>> detectives say they received a tip about dalia's plan. she had been dealing with an undercover police officer, posing as a hit man. >> the report says the two met several times in a parking lot at a cvs and at a gas station. when the officer asked if she was sure she wanted it done, she replied, "i'm not going to change my mind. i am 5,000% sure i want it done." >> reporter: michael dippolito and his wife met less than a year ago. he's now 38, she's 26. they were married six months ago. he says strange things started happening. money went missing, threatening notes were left on his car. he says, now that makes sense. but it's far different than his wife trying to kill him. >> there was a lot of funny stuff going on. i overlooked a lot of things. you know, you try and see the best in people, not the worst. i feel a little bad, but i mean, there's no reason she had to do this. >> back to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer. now the possibility rears its head that this may not have been her first attempt to get hubby. what happened? >

>> did you ever meet dalia? >> yes, i did. i met her in december. >> tell me about her. >> she seemed to be, you know, a go-getter type of girl that was probably a good match for mike. at that point, you know, nobody really had any suspicion that things were going to turn bad. >> once they were married did she earn a living? >> i do not know. i really don't know that at this point. >> how did mike earn a living? >> mike works out of his home. >> doing what? >> with the internet. >> with the internet. all right. let's go out to hugo rodriguez, defense attorney, former fbi agent. i understand that you, actually in your work as an fbi agent were responsible for actually posing as a hitman in some cases? >> that's true. when it became a federal offense in 1986 to have someone cross interstate lines to perpetrate a murder, myself and my partner were the first fbi hitmen, and similar scenarios we are talking about in this case, we set up all over the country. >> all right. to mickey sherman, defense attorney, author, "how can you de

>> dalia, why did you try to kill your husband? >> stephanie, so she denied the whole way through, huh? never fessed up, even though it seems to me she was caught cold here. >> correct. she never said anything. >> so then what happens -- explain -- lay the picture out for us when you take her -- i guess it was to the police station and she's confronted by her husband. how did that go down? >> right. she was brought back to the police department, where she spoke with detectives. and at some point she was told that the undercover that she met with in the car was actually an undercover police officer. he was brought into the room and she was asked, do you know this man, and she said no. and then he was led out of the room. it was at that point we let her know her husband was alive and well and in the room next door. >> did they have a face-to-face? >> yeah, at one point we did walk him by the room so she could see him and see in fact he was fine. >> what was the look on her face at that point? do we know? >> yes, she actually said, "o

to create an alibi, dalia went to la fitness. she was here when they called and told her about her husband's apparent murder. when she arrived, police say she put on a performance, crying over her husband of six months. >> they're breaking the news to her. of course, all the cops know she set this thing up according to them. now, according to this cop that she's trying to hug, he barely got the words out, your husband -- and she started wailing. like she anticipated the bad news. another cop says, no matter how much she wailed, she couldn't squeeze out a tear. >> they keep telling me how lucky i am today and i can't really -- it hasn't hit me yet. >>> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. everyone, very quickly, thank you for all of your calls, e-mails, support. my first novel, a murder/mystery thriller "eleventh victim," finally in the bookstores today. part of my proceeds go to westly glenn ministries, a charity that gives a loving home to the mentally handicapped. again, i want to thank you and

but police say dalia dippolito unknowingly hired an undercover cop to do the job. police then plan this elaborate sting operation faking her husband's death calling her to the staged murder scene. they catch her entire tearful reaction on tape. in the end, she's arrested and she comes face to face with not only the hit man but her husband who is alive and well. >> there was a lot of sobbing and her arm wavering and trembling, but there was no wetness in her eyes. >> she was emotional, over the top, hysterical. how you would react, right, if you thought someone was dead. stone cold, expressionless as she stood before a judge. she's actually at her mom's house right now. she went straight to her mom's house. that's where she's going to be on house arrest. >> she met this undercover officer, believed he was a hit man, in a car, in a parking lot outside of a cvs and it was during that encounter she was asked numerous times by this undercover, are you sure you want to do this? at one point, she laughed and said i will be very happy. >> here's a woman who is saying she's

dalia, that is. i think it's a terrible practice if the police department makes it a habit of posting videos that they take in the course of their investigation and even arresting suspects. >> stephanie, do you want to respond to that? >> no. she is entitled to her opinion. >> the question i had and jennifer ran with it there on the front of could this not compromise the case, let's get back to a couple of other things. one thing i want to know, after with the video we saw there, she gets arrested. i believe we have a clip of her as she is being arrested denying everything. less's listen to dalia dippolito here. >> i didn't do anything. >> dalia, why did you do it? >> she denied the whole way through? never fesed up even though it seems she was caught cold here? >> correct. she never said anything. >> what happens. lay the picture out for us when you take her, i guess, to the police station and she is confronted by her husband. how did that go down? >> right. she was brought back to the police depart

