josh mankiewicz: detective gates now felt erwin howard's motive for killing deede keller was clear. e means to commit the murder was another matter. and erwin steadfastly maintained his innocence to investigators from the moment he stepped off the plane as he returned from bolivia after the murder through the months after, even though he was clearly the prime suspect. and the case against erwin was not without its problems. it's one thing to stalk someone, quite another to kill them. there was no physical evidence tying erwin howard to the crime. and there were those key card records showing him clocking into his job at american airlines the night of the murder. still, detective gates took the information he had gathered through the la county district attorney's office and asked for a warrant. and they declined to file charges. they won't file? they won't file. josh mankiewicz: did jimmy gates have the wrong man in his sights? was there ever going to be enough evidence to arrest a killer-- any killer? craig melvin: coming up-- that's like lightning striking. twice. josh mankiewicz: m

howard: thank you. [applause] one final question, and, again, it is on the topic of faith, so i want to take it to grace, age 22-year-old from erwin irwin. grace: hi, senator vance. it is such an honor to have you with us. again, i'm grace. i came from irwin, pennsylvania. sen. vance: nice to meet you. grace: it is nice to meet you. i actually work at a local church in monroeville, and working at a local church, i've seen so many things, especially recently, people threatening the 5013 see, also people trying to moderate what is said in churches, who can be in there, different things. with you in office, how will you support the local church? sen. vance: that is a good question, grace. i appreciate you asking me. the first and most important thing is we have a core foundational principle in the united states of america called the first amendment. the first amendment does not mean anything if churches are not allowed to preach what they think they should preach, without the government or anyone else telling them what to do. that is a basic principle. and i, you know, look, we've got so many great churches and so many great religiou

howard: thank you. [applause] one final question, and, again, it is on the topic of faith, so i want to take it to grace, age 22-year-old from erwin irwin. grace: hi, senator vance. it is such an honor to have you spend a lot of money, that are supposed to help people afford childcare. and some of them work and some of them work in some of them don't work, but here is the thing. if you are a christian church and you would like to set up a childcare facility for the people who go to your church, you know, and pastor jason maybe knows this better than i do, but a lot of pastors will tell you, you cannot get access to that federal money. i think that is ridiculous. if i'm thinking about this as a father, and i need a little bit of help with childcare. , i would much rather send my child to a church community that i trust and i know rather than being told where i have to put my child in daycare. let parents make those decisions, and we ought to empower parents to make those calls. and i meano i've don, look, food banking with local churches, i've done detox facilities with local churches, i know local churches that are running food li