it was pure chance, really, that clint ehrlich, grazing on his computer late at night.>> the mystery of the girl with the blue mustang. but clint watched carefully. keyed in on jennings, on his interviews, his trial his statement during sentencing. >> jesus is my lord and savior, i will stand before him. >> when i saw him speak at his sentencing about christ. >> and this is one sin that i will not be judged for. >> it touched me. i realized that either this was an innocent man, or this was a sociopath who deserved an academy award. and i just had to know which one was it? >> reporter: 'cause there are sociopaths who are able to do that. >> absolutely. >> reporter: on a regular basis. >> sure. but when he spoke about his faith and being judged by god, that it struck a chord with me. >> reporter: you a religious person? >> not at all. >> reporter: the next day clint dug up the court's ruling on jennings' appeal. >> i immediately decided to read it, desperately hoping that i would find evidence that would convince me that -- >> reporter: that he was guilty. >> that he was

the ehrlichs checked to see if the police also investigated check on those people. and the essence of the prosecution case is that ray must have been guilty because there was no one else there who could have committed the crime. >> reporter: which was clearly not true, said the ehrlichs. and yet the jury never heard from any of those other people or if they were capable of such a crime. and when ray's attorney complained about that, prosecutor blake blamed, not the police, or the state, but the dee all adults in the car. well, remember, the defense has the same access to witnesses that we do. >> reporter: in fact, said the ehrlichs, about defense attorney david houchin, jennings was also a victim of inneffective assistance of counsel. >> i found evidence that mr. houchin had not presented. and he simply didn't care enough to find it, or wasn't competent enough to find it. ehrlichs allegations. and as for all those statements jennings made to the police? >> it just was close range, very close range. >> reporter: this was the sort of thing, said the prosecuter, >> rep

." >> reporter: his name is clint ehrlich. if i may say so. but you're different. >> i am different, yes. right now, i'm a visiting researcher at the moscow state institute of international relations where i'm writing my dissertation on nuclear game theory. >> why are you doing that? >> because it interests me, and because i can. >> reporter: but his continuing interest, said clint, is the law. clint's dad jeffrey is a civil appeals attorney in la. >> reporter: you didn't go to college? >> oh, i dropped o school, and then i didn't go to college. i had the privilege of having my dad be one of the top lawyers in the country. and so being able to be his apprentice and get my leg-- legal education that way, hands on, was very appealing. >> reporter: clearly clint doesn't lack for self confidence. or self promotion for that matter. anyway. he was at home one night. something kind of odd happened. >> some force compelled me to go "dateline nbc." i don't watch tv, i certainly don't watch shows about crime. >> the stage at which the last moments of mi

were also seeing a 20 minute commute southbound on the veterans expressway between ehrlich and 275. keep that in mind as you head out the door. i-4 looks fantastic through the lakeland area. >>> cubs fan anxiety must be through the roof and that is because they can win their first world series title since 1908. they ran up the score on the indians last night putting up 3 runs in the first inning and then adding for more with the grand slam by addison russell in the 3rd to bring home the title they will need a strong offense tonight when they face corey kluger down in game one and 4. now joe maddon agrees. >> have been outstanding pitching all year. all of a sudden our offense is having a resurgence which we need, i of course want to be the group that breaks strain when you're probably right, it is correct . it is an historic night no matter who wins. >> it is great for joe maddon. >>> law enforcement officials are scrambling to fill crucial vacancies. if they don't, your safety could be in jeopardy. coming up why the shp is facing a trooper shortage and how it can have crippling a f

it's not clear which position he's being considered for, but before becoming governor, ehrlich did serve on the house and energy commerce committee. today. he and his wife will have lunch with vice president joe biden and dr. biden at their residence. and he'll get a daily presidential briefing later this morning and is expected to visit the donald trump transition office. >>> and brand new video this morning from president obama's final trip abroad while in office. he's in greece right now visiting the acropolis. the entire site was closed while he was there. the president will give a speech in greece this morning and leafo >>> and new orders as firefighters try to stop the wildfires raging in the south. the u.s. forest service bans campfires, fireworks and smoking outdoors until the fires are under control. >> all those activities could spark new fires. north carolina, georgia and tennessee are all dealing with record drought, too. across those states, some 80,000 acres of land are burning. smoke from the fires is covering even bigger swaths of land. >> you betcha. >> mild 60s out ther

