i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. ". i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. ". i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. . i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. " i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. when i saw concept of time. i reached in, pulled her out, i started screaming help. >> please! amy, wake up! wake up! >> it was the worst seconds of my life. >> how was it possible? >> i would give anything if she were alive today. >> -- such a sweet young wife and mom, such a shattering death. >> i cried all night long. >> he was downstairs with the kids. she was upstairs in the bath. then it happened. >> please, help me! >> how long's she been in here? >> i don't know. she was taking a bath! >> we didn't know if it was a tragic accident or something else. >> questions quickly swirled about a wife's secret. >> what did you eat? >> she did have an addiction to prescription pills. >> and a husband's story. >> she flopped on the floor. >> was it an accident, or maybe murder? >> she said, i'm scared of you. >> the whispering started almost immediately. you're a murderer? >> when you're in

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i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> i learned that he was arrested. i was shocked. i was just so confused. i didn't think it was real. i didn't think it was possible. >> in the rareified world of the ivy league, he was the total package. star student, gifted athlete, wildly popular. >> he was one of the nicest guys ever. >> no one could understand how a weekend visit to his parents' house -- >> you heard a shot? >> -- ended in gunfire. >> charlie told the officers outside he was going to kill my mom, i had to do it. >> yes. >> a brave son protecting his mom. a harrowing story. but was it true? >> he's seated behind a desk. >> yes. defenseless, really. >> this seems to be an execution. >> was this campus hero actually a cold hearted killer? >> the defendant says in an e-mail to his fraternity brothers, showtime. >> or was the truth something completely different. >> one of the things that was always a question was, was charlie covering up for someone else. >> the trial where nothing went by the b

i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> he said he couldn't handle talking about it. i was angry at him. if you're not going to tell me what happened, then you're going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? >> it started as a teen romance. >> two of my girlfriends are like, there's this guy, and you need to meet him. >> i was in love, yes. >> it ended in one of the strangest love stories you'll ever hear. >> i felt like i got hit by a bus. >> right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. >> they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? >> two families in a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. >> he looks like he's been shot. he said someone broke in last night. >> a deadly attack in the dark of the night. her mother murdered. >> i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. >> his father bruised and bewildered. >> i don't remember anything else, other than waking up in the mo

i'm tamron hall. thank you for watching. xxxx >>> i felt guilty. i couldn't live with that. i said, i know something and it's terrible. i'm the only other person that knows the truth. i had to do something. >> he swept her right off her feet. >> i was drawn to him right away. he was handsome. he was super athletic. >> a dreamy, single dad, wealthy, charming, smitten. >> i had never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like julia roberts in "pretty woman." >> he had been through so much. a mysterious accident at sea. >> he went under and when he came up, he said he no longer saw his wife. >> he was just hysterical. >> they were never able to find her. >> it was a heart-wrenching story. so why then were so many people so suspicious? >> no one knows exactly what happened on that boat. >> an accident? a disappearance. >> you thought what, she faked her death? >> maybe murder. >> there's no way. absolutely no way. >> i felt like the police were just trying to frame an innocent man. >> now she

i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> it was tough. it was tough to think that anybody could do that to someone. to look at the pictures of what they did to her and hear details of how it was carried out, it's just, it's devastating. >> reporter: shauna tiaffay, loving mom by day, vegas cocktail waitress by night. >> i was at one of the bars and i saw her walk by. every single head turned. >> it was after her shift that they found her, the victim of a ruthless attack. >> i mean, your heart just drops to your stomach. >> reporter: potential suspects? how about a casino's worth of customers? >> shauna was very beautiful. is it someone that saw her at work and followed her home? >> we didn't know if there was some psychowatching us girls work at the palms. >> reporter: or, did the answers lie in the dead woman's past? >> shauna started thinking, i have got to get out of this situation. >> reporter: from out of the blue, a tip. >> he had some information that was connected to her murder. >> reporter:

i'm tamron hall. it seemed like charlie tan had the whole world ahead of him and then charlie's father was killed and everything changed. police were being told one story and then the evidence was telling them another. there were also three 911 calls. did one of them hold the clue that would unlock what really happened on that wintry night? here's "house of secrets." ♪ >> cayuga lake in ithaca, new york, and where you'll find one of the most competitive and prestigious universities in the nation. cornell the ivy league big red. ♪ more than 13,000 undergrads here working on their degrees will take their places in the law, the arts, medicine. it can be a gold plated entrance to adult life. only the best need apply. students like charlie tan. he was so kind, his high school classmate featured him in a video random acts of kindness giving gifts to complete strangers. >> not just a great kid but the greatest of great kids. >> charlie was the son of chinese immigrants who became mr. everything in his high s

i'm tamron hall. aaron candelario and shannon palmer were young and in love and engaged to be married. but their family was rocked by scandal. then murder. aaron's father was found at the crime scene dazed and confused. but his confusing story had police questioning his version of events. here's keith morrison with "tangled." >> you can't put words to that. it was very surreal. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> it's true, the old saying, when you marry someone, you marry their family, too. >> we need an ambulance. he looks like he's been shot. he said someone broke in last night. him and his wife both. >> not a bad thing to turn to mom or dad for advice and counsel. >> it's hard. sometimes you think maybe it didn't happen. but yet it really did. >> it's with their help and support, after all, that true love could deepen and grow, and last. >> i watched the crime scene shows on tv. i never, ever thought, it's going to be my life. >> yes, it really is all about family. the high desert opens up near pu

i'm tamron hall. they were living the dream. a good-looking couple with an expanding family and a booming business. he whisked her away on a birthday boat cruise, then disaster struck and pegye bechler was gone. was it an accident? or was it perhaps something more sinister? here's josh mankiewicz with "troubled waters." >> reporter: if you crave money or fame or if you want to meet beautiful people, maybe even become one of them, you will find your way to southern california. it's where everything is possible or seems to be. this is the story of two women drawn for different reasons to the sun, to the bright lights, to the blue water. both chased that promise of success. both saw what can go wrong. it was a gorgeous summer day in newport beach, california. the last of fourth of july weekend. some lucky tourists aboard an eight-passenger boat called "the green machine" were marveling at a school of dolphins playing in the water when they came across the unexpected. >> we've got a loose boat out here ab

i'm tamron hall. he was an ivy leaguer with a bright future. it seemed like charlie tan had the whole world ahead of him, but then charlie's father was killed in the tan home, and everything changed. police were being told one story, but the evidence was telling them another. and there were also three 911 calls. did one of them hold the clue that would unlock what really happened on that wintry night? here's dennis murphy with "house of secrets." >> cayuga. that's cayuga lake in ithaca, new york. where you'll find one of the most competitive, most prestigious universities in the nation. cornell, the ivy league. big red. more than 13,000 undergrads here working towards degrees will with good fortune take their places in medicine, the law, the arts. there's no doubt a cornell education can be a gold-plated entrance to adult life. and only the best need apply, students like charlie tan. he was so kind, his classmate featured him in a video, random acts of kindness. giving gifts to complete strangers. >>

i'm tamron hall, thanks for watching. >>> said he couldn't handle talking about it. i was angry. you're not going to tell me what happens, dance around the issue, tell three different stories. it started as a teen romance. >> two of my girlfrienders like i met this guy, you need to meet him. >> i was in love. >> it ended in one of the strangest love stories you'll ever hear. >> felt like i was hit by a bus. >> before the wedding, her mother and his father got married. >> they told us we ran off, we eloped. who duds that? >> two families stunned. it was nothing compared to what happened next. >> looks like someone had been shot. someone broke in. >> a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. >> i realized that last night i had with her, that was it. >> his father, bruised and bewildered. >> i don't remember anything until waking up in the morning. >> was it a robbery? was it revenge? >> you always look at the closest people to the victims. >> or was it something much darker? you were 11 years old and your mother disappeared. >> a missing woman, a murdered woman, an

