adelson, were you involved in a plot to kill dan markelle? did you discuss hiring a hitman. >> reporter: attorneys have said the accusation of their involvement are nothing more than fanciful fiction, and in response to the plea deal, charlie's attorney said the hitman would say anything to avoid the death penalty. but with rivera cooperating and another in custody, prosecutors want to turn that hope of future arrests into reality. for "nightline," i'm matt gutman in florida. >>> up next, a former cheer leader who suffered six concussions. warning young athletes and parents about what's become the most dangerous sport for young women in america. hey girlfriend, how's your cafe au lait? oh, it's actually... sfx: (short balloon squeal) it's ver... sfx: (balloon squeals) ok can we... sfx: (balloon squeals) i'm being so serious right now... i really want to know how your coffee is. it's... sfx: (balloon squeals) hahahaha, i had a 2nd balloon goodbye! oof, that milk in your coffee was messing with you, wasn't it? yeah. happens to more people than

. >> reporter: a mystery professor, dan markelle, now a stunning turn or flip. >> we change the plea at this point in time. >> reporter: one of the two hit men charged is now cooperating with the prosecution. >> do you understand what you're doing? >> reporter: the man who clammed up for months has now opened up, talking with prosecutors in exchange for a vastly lighter sentence. prosecutors say rivera and his accomplice were hired for the alleged hit. it was july when mark jrnelle was shot in his garage. who would want the beloved professor dead in his beautiful ex-wife also a law professor told the police not everything had been amicable in their divorce. >> it caused me a lot of grief, but i would never do something like this. >> reporter: her boyfriend at family had come to hate markelle for blocking wendy and their kids from moving away. >> the family desperately wants her back in south florida. mother, father, and she has a brother. >> they hate danny in a way i've never seen this kind of obsession. >> reporter: was that enough for him to take a hit out on the professor. as pol

police say markel was gunned down in his tallahassee driveway in 2014... quick montage shots of crime scene with camera click sfxs ... as part of an elaborate murder- for-hire plot orchestrated by the wealthy family of his ex-wife, wendi adelson. police say the 31-year-old wendi adelson's family? and police say they discovered magbanua was also the girlfriend of wendi adelson's brother, charles. quick exchange with michael weinstein / charles adelson's attorney: mg: "did charlie adelson have anything to do with markel's murder?" weinstein: "no." and coming up at 7am, dan abrams weighs in live - with your gma first look, i'm matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. > coming up in our next half hour... we are following a lot of breaking news-- and first.. over a police investigation near desert inn and rainbow. you can see officers surrounding this home. they do have guns drawn. our photographer in the chopper says he is hearing on police scanners that homes nearby are being evacuated.. we've got parker collins heading to the scene right now-- stay with us. chopp

police say markel was gunned down in his tallahassee driveway in 2014 as part of an elaborate murder for hire plot orchestrated by the wealthy family of his ex-wife. wendy aidle son. the 31-year-old is the link between the alleged trigger man and wendy's family. police say they discovered she was also the girlfriend of wendy aidle son's brother charles. >> did charlie have anything to do with markel's murder? >> no. >> coming up at 7:00 a.m., dan abrams weighs in live with your migraines aren't just bad headaches. they steal moments from my life. that's why i use excedrin. it starts to relieve migraine pain in just 30 minutes. and it works on sensitivity to light, sound, even nausea, all of it. it works fast, and lasts for hours. excedrin specializes in treating migraines. which is why moments lost to migraines are moments gained with excedrin. come on duck! (puppy barks) you can do it duck. hurry up duck! you can do it duck. iams. helps keep your dog healthy at every stage. industry. the very intricate parts m-m-p puts together can be seen in aerospace, companies here -- and in othe

. >>> one of those that killed a florida state professor has pled guilty in the death of dan markel. investigators call it a murder for hire plot. police arrested markel's ex- wife and a woman linked to rivera is serving 12 years in prison for an unrelated crime. before the deal, he was facing the death sentence. >>> now to democracy 2016. the vice presidential debate. polite at the fact checking the statements of tim kaine and mike pence. they clashed over foreign pole. >> pence claims isis overran iraq because hillary clinton renegotiate -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> that is incorrect. >> politifact said negotiations failed between the u.s. and iraq to lead u.s. troops in the country but the key discussions were between the white house and iraqi leaders and the iraqis refused to sign an agreement that gave american troops immunity from prosecutio trump and his plan to build a wall and deport millions of people. >> donald trump spoke in phoenix he looked the audience in the eye and said we are building the wall and we are deporting everybody. he said, quote, they will all be gone.

