and i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline on mynetworktv. my imagination and i would play out possibilities of what happened that night. i thought about how scared she must have been. it was hard to go to sleep some nights. natalie morales: a young woman living on her own murdered in the middle of the night. she was at her most vulnerable, alone and in bed. natalie morales: a crime that jolted a sleepy seaside community. a killer walking among them. i don't think it really sets in that we're all a little more in danger at that point. natalie morales: young, fun, and pretty, corey had plenty of admirers.

." >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> it was packed. but as night fell, fear grew. >> they're asking who would want to harm your sister? >> was it someone that was a

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >>> good morning. i'm philip mena at msnbc world headquarters in new york. it's 6:00 in the east, 3:00 out west. hears what's happening. doubling down. president trump threat jeopardies to bus migrants to sanctuary cities from "coast to coast" as a federal appeals court makes another big ruling on asylum seekers. where will they say? >>> under fire. one word from bill barr raising the stakes ahead of his release of the mueller report. >>> plus out of the embassy and locked up. what's next for julian assange and could a look at wikileaks and the 2016 election make things uncomfortable for president trump? >>> developing this hour, growing political and legal backlash as the president gives

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. let's begin at the beginning. but at the beginning, all she had was a memory. >> a twin canopy bed with pink ruffles around it. kind of waved over the top of it. >> it was dream-like really. and for years it was all that felt real in her upside down life. >> and it was all pink and white. it was -- everything matched. >> the closet full of dresses. the dolls, the teddy bears. >> i actually -- there was a little old-fashioned where you put the baby in the wagon. >> and the reason for those tormenting memories? >> it's a lot of hurt, sadness. sadness for the little girl that didn't have a life. >> for most of her life, the part after that little girl's bedroom, she has been pepper, and the baffling, terrifying story of what happened to her, kidnapped, held captive for years, is the reason she gripped that life preserver of a memory. shocking where that memory will lead by the end of this hour. she was certain of this, an only child and spoiled, most likely. showered with attention and t

i'm craig melvin. >> and this is "date line." >> >>> 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 extra." i'm craig melvin. michelle young had a smile that would light up a room. she was 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

. >>> that's all for therks addition of "dateline," i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dayli dday datd "dateline." >>> i don't know what it is about my mom that has captured the heart of so many people. there's just something to her that people connect with. >> she was the real estate broker who sealed the deal. >> her customers love her. >> hands down the most genuine person you ever met. >> she headed to a house that day and never made it home. >> i'm texting her, i'm calling her. >> oh, gosh, what's happened here? >> something's wrong. >> was she in danger? was someone behind this? ? . >> i haven't hurt. please don't call the police. if you call the police, it could be bad. >> you can hear how scared she was. >> suddenly an all-out manhunt. >> this is like a movie, this chase and this kidnapping. >> oh, yeah. >> could anybody reach her in time? >> i had to be strong for everybody. i had to be. >> emotions were everywhere. >> i know she pleaded. i know she pleaded. >> did you find her?

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> i fell to the floor. i just remember, like, she's dead, she's dead! and i was so confused. i was like, what's going on? what happened? >> a small texas town, two super close friends, and a summer night in the park. >> they have this lookout, and you could see the harbor bridge lit up. it's really pretty when the stars are out. >> it was the next morning that they found them. >> i could see two girls laying there. it was horrifying. there was duct tape on their mouths, on their hands. >> a mystifying scene. >> the only thing we have are cigarette butts and suspicion. >> dna would point one way. >> he's like, serge, you've got to take a look at this. >> a bombshell message would point another. >> i read the letter and immediately knew this was something very important. >> a twisted trail leading to a sinister suspect. >> it takes a special kind of mind that wants to do something like that. >> to crack a case this convoluted, it

