i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> inatalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> she was a phenomenal person. she loved those girls. they were sweet little twins. their pride and joy. i'm sorry. it is really hard. >> pretty, posed, perfect, her twins with her world. >> they were so precious. the three of them were a title unit. they were all she had. she was all they had. >> then that awful day. >> these two beautiful girls came home and found their mother murdered. >> they were rocking back and forth, traumatized. disturbed. >> we were told that she had a boyfriend. a second boyfriend. >> jealousy. rage. >> she had contacted the police. >> what secret would they reveal. >> could this have happened? >> you couldn't even imagine. welcome to dateline. nikki whitehead found murdered. her death left her teenaged girls. in the end, difficult for even the veteran detectives to believe. here is keith morrison with bad blood. >> once in a while in a complicated life, a woman can get

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> out of the blue one day, you have a collect call from an inmate at sing sing correctional facility. like okay. >> do you think the system works? and we're going to beat this. we didn't. >> he's become my brother. i want to see him out. >> life was cheap that night in new york. two brutal murders just a half mile apart. >> here for a homicide crime scene. >> six people were convicted, including eric glison. >> you actually think they read the wrong verdict. >> then divine intervention through a nun he called grandma. >> eric would say, "grandma, i think this all happening for a reason." >> maybe a nun could help him get into heaven, but could she help him get out of prison? what she helped him do was get a lawyer, and together they hunted for the truth. >> this is the one case that has kept me up at night for six years. >> he says i know you're innocent, i know the guys who committed this crime. >> will justice finally arrive? >

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie moralis. >> and this is "dateline." >> i called my mom immediately. i just cried. i cried. i couldn't feel. my body went numb. i told her, car lean's gone. she's gone.er >> she was a beautiful young mom doing important work. >> she was an intelligence en specialist. >> some ofce her work was very e important, top secret. >> when she wasop found dead, everyone wondered did her work cost her her life. >> i remember, did she come into a lot of money she couldn't explain skbl maybe she was selling secrets? >> maybe. >> that's like out of a spy novel. >> what about other secrets, the personal kind. >> t we knew they were having issues. >> right beforeavin they got mad she found out he was cheating. >> but somewhere out there was a stranger keeping secrets, too. >> my data guy starts going through her facebook. >> she made reference to firearms in her social media. >> sawci that they were communicating her gas mileage. >> what

i'm craig melvin. they were horrific crimes. young women with their whole lives ahead of them. sexual assaulted. it would take a determined detective willing to go into dark places to unravel it. here's keith morrison. >> reporter: how do you measure a mother's love or gauge the veracity of her impulse to protect? >> i loved her as much as i could. >> reporter: how to measure love as visceral as the beating heart in her own body? >> she was my first born. she was my best friend. >> reporter: how to understand the four mothers and their connection, one that not one of them would ever have thought possible, not in a million years. anymore than they would have expected to meet her, their guardian angel. >> if i don't bring her home, who will? >> reporter: it's a rare mystery that's truly a confrontation of good and evil. >> you have to go to the dark places in order to find answers. >> reporter: a rare mystery that needed an urgent answer before the evil struck again. it was march 14, 2014, early morning.

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> my question is why. i didn't need who. my only question is why? >> they were beautiful people, in miami's sizzling south beach. singles who became lovers, and then newlyweds. >> you may kiss the bride. >> congratulations. >> they were still on their honeymoon, only married four days, when this young bride was murdered. >> i get a phone call, screaming, crying. >> no murder weapon, no dna, but no shortage of suspects. >> you gotta prove it. >> did the red hot miami lifestyle have something to do with her death? >> what's been going on in this club scene? >> he did admit to having encounters with other couples there. >> or was it simple jealousy? >> are you still intimate with yolanda? >> yes, we are. >> threats. >> say that again. >> objection. >> betrayal. >> he said he didn't love her, he loved me. >> and finally a verdict. >> the years of waiting. the years of mourning her. we nee

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i refuse to live with that level of fear. i had to do it. you're dead. >> ever since i heard it, it's r been replaying in my head over and over. >> it was all very unbelievable. >> it happened on thanksgiving. two teenagers missing. >> i just buried my head into my hands and i started to cry. >> where they were and what thet did would launch a terrifying case. >> why did this have to happen here? >> with a deadly end. >> nobody's leaving until we figure out what happened. >> a man at home, alone and afraid. m what would you do if you felt id danger?if >> they were really attacking y his home. >> you have a right to protect your home and to protect yourself. >> he planned, he prepared and was determined to kill. >> the most chilling detail of all, what you'll hear on tape. >> i'm still shaking. >> hello and welcome to "dateline." growing up, cousins nick brady and hailey kifer were close. nick loved to joke and haley loved to la

