i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> horrible. knowing the person that you love is dead. and then your being looked at for it. >> imagine, your shaken in the dead of night. >> my ears were ringing. i thought i was dreaming. >> in bed, right next to you. your husband, murdered. >> hearty wrap around your head, is it? >> yes. >> and here's the twist. you are the suspect.

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i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching with. with. i'm craig melvin, >> and i'm natalie morales >> and this is deadline. >> i'm here. asking for help. >> it was like hearing a ghost, a voice from beyond the grave. >> there is no way i can go back. >> can she help solve her own murder? who >> so surreal. this is something that happens to other people, not to you. >> she was a dancer who married a dashing photographer. they seemed a perfect family until the bone chilling night she went missing. >> you could see the body underneath the snow. >> where was her husband that night? >> my attorney said you don't know the -- >> it seems like it's always the husband, right? isn't that what police usually say? except this time, they were not so sure. >> it's a who done it? i had three viable suspects. >> three possible suspects. the victim also had a boyfriend and he had a wife. >> everyone starts getting question. >> husband, boyfriend, jealous spouse. >> i said something like, i hope she rocks in hell. >> so

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> i just can't see someone why we knew would want to hurt her. >> how could this happen? how could this happen to someone that we knew? it's been very long 13 years. >> homecoming queen, hannah hill, was just 18 when she disappeared. everybody sweetheart. >> this is it happened to people like her. what? why? where? when >> and who? was it her boyfriend? they had fought before? >> did you verbally abuse her? >> yes. >> did you physically abuse her? >> yes. >> or was a another man in her life? they had been together the night she died. >> we kissed and stuff. >> did you have sex with hanna? >> no, i did not. >> more than 13 years would go by as hannah's family fought for that justice. two possible suspects. >> did you kill hannah hill? ? >> absolutely art. >> did your kid kill hannah hill? >> two trials. >> i was a wreck. it was just very intense. >> were there ever be justice for hannah hill? >> the truth always comes out. >> hell

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> horrible. knowing the person that you love is dead. and then your being looked at for it. >> imagine, your shaken in the dead of night. >> my ears were ringing. i thought i was dreaming. >> in bed, right next to you. your husband, murdered. >> hearty wrap around your head, is it? >> yes. >> and here's the twist. you are the suspect. >> it's the worst feeling, thinking you're gonna be blamed for your husband's death. >> could she have been the killer? or, with someone keeping a secret? >> he said, what did you do. what did you do? >> i don't know what to tell you. >> just of the truth. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline". it's the stuff of nightmares. and a traitor creeps into your bedroom in the middle of the night and opens fire. but for melissa oxley, the bad dream was all too real. she told investigators she'd been startled from her sleep to find her husband, ben, dead from a guns

i'm craig melvin. bobbi parker was a prison officials wife, a teacher, living a quiet life with her beautiful family in oklahoma. until the day she went missing. for more than ten years, her family waited and hoped. and then, bobbi was rescued. she said she had been kidnapped, taken hostage by a dangerous inmate, and forced to live on the land, but her story left investigators wondering, was bobbi parker a woman held captive, or was she a woman, in love? >> on april 4th, 2005, a texas county sheriff near the louisiana border, heard it might be a fugitive in his area. >> i received a telephone call from a local texas ranger. >> the call lead sheriff johnson and his deputies, 65 miles from the nearest big city, to a mobile home on a chicken farm. the home of a couple, calling insoles richard and samantha deahl. >> if you wanted to hide, with this be a good place to do it? >> well, if a person keeps a low profile, a person could stay out of circulation for a while, yes. >> but the deahl's have been here f

i'm craig melvin. and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >> and this is "dateline". >> a hopelessness. where did she go? who did she see? just want to know what happened to my sister. >> a young mother is missing and a case gone cold. >> it was so important to me to know the truth behind that evening. >> then, detectives had and aha moment to solve the case, they return to something you probably use every day. facebook. >> why don't you establish a facebook account? i thought that could 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. >> this is a horrible crime. >> i'm glad we know the truth. >> carol lubahn was a restless young mom with two kids when she vanished from her southern california home. heartbroken, her loved ones assumed she had left at to start a new life. but as the years past, with no word from carol, a nagging suspicion took hold. was her disappear

