. >> reporter: catie beck is a reporter at nbc affiliate, wxia in atlanta. >> and teachers describedhem that way, that they had a sweet demeanor in their classrooms, and with their classmates, and that they were almost timid. >> reporter: and then, as they reached their teens, they changed, somehow, in the ways children often do, in the ways nikki herself once did. and, just like nikki, the twins were sent to live for a couple of years with the rather permissive family matriarch, della. until 2010, when nikki welcomed tazz and jazz back, all together again in robert's house, a fresh start. and nikki turned up at school, beaming. >> yeah, she was in a very good mood. she looked great. she had a new look with her hair. she had braids in her hair, and she looked happy. >> reporter: as if the braids in her hair were kind of an announcement, her girls were back. >> they were pretty much her pride and joy. >> reporter: oh, you started thinking about her? >> yeah, it's hard. it's really hard. >> reporter: it was january 13th, 2010. a sheriff's deputy happened to be in the neighborhood. the

now let's bring in the wxia reporter you just saw, brendan keith.ndan. >> thanks rev. >> so did you expect to see that much resistance at the resort? >> actually we did. first and foremost investigative journalism is alive and well in america, and it's alive and well here at 11 alive. my team katie beck, shawn hoeder, we knew we were going have trouble getting in there. we knew the we accepted their credentials, we would accept the restrictions on recording there. what we did is we went in to show the people laws being discussed between lobbyists and legislators in that fabled back room we've always heard of. we knew we were going to get some resistance. we didn't know that six police officers would be there on the payroll to stop us from getting in. >> what do lawmakers legally have to report about their travel to these meetings? >> in georgia, nothing, rev. in georgia they don't have to report any of this on any ethics filings, campaign filings, even the lobbyists don't have to report this. in fact, there were lobbyists in that room in georgia lob

also a tragedy for the bird family of asheville, north carolina grady bird confirmed to wxia that hise of one of his grandsons were on board that plane and they have perished in this crash. ntsb will figure out how to ease up the blockage of 285 to get people back safely on the roads and heading to where they want to go. friday afternoon 2:00 in the afternoon eastern time things will be getting busy with rush hour coming up. we're also following developing news that justice department will launch an investigation into the baltimore police department. attorney general loretta lynch made the announcement earlier this morning. >> this investigation will begin immediately and focus on allegations that baltimore police department officers used excessive force including deadly force, conduct unlawful searches and seizures and arrest and engage in discriminatory policing. >> mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is pleased with the question that r. the mayor called for the review after six city officers charged in the murder of freddie gray. 25-year-old gray was badly injured during an arrest last