a few hours later, the phone rang at mike flower's house. i answer it. said, "mr. flower, this is the chaplain." and he said, "can you come to paul and linda curry's house?" josh mankiewicz: mike rushed over and found his friend, paul, who told an awful story how he woke up to an odd sound, found linda not breathing. he called 9-1-1, but by the time paramedics got there, it was too late. paul was extremely upset. for hours, i was basically holding him up, and he was crying on my shoulder. josh mankiewicz: grief, shock, and at the bottom of it all, a question-- what killed linda curry? craig melvin: coming up, linda's loved ones would wait years for an answer, an answer that would come. from linda curry herself. when "dateline" continues. (vo) you were diagnosed with thyroid eye disease a long time ago. [theme music] and year after year, you weathered the storm and just lived with the damage that was left behind. but even after all this time your thyroid eye disease could still change. restoration is still possible. learn how you could give your eyes a fresh start at

mike. >> the flowers that were delivered to vanessa townsend were actually paid for from lori shaver's banker from the truth he calls jeremy townsend. he walked into the courtroom in a suit, but he looked like aquaman with the long hair. >> was there ever a time that lori favre expressed to you that she wanted you to leave your wife to be with her? yes. and was that what you wanted? no. >> it was supposed to be friends with benefits, no strings attached. >> he went on and said, i had nothing to do with this at any point. >> did you shoot or injure michael chandler? no. at any point, were you involved with disposing of the body of michael shannon? no. and after the affair was exposed, what happened with your relationship before i cut it off, they say it's not the crime that gets you caught, but the cover up. >> and prosecutors argue that lori's attempts to impersonate michael. online show all the signs of a badly executed cover up. >> facebook helped solve the murder. >> michael's family up north had heard from his facebook account. >> was there a period of time where you reached out to mich

nothing demonstrated the unity of this community better than the flowers which are filled the pavements around the street cordon last summer. mikes of them outside his home. i had to do something for it. i couldn't just see the flowers standing against the wall, i started putting them in buckets and i ended up with 300 buckets outside. add to that 150 pot plants which eventually went to the botanic gardens and 15 sacks of cuddly toys which were brought indoors every night to stop them from getting damp. every toy cuddled another toy, bonding together. and when the riots flared, the people of southport said "not in our name and came together again." with what has happened and the riots the next day that is not what southport wants and i think the message is very clear in southport that we don't want to be divided. there are no signs of last summer's violence on the town's mosque today, but the damage caused by last summer's attacks will take longer to fade. there has been a quiet dignity within southport when you think about everything that has happened, the scale of the trauma, and we have seen people just an exceptional acts of

mike. madam speaker, today i rise to honor our january small business of the month, jeannine's flowers. this fantastic business in camdenton has been serving the lake area with floral artistry through weddings, proms, first dates, and so many other special occasions. jeannine's is a one stop destination for all floor arrangements, special gifts, tuxedos, events supplies, an more. back in september jeannine celebrated their 45th anniversary where the original owner shared captivating stories about the humble beginnings of this business. it's now owned by cassidy dickerson, jeannine's flowers will continue to make special occasions even more special. jeannine was thrilled to pass the torch and knows they will build upon the strong foundation that was established. thank you. thank you for providing missouri's fourth congressional district with the highest quality floor arrangements and event services. missouri, don't forget about jeannine's valentine's day is coming up. congratulations to jeannine's flowers, our january small business of the month. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker

flower this afternoon. and as a result, we got a first ballot win for mike johnson. >> right. but they were asking for the freedom caucus members. they were asking for chip roy of texas to be made the rules committee chairman. right. >> yeah. they were. and chip roy is not going to be rules chairman, but he is going to be a hugely important part of our successes over the course of the next two years. and that's just a reality. i mean, we need 218 votes to get anything done in this town, in that chamber, in that room, we got 219 or 220 republicans. and so everybody is going to have to be on board every single day. chip roy is as good as almost anyone. and understanding what kind of policies can actually get the votes to move forward, but that's to move forward in the house, right? >> if you guys actually want your legislation picked up in the senate, where you have the majority now, but what is it, 53 seats. so you're going to need seven democrats to be on board to break the filibuster. 60 vote threshold. so is the future of legislation adhering to getting all 219 republicans,