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales, and this is dateline. >> what god no, please, this cannot be real. >> a teenager, home alone in the night of terror. >> i would just stare out the window and try and figure out how scared she must of been. >> on her body, like a signature, a handprint in blood. >> it was a crime of passion. there's a lot of anger involved in this. >> but how long? because that handprint doesn't belong to the man police put in prison. >> the anger just surged through me. >> now, a mother turns detective. >> her words to me were, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. >> join in as she hunts for the killer and searches for the truth. >> i wanted to put my fist through the tv. >> it still brings the hair up the back of my neck. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. a confession can wake up murder investigation wide open. soon after 19 angie was found stabbed, a local named christopher tapp admitted he was one of her killers. police reported every grisly

i'm craig melvin. what happened to nailah franklin?ly continued their desperate search, police focused on the men in her life. and with a little digging one of their stories started to unravel. here's keith morrison with more of our story, "smoke and mirrors." >> it's a grassroots effort by family and friends. >> for all the frantic activity, the phone calls, the flyers, the organized looking about, it was a rare quiet time, nine days in. when nailah franklin's sister felt it. >> we had a prayer service at our church, and in my heart i knew. i was like, you know what, she's not coming back. >> and that very night in the 3:00 a.m. hush of calumet city, night patrol officer calvin lucius felt his way past the glittering earbuds his partner saw hanging from a tree to the inky black fringe of forest at the back of a long abandoned parking lot behind a derelict video store. >> i probably got like maybe right around this area and just looked over and the body was there. >> what was that moment like? >> shock. you don't know if it's her or no

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. r watching >> i'm craig melvin. >> and 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 i have somebody, they will 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've never had a case is complicated before. >> police following multiple leads until -- >> we asked, who is that? he says he's my neighbor, he lives two floors below. >> a suspect under arrest. >> having someone you love just taken away. >> sorry...! >> case closed. where was that? could there be something else or someone else they must? >> there were so many parts of the puzzle that we're not adding up. >> someone had pulled the trigger. but had someone else pulls the strings? >> he was the type of guy that could take bad luck and turn it into a fortune. ♪

i'm craig melvin. stans of steven b. williams'hit radio show woke up every morning to his golden voice. he was a deejay who found fame and fortune. 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. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> 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 this storied iland. with one sunny day in may 2006 someone in it. >> i have a saying i would rather be lucky than good. >> ken clark of the l.a. sheriff's department has been at it for a long time. as has robert markindale. but nothing like the case that floated to them on a lonely reach of ocean out by catalina. would never have had the case at all except -- >> we were lucky that we had

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching.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 i have somebody, they will stop looking and that's how you can get away. >> a cold blooded killing, a

craig melvin, nbc news, gainesville, florida. >>> that's "nightly news" for this friday from tokyo.now at their gold medal hopes alive. the u.s. women's soccer team wins a nail biter. >> you come in and give it everything or go home. >> we're going to go live to tokyo for more reaction and what to expect tonight. >> plus a fourth covid surge. that's what san francisco health leaders are calling it. >> the delta variant is covid on steroids. >> the warning as the delta variant spreads across the bay area. >> and as contagious as the chickenpox, the grim message from the cdc with more people being admitted into local now. thanks for joining us for this olympics edition of nbc bay area news. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. we're going to go live to tokyo in just a few minutes. but first we begin with a sobering pandemic. break through cases among fully vaccinated residents as nbc bay area's christie smith explains the vaccines may not be the