dalia. >> how long was this plot in the works from the time dalia got in touch with the hit man, turned out to be an undercover police officer? >> monday afternoon. monday afterman? she met this undercover officer who she believed was a hit man. in a car in a parking lot outside of a cvs and it was during that encounter that she was asked numerous times by this undercover are you sure you want do this? at one point she laughed and said i will be very happy. and at that point she -- she also said i'm not going to change my mind. i'm 5,000% sure i want it done. when i set my mind to something i get it done. >> wow. so this is monday. when does this go down, video we are looking at? >> that was yesterday morning. about 6:30 in the morning. >> okay. got to ask you this. we will get back to the chronology of this. why was this posted on youtube? the cameras from the show "cops," how did that work out? >> no. the cam was with the crime scene sarge won't videotaped the video you see. the reason it

that was the day of dalia dippolito's arrest. by thursday she was out on $25,000 bond and an attorney had filed an action to try to recover from her the property that she had persuaded her husband to sign over to her just days before. friday of course a petition for dissolution is marriage is filed, again, on behalf of michael. and here we are sxhornmonday an have a new injunction against domestic violence that has been filed on michael's behalf. >> john sabatino, friend of the intended victim, michael dippolito, the new hubby. john, what can you tell me about the husband filing this protective order? i mean, she is out on bond. >> hi, nancy. how you doing? >> repeat? >> hello. >> hi, dear. your friend filed an order of protection. is he concerned she may try again? >> absolutely. >> why? >> absolutely. well, we are all in shock she is put out on bail, number one. somebody like this should be behind bars. >> and there you see her walking along. she was a workout enthusiast, let me say, and planned her alibi, according to police t

detectives say had he received a tip about dalia's plan. she had been dealing with an undercover police officer posing as a hit-man. >> the two met several times at a parking lot at a cvs and gas station. when the officer asked if she was sure she wanted it done, she replied "i'm not going to change my mind. i'm a,000% sure i want it done." >> they met less than a year ago. he is now 38. she's 26. they were married six months ago. she says strange things started happening. money went missing. threatening notes were left on his car. he says now that makes sense. it's far different than his wife trying to kill him. >> . >> oh, my god. over. oh. >> you need to calm down. we need you to go, okay? >> ma'am. >> please. >> we need you to go to the station. go with the detective. >> if you want to help your husband -- if you want to help your husband, you need to go and tell us everything you know about who he knows, who he is connected to. >> please. please. >> here, little girl. you're going to need these in the big house. all right? all that sob

dalia allegedly told the officer she was sure, sure she wanted to carry out this hit. the price they worked out, $3,000 plus $1,200 for the purchase of a gun. police say she had an alibi and that she gave out photos of her husband, his schedule, the layout of their apartment. they say that they staged a murder scene at the home and when she got there, that's what you're looking at there, they told her the news that her husband was dead. and her reaction, you saw that reaction, mike, that it was the sobbing. and by the way, "prime news" just obtained a michael dippolito's divorce petition today. >> yeah, not too soon for him. richelle, thank you for that. joining me to talk about it, dr. tara fields is with us, marriage and family therapist. we could go an hour with her alone on this one. also with us, josh friedman, jason brody, attorneys for the husband in the case, and joining us by phone, andrew mara with palm beach post. andrew, first question still is why. do we know motive yet, andrew? >> the motive, like she was saying a minute ago, appears to be money. that's a

, but this afternoon she's on her way to the palm beach county jail after boynton beach police say dalia dippolito paid a hit man $3,000 to kill her husband. turns out the hit man was an undercover police officer tipped off by a confidential informant. she says she didn't do it. >> it's 10:50. i should have been dead at, like, 9:00. >> she was working out at la fitness gym, when police called her to return to the home. it was taped off, and detectives roaming the property like it was a crime scene. >> no, no! >> here is a woman who is saying she's 5,000% sure she wants to pay for her husband to be killed and then at the scene you have a woman who is sobbing uncontrollably because she's just learned that her husband is dead. >> oh, my god. >> just divorce me and take everything, i mean, that's the best way, right? i mean, i don't understand. >> straight out to ashley glass from wpec joining us there in palm beach, florida. ashley, what happened? >> well, i saw this woman today for the first time up in court for her first appearance, and it was like i was looking at a different person. you