i'm craig melvin. zach brannam was a recent college graduate when he left his small midwestern town to teach english in japan. it was there he med georgia and they fell in love. soon, they would be torn apart by a devastating disaster as the unimaginable images of whole towns wiped out played around the world, a family sat around waiting for news. here's keith morrison. >> who can say what lurks out there past the horizon, waiting impersonably, utterly at random as thousands of lives tick to their unknowing ends. simple coincidence, a young man from middle america made a single decision. >> could you imagine back there in indiana to make your life flip on its head? >> no. never. >> how could he know on the other side of the world a young woman made exactly the same decision, or that they'd meet practically on the eve of one of the biggest natural disasters in recent memory. or how could he know in the middle of disaster he'd lose her. >> i wouldn't know what i would do without her. >> so, coincidence,

i'm craig melvin. with doting grandfather jack jessie 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 jessies weren't as close as they seemed. the case went unsolved for years until an ace detective hatched an unconventional plan to catch jack's killers. here's keith morrison. >> the game is called 80 mouse track," the little ball on its trap which unless every lever works in unison, will not be caught. how often things go wrong to allow thes my to get away. so odd that what really happened could so thoroughly mimic a children's game. >> how nice! >> these are the people that it happened to in orange county, california. they vacationed together. >> i'm tired and ready to go home. >> shared birthdays. >> this one is for bev. >> happy birthday! >> even got together information a monthly game of pins. what these grainy home videos don't show is what is yet to come, murder, conspiracy, one br

i'm craig melvin. she was a vivacious young woman, a fitness executive, adored by friends and married to the man of her dreams. but when she disappeared, investigators wondered was nicky's charmed life as perfect as it seemed? they soon discovered a dark secret iniki nikki's past but t truth would hide in plain sight. here's dennis murphy. >> seattle was long after a week of relentless rain, a woman was found in the tangle of blackberries, a naked body, small tattoo on the back, necklace and signs of strange gulation. the detective sent to a patch of trees mere the seattle's runways guessed it was her. they would soon be proved correct. nine days to find her. the answer, where, another seven years still ahead to answer the question of all homicides, who and why? but we have to go back, before the crime scene photos and the medical examiner's findings before she became those chilly words, "the victim," to find the dearly loved person, nicky, wife and daughter, sister and friend see. she seemed to be abl

i'm craig melvin. detectives were convinced garrett kopp was involved in the family shooting, and they didn't think he acted alone. but with no evidence tying chris to the crime, they needed a confession to connect chris to the case. could they get garrett to come clean? returning to our story, here is keith morrison. >> detectives larry bellevue and art manning had a theory to explain the shooting of john sutton and the murder of his wife susan which was that christopher sutton hired his dope-smoking buddy, garrett kopp to kill his parents. it was really just a theory. while the case against kopp was fairly strong, remember the murder weapon was found in his possession. the evidence against christopher was circumstantial. little more than guilt by association. the samoa boot camp may have given christopher a motive. but. >> i certainly needed more than that to make the arrest. i decided it was time to act. we are going to need a confession, i believe. >> given what they had against kopp, detectives ga

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >>> my dad on the phone told us jenny was gone. >> a house in flames. the body of a woman inside. >> we have a body. i need a medic. >> but it wasn't the fire that killed her. she was dead before it started. >> accidents will happen. this was no accident. >> who wanted her dead? her boyfriend said he knew. >> there's people after us. >> what does that mean? >> they're trying to get us. >> but police knew better. >> strangulation is a very personal killing. that's a very angry killing. >> hello. welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. at first, a fatal fire that struck a young couple's home appeared to be an accident. then investigators took a closer look, and what they discovered about this fire and this couple left them with "burning suspicion." here's keith morrison. >> is everybody out of the house? >> i don't know, but it's on fire. >> the fire in the cottage on addison avenue was hungry, devouring almost everything in the bedroom. >> we'll have fire de

