melvin. a question. how soon might a young person begin training or academically for admission in space, and exactly -- not exactly -- but relatively speak, how much mathematics does that program entail? >> guest: well, the training to become an astronaut starts i think dish mean issue think training to be a scientist or engineer starts at a very early age. started billing things with my hands when i was in middle school and i think the main thing about the training is to get people -- to get kids looking up in the night sky and seeing the space station going overhead to have. the building and create fog and knowing they can do anything, and -- what was the second question? >> host: stem. >> guest: stem. >> host: how much emphasis should be put on stem in schools sunny think emfa cyst should be put on steam. signs, technology, energy, argentinas, math mate ticks. ards are start of stem education and having kid building, creating music lessons, different things than what head prepared me for me getting --

the story of staff sergeant melvin morris raises a question. were there other heroes who were overlooked regardless of their race, religion or ethnicity? imagine the emotion of staff sergeant morris, 44 years removed from vietnam when he gets a call from up president obama, saying he had something that belonged to him. it was timing to right that wrong and bestow an honor too long delayed. >> at the vietnam war memorial, the silence is almost deafening. >> can you imagine this many men died in vietnam? that is mind boggling. >> why is this the first time you are visiting? i was very surprised to hear that. >> i never wanted to face up to it. this brings it home to you, to see that many people that gave it all for a sacrifice. >> more than 58,000 names of american lives lost and families heart prone are engraved on -- heartbroken are engraved on this wall. >> the medal of honor went to 246 of these soldiers, well more than half died in their act of valor. 44 years after melvin morris' courageous act, the white house would finally give him his du

melvin's defense team them for their valuable roles. i want to thank the jury, 12 new -ans, who saw through the usednments claims, and their jersey common sense to reject. i appreciate their service, their sacrifice, and their time away from their family and professions. i want to thank my colleague, senator cory booker, who has been supportive from day one, who traveled the state and spread the good word. he was here on the first day of travel -- trial and testified what was, in my mind, a profile. his personal reputation -- this would take a risk. he is a public servant. i also want to thank senator lindsey graham, my friend, and colleague. i think them for their truthfulness and honesty. while he came as a friend, i appreciate the political capital he use. indeed in today's politics. , want to thank the clergy those who strengthens me. i'm still thankful for your spirit, comfort, and support. jackson, thank bishop everyone for being character witnesses. i want to thank the hundreds in new jersey who i encountered in the last 10 weeks

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> the first time i saw her, i thought she was beautiful. we just loved being together. we're always together. our kitchen backdoor was opened, and the glass was broken. >> my wife! oh my god! >> it was he who found her. >> i just didn't know how to handle that. i wish i could have been there to protect her. >> a wife murdered. and later, a husband under suspicion. >> he was such a nice guy. you would have never guessed he did something like that. >> do you think he fake that burglary and killed his wife? >> yes. >> he wanted the house. he wanted her money, and if he divorced her, he lost everything. >> in court, a stunning verdict. >> this cannot be happening. i did not kill my wife. >> but more stunning still was what came after. a mysterious witness with a secret. >> this is a woman who essentially says i saw the murderer and it wasn't tom fully. >> would her story be the ultimate twist? >> reach in and tear out your hear heart. unbelievable. >> missry at h

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. ♪ >>> erin was like my heart. all these years i was searching for her. all of a sudden, i realized, what's going on? why are they late? something definitely was wrong. he said, your family was in an accident. and my whole world just dropped out from underneath me. >> the scene told the story. >> what did you find? >> something i don't want to see again. >> a deadly crash on a dark road, two gone, one barely alive. a tragic accident. but look closer. in all the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? >> the last thing i wanted was to have to take a double fatality and now treat it as a homicide. >> murder and accusation no one saw coming. >> i couldn't deal with it. >> two families in torment. >> we were both just -- >> a small-town trial with big emotions. >> you took it. you did it. >> and the verdict -- >> we the jury. >> -- that would shake them all. keith morrison with "crossing the line". >>> hello and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm cra

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm gnatly moralless. >> this is "dateline". to be held in captivity. >>> i just can't imagine. to be held in captivity. >> dad, just send the money. that's all they want. >> they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. they're thinking they hit the jackpot. >> they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son kidnapped by terrorists. >> we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. >> $10 million from me? are you losing your mind? >>> a harrowing international hostage drama. >> this is a big operation. this is not a rag-tag group of people. >> anything can happen. there are no guarantees. >> can a father turned negotiator help bring them home? >> we prepared him for the worst. >> i'm getting worried. i am getting so worried. >> a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. >>> welcome back to "dateline" they were on a dream vacation when a mother, her teenage son and a

