it's not stephen cooke. >> i was so excited for my brother. i was just so happy. ehind him. >> reporter: two-years later, in march 2014, both stephen and heidi's families converged on the baltimore county courthouse for the start of alexander bennett's trial. grant lewis was headed there, too. he'd been flown in to testify. he's gonna be your star witness. >> he absolutely. >> reporter: but for detectives, the idea that bennett killed heidi all on his own had never made sense. they held out hope that bennett would come clean, but he maintained his innocence. then, came the morning of jury selection. >> gary and i are out, getting breakfast. and gary's phone goes off. and he looks down at it. he looks up at me. and he's like, "alex wants to talk." and i'm, like, "wow. here we go." >> reporter: a heart-to-heart with his mother had convinced bennett to spill everything. prosecutor garret glennon. >> she basically told alexander if he did this, it was time to come clean. that jesus would forgive him. >> reporter: what they call a come to jesus moment was what. >> it ap

i already got my fish cleaned. >> stephen: mm-hmm. >> and then you take the skin out. the fish is perfectly cooked ( laughter ) >> and then this is amazing thing, you like fish? >> stephen: yes. you make the fish baked in salt. you like turkey? you make the turkey baked in salt. this is the beauty with the people, this is the beauty of america. you be who you want to be but always respecting each other and loving each other. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: we have to take a quick break. josÉ, don't go anywhere. we'll be right back with more chef josÉ andrÉs, everybody! ( band playing ) ( applause ) ( band playing ) ( applause ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! we're back in the kitchen with chef josÉ andrÉs. now, do we put any of this on the fish? is it supposed to be dressed in any way. >> sure, it's supposed to be dressed. >> stephen: i mean, i don't know. now it's naked so we can dress it again. >> stephen: okay. >> maybe we go-- >> stephen: while you do that, let me ask you this. the world central kitchen has launched something called the climate disaster fund. what is that? >> well, it's going

stephen: good for you good for you! ( applause ) >> i'm joking. um... i cooked a little.eaned a lot. >> stephen: you picked a good time to take the time off. you didn't know the pandemic was coming. >> i was, like, okay, i'm ready! and it ended up being four years. the math might be not right on that. >> stephen: if you didn't do this, if you weren't an rk an , if you had taken a permanent break and never come back from that, what's the backup plan for jennifer lawrence? >> i think i would be a really good housekeeper. >> stephen: really? i make a mess, but i'm really good at cleaning it up. i can attack a mess. >> stephen: do you have, like -- is it kitchens, bathrooms? what are we talking?>> kitchenss most of tthe kitchen is more -- >> stephen: i find it soothing. >> i listen to my murder podcast. >> stephen: you listen to that, aaahhh! aaahhh! aaahhh! what's that, honey? it's very soothing and meddative, just clean this spot and that spot and the next thing you know -- >> you need to have a game plan like a housekeeper. >> stephen: i start with the sock drawer, matchin

stephen: good for you. good for you! ( applause ) >> i'm joking. um... i cooked a little.good time to take the time off. you didn't know the pandemic was coming. >> i was, like, okay, i'm ready! and it ended up being four years. the math might be not right on that. >> stephen: if you didn't do this, be a an actress. what did you say? >> nothing. >> stephen: if you weren't an actress, if you had taken a permanent break from this and never come back. what's the backup plan for jennifer lawrence? >> i think i would be a really good housekeeper. >> stephen: really? >> no, really. i really do. i make a mess, but i'm really good at cleaning it up. i can attack a mess. >> stephen: mm-hmm. do you have, like-- is itthro what are we talking? >> kitchens, bathrooms. i mean, most of the time the kitchen is more pressing. >> stephen: i find it very soothing. >> yeah, i do to. i listen to murder and i clean— >> stephen: i'm sorry, you do what? >> my murder podcast. >> stephen: murder podcast, i thought you literally listened to--aaahhh! aaahhh! aaahhh! what's that, honey? >> my roommate

cook bacon? ( laughter ) >> may i join you? >> please. >> what? ( laughter ) >> you feel as bad as you look? >> worse. >> stephendinary. >> i mean -- >> stephen: nice to have you on. >> so grateful to be here. there's an audience with people! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: i know, isn't it lovely? have you not been in front of an audience? >> not like this. i'm going to get a little teary eye. it's a big deal. >> stephen: you're on a broadway stage again. >> full out tears, getting choked up. this is a real thing. oh, my god. >> stephen: is it at all in any way shape or form because your billy porter, co-star from "kinky boots" is here? >> we had a reunion. i got to go to church in his dressing room. i call it the church of billy porter. >> stephen: he's always preaching. >> i said, could we put every appearance he's ever had in a podcast and you can feel better about walking and life and be a human. >> stephen: no one's stopping you. >> billy porter podcast. there you go. >> stephen: last year and a half really hit the community of a theater really hard. you attended the tony awards. i think i've got a pho

cook clean and do laundry. this as support continues to pour in from all over the country. $21 million has now been raised as part of the western kentucky community relief fund. in mayfield, stephennews and stephen. obviously, this tragedy has struck here and we're less than a week away from christmas. what kind of outpouring are you seeing from the community there on the ground, folks who just want to make sure that the holidays feel as normal as possible. for those who have lived through these these catastrophic tornadoes. we're actually seeing the state do so many things to help people in this community. the first lady of kentucky is hosting a toy drive to try to get toys together for all of these kids and governor andy beshear just announced today that they're doing sort of a holiday market situation as some of these state parks for people living there to kind of get supplies and more things for their family for the holidays, so a lot of things are coming. from the state level as well as a lot of support coming from other people all over the country, bringing food and things like that amazing to see so many people step up at a time like this. stephen cohen live for us tonight