police say markel was gunned down in 2014 in his driveway as part of an elaborate murder for mire plot, orchestrated by the wealthy family of his ex-wife, police say they discovered uea magbanuea was the boyfriend of whendi's brother, charles. did she have anything to do with his murder? >> no. >>> this morning, we have video of the moment a balloon show went wrong. this happened in the albuquerque balloon fiesta. into a power line. luckily, no one was hurt. >>> it was a close call over the week end for families gathered at a car show in houston. watch as this mustang shelby spins out of control and just misses people on the street. parents tried to scoop up their children. organizers reminded the people >>> it was pittsburgh steelers beating kansas and beating them bad, 43-10. >>> let's get the highlights from a few other games from our friends at espn. >>> good morning, america. i'm john buccigross. we begin with the panthers, last year's super bowl cam newton, bam. helmet on helmet hit. he goes in for the two-point conversion. goes through concussion protocol. have to see his update

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dan markel. he was gunned down in his driveway in 2014 as part of a an elaborate murder for hire plot orchestrated by the wealthy family of his ex-wife. police say the 31-year-old alleged trigger man and windy a tulsans family. accused hitmen is the father of her two children. police say they discovered magnet was also the girlfriend of windy a tulsans brother, charles. >> i am a periodontist. >> reporter: dave turley it is an have anything to do with markel smarter? >> no. >> he is being looked at because of the fact he had a dating relationship with catherine. >> reporter: the motive officials believe the a tulsans were desperate for wendy and her children to move closer to them in south florida and dan markel was standing in the way. >> the working theory of the case is the reason for this homicide was due to the bitter divorce that was ongoing. >> reporter: an arrest affidavit suggest mac knew made deposits of about $50,000 after sh breast augmentation surgery three months after the murder. a

police say markel was gunned down in 2014 in his driveway as part of an elaborate murder for mire plot, orchestrated by the wealthy family of his ex-wife, wendi adelson. police say the 31-year-old alleged triggerman and wendi adelson's family. and they say magbanua was the girlfriend of wendi's brother, charles. did she have anything to do with his murder? >> no. >>> this morning, we have video of the moment a balloon show went wrong. this happened in the albuquerque balloon fiesta. one balloon drifts away and goes into a power line. the accident spark a flames and 1200 customers lost power. but luckily, no one was hurt. >>> it was a close call over the weekend for families gathered at a car show in houston. watch as this mustang shelby spins out of control and just misses people on the street. panicked onlookers scrambled out of the way. parents tried to scoop up their children. organizers reminded the people that the monthly gathering is not a racing event. >> thank goodness for the >>> now to some football news. it was the pittsburgh steelers beating kansas city and beating them bad

daniel markel was gunned down in his garage in florida in 2014.dicted two men in the murder for hire plot back in june. then in august the state attorney said there was not enough probable cause to arrest any one in his ex-wife's family but on saturday comes a third arrest, the latest suspect has ties to markel's ex-wife, her brother and the alleged shooters. joining us for mow -- more the author of a new book just out today called the candidate, analyst familiar face at fox, also eric, criminal defense attorney. wow, this one reads like a movie plot. >> it does. >> when this man was killed, everybody wondered who could hate an international known legal professor so much that they would shoot him to death. >> right. john: it was a real mystery for a long time but then they started uncovering video tape. they saw a toyota preus. >> it's a similar vehicle. john: they started to put the pieces together. >> the murder for hire cases have elements. it's usually happens around divorces. i had a murder for hire case where the guy said i have a 5'2 proble

prosecutors say his childhood friend fired the shots that killed the professor, dan markel in 2014.y also contend markel's former in-laws hired the hit men following a bitter divorce. >>> and check out this frightening video. this is from a business outside tulsa, oklahoma. the man in the white t-shirt there rushes in with a knife and starts attacking the employees. he had been there earlier and was threatening to come back and kill them. one employee is knocked to the floor. others join in to try to get away from the man. they manage to get him outside and call police. >>> actor ben stiller is promoting early detection after revealing that he had battled prostate cancer. stiller who is 50 told howard stern that he was diagnosed two years ago, and he talks about how scared he was when he found out. but stiller says he is now cancer-free and credits a psa test with catching it in time. stiller is trying to spread the word about that test but it is shunned by many doctors as unreliable. >>> four fishermen discovered their cooler wasn't just a drink saver, it was a life saver as well.