>>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and there is when "dateline" continues. -- and this is "dateline." ♪ >>> we were in love. >> they were so happy at first, sharing a lover's perch high atop a cliff. but romance turned to danger. she fell from the edge. >> i would call this an accidental death. >> but was it? >> she said that if anything happens to me you'll know who did it. >> a mystery of nearly 20 years heads into court, and the husband is on the precipice. >> did you kill your wife, jody? >> i did not hurt jody. >> what happened on the cliff's edge? >>> hello, and welcome to "da "dateline." when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren't surprised. the place was known to be dangerous. but even though couldn't guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here's chris jansing. ♪ >>> every couple has it -- a shared song. a favorite movie. or maybe a special place. stephen schaaf says for him and his wife jody this was it. two rocks forming a lover's chair on the edge

craig melvin is in paris with iew video that shows some of the challenges that l ahead. >> reporter: the damage only fully visible from the air. ost of the roof cpletely gone. leaving the bare ribs of the building beneath. had just 30 minutes to save the towers fromhe blaze. battling very close to the flames to save the structure. precious statues sawed away to reduce stress on the northern building.the this is how itooked before tuesday's destructivenferno. one of the most iconic and well-loved buildings in the world. the cathedral main structure remaining largely in tact and including thoseco ic stone to y youersnd ahe three -- to youers and the three stained windows and the incredible organ all safe. and the priceless relics including the crown of thorns rushed to the louvre to safety. so far roughly a billion dollars has been pledged to help rebuild cathedral. also we can tell you that tonight church bells all over france will rin around the same time that this fire broke out. craig melvin, nbc ne, paris, france. >>> france's president has set an ambitious goal to restore the rat

i know that craig melvin feels exactly the same way. >> indeed, craig melvin does.sary, my friend. >> reporter: thank you so much. what a treat. >> a pros pro. >> reporter: an exciting thing to celebrate. thank you so much. >> we look forward to 25 more. >> reporter: me too. >> all right. thank you. and thank you as well for joining us on this thursday morning. craig melvin here. he's in. after much speculation former vice president joe biden announcing his third presidential bid for the white house. he wasted no time going after president trump. using images from charlottesville saying we're in a battle for the soul of this nation. will the president be his biggest challenge in 2020? >>> also, this is quite the image. it's a summit between vladmir putin and kim jong-un. and they were talking denuclearization. >>> breaking news on this thursday. 32 people hospitalized because of an ammonia spill just north of chicago. this is the scene. we're going to go to chicago live as

craig melvin here.m the national rifle association convention in indianapolis, that is where president trump will be delivering his third keynote address just moments from now. before he left the white house last hour though, the president sharing a message for the 2020 democrats about his own youth. first though, controversy and former vice president joe biden wasting no time finding each other on the very same day the democratic frond rt runner announced his white house bid, anita hill say his amends did not go far enough. we'll talk all things 2020 including a conversation with one of the candidates,

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. thanks for watching. >> this is "dateline. ♪. >>> this is a tragedy on top of a tragedy now. >> it happened so quickly. their parents in the backyard spa. their mom in trouble. >> my dad just panicked. >> a sudden slip. a fatal fall. >> you're losing your mother. you're watching her go right in front of you. >> someone else was watching her too. >> it was scary. the look on his face was almost undescribable. >> what had she seen? was this drowning really an accident? >> she's got a huge gash on her head. something like that is not consistent with just falling down. >> a husband and father is suddenly under suspicion. >> he's crying and we're crying. he said, they think i hurt mom. >> three daughters stand by their dad. and one prosecutor stands firm. >> he's holding his wife of almost three decades under the water. my job is to get justice for cristi hall. >> was it murder? hello and welcome to "dateline a young woman peers into her neighbor's yard and sees something for a few seconds

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> their world shattered. a young mother strangled. >> also, no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. >> she slept with the children and the door locked. >> and finally, a vital clue. what happened to nancy? "the day she disappeared." was a puzzling case that happened in a safe suburban neighborhood, the kind of place where crime is unexpected. >> nothing about that morning made any sense. >> it all seemed like just such a bad nightmare. this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> it was a saturday morning in july 2008. the happy little world, a sweet and livy suburb of raleigh, north carolina. a place a young family would aspire to. if you were someone like hannah pritchard, for example. >> there's always lots of friend-making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. >> like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so hannah would

i'm craig melvin.ey framed steven avery for the murder of teresa halbach. after all, his nephew, brendan, confessed. >> all the renewed attention in the steven avery saga has shed light on the other defendant in the case -- brendan dassey. the teenager had been convicted of rape and murder, but to his family, none of it ever made any sense. is brendan someone capable of rape? >> no. no. i don't even think he knew what that was at the time. >> in 2008, attorneys took up dassey's case for his appeal. they saw a mentally challenged teen with a low i.q. >> how do you spell garage? >> g-a-r-a-g-e. >> what did you think of brendan dassey when you were able to meet him in person? >> brendan is a simple soul. i was struck by his humanity. this is not somebody i could see committing a crime like this. >> that's the psychological power of interrogation. >> the two attorneys are based at the northwestern school of law in chicago. they've worked to free a number of wrongfully convicted defendants and say what they

