>> it turns out rachel winkler was not todd winkler's first wife to die.was burned to death, and he escaped without any injuries. it was ruled an accident but the prosecutor wants the jury to know about that when they're hearing about this case. >> are there other secrets? >> oh there's a lot going on in this hour, charlie. i'm going to be a little coy and not tell you all of it. no, you'll hear about this guy's background. it's one of the more complicated cases we've done. >> richard, thank you. fascinating. you can watch richard's full report "the two aces of todd winkler" tomorrow night on "48 hours" at 10:00/9:00 central ri on cbs. >>> still ahead here this morning, it's her job to look into the future. sheryl conne >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good friday morning, everyone. it's 8:25. i'm frank mallicoat. in the headlines, the russian river is overflowing this morning. it's currently more than 3 feet above flood stage in guerneville. sonoma county officials issued warnings to everyone who lives nearby. a number of homes an

todd winkler admits he killed his wife on february 27th, 2012.uing when she came at him with a pair of scissors. >> it was a long, long, long protracted struggle. she's a very strong girl. >> reporter: was itself defense or murder? either way, how could this marriage end in such violence? rachel married todd winkler within a few weeks of meeting him. he was a former air force fighter pilot and a successful pharmaceutical executive. they settled in cameron park, california, one of a handful of communities for pilots where private planes share the streets with cars. but after seven years of marriage, rachel wanted a divorce. her father don hatfield believes winkler may have killed her to protect some of his secrets. >> he wanted to shut her up. she could probably make his life very difficult. >> reporter: it turns out this outburst is not the first strange episode in winkler's life. when he was in the military stationed in the far east with a scad ron known as the fighting samurai, he ended up with a psychiatric discharge, and dr. frank lossi, a ps

our moderator tonight is dave winkler. dr. winkler obtained his phd in 1998 from american university. his phd dissertation, "the cold war at sea," was published in 2000 by the naval institute and is currently awaiting a vocation in chinese -- awaiting publication in chinese. he has also written a book published by the naval institute press in 2007 and is the managing editor of "the navy," an illustrated coffee table book published by the foundation. his latest book covers the naval reserve and is due out later this month. dr. winkler is also the director of programs with the naval historical foundation. dave is a commission sailor as well. he was commissioned as an ensign in 1980 through the rmt -- rotc program at penn state where he earned his ba in political science and him they -- ma in international affairs at washington university. he is a retired navy commander with the navy reserves. ladies and gentlemen, welcome our panel, david winkler, john warner, bob dunn. [applause] >> ♪ >> in the fall of 1941, america began to ch

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steve feeney son a family vacation with his wife, three kids and their close friends the winklers. >>own and the kids saw this ride at the park. >> steve loves amusement park rides and this one looks up her alley. >> the name of the ride was the screaming swing. i was drawn to it because i just really loved fast rides. i love speed. >> grace did not inherit this trait from her dad. >> i'm terrified from heights and get motion sickness very easley. >> when they reach the front of the line steve has a tough choice. >> grace was only 10 but you have to be a certain height or you have to have an adult and there was nobody else there other than me to go on with her. and the lady is like either get on or get to the back of the line. >> so my dad volunteered to go with me because he's such a good dad. >> it's a decision he will soon regret and one he will never forget thanks to the ride's built-in camera. steve braces himself for what's to come. >> as soon as the ride started i could feel the pressure in my stomach. it was a little more than i anticipated. at first he tries to calm for his d

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henry winkler used this house as his house in the show royal pains. and he did a lot of dirty deals right here on this deck. [music playing] -if the living room is the wow factor of the house, the kitchen is certainly it's heart. and there's lots i want to show you. we'll start with the informal dining area. the table is actually made of 200-year-old barn board. and then, we have white iranian marble. it's very, very rare. but there's some really cool little thing i want to show you. several years ago, there was a restaurant in the city called the box tree. and it was famous for its beautiful tiles. and when it was being demolished, i walked into the construction site and i said to the guy, what are you doing with the tiles? and he told me that he was going to just throw them away. so i offered to buy them. then we put them all together. the pieces that were missing i repainted. you know, i feel like we saved a little bit of new york and i'm really, really proud of that. [music playing] -this is the master bedroom. it's the one room we really didn't d

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