. >>> the honeymoon is definitely over for a pair of florida newlyweds. 26-year-old dalia is charged with trying to hire a man to kill her husband. she married michael six months ago. police say the woman approached a would-be hit man two turned out to be an undercover police officer. the recent groom can't believe what police are saying about his bride. >> there was a lot of funny stuff going on. i overlooked a lot of things. you know, you try to see the best in people, not the worst. just divorce me and take everything. i mean, that's the best way, right? yonds. >> police say she paid $1,200 to have her husband killed. >>> paula abdul will not be returning to "american idol." there will be a special guest though, and you have probably seen her before. >>> well, aerosmith's front man steven tyler may have been living it up too much when he was going down off a concert stage. ironically he had just been singing those very lyrics from "love in an elevator" when he fell. this is at the sturgis motorcycle rally in south dakota. he was air lifted to a hospital with miner head, neck, and

he married dalia one week after finalizing the divorce from his first wife. we have complete video on our website right on the home page under headlines. >>> day eight of redskins training camp. fans are getting another chance to watch the burgundy and gold practice in person. one guy getting a lot of attention may be the most versatile player on the team. dave ross joins from us redskins park. who do you have today? >> reporter: we have lorenzo alexander. this guy can do just about any position you need him to play, maybe minus quarterback. thanks for joining us. tell us about this. you play defensive tackle, offensive guard, tight end, fullback. >> special teams. >> reporter: what don't you do? i think that's the shorter list? >> yeah. the only thing i probably wouldn't want to do is quarterback. standing back there with guys like albert hanes worth is -- haynesworth is pretty scary. i primarily go with defensive stuff. the closer we get -- when we get geared up for games during the season, they'll take me over there thursday and friday and work in a couple

if the 26 year-old dalia dippolito gave an undercover officer posing as a hit man 1200's dollars for a handgun and offered him $3,000 to murder her husband. investigators played along by making her house look like a crime scene. they even called her house from the gym to tell her that her husband died. if police had already informed her husband of the plot. >> it took a little while to resonate. there was a lot of funny business going on for a long time. unexplained money issues. it makes a lot of sense. >> it was not until officers took him to the police station that she learned her husband was alive. if she has been charged with solicitation to commit murder. this is the first full day of freedom for two american journalist held prisoner in north korea. they came home yesterday after former president clinton interceded. sources say he was told only to talk about the journalists, but he may have personally talked about policy. >> a tearful reunion between husbands and wives, mother and daughter. it's hard to argue with the immediate result of bill clinton's trip to north korea. >> f

for secular muslims, like dalia ziade, such views are decidedly anti-modern. ziade is a human rights activist. the 26-year-old accuses religious institutions in egypt of spreading fundamentalist beliefs, like the veiling of women. >> in my mother's age, when she was my age, i see her photos. it was tremendously different. it was, you know, she wore shirt skirts and she used to wear t- shirts, without sleeves, sleeveless t-shirts and nobody used to ask her or to instruct her not to wear this or wear that. >> reporter: ziade says in today's environment she has to wear a headscarf in order not to be harassed. she blames this on what she calls the growing piety movement. >> everyone now believes that if only he gets religious, all his problems will be solved. >> reporter: as part of her work, ziade's been compiling fatwas that target women. some clerics say they can't walk on the same side of the street as men. this fatwa from a high-profile islamist claims they're not fit to be judges. ziade says in this day and age, the principals of modernity should be universa

segÚn las autoridades dalia contratÓ al sicario por $3000.lgo lo asÍ al 5000%. en pleno sollozo fue trasladada a la estaciÓn de policÍa donde las autoridades demostraron a su esposo vivo. allÍ la acusaron. cuando vio a su marido vivo grito: ¡dios mÍo! h@h@tfdxvupfkkph@h@ insistiÓ en su inocencia. la acusada tendrÁ que vivir en la casa de su madre bajo arresto domiciliario y tendrÁ que tener una distancia de medio millar de su marido. una decisiÓn con la que su marido estaÁ muyh@ >> muchÍsimas gracias, cristina por este reporte. mÁs adelante continuamos con mÁs tfdxvurgnkp nosotros una de las bellezas mÁs conocidas de la televisiÓn que ademÁs de ser cantante, modelo y actriz, tiene una "pechonalidad" que cautiva a cualquiera, ya me puse nervioso. >> rosana martÍnez, la tetÁnica. >> muchas gracias raÚl por la presentaciÓn. la verdad es que muchÍsima gente en mi carrera no reconocer por mi personalidad pero poco a poco lo estoy logrando. >> ¿cÓmo van tus proyectos?tfdx grande en mi carrera, y se cuatro obras en teatro y estoy encantada porque es