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> when i saw her, i lost concept of time. i reached in, pulled her out. i started screaming "help!" >> please! please, wake up. wake up! >> it was the worst seconds of my life. >> how was it possible? >> i would give anything if she were alike today. >> such a sweet, young wife and mom. such a shattering death. >> i cried all fight long. >> he was downstairs with the kid. she was upstairs in the bath. then it happened. >> okay. how long has she been here? smr i don't know, she was taking a bath. >> we didn't know if it was a tragic accident or something else. >> questions quickly swirled about a wife's secret. >> what did you do today? >> she did have an addiction to prescription pills. >> and a husband scorned. >> she just collapsed on the floor. >> was it an accident or maybe murder? >> she said, i'm scared of him. >> the whispering started almost immediaty. you're a murderer. >> when are you innocent, you don't think it can happen

i'm craig melvin.tive tom dove had just secured a warrant to wiretap murder suspect brett schrauben's shown, then he learned schrauben was relocating to arizona, a move that threatened to derail the investigation. dove didn't miss a beat, he simply engineered another plan, an elaborate trap requiring the help of nearly 100 officers across two states. could the detective pull it off? or was he headed toward another dead end? here again is keith morrison. >> reporter: after two years of relentless police work, tom dove's investigation of the murder of jack jessee had generated enough evidence to fill this mail cart. all apparently for naught. the suspect and his key to cracking the case had skipped the state, and detective dove's jurisdiction. >> we were so close. >> reporter: the jessee family sensed dove had been beaten and sandra jessee had won. had gotten away with murder. >> i put his pictures away. i couldn't -- it's tough. because he was so -- he was so fantastic. >> put his pictures away? >> i ha

i'm craig melvin.iderman's wife andrea took the stand in her boss' murder trial, and prosecutors had some tough questions for her. here again is dennis murphy. >> he pretended to be my friend, and i was doing the best that i can to deal with that situation. and he had my whole life wrapped up. >> jurors had heard a harrowing tale from rusty sneiderman's widow of a monster of a boss who became obsessed with his new hire, andrea. but now the prosecution was suggesting that the toxic triangle among boss, employee, and husband, was even more complicated than it seemed. and that the wife, andrea, was holding back important details of her story. prosecutor don geary. >> there was this kind of watergate question. what did she know and when did she know it? >> we went in, we knew she was lying. we told her we knew she was lying and that didn't seem to affect her. so we knew what we had to do on the stand, and we simply did it. >> in court, hemy neuman was the accused, but at times it looked as though andrea wa

." >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> it was packed. but as night fell, fear grew. >> they're asking who would want to harm your sister? >> was it someone that was a stranger? was it someone that we knew? >> i just had this weird feeling that there was something she was hiding tucked away. in her kitchen a clue to it all. >> on top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. >> did it just give you chills? >> it was horrible. why didn't she just tell us? >> reporter: did a secret lead to murder? >> i'd ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. i'd like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. the leaves are changing, there's a little bit of a nip in the air. now envision brooke morris standing there and brooke feels like she's been punched in the throat. she's been shot. brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body, this is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. she's terrified, and she's in extreme pain. thank you, you can open your eyes. >> reporter: the final minutes of a young woman's