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> he says they watch over dead, jimmy, they do. >> risk your life? >> what if i get shanked, what if i get killed. >> to go undercover into one of the country's most dangerous prisons. >> once they stepped out the door, i was on my own. >> to help catch a killer. >> she had such a zest for life. >> young girls were being murdered. >> i can't imagine sending my daughter off to school and never seeing her again. >> and investigators needed help to get a confession. >> if anybody could pull it off, he would probably be the one to be able to pull it off. >> this snitch was different. he was already a convicted felon. if it worked, he could win his freedom. if it didn't, he could lose his life. >> they had your back. >> they had my back. >> least you thought. >> that's what i thought. hello and welcome to "dateline j jimmy king was offered a special deal, if he could get a confession, he could walk away a free man getting in was the easy

i'm craig melvin. with doting grandfather jack jessee at the helm his big and blended california family seemed like one happy bunch. then jack was found stabbed to p death in his living room and police wondered if the jessees weren't as close as they seemede the case went unsolved for years until an ace detective hatched an unconventional plan to catch jack's killers. here's keith morrison. with deadly conspiracy. >> reporter: the game is called "mousetrap." a little ball on its track. the tiny taunting 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 odd that what really happened could so eerily mimic a children's game. >> oh how nice! >> reporter: these are the people it happened to, the jessee clan of orange county, california. they vacation together -- >> i'm tired, i'm ready to go home. >> reporter: share birthdays -- >> this one's for bev. te >> happy new year! >> reporter: even got together for a monthly game of 1

i'm craig melvin.ing her husband and burying his body in a california vineyard. it would have seemed like a straightforward case, if not for what she told investigators next. elisa was mcnabney a killer, all right, but did she act alone? here again is keith morrison with "poison". >> there is a purity to confession. a real cleansing of the sole. and now after months on the lamp, elisa mcnabney, aka renee sims, etc, etc, was finally in custody and unloading the secrets of a lifetime. didn't hold back. yes, she killed her husband of nearly seven years. but it was in her idea. >> i said, i don't know what i'm going to do. and she said, we have to kill him. and i said, we can't kill him. >> she said? who was this other woman who pushed elisa to commit murder? turned out detectives had already talked with her. remember sarah dutra? the young secretary elisa's friend, who came in with her little dogs and was so helpful to the detectives after larry and elisa disappeared? now was elisa saying killing larry wa

i'm craig melvin. who killed karen pannell?roc, whose name was found scrawled in blood at the crime scene. roc admitted to having a stormy relationship with karen but insisted he didn't kill her. was there more to the bloody clue than met the eye? forensic specialist anna cox was trying to unlock what her naked eyes could not see. when she did, her discovery would send the investigation in a completely different direction. here again is dennis murphy with written in blood. >> the handwriting was on the wall and forensic specialist anna cox was intent on breaking down the key piece of evidence implicating karen's boyfriend, the three letters in blood, roc. you would spend hours looking at these letters? >> i did. >> you actually cut the sheet rock out of your place and took it into your lab? >> yes. i have to look at those letters, everything about them. >> using a high powered microscope, she did an analysis of the specks of blood that stained the wall as karen was stabbed 16 times. that blood splatter served as a gruesome canv

i'm craig melvin and i'm natalie morales and this is dateline. >> i felt guilty. i couldn't live with that.lt i said, "i know something and it's terrible." "i'm the only other person who knows the truth. i had to do something. >> he swept her right of her feet. >> i was drawn to him right away. >> a dreamy single dad. wealthy. charming. smitten. >> i'd never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like julia roberts in "pretty woman." >> he'd been through so much. a mysterious accident at sea. >> he went under, and when he came up, he said he no longer saw his wife. >> he was just hysterical.s >> they were never able to find her. >> it was a heart-wrenching story. so why then were so many people so suspicious? >> no one knows exactly what happened on that boat. >> an accident? a disappearance? >> you thought would, she figured us? >> or maybe a murder? >> there's no way. absolutely no way. >> i felt like the police were just trying to frame an innocent man. >> now, she would be the one to unravel it all. >> i thought, i could do this. >> in a dangerous u

