just three had lived to see th melvin morris' family watcheot he ht n september of 1969. it was now march 2014, 44 years after his heroism in vietnam. >> finally, that day came and it was a great honor and, you kno it took a long while for it to sink in and i don't think its fully sunk in yet. president obama: please give them a big round of applause. [applause] soledad: staff sergeant morris was never bitter. since his honor, he speaks to audiences telling his story and many faces. he and colonel barnum often regardless of whether they were recognized with medals or other accolades, the bravery of all our soldiers is worthy of we honor those who fought and are fighting today with our respect and thanks. coming up next -- marathon man. meet the marine who decided losing his legs would never be a reason to give up on life. ♪ alive so you have to move soledad: a wounded marine makes a statement by running a marathon of marathons -- literally. rob jones, a marine who lost both legs in 2010 in an ied explosion in afghanistan, set his own record, running a month of marathons

, but his real name is melvin flemings. in 2011 he was convicted on using a minor for production of an obscene matter. part of his sentence, a lifetime sex offender registration. however, recently police say he used an alias melvin allen. police say melvin offered basketball lessons here at city sports in hayward through his company evolution sports - the teen mentioned the interaction with melvin to his mom who got involved.sgt. rueben pola, hayward pd. 'the parent met with the person and after meeting got on the internet and found melvin allen was not allen, he was melving flemings and he is registered sex offender.sgt. pola says the mom then went straight to the police, a sting was set up, and on friday night, flemings thinking he was meeting up with the teen at a friday night game, was cuffed at mt. eden high school. sgt. pola. he was arrested on failure to devuldge that the was a registered sex offender to a parent. and failure to notify school to come on campus. and check this out, in july of 2017, flemings busted for

, but his real name is melvin flemings. in 2011 he was convicted on using a minor for production of an obscene matter. part of his sentence, a lifetime sex offender registration. however, recently police say he used an alias melvin allen. police say melvin offered basketball lessons here at city sports in hayward through his company evolution sports - the teen mentioned the interaction with melvin to his mom who got involved.sgt. rueben pola, hayward pd. 'the parent met with the person and after meeting got on the internet and found melvin allen was not allen, he was melving flemings and he is registered sex offender.sgt. pola says the mom then went straight to the police, a sting was set up, and on friday night, flemings thinking he was meeting up with the teen at a friday night game, was cuffed at mt. eden high school. sgt. pola. he was arrested on failure to devuldge that the was a registered sex offender to a parent. and failure to notify school to come on campus. and check this out, in july of 2017, flemings busted for

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, but his real name is melvin flemings. in 2011 he was convicted on using a minor for production of an obscene matter. part of his sentence, a lifetime sex offender registration. however, recently police say he used an alias melvin allen. police say melvin offered basketball lessons here at city sports in hayward through his company evolution sports - the teen mentioned the interaction with melvin to his mom who got involved.sgt. rueben pola, hayward pd. 'the parent met with the person and after meeting got on the internet and found melvin allen was not allen, he was melving flemings and he is registered sex offender.sgt. pola says the mom then went straight to the police, a sting was set up, and on friday night, flemings thinking he was meeting up with the teen at a friday night game, was cuffed at mt. eden high school. sgt. pola. he was arrested on failure to devuldge that the was a registered sex offender to a parent. and failure to notify school to come on campus. and check this out, in july of 2017, flemings busted for

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and i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline on mynetworktv. craig melvin: a sprawling southern family farm with a pair of churchgoing grandparents at its heart. nathan bennett: they were definitely the most loving individuals i've ever met in my life. craig melvin: there was no way it was supposed to end like this. amy bennett: she took my by the hand said, sugar and charlie have been murdered. craig melvin: the former church deacon and his wife, who on earth would want them dead? it doesn't make sense. they were loved by everyone. craig melvin: everyone maybe, but their own daughter, who admitted to a bitter, simmering dispute. fran humphries: bambi needed her stepfather her mother dead so she could get her property back. craig melvin: evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. you got the victim's blood on your shoe. he was there.