i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. ♪ >>> he was definitely charismatic. he lived every single day. he knew that it was dangerous, but no one ever knew that someone would die over it. >> he was the new kid in town, super popular. all about adventure. >> this kid was like, awesome. >> he just jumped right into the culture. >> kind of liked to show off a little bit to the girls. >> they were neighbors just down the block. a family in fear. >> they had had their vehicles broken into. >> she was scared. >> someone had been sneaking into their home, and no someone was in their garage. >> i'm sitting there panicking. like, he's coming at me. >> in a flash, it was over. that charismatic kid, dead on the floor. >> it was terrible. i think i screamed for hours. >> what had happened in that garage that night? >> it was just, like, the last person that would come to my mind. >> a neighbor protecting his home, or preparing a trap? >> makes the statement, "it's showtime." >> it's showtime? >> exactly. >> a teena

billy bush, tamron hall. al still on the road. making it happen. >> making college dreams come happy birthday to tamron hall. >> it's tomorrow! >> well, you're not going to be here. >> you have my number. >> i could call you tomorrow. >> you can call me. >> i gave you a little gift this morning. >> he did. billy gave me the sweetest card that he labored over in the card store. i didn't bring it. it was so beautiful. then you gave me this secret eye cream. >> yeah. >> it is a serum. i'm obsessed with skin products and he knows that. >> my wife said give this to tamron. i promise you it is a little eye cream. i use it, too. by the way, the bags on the eyes -- >> do most guys use eye cream? >> i don't think any guys. just me. >> tv men. well, thank you so much. favorite thing. >> you're going somewhere? you're not here tomorrow so you are taking a long weekend. what's going on? >> i'm going away on a plane. >> who's going? >> people. >> mom? >> on a plane with me. no, not my mom. >> oh. >> people are going. it is going to be an enjoy

i'm tamron hall.the hours after the boating accident that left pegye bechler missing, her friends and family had high hopes that she would be found alive. they all knew something about pegye that made it impossible to think she could be lost at sea. here again is josh mankiewicz with "troubled waters." >> reporter: it's said there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline. this was supposed to be something like that. a romantic outing. an anniversary and birthday gift eric bechler planned for his wife pegye, but it turned into something else. now pegye was gone. >> my wife apparently fell off the boat. >> reporter: the coast guard immediately launched a search, but by nightfall, no sign of pegye alive or otherwise. and so eric called pegye's mom, june. >> he says we can't find pegye. and i said what do you mean, you can't find her? where is she? what are you trying to tell me? >> reporter: eric told june that pegye was driving the boat, towing him on a body

i'm tamron hall. thank you for watching. >>> we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. >> you actually think they read the wrong verdict. >> you feel so wrong and hopeless. >> it's like a shot in the chest. >> despair to hope. darkness to light. a fight for freedom. >> what happened to this teenager could happen to any one of our children. everyone should stand up and take notice. >> at 18, he was arrested for murder. adamant he was innocent. >> there was no physical evidence to tie him to the crime. >> i had nothing to do with this. i swear to god. >> what could lead to this? >> you stabbed her, didn't you? >> why would he confess to something he didn't do? >> what really happened during that police interrogation? >> i can't lie about the evidence. >> i can't lie to you about this but the officer is lying about lying. >> an extraordinary look inside the interview room. >> i was scared. i was shaken. >> this was one of the most intense interrogations i have ever seen. >> welcome to "date line extra." i

i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> i told myself, the worst part about dying is being afraid of dying. if i'm not afraid, it won't be so bad. i just couldn't believe this was the way it was going to happen. >> she was a college student found on a lonely road in texas. >> we figured she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. >> tough questions for her boyfriend. >> where was i the night before? what had i been doing? when had i last seen her? >> i really thought he could be her killer. >> but while police try to prove it, another attack. >> he's got me by the throat and he's shaking me and yelling at me telling me not to say a word. >> you're a prisoner in this apartment now. >> yes. >> her body had been plopped up on to the bed. >> even law enforcement, they thought, what do we have on our hands here? >> there's growing danger because police are looking in the wrong place. >> i lived to tell, and nobody believed me. >> this monster is walking free while they're wasting their time on me. >

