morning dj steven b. >> he was so funny and he had such a great love of music. >> he's loveable. i mean, everybody loves steven b. >> reporter: but soon it was fatally clear that not everybody did. >> they came upon a body floating in the water. >> shot him one time in the back of the head. >> i felt like i was in some made-for-tv movie. it's like "this can't be happening." >> reporter: what did happen? tonight, the hunt is on. a gleaming yacht. >> i thought, "why did you get on that boat?" >> reporter: a scheming businessman, and a missing fortune. >> you're a multi-millionaire and you don't have any money. >> reporter: from high seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. >> i don't think i'll ever get another case quite like

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> kept trying to solve this murder. we were going to set a trap for three people, and i wasn't sure if it was going to work or not. it had to be perfect. >>> he was a family man who didn't seem to have an enemy in the world, right up until the night he was murdered. >> there was evidence of a violent struggle between jack and his killer. >> someone was keeping secrets and police thought they knew who. >> their tone was just scary. >> they thought they knew the motive, too, but -- >> matter of proving it is a different story. >> until someone found the perfect bait. >> hey, dude, it's me. you need to [ bleep ] call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might literally get away with murder. >> "deadly conspiracy." >>> hello and welcome to "date line: extra." i'm craig melvin. with doting grandfather jack jesse at the helm, his big and blended california family seemed like one big happy bunch, then jack was found stabbed to death in his li

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. ♪ >>> you have to be aware of your surroundings because you just never know. >> it started with a frightening horror flick from the '80s. >> the premise of the movie is we're going to take some women into the woods, and then poof, they're going to be hunted down. >> then decades later, something truly frightening. it it was happening for real. a strange vanishing in the forest. >> immediately we knew something was wrong. >> then another. >> your heart just broke. >> sheryl, then meredith. two women missing and two desperate efforts to find them. >> she he could be alive and we can't let up. could this old movie hold the key to these cases? >> a little blood, a little sex, a little violence. >> a film fantasy turned chilling reality. >> if someone has her, she's afraid. >> who could be behind this, and how would this real-life story end? >> she was a blue belt in judo. if anybody could survive or fight, it was meredith. >> "mystery on blood mountain." >> hello a

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >>> 96 kpke with the bird and the bee. >> i had a huge crush on him. he had this amazing voice. >> very gregarious, very charismatic. i think the passion he had for people came through. >> reporter: he was the guy the whole town woke up to, morning dj steven b. >> he was so funny and he had such a great love of music. >> he's loveable. i mean, everybody loves steven b. >> reporter: but soon it was fatally clear that not everybody did. >> they came upon a body floating in the water. >> shot him one time in the back of the head. >> i felt like i was in some made-for-tv movie. it's like "this can't be happening." >> reporter: what did happen? tonight, the hunt is on. a gleaming yacht. >> i thought, "why did you get on that boat?" >> reporter: a scheming businessman, and a missing fortune. >> you're a multi-millionaire and you don't have any money. >> from high seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. >> i don't think i'

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales, and this is "dateline." >> my mother called and says, michelle's 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 they say he had a motive. >> we had an intimate relationship. >> we ended up having sex. >> but could they prove he was the killer? >> it was a circumstantial case. >> except for that witness. the girl who left those footprints. >> we will never know what cassidy saw and what she didn't see. >> maybe she couldn't tell detectives who the killer was, but maybe she didn't have to. >> the fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to a jury? >> the person that killed the mother cared about cassidy. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to "dateline." michelle young was married to her college sweetheart, and four months pregnant with her second child when the unthinkable happened. the young brother was beaten to

i am craig melvin. years after teresa mayfield's murder, a casual conversation overheard in a bar gave authorities their first break. a break which would lead them to the chilling tale of teresa's murder. once again, keith morrison. >> under a setting sun on a sweltering summer night, two years after her death, teresa mayfield's friends and family gathered to remember. >> i talk to her almost every day and i miss those talks. >> they took turns talking about the loving daughter, the softball mom, the sweet woman gunned down on that lonely country road. a murder that was still a mystery. >> my family will not stop searching or doing whatever it takes to find out who took teresa's life. >> when scott got up to speak, you can bet people were paying special close attention. >> yes, she was a loving wife, loving mother and a loving friend to the community, yes, she would do anything for anybody at any time. >> having discovered he was not exactly husband of the year, some people nursed a lingering suspicion