i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. a sprawling southern family farm with a pair of churchgoing grandparents at its heart. >> they are definitely the most loving individuals i've ever met in my life. >> there was no way it was supposed to end like this. >> she took me about a hand and said sugar and charlie have been murdered. >> the former church deacon, and his wife. who on earth would want them down? >> it does not make sense. they were loved by everyone. >> everyone, maybe. but their own daughter who admitted to a bitter, simmering dispute. >> it's been a long family feud. >> her stepfather won her dead so she could get her property back. >> evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. >> you have that blood on your shoe, he was there. >> or, was he? >> no hair, no fingerprints, no dna. >> nothing. >> a once loving family now gripped by suspicion. >> i had a lot of people in my ear saying she did it. >> with the terrible truth rip them apart? >> this cannot be happening. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to dateline. a daught

right now we have a lot more with craig melvin who picks up our coverage right now. >> good thursday morning to you. msnbc headquarters here in new york. our country's voting rights are playing out in split screen this hour. first in austin, texas where the special legislature will get under way. the governor called this session after democrats walked off of the house floor at the end of pay to keep republicans from passing restrictive voting measures there. i'll talk to an activist that will be at the capital in an hour rallying around these measures. meanwhile, president biden meeting with civil rights groups about voting rights. the supreme course just delivered a major move to the white house and they're running out of options. ly talk to someone who will have the president's ear in just a few hours. we're also going to have an important conversation about gun cull dmur this country. new york state is taking a new approach to tackling it. coming up i will talk to fred gutenberg. >>> and the tragic shift in surfside, florida, from rescue to recovery. we just learned in the last ho

craig melvin picks up our coverage right now. craig melvin here. already shaping up to be quite the busy hour here. right now we have critical senate hearing. this is not the dollar room that you're used to seeing. this is atlanta, georgia. republican senate leader mitch mcconnell calling the off site hearing a silly stunt. but the people testifying right now see nothing silly about what is happening in georgia. >>> also, president biden putting the economy front and center. he hopes to build consensus around the country's recovery and job growth. but casting a shadow this hour? the markets. the dow's plummet continues down more than 2%. nearly 800 points. new york stock exchange also down. in the last hour the american academy of pediatrics opening schools in the fall. everyone over the age of two should wear masks regardless of vaccination status. plus, this morning, the new olympic hurdle and a troubling dose of reality with this virus. in the last couple hours we learned that a teammate of team usa's winning team tested positive for covid. also

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i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> first up on msnbc.ck opening ceremony, but the delayed games are already off to a chaotic start with more athletes testing positive for covid and the first match being canceled. we'll talk to one vaccinated players who games were cut short. >> i'm glad i took every possible measure i could to make sure that i had the best

craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm jim cramer "the news with shepard smith" starts now >>> a brand-new study shows one of the vaccines may be less effective against the delta variant, and tonight it's spreading across the country i'm shepard smith. this is "the news" on cnbc covid's fourth wave has arrived. >> insane to go from having one covid patient to having all covid patients again. >> could vaccine mandates be around the corner? reports of new havana syndrome hot spots with as many as 200 americans reporting symptoms on six continents what we know about the mystery illness. >>> the richest person on the planet just took the ultimate joy raid to space. >> my expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. >> blue origins makes history. >> we have to build a road to space so that our kids and their kids can build a future. >>> crime in america and the push to address it in new ways inside one community's plan to create a private police force. >>> 13 states battling wildfires. a gator attacks a man

i'm craig melvin.e murder of his wife michelle. prosecutors argued the software salesman killed his wife to get out of an unhappy marriage. to bolster their case, they called two of jason's lovers to the stand, women who testified about his affairs. but defense called a star witness of their own. after 12 long years, jason young was about to break his silence. keith morrison with "silent witness." . >> what the prosecution didn't tell you -- >> there is an art to the business of criminal defense, and it would take a true artist to repaint the prosecution's dark portrait of jason young. so what could defense attorney mike clinkerson do? well, to begin with, as he told the jury, he agreed with the prosecution. jason young was not a good husband. >> he acted at times like an immature jerk. but that does not make him a killer. >> the defense was not about to make any more concessions, mind you. that jewelry box from the bedroom, there was dna on it that didn't match either michelle or jason. the suspicious

