and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." >>> i'm craig melvin and i'm natalie morales and this is dateline. >> my mother called and said michelle is dead. how is that possible? >> a young mother found brutally murdered. her little girl left to wonder in her mother's blood. police had a suspect and they say that he had a motive. >> we had an intimate relationship. >> ended up having sex. >> could they prove he was the killer? >> it was a circumstantial case, except for that witness, girl who left those footprints. >> they will never know what cassidy saw and what she did not see. >> maybe she could not tell detectives who the killer was, but maybe she did not have to. >> the fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to a jury? >> person who killed the mother cared about cassidy. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. michelle young was married to her college sweetheart, four months pregnant with her second child when the unthinkable happened. the young mother was beaten to death in her own bed

and i'm natalie morales.d i'm natalie morales and this is dateline. >> my mother called and said michelle is dead. how is that possible? >> a young mother found

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> god no, please no. this can't be real. >> a teenager, home alone in a night of terror. >> i would stare out the window and try to figure out how scared she must have been. >> on her body, like a signature, a handprint in blood. >> it was a crime of passion. there's a lot of anger involved in this. >> but how long? because that handprint doesn't belong to the man police put in prison. >> the anger just surged through me. >> now, a mother turns detective. >> her words to me were, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. >> join in as she hunts for the killer and searches for the truth. >> i wanted to put my fist through the tv. >> it still brings the hair up the back of my neck. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. a confession can wake up murder investigation wide open. soon after 19 angie was found stabbed, a local named christopher tapp admitted he was one of her killers. police reported every grisly det

and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline."please no. this can't be real

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> he could have complete respiratory failure in a number of minutes. dizziness, confusion, weakness. those are your clues. you are looking for anything that could possibly contribute to a person's death. one dose, high enough dose, could do all of that. >> she found a love at last with husband number three. the charming jeopardy chain. >> younger guy, gourmet cook, nuclear physicist. i was impressed. >> then suddenly, she was gone. a mystery illness that baffled even her doctors. >> she shook like someone with the start of parkinson's. >> what had killed her? something at home? something at work? >> household items? that's a possibility. >> listen carefully. in this case, the most important clue of all just might come from the victim herself. >> this just seems like there is some suspicion things that have occurred. >> could this be murder? >> do you think that someone might be trying to poison you? >> that's an unpleasant way to die. >> yes. >> and could she help solve it? >> your describing kind of a murder in slow motion. >>

i am natalie morales. thank you for watching! this. good morning and welcome to morning joe.k of historic news, so let's get right to some of the top stories.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> he could have complete respiratory failureonfusion, weakness. those are your clue

in 2017, they told natalie morales and me about their memorable first date. he invited me out. i went to his hotel room the first date. - oh, no. - don't hate. - don't judge. - i know. no judging. i had never done it before. and i walk into his hotel room, and it's a japanese suite. and he said, it's a japanese suite. you have to take your shoes off. and i said, what else do you have to take off? [laughter] kit: they married in 1977 and what became one of hollywood's longest marriages. in 2020, zuri got their love secrets. what's your favorite time of day to get frisky? is it morning, noon, or night? yes. yes. yes. all of the above. we never fight. - no. - never fight? no. we did for the first 10 years because we were young and immature and we were blending families. i had a baby, and he had two kids. but we never fight. no. what would be your secret to everlasting love? well, we give each other a lot of attention. every morning, he brings me the perfect cup of coffee. we start with coffee. and at the end of the day at 5 o'clock-- ok. --we meet at big al's bar. we've been doing

i'm natalie morales.us circumstances, her family urged investigators to exhume her body and perform an autopsy. the medical examiners chilling conclusion, shele was strangled to death. then the investigation stalled, and shele's loved ones feared the case could go unsolved. but they did know that even years later, authorities would have no intention of letting that happen. once again, here's andrea canning with "endgame". >> shele covlin have been found dead in her bathtub in december 2009. investigators have long believed her husband rod had killed her, but they didn't have enough evidence to prove it. then, after nearly six years of slowly building a case, prosecutors finally became convinced they had enough to persuade a jury. in november 2015, shele's sister eve got word from the district attorney's office. >> she said were about to arrest rod covlin for the murder of shele covlin. so i started to get very emotional, and -- i've just been waiting a really long time to hear those words. >> it would tak

. >> i'm natalie morales. and this is dateline. i even got hypnotize once to try and communicate with my mom to see if she could tell me rachel anderson had one great passion she loved being a mom so much and with kids at home it was extra scary when someone started stalking her. she got real panicked and she said. i think there's someone outside watching her every move knowing where she's at in her house making disturbing calls suddenly rachael disappeared and the desperate search began. >> months went by the case stalled then investigators learned might be bigger and than they ever could have guessed this is whispers that rachael was the victim of something out of hitchcock. movie a moment of pure evil. and just maybe, a second woman in the crosshairs. if the choices were true then you are married a stranger. exactly. hello and welcome to dateline the story you're about to hear our begins too with all too familiar a woman disappears and police put the men in her life under a microscope. that's how this but as detective follow the