i'm tamron hall.e came to america as an adventurous exchange student, but deren dede took one risk too many, and it cost him his life. the events that unfolded ignited a heated international debate. was his death a case of someone acting in self-defense, a homeowner protecting his family and property, or something far more deliberate? here's josh mankiewicz with "deadly exchange." >> reporter: it's a dilemma that confronts every teenager. how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two-step is made a little easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you're going to live forever. >> kids do dumb stuff all the time. >> reporter: and so sneaking out of the house in the dead of night to meet other teenagers to drink, party or just hang out well, that's nothing new. usually teens sneak back home safely. this wasn't one of those times. >> i thought it was some kind of, like, joke. i just couldn't believe it, really. >> i was just freaking out. like, it can't

i'm tamron hall.t started as a love story in a small town. a beautiful woman from a well-to-do family thought she'd find her prince charming. but their story turned out to be anything but a fairy tale. love, children and a nice house turned into a fight against addiction, rumors and an accusation of murder. here's josh mankiewicz with "the quiet one." >> sometimes the fresh air of a small town can hide a lot of dirty laundry. >> my worst fear was all of a sudden true. >> sometimes sudden death can lay bare every secret. >> she had felt like she was abusing it. >> what happened in this small town would tear apart a marriage and at the same time separate two families that were once united by love. boone, iowa, on flat land just north of des moines is a company town. headquarters for one of the largest grocery chains in the midwest -- fareway. it's family owned company and rick beckwith is a third generation ceo. he and his wife cindy raised a family of five here. their youngest daughter emily, the sweet

i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> there's this pile of leaves, and it's where everything else is clear and flat. my heart is racing a million miles an hour. i was using my boots to move leaves, and that's when i screamed this blood-curdling scream. >> nique leli, a corporate executive who made time for romance and her three daughters. >> she was the best mom. >> then she disappeared. dozens joins the search. >> we need nique to come home. >> then, they found her. [ screaming ] >> you can't! >> launching a mystery that would divide this family. >> i suspected him from the beginning. >> one daughter thought her stepdad, microsoatt did it. the others said no way. and matt, he had a theory all his own. >> this is not the first time she has run away. okay. >> had nique taken off and found trouble. >> now you're thinking someone gave her a date rape drug. >> that's a possibility. >> the trail would lead to this house. >> a large amount of data being stored. >> what they discovered. thousands of hour

i'm tamron hall. dave lout was an elite athlete who reached olympic heights, taking home a bronze medal at the 1984 olympic games. for dave, home was ventura county, california, where he grew up, where he met his beautiful bride, jane, and also where he lost his life. jane said there was a prowler, and then gunfire. police raced to the scene to find dave lout dead. and troubling holes in jane's story. what happened at the lout home that night? here's keith morrison with the hometown hero, and the homecoming queen. >> it was late when it happened. very late. too late. the sky had already fallen. no one saw it coming. no one heard the warning. but now in the night, it was done. they work hard here in their homemade garage gym because in part it isn't just a gym. it's a kind of shrine. >> i look at the wall and there's a bunch of pictures. and that's what makes it special, i think. >> these were the moments before they were born when a shot putter named dave lout became their family's superman. and his l

i'm tamron hall. maribel ramos had vanished. police, her friends and family mounted a full-scale search. as in many investigations police were turning up the heat on the men in maribel's life. but then news that a phone call had been made to 911 by maribel, and she sounded scared. did this confirm the family's worst fears? josh mankiewicz picks up the story, "mystery in orange county." >> this is the city of orange, california, in the county of orange, california. much of it is a small town stuck in time. there's a university, a zoo, cute local businesses. and a police department that doesn't have to deal with a lot of violent crime. after all, the happiest place on earth is just down the street. but in may 2013, detective joey ramirez was far from happy. he had a lot of ground to cover and a strong sense that time was against him as he tried to figure out what had happened to maribel ramos. >> she just vanished? >> yes. >> how often does that kind of thing happen? >> it doesn't happen often. >> ramires started by investigating