i'm craig melvin. michelle young had a smile that would light up a room, she's the last person anyone who knew her would expect to be murdered, but it happened. she was at home with her toddler, cassidy, pregnant with her second child with tragedy struck. the investigation quickly revealed a troubled marriage, but her husband was away on business and unraveling this complicated case would take years. here's keith morrison. >> i think i paused for a second and had to take a deep breath. and just the reality of what was going on would sink in. >> those who saw the footprints will not forget them. they were tiny and they were bloody. >> i had to get my composure to finish searching this house to make sure there was nobody else in the house. >> it was the 3rd of november, 2006. early afternoon. scott earp was the wake county sheriff's deputy dispatched to a quiet and leafy neighborhood called enchanted oaks. the outskirts of raleigh, north carolina. here for the 911 call from this place on birchleaf drive.

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >>> what goes on behind the closed doors of a marriage is not always apparent to the outside. >> my wife fell asleep in the bathtub. i just came up here, and she was laying face down in the bathtub. >> something wasn't right. she was just unconscious. >> a beaming bride. a haunting death. >> he was just telling me he could never ever love another woman as much as he loved her. >> what had happened? >> did she have an aneurism? did she have a seizure? >> police were baffled. >> i expected something to be wet. i expected there to be water on the floor. >> things were not adding up. >> something was screaming to me, "something's bad, wrong." >> could this death have been deliberate? >> she was murdered. >> i love sarah. i would never have hurt her. >> i started crying because i just felt so bad for him. >> there's just no chance he had anything to do with it. >> three trials, three juries. >> we're scared that the truth may not come out. the bathtub mystery. hello an

i'm craig melvin. larry mcnabney was a successful trial attorney with a thriving practice, a wife he adored, and plenty of money. then a new friends entered the picture and a love triangle took shape. the murder was a who-dun-it involving three tangled lives. one was hiding a secret identity. to untangle this mystery police needed to know who was the mastermind pulling the strings? here's keith morrison with "poison." >> it was september 11th, 2001, just everyone knows where they were that awful day. like the glamorous trio that was traveling north through california's yosemite national park, even as the rest of the world's attention was focused on new york city, they were intent on their own urgent need, their desires, their fears, their deadly love triangle. so they probably didn't appreciate the passing wonders, the astonishing cliffs, the water falls, the giant sequoias. any more than the one in the back seat through fading eyes saw anything at all. here is one of them. his name was larry mcnabney,

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> kept trying to solve this murder.re if it was going to work or not. it had to be perfect. >>> he was a family man who didn't seem to have an enemy in the world, right up until the night he was murdered. >> there was evidence of a violent struggle between jack and his killer. >> someone was keeping secrets and police thought they knew who. >> their tone was just scary. >> they thought they knew the

i'm craig melvin. though just 18 ears old, i think ay was stabbed to death in her bedroom. within months a local named christopher tap admitted he was one of her killers, a grizzly tale police captured on videotape. but for i think ay's mom, the troubling details revealed on that tape didn't give her answers. in fact, they raised more questions. here's keith morrison. >> reporter: they ke79 him here, deep inside the rolls and rolls of razor wire. the confessed stabber, the convicted killer of that sweet young woman all those years ago. he is lucky to be you a live probably given the nature of the crime, and the appeal from that girl's mother for the death sentence, which made what that mother told us later on very puzzling, indeed. >> let him go. it's the only thing his mother has. it's her only child. let him go. >> her name is carol dodge and the amazing story she will tell us began on the worst day of her life. it was a thursday, june 13th, 1996, mid-morning. she placed a call to a beauty salon to t

i'm craig melvin. >> this is "dateline." >> i am being followed. there are threats on my life. i know we're in danger. i know we are. >> it's a riveting mystery that started in a place of glamour. >> it became a destination for the rat packs. frank sinatra. >> and ended in a murder. >> the heir of this hotel, dead. >> he was the only father i ever knew. >> now, police said she was next. someone in the shadows gunning for her. >> my suspicions are growing and growing by the minute. >> so who was behind all this? plenty of suspects, and plenty of motives. anger, jealousy, greed, someone had 10 million reasons to kill. >> we look back and said my god, i couldn't believe what i saw. >> you're not going to believe it either because in this case there is a final terrifying twist. >> i see the you bar. . >> hello and welcome to "dateline." ben novak jr. was a successful entrepreneur and the son of a wealthy miami businessman. then he was found bound and hit to death in a hotel room. who wanted him dead? there

craig melvin, take it away. >>> good morning to you, craig melvin here. trump and a full court press after that primetime speech, all to get his wall. he'll trek to the capital in a few hours, then he'll be hosting congressional leaders at the white house. can he make a deal? >>> also, the nation's top democrats dug in on their push to reopen the government without a wall. they will be speaking again momentarily, but will all this pomp and circumstance actually get federal workers their paychecks. >>> leaving justice. the man overseeing robert mueller's investigation is about to