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> i'm here in pain. i would give anything for christian to be here. >> they were new to college and newly in love. the whole world ahead of them. >> he grabs my chin and he pulls me up and just gives me a magical kiss. >> their secret romance would lead to something shattering when christian vanished. >> oh, god. my young life went out the window. >> we were tense. we were nervous. we were scared. >> i'm starting to believe there was more to this than just a missing person. >> where was he? someone had something to hide. >> a lover's try anal. a circle of friends of was one of them a killer. >> this was planned on purpose. >> how could you do something so horrific? >> hello. welcome to dateline. high school seniors were like three peas in a pod. after high school, they even picked colleges in the same city. then one of them went missing. as the hours past, the mystery deepens, they uncovered a hidden truth, one they believe might be a

i'm craig melvin. vanessa pond thought the raven abaroa she just married was honest and true, but that was a far cry from what investigators in north carolina had uncovered. a trail of circumstantial evidence led them to believe raven was a killer. yet, he remained a free man, and janet's family was desperate for answers. here again is josh mankiewicz with deadly denial. >> the christianson family never gave up their question to purs their daughter's killer. >> we just weren't sure they would be able to ever solve the case. >> but detectives felt they already had. they shared with janet's family the evidence of raven's stealing and cheating. eventually janet's parents agreed that raven was responsible for killing janet. >> i just knew in my heart that he had done it, and it was a horrible realization. >> and in 2009, new, more aggressive prosecutors reached the same conclusion after taking a fresh look at the old evidence and concluding there was, after all, enough to seek an indictment. five years aft

after the break, much more with craig melvin. r the break, much craig melvin diabetes, and asthma. this administration and senate republicans want to overturn laws requiring insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions. they're rushing a lifetime appointment to the supreme court to change the law through the courts. 70% of americans want to keep protections for pre-existing conditions in place. tell our leaders in washingtn to stop playing games with our healthcare. who's sujoe biden.rop 15? biden says, "every kid deserves a quality education and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. that's why i support prop. 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the contents of this ad. uber and lyft are like every big guy i've ever brought down. prop 22 doesn't "help" their drivers-- it denies them benefits. 22 doesn't help women. it actually weakens sexual harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. uber and lyft aren't even required to investigate sexual harassment claims. i agree with the la times: no on 22. uber and ly

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." everyone says that you and your sister were your mom's life. >> yeah. amazing person. committed to family. committed to my sister and i. and then five years later, gone. >>> she was a gorgeous girl, a model who became a mom. >> you guys made some good looking kids. >> they sure did. >> reporter: on the eve of her son's 5th birthday, she vanished. >> the whole time we're all trying to talk without the kids hearing us about where is she, what happened. >> when a woman disappears, we know police will have questions for the man in her life. in this case, that wouldn't be so simple. there was the estranged husband who admitted to an argument that once landed him in jail. >> she came at me, and i grabbed her by the arms. then she called the police. >> then there was the vet boyfriend who wasn't telling all these knew. >> it was suspicious to police that he wasn't up front about that from the beginning. >> and there was a third man. the

craig melvin here. we are now just four days out from the deadline to vote in just 104 hours. the first big group of states will close their polls on election day. so far, more than 82 million americans have already voted nationwide. and according to nbc news and target smart, more than 20% of those, more than 20% of those folks either did not or could not vote in 2016. at last check, that was a whopping 17.5 million people of that number, 2 million more are registered democrats than registered republicans. it's the final day for early in-person voting in a number of key states, including arizona, georgia, nevada, and s.

i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> we used to have a debate about who loved each other more. i love you more. no, i love you more. and sometimes i even go to sleep and i still say it, like, mom, i love you more. that's the kind of stuff you can't never forget. >> she was the single mom who kept him safe. she was also keeping a secret. >> she was really working for the cia. >> that's my understanding, yes. >> an undercover job handling classified documents but the real intrigue started when she went missing. >> i knew something was wrong. >> i didn't want to believe that this was actually a reality. >> we had concerns that there may be missing classified information. it could turn into an espionage investigation. >> espionage? was this some kind of international spy caper or maybe it was something closer to home? >> what we got was the information that would break this case wide open. >> the case of a cia mom. could a clue from her son help solve this mystery? >