i'm tamron hall.ie tan told police he shot his father to save his mother. but investigators were finding flaws in that story. the ivy league student had been arrested, and was facing second-degree murder charges. was this an intentional killing, or justifiable homicide? here again is dennis murphy with "house of secrets." >> anna valentine was in a state of disbelief when she learned her close friend charlie tan had been arrested. did you have a chance to talk to him? >> he called me from jail. i talked to him a couple times. >> anna didn't sit around. she was going to do whatever she could do to depend her friend. because she knew there was no way charlie did anything wrong. you did something remarkable. you pulled together a whole community behind charlie. >> yeah. >> anna started a defense fund support page for charlie. >> and it just like spread crazy. i had no clue what was going to happen. >> you threw it out there on the net? >> i just put it out on the page and told friends i did it. people wh

i'm tamron hall. thanks for joining us. >>> she had missed a meeting and then not to hear from her, this isn't right. it would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. i had to believe we would find her alive. >> text her, she always got right back. >> i've seen her step out of the shower to answer her phone. >> then one day she didn't. >> immediately my spidey senses were high. >> where was nailah? >> i sent her an e-mail all caps. are you alive? >> there was no sign of her. and such a confusing trail of clues, even the calls to 911 were silent. >> no voice, no struggles could be heard. >> this could be kind of eerie. >> yes, it is. >> in my heart, i knew she's not coming back. >> one of the suspects had an alibi. until a camera caught him in a lie. >> he lived a life of a lot of smoke and mirrors. >> and the strangest clue of all. there in an empty parking lot. >> six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. >> why were they there? what was in them? >> it was right adjacent to a

i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> i could not believe it. i couldn't imagine anyone would want to hurt her. i had no idea what could have happened. >> married to her high school sweetheart's family meant everything to her. >> there was always a lot of talk about children. she wanted grandchildren. >> but it all went up in smoke the night she died in a mysterious and monstrous inferno. >> we found the remains of julie. >> shocking as the blaze was, it was nothing compared to what investigators found in the embers. >> it was a bullet, yes. this woman's been shot to death. >> yes. >> the obvious suspect, neighborhood thieves. >> there were half a dozen house burglaries unsolved. >> investigators also dug into a favorite theory. the husband did it. >> i was angry. i felt that the detectives were on a manhunt and they were after my dad. >> anyway, he was in another state. >> he's over 200 miles away. >> then, up popped a text that just might be a clue. >> you could say maybe she's -- >> the truth b

i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> she was a married mother two of. >> there was nothing about her life that would raise any red flags. >> she amazed them all. her whole group of girlfriends at the gym. >> she was totally dedicated. >> heather, turn around. you've gotten smaller. >> a stunning 200-pound weight loss. and a whole new life came with it. >> you could see that transformation. you could see the confidence in her. >> then, she was gone. missing at school. >> i called all the girlfriends. >> we're going to find you one way or the other. >> the clues. an e-mail to her husband. and a secret she was reluctant to share. >> kind of a bombshell. heather was possibly seeing another man. >> what was really behind her sudden disappearance? that would be the most mind-blowing twist of all. >> do you think that heather would still be alive if she hadn't gone through this transformation? >> gosh -- >>> hello and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm tamron hall. heather jones' friends called her the bu

i'm tamron hall. a killer was on the loose in a texas college town, leaving students and their parents terrified. with the shocking discovery of jamie hart's body, investigators were desperately trying to piece together clues. was the young woman connected to her killer? or did police have an active predator on their hands, stalking women in the college community? here's andrea canning with the face of evil. >> looking back now, this almost woman didn't make it. >> i said, if you keep doing this, you're going to kill me. he just said, do you think i actually care about that? >> is that when you feel like you're looking in the face of evil? >> i knew then in that moment he intended on killing me. >> little did she know that in this college town, she wasn't the only one. >> he said that he would go to jail for murder before he'd ever go to jail for rape. >> what is going through your mind? >> i wish i told all the people that i loved that i loved them. >> but was their private horror connected to a very

ok, ricky... . >>> i'm tamron hall.'s keith morrison with more of our story "the interrogation." >> by all accounts, including his own, robert davis was a mama's boy. because of his child-like ways perhaps or his learning disabilities? maybe. >> he's easy to play. he's like me. he's got a kind heart, he's gullible. >> robert seemed to need his mother sandy to protect him from the big bad world. while he took care of her when she was attacked by chronic illness. medication for which tends to slur her speech. >> he's a big dude, but he's a teddy bear. he always wanted to grow up and be in healthcare and nursin' like i was. >> mind you, robert did get into trouble once over a petty theft and his learning disabilities landed him in a special school for several years. but the good thing? a family acquaintance was the school resource police officer. his name was randy snead he'd known robert and his mom for years. robert looked up to randy. trusted him. so when officer snead now a detective with the albemarle county police ca

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "tay's take" with al roker, tamron hall, and billy bush. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, september 22nd, first day of fall. billy bush with al and tamron. 10:21 a.m. >> 10:21 a.m.? >> "watch what happens live" last night. >> andy cohen. >> watch what happens live now when a viewer asks a hard-hitting question. >> last night. >> my question for you is, who do you marry, marry one, shag >> ooh. marry al. >> okay. >> you going to shag billy or matt? >> shag billy. >> and kill matt. okay. >> there's no win here! >> i know. i know. i can't go to work tomorrow! not going to be with us. >> here's the deal. that's what i was thinking. i'm like, these are my co-hosts technically. yes, i'm still in on the -- he's my guy, but y'all are my guys. >> you know what? that's a terrible position. in your defense, you never really answered. you were repeating him and he just -- >> i answered -- thank you, honey. see? my heart started pounding. i was like there's no win. my co-hosts. >> it is a terrible

i'm tamron hall. a beautiful young woman vanished and her close knit family was frantic to find her. nailah franklin had a thriving career, a handsome new boyfriend, and was building the life she had always dreamed of. then suddenly, there was silence, which was quite unlike her. a trail of clues led detectives to one of chicago's most exclusive neighborhoods. would those clues lead them to nailah? here's keith morrison with smoke and mirrors. >> it wasn't like this, you have to understand. it wasn't gray. it wasn't cold. no flecks of snow to drift and catch the bitter breeze. no, no, it was hot and it was late after midnight, september 27th, 2007. >> pretty secluded area next to a forest preserve. >> so it was. and it was clear and dark and still and vacant. here where the deep wood fought back against the decaying suburban sprawl, and then nothing was clear at all. i never cried this violent cry. >> you're experiencing everything but it's not true. >>> jur just waiting to wake up. >> it just feels l

i'm tamron hall. thanks for watching. >>> they surrounded me like a pack of wolves and they said, go get those crime scene photos of her mama and daddy. i was trying to cover my face. and i was putting my hands over my face. he said you did this. you. and i said, i did not. >> a sprawling southern family with a pair of church-going grand parents at its heart. >> they're definitely the most loving individuals i've ever met in my life. >> there was no way it was supposed to end like this. >> she took me by the hand and said, sugar and charlie have been murdered. >> the former church deacon and his wife, who on earth would want them dead. >> it doesn't make sense. they were loved by everyone. >> everyone, maybe. s but their own daughter who admitted to a bitter simmering dispute. >> she needed her stepfather and mother dead so she could get her property back. you've got the victim's blood on your shoe. he was there. or was he? >> no hair, no fingerprint, no dna? >> nothing. >> a once loving family now gr

i'm tamron hall. it was a feud of epic proportions, a daughter battling her demons and her mother and stepfather for a control of a $1 million property that had been in the family for generations. after both parents were murdered, police began to wonder just how far bambi bennett would go to get what was hers. they followed a bloody trail of evidence leading them deep inside the family's dispute, exposing ugly secrets and suspicions. but unmasking the murderer would prove far more complicated. here's dennis murphy with "the deed." >> the old barn is a shambles now. the fields back in the day so lush and productive. gone to seed. the farmhouse empty. time was the farmland in the county was some of south carolina's finest. bambi bennett's granddad owned a big spread and created a legacy for the generations to come. >> that barn used to be a tobacco barn. my granddaddy built that. >> it was tobacco property? >> yeah, he did farming and tobacco. >> bambi's roots here are as deep as the old oak tree draped

that does it for us, i'm hallie jackson in for tamron hall.drea mitchell reports." >> thanks to you, right now on "andrea mitchell reports," trumps tactic us. the campaign carrying a more tam enemy of clinton world as deputy company manager as trump surrogates trip over themselves trying to explain his zig zags on immigration. >> we need to understand that this is -- this is a different time and we're having problems here -- >> what problems? what problems are you talking about? >> my culture is a very dominant culture. and it's imposing and it's causing problems. if you don't do something about it, you're going to have trucks on every corner. >> off the grid after hauling in $143 million in august for her campaign and the democratic party. hillary clinton remains out of sight today leaving her surrogates to hit the trail. >> thank you for the hospitality. and her havoc, it's a tropical storm now, but it's on traffic to bring hurricane-force winds and flooding this weekend. >> for the mid-atlantic, all the way to new york city area, long islan

i'm tamron hall. heather jones' friends called her the butterfly. a motivational kindergarten teacher with an inspiring story of her own. the tennessee woman had shed pounds and her past. she was starting to live the happy life she'd dreamed of. then suddenly, she went missing. investigators had questions, but answers were not easy to find. here's andrea canning with "the last dance." >> reporter: there's a place in downtown memphis, tennessee. a little hot spot not far from nearby beale street. ♪ ♪ they don't play the memphis blues in this club. in the sultry darkness of the rumba room, bodies sway to the beat of latin sounds. in april 2013, a woman named heather jones came in with her friend to dance the night away wearing a brand-new dress. >> how did she look that night? >> she had her head up so high, and her shoulders back and just beaming. she felt absolutely beautiful. >> reporter: there was a time not too long ago when heather didn't feel very beautiful at all. but on this evening, she had th

i'm tamron hall. julie griffith was a loving wife and a doting mother. when a blaze ripped through her home, it took her life and robbed their family of their matriarch. was this an accident, a burglary gone wrong or something else entirely. here's dennis murphy with "consumed." >> the canterbury hill subdivision in paducah, kentucky, is a good place to raise kids. tidy homes kept up by neighbors living ordered lives. as the front porch lights winked out on just another day, what happened one cold january night in the wee hours was specially alarming. orange flames were licking the treetops. a roaring all-consuming fire was devouring one of the nice homes. >> it was awful. half of the house was gone. >> what would rise from those ashes was far more than the far more than the fire marshal's investigation into cause. there would be a probe into the deepest roots of a treachery beyond most people's comprehension. >> that's not true. no way. >> what had they all missed? >> a monster, a liar, a cheater. >>

i'm tamron hall, back on monday.itchell reports" is next. >>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," war room. hillary clinton convening a panel of national security experts in new york today. as she hammers donald trump for his praise of putin. >> even taking the astonishing step of suggesting he prefers the russian president to our american president. that is not just unpatriotic, it is scary, it is dangerous. >> the spy who loved me. trump appearing on russian state tv, refusing to criticize the former kgb officer, vladimir putin. >> putin said the hacking of the democratic national convention was a public service. do you agree? >> don't have any opinion on it. i don't know anything about it. >> you know, trump has to be smart enough to keep his feet on the ground and be able to weigh this guy, he can't get enamored by the fact that putin is nice to him. and plays to his ego. >> and america remembers. sunday, marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. today, a nation pauses. ♪ ♪ ♪ god bless america, my

i'm tamron hall back on the campaign trail.home stretch, both hillary clinton and donald trump in the battleground state of ohio. where polls show clinton holds a slight lead. president obama and vladimir putin, two of the world leaders at the g20 summit in china. the meeting described by the president as, quote, blunt and business-like. as questions still swirl about russia's alleged interference in the presidential election here. >>> and post tropical storm hermine still churning in the waters at beaches from eastern new york up through massachusetts. this holiday weekend. officials warning that the waves from the storm could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. we have a couple live reports for you on that storm. good morning, again, i'm tamron hall, coming live from our msnbc headquarters in new york. we are now 64 days until the election, and just a cuff couple weeks away from some voters casting their early vote. hillary clinton hit the campaign