. >>> that's all for therks addition of "dateline," i'm craig melvin.nd this is "dayli dday datd "dateline." >>> i don't know what it is about my mom that has captured the heart of so many people. there's just something to her that people connect with. >> she was the real estate broker who sealed the deal. >> her customers love her. >> hands down the most genuine person you ever met. >> she headed to a house that day and

craig melvin here's at msnbc headquarters in new york city. >>> border chaos. the personnel changes but president trump's policies remain. the one constant, disorder that may be in the growing number of families trying to cross the border illegally. >>> and cautioning democrats in a speech about the perils of purity test. who were the comments aimed at? talk about it with a top member of the top democratic presidential campaign jarngsd live to las vegas. some trying to set themselves apart from the growing pack. take a look at that in a moment but we start at the southern border. the president's signature campaign issue -- devolving into chaos and the plan to fix it seems to be a third secretary of homeland security. right now on the border, a record number of families and children trying to enter the united states. more than 40,000 in february alone. a year after the administration announced its zero tolerance policy that separated migrant children from their parents, 65 kids still have not been reunited with their families. and you could be two years before i

one church leader tell's "today" show's craig melvin, they are trying to assess the risk of collapse. >> right now there is a risk of stones falling. so they want to be sure that they test everything in the structure of the building. >> investigators are still in the preliminary stages of determining the cause. so far it is being tied to renovation work crews were doing. >>> we are hearing from one san diego firefighter who pitched in to put the flames. he was visiting in paris for easter week. he said his instincts kicked in. >> there was this bizarre need to want to try to do something. they were doing everything they could. >> he says he was amazed to see his french counterparts pwraebr entering to save artifacts. >> an unusual attempt to an tkub abduct a toddler. >> "today in the bay" spoke with both of them about the frightening ordeal. >> just an awkward smile is the best way i can kind of explain it. >> it was a disturbing situation in many ways, according to adam walker. he and his family were walking through friday afternoon when they passed a woman and her two young children

but for now i'll hand you over to craig melvin who is reporting live on the scene of the notre dame fireress, craig? >>> good morning. thank you so much, craig melvin live in paris, france. it's 5:00 here. 11:00 a.m. there on the west coast -- excuse me, 11:00 a.m. on the east coast. we start here in paris. devastated after that fire nearly destroyed a piece of the city. a piece of the world's history as well. on the left side of your screen, a live look at what is happening along the right tower right now. on the right side of your screen, a closer look. you can see several workers there in a cherry picker. we're told they're in the process right now of making sure that notre dame is safe. safe enough for investigators to go back in and figure out precisely what it was that nearly destroyed this church. parisians, of course, looking on with some relief this morning as the cathedral, badly damaged, tore through the 800-year-old structure. it remains essentially intact, but there are still a number of concerns over its stability. daybreak over a new and diminished

back to you. >> our thanks to craig melvin chris jansing is also in paris. you have something else that's happening today in paris. protests set to happen near the cathedral. >> reporter: yeah, so let's start with the news on the cathedral. even the rector says it could be six years to rebuild. that's in contradiction with the five-year time line that president macron set out. there are others who think it could take decades. take a look at the top of the cathedral. that's the concern right now. i just got back from talking to officials who are investigating the structure of the building, how solid it is and they say that time is of the essence, that they are very concerned about the three openings on the roof. they are already talking about a design to cover that roof. they are say iing the vault and the rose windows could be in danger if they don't protect it from the elements and protect it soon. but the this is the path that protesters are going to walk maybe just about an hour or two from here. this is more of the yell low vest protesters. some of those

craig melvin here's at msnbc headquarters in new york city. >>> border chaos.resident trump's policies remain. the one constant, disorder that may be in the growing number of families trying to cross the border illegally. >>> and cautioning democrats in a speech about the perils of purity test. who were the comments aimed at? talk about it with a top member of the top democratic presidential campaign jarngsd live to las vegas. some trying to set themselves apart from the growing pack. take a look at

i'm craig melvin. for watching. >>> this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> their world shattered. a young mother strangled. >> also, no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. >> she slept with the children and the door locked. >> and finally, a vital clue. what happened to nancy? "the day she disappeared."

craig melvin here at msnbc. breaking news at this hour, the unrest in venezuela.continues. vice president mike pence telling the opposition, quote, we are with you as its leaders call for mass protests backed by the armed forces. >>> a few moments ago in this country, congressional leaders arriving at the white house. can president trump and speaker pelosi, can they find common ground on anything? today it's all about infrastructure. we're going to check in on that meeting and how it could set the tone in washington for the next year and a half or so. >>> right now, the president's acting head of homeland security is testifying on the hill. president trump wants to charge migrants who apply for asylum. more on the other changes the president wants to make on the border. >>> we start with the breaking news in venezuela. they are