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. . >>> this is something that you watch deadline for, about somebody else. not about your friend. not about someone you love. >> she was completely defenseless. she simply said, help me. >> my heart dropped. i want to know why. why. >> it's a baffling case of murder. millions and a mystifying piece of tape. at the center, husband and wife, self-made millionaires. >> he was very caring and loving. >> she had a personality that sucked you in. >> together they made a killing in the gold business. then, someone else made a killing too. >> the only focus of the crime was to make sure she was dead. >> his wife, ambushed by a shadowy man in black. was someone after their fortune? >> i called her to warn her. >> was the answer on this tape? >> his wife was being killed at that exact moment. >> a crime of grief and gold. would detectives hunting for a killer strike gold too. >> he wasn't somebody i would think could ever be involved in something like this. >> the "the go

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> we were like sisters. we had shared so much. they told me that they had found her body. i just collapsed. she's dead because she was my friend. >> first, melissa disappeared. >> where's melissa? >> that's the million dollar question. >> i knew right then that she absolutely never made it into her house. >> left behind in her garage signs of a struggle and a strange orange mist. >> we didn't know what it was. >> then, her boss went missing, too. >> who was he afraid of? >> he might of been afraid that he was next. >> he said, "if i don't get this taken care of, these people are gonna put a bullet in my head." >> he left behind a bigger mess. >> we three kings be stealing the gold. >> a missing fortune. >> ballpark? $1-1.5 billion. >> a missing woman. >> we have no clues, no leads. >> some wondered, was there a link? >> this had a twist to it. >> two crimes. one for money. one supposedly for love. and behind both, a lingering mystery

i'm craig melvin. here's keith morris. >> suppose for a minute you were sitting in your car, smack dap in t dab in the middle of alabama and you pointed southwest down highway 69 and kept a sharp eye out after half an hour or so. you roll into a sweet little place called moundville. one stoplight, one main street, one general store. been around for a long time has moundville. but it's a sad truth, as the sheriff says, even here where everybody used to know everybody -- >> it's not that way anymore. so many different people are moving in from around the world. >> trying to escape the crowds. >> well, escape the crowd or running from something. >> yes. and where have you gone, andy griffith? >> mayberry apparently has up and left us. sheriff ken ellis fights real crime nowadays. >> the crimes you see here is the same crime you see in any large city, just a smaller investigation. >> still, moundville is moundville and neighbors tend to know more of each other's business than they might in tuscaloosa, for

pennant (wipe to bob melvin) and a's manager bob melvin has gotten some interest from the new york yankkes filling their managerial position but the a's have blocked permission for the yanks to talk to melvin who previosly summered in manhatten ti be close to his daughter who was in new york to chase a career as an actress the yankees have also talked to the giants former hitting coach bam bam muelens about filling the spotnew york fired joe girandi after they were eliminated in the playoffs next at 8. why a smile can not only show you if someone is happy -- but if they are healthy. tonight at 9there are plenty of in and around the temporary transbay terminal in san francisco. which poses this question, how many signs are being ignored we'll take a closer look in the next edition of people behaving badly. this is the new comfort food. grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. a better way to grow, a better way to eat. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. (pam) a smile cannot only tell you if a person is

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline . >>> i fell to the floor. i just remember like she's dead, she's dead. and i i was so confused. i was like, what's going on? what happened? >>> a small texas town, two so you were close friends and a summer night in the park. >> they have this lookout. you can see the harbor bridge lit up. it's really pretty when the stars are out. >> it was the next morning that they found her. >> i could see the two girls laying there. it was horrifying. >> the only thing we have our cigarette butts and suspicion. >> dna would point one way. >> he's like you have to take a look at this. >> a bombshell message would point another. >> i read the letter and immediately knew this was something very important. >> a twisted trail lead accident to a sinister suspect. >> takes a special kind of mind that wants to do something like that. >> to crack a case this convoluted, it might just take a miracle. >> that was extr

a lot of breaking news, melvin, take it away. >> craig melvin in msnbc news headquarters in new york city. a very busy day in washington, d.c., on capitol hill, president trump as you just saw there leaving the capitol a few moments ago. his visit in anticipation of a house vote on tax reform. that vote we're told will likely happen any moment from now. kevin mccathy on the floor on the house right now debating that bill. afterwards, we are expecting public remarks from house speaker paul ryan. so that's happening on left side of the screen. the right side of your screen, again, president trump heading back to the white house. the other big story of the day of course, fallouts of senator al franken. now this woman coming forward, accusing the sitting senator of an unwanted sexual advance. we'll get to that story in just a moment.

