amongst the sprawling cities of southern california. >> even as a baby, she was a good baby. >> mary bennett is cathy's mother. >> she was always happy, always running, and always very loud and always smiling. >> that radiant smile shined everywhere she went. >> cathy was energetic, loved to laugh. >> younger brother mari and the baby, debbie. tina was the eldest. she watched as cathy excelled in school. >> cathy was compensational. cathy made her own way. she didn't follow a role model. >> nobody guide her, and nobody pushing her. >> exactly. she had her own drive. >> she used to tell her younger sister you had to leave your mark in this world so that people would remember you when you moved on. >> you teach her that? >> no, that was just her. >> that's a -- >> beautiful, smart, and social and popular. >> you knew more about her dating life than maybe your mom ask dad did. >> yes. i believe to some extent, yes. >> cathy dated a few guys in high school, but no one she was terribly stuck on. and then in 1994 out of high school and a young woman of 20 cathy started to see a boy named albert. a

how do you tell mary bennett, "we had xavier, but we had to let him go?"it was extremely difficult. there was a lot of crying on both sides. >> reporter: daron knew exactly what releasing xavier really meant. what walks out of the jail along with xavier is any leverage you had to get him to name sam? >> yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: and now you really are back to square one? >> yes. >> reporter: is that the end? >> to some people. >> reporter: but not to him. and not to mary. you put a lot of faith in daron. >> i put a lot of faith in god. daron was his tool. >> reporter: but for the time being, it seemed daron's hands were tied. after all, the case had been rejected by the d.a.'s office twice before. this case getting a lot of baggage over the years? >> yeah, it did. >> reporter: and so if you go ahead with it, you're not only going ahead with the case, you're also kind of insulting the d.a.? >> yeah. >> reporter: years went by. the cathy torrez case grew colder by the day. and so did the marriage between cathy's sister tina and sam's brother armando. yo

hours of the morning still call to mary bennett, reading the bible and waiting for dawn while the whole wide world is fast asleep. >>> good morning. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world head quarters. 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west. here's what is happening. secret memo revealed. president trump's legal team argued he has complete power over justice investigations. but does the president really have the power to put an end to the russia probe? >>> and the hard line. no signs of denuclearization, no sanctions relief. >> north korea will receive relief only when it demonstrates a verifiable and inreversible step to denuclearization. >> the secretary of defense gives his take when it comes to talks with north korea. >>> and on the stump. candidates make a last-minute push ahead of tuesday's california primaries while one former attorney general may have his eye on the white house in 2020. but we begin with new insight into the 20-page letter the trump legal team wrote and hand-delivered to special counsel robert mueller back in january as part of their efforts to argue among several

the work of the bennett strong foundation whose mission it is to provide support to families of children born prematurely and facing complex medical issues. i'd like to congratulate mary on this well-deserved award, and i'm proud to report bennett's cancer is in remission and our entire team wish him all the best on the road to recovery. i would like to thank the president of the pennsylvania state education commission in recognizing our communities' eroes. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor a doylestown resident and army veteran, sergeant thelma williams. this past memorial day, thelma made her 25th and final appearance at the doylestown memorial day parade. thelma answered the call to serve during world war ii when she was 24 years old. initially she wanted to enlist in the navy. she finished her tenure in japan where she served under general douglas macarthur. thelma's spirit remains as lively as ever. even as she approaches her 100th birthday this year. she hopes children observing the parade will be inspired to serve our community as well. mr. speaker, sergeant thelma williams has made immense contributions, not just to bucks county, but to our entire nation. i c