. >> a lot of work happening around the veterans expressway, let's start right here, ehrlich road will be closed we also have a closure starting expressway, overnight but this will last through december 9, through the end of next week. if you drive the veterans expressway overnight road work happening between memorial and waters, double lane closures in both directions again overnight but expect people working out their. and roadblocks as well. in hillsborough, we have some road work happening during the day on falkenberg road, northbound lane closures around around noon time expect delays, also would work continuing stable 52 under i-75 in the overnight. for more on these projects follow me on twitter at tampa bay traffic.>>> that is the boat. >> i'm carson chambers, how one the incredible way a baby managed to escape serious injuries after being tossed within 20 feet from a serious crash.>>> a middle school teacher charged with molesting a young child, how deputies >>> new developments in the man accused of killing nine people at a church in charleston, south carolina, he will be act

then on thursday ehrlich road will be closed and that is in did what 52 closed right under i-75 all this week 9 pm until 6 pm. for more on these and other projects which are you follow me on twitter at tampa bay traffic. >>> how the fbi went through tens and hundreds of thousands of hillary clinton emails in just a week. coming up we will show you how they did it. south carolina. it pleased to much more chilling confessions -- it leaves to much more chilling confessions reading the case to a serial murder investigation. >>> a violent sexual predator strikes again in the way this >>> donald trump continues to question how the fbi was able to review the latest patch of hillary clinton emails so quickly. experts say the technology is complex. >> showing us how the fbi was manner of days. >> right now she is being protected by a rigged system. >> reporter: donald trump back to claiming the election is rigged. >> you cannot review 650,000 new emails in eight days. >> reporter: that claim that so many emails cannot possibly be reviewed so quickly just isn't true. according to people who often

yesterday the army corps of engineers called for more study ehrlich served as maryland governor from 2003 to 2007. >>> president obama is on his final foreign trip as commander in chief, trying to reassure foreign leaders who may be nervous about what a trump presidency means for their country. nbc's chris jansing is traveling with the president. >> reporter: president obama has long looked forward to this trip to the birthplace of democracy in athens, and tomorrow he'll get but this is a very different final foreign trip than he had expected since the election of donald trump. for example, here in greece they say a crushing death of the u.s. has tried to help them work through, trump has called it unsalvageable. the president also shared a podium with the greek prime minister where he said he did not believe the election was a referendum either on his tenure or his world view. people agree with my world view on a bunch of things. i know that begs the question, how is it that someone who appears to have a very different world view just got elected? as i said, sometimes people just fe

sarah: when it congress and the fda ehrlich and it died lines, guidelines,ng at how much scrutiny needs to be on the drugmakers as you address the epidemic? look backhy: if we with the lens of history, we use a retrospective scope. was a role is there the pharmaceutical companies played. there were a number of people who played a role in the development of the crisis. we did not have enough investment. we also had pharmaceutical companies that were marketing these medications heavily to clinicians, often without the emphasis on the harmful effects and the addictive intentional. back in history, that is something we could change. looking forward, we have to be careful about the marketing of medications in general to patients as well as to clinicians. benefit andne has a a health risk area -- risk. it's important that patients and clinicians understand that risk. i would love to see pharmaceutical companies step up and play more of a role in the training and the treatment. we know there is a huge problem on our hands. i would like to see the companies in general pay more attention to thei

. >> let's take this to our political power panel, ron meyer, and jessica ehrlich. what do you think of the process? >> i think there is been some disarray. there -- >> you are buying the "new york times," haven' even though. >> it coming from folks in white house and delays that we've seen trump campaign transition team. i can finish my sentence. trump transition team said they have pushed back many of the briefings by a week they are making sure they had transitions they have christie out, they are putting in new people, they pushed it back, this is not just something that coming from "new york times." liz: i hear what you are saying. okay. i hear you. >> ron, every administration coming in since nixon, only george h.w. bush named only 4 members in two weeks' time, ven obama took 3 weeks to name one member. i mean, you know, donald trump is saying, that he is moving as fast as he can and we're herhearing he has more than half of his cabinet picks. >> this is reporters bored that the election is over they are making stuff up with rumors, if you are saying getting r

+onna ehrlich. candles? fro panier. little h and xela aroma. >>> coming up next, we're going to get animated. we will take you behind the scenes of the new movie "sg" and show you how they be the duck. we sent keir simmons to find out. >> everyone in this city gets a shot at being a star. ? ? darling stand by me ? >> reporter: "sing" is a movie about, as you might expect -- singing. ? ride like the wind ? >> reporter: featuring stars like matthew mcconaughey, reese ? yeah ? >> are you okay? >> oh, yes, i'm fine. thank you. >> reporter: are animals. >> thank you. >> reporter: and i recognize those voices. to find out how matt and savannah made this unlikely transf transformation, i headed to this unlikely place. >> reporter: paris. yes, paris. where i met the director of "sing" on his way to work. matthew mcconaughey, reese witherspoon. >> they're amazing. but the real divas, if i'm honest, matt and savannah. >> yes. this is where the magic happens. >> reporter: movie magic. blockbusters like "despicable me" and others w