ng >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. this is dateline. >> i know my sister would've fought. we used to tell each other that if someone ever tried to hurt us that we would do everything we can to leave something behind so the other one can figure it out. i believe that she was murdered. >> this is a very bizarre death. >> it was baffling from the start. a young woman dead at her millionaire boyfriends mention. >> 9-1-1 what are you reporting? >> i got a girl, hung herself. >> my heart started racing. >> you found her. >> i did. >> they ruled it a suicide, but was it? >> at the scene knives rose, a cryptic phrase. >> her hands were tied, she was naked. >> this was sending a message. >> that wasn't the only suspicious death here. >> no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of homicide. something happened at the top of the stairs. >> what really went on in that mansion. hear from the man at the center in his first television interview. >> you thought you had nothing to hide? >> i knew i had nothing to hide. >> the wors

ng >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> he wasn't my biological child, but my heart, you can't tell that to my heart. i love that boy. it's not fair thought he was taken from his children or from his family. >> jesse fell for vince a man in uniform holding the fort during his long deployments. >> my hat goes off to all military wives, it's not easy. >> it's not. >> she was a good mom. she loved the kids. >> we're united at last, they celebrated. then, on the drive home -- >> there was a car there, stranded. >> vince tells his wife that he's going to check on him. >> i heard two three popping sounds. >> he was laying there with what appeared to be several gunshot wounds to the head. >> her father, father of five, dead. >> i want my mommy. and i want my kids. >> no one could understand it. >> the type of person that he was, i don't think you ever had an enemy. >> or did he? >> he said we are now in debt to bad people. >> we knew that there was another person that needed to be looked at. >> a winding in

craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. money," i'm jim cramer see you tomorrow, "the news with shepard smith" starts now. >>> seeking solutions to the rise in crime in america our special series of reports begins this this hour. >>> plus the delta variant contributing to rapid, disturbing covid surge i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc >> the worstday of the year fo the dow jones industrial average. >> financial markets tumbling. stocks sinking today wall street joins a global sell-off, pandemic fears fueling the downturn >> we are seeing this concerning spread because this is the most contagious variant we've seen yet. >> reporter: new questions raised about the vaccine and the push for all kids to mask up this fall in school. >> the chinese government is not doing this themselves. >> reporter: contract hackers. the u.s. formally blames china for state-sponsored cyber hacks on america, including that massive attack on microsoft. >>> and unexplained, deadly shooting a man allegedly takes aim at police, firefighters

craig melvin here this morning. the seismic battle over southing rights is spread out across america from philadelphia to colorado and from texas to d.c. quite literally. in texas a major bill at the state house will potentially come to a screeching halt, the second lawmakers gavel in the start of the day's business and that could happen any moment now. we just heard from the dozens of texas democrats that took off to washington, d.c. on private jets. the urgent message they just delivered to congress on the steps of the u.s. capitol and the consequences they could face once they get home. >> once they step back into the state of texas they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol and we will be conducted business. >>> meanwhile, president biden expected to leave the house in a few hours to philadelphia to deliver the highly-anticipated speech on voting rights, and the president expected to blast the gop for the voting restrictions. and we will go to colorado this hour where we are seeing the real world con

craig melvin here this morning.outhing rights is spread out across america from philadelphia to colorado and from texas to d.c. quite literally. in texas a major bill at the state house will potentially come to a screeching halt, the second lawmakers gavel in the start of the day's business and that could happen any moment now. we just heard from the dozens of texas democrats that took off to washington, d.c. on private

craig melvin. new covid cases are rising in all 50 states. yes, you heard me right.alarm over crisis -- crises happening on both ends of this pandemic. the more contagious delta variant taking hold across the nation. vaccine misinformation spreading like the virus itself. meanwhile, on capitol hill, democrats are pushing ahead with their aggressive timeline to get both an infrastructure and spending deal done. there's a potential wrench in their plans. the bills have not even been written yet. >>> ahead this hour, split screen of the effects of climate change. right now fires raging in a dozen western states and germany is seeing its worth flooding in more than a century. this hour we have reporters in germany and arizona