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. months and months. there's a lot of ways to kill someone, but i've never seen anything like this. >> a devastating mystery illness. >> she was in a lot of pain. she was in excruciating pain. >> i saw her walking like -- >> like a zombie. >> like a zombie. >> i knew she was gone! >> what was happening to this young mom? >> so when you're seeing this -- >> we're like "oh my gosh!" someone said, "could this be a poison?" >> this is the kinda stuff that was used by russian kgb agents. >> who in their right mind would

craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we have breaking news from the pope, breaking news on the opioid crisis and also some breaking news on the separation of migrant children from their parents at the border. we will cover all of that this hour. first, in just 13 days voting ends in this country. so far more than 30 million americans have already voted. in minutes we're going to take you to arizona, a major battleground where their 1 millionth ballot could be turned in today. this is a live look inside the debate call in nashville, tennessee. there it is. outside the debate hall. clock ticking closer to thursday's final presidential fashionoff there. president trump will be hitting battleground north carolina today. senator kamala harris also stumping in that state as you can see here. the biden campaign dispatching one of its most popular surrogates, president barack obama. president obama hitting the trail in philadelphia today for a drive-in rally. right now the former president sharing his message, this message with

. >>> i'm craig melvin. and i'm natalie morales. a >> and this is "dateline." >> anytime a child goes missing, it's a scary thing. you know there's evil out there. >> reporter: first, michela. then, jenny. >> bloodhounds came, police were there. >> this is a little girl that was doing nothing more than riding her bicycle in a park. >> two young girls taken. >> the similarities. blondeme blonde, blue-eyed, riding a bike. >> somebody who is targeting little girls. >> exactly. as a little kid, it definitely scared the heck out of me. >> she was a girl then, too. solving these mysteries became her mission. >> so, how many names did you have? >> about 2,300 names. >> reporter: could cutting-edge technology crack an ice-cold case? >> i was like no way. >> i believe in the devil. and people that don't believe in the devil, i think they're in for a big surprise. >> hello and welcome to "dateline." michela and jenny were just like most kids their age. they loved riding bikes and playing outdoors. the fun-loving girls didn't know each other,

craig melvin here. there are just 11 days left until voting ends, and so far more than 45 million americans have already cast their ballots. right now, though, the pandemic, heading in a very concerning direction. take a look here. our nbc news tally shows the united states just recorded a record high number of new daily coronavirus cases on thursday. more than 77,000. the previous highest day for new cases back on july 29th. so far we've lost more than 224,000 americans to coronavirus, and that number is climbing. our nation's response to the crisis was a central part of the final presidential debate, and it is spilling onto

craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i am jim see you tomorrow the "news with shepard smith" starts now >>> this is "the news. >>> how long have you been out here so far? >> about four hours. >> long lines, and ballot glitches for days. voter overload, bureaucraticote? what's going on mismanagement, voter suppression? what's going on here the plot thickens. >>> same group, different target, the plan to kidnap a second governor revealed in fbi testimony. >>> health care, abortion rights, and racial justice. >> it's a difficult one for usle like for americans all over the country. >>> americans hear from judge amy coney barrett. >>> the terrified run-in that a jogger had with this mountain lion we speak with the man live tonight. >> announcer: live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the news the news with shepard smith. >>> early voting happening at this moment in 46 states voter turnout turn voter turnout continues to be record-shattering. take a look at these lines in texas. early in-person voting kicked off just

craig melvin here. eight days left until the end of voting, and any minute now, president trump will be rallying supporters in allentown, pennsylvania. it is his first of three campaign stops in that

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. months and months. there's a lot of ways to kill someone, but i've never seen anything like this. >> a devastating mystery illness. >> she was in a lot of pain. she was in excruciating pain. >> i saw her walking like -- >> like a zombie. >> like a zombie. >> i knew she was gone! >> what was happening to this young mom? >> so when you're seeing this -- >> we're like "oh my gosh!" someone said, "could this be a poison?" >> this is the kinda stuff that was used by russian kgb agents. >> who in their right mind would even think of this? >> you need to search those computers. you need to search those phones. >> this is being done to her one purpose and she is in danger. >> this evil came into our lives. i said "how can this be?!" >> a murderous plot. a confounding mystery. m could anyone solve it in time? i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." t here's natalie morales with "the prussian blue mystery. >> reporter: from the moment the ambulance arrived at this san diego emergency room in march ri 2018, the si