dateline i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >>> it was just chaos. >> a day at the mall descends into mayhem. armed men turn shoppers in pray. >> a lot of screaming. a lot of fgunfire. they had a demeanor like they owned the place. >> panicked moms protecting their kids. >> i told them to be quiet like a mouse. >> i couldn't let him cry. this is it. >> you grabbed your brother and just ran. >> from out of the blue, a hero. i called her to run towards me and she starts running. >> could he rescue the very smallest of victims. >> when porsha got up and ran, did you have a moment where you shau thought, oh, my god. >>> hello, welcome to dateline. it seems like mass shootings have become all too frenquent i theist. overseas, carried out an even more deadly attack when gunman turned it into a scene of bloodshed. to also emerge that day were remarkable stories of courage and survival. here's kate snow. >>> it's the modern day town square, a

sports - the teen mentioned the interaction with melvin to his mom who got involved.sgt. rueben pola, hayward pd. 'the parent met with the person and after meeting got on the internet and found melvin allen was not allen, he was melving flemings and he is registered sex offender.sgt. pola says the mom then went straight to the police, a sting was set up, and on friday night, flemings thinking he was meeting up with the teen at a friday night game, was cuffed at mt. eden high school. sgt. pola. he was arrested on failure to devuldge that the was a registered sex offender to a parent. and failure to notify school to come on campus. now, the investigation is in high gear with police trying to track down why flemings was in hayward in the first place. and how widespread is his possible crimes. his address is in citrus heights in the sacramento area where back in july, he was busted for again offering basketball lessons to a minor and not revealing his sex offender status.pola. we want the public to know, we appreciate his mom stepping up, and not we are looking into whether o

allen was melvin fleming? it turned out that fleming had a well- publicized arrest last year and was arrested on similar charges while teaching basketball lessons. this has hayward police department very concerned and anyone who came in contact with them to contact the police department. >>> we have new information tonight on a plane crash that killed one person in concorde today. the faa said the plane crashed shortly after taking off from the canon field at about 10:30 am this morning. a spokesperson said only the pilot was on board despite initial report that said that two people were on board. it crashed near the airport on the former site of the concord naval weapons station. the faa is investigating the cause of the crash and at this point the pilot has not been identified. >>> the chp chased the driver through three counties before taking that man into custody. he came to an end at about 9:30 am this morning. the chp said officers tried to stop the chevy pickup on westbound 80 near the toll plaza for pa

and i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline on mynetworktv. e, to look at the pictures of what they did to her and, hear details oit's just-- it's devastating. craig melvin (voiceover): shauna tiaffay, loving mom by day, vegas cocktail waitress by night. stephanie vargas: i was at one of the bars, and i saw her walk by. every single head turned. craig melvin (voiceover): it was after her shift that they found her, the victim of a ruthless attack. i mean your heart just drops to your stomach. craig melvin (voiceover): potential suspects? how about a casino's worth of costumers. we didn't know if there was some psycho watching us girls work at the palms. craig melvin (voiceover): or did the answers

and i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline on mynetworktv. : it's never good news when the phone rings at 5 o'clock in the morning. i knew something wasn't right. he just began sobbing and saying, no, no. craig melvin: it was just before midnight when the shooting started. mike palmieri: he had been shot multiple times. he was on the ground face down. craig melvin: a man was dead, but not just any man. how do you kill superman? how's superman dead? craig melvin: he was an olympian and a father killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own backyard. craig melvin: but if her husband was dead outside, why was

i'm craig melvin. >> charlie tan told police he shot his father to save s 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 that her close friend charlie tan had been arrested. >> did you have a chance to talk to charlie himself in that period? >> he called me on the phone a couple times from jail. >> anna didn't sit around.

