lindsey, mrs. melvin. >> hi, guys. >> dude! >> mrs. melvin, come on in. >> oh, my gosh!ere. >> mr. melvin, ryan, have a seat. well, craig, they're all here. >> this is a pleasant surprise, yes. when i left this morning, you guys were all in bed. >> we faked it. we faked it well. >> yeah, you were up, but, i mean, you weren't dressed. >> you get to skip school for this. that's pretty cool. >> oh, my gosh. pops, man. >> all right. so, linz, first of all, what does this mean to all of you? delano is over here. >> oh, you have a mic on, buddy. >> i'm professional. >> i was -- it is just surreal. and it's -- to me like it symbolizes belief, i feel like, just because you dare to dream a dream and then to see it actually come true, it makes me think about someone making it, a spouse making it to the super bowl or the game-winning catch. that's what this feels like. what makes me so proud is just the person that melvin is and understanding that it's that, it is the kindness and how genuine he is. so we're just excited and pumped. >> well, the only competition you have for your p

mr. melvin, where are you planning to put your tattoo?today monday, january 27th, 2025. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and craig melvin. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> turn! >> good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. nice to have you with us. what? >> i mean, come on. >> my little daughter. come on, eagles nation. knew we had to do it. but i have to say it was an incredible victory for the eagles. so happy. thrilled for the commanders to be there. craig melvin, you are a great sport. >> i will make good on my bet, i will get the tattoo of your face somewhere on my face or my body somewhere. but -- >> a temporary tattoo. >> yes. looking forward to wearing it all week. >>> anyway, we should get to the news. there is a lot to watch on this busy monday morning. that rain in southern california threatening to bring flooding and mudslides to areas already hit hard by those devastating wildfires. mr. roker has the details on that in a bit. >>> also, the first major crisis of the cea

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craig melvin: ...a dive instructor and his wife on a dream trip to the tropics till a scuba adventure turns into disaster. mrscreaming, it's shelley!' craig melvin: she never reached the surface. what happened some 80 feet down?

melvin died, julia tried to hire him to do the hit. we had now an actual person who had heard her say that and even offered him money to kill mr. ea canning: hodge built her case leading to one main question most jurors want answered-- what was the motive? melvin's granddaughter thought she knew the answer to that one and could be found in melvin's will. what did he leave her? the building and any car that she wanted from his car lot. andrea canning: the building was worth about $150,000. it housed her store julia's. in south carolina in a small community, that would take you far, 150,000? mm-hmm. andrea canning: the state believed julia was worried she was never going to see that money. the reason? the relationship between julia and melvin was over, said prosecutors, and she knew it. they put a friend of melvin's on the stand to back up their claim. he wasn't paying her bills anymore and that he wasn't having anything to do with her. he wouldn't even touch her. andrea canning: and in what prosecutors believed was the final straw, that witness told the jury melvin had let julia know he had booked a cruise with another woman. tha