i'm craig melvin in for stephanie ruhle.g you need to know to start your day. we start with house republicans postponing the much-anticipated rollout of their tax reform proposal until tomorrow. that comes after failing to agree on a few last-minute changes. >>> new court filings show special counsel robert mueller considers paul manafort and rick gates, quote, serious flight risks because of their connections abroad. this as politico reports mueller has scheduled an interview with president trump's long-time aide and current communications director, hope hicks, for later this month. >>> and representatives from facebook, twitter and google are back on the hill today testifying before the senate intelligence committee in the ongoing investigation into russian interference in last year's election. i just mentioned these new court filings in the federal case against former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and his long-time business partner, rick gates. according to those filings, manafort currently has three u.s. passport

i used to call you guys melvins, but you're just kids like me. we separate you in school because you talk different or you study too hard, but we've proven tonight that we can all get along. - so you mean we can stay friends, stan? wouldn't that be swell, huh? - dude, i'm glad to see you. you would not believe the night i had. - you? you think you had a bad night? i had to hang out all night with these friggin' melvins. - oh, dude, weak. - super weak. - come on, i'll tell you all about what happened to me. [cher-like warbling music] ♪ >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with trevor noah. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> trevor: welcome to "the daily show"! thank you so much for tuning in! i'm trevor noah. my guest tonight, author of the new "be fierce book, "be fiercen carlson will be joining us ( cheers and applause ) we are coming to you from new york city. it's a tough night that will get tougher for those of us who live in the city and everyone. we'll pull together. but till we know more, let's g

. >> this is melvin brown a student in burlington county. he has dance moves.nce off in a bordentown shop-rite parking lot made him a viral super star but the video also shooted another unsuspecting woman to social media fame. >> so melvin says while mom is food shopping he and his two sisters were acting the fool in the parking lot and the jam came out and melvin got down. and then this, a stranger accepting his dance off dual -- >> yes, he is not the only one that can dance. he believes the video is going viral because people love seeing positive encounters between strangers. now mom returns back to the car moments after this dance off and they cut it out. and they didn't catch the woman's name and they will connect at some point because of social media. >> she shows them how to do it. >> you see so many road rage stories this is what we like to see. >>> it's time now for a check of the roads tonight. >> matt is back with the update for us. >> i love that. good evening, speaking of parking lots with we have one in newcastle, southbound side of 495, and thanks

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> their world shattered. a young mother strangled. >> we had a homicide. we had no suspects. >> also no evidence. >> but police found a dark side behind that bright sue bur ban fa side and finally a vital clue. happened to nancy, the day she disappeared. >> hello and welcome to "dateline" have a, i'm craig melvin. this story involves a young mother who disappeared one morning. her husband said she went for a run and never came home. it was a puzzling case, it happened in a safe sue baur ban neighborhood, the crime where crime is unexpected, even more unexpected, the tiny clue buried in a computer that unlocked a mystery. here's keith mooreson. >>> nothing about that morning made any sense. >> it all seemed like just a bad nightmare. this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> it was a saturday morning in july 2008, the happy little world of sweet and leafy suburb of north carolina called carrie, a sort o

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> he's the little girl who won the heart of a big city. >> shot in the head at point-blank range. >> a crime scene that shocked crime scene police. >> dora the explorer pillow and it had blood on it. >> as she fought to live, this detect vowed to catch whoever left her to die. soon he turned up a promising lead. >> bells and whistles go off in my head. >> in the hospital, she battled back. >> to know she had survived was a pretty powerful moment. >> not just her body, but her mind. >> there was a guy that come in daycare and erica said don't let him hurt me. hello and welcome to dateline. it all started with a crime that not even police could believe. a little girl. just a toddler. shot in the head deliberately. left for dead by a killer who then disappeared. detective vowed to crack the case no matter how long it took. here's hoda copky. >> one of the biggest attractions at the louisville zoo was a floip eppy eared baby named scotty. erica, whose storile cap

i'm gregg melvin.ce of paper in her hand. the paper she's waited for most of her life to find. her birth certificate, but where would that piece of paper lead? here again is keith morrison. >> a 37 years she'd been searching for her parents, her life, her name. just as she'd given up ever finding the answer, here it was. a copy of her birth certificate with her real name in black and white. rhonda patricia christy, and there were the names of her parents, too, robert and barbara christy. >> this is it. i was like whoa. they were my parents. that bobbie and bob. they were my parents. >> with their names and social security numbers, rhonda and her friends tracked down a phone number in ohio. she dialled the number. a man answered. it was june 5th, 2010. >> i said are you robert t christy. he said yes. i said are you married to a barbara blackwelder or were you? he said yes. and then i said, i think i'm rhonda christy or do you know rhonda patricia christy. and then there was a long pause. >> this is who