police arrested melvin fleming after being alerted by the parents of a young basketball player at mount eaton high school. fleming offers get their son private basketball blessings telling the parents his name was melvin allen. the parents say something about him made them suspicious and they decided to do some research. >> we ended up coming home and doing an internet search of this person and found that he was, in fact, melvin fleming and he was a convicted sex offender. >> police say fleming did not do anything to the boy but should never be around children. hayward police want anyone else who may have been contacted by fleming to let them know. >>> a bay area belly teacher was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a child. san mateo county authorities say 54-year-old, viktor kabaniaev , was arrested in san mateo on friday at his home. russia cuter say the crimes occurred in contra costa county where the suspect was associated with several different schools. the victim was under the age of 14. >> the victim is very brave to come forward and she found her voice and we need the me

and i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline on mynetworktv. craig melvin: she was a college student found on a lonely road in texas. we figured that she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. craig melvin: 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 our killer. craig melvin: but while police tried to prove it, another attack. he has got me by the throat, and he's shaking me, and he's yelling at me, telling me not to say a word. you're a prisoner in this apartment now. yes. jeff capps: her body had kind of been propped up onto the bed. even law enforcement, they felt, what do we have on our hands here? craig melvin: 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

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." ♪ >>> i just can't imagine. to be held in captivity. >> dad, just send the money. that's all they want. >> they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. they're thinking they hit the jackpot. >> they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son kidnapped by terrorists. >> we need ten million u.s. dollars for release of the family. >> 10 million from me? are you losing your mind. >> a harrowing international hostage drama. >> this is a big operation. this is not just this rag tag group of people. >> anything can happen. there are no guarantees. >> can a father turned negotiator help bring them home. >> we prepared him for the worst. >> i'm getting worried, i'm getting so worried. >> a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. >> hello and welcome to "dateline." they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage son and a c

. >> that is when the man spun a tale saying he was melvin allen. >> the person said something wasn't right. he said i will go to his games. >> they were curious about his background. they did research into melvinallen. >> they did an internet search and found he was in fact melvin flemming, a sex offender. >> police said fleming would be coming to their son's basketball game. flemings didn't know there would be more waiting for him at the school. >> we had several police officers there in the gym placing him in custody for two counts. >> he should have never been around the child or around the school. he didn't inform administrators he was a registered sex offender. >> kudos to the parents if they ever feel something is not right having to do with a child where someone is contacting them that they do their due diligence. >> how did they know he was flemmings? he was part of an arrest last year teaching basketball at the time. he was arrested and charged with suspicious of child annoying and also violating sex offender laws. hayward police want information at 510-293-7000. ktvu fox 2

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline." >>> she told archie she was dating this man. if he didn't like it, he could leave. >> he had been stabbedultipl times. nobody s anying. >> i went, dad. and i touched him. i will never forget that feeling. >> it was just before dawn when he found his father dead in the driveway. >> there was no doubt in my mind what happened. i immediately knew. >> there was someone else who may have known, too. >> i turned around and looked at my mom. i go, you know who did this. that son of a -- >> there was one thing no one could know. the strange twist still to come. >> it was a bit of a surprise. kind of a shock when you found out she was seeing him again. >> yes. >> a lover's triangle always leads to trouble. >> how could you do such a horrible thing? >> did this one lead to murder? >> what was it like watching him walk out of jail? >> he beat the system. >> hello and welcome to "dateline." how long does it t

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >>> and this is "dateline." >>> he was the person i loved. he's dying. >>> her husband, a decorated military officer, shot in the dark of night. >> it was an execution. >> was this some sort of hit? >> he was in special forces. there must have been something at work. >> that's what police thought too. until they learned about the secret life of this husband and wife. >> they would meet couples on the internet. >> was there a forbidden affair? >> they were probably meeting for sex about four times a week. >> and did it lead to murder? >> she is absolutely cold-blooded. >> soon, there would be questions for mother and daughter. >> it was another shock. >>> welcome to "dateline." when a respected military officer was attacked in the middle of the night, police launched an investigation that would reveal eyebrow-raising secrets that might hold a key to murder. here's keith morrison. >> the wind in the northern prairie s

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> 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 and 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,

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> this is very exciteding. >> they met in vegas, a professional poker player. a former trapeze art iftd. she fell for it, but she didn't gamel on this. >> i could smell the odor of decay and blood. >> or this. >> at every turn there was this. >> married with a child and women in multiple cities. >> what else is he capable of. >> capable of more? he had tan alibi. >> credit kartd transactions and phone records of me drivinging from las vegas. >> but could this little card hold the key. >> was this a shot in the dark. >> absolutely. >> he made mistakes. that doesn't make him a monster. >> was there one more card up his sleeve? >> it goes back to him thinking i bluffed some of the best. >>> welcome to dateline. it was a perplexing double murder with no murders and no physical evidence. the victims were a respected couple. their son, it turned out, played poker for a living. could that lifes