me are we ♪ ♪ me and you singing in the park ♪ ♪ me and you, we're waiting for the dark ♪ i'm craig melvinalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> she is and will always be my sister. i don't know what happened to her. i don't get to say goodbye. it was awful. it makes your whole world follow part. >> if you took her, please just let her come home. >> her name is heather elvis. it was news nationwide when she vanished. >> she had a new job. she was going on a first date. >> it was overwhelmingly horrible. >> where she at? >> police work the clues, her car abandoned. >> i was scared to death. >> a mysterious caller captured on camera. >> why would this person call from a payphone, in the middle of the night? >> then came the secret. >> she was married. >> rumors about her being pregnant. >> she truly did believe that she was gonna leave his wife. >> anger, betrayal, revenge. >> a bomb exploded. it was world war three. >> this crazy love triangle, create napping, potential murder. >> yes. >> this is heather's life or talking about. >> terrifying. when you see your parents hurting, you wish that

we have more coverage coming up next with craig melvin. >>> good thursday morning to you.you have kids younger than 18 there may be a new deposit of a couple hundred dollars there. an estimated 39 million families set to see direct payments up to $300 per child. that is all part of the biden administration's expanded child tax credit. the white house says it could lift as many as half of america's children out of poverty. about 45 minutes from now we expect to hear from president biden and vice president harris about this. and in just a moment i will talk to the deputy treasury secretary wally adeyemo about what you need to know. meanwhile on capitol hill, texas state democrats will be meeting with joe manchin. their goal is t

u for watching >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>. to hear that news and realizing that it's amber. how could that be? her life was just beginning. >> amber meet friends for life. >> there was just no trying with our friendship. it just. was >> but that life didn't last long. >> amber is on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag wrapped around her heads. >> it still is open, the door is open. >> most people who rob a store don't kill anybody. >> my whole world just died right there. >> for months, the murder stayed cold. >> didn't have witnesses, didn't have video, didn't have the any. we had everything going against us. >> we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. >> then a break. another victim. >> he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. >> and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? >> something is going to happen tonight. >> a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. >> he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out a gun. and i said,

craig melvin picks up our coverage right now. craig melvin here. hour here. right now we have critical senate hearing. this is not the dollar room that you're used to

craig melvin here. right now we are staying on top of high stakes stories.florida officials about search and rescue efforts in surfside, and the death toll from the condo collapse continues to rise. four more victims found in the rubble bring the total to 32 dead so far, and rescuers are not just racing through times to sift through millions of pounds of rubble, but they are facing down tropical storm elsa. >> we do continue to expect occasional gusts and strong showers today, and we're closely monitoring the weather and we now have our weather service embedded within our search and rescue teams to work closely to track for any changes that could impact the work to assure the safety of our first responders. >> we just got an update on that storm seconds ago from the national hurricane center, the 11:00

[music playing] craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. [music playing] th >>> elsa getting >>> elsa getting stronger. could cause life-threatening storm surge on florida's west coast. i'm shepard smith. this is "the news" on cnbc. >> there's going to be storm surge. >> tropical storm elsa set to slam into florida. the dangerous system threatening millions, already breaking records. tonight, the forecast and impact >>> more bodies pulled from the rubble as rescue operations pick up speed a report sheds new light on concerns before the collapse. >> the whole world wants to know what happened here. >>> russian hackers strike again in what's being called the largest attack in history. hundreds of u.s. companies impacted now the pressure on president biden to respond. >>> taliban forces make big gains in afghanistan as the u.s. pulls out. we're on the ground with local commandos as they keep up the fight. >>> a state of emergency declared over gun violence setbacks in the fight against o dominate the world of wine >> an