. >> welcome fwook "dateline" i am craig melvin.olice arrested miguel kyros's car, when they found garrett's photo and address in the trunk. garrett id'd him as a shooter. the case was adding up. a closer look at the evidence lead to a stunning discovery. warren wasn't out of danger yet. here is more with the plot thickens. >> los angeles county, california. garrett warren, gunned down, shot four times in his own home and survived. martial artist, and former fighter, not only did he survive, he was able to identify the shooter, a man caught with what looked like a hit note in his car. miguel kyios. >> didn't name mean anything to you at all? >> not at the time. >> the more they investigated, mostly what you have done is prove your defendant's alibi. >> so far. eventually, really, prove the alibi that he didn't do this. >> remember, multiple witnesses pull miguel 80 miles away from garrett's home on the night of the shooting. then, like a scene from colombow came this latest twist. something that prosecutors saw during a court hearin

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> she told archie she was dating this man. if he didn't like it, he could leave. >> he had been stabbed multiple times. nobody saw anything. >> i went, dad. and i touched him. i will never forget that feeling. >> it was just before dawn when he found his father dead in the driveway. >> there was no doubt in my mind what happened. i immediately knew. >> there was someone else who may have known, too. >> i turned around and looked at my mom. i go, you know who did this. that son of a -- >> there was one thing no one could know. the strange twist still to come. >> it was a bit of a surprise. kind of a shock when you found out she was seeing him again. >> yes. >> a lover's triangle always leads to trouble. >> how could you do such a horrible thing? >> did this lead to murder? >> what was it like watching him walk out of jail? >> he beat the system. >> deadly triangle. hello and welcome to "dateline extra." how long does it take a killer to stop worrying about whether he will ever be caught? a couple of weeks, a couple of months, 2

craig melvin, take it away. >>> good morning to you, craig melvin here. president trump and a full court press after that primetime speech, all to get his wall. he'll trek to the capital in a few hours, then he'll be hosting congressional leaders at the white house. can he make a deal? >>> also, the nation's top democrats dug in on their push to reopen the government without a wall. they will be speaking again momentarily, but will all this pomp and circumstance actually get federal workers their paychecks. >>> leaving justice. the man overseeing robert mueller's investigation is about to leave. the president's attorney general nominee is on the hill right now. he's trying to win support. what the leadership shuffle all means for the russian probe. we'll dig into that in just a moment. >>> we start once again with shutdown politics. lots of action in d.c. this hour. at any moment on the right side of your screen there, democratic leaders in congress are expected to hold a news conference. later today they'll be heading to the white house for yet another m

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> hopelessness. you know, where did she go? who did she see? i just want to know what happened to my sister. >> a young mother is missing in a case gone cold. >> it was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening. >> then detectives had an aha moment. to solve the case, they would attorney something you probably use every day -- facebook. >> why don't you establish a facebook account? i thought, that could actually accomplish a great deal. >> and that's when everything started to change. >> something happened to her. >> in court, you'll see it all come pouring out. a hidden crime and a son's heart-pounding moment. >> that's okay. this is a horrible crime. i'm glad we know the truth. >>> carol lubon was a restless young mom with two kids when she vanished from her southern california home. heartbroken, her loved ones assumed she'd left to start a new life. as years passed with no word from carol, a nagging suspension

i'm craig melvin.'s tenacious search for travis forbes had paid off. he tracked down travis in texas on a stolen car charge and was able to get him extradieted bac to a colorado jail. but the smooth talker wouldn't stay there long. here again is keith morrison. >> travis forbes was right where they wanted him. behind bars. they were holding him on suspicion of stealing a friend's car, not for kenia monge's disappearance. but at least he was here back in colorado. >> getting him back, how important was that to you? >> very important. i wanted to know where he was. >> and you wanted him in your town. >> yes. >> detective nash gurule was hoping to coax travis to tell the real story of what happened to 19-year-old kenia monge. by this time kenia had been missing for several weeks. >> he was 9 person. we had eliminated pretty much everyone else. >> but just as detective gurule was closing in on travis, as he geared up to pry out a confession or at least evidence sufficient to lay a charge, he got a nasty li