. >> you are seeing dalia dippolito, a 26-year-old newlywed of six months breaking down in hysterical sobs as police inform her her groom is dead, murdered. they carry her away. she's nearly doubled over in grief. when they get her to the police station, they let her look in the next room and there he is. very alive and very well. this is a police sting that you are seeing right now. we are taking your calls live. out to sheryl in michigan. hi, sheryl. >> caller: hi, nancy. love you. love your growing family. >> thank you. what's your question, love? >> caller: on top of life insurance, does he have a business, a company, assets that she was going into wanting to kill him? >> what do we know, ashley glass, ashley joining us from wpec? >> when we talked to him, he said, yes, he is well off. yes, they did live an extravagant lifestyle, but he says he really doesn't know what the motive is. when he came face-to-face with her in the police department, he says he thinks he had the chance to ask her that, were you after my money? what was it? he says he doesn't want to know. he didn't even

the honeymoon was clearly over for dalia. police say she had offered a hit man $3,000 to finish michael off. >> i didn't do anything. and i didn't plot anything. >> there it is. possibly a lover out there, if there was an informant, it might have been some sort of extra marital affair, decides to be a friend with that person. >> okay. meryl streep, watch out. here's an oscar-winning performance. all the cops standing by. they've got the yellow crime scene tape up. they claim they saw a witness running from the home. she's just come from her workout there on the elliptical at la fitness? and the cops are drinking it all in. scratching the ear. yeah, we feel bad for you. >> we want to help your husband, okay? >> please, no, no. >> i want to thank you for being with us. a young mother with five little children in her minivan, barreled down the wrong way on a packed interstate, slamming into another vehicle. tally? eight dead. one child hanging on to life by a thread. tragedy? yes. accident? no. toxicology reports mommy high on b

. >> reporter: dalia dippolito is now free on bond but under court order must wear a monitoring deviceher mother but stay away from her husband who police say she tried to kill. in court last week facing charges of solicitation to commit first degree murder, dippolito was given bail of $25,000. >> there is no reason she had to do that, you know? she was well off. she could have just left and did just as well by leaving. >> reporter: michael dippolito has now filed for divorce after police told him his wife tried to hire a hitman, then allegedly went to the gym to establish an alibi for the time when her husband was supposed to die. >> come on. you find out that you're in bed with a lady sleeping, she goes to the gym that morning, then you get a knock on the door, next thing you know you're being told she's trying to kill you? >> reporter: last wednesday boynton beach police shot this video of dippolito returning home from the gym, then breaking into sobs after police told her her husband had been murdered. what officers say dippolito didn't know is that the supposed hitman was an under

we eckert our 5-dollar plastic cups of dalia coke. going to a strip club with your man is an interesting but miss test. we sat down at the bar i could tell he was uncomfortable. he leaned over to me and whispered i don't know where to look. [laughter] the girls worked their way down the bar, shimmy shimmy spread, shimmy shimmy spread. there's nothing exciting to me about seeing total female nudity. maybe i don't care because i've got that particular kit myself so the site is being in bed bath and beyond and seeing the same blunder as your kitchen and home. i've got one of those. i fiddled with my fist full of symbols laying out five for each dancer that came by. i hadn't had a lot of cash in my hand like this for a long time. god, i missed the gambler's mind of a good night when you have so many shifts and your fingers turn black from counting all the bills on the dressing room floor but this wasn't one of those jolly adrenaline pumping big money nights when the music was blasting and the impossibly hot smiling athletic girls were spr

. >>> when dalia rushed home from the gym wednesday, her townhouse was wrapped in crime tape and a police sergeant was waiting to break the news. her husband of six months was dead. despite what you see, police say she was no grieving widow. >> she wanted to have her husband killed. >> the plot was killed saturday. according to police, she handed a man pictures of her husband and townhouse and $1200 for a handgun. >> she was very calm. she was very cool. she was very calculated. she offered a lot of options as far as how and when and where he might want to take care of her husband. >> one problem, the man was a confidential informent. at the next meeting at this drugstore, an under cover drugstore posed as the hit man. >> gave her several options, are you sure you want to do this? she maintained her positive attitude by saying, i'm 5,000% sure i want this done. >> that scene at her house wednesday was the grand finale. >> no tears. a lot of noise, but no tears. >> at the police station, she was told her hitman was a cop and her husband was alive and well. >> i don't think she was glad to