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >>> this is a tragedy on top of a tragedy now. >> it happened so quickly. their parents in the backyard spa. their mom in trouble. >> my dad just panicked. >> a sudden slip, a fatal fall. >> you're losing your mother. watching her go. >> someone else was watching her, too. a curious neighbor just moments before witnessed something astonishing. >> it was scary. the look on his face was almost indescribable. >> what had she seen? was this drowning really an accident? >> she's got a huge gash on her head. something like that's not consistent with just falling down. >> a husband and father suddenly under suspicion. >> he's crying and we're crying. he said that think think i heard mom. >> three daughters stand by their dad and one prosecutor stands firm. >> he's holding his wife of almost three decades under the water. my job is to get justice for cristi hall. was it murder? >> hello and welcome to "dateline extra. requests i'm craig melvin. a plot straight out of an a

i'm craig melvin. investigators had more questions than answers in the murder of stephen watkins. but one thing they knew for sure, the shooting took place inside the skinner household. how would they finally find out who pulled the trigger? we continue with "the mystery on horseshoe drive." >> we all lost our lives that night. you know, it's not something you ever get over. >> on the tuesday evening before thanksgiving 2008, penny watkins' son stephen had gone to pick up his baby daughter sydney for a court-ordered visit when she was shot to death. stephen's wife jennifer told police he barged into her home, knocked over her grandmother and was heading for her and the baby when her grandmother shot him. but had it really gone down that way? why would an elderly religious woman shoot the father of her great granddaughter. as investigators focused on grandma shirley, they began to look more closely at jennifer. for one thing, they learned she had been married before. jennifer's uncle ed skinner says tha

i am craig melvin.ears after teresa mayfield's murder, a casual conversation overheard in a bar gave authorities their first break. a break which would lead them to the chilling tale of teresa's murder. once again, keith morrison. >> under a setting sun on a sweltering summer night, two years after her death, teresa mayfield's friends and family gathered to remember. >> i talk to her almost every day and i miss those talks. >> they took turns talking about the loving daughter, the softball mom, the sweet woman gunned down on that lonely country road. a murder that was still a mystery. >> my family will not stop searching or doing whatever it takes to find out who took teresa's life. >> when scott got up to speak, you can bet people were paying special close attention. >> yes, she was a loving wife, loving mother and a loving friend to the community, yes, she would do anything for anybody at any time. >> having discovered he was not exactly husband of the year, some people nursed a lingering suspicion an

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >>> her husband, a decorated military officer, shot in the dark of night. >> it was an execution. >> was this some sort of hit? >> he was in special forces. there must have been something at work. >> that's what police thought too. until they learned about the secret life of this husband and wife. >> they would meet couples on the internet. >> was there a forbidden affair? >> they were probably meeting for sex about four times a week. >> and did it lead to murder? >> she is absolutely cold-blooded. >> soon, there would be questions for mother and daughter. >> it was another shock. >> "the mystery of the murdered major." >>> hello and welcome "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. like so many others, this story involves a husband and wife. he was a military man, a respected major in the u.s. army, when he was attacked in the middle of the night, police launched an investigation that would reveal eyebrow raising secrets, secrets that might hold the key to murder. here

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie mor lal res. >> and this is "dateline" >>> three people come to me wearing suits, and one of them tells me that he hadn't made it. and i was like, no, he did. just go check. they come back and tell me, mrs. hall, your husband didn't make it. >> two women racing down a texas highway. >> she saw me, and then made the u-turn. >> bonnie, the mistress, in one lane. >> i looked in my rearview mirror, and it was frances. >> frances, the wife in the other. >> i get her little finger. >> the middle finger? >> right. >> i start following her. >> i said, what the hell? >> she brakes. and i brake. and i heard a thump. >> he's pronounced dead at the hospital. >> two women in love with one man, hating each other. >> you're getting text messages from bonnie of the two of them having sex. >> uh-huh. >> a hollywood love story? >> this was the man i wanted to marry. >> or a fatal attraction? >> he goes, i can't get rid of this person. >> and s