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." 96 kpke with the bird and the bee. >> i hade crush on him. he had this amazing voice. >> very gregarious, very charismatic. i think the passion he had for people came through. >> he was the guy the whole town woke up to, morning dj steven b. >> he was so funny and he had such a great love of music. >> he's loveable. i mean, everybody loves steven b. >> but soon, it was fully clear that not everybody did. >> they came upon a body floating in the water. >> shot him one time in the back of the head. >> i felt like i was in some made-for-tv movie. it's like "this can't be happening." >> what did happen? the hunt is on. a gleaming yacht. >> i thought, "why did you get on that boat? " >> a scheming businessman, and a missing fortune. >> you're a multi-millionaire and you don't have any money. >> from high seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. >> i don't think i'll ever get another case quite like this. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello. and welcome to "dateline." steven b. williams was a man with a golden voice. a former dj who found fame, fortune,

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." 96 kpke with the bird and the bee. >> i hadharismatic. i think the passion he had for

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline! >> that night, it's absolutely pitch dark.

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline! >> that night, it's absolutely pitch dark. it was abandoned, and it was secluded. this was his playground. this was the place that we have been searching for. >> it was the still of the night when the killings started. >> i've been shot, me my mother had been shot. >> you can feel and hear the feeling in her voice. >> a single mother, and her teenage daughter, ambushed in their bedrooms. >> here is a monster into your house. >> i just broke down. i could not imagine who would want to do this. >> then, it happened again to another mother, another daughter. >> somebody is killing mothers and daughters. that is about as scary as it gets. >> scary as it gets. >> who was out there? and who would be next? >> something you would never imagined what happened. >> the clues that lie here, and abandoned manchin. erie, hunted, where was this killer? >> cold, calculating eyes. lifeless. he was almost a ghost. >> could they catch him? could they stop him? >> i'm on the edge of my seat. >> he truly thought that he could outsmart us. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>

i am natalie morales. thank you for watching! this. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is quite a week of historic news, so let's get right to some of the top stories. >> we're all looking at what's happening in washington but i have to say for those of us who have known donald trump for a long time, follow donald trump for a long time, to borrow from star wars lexicon, there is a disturbance in the force there. he is shaking. here's the front page of the daily news, talking about poor donald. we've also talked about him coming off the four plus. we've always said, if you want to understand donald trump, and upset this in the beginning, understand the money. the money. i still think that a lot of these criminal investigations in the possibility of going to obstruct for him, of him sitting there, and the possibility of losing his businesses, losing trump tower, having to pay 200 and $50 million that he doesn't have. i think that's getting to it. look at the clip of an attorney general in new york state that i think is just kind of had enough. >> mike this case was bro

. >> my final word is after the interview with natalie, we're learning there's so much propaganda out there there. it's important to have morals really a battle of truth and good versus evil is, and reporting matters. what we're sending out there matters because with it does incite e violence. have to the stay clear on that. maria: and we're waiting for a ground invasion into gaza by israel, and that will also crystallize what's going on there. ryan, on the economic data, we've got a market that has given up much of the losses and is now in positive territory after a better than expected gdp number, up 4.9% for the quarter. this is the first reading, so it will likely be changed and updated, but what are your thoughts here? >> yeah. i mean, red hot, a lot higher than the 0 president most -- 0% most economists thought at the beginning of the quarter, the depth of the consumer, the u.s. economy is drastically overrated. don't let those economists fool you, i think we're in really good shape here in the u.s. maria: so you're buying this market. >> i'm optimistic. maria: all right. thank you so much. it is 30 minutes before the o

natalie told you she is the director of the institute of international affairs in rome. she has also been a special advisor to the used for and policy chief such as mr. morales and also federico, olga reading. it's good to have you with this on the program, but i wanted to get your take on what we just heard in that is most members of the european union say the financial payments, the aid going to the pallet standing authority that they should stay intact. do you think that's the right move now as well? i actually do think it's the right move in the sense that is one of 2 things. right? so i mean i the, what we're saying is that european assistance to the palestinian territories had over the last decades, either directory or in directory supported him house. and of course, what we have always said is that this is not the case. so either we changed our mind or this, in which case absolutely that it should be suspended or we continue to sustain that that assistance had never actually been child direct people in directly to house, in which case suspending b a now would not be a punishment to how much which oppose has perpetrated the crimes that that it has, but

moral code. i love that when you get this straight, so some say if they were on proven now, if i was to allege something against your goes natalie and your, your wife, youtube could take you to be here because i made an unproven allegation against you . yeah. and i don't understand what else i guess if it's loud enough, right. and then the media picks it up and puts it in newspapers and, and suddenly all of the, you know, corporate media runs within the washington post and new york times. and there's the associated press and they all do, you know, smear hit pieces on it then suddenly it's now in the press. and this is large enough for youtube just to take some sort of an action. but there's plenty of channels. we know that have been shut down, either de, monetize the listed, remove completely, who don't have the size and breath and scope of russell brand and they kept his channel up. they just the monetize it so they're keeping all of the ad revenue, they're ok to ride around on their high horse and continue to make ad revenue also has content and other channels that they've de monetize that are large. so they'll still put ads o