. >>> former maryland governor bob ehrlich could be considered for a cabinet position. he did serve on the house energy and commerce committee. >>> hillary clinton will make her first public appearance she'll be in washington today. she'll be honored by the children's defense fund. clinton worked for the group in the '70s and later joined its board. >>> and former maryland governor martin o'malley says he's not running for chairman of the democratic national committee. he tweeted the news to his followers this morning saying he's grateful for the friends who urged him to run. o'malley says the dnc needs a chairperson who can do the job fully and with total impartiality. >>> and we have more new information democratic party. senate democrats have elected chuck schumer to be minority leader. he will take over for senator harry reid, who retired. >>> a former olympian makes her case for bringing the games back to the u.s. >>> and a new rush to buy homes. what is pushing buyers to act quickly. >>> chopper 4 remains over a large protest of students in rockville. the students

handbags from naon ehrlich. candles from ni little h and xela aroma. >>> coming up next, we're going to get animated. ill w take you bind t and show you how they do it. >>> welcome back, everybody. we kick off this half-hour with this great animation of matt and savannah. transformed into cartoon characters by the folks at illumination. >> they are the makers of this upcoming movie "sing." making animated movie magic? >> they told me i was going to be the duck. we sent keir simmons to find out. >> everyone in this city gets a sh at being a star. ?? ? darling stand by me ?? >> reporter: "sing" is a movie about, as you might expect -- singing. ? ride like the wind ?? >> reporter: featuring stars like matthew mccau witherspoon, scarlet johansson. ?? yeah ?? >> are you okay? >> oh, yes, i'm fine. thank you. >> reporter: are animals. >> thank you. >> reporter: and i recognize those voices. to find out how matt and unlikely place. ah, paris. ?? >> reporter: paris. yes, paris. where i met the director of "sing" on his

once again, hat and gloves set and scarves, julie from jen mnir handbags from onna ehrlich. candles from panier. little h and xela aroma. >>> coming up next, we're going to get animated. we will take you behind the scenes of the new movie "sing" >>> welcome back, everybody. we kick off this half-hour with this great animation of matt and savannah. transformed into cartoon characters by the folks at illuminati illumination. >> they are the makers of this upcoming movie "sing." >> they told me i was going to be the duck. we sent keir simmons to find out. >> everyone in this city gets a shot at being a star. ? >> reporter: "sing" is a movie about, as you might expect -- singing. ? ride like the wind ? >> reporter: like matthew mcconaughey, reese witherspoon, scarlet johansson. >> there's something a little different about these two. >> reporter: i recognize those voices. to find out how they make this unlikely transformation, i headed to an unlikely place. ah, paris. ? where i met the director of "sing" on his way to work. matthew mcconaughey, reese witherspoon. >> they're amaz

society on separation of powers from the late justice scalia.our second speaker is professor donovan ehrlich. jonathan turley is a nationally recognized scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law . and his teaching here at tulane law school and then joined george washington university in 1990 and in 1998 became the youngest chair professor in the school's history. he is the founder and executive director of the project older prisoners and has written more than seven academic articles here in a variety of leading law journals including cornell, georgetown, harvard and northwestern among others. most recently pleaded a three-part study of historical and constitutional evolution of the military. he has served as a consultant on homeland security and constitutional issues and is a frequent witness before the house and senate. professor turley received his undergraduate degree from the university of chicago and his law degree from northwestern university.and his first job out of law school was a law clerk for the united states court of

look at this, almost an hour delay just from ehrlich to 270 southbound on the veterans expressway. it is backed up a little bit boldly into odessa. take dale maybury highway instead. this is all due to this?he crashed -- nasty crash . >>> we have another involving a pedestrian. only one lane open fowler right at nebraska avenue hopping down to sarasota there was a major issue. bayfront drive completely closed that palm avenue and shelby gardens. knowledge that the weather forecast. >>> it feels really comfortable. it is warmer than average. high thin clouds made for a pretty sunrise. 68 pinellas park. dade city 63. front arrives late in the day just to 10 percent rain chance with it. behind that on saturday it will be a bit cooler and breezy or but sunny skies. after a cooler start to sunday, very pleasant afternoon . here's a breakdown of your weekend, cooler and breezy or on saturday. 81 on sunday but don't forget 2 am on sunday would fall back one hour. we get an extra hour of sleep which means the suwi hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in time

early to 200 -- ehrlich to 275 you're looking at 30 minute commute. let's go ahead and take a live look at traffic. it is not too bad here as you come into downtown tampa. it is looking a little better. his 3-year-old son died here crews found the body of 38-year- old ill morris along the banks of the river -- bill morris along the banks of the river. he had taken his son jet skiing it never return. little boy was found alone on a small island unharmed. >>> this morning on "today's take" harry connick jr. is co-hosting and your roundup of the hottest movie, tv and books for thanksgiving your meal time quick, simple and delicious. all that and more, coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning, the 2nd day of november. can you believe it? 2016. we are in november, guys. i'm tamron along with dylan and who for halloween you went as a -- >> wizard. >> and the spell that you cast was what? >> the spell that i cast is the reason i'm here today.

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