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales, and this is "dateline." >>> oh, please, god, why? >> it's the case that stunned parents everywhere. the dad, whose young son died in the car. >> apparently he forget the child was in the car seat in the back and went to work. >> i know you didn't, baby. i know you didn't. >> i think any parent could put themselves in that situation. >> full denial. like that it wasn't happening. >> then came the jaw-dropping news, police said it was murder. >> there was far more to this story that we were beginning to realize. this guy clearly was leading a double life. >> oh, my boy. >> could any parent ever do this on purpose? inside this landmark case. >> there were a whole lot of secrets about to be revealed? >> yes, ma'am. >>> ross and leanna harris' seemingly picture-perfect world was shattered one hot georgia day when their son cooper was left in a car for seven hours and died from overheating. was this a horrific mistake or murder? here with the unimaginable. >> you're

craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york. no moore?n the white house this afternoon as we await president trump's response to the roy moore controversy, the alabama senate candidate remaining as defiant as ever, as his attorney defends him here on msnbc in what can only be described as a bizarre interview. two for one, senate republicans now including the repeal obamacare's personal main date as part of their overall tax reform bill. will their gamble pay off or tank their legislation. >>> and harassment on the hill. long and open secret on capitol hill. now pushed into the spotlight. former senator barbara boxer will join me to share her very personal story of sexual harassment by a fellow lawmaker. >>> the tehama county sheriff holding a news conference on the shooting. you can see the news conference

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >>> it was very exciting. >> they met in vegas. a professional poker player. >> he said he was making good money at it. >> a former trapeze artist. she fell for it. she didn't gamble on this. >> i could smell the odor of decay and blood. >> or this. >> in every turn, there was another woman. >> married with a child and women in multiple cities. >> what else is he capable of? >> capable of murder? he had an alibi. >> there'll be credit card transactions and phone records of me driving from las vegas. >> but could this little card hold the key? >> so that was just a shot in the dark. >> absolutely. >> was he a calculating killer or was his lifestyle on trial? >> he made mistakes that doesn't make him a monster. >> was there one more card up his sleeve? >> it goes back to him thinking i bluff some of the best. >> "the player." >>> hello and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. in this hour the story of a double murder that was both shocking and puzzling. th

craig melvin is up next in lower manhattan, at the scene of the terror attack. >> good afternoon to you. craig melvin here, lower manhattan, as andrea just mentioned, near the scene of what transpired here yesterday, that terrible attack that has left eight people dead. a live look here, you can see that life is getting back to normal. there are -- perhaps can you hear them in the background -- children playing on a playground, people walking and up down greenwich street, chambers avenue. a short time ago, president trump making his first on-camera comments about the deadly incident. >> we have to get much tougher. we have to get much smarter and we have to get much less politically correct. >> thank you. >>. [ inaudible ] >> i would certainly consider that. i would certainly consider that. send him to gitmo. i would certainly consider that, yes. >> it was a similar tone to the one the president struck this morning on twitter. there he used the attack as a bludgeon against this country's immigration laws as well as new york's chuck schumer, democratic leader in the senate. we'll have mo

he said to craig melvin he doesn't know whether one of the shots from their car felled him or whether it was a self-inflicted wound. i guess that's still being determined? >> yeah, there should be an occupies performed here soon to make that determination. >> what else can you explain about texas or federal gun law or whether the military records had been properly put into the system? should he have had that weapon? >> i don't know. i don't know all the details yet. i don't -- i don't speculate on anything. i go strictly by facts. >> i understand. >> i'm -- i wish he wouldn't have it had for sure. until we know all the fantastics on the purchase and everything else, i can't make a comment on that. >> so what is your main, your main focus right now aside obviously from healing the community and making sure that everyone feels as safe as they can after this tragedy in. >> we're trying to create a fund-raiser for all the victims and their families to help compensate for the enormous expenses they're about to endure. especially you know, the families with multiple members so we're having

. >> and i'm craig melvin here in texas. tragedy that has shaken this community of roughly of 50 people. one we are learning more about by the hour. >> the mother-in-law attended this church. we know that he had made threatening -- she had received threatening texts from him. he was wearing a black mask that had a white skull face to it. however, investigators found evidence at the scene that indicates the subject may have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> 26 people were killed when defb kelly opened file. the first baptist church behind me yesterday. authorities now say the ages of the victims range from 18 months to 77 years old. as many as half of the dead are children. in a small community like this, literally everyone is affected. everyone knows somebody who was inside that church. 7 percent of the population gone in minutes. among those lost, a teenage daughter of the pastor and his wife, who were not inside yesterday but did talk about the tragedy late this morning. >> you lean into what you don't understan

craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. resign. that is now the call from house leadership. nancy pelosi and speaker paul ryan wanting embattled congressman john conyers to step aside. conyers attorney for his part moments ago says he's not resigning and instead says the leadership should focus on senator al franken. meanwhile, tillerson out. president trump is considering a plan to replace the secretary of state rex tillerson with cia director mike pompeo. what that would mean for both agencies. and breaking his silence. a day after nbc announced his firing, matt lauer issues an apology, as two more complaints are lodged against him. we'll get to those stories in just a moment. but we start with house leaders. democrats and republican now are officially calling on embattled congressman johniers to step aside. conyers, the longest serving active member of congress, faces multiple claims of sexual misconduct. >> congressman conyers should resign. as he has served our congress for more than five decades and shaped some of the most co