. >> reporter: when dalia rushed home from the gym, her town home was wrapped in crime tape and the police were waiting to break the news her husband of six months was dead. despite what you see, police say she was no grieving widow. >> she wanted to have her husband killed. >> reporter: the plot was hatched at this gas station saturday. according to police, dahlia handed the man pictures of her husband and townhouse and $1200 for a handgun. >> she was very calm, very cool. she was very calculated. she offered a lot of options as far as how and when and where he might want to take care of her husband. >> reporter: one problem. the man was a confidential informant for the police. at the next meeting two days later at this drugstore, an undercover officer posed as the hitman. >> the undercover officer gave her several options. are you sure you want to do this? she maintained her positive attitude by saying i am 5,000% sure i want this done. >> reporter: that scene at her house wednesday as the grand finale. >> no tears. a lot of noise but no tears. her eyes didn't appear wet at all. >> repor

they learned from police a 26-year-old woman named dalia dippolito was wanting someone to kill her husbandthey brought into the scheme a supposed hitman, actually an undercover officer with the boynton beach police department. police say this woman offered to pay $4200 to have her husband killed. she also said she was 5,000% sure she wanted to do that. she also allegedly said she would be very happy when this was done and also allegedly provided pictures of her husband and the house for the purposes of it. yesterday when the murder was supposed to occur, police actually called her at the gym to come home. there they told her her husband had been murdered. not aware it was a fake and that the police were in on it. she began to sob uncontrollably. she could not be consoled. she was taken to the police department and there stood the undercover officer and her husband was in the next room and she suddenly realized what had happened. she's charged with solicitation to commit first degree murder, carlos. >> mark, i want to bring in msnbc analyst and former fbi profiler clint vanzandt to join the

remember it was snowing outside and it was 90 or 91 because it made me think of my father who was either dalia or had just died, it was very much in my mind, and that is what i remember about that book as much as a line or two so that to read it in a different context you're going to bring something different. >> it's interesting when you were talking in your book about why we choose the books we choose and when we choose them of all the books are around you and books you will pick up today what is it about this moment it's going to make you actually pick up one and read it? and you mentioned in your book after september 11 talking to people about what they were reading and j and, you went to the tale of benge so i went back to my journal yesterday and thought what was i reading after september 11th, what novels i reading because i usually have nonfiction i am reading and a novel at the same time, and i was really surprised because i couldn't find a lawful and i realized i was reading poetry. and i think maybe a lot of people work but do you remember where you were reading? >> i was reading wh

. >> now, yesterday police called the woman dalia dippolito at the gym and told her to come home. fake. she didn't know the police had been tracking her. she began to sob and sob uncontrollably until she was taken to the police department and confronted by the undercover officer. she was arrested there on charges of solicitation to commit first degree murder and was jailed. contessa. >> mark, thank you. by the way, dylan, why is it that people who try to hire hitmen always hire undercover cops. morons. >> i have a former attorney general here. why is it they hire -- if you want to do a hit, how do you know if it's a real hit man or cop. >> i was on the other side of the law. i want to make that clear. >> it's not a cop when it's me doing it. >> coming up after a question break, could paula abdul have picked a worse day to announce she was leaving "american idol." abdul upstaged by the two american journalists coming mom from north korea. paula her due after this. since arthur's been eating purina one, he has blossomed... into an incredibly strong, healthy cat. his coat is incredib

. >> do you think that there could be dalia, for instance part of the oath could relate to this questionated to ms. gustitus question, do you think your company has an affirmative duty to seek cost savings on behalf of the government whether not it is explicitly stated in your contract and i think all of you said yes. but i would wonder if you actually have part of your written documents provided to your workers and whether that is part of your training? i suspect it isn't necessarily there. so, let me ask you though, is it part-- could you each show was a document that says part of your responsibility is to provide cost savings not to the company, but did the government. i would like to go to each of the. >> i could not show you a document that showed that. >> it is not a question, i am just testing. it is a one-page strategic for our company and there is a bullet, one of our focus areas is a lean enterprise so well it doesn't use those words-- >> that is not using the words i'm getting too. >> but it does represent the intent. >> i have not seen it in print. >> i am just wondering, it'

think that one of the specific areas i would think is very important is bridging the digital divide daliae issue of access, which is not only having affordable broadband inrnet access, but also having as kermit said, this case of where you do your job training. where you do it hopefully is in your home and the best way to do that that i have found on the research is by providing a laptop in someone's home so they can take the laptop to work if they are able to do their job training atork if their employer says it is okay ty can do it in a small room. we have recently done a program with inmates who are going to halfway houses and having a laptop allows those inmates in a half house were the only have a blog -- on the bed and a chair and desk to providing that access to available throu the work force system to provide computers and laptops and printers and things. >> yes, please. >> i would say two things. one is harking back to telephone. there was a time in this country when very few people had telephone and then they got to have more and more telephones and there is a policy in the coun