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline." >> he married the woman of his dreams, beautiful and sweet. >> she was just angelic. >> and was folded into her tight-knit family headed by an elderly religious might arc. >> you were part of their family or you weren't. together they had a little girl, sydney. >> their view, sydney was their property. >> one day he went to pick up his little girl for a visit and was never seen alive again. >> he died right there. >> but who would kill a devoted dad? the unbelievable choice, his golden girl wife or the gracious family may tree yark. there another side. >> it's a monster that comes out of a closet. it's very ugly. >> how dark is that side? >> murderous. >> but which one was the killer? >>> hello and welcome to "dateline." he was a man suddenly confronted with something monstrous, evil at the door. this story is a mystery about a father of two young daughters. one night he left to pick up one of them and never came back. the question for in

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>> i learned that he was arrested. i was shocked. i was just so confused. i didn't think it was real. >> in the rarefied world of the ivy league, he was the package. star student, gifted athlete, wildly popular. >> he is one of the nicest guys ever. >> no one could understand how a weekend visit to his parents' house ended in gunfire. >> who's already dead? >> 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 the desk, the father. >> defenseless, really. >> this seems to be an execution. >> was this campus hero actually a cold-hearted killer? >>> he cents a letter to his fraternity brothers called "showtime." >> one of the things always in question was, was charlie covering up for someone else. >> a trial where nothing went by the book. >> three of the jurors were crying really hard. >> they're turning aro

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "date line." >> when buttons are pushed, people get angry. you know, in my brain, they're at the top of the stairs and they're struggling. i eventually heard a lot of details i didn't really want to hear. i had nightmares for months. >> a young mother dead at the bottom of the stairs. >> things in this crime scene were moved before we got here. >> things weren't adding up per. >> her body bloodied and covered if paint. >> it was on the front of her body, it's around her arms a. >> it's another means of covering up. >> who was covering up and why.? was in this murder about money? >> anna marie was a big spender. she owed other people money. >> it was a relationship of extremes, hot, cold, wild, calm. >> and caught in the middle, the person she loved most. >> everything was about breanna, everything. >> would a body covered in paint help a killer cover up a murder? >> almost 24 years doing this job, i've never seen a perfect c

melvin fleming was arrested after being alerted by parents of a basketball player. fleming had offered to give their son private basketball lessons saying his name was melvin allen. the parents say something about him made him suspicion and they decided to do research. >> they ended up doing an internet search of the person and found out that he was melvin fleming and he was a convicted sex offender. >> police say fleming did not do anything to the boy but even so he should never be around children. hayward police want anyone else who was contacted by fleming to give them a call. >>> a bay area ballet teacher has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child. victor was arrested at his home in contra costa county. the victims say the victim was under the age of 14. >> the victim was brave to come forward. she found her voice. if there are other victims, we hope they can find their voice too. >> when arrested he was working in daly city at the center for performing arts. he will be arraigned today or tomorrow and is facing 16 counts of aggravated assault of

fleming offered to give their son private basketball lessons telling the parents his name was melvin allen. the parents say something about them made them suspicious and they decided to do research. >> they are coming back home and did an internet search of this person and found that he was melvin fleming and he was a convicted sex offender. >> police say fleming did not do anything to the boy but should never be around children. hayward police want anyone else who may have been contacted by fleming to let them know. >>> a bay area ballet teacher was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a child. san mateo county authorities say 54-year-old, viktor kabaniaev , was arrested in san mateo friday at his home. prosecutors say the crimes occurred in contra costa county where the suspect was associated with several different schools. the victim was under the age of 14. >>> california is planning to distribute smaller amounts of water to cities and farms after a dry start to the winter. state water officials say that can mean some customers will receive 20% of the requested amounts. so