i'm krygcraig melvin. >> it is 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in new york city. sayfullo saipov is boasting about killing eight people and injures others. the 29-year-old uzbekistan national drove his pickup truck on a busy bike path on halloween day as kids were pouring out of a neighborhood elementary school on the lower west side of manhattan, right in the shadow of the new world trade center. >> investigators are questioning the man behind a deadly terror attack in lower manhattan. an attack he apparently committed in the name of isis. >> we got multiple casualties, mass casualty situation here. >> pushing kids back in the school. looking for my son, to make sure he's not out. i didn't see him and just pushed the kids back in and ran up the block. >> i saw guns in each one of his hands and he started raising his hands up so i turned around and i said guns and all of the kids were there officer ryan nash opening fire on the suspect and ending his rampage. >> what happened yesterday is it not okay area never something we'll accept as inevitable. >> he appears t

i'm craig melvin alongside kristen welker. dylan drier dylan dreyer is here. >> did you observe some black friday shopping? >> no but i'm hoping do small business saturday. >>> tens of millions getting ready to head home after thanksgiving. many of you waking up this morning. dylan standing by with a look. >> most of the country is actually looking okay. but we do have a cold front that's going to make its way to the northeast that will cause some minor troubles but it's really the north west where we're going to see most of your problems today. especially late today and into sunday where we will see just heavy rain gusty winds. we could see gusts up to 50 or 60 miles per hour. expect some airport delays especially in seattle and portland later today if you have afternoon or evening flights. as for the roads the mountain passes will be slow going. from seattle to portland it looks like mainly a rain event, but a lot of rain. on sunday still very rainy and windy. it looks very warm through the middle of the country with high te

nbc's greg melvin reports. >> as of right now, we have that much. >> it's -- $1,70064. >> that changes my life right there. that changes my life. >> until a few days ago, johnny bobbit was down on his luck. but this morning, after one random act of kindness, thousands of people are pitching in to help the homeless veteran with a heart of gold. the gofundme page set up for him now nearly $300,000. and that number still climbing. the stunning outpouring of support comes after bobbit helped 27-year-old kate mcclure who was stranded alongside a highway outside philadelphia when she ran out of impasse. after calling her boyfriend, she noticed a stranger approaching. it was bobbit, homeless, with just 20 bucks in his pocket. he told t and with the last of h a can of. a marine corps veteran and paramedic, bobbit wanted to the be a flight nurse. these pictures from his facebook page show him as a younger man. but recently, he's fallen on hard times. the philadelphia inquirer quoted a friend of his who says the north carolina native's life took an unfortunate turn because of drugs and money pro

. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalee morales. >> and this is dateline. >> one woman, two member, her husband, the air force captain and the staff sergeant, her rendezvous man. >> he was a playboy himself. >> one man too many, then suddenly there was one man less. >> it wasn't like bang, bang, bang, bang. it was like bang, pause, bang, pause, bang, pause. n't. >> it was exkigs? >> you could call it that, yes. >> michelle, was a brilliant, cunning, ruthless woman. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline." the story you're about to see centers on the death of a military man thousands of miles from a battlefield. a dedicated officer surviving war zones only to be caught in a lover's triangle. here's keith morrison. >> narrator: what was she thinking? when she went to the commuter, when she typed in those five little words. did she not understand where those little words might lead? >> where are you at? >> i don't know. >> okay, what's your name? >> michelle. >> michelle was no doubt about it, dissatisfied. here she was, young, successful, attractive and yet, wasn't exactly boredom that w

that melvin is absolutely the right guy to over see the development of a young team.re replace [inaudible] >>>i had a great time at the warriors game last night. the warriors beat the orlando magic 110 to 100. >> a little flip shot and durant has taken over the game. reporter: durant to livingston, down. >> steph curry sat out the game but livingston stepped in. he had 16-points, 6 assists and durant had 21- points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. >> he's got seven boards in 12 minutes. >> and durant announces his return to the game. reporter: now, you don't stop that. kevin durant, the warriors won 110 to 100. now they'll play in boston thursday night. >>> it's 6:47 so it's time to check in with the news room with what's coming up. reporter: good morning, coming up, if we were to play a game of word association, many of you would say lightbulb when i say ge but now the company is leaving its iconic product behind. it says lightbulbs are not in their future plans. >> also, pam, i know you're a big barbie fan, but here is one i know you don't have, at least not yet. mattel b