and they then kill markel. okay, the problem is that the woman who is now charge sid effectively the middle person, right? you have the hitmen charged. who the authorities seem to think initiated this whole thing charged. if someone in the adelson family is hiring a hitman and paying her to do it, well then, of course, they're going to charge that person. except no one in the adelson family has been charged. >> what evidence do they have against this woman? >> this financial -- >> the cell phone. >> the cell phone records. she does have these connections. she -- the the parent of her two children is the hitman. right? and she was having an alleged relationship with the adelson. and so you got, they believe, a lot of evidence connecting her to both sides in this. but again, without that connection to adelson, which the prosecutors believe is the reason this happened, the theory that i've got believe, this relates to something matt just or the adelson's to turn here. right? >> hard to keep up. but need to. thank

the officers killed 25- year-old markell bivins during a domestic disturbance at valley high apartments on edgewood road. time. she is now out of the hospital and is recovering. small businesses in cedar rapids are trying to figure out how to make up for a full week of lost revenue. flooding forced several businesses to shut down. kcrg-tv9's brea love was at a news conference this morning where city leaders laid out a plan to help them recover, and joins us live. brea, what is the city planning to do? chris the city created a fund to help out those jobs and small business recovery fund. this is a partnership between the city, the greater cedar rapids community foundation, and the metro economic alliance. city council put 75 thousand dollars into the fund, and any impacted small business will be able to apply for a 5 thousand dollar grant. businesses interested in applying must be in the 28 foot evacuation area. they must have been in operation during the flood and have 50 or fewer employees. the goal is to get the money distributed as quickly as possible to promote recovery. mayor ron c

number one, 35-year-old megan markel is an actress on the cram a "suits." she reportedly met the 32-year-old prince while promoting the invick tus game. number two, she's a foodie. she's cooked with plat mat lauer on "today." said to have enjoyed her cuisine and she reportedly stayed with him at kepsington palace, where and it's said that they like her. number three, megan is a human rights activist and united nations advocate for womenn number four, they seem to wear the same bracelet. this number on her wrist looks a lot like what harry has been recently sporting. she sat in the royal box at wimbledon this summer and showed us the view on instagram. number five, she's divorced. in 2013. they told "e.t." they don'tt comment on the prince's personal life. but we think they're a good match and they both love to have fun. >> i'm sure she also loves halloween. he's getting into the spirit, so is beyonce. check her out. a great choice this year. >> come on, salt and pepper! you've got to love it. there's mama getting her obviously the "today" show getting in th

the linn county attorney says the shooting of markell bivins a month ago was justified. investigators say bivins was attacking his girlfriend with a knife when officers shot him. one of the officers involved is in the linn county attorney's office, so the county attorney asked the iowa attorney general's office to review the case. an unarmed man shot and killed by police had p-c-p in his system. here's video from tulsa last month. officers were there to help after someone's car broke down -- but somehow things escalated quickly. police say terrence crutcher was not following orders but did have his hands up when he was shot. an officer has been charged with minnesota's governor says it's time to improve the relationship between police and the community. a new task force will focus on doing that. more than 30 people will come together including law enforcement, community activists and relatives of men shot by police. "the community i co mefrom, there are a lot of people living community and be part of the communities and have a voice." one police chief says the problem is

when officers arrived, police say markell bivins was stabbing a woman in the face and neck. documents show bivins did not comply with commands to stop, and officers shot and killed him. we talked to his victim, raelynn finn. she said officers had to shoot bivins, to stop him from hurting her. she described their relationship as violent and she was trying to whenever you see news, let us know by calling our newsline 9. that number is 319-365-9999. you can also email us pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. in a kcrg t-v nine update this evening... cedar rapids police have shut down one of the city's red light traffic cameras. it's the one that monitored the intersection of second avenue and third street southwest, near the linn county sheriff's office. the camera's no longer effective lights at that intersection. police don't know yet if that camera will go up in another location. also, remember the red jeep that police used with a mobile speed camera? police aren't using that now either because of mechanical issues. there's no decision yet on whether to replace th