i'm craig melvin. a young woman peers into her neighbor's yard and sees something for a few seconds. a man, a woman, and a moment that was unsettling. was it some kind of accident? a crime? maybe even a murder? what she saw and what she did would set in motion a chain of events that would divide a family and a jury. here is keith morrison. >> we know the truth. >> we know the truth. and we know everything that happened. >> how do we know what we know? >> it's emotionally unsatisfying not to have that answer. >> though it is, even if we've seen something, or if we think we have. and thus the question at the heart of the whole puzzle. is this woman right? >> i know what i saw. and i know the conclusion of my story. >> of course she does. of course she does. so why does this other woman think this? >> she doesn't know for sure what she saw. >> a question, we say, on which all the rest will turn. why don't we begin here. calimesa, california, riverside county. historic missions. suburbs creeping around the

i'm craig melvin, thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline." >>> she was there. >> she walked into the room and it just kind of brightened. >> and then she wasn't. >> translator: my initial reaction is oh, what has happened. >> the mother they adored, missing. in her place, a trail of blood. >> my biggest fear is we were going to find her. >> what police found instead was a puzzle. >> in my 28 years, i've never seen that before. >> a missing woman. a mystery with few clues. >> did you find any fingerprints sgls . >> no. >> hairs. >> anything. >> no. >> you steel 300,000 and you're about to be exposed for it. >> except without proof, how can anyone convince a jury. >> you don't think they had any useful evidence against you at all. >> could anybody name anything. >> could anyone solve the mystery. >> we the jury find the defendant, david martin hawk. hello and welcome to "dateline." when someone goes missing, one of the hardest things for those left behind is not knowing the truth. was it voluntary or foul play. the three children in this stor

fleming offered to give their son private basketball lessons telling the parents his name was melvin allen. the parents said something about him made them suspicious and they decided to do some research. >> they came back home and did an internet search of this person and found that he was, in fact, melvin fleming and he was a convicted sex offender. >> police say fleming did not do anything to the boy but should never be around children . again, there is his father. hayward police one anyone else who may have been contacted by fleming to let them know. >>> a bay area ballet teacher was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a child. san mateo county authorities say 54-year-old, viktor kabaniaev , was arrested in san mateo on friday at his home. prosecutors say the crimes occurred in contra costa county where he was associated with several different schools. the victim was under the age of 14. >>> the victim is very brave to come forward. and she found her voice and we need the message to get out and we hope there aren't other victims but if there are we hope that they can find t

craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york. what's the deal? a court strikes down the president's daca decision after he holds that open meeting on immigration, seemingly giving both democrats and republicans what they want. does anyone know what the policy will be, though? working group trying to figure that out right now. >>> also, president trump saying the russia investigation is, quote, the single greatest witch hunt in american history as democrats call out trump for not doing more to protect russia from our elections. >>> a deadly river of mud running through parts of california scorched by those wildfires. the dramatic rescues we are seeing as families. we'll get to those stories in a moment. >>> but a few moments ago, president trump opened his first cabinet meeting of the new year, but not before pausing to take a victory lap. the president started his remarks by saying, welcome to the studio. and then went on to taut everything from his tax win to shrinking unemployment to new plans for health care reform. those remarks coming one da

i'm craig melvin. nique leili was dead, and now her husband was telling police that this seemingly happy mom was violent and often mentally unstable, but investigators were about to get a better view into a home they would have never imagined. here again is dennis murphy with "the house on sidney's cove." >> within minutes of finding nique's body, police raced to the leili home about a mile away. what they observed right away was astounding. the home security system that matt leili had casually mentioned to detective everson a few days earlier appeared more appropriate to fort knox than a house in the burbs. >> and when you first see the house from the road, you can see all these huge, big cameras on the eaves of the house, both sides. >> there were 21 security cameras in all, with a tricked-out control room to monitor and record everything. >> he sounds like one-man nsa. >> it was a low-crime area. it almost boggled the mind as to why he felt he needed quite so much surveillance coverage for the house