. >>> i'm craig melvin >> and this is "dateline." >> i got a phone call, something is wrong with brandy she's not moving and the car is running. emergency vehicles, officers and that's as far as i could go. there's my baby and i can't do nothing about it >> she was a hardworking young wife and mom >> sweetest girl you could ask to meet. >> just minutes from home when she saw the headlights >> somebody was tailing her. >> my sister is in my driveway and her head is bloody >> so you bury your little girl and it was a murder investigation. >> there were two people brandy feared one in town, one thousands of miles away >> josh was in alaska. >> and then there was the new man in the life. >> anybody close to brandy we needed to take a hard serious look at. >> no fingerprints, no dna and no arrests for years >> you're grooefring, how do you put that time together >> day by day. >> and someone's dark past >> you've got robberies going on, the homicide >> and one brave woman willing to talk. the question wasn't just who murdered a young mother, it was why. >> there was no money. there just wasn

for more with my colleague craig melvin. >>> good morning to you, craig melvin here. what's at stake? right now, president trump is in the air, he's on his way to the southern border. is that where the real crisis is when 800,000 federal workers are not getting the paychecks they banked on because of this government shutdown. >>> we're going to show you the real world impact that the shutdown is already having and how much worse it could actually get? >>> best defense sources telling nbc news that robert mueller could wrap up his work as early as next month and that the white house is lawyering up, reportedreporte reportedly adding 17 new lawyers. >>> we start with president trump's photo op at the southern border. he departed last hour. it's day three of a major push for his wall. an oval office speech on tuesday, followed by the meeting with democrats on wednesday. his push about a phony security crisis happening as a real crisis takes hold. food banks working to help furloughed employees. today, joshua tree, national park, shutting down to address sanitation and sa

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> it was very exciting. >> they met in vegas. a professional poker player. >> he said he was making good money at it. >> a former trapeze artist. she fell for him. but she didn't gamble on this. >> i could smell the odor of decay and blood. >> or this. >> at every turn there was another woman. >> married, with a child and women in multiple cities. >> what else is he capable of? >> capable of murder? he had an alibi. >> credit card transactions and phone records of me driving from las vegas. >> but could this little card hold the key? >> that was just a shot in the dark. >> absolutely. >> was he a calculating killer or was his lifestyle on trial? >> he made mistakes, but that doesn't make him a monster. >> was there one more card up his sleeve? >> it goes back to him thinking i've bluffed some of the best. >>> hello and welcome to the victims, a respected couple. their son, it turned out, played poker for a living. could that lifestyle have had something to do with the crime? the case was a mystery until prosecutors looked again a

can you explain to our craig melvin, so many people watching nationwide, how you're feeling? how has this affected you? >> this is devastating. this political football they're playing with the people, this chess game, is just terrible. to go without knowing that you're going -- if you're going to be on the streets tomorrow or next month or going without food. for some people this is their first time being in a food bank or having to come this way. it's no fault of their own. i mean, they're working people. they're tax paying citizens, and to be used in this manner is downright devastating. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: it's day 32 of the shutdown. how has it impacted your life? >> as i was speaking to someone earlier, maybe within the next couple of weeks i'll be out on the street. no fault of my own. only because of the politicians over here in washington, you know, and congress due to the fact that they want to be elected in the next two years. it has nothing to do with us. if they have a little innuendoes or some issues amongst themselves, they should work it out amongst t

good morning, to you, craig melvin here. national emergency? president trump ready to address the nation in primetime. his team trying to convince the country there is in fact, a national emergency on the southern border. do the numbers back up the claim? >>> and the contenders, democrats waiting in the wings to announce their 2020 plans. one word is already working its way into the conversation. likability. that is a word that's often used when talking about female candidates like hillary clinton and elizabeth warren. we'll dig into that. >>> trouble brewing. how the government shutdown is hurting american breweries, including one oklahoma business with a half million dollars worth of beer it can't sell. we'll get to that story in just a moment. >>> we start with president trump's primetime appeal. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer will be delivering the democratic response. talks are at a standstill. officials are manufacturing an emergency to win money. legal issue is one big problem, another issue, the political problem. members of his own par