. >> and while that does it for me this hour, my colleague, craig melvin will have much more on thisbunch of other news coming up now live there in new york. just fresh off of his exclusive interview with steph curry. hey, pal. >> good to see you, hallie. good to see you, as well. craig melvin here, msnbc headquarters in new york city, where we are watching several big stories play out live at this hour. here in new york, right now, the 2020 democratic candidates for president courting a key and influential block of voters at the national action network. we are also live on capitol hill. that is where the house judiciary committee is challenging president trump. the committee just moments ago voting to force the department, the justice department, to hand over that full and unredacted mueller report. and also, a live look at chicago, celebrates going on after lori lightfoot made history there, winning the race for mayor. i will speak to the new mayor live in just a few moments about becoming the first black woman and the first openly gay person to hold that office in chicago. we'll g

. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." she was a college student found on a longlely road in texas. >> we figured she had been dumped here. >> tough questions for her boyfriend. >> what i was doing, where i had seen her. >> while police tried to prove it, another attack. >> he's got me by the throat, shaking me, yelling at me telling me not to say a word. >> you're a prisoner in this apartment now. >> yes. >> her body had kind of been propped up on to the bed. >> even law enforcement, they thought what do we have on our hands here. >> there's growing danger because police are looking in the wrong place. >> i lived to tell, and nobody believed me. >> this monster is walking free while they're wasting their time on me. >> can the killer be caught before he kills again? >> it makes you realize how fragile your life is. and that anybody can take it. >> welcome to "dateline." a killer was on the loose in a texas college town leaving students and their parents terrified. with the shocking discovery of jamie hart's body, investig

right now more news with craig melvin. >> always good to have you. good morning to you. kr craig melvin here. tray to keep up. so much going on this hour, especially on capitol hill. breaking news right now, we will of course continue to watch attorney general william barr back in the hot seat for a second day. barr being grilled again this time by senators on how he is handling robert mueller's report. president trump just weighing in a few moments ago. once again claiming victory. also right now on the hill, freedom caucus members about to take the podium any minute now as a new book reveals just how donald trump's president is city has paralyzed congress in its ability to get anything ne. surprising revelations how republicans handle the president's chaos. we'll talk to the authors. and right now in washington, potential democrats vying for the whithouse trying to win over voters in trade unions. they are speaking one by one with senator cory booker about to step up to the mike i go cmi. we'll go there live. but let's start with the attorney general's second day of te

craig melvin here msnbc headquarters in new york city.esident trump and the democratic presidential candidates. president trump heading to atlanta any moment now for a summit on opioids. he leaves behind, though, a massive fight over subpoenas. we'll look at whether the president can thwart the will of house democrats to compel white house staff to testify. we're also live in new mexico, along the southern border. president trump went patrolling the area and now is promising to send more armed troops. and she the people. a brand new presidential forum for and by women of color it has now nabbed the biggest names in the democrat 2020 field. we'll talk about one of the hosts about what

craig melvin here, new york city. that breaking news continues. assange arrested.r of wikileaks appearing inside a london courtroom moments ago. he was, of course, arrested this morning. we're going to take a look at what charges he might face here in the united states. the charges he currently faces. we'll take you to that courtroom outside the courthouse, at least, when his attorneys speak there. >>> back here the contenders hitting the trail with senator kamala harris who will be attending a campaign house party in iowa soon. what she is saying to do about that controversial new medicare for all bill. >>> and bracing for battle. one city's response to massive gun violence. now that response under attack by the national rifle association. we'll dig into that a little bit later. >>> let's start with that breaking news. a fast moving day for julian assange. right now the weikileaks founde in a courtroom. moments ago assange, convicted of skipping bail about an hour after the u.s. justice department accused him on conspiring with convicted leaker chelsea manning, th