melvin, tennessee. all kinds of off the floor meetings and briefings going on while the white house briefing will start in a couple of minutes. this tweet from senior correspondent -- a senior correspondent for the hale. and josh gottheimer -- solverssan problem caucus, led by representatives tom reed and josh gottheimer meeting at 2:00 p.m. to discuss how to reopen the government." in silver spring, maryland, jeanette, a federal employee. what do you do for the government? in silverwork at noaa springs, and i have been a fed since august. i am a single mother, a latina, and a puerto rican, and i support the closure because i believe the dreamers have a right to be here. i am surprised that so many people are disparaging that. they had no choice, they were brought here as children, they are paying their taxes, they are upright citizens. why do you want to kick them out? i do not understand. i don't get it. host: betty is next in birmingham, alabama, democrat line. yes, good afternoon. i am calling becau

dateline i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >>> it was just chaos. >> a day at the mall descends into mayhem. armed men turn shoppers in pray. >> a lot of screaming. a lot of fgunfire. they had a demeanor like they owned the place. >> panicked moms protecting their kids. >> i told them to be quiet like a mouse. >> i couldn't let him cry. this is it

this is kind of raiders season in a quarter, melvin gordon jack can't believe it. has no idea what's to come. longest drive of the year, only took four ties it at little too late. davis liked that. mood is going to change the raiders take the lead put up 23 strait. pass, and the chargers it 30-10. expected this to end like jack del rio handles the dignity. i spoke to mark davis after game. mark let me know that he's going to be bringing me he told me he loved me and all that i did to this program going in the direction, but that he the need to change. told him how much i the opportunity he me and i mean that. very grateful. is my childhood team. it's a results business, i understand that. the niners team are the team in the nfl, beating the garafalo has set the tone 2018 which cannot get here enough. goff taking a week off. just goodwin reverses back jimmy j. him. he's had a tough year. here. you want to play wide the nfl? has a concussion and carted the field. hyde playing for a contract finished with 90 yards on the are rolling. garafalo threw two touchdowns. one

i'm craig melvin. whenever someone is kidnapped, it triggers a race against time, when police joined by the victim's family begin a frantic search. that's what happened in this story, that begin with a frantic call. as you're about toss, her family and veteran investigators spent desperate days trying to find out where she was, they never could have guessed who had her and why. here's josh main o -- mankowitz. ♪ >>> this is the sheriff's office. >> my wife made a phone call to me a minute ago to see she was held by gunpoint. >> businessman reed gray was on the line with the sheriff's office in a panic. he told the 911 operator his wife had just phoned him minutes earlier to say she'd been kidnapped. >> it sounds like a -- but it's not. >> the call would turn out to be just the beginning of an unbelievable saga that would baffle investigators and turn this husband's life upside down. the next few days would bring one setback after another. and no one could have predicted how it all would come to an en

craig melvin here in new york city. what's the deal? can democrats and republicans come together and pass a spending plan before time runs out to fund the government? i'll talk to one of the key negotiators on the last-minute deals being made. >>> the white house sure to field questions about the president's role in delaying a deal. today's white house briefing is scheduled to start any moment now. >>> also a visit from the fbi. agents showing up at steve bannon's home ready to serve a subpoena in robert mueller's investigation. where does his level of cooperation stand at this hour? >>> we shouldn't be afraid. senator jeff

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm nuclear program. >> this is "dateline." >> 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 bloodcurdling scream. >> nicky lily, exec who made time for romance and her three daughters. >> she was the best mom. >> then she disappeared. dozens joined 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, matt, did it. the others said no way. and matt, he had a theory all his own. >> this is not the first time she's 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 of cameras. >> there is a big server to

i'm craig melvin. alex fausino said he found his wife emily submerged in her bathtub and that she must have overdosed but the medical examiner's findings show otherwise. here again is josh mankiewicz with more of the quiet wife. >> rumors were flying around the town of boone, iowa, right after emily fausino's death. family and friends thought alex had killed his wife. >> he kept saying over ap over he murdered her. >> the whispering started almost immediately. >> wmpb a day. >> you're a murderer? >> that's what they were saying. >> and not just a murderer. emily's sister amy told investigators alex was also a mobster. >> did you say that alex and his family are in the mafia, in organized crime and women who try to divorce their way out of the fausino family wind up dead? >> that was information emily had told me. >> amy doesn't realize that my mom's six sibling and my dad's one sib ling, there have been 11 divorces. >> those people all still alive? >> they're not all still alive, but none of them were

