v8. >>> reporter: in november 2012, two years after the murders of sam and julie, while rachel buffett's former fiance, dan wozniak was awaiting trial on murder charges, rachel was arrested and charged as an accessory. she posted bail and was released. rachel publicly announced her innocence. >> are you saying you're innocent? what are you saying? >> i'm completely innocent. >> reporter: and she agreed to sit down with us because she wanted to tell her story. >> i'm innocent. and it's -- that's what hurts me most, i think, in this whole situation is they're trying to say i'm somebody that i'm not. >> reporter: so, who is rachel buffett? she says just a wanna-be actress with some very realistic dreams. >> there's a gazillion movies made about the blonde that comes from oklahoma to be a famous movie star. it's a dime a dozen in l.a., you know? but it was still something i liked to do, so i continued doing it. >> reporter: and in the course of doing what she loved, she met dan. >> no, no! >> he actually fell for me first. and at the time he was -- he had with him so often. >> reporter: he e

daniel's brother, tim, and rachel buffett would also be arrested not for murder but as accessories after the fact-- tim for hiding that backpack; and rachel, cops say she lied to them... >> is that your true name, mr. wozniak? >> reporter: ...either to protect daniel oto >> we always felt rachel was a part of this. she was living with him. >> reporter: do you think that rachel was involved in this from the beginning? >> yes. yes, that she knew about it. she knew about it before this happened. >> i absolutely feel like i was duped by dan. >> reporter: while awaiting trial, rachel-- by then, out on bail-- made that appearance on "dr. phil," telling everyone she didn't know a thing. >> did you know that he had any >> not until after the police did. >> reporter: steve herr was not about to let rachel buffett go on national tv without confronting her. >> i was aghast when i get a call saying you're going on tv. my son is dead. he was cut up into pieces, and you to come on here and... and go on the tv stations, "poor me," that offends me. >> i understand. and maybe i made a bad judgment call b

daniel's brother, tim, and rachel buffett would also be arrested not for murder but as accessories after the fact-- tim for hiding that backpack; and rachel, cops say she lied to them... >> is that your true name, mr. wozniak? >> reporter: ...either to protect daniel or to cover her own tracks. >> we always felt rachel was a part of this. she was living with him. >> reporter: do you think that rachel was involved in this from the beginning? >> yes. yes, that she knew about it. she knew about it before this happened. >> i absolutely feel like i was duped by dan. >> reporter: while awaiting trial, rachel-- by then, out on bail-- made that appearance on "dr. phil," telling everyone she didn't know a thing. >> did you know that he had any all? >> not until after the police did. >> reporter: steve herr was not about to let rachel buffett go on national tv without confronting her. >> i was aghast when i get a call saying you're going on tv. my son is dead. he was cut up into pieces, and you to come on here and... and go on the tv stations, "poor me," that offends me. >> i understand. and maybe

daniel's brother, tim, and rachel buffett would also be arrested not for murder but as accessories after the fact-- tim for hiding that backpack; and rachel, cops say she lied to them... >> is that your true name, mr. wozniak? >> reporter: ...either to protect daniel or to cover her own tracks. >> we always felt rachel was a part of this. she was living with him. >> reporter: do you think that rachel was involved in this from the beginning? >> yes. yes, that she knew about it. she knew about it before this happened. >> i absolutely feel like i was duped by dan. >> reporter: while awaiting trial, rachel-- by then, out on bail-- made that appearance on "dr. phil," telling everyone she didn't know a thing. >> did you know that he had any involvement in these murders at all? >> not until after the police did. >> reporter: steve herr was not about to let rachel buffett go on national tv without confronting her. >> i was aghast when i get a call saying you're going on tv. my son is dead. he was cut up into pieces, and you to come on here and... and go on the tv stations, "poor me," that offend

daniel's brother, tim, and rachel buffett would also be arrested not for murder but as accessories after the fact-- tim for hiding that backpack; and rachel, cops say she lied to them... >> is that your true name, mr. wozniak? >> reporter: ...either to protect daniel or to cover her >> we always felt rachel was a part of this. she was living with him. >> reporter: do you think that rachel was involved in this from the beginning? >> yes. yes, that she knew about it. she knew about it before this happened. >> i absolutely feel like i was duped by dan. >> reporter: while awaiting trial, rachel-- by then, out on bail-- made that appearance on "dr. phil," telling everyone she didn't know a thing. >> did you know that he had any >> not until after the police did. >> reporter: steve herr was not about to let rachel buffett go on national tv without confronting her. >> i was aghast when i get a call saying you're going on tv. my son is dead. he was cut up into pieces, and you to come on here and... and go on the tv stations, "poor me," that offends me. >> i understand. and maybe i made a bad jud