craig melvin here. today would i lie to you?c news says president trump ordered his former fixer and lawyer, michael cohen, to lie to congress. does robert mueller have the goods to prove the allegation? >>> will democrats move on impeachment if he does? >>> speaker pelosi cancels the state of the union, president trump cancels her flight overseas. nancy pelosi says the administration leaked her commercial travel plans as well. all of this while 800,000 federal workers still aren't getting paid. >>> and accused. r. kelly under fire for a range of allegations including sexual, physical and emotional abuse. all of which he denies. now a new alleged victim speaks out for the first time to dateline nbc. >>> we start with that new bombshell report that claims president trump ordered his attorney, michael cohen, to lie to congress. buzzfeed citing two federal law enforcement officials reports president trump directed cohen to lie about negotiations to build the trump tower in moscow. quote, the special counsel's office learned about t

washington, thank you. >>> craig melvin here, msnbc headquarters in new york.coons forcing candidates to distill their stances early and forcing the democratic party to go on offense. 369 days before anyone casts a primary vote. >>> plus, hail to the chiefs. president trump taking on his top intelligence officials. it comes after they testified to congress showing they are worlds apart from the president on isis, russia, and the border. we've got just the pair to talk about that, two former white house chiefs of staff. >>> also privacy glitch. a major bug in apple's facetime app. how apple is fixing that. >>> we start with the 2020 race to face trump. hot. while the rest of the country is in a deep freeze, two major camps emerging today. two ideas on how liberal or centrist a candidate voters might want. the centrist coming courtesy of mike bloomberg and howard schultz. schultz appearing on

craig melvin on a morning morning in new york city. trump's putin problem. president trump on defense after two bombshell reports raising alarming, new questions about his ties with russia. the president declaring the questions about whether he'd work for russia a disgrace. >>> also, blame game. washington points fingers for the longest government shutdown in history. real americans, a lot of them across this country, are suffering. we'll take you live to florida and iowa, where people are hurting. >>> and racist remarks. the house republican leader vowing to take action following recent remarks many are calling racist from congressman steve king. given king's history, given all the things he's said over the years that are racist, why is it different this time around? we'll dig into that. >>> we start with breaking news on president trump's nominee for attorney general. one day before his confirmation hearing, william barr has released his prepared opening statement. in that statement, he says that he supports and has confidence in the mueller probe. barr sa

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> don't grab my wrists like that! what is wrong with you? >> an inmate's troubled past leads to angry outbursts inside the jail. >> if i'm to the point i'm mad at you here in my face, we're going to have a problem. >> i put him in segregation from the moment he got here because of his combative nature and the way he was acting. >> another inmate arrives in the jail after an alleged crime spree that sounds like it's right out of a movie. >> it was like i was in a dream and i kept waking up here and there for the crazy parts. >> i allowed myself to be accustom to the darker side of life very young. >> a young mother could go to prison if found guilty of robbery. and the father of her children faces the same possibility. >> she very much does follow me whenever she has followed me, but at the same time, she likes to be the quarterback when i'm the quarterback and it just doesn't work. ♪ ♪ >> tulsa, oklahoma, is ranked as one of the nation's most livable cities, but that doesn't make it immune to crime, as both the employ

craig melvin on a morning morning in new york city. trump's putin problem. trump on defense after two bombshell reports raising alarming, new questions about his ties with russia. the president declaring the questions about whether he'd work for russia a disgrace. >>> also, blame game. washington points fingers for the longest government shutdown in history. real americans, a lot of them across this country, are suffering. we'll take you live to florida and iowa, where people are hurting. >>> and racist remarks. the house republican leader vowing to take action following recent remarks many are calling racist from congressman steve king. given king's

craig melvin here at msnbc here in new york city.espite fears of a global economic slowdown, president trump insisting he will not cave on the border wall to reopen the government. >>> also, reversing course. rudy guiliani adding new confusion about the president's business interests in russia during his campaign. and in a new interview, guiliani starts to wonder about his own legacy and what his gravestone might say. >>> also, national flashpoint, a kentucky school closed today reportedly over security concerns. it finds itself at the center of a firestorm after that video showed its students in a confrontation with a native american veteran. now president trump is weighing in. we'll get to those stories in just a moment. we start this hour with breaking news from the supreme court, which just gave the president a win on his attempt to ban transgender troops from serving in the military. pete williams has been following all of this. pete, tell us what happened. >> it's a short term win for the president. what happened here

