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nbc's lilia luciano has the story very for years brittney martinez worked as an emt, saving lives.stands accused of trying to end one, her husband's. the 24-year-old mother of two and mommy blogger was arrested after she allegedly offered a friend up to $2,000 to kill her firefighter husband adrian martinez. in january she told steven rowland, a manager at this restaurant she was having marital problems and wanted the father of her children dead. she came back with a down payment of $5,000. >> she was going to provide more once the husband was deceased. roland told authorities she returned later with another $500 and suggested that he carry out the murder at her husband's fire station. >> she provided vehicle description, work schedules, license plate, told were cameras were going to will located in the parking lot. >> reporter: the alleged crime shocked neighbors who described martinez as a loving mom. >> was looking at news going, oh, my gosh, it's her. >> reporter: more conflicts in the online diary. at the same time she was allegedly planning the murder she was blogging about c

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nbc's lilia luciano has the story very for years brittney martinez worked as an emt, saving lives.tands accused of trying to end one, her husband's. the 24-year-old mother of two and mommy blogger was arrested after she allegedly offered a friend up to $2,000 to kill her firefighter husband adrian martinez. in january she told steven rowland, a manager at this restaurant she was having marital problems and wanted the father of her children dead. she came back with a down payment of $5,000. >> she was going to provide more once the husband was deceased. roland told authorities she returned later with another $500 and suggested that he carry out the murder at her husband's fire station. >> she provided vehicle description, work schedules, license plate, told were cameras were going to will located in the parking lot. >> reporter: the alleged crime shocked neighbors who described martinez as a loving mom. >> was looking at news going, oh, my gosh, it's her. >> reporter: more conflicts in the online diary. at the same time she was allegedly planning the murder she was blogging about ce

nbc's lilia luciano is in sanford, florida, with the latest. good morning. >> good morning to you, natalie. late last night the department of justice announced that their civil rights division and the fbi are opening a thorough and independent investigation into the death of trayvon martin that's sure to be welcome news to many in this community and across the nation. >> arrest zimmerman thank you. >> reporter: law students from across florida demanded justice outside the prosecutor's office. >> we want an arrest now. we won't wait. >> reporter: they want george zimmerman arrested for the deadly shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin as the teen walked through this gated community near orlando three eks ago. zimmerman a neighborhood watch volunteer called 911, reporting quote, a suspicious looking guy. >> this guy looks like he's up to no good or on drugs or something. he's got his hand in his waistband. and he's a black male. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay, we don't need you to do that. >> reporter: the two soon got into an alterca

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but first, nbc's lilia luciano has the latest. lilia, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. as new details are emerging this morning, revealing more about the final moments of trayvon martin's short life, questions are being raised about the florida law that might protect the shooter, george zimmerman, from ever being charged with a crime. >> no justice, no peace. >> reporter: hundreds gathered at the sanford chapel tuesday night, brought to the by trayvon martin and the way he died. >> and we as people of color are going to stand our ground. >> reporter: martin was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer last month in this gated community, as the 17-year-old made his way back from a 7-eleven. george zimmerman called 911, reporting the teen looked suspicious. he then told police martin was approaching him. >> now he's coming towards me. >> okay. >> he's got his hand in his waistband. and he's a black male. >> reporter: but trayvon's family says there's a new witness to their son's final moments. >> trayvon, run for it. >> reporter: trayvon's family says that according to cell

but as nbc's lilia luciano reports, doctors say there is nothing funny about this stunt. >> reporter: straightforward. grab a spoonful of cinnamon and try to gulp it down without taking a drink of water. but what happens next -- is so outrageous teens can't seem to get enough. it's called the cinnamon challenge and in the world of viral videos, with great failure comes great popularity. on youtube thousands have posted their attempts at the spicy challenge. but it's not just teens. during a radio interview illinois governor pat quinn gave it a try and remarkably conquered the challenge. >> i don't think it's that harmless. it's just cinnamon. >> reporter: but it is and potentially deadly, doctors say. >> a lot of times the lungs can be collapsed and that can set the stage for getting infections in the lung. >> reporter: 15-year-old seen in this video attempted the challenge twice. but on the third try, her laughter quickly turned into a life-threatening choke. >> i couldn't breathe at all. >> reporter: she was rushed to the hospital where she spent the next four days. >> she was in an

but first, nbc's lilia luciano has the latest on this. lilia, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, matt. three weeks after trayvon martin's death, local police have released the 911 calls from neighbors and from the shooter himself. calls that some might find disturbing, and calls that may hold the answers to a crucial question in this case, did george zimmerman, in fact, fire in self-defense? or was it something else? >> oh, oh, my gosh. someone has been shot. >> reporter: in newly released 911 tapes you hear the panic from a neighbor just moments after the shooting last month. 17-year-old trayvon martin was visiting family in this upscale gated community near orlando. george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, called 911, saying the teenager looked suspicious. >> this guy looks like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something. >> reporter: zimmerman told the operator martin was wearing a hoodie and approaching him slowly. >> he's got his hand in his waistband and he's a black male. something is wrong with him. he's c

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nbc's lilia luciano reports. >> we were as close as brothers if not closer. >> ken henderson and his 25 years hunting and fishing. >> my wife always commented we could finish each other's sentences. >> reporter: the two former marines were on a boat off the coast of texas when the boat started taking on water. keep tried calling for help. >> the whole time i'm trying to get the dma call. no cell phone. nobody's relying to my may day call. ken jumped off one side. ed off the other. >> when i hit the water, it took our breath away. the boat was straight up and down and we were both looking at like what else happened. >> for your the next 30 hours they tread water, tied their lifejackets together. what he told me will stay with me. that's the way it was intended. he talked about his daughters. he was shiver, cold, starting to ha lewis nate. ken had a choice, to stay with his friend or cut himself loose. in last-ditch effort he swam for help. seven hours later he was finally able to reach for rescue. when they found him it was too late. >> i wanted to go back in the ocean. i feel like i

for "today," lilia luciano, nbc, miami. >>> it was a story of a new jersey mobster named tony sopranorom 1999 to 2008 viewers were gripped by the hbo mega hit "the sopranos, a" and w in an expensive look behind the act. they're talking about the characters, the show, and the controversial finale. you call that an ending? forget about it. the screen goes blank after mob boss tony soprano looks up while sitting with his family in a diechber. it still has people talking and even some of the actors didn't get it at first. >> what are you thinking? >> in the april issue of ""vanity fair,"" the cast of the popular mob series shared some of the secrets including james gandolfini. he says, after all i went through, all this death, and then it's over like that? eventually he changed his mind calling the ending perfect. >> whether you want to believe whether he's alive or dead, you get to write your own ending. >> i wanted something else in my life. >> fans will remember tony's wife carmela who struggled with the mobster life. she got so into her character she had to struggle with something els