. >> governor markell on he will be staying on that the bank of until the end of 2019.e will not serve the full eight-year term. he was accused of playing politics in the run-up to the referendum in june. they were eager to avoid further uncertainty as brexit negotiations loom and come out in some of carney. reporter: the bank of england governor may not have addressed reporters, but mark carney was more than clear in a letter to the british finance minister before stepping down before the end of this term. >> i would be honored to extend my service has governor. >> speculation had swirled over tot -- the first foreigner run the bank and history would do it he came on board on to the 13. later he refused to rule out staying on. for the banks warning, the u.k. would face higher financial consequences if it moved ahead. now it seems he is willing to stay at least as long as it takes to get the process started. by taking my term in office beyond the expected period of the process, this should help contribute to securing an orderly transition to the uk's new relationship wi

this coming from the linn county attorney -- who says the shooting of markell bivins on ashleigh steil -- is the daughter of an investigator in the linn county attorney's office, so the county attorney requested the iowa attorney general's office to review the case. both steil and officer jeremiah white's actions were officially justified. investigators say bivins was attacking his girlfriend with a knife when the officers shot him. a staff member at an area school is diagnosed with mumps. worker at bryant elementary in dubuque is now the sixth person to come down with the virus in the district since the beginning of september. an email from the dubuque community school district informed parents of the diagnosis this morning. symptoms of mumps include fever, headache and swollen salivary glands under the jaw. we're following up on our coverage with the floods of 20-16 tonight -- with last month in cedar rapids. the second highest crest for the river there prompted lots of flood protection work -- -- especially with the use of sandbags. volunteers turned out with their shovels around th

. >>> governor jack markell is declariining october domestic awareness month. domestic violence shelters took in 650 women and children, a 12% increase over the year before. >>> a man armed with a gun, a black bag and a plantar getted a north philadelphia donut shop last monit was all call on tape. police released this video of the robbery. it was back on august 29th, the man walked in and threw a black bag on the counter and pulled out a gun and demanding money and the clerk flied and the man walked out with the money and no no one was hurt but police want to catch the suspect before he strikes again. >>> turning to your accuweather forecast. great weather on this tuesday, cool but a lot less windy. the rest of the week is looking good as well. melissa magee is outside on the terrace with the details from accuweather. nice seasonable temperatures melissa. >> i like that autumnal and fall like. off to a chilly start this morning but ample sunshine at this hour, checking out some of the morning lows, in the poconos you drop down to 29, 34 was the number this mor

a huge break in the deadly shooting of professor dan markel. >> he's got blood all over his head. >> chris: a newly released video confession. one of the alleged killers spilling every detail of ordered the hit. >> the distraught ex-wife whos battling for custody growth by police. now, well his ex and her successful brother go down for ordering a murder-for-hire? >> reporter: open the door, let's have a conversation. >> chris: then, is the most notorious murder case in the history of often. four teenage girls executed in a yogurt shop. >> he asked me, is that a body?

they say they found markell bivins stabbing a woman in the face and neck. police say he didn't follow the officers' orders to stop. that's when they shot and killed him. another way to get to marion, county are pushing for. it would mean another exit on i-380 - one at tower terrace road. but they want 20 million dollars from the state for the project. kcrg-tv9's jordee kalk explains what this exit would mean for drivers. 35:45, "and it's just a matter of time until someone smacks from behind and there's not just a fatal accident, there's a multiple fatal accident on the interchange.d uring peak traffic hours, that's why hiawatha is trying to reduce the number of crashes.. 30:37, john bender/ hiawatha city engineer"we'r e actually going to do some interim improvements to the boyson interchange because that's where we are experiencing a lot of the congestion and safety issues." but that's only a temporary solution. the long term goal is to add a new interchange to tower terrace road. right now, the plan is to build a diamond interchange model. 28:50, it's the