and they found that he was in fact melvin fleming and he was a convicted, you know, sex offender. >> now, the police say that fleming didn't do anything to the boy but says he should never be around children. hayward police want to hear from anyone who may have been contacted by fleming. >>> federal investigators still looking for the cause of yesterday morning's plane crash in concord that killed the pilot. his small plane crashed shortly after taking off from the airport in concord around 10:30 yesterday morning. sky fox was flying over the wreckage on what used to be the concord weapons station. a cattle rancher that leases the land found the wreckage and called 911. again, the investigation continues. >>> those are just some of your morning headlines. mike, sal, gasia, i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, dave. >>> students who have applied to the california state university system are being advised to make sure that their sat scores were properly sent and received. a glitch in the computer system failed to upload sat scores with many applications. csu is sending e-mails to st

i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. ♪ >>> shutdown saturday. let's play hardball. >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington for a special saturday edition of "hardball" onset p.m. on the east coast. 19 hours into a government shutdown, and the only thing both sides agree on, it is the other side's fault. >> negotiating with president trump is like negotiating with jello. that's why this compromise will be called a trump shutdown. >> if we had the same rules the house had, government would not have shut down. so schumer shut it down for the idea to hold the government hostage and that is just wrong. >> wipe the tears of joy from your eye about passing a tax cut that benefits the wealthiest in our country. get down to business for everyday people in america. >> the senate democrats are basically conducting a temper tantrum in front of the american people. >> the action is going down a block from where we are on capitol hill. several procedural things in the last hours, including trying to get them to remove the filibuster, though the end

i'm craig melvin. like so many others, this story involves a husband and wife. he was a military man, a respected major in the u.s. army, when he was attacked in the middle of the night, police launched an investigation that would reveal eyebrow-raising secrets, secrets that might hold the key to murder. here is keith morrison. >> the wind in the northern prairie sweeps across a vast flatland. grave markers around a military cemetery a few miles from the canadian border. the final resting spot for a few dozen veterans, many of whom died in combat. this is where he is resting now. major david shannon, who lost his life in 2002. his mother shirley comes here to visit and remember. his sister brenda too when she's in town. oh, how they worried that war might put him here. except war didn't. no, there never was a thought back then about what could happen far from combat, what did happen. all those strange things down south in north carolina. fayetteville is an old town, steeped in revolutionary and civil war history. smack in the middle of the bible belt. but now, c

craig melvin picks it up next on msnbc. >> good afternoon to you. craig melvin here. at msnbc headquarters in new york. whiplash. with one tweet, president trump sends a house vote that was not expected to be dramatic into chaos. it is the most recent example of president trump leaving lawmakers in his own party confused. daca, the wall, and whether he'll talk to the special counsel. and that's just in the last 24 hours. and close the deal. optimism on capitol hill about getting a deal done on immigration, where the negotiations stand and whether the president may be bending on his demand for a wall. plus, back in the spotlight. jared kushner taking a seat at the table this hour with the president and the attorney general jeff sessions as well. the work they're hoping to get done on prison reform. we'll get to those stories. but

craig melvin at msnbc news headquarters in new york. new year same president trump. he's back at the white house and he's back on twitter. he's targeting his justice department, james comey and calling for a member of hk illa clinton campaign staff to be jailed. plus, a war of words. protests erupt in iran. north korea makes nuclear threats. trump has new messages for both countries. >>> and high hopes. the new year brings major changes in marijuana industry in california. how that state and business owners are hoping to cash in on the new rules. >>> we start with president trump's latest threat to wield the justice department like a weapon against perceived enmips. tod enemies. today, the president took to twitter. and appeared to demand the investigations into comey as well as abedin. the remarks just days after the president told "the new york times" he has a, quote, absolute right to do what he wants to with the doj. also comes as the president sometimes criticized for pushing personal vendettas o