. >> reporter: steve herr was not about to let rachel buffett go on national tv without confronting her. >> i was aghast when i get a call saying you're going on tv. my son is dead. he was cut up into pieces, and you to come on here and... and go on the tv stations, "poor me," that offends me. >> i understand. and maybe i made a bad judgment call by coming on here, but i didn't come out when everything look at this horrible situation. i'm the victim." you know, you didn't see me selling my story to hollywood to make a movie. >> not yet. >> reporter: no hollywood version could be worse than what you're about to hear. coming up... ...you'll see the killer to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, make sure your doctor hears you too! i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nerve pain. if you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands, don't suffer in silence! step on up and ask your doctor about diabetic nerve

neighbors rachel buffett and her fianc? dan wozniak already knew about the body found in sam's apartment. >> we had discussed the idea of it maybe being an accident. but like i said earlier sam seemed like a pretty intelligent person. if it was an accident, he wouldn't have taken off and left his apartment and tried to run. >> reporter: both rachel and dan told the detectives the last time they saw sam was friday, the day before the murder. he was with a friend, they said, a man wearing a black hat. it seemed to be a dead end. but then, back at the house the cops were staking out, a big break. a pizza delivery. >> reporter: how many guys you have at that point? >> probably have ten officers in the helicopter above and then we had long beach police department helping us with perimeter positions behind the home in case someone fled the house. guns out and ready -- ready to hit it like someone that committed a murder's inside. >> reporter: and that someone is sam herr. >> yes. >> ror but sam herr wasn't there. instead, they fo

daniel's brother, tim, and rachel buffett would also be arrested not for murder but as accessories after the fact-- tim for hiding that backpack; and rachel, cops say she lied to them... >> is that your true name, mr. wozniak? >> reporter: ...either to protect daniel or to c h >> we always felt rachel was a part of this. she was living with him. >> reporter: do you think that rachel was involved in this from the beginning? >> yes. yes, that she knew about it. she knew about it before this happened. >> i absolutely feel like i was duped by dan. >> reporter: while awaiting trial, rachel-- by then, out on bail-- made that appearance on "dr. phil," telling everyone she didn't know a thing. >> did you know that he had any all? >> not until after the police did. >> reporter: steve herr was not about to let rachel buffett go on national tv without confronting her. >> i was aghast when i get a call saying you're going on tv. my son is dead. he was cut up into pieces, and you to come on here and... and go on the tv stations, "poor me," that offends me. >> i understand. and maybe i made a bad judg

. >> reporter: rachel buffett and her fiancÉ lived near sam. >> he was really nice to everybody and likedto have fun and hang out with everybody. >> reporter: and everyone liked to be around him too. but there was something about sam that very few people knew. he suffered from night terrors. a sort of psychic souvenir of the battlefield. sam did share that with ruben, who was also a war veteran. >> he'll tell me that, you know, sometimes he feels like -- he'll be sleeping and he'll wake up in his sleep and he'll be in a foxhole. so he'll start screaming or looking for a weapon and he'll wake up sweating and, you know, just very stressed, i guess. >> reporter: that's tough. >> it is very tough. >> reporter: but, said ruben, sam seemed to be coping. and then came may 21, 2010. it was a friday afternoon. julie was going to hang out with her brother taka that evening. he was getting married and julie was helping with the wedding plans. >> and then after i was cooking in the kitchen, she said okay, bye, mom, i'm leaving. and then she -- she just went out the door. >> reporter: julie made it sa

buffett has pledged to win for hillary clinton in a republican state. josh green, your colleague at bloomberg has written about voter suppression being one of the chief strategis now inside the trump campaign. rachel maddow was reporting in depth last night about the republican national committee's consent decree that goes back 35 years not to do any poll watching or voter suppression, especially in minority communities. they have only one year before they get out from under that federal mandate and they have to be very, very careful now. the democrats have filed suit against the republicans -- the republican national committee precisely because of some of the things donald trump has said at rallies about go watch them, go watch them in philadelphia, go watch them in chicago. how much is this a part of the inside strategy? >> it's a very stunning and unfortunate thing to have trump aides tell josh green they're trying to suppress the vote. they made a lot of mistakes in this campaign. i consider this one in terms of both a tactical error and a moral outrage, one of the worst things the staff have done. donald trump has had a couple decent news days. i thought the speech yesterday was good, althoug