a lot of breaking news, melvin, take it away. >> craig melvin in msnbc news headquarters in new york city. a very busy day in washington, d.c., on capitol hill, president trump as you just saw there leaving the capitol a few moments ago. his visit in anticipation of a house vote on tax reform. that vote we're told will likely happen any moment from now. kevin mccathy on the floor on the house right now debating that bill. afterwards, we are expecting public remarks from house speaker paul ryan. so that's happening on left side of the screen. the right side of your screen, again, president trump heading back to the white house. the other big story of the day of course, fallouts of senator al franken. now this woman coming forward, accusing the sitting senator of an unwanted sexual advance. we'll get to that story in just a moment. we have a new statement from senator franken. let's start with msnbc's garrett haake. at the capitol. hans nichols is at the white house. garrett, let's start there on the hill. what's the mood? are lawmakers excited? this is a dance that they've been to bef

i'm craig melvin. in this hour the story of a double murder that was both shocking and puzzling. there were no witnesses and few clues. the victims, a respected couple. their son, it turned out, played poker for a living. could that lifestyle have had something to do with the crime? the case was a mystery until prosecutors looked again at blood stained evidence originally gathered from the crime scene. could that be the key? here's keith morrison. >> it was her first time in las vegas. her first look at that famous strip, its outsized kitsch, its gaudy cavernous casinos with their electronic clatter and their darker places where men in black suits hover over the studied calm of high rolling wishful thinkers. her name was adrian solomon. and she was here on business. >> i was excited to go to get to see what this city was all about. >> adrian came to las vegas to plan a medical conference. meeting planning was her business, a road job. >> i was probably gone 50% of the time. >> and now the job had broug

melvin. >> prosecutors allege senator menendez accepted gifts and lavish vacations in exchange for influence and trying to pressure the government to resolve a medicare dispute. jury deliberations ran 16 hours but they have to start over again monday. senator menendez says he's past ready for judgment day. >> and sexual allegations threaten the fate of a candidate and one of the best known comedians. and there are questions about women sent to donald trump in a moscow hotel. a new study shows how many americans are smoking. cecily? >> in the next few days we get a preview of winter. what will the next season bring? we have the answers in the weather out look. >> how the republic tax plan could affect you. jeff skversky if facing the flyers and black hawks out >> from alabama, word that the campaign of roy moore is fal cag a report the definition of fake news. republic candidate roy moore has been adduce accused by a woman f "6abcsexual contact with her whe was 14. three others say he approached her at 16-18. he would have been 32. mike pence said if the allegations are true, moore must step

craig melvin is in sutherland springs.ut the gunman. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is a town just 30 miles southeast of san antonio. just one blinking light. we are learning a little more about the gunman this morning. i'll talk to the sheriff in just a few moments. meanwhile, this community just trying to makeceps of what happened here yesterday. this morning, a devastating mass shooting in a texas church has shaken a tiny town to its core. the gunman opening fire at first baptist church in sutherland springs, killing more than two dozen. the victims ranging from children to senior citizens. >> this will be a long suffering morning for those in pain. >> reporter: law enforcement officials tell nbc news, the shooter is 26-year-old devin patrick kelley. police say kelley, a former member of the air force, discharged for bad conduct in 2014, was wearing tactical gear and carrying a ruger a.r. rifle. he fired shots outside the church before entering the facility and opening fire on unsuspecting w

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i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. ♪ >>> this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> their world shattered. a young mother strangled. >> nancy. i love you. >> who could have killed her? >> we had homicide. we had no suspects. >> also, no evidence. but police found a dark side behind that bright suburban facade. >> she slept with the children and the door locked. >> and finally, a vital clue. what happened to nancy? "the day she disappeared." >>> hello and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig mellin. this story involves a young mother who disappeared one morning. her husband said she went for a run and never came home. it was a puzzling case. it happened in a safe suburban neighborhood, the kind of place where crime is unexpected. even more unexpected, the tiny clue buried in a computer that unlocked a mystery. here's keith morrison. >> nothing about that morning made any sense. >> it all seemed like such a bad nightmare. this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> it was a saturday

i'm craig melvin. rusty sneiderman's wife andrea took the stand in her boss' murder trial and prosecutors had tough questions for her. here again is dennis murphy. >> he pretended to be my friend and i was doing the best that i can to deal with that situation and he had my whole life wrapped up. >> jurors had heard a harrowing tale from rusty sneiderman's widow of a monster of a boss who became obsessed with his new hire, andrea. but now the prosecution was suggesting that the toxic triangle between boss, employee and husband was even more complicated than it seemed, and that the wife, andrea, was holding back important parts of her story. >> there was this kind of watergate question. what did she know and when did she know it? >> we went in and we knew she was lying. we told her we knew she was lying and that didn't seem to affect her so we knew what we needed to do on the stand and we simply did it. >> in court, hemy neuman was the accused, but at times it looked as though andrea was on trial, too. t