craig melvin here msnbc headquarters in new york city. a busy day on the road for president trump and the democratic presidential candidates. president trump heading to atlanta any moment now for a summit on opioids. he leaves behind, though, a massive fight over subpoenas. we'll look at whether the president can thwart the will of house democrats to compel white house staff to testify. we're also live in new mexico, along the southern border. president trump went patrolling the area and now is promising to send more armed troops. and she the people. a brand new presidential forum for and by women of color it has now nabbed the biggest names in the democrat 2020 field. we'll talk about one of the hosts about what is in store for the candidates at this historic event. we start right now with president trump about to leave the white house, live look there at joint base andrews. we are told the president is not there just yet. he is still at the white house. again, president trump heading to atlanta, georgia, leaving behind what may be a new

right now, craig melvin has more up in new york. >>> good to see you.ur holiday weekend here. we start with breaking 2020 news on this friday. vice president joe biden expected to launch his presidential campaign next week. the exam timing is unknown, but biden sits atop most national and state polls. younger progressives questioning his issues of crime and behavior around woman has become a flashpoint. the question whether his persona fits this particular political moment. our biden is

i am craig melvin. 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 pplring spion and yet here devoted to the care of his children and full of

one church leader tells "today's" craig melvin, engineers are trying to assess the risk of a full collapse. >> right now they are trying to identify if there is a risk of stones falling or part of the walls falling. theyrs want to be sure that the test everything in the structure of the building. >> investigators are still in the preliminary stages of finding out what caused the fire but so far it's being tied to renovation work that crews were doing at the time. "nbc nightly news" is monitoring the developments in france and will have updates on the recovery process. you can watch that at 5:30 this evening right after "nbc bay area newsfr at 5:00. ". >>> a live look outside at san francisco. and things are heating up in the bay area this week. here's a look at how warm it's going to get today in many parts of the bay area. we'll see some 70s today. if we like that warmer weather, tomorrow is the day we can all get excited about. >> that's the peak of our warm weather and it will be here just briefly. we take a look outside right now. hazy and sunny in palo alto. a lot of people are headin

nbc's craig melvin him and asked how he's changing the image of the police department. >> iave kids nowho walk up to me that last week were running from the police. now he's wsaking up ng, hey, you're the guy who raps. how you do this, how you do that? then the rap conversation turns into, hey, man, how's your life? then every time run into each other, it's, oh, man, that's a good -- good cop right there. >> wow. jackson is from anne arundel county. you can watch the full interview coming up on the "today" show. i feel like he has a real career. when they said he's a police officer who raps, i wasn't sure what to expect. he sounds good. >> good for sure. >>> 4:42. lauren? >> we've got some nice s conditions you make those kids out to school. i make your way to school, was going to say. and if you want to get the kids to the bus stop, there you go, temperatures will be warming up. pack the umbrella, the rain jacket for later on this afternoon. we'll have rain and even a few thunderstorms in the mix. getting into that kind of season. we'll talk about the timing for the afternoon storms co

. >> warriors superstar steph curry sitting down with our own craig melvin on the "today" show talkingly, faith, and of course basketball. full interview coming up later today. one of the g nothreing says spring like fresh flowers, so let's promote our spring travel deal on choicehotels.com like this: (sneezes) earn one free night when you stay just twice this spring. allergies. or.. badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com. ad lib live picture of golden gate bridge. >>> wednesday, april 3rd. taking a live look at the gold especially gate bridge on this wednesday morning. not a lot of traffic. at least it's clear. the lens as well. the rain washed away. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. >> kari is back. >> it starts out with spotty showers. a mostly clean sweep on storm ranger. we're watching not only one but two storm systems. it brings us shors system will be here on friday. that could bring us heavier rain.

