they'll likely near see matt leili again. to go back north with their grandfather, it seemed just as likely that they would never see them again, either. >> they were my girls. i still love them to this day. taught them how to read. got them ready for school in the mornings. >> you'd like to have a relationship with them. >> i would love to have a relationship with them again. i don't know that that day will ever come. but i want them to know my door is always open. but i don't know if that day will ever come. >> one murder, so many victims. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline. " i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >> breaking on msnbc, hurricane ida upgraded to a monster category four storm. and wind strength evening more as we come on the air, gusting up to hundred and 40 miles an hour. is set to slam into louisiana on the anniversary of katrina. forecasters warning ida could leave parts of the gulf coast uninhabitable for weeks. governor john bel edwards urging people to take this eerie sleep. >> we can summon u