i'm in for craig melvin. it is 11:00 a.m. on the east coast and we start with an urgent new call to action. in the fight against the highly contagious delta variant. "the war has changed." that is from an internal cdc document obtained. it says we're dealing with a virus equally as contagious as chickenpox. and even more contagious than the flu or even ebola. right now we're also watching the white house closely. the president will play host today. first speaker nancy pelosi and majority leader chuck schumer to talk voting rights. then to cuban americans. the protests in cuba a loud cry for freedom from the communist regime. plus, time is running out for families behind on rent. the federal ban on evictions is set to expire tomorrow. we start with the urgent new concerns over rising covid cases. shannon pettypiece is at the white house. gabe gutierrez is outside of bellevue hospital. heidi presbola, and dr. hilton. good to see you all, shannon, let me begin with you. nbc news obtained an internal cdc document, what else does

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i'm in for craig melvin. we have big movement in the voting rights fight. right now texas state democrats are on the hill talking about people like stacey abrams and the clintons. but they're dealing with a separate challenge. that bipartisan infrastructure deal just cleared a key test vote. there is new push back for another bill that democrats want to pass that is from within their own ranks. >>> and cubans calling for treatment and bob me nen dez just delivered a speech in the senate asking for world solidarity on cuba and the release of political prisoners. >>> plus right now the number of coronavirus cases is up in all 50 states and that puts new attention on a question that a lot of people are asking. will people need to prove their vaccinated to go to work? or to go out to eat? we're getting early answers this morning. they are now requiring vaccinations. today president biden is expected to announce a requirement for federal workers. we start with the latest on this pandemic and the major vaccine announcement. monica is at the white house for us. jo

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craig melvin here. right now we are staying on top of high stakes stories. we just heard from florida officials about search and rescue efforts in surfside, and the death toll from the condo collapse continues to rise. four more victims found in the rubble bring the total to 32 dead so far, and rescuers are not just racing through times to sift through millions of pounds of rubble, but they are facing down tropical storm elsa. >> we do continue to expect occasional gusts and strong showers today, and we're closely monitoring the weather and we now have our weather service embedded within our search and rescue teams to work closely to track for any changes that could impact the work to assure the safety of our first responders. >> we just got an update on that storm seconds ago from the national hurricane center, the 11:00 a.m. coordinates just coming out, and elsa could be near hurricane strength before it makes lakefront in florida. right now that storm battering the florida keys with 60-mile-per-hour winds and rain. the latest on the trajectory and what it

. >>> good morning i am kris jansing in for craig melvin. we have breaking news, we have this, two big decisions in the last hour. including one on voting rights that challengers say makes it harder for my know forties to vote. president biden will meet with first responders and families later today. search efforts are on because due to drurl turns there. officials just updated us last hour. right now 18 people are confirmed dead including two children, just four and ten years old. >>> breaking in just the last 30 minutes, nancy pelosi announce whog will be sitting on that select committee. the big headline, republican congresswoman liz cheney has agreed to be part of that group. >>> plus, we're sitting on top of breaking news tied to the former president about the trump organization and alen weisselberg. long time trump ally allen weisselberg has turned himself into the da's office. we found out when we should expect the arraignment in the case and that is at 2:15 in the afternoon. >> bill cosby now spending his first full day as a free man

craig melvin here, president biden there at the white house. one of the big stories that we're following including a big burns of wind in the sales of our economy. u in this morning june marking the 6th straight month that our country added back jobs you just heard president biden talking about what the new june jobs report means as we navigate our way out of this pandemic. >> the last time the economy grew at this rate was 1984. well, it is getting close to afternoon here, the sun is coming out. >> here are the numbers for june. 850,000 jobs added. that's more than was expected. that is just short of the entire population of south dakota. the unemployment rate ticked up to 1.5%. dulling the shine a bit for every day americans, pain at the bump. triple a says this could be the second bustiest weekend of all time. right now we're seeing the highest gas prices since 2014. we're also keeping our eyes on surf side, florida. roughly 25 minutes from now officials there are going to update us on the search and rescue efforts that continue. structural