i'm craig melvin. this story involves a young mother who disappeared one morning. her husband said she went for a run and never came home. was a puzzling case that happened in a safe suburban neighborhood, the kind of place where crime is unexpected. even more unexpected, the tiny clue buried in a computer that unlocked a mystery. here's keith morrison. >> nothing about that morning made any sense. >> it all seemed like just such a bad nightmare. this doesn't happen in our happy little world. >> it was a saturday morning in july 2008. the happy little world, a sweet and livy suburb of raleigh, north carolina. a place a young family would aspire to. if you were someone like hannah pritchard, for example. >> there's always lots of friend-making going on through someone you meet. lots of cookouts and family functions. >> like the one in the neighborhood the night before. so hannah would have heard party stories that saturday morning from her friend nancy cooper. would have. because nancy didn't show up. >

i'm craig melvin. like so many others, this story involves a husband and wife. he was a military man, a respected major in the u.s. army, when he was attacked in the middle of the night, police launched an investigation that would reveal eyebrow raising secrets, secrets that might hold the key to murder. here is keith morrison. >> the wind in the northern prairie sweeps across a vast flatland. grave markers around a military ceremony. the final resting spot for a few dozen veterans, many of whom died in combat. this is where he is resting now. major david shannon, who lost his life in 2002. his mother shirley comes here to visit and remember. his sister brenda too when she's in town. oh, how they worried that war might put him here. except war didn't. no, there never was a thought back then about what could happen far from combat, what did happen. all those strange things down south in north carolina. fayetteville is an old town, steeped in revolutionary and civil war history. smack in the middle of the bible belt. but now, cargo planes buzz in and out of pope a

craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. resign.p. nancy pelosi and speaker paul ryan wanting embattled congressman john conyers to step aside. conyers attorney for his part moments ago says he's not resigning and instead says the leadership should focus on senator al franken. meanwhile, tillerson out. president trump is considering a plan to replace the secretary of state rex tillerson with cia director mike pompeo. what that would mean for both agencies. and breaking his silence. a day after nbc announced his firing,

craig melvin here, lower manhattan, as andrea just mentioned, near the scene of what transpired here yesterday, that terrible attack that has left eight people dead. a live look here, you can see that life is getting back to normal. there are -- perhaps can you hear them in the background -- children playing on a playground, people walking and up down greenwich street, chambers avenue. a short time ago, president trump making his first on-camera comments about the deadly incident. >> we have to get much tougher. we have to get much smarter and we have to get much less politically correct. >> thank you. >>. [ inaudible ] >> i would certainly consider that. i would certainly

nbc's craig melvin explains. >> as of right now we have that much. 1700. >> that's changing my life righthere. >> $1764. >> reporter: until a few days ago johnny bob it was down on his luck. this morning after one random act of kindness, thousands of people the homeless veteran with a heart of gold. the gofundme page set up for him now nearly $300,000, and that number still climbing. the stunning outpouring of support comes after bobbitt helped 27-year-old kate mcclure stranded alongside a highway in philadelphia when she ran out of gas. after calling her boyfriend, she noticed a stranger approaching. it was bobbitt, homeless with just 20 bucks in his pocket. he told her to wait in her car and with the last of his money, he bought her a can of gasoline. a a marine corps wanted to be a flight nurse. these pictures show him as a younger manage. but recently he's fallen on hard times. the philadelphia inquirer coat quoted a friend of his, his life took an unfortunate turn because of drugs and money problems. but that friend says bobbitt has a good heart. now, has unleashed a tidal wave of go

they are committed to melvin.ceived a one-year extension in september and is signed through 2019. the yankees are replacing joe girardi after new york lost to the astros in the american league championship. >>> the warriors beat the magic last night 110-100. >> a slip shot. and durant has taken over the game. durant to livingston. down the lane. >> no steph curry, no problem. steph sat out with a thigh injury. livingston stepped in very well for him. kevin durant led the warriors with 21 points, 7 rebounds and eight assists. >> grabbing every rebound. >> he got 7 boards in 12 minutes. it is durant. >> warriors won, again, 110- 100. now they are on the road playing the boss continue celtics in the garden thursday night. >> celtics no slouch either. 12 in a row. >> right. >> it is a nationally televised game. it will be a good one. >> i'm keeping my money on the warriors. >> i'm with you. >>> barbie is breaking new ground these days. mattel unveiled the new doll wearing a hijab. this year's honoree is olympic fencer