. >> that's curry explaining to craig melvin about what motivated him to open up in such a personal way. >> i think you'll see more from him on "california live." >> that's great. looking at that weather for us today. >> yeah, still unsettled. we could at times see some rain coming by. also, mostly cloudy skies. we're going to see a little more in the way of some wet weather tomorrow, especially on friday. that leads into a soggy start of the weekend. but the whole weekend won't be that way. we'll be able to get outside, especially sunday. >> good to hear. >> thanks so much for joining our next newscast is at 5:00. we'll be here tomorrow morning. >> see you bright and early. yoooh, hello yellow! at ross and you find... yes! that's yes for less. spring forward with the latest brand-name styles at 20 to 60 percent off department store prices. at ross. yes for less. ...you realize you can totally eat out more? that's yes for less. get the latest spring trends for your home at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices. at ross. yes for less. live," the king of the court and his queen. >>

craig melvin with dylan. jacob sod roff. >> we nice round of musical chairs. i was in the middle. econds. you're in california. yesterday i was out there talking to steph curry. >> i'm jealous. ab >> we will talt that more in a bit. al is on his way back from alaska. sheinelle is on assignment in florida as well. i got a bit of a bone to pick with you guys.

craig melvin with dylan. jacob soboroff. >> we had a nice round of musical chairs. appened in the last seven seconds. >>> so you're in california. yesterday i was out there talking to steph curry. >> i'm jealous. >> we will talk about that more in a bit. al is on his way back from alaska. sheinee

i'm craig melvin. what started for the suttons ended as a nightmare. of a targeted attacks? possibly a robbery gone wrong. it would take months of digging for investigators to uncover the dark betrayal at the heart of this crime. here's keith morrison. >> reporter: it was august hot in coral gables. the air was shirt-sticking thick as night fell. the small, damp breeze pushed weakly at limp palm fronds. in the artificial cool of attorney john sutton's house, an intimate party was winding down early. it was susan sutton's birthday, attending his son, girlfriend and john's law partner. daughter melissa, just off to college in north florida couldn't be there. so she phoned her mother to say, she missed her. were you two close? >> extremely. that's my best friend. >> reporter: i was going to ask how old your mom was? >> 57. no, you can't put that on. she was a nice 45. let's put it, leave it at that. >> the guests left. the law partner went home. son christopher and his girlfriend went to a movie. john settled in to watch tv in the master bedroom. susan in

craig melvin joins us. look at that crowd. you see a couple of big craig melvin heads. >> yeah.hout out, record your message, share on twitter, instagram. the hashtag on the screen. >>> a quick programming note. tomorrow on "today" we will be sitting down with hilaria baldwin, her first live interview since she shared deeply personal news about a miscarriage. she raised the conversation a lot. >>> right to your news. frustration over immigration has led to major shake-up in washington. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen resigned sunday just two days after she had accompanied president trump on the visit to the u.s./mexico border. sources tell nbc news the president had grown disappointed with neilsen and the failure to stop migrants from flowing into the country. he names cuss ups and border protection commissioner kevin mcaleenan as the acting head. >>> an american is being transered from uganda today. kimberly endicott from costa mesa, california, and her safari guide were rescued sunday. they had been taken at gunpoint nearly a week ago. the kidnappers were demandin

craig melvin sitting down with steph this week?the music industry. we have your first look at that show. >> it's giving some writers a real opportunity to pitch their songs. >> we are going to pull back the curtains and show you how music is made. >> we are looking for great songs. >> this feels like a hit. >> you were born to do this. >> i just want to perform this song in front of like 40,000 people. >> this is incredible. >> i'm picking your song. >> all right. each episode one winner will have their song selected and recorded by the feature artists, jonas brothers, meghan trainor, many others. that's may 28th here on nbc. >>> if you are bored tonight i had a chance to sit down with david feherty on the golf channel. a thrill for me. of course, my relationship with blake shelton came up. >> blake felt out of water in l.a. he was so bored he didn't know what to do in hollywood. i took him to a bass pro shop. walking around a bass pro with blake shelton is like walking around the vatican with jesus christ. he was mobbed. a huge st

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> good morning, i'm phillip mena. and here's what's happening. tax return fight. the new mood made by the president's lawyer and the one word the president keeps bringing up as the reason to keep those documents private. >>> back at the border. the president inspecting part of the wall after walking back a big threat. >>> the security breach at mar-a-lago and the secretary of state linking it to a broader threat from china. >>> plus the hip-hop radio show that's become a key stop for 2020 hopefuls. >>> the legal battle over the president's tax returns is escalating. hi l