hemy's confidant, melanie white, testified it looked to her like andrea would wind hemy up, turning himhim all the way at the top, you know, just saying that this is the greatest, and we're soulmates, and having a great time out of town. and then coming back in town and texting him and saying, we can only have a business relationship, we can no longer do this. >> defense expert dr. adriana flores said this yo-yo effect strengthened the delusions that hemy was having. and, said the defense, in this altered state he would listen to andrea complain about rusty, how the children were shying away from him. >> their conversation or communication was saturated with discussions of the children, saturated with andrea sneiderman's complaints about her relationship with her husband. >> hemy thought something needed to be done, said his defense, especially when the demon, an apparition from his childhood, returned. he described it in this jailhouse interview. >> when you say big, how big? >> not as high as the ceiling. >> okay. >> but almost. >> all right. so -- >> like towering over me. >> hemy sa

melanie atkins. a couple big meetings on the docket this week. give us a sense. what is the white house doing this week to really help get this infrastructure bill across the line? >> reporter: the dance card is certainly full, jeff. what we expect is the president will have his first meeting with what we call the big four, speaker pelosi, majority leader schumer and on the republican side, minority leader mcconnell and congressman mccarthy. he will also meet with joe manchin. later this week, six more senators, a group joined by shelley capito, dealing with more. republicans consistently pushing that the overall number for what they call hard infrastructure r, and democrats saying more can be skbun the that the dwings include buy-ins on that but also the care economy. the way ids, all those sort of realities of how to pay for that and how it affects the job marketplace and the economy. it's a week of talking, meeting, and the real question, will there be any breakthrough moimts? the white house goal is still to try to get some movement in one of the chambers by the end of may, by

about obscuring the role of white supremacists and the anti-semitic groups and, know, pro-trump individuals, the role that they played in that insurrection attempt. >> melaniepresident trump on january 6th have not been consistent. do you think his driving force behind not wanting this commission to go forward is his fear about being called as a material witness. i'm sure that's part of it and he said he's not concerned about the subpoenas but he's offered different versions that have story fanned forced to tell under oath he will have to tell the truth. it's not just about testifying. i think his on significance is worried about crossing trump and crossing his right flank. there's a lot of concerns about this story line dragging into a mid-term. they don't want this to go into next year or overshadow their efforts to take back the house so i think there is a ton of politics involved behind this decision to oppose this commission. >> i can't even emergency being a leader this congress and not wanting an investigation into an attack on your own homeland. my understanding is that officer fanone who has talked to don lem op at length about his feelings about b

and so republicans have an interest, just like melanie said, in catering to a core par constituency, which is fuelled by whiteit got. from senator john kennedy said there are people in this country who have contempt for this country. they should be grateful. that's the message in treating people, black and brown folks who are on the brunt of this systemic racism that mel any was talking about as well as the allies who want to see this system end and treat them as if they're ungrateful. treat them as if they have a vendetta against america instead of them wanting to have america live up to its own ideals and potential of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we have never realized those ideas and those trying to push that are being demonized, and, unfortunately, the gop had the ultimate i have a black friend move by putting senator scott out to be the one to deliver this message. >> yeah. >> it was disappointing. >> i have a black friend. the only friend because he's the only black republican in the united states senate. to your point, melanie, i'll point out the moment when senator scott demonstrated w