." >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie mar allealos. >> and this is "dateline. ". >> it i was trying to see what she had on and he whispered and said, "red blood." chills up and down my spine because i thought, wow, this kid saw this. >> a little boy witnessed something terrifying the night his mother vanished. >> it just was ripping my heart. >> he was so traumatized. >> everybody's life changed that night. everybody's did. >> what had happened to his mom? >> i still wake up in the middle of the night. >> haunted for more than two decades, he would make a chilling discovery that would unlock this mystery. >> now you know the whole story. >> yes, sir. and everything kind of clicked. >> it's just so unbelievable. >> i knew he was telling his mom's story. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline." aaron fraser was only 3 years old when his mom left the house never to be seen or heard from again. police soon learned that aaron may have witnessed the unspeakable -- the murder of his own mother. the boy would become a man before the whole truth was revealed. and though memories faded, the evide

i'm craig melvin. detectives were convinced they knew who killed angie samota. russell buchanan had the means and a possible motive. but the evidence against him was circumstantial, and soon the case went cold. russell had his own story to tell, but the truth would lay dormant for decades only to be uncovered by an amateur sleuth obsessed with the case. back to josh mankiewicz with "in the middle of the night." >> reporter: several months after angie samota was raped and murdered, the prime suspect, russell buchanan, hired an attorney and refused to speak with police. several months after that, he left the country. it seemed suspicious, but without enough evidence to arrest russell, police could not stop him. russell was not arrested or charged in angie's murder. he went on to become a successful architect. it had been nearly 30 years when russell decided to talk once again about what happened that night and about angie. her friends describe her as the kind of girl that guys get crushes on. >> maybe so. >> reporter: possible that you had a crush on her? >> no. n

>>> well hey there, i'm joshua johnson sitting in for craig melvin. good to be with you, from msnbc world headquarters in new york. voting ends in 12 days. so far, more than 36 million americans have cast ballots. still there's a bit of persuading to do. some of which may happen tonight. you're looking at belmont university in nashville. the site of the presidential debate. plexiglass separates the area. another one of the adaptations, muting the candidates' mics when they don't have the floor. new cnn battleground showing joe biden is up four points with likely voters in florida. but that is right in the margin of error. in pennsylvania, joe biden has the clear edge. he's leading president trump by ten points. pennsylvania is a vital piece of the electoral puzzle. and that is why the biden campaign sent a special visitor on its behalf. former president barack obama. coming up, we'll speak with his former campaign press secretary about how mr. obama could reshape the race in its final days. >>> we begin in nashville, with a preview of tonight's debate

. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> i did not want to believe it. my sister's dead. and i just -- sorry. just kind of fell apart. >> inside a silent home, an eerie scene. water pouring through the rooms. >> you heard the water running? >> yes. it was just like gushing. i saw her in the bathtub. >> facedown? >> right. >> drowned? no. >> she was badly beaten. lots of bruising. >> but clues would be hard to come by. >> detective sanchez claims that by leaving her in the water, that washed away any dna evidence. >> i thought it was over. she was just dead, and nothing was going to be done. >> not if this family could help it. >> we started looking for what happened. there was still water in the tub. we pulled the drain and saw black scuff marks. >> a case that would see a key suspect skip town. >> i was like, wow, he's going to alaska. >> that's exactly what people do. they get in trouble, they take off. >> and unearth dark deeds from the past. >> she would wake up, and he'd be standing over her watching her. >> that's creepy. >> sinister stories. >

i'm craig melvin. two double murders in one maryland neighborhood sent the community into a full-blown panic. investigators had cleared the usual suspects, and that's where both cases seemed to stall. then detectives linked a nearby break-in to one of the crimes. all roads to find that thief led them nowhere, but a big break was just around the bend. here again is dennis murphy with "the unusual suspect." >> reporter: prince george's county detectives tony schartner and bernie nelson theorized the home burglar who stole a spare key to a nissan maxima might lead them to a serial killer. but how to find him? >> we chased down all those leads, and it took us, you know, several weeks, and we came up with nothing. >> reporter: then, in july 2009, schartner got an unexpected tip. federal agents from the a.t.f, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, had arrested two men for selling stolen weapons. they suspected one of them had been also involved in several burglaries in the area. his name was jason sco

craig melvin here. we're just five days out from the deadline to vote. in just 128 hours, the first big group of states will close their polls on election day. this morning we're getting a look at a broward county ballot processing and canvassing board. in all-important florida, you can see some boxes of ballots being loaded into vans there. the broward canvassing board examining ballots of early voters. so far, lots of those ballots, more than 77 million americans have already voted nationwide. once again, i want to remind you all, this warning from election experts, if you hav

craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we are now just one week out from the deadline to vote, and in just 176 hours, the first big group of states will close their polls on election day. so far, though, more than 62 million americans have already voted. according to nbc, early voting could hit 100 million ballots by

craig melvin here. we are just 25 days out now from election day. with next week's debate still up in the air, president trump now says he wants to hold a rally, and he wants to do it tomorrow. still no information on when he last tested negative for the coronavirus. what we do know is his top aides were decked out in full ppe while they were with him in the oval office thursday. there are new warnings signs with this pandemic. by nbc's count, thursday marks the second day in a row where our country has tallied more than

craig melvin at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we have breaking news from the pope, breaking news on the opioid crisis and also some breaking news on the separation of migrant children from their parents at the border. we will cover all of that this hour. first, in just 13 days voting ends in this country. so far more than 30 million americans have already voted. in minutes we're going to take you to arizona, a major battleground where their 1 millionth ballot could be turned in today. this is a live look inside the debate call in nashville, tennessee. there it is. outside the debate hall. clock ticking closer to thursday's final presidential

. ♪ >> craig melvin taking to the stage by alexander hamilton and jenna bush filled a childhood dream from a character in "cats." look at those moves! hoda and savannah glenda and the witch. this costume carpeted the spirit of ' 2020. you guys look frozen. how do i start this thing? >> that is a ashley walters in west palm beach, florida, with a zoom call. this is is not ashley's first rodeo. these are some of her costumes from the past few years. she is always in the spirit. >> that's rea we are going to see warm weather next week. san francisco will see temperatures the next couple of days. >>> that does it for our mid-day newscast. we cannot go without saying happy 25 years to the man directing this show right now! ken portwood, 25 years here at kntv. thank you for all of your work! he directions our 6:00 newscast for today in the bay and even right now. ken, thank you. congratulations! see you monday! i'm jerome gage. i'm a full-time lyft driver. when this pandemic first started, i bought my own ppe because uber and lyft didn't provide it. these companies have been exploiting driv

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i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> hello. 911. >> i think there's a body out here. please send somebody, hurry! >> they had the body of a young woman who matched the description of reagan. and i just kept saying, "that has to be wrong." >> reporter: who would want to hurt reagan? investigators would start with those closest to her. >> is your gut telling you this is someone you knew? >> we were figurin' that it was probably somebody that she knew, an ex- boyfriend or a current boyfriend. >> reporter: but, miles away, a string of alarming encounters. >> he had a knife. he put it to my neck. >> i heard a voice say, "don't turn around or i'll shoot." >> this was somebody that wanted to do evil. >> reporter: could there be a connection to reagan's murder? the answer would leave an entire city infuriated. >> how the heck does this happen? how does this happen? >> they could have connected the dots way sooner. >> this sys

craig melvin from studio 3a. msnbc headquarters in new york city. right now, we are keeping a close eye on walter reed medical center in bethesda, maryland. in the last 30 minutes or so, white house pool reporters arrived at the hospital. that is, of course, where president trump is being treated for coronavirus. at this moment, we do not know why they were called to travel there, but briefings from his doctors were scheduled for around the same time both saturday and sunday. we're waiting for a little more information from the white house. one of the big questions that we're trying to get

melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> if you admit that she's never coming home, it's like you're admitting defeat or that she's dead. >> reporter: a hard-working wife. a loving mother. a woman with a complicated love life. >> she was having affairs. >> they worked in the same office areas. they spent some time after hours together. >> kathy was trying to break off the relationship. >> reporter: now the secret was out. replaced by a mystery. >> she never returned from lunch. >> we did consider that her husband may have known that his wife was having an affair. >> where was she? >> there were just no answers. >> reporter: nearly thirty years. sixty investigators. and it all kept coming back to one elusive suspect. >> he just very calmly said, "i know how to get rid of a body so it would never, ever be found." >> to him, i think, murder is something that can be done over a lunch hour. >> we were just a heartbeat away from not having a case. it was basically a now or never situation. >> hello and welcome to date lain. when kathy heckel disappeared police didn't

craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. this is the news on cnbc >>> he'll receive another dose of remdesivir here today, and then we plan to get him home. >> president trump's health. >> you're actively not telling us what the lung scans show gl tonight, what we know and what we don't know, and what's next for both campaigns scorched earth, hundreds of homes destroyed, dozens of lives lost california hits a record milestone this year. 4 million acres burned >> we have been told since early