try pepto with ultra coating. >>> i'm hallie jackson in washington in for craig melvin who is on assignmenting with the mueller report. president trump's latest stance on who should see it and how russia is trying to use the special counsel's own findings against him. >>> plus, book club, i interview interviewed chris christie, did he pull his punches on the president in the pages of his new look? >>> democrats target blue collar workers. how do they win back the midwest from donald trump? >>> who should get access to the special counsel's findings and what robert mueller has uncovered so far. donald trump calls those indictments mere process crimes. he says he has a right to end the mueller investigation and that maybe he'll look into the tactics the fbi used during the raid on roger stone's house. those tactics, by the way, becoming a rallying cry on the right. the second threat comes to us from a filing from robert mueller's team over issues involving disinformation involving mueller himself. this is where we begin with

love you. >> craig melvin here, new york city. backing down. trump delaying his state of the union address until after the government reopens. when will that happen? the senate is set to vote hours from now on two dueling plans that are all but doomed today fail. >>> voice of the people. faa workers warning of dire safety threats because of the shutdown. why some of these furloughed workers are relying on food banks just to eat. >>> witness intimidation? michael cohen postponing that testimony before congress. he's saying because fears for his family's safety. is this a case of witness tampering or something else entirely perhaps? we'll dig into that. >>> we start with president trump who can't close the deal. any deal it seems. state of the union, he blinked. the shutdown? he's absent while the senate votes. two bills, one democratic, one republican, votes expected ia

kasie hunt is picking up for craig melvin. >>> thank you so much. good morning from washington, d.c. i'm kasie hunt in for craig melvin. a busy day on the russia investigation front. right now, trump associate roger stone is about to be arraigned at a federal courthouse in d.c. a seven count indictment. one big question, will the judge put a muzzle on the camera hungry confidant? >>> also happening right now, the senate judiciary committee is hashing out the qualifications of a man who may one day receive the mueller probe. attorney general nominee willimn barr. however, republican chairman lindsey graham told msnbc he doesn't know how matt whittaker would know that. >>> we're following the senate intelligence committee on world wide threats. dan coats says russia is stepping up efforts to divide the west. so much to unpack this morning but we're going to start with the roger stone hearing and our nbc reporters. julia ainsley is at the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. jeff bennett is at the white house. roger stone is expected to plead not gui

aim i'm craig melvin thank you for watching >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie moralis. >> and this is "dateline." >> your husband, michael, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> no. no >> she's like poison candy. >> he fell in love with her. he thought she was the end all, be all. >> she had everything she wanted but she longed for one thing mo more. >> i'm positive, 5,000% sure. >> this guy was going to get killed. >> then it hatchshetched happend >> something happened to her house and she needs to get to the house. >> please. no no >> was this crime all that it seemed >> she played such a good game that people didn't know. >> a surprise was coming. >> you don't know what to think. >> and it would arrive from beyond the grave >> oh, my god. >> there has not been a story like this ever in history. is she the villain is she the victim? who knows? that is what makes her riveting. she is infamous and probably will be forever. >>> hello and welcome to "dateline. when they first met it was instant fireworks, an immediate attraction that turned into af fatal attraction they

craig melvin, fresh off the "today" show, picks it up in new york. >> good to see you craig melvin here in new york city >>> closing in former trump political adviser roger stone set to be arraigned tomorrow this morning, he is still talking. is he cooperating with the special counsel? is the special counsel one step closer to the president? we'll look at that. >>> temporary relief 800,000 federal workers back on the job, as the government reopens for now. new details on the group of lawmakers tasked with making sure it theys opit stays open f >>> you're fired as the president hammers home the need for border security, a dozen long-time, undocumented employees from his own golf club are let go they say the president must have known about their status we'll hear from two of them later on in the hour >>> we start with the lies that bind roger stone in a d.c. federal courtroom tomorrow moments ago, outside his home in florida though, he did say that he is going to be pleading not guilty anticipation building for his arraignment, after leaving open the possibility that maybe, just maybe, he

craig melvin here. msnbc headquarters in new york city. she's in. adding her name to a list of democrats vying for the oval office in 2020. it is a crowded group, where women now outnumber men. we'll see how harris is getting into the primary. >>> changing the story. why rudy giuliani has questioann the questions raised over president trump's relations with russia. >>> dr. king, how his message is shaping politics and how we treat one another, and the ongoing fight to make sure his legacy resonates today. i'll talk to actor john david washington about that later. on the day america honors civil rights, kamala harris announcing he is running for president. she says she is striving for