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craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york. what's the deal? a court strikes down the president's daca decision after he holds that open meeting on immigration, seemingly giving both democrats and republicans what they want. does anyone know what the policy will be, though? working group trying to figure that out right now. >>> also, president trump saying the russia investigation is, quote, the single greatest witch hunt in american history as democrats call out trump for not doing more to protect russia from our elections. >>> a deadly river of mud running through parts of california scorched by those wildfires. the dramatic rescues we are seeing as families. we'll get to those stories in a moment.

craig melvin is here. take it away. >> going to be a long day for you. >> long day, long night, a lot of fun. >> good afternoon to you. craig melvin here live in the nation's capital where in just a few hours president trump will be delivering his first state of the union. typically a big night for a first term president. instead though republicans have pushed the russia investigation into the headlines. house republicans fighting to publicize a memo based on classified information taking some heat for delaying the release of a similar democratic memo. house speaker paul ryan today swears that this is about protecting civil liberties, not the president. >> this is a completely separate matter from bob mueller's investigation. his investigation should be allowed to take its course. >> let us start with our justice correspondent pete williams. nbc white house correspondent jeff bennett. and intelligence and national security reporter ken delanian. pete, some breaking news reporting that you just published ab

craig melvin is here. take it away. >> going to be a long day for you. >> long day, long night, a lot of fun. >> good afternoon to you. craig melvin here live in the nation's capital where in just a few hours president trump will be delivering his first state of the union. typically a big night for a first term president. instead though republicans have pushed the russia investigation into the headlines. house republicans fighting to publicize a memo based on classified information taking some heat for delaying the release of a similar democratic memo. house speaker paul ryan today swears that this is about protecting civil liberties, not the president. >> this is a completely separate matter from bob mueller's investigation. his investigation should be allowed to take its course. >> let us start with our justice correspondent pete williams. nbc white house correspondent jeff bennett. and intelligence and national se

melvin gordon fumbled, bounces right to keenan allen. he'll finish it off with a touchdown. coach jack can't believe it. he has no idea what's coming. raiders longest drive of the year. only took four plays. derek carr to amari cooper. 87 yard touchdown. this game is tied at 7. marc davis in a good mood here as we speak. but chargers put up 23 straight. phillip rivers finishes it off with a td pass to travis benjamin. nobody expected it to end like this from 12-4 to 6-10. afterwards jack del rio dealt with his firing. >> spoke to marc davis after the game. and marc let me know that he's not going to be bringing me back, and so he told me loved me and appreciated all that i did, you know, to kind of get this program going in the right direction, but that he felt the need to change. i told him how much i appreciated the opportunity he gave me. and i mean that. very grateful. my childhood team, but it's a results business. i understand that. >> brutal business. all right, niners are the hottest team in the nfl with their fifth straight win today beating the rams. jimmy garoppol

craig melvin up next. >> good afternoon to you. do they have the votes. we are one day away now from a government shutdown. tensions are high. deals are being cut. but time is running out. so will washington be able to get it done? and if they don't who gets blamed? also, privilege protection. members of trump's inner circle are refusing to answer questions in the house russia investigation. now many on the committee are questioning whether that's even lawful. and obama's back. a new report dives into his plans to hit the campaign trail. what the former president sees as his greatest asset and his greatest liability. but we start with the countdown to shutdown. as president trump heads to pennsylvania this afternoon to tout his tax plan. how it's fueling growth. his government spending bill seems to be in jeopardy. this, as the president headed to pittsburgh for that campaign-style event. a live look at air force one. it just left the tarmac at joint base andrews a few moments ago. back on the ground in the lower chem chamber, the count in the, seem to be

craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. on this day we honor the life and legacy of the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. the president of the united states insists i am not a racist. and the divide among republicans responding to his comments on immigrants only grows. some of the president's party are defending him. now a member of his own administration seems to be calling him out. plus, four days. the clock is ticking for congress to pass a spending plan and avoid a government shutdown, but the future of 800,000 d.r.e.a.m.ers sidelined in part by these comments must be decided first. >>> and how could this happen? a mistake sent people in hawaii scrambling thinking a ballistic missile was on its way. 38 minutes of terror. what went wrong and how? we start, though, on this martin luther king day