i'm jose diaz balart reporting for craig melvin. we thank you for the privilege of your time.ll will talk with vivek murthy about the covid spread that when "andrea mitchell reports." i'll see you tonight on noticias telemundo. >>> good day. this is andrea -- good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington, where the president tomorrow will be announcing a vaccine requirement for federal workers as a result of startling news over the delta variant in the next few days which experts say is 1,000 times more transmissible even for vaccinated americans than the alpha virus. the cdc is recommending that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in highly transmissible parts of the country. that is reversing its guidance from two months ago that fully vaccinated people can go mask-free indoors and it's a major setback in the efforts to project success against the virus. the cdc is saying all k through 12 student should wear masks in schools raising new concerns with some parents and new questions among the 163 million fully vaccinated americans. >> something has ch

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. ♪ >>> warm welcome to the show they call "street signs.'m steve sedgwick the opec plus meeting ends in stalemate. talks breakdown with producers at odds over output. the biden administration calls for a compromise solution. >>> a french train maker warns of significant negative cash flow for the year due to the bom bombardier acquisition. >>> and trading near the top of the ftse 100 the uk supermarket giant expected better than expected first quarter sales. >>> and germany easing travel restrictions and prime minister boris johnson lifting all covid restrictions >> we are seeing cases rise rapidly. we are seeing rising hospital admissions we must reconcile ourselves to more deaths from covid >> you've got me today never mind let's move on. opec plus meeting and uae refused to back a supply deal without with conditions met. the opec secretary-general said a new meeting date will be decided in due course. the white house is concerned about the price increases. they weighed in with the biden administration calling for a compromise solution. a

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. thanks for watching. i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> he was like, i'm going to destroy you. the fear was terrible. i can't even describe it. it's a surreal thing. people thought i was dead. >> the attack was sudden and savage. >> i saw a man standing there. >> i heard multiple shots. >> the wife, the only witness. >> the only thing i could see was his eyes. >> her story was concerning about a masked man shooting her husband and leaving her alive. i'm worried, did she kill him herself? did she hire somebody? >> then a revelation. the dead man had a dangerous dream. >> we ended up finding a lot of people related to the oil business. >> i remember him telling us, i'm going to make millions of dollars. >> a big money venture oozing with outlaws. >> a violent individual, been to prison for robbery. big man. probably 250 pounds of steroided rock muscle. significant criminal history. >> greed is what killed my dad. greed is what caused all of this. >> a thirst for oil,

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. yo >>tching i was completely baffled at how this could've happened. >> i didn't know anyone who wished anna any harm. nobody >> she was stunning. model like. she had that personality that happiness phone. >> men found anna irresistible. >> i see her, my angel of. like >> i called her my muse. >> they wrote her poetry. gave her gift. >> how much money did you give anna? >> $46,000. >> is he some kind of sugar daddy? >> that's what it appears to be. >> she was found dead in her house. she's >> lying on the ground, blood. >> who would do this to her? >> and with so many men in her life, there would be plenty of potential suspects. >> you knew a lot awful lot about her routines. >> he is trying to get into her bank accounts. her emails. >> he's a direct beneficiary of a large sum of cash. but someone we're going to look at. >> could this strange reveal a killer? >> there was a locked door and inside the door was a letter in russian. >> that letter gave you get a window into what was reall

for now craig melvin picks up our coverage right now. >>> a busy hour with significant developments and several challenges facing the united states. first in the fight against the pandemic, the threat now posed by the highly contagious delta variant has never been clearer. the seven-day average of new cases is up double digits in the united states. so what does it mean for people that have not gotten the vaccine yet? and what could it mean for those of us that have. meanwhile in the best, consequences of climate change have rarely been this visible. exploding wildfires, expanding droughts, and dwindling supplies. i'm going to be joined by a governor ringing the alarm on these conditions. >>> and all eyes on the white house today where gun violence will be the focus of a big meeting there. what we know at this hour about president biden's plan to address this growing crisis. >>> first, we're witnessing a symbolic ending to two decades of u.s. operations in afghanistan. we will begin with the latest developments. courtney kube is there and mike memoli at the white house. general scott mil