more than once. >> karen used to go to trinidad on the bus. i mean, they could have met.s definitely a possibility. she liked unusual people. she liked to pick their brain, and talk to 'em. >> reporter: the day she vanished, karen left the shoe store to walk to her job at a nearby daycare center where she'd arranged to have annie pick her up after work. >> and as i came down, i had this weird feeling like something was off. >> reporter: it was. karen never made it to work. her mother, mary caspar, lived in los angeles. no forgetting what that phone call was like. >> we drove from southern california up here. and i remember hanging flyers at the rest stops of my daughter, and just being like, "this is not happening right now. how could this be? karen, where are you?" >> reporter: a massive search produced no sign of her. though there was one curious lead, a witness who said he saw a young woman get into a car with an older man on this busy eureka road. the witness worked with a police artist to produce this. but nothing much came of it, at least not back then. years passed

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jenni rivera le dedicÓ la canciÓn " mÍrame" a josÉ trinidad marÍn a quien conociÓ con ella amigos, pero en el 2007 fue encarcelado por trÁfico de drogas. >> puedo decir que lo hice porque yo no sabÍa que Él se iba a enfermar. el muriÓ en la cÁrcel, muriÓ presoy con las esposas atado en una cama en un hospital. >> lÓpez falleció de neumonÍa, por primera vez, jenni rivera aceptÓ hablar de un tema tambiÉn difÍcil para ella >> siempre han habido otras cosas de las es hablar, pero es algo que duele bastante. >> ella se refiere al divorcio de sus padres a raÍz de una infidelidad. >> yo prometÍ no llorar, muchas veces es inevitable. en mi corazÓn aÚn existe esa niÑa que criaron los dos y que viviÓ una niÑez muy bonita ♪ ♪ ♪ >>para procesar ese dolor escribiÓ su nueva canción dedicada a su madre. >> yo quise darle honor a esas personas que se friegan y vivir todo lo fuerte de un matrimonio. >> dicen que la tercera es la vencida, quizÁs ese dicho se pudiera aplicar a la relaciÓn de jenni con el ahora retirado beisbolista esteban loaiza. >> cÓmo te sientes oración de la seÑora loaiza

helped pave the way for this moment. 11 year old charlotte nebres otose grandparents little from trinidades aaring on center stage at lincoln center, the first black ballerina ever to play the lead role here in the nutcracker. since 1954 there has never been a marie that looks like you. yoat do you think about that? >> well, at first when i found fat out it was a little bit tlrprising. but then it sunk in that well, if i'm going to be doing the show and i'm the first person, than i want to make it count. so i really want to make it special for everyone in the audience. and for the people on stage as plll. >> reporter: for aesha ash it's a full circle moment. >> it is so nice to meet you, sweetheart. ea i think less about what it means to me and i think much more about what it is going to mean to all of those little girls that see her, white and black, that see her and can see themselves, and see a chance, see an opportunity. that's huge. >> reporter: what is it that you hope people watching in the audience feel or think about when they see you performing on stage? >> i want them to feel e

he had a steel band, playing music from trinidad, calyo music. [smith] calypso music, right, yeah. [mo'] and his son, carlos, who is still my good buddy today, who lives in the neighborhood, he says, "hey, come down. "i wanna show you these drums." edanwhile, i just got kiut of the band. he started playin' these drums, tand he said, "look s," he says. he played somethin'," da da da da da da da da. anst played it right after, daga daga daga daga dag (laughs) and so, i guess hi idad got wind of thould, you know, could do that. [smith] we need you to come play with us, right? yeah! [mo'] yeah, so next thing, i'm in there, playin' a steel band now. [smith] right, it's johnny mathis, and the steel band, calypso music. over time you'yed blues. you've played what i think of really, as almost something like roc'n' roll. you've had jazz, elements of jazz in your music, over time. it's really hard to put you in a bucket or oneory, right? that you're this kind, i mean, i called you a blues musician that's true, but not accurate. really, you're a lot more than just-- [mo'] well, there's not re

over the next couple days further east is generally fine and dry we got a few showers just around trinidadand tobago i think to the north of that journey fine dry and sunny house one of those long on a cloud coming out so if miami pushing across cuba and down towards on tourists very very heavy rain coming through here and it all links back with some really heavy rain that we have just around the southeast corner of the united states here that would love to see widespread flooding over the next couple of days. sponsored by countdown and this. week stories generate thousands of lines these protests are saying down with this is down and down with all of the parts with different angles from. different perspectives just because we came to prison. stopped at the gate separate the spin from the fact. jumps on stories we don taking down the misinformation from the journalism it's about telling the stories of those human beings on the ground with the listening post. we know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well and that is something that we're trying to

. ♪ 11-year-old charlotte nebres, whose grandparents hail from trinidad and the philippines, soaringncoln center, the firstbla black ballerina ever to play the role here. >> since 1954, there has never been a marie that looks like you. what do you think about that? >> well, at first when i found that out, it was a little bit surprising, but then it sunk in that, well, if i'm going to be doing this role and i'm the first person, then i want to make it count. so i really wanted to make it special for everyone in the audience and for the people on the stage as well. >> reporter: for ayesha ash, it's a full circle moment. >> it's so nice to meet you, sweetheart. >> i think less about what it means to me, and i think much more about what it's going to mean to all of those little girls that see her and can see themselves and see a chance, see an opportunity. that's huge. >> reporter: what is it that you hope people watching in the audience feel or think about when they see you performing on stage? >> well, i want them to feel empowered because you get to see someone like you on stage, and

it's, like, my eyelashes, india put them on for me, and usually trinidad would put them on for me. >> reporter: the college student who majors in women's studies and psychology at florida state says her mother has facilitated her dream in every way possible. that dream now realized. and toni-ann posted to twitter after the moment with the tweet, to girls around the world writing, please know that you are worthy and capable of achieving your dreams. you have a purpose, and that moment with miss nigeria, people online loved it. she was twirling, so excited for her. just women supporting women. >> interesting to see the other contestants too supporting each other as well. >> yeah, really. >> like a team effort. >> putting on the eyelashes. >> exactly. >> that's some real trust. >> it really is. >> gluing an eyelash. >> exactly. >> whit put mine on this morning. a little crooked, yeah. >> we call dan flutter shy. good in the studio lights. >> oh, my gosh. >>> moving on. coming up on "gma," missing mother mystery. what happened to a mom and her newborn? her fiance's hoping for answers this

usually trinidad would put them on for me. >> reporter: the college student who majors in women's studiesated her dream in every way possible. that dream now realized. >> incredible to see. i'm going to channel janai norman, say many of those pageant queens wearing their natural hair, looking good. >> i know, embracing their curls. i remember when vanessa williams was crowned the first miss usa, it's a long time coming. >> and beautiful to see. america this morning. stay with us for "good morning america" and have a great day. >>> making news in america this morning, the deadly storm on the move making a mess of the monday morning commute. snow, ice, rain, even possible tornadoes. what to expect this morning. >>> switching teams. a democrat in congress voting against impeachment. he now plans to switch parties and become a republican. the response overnight from his staff. >>> plus, president trump hurls a new insult at speaker nancy pelosi criticizing her teeth. >>> breaking overnight, the hallmark channel apologizes. what it's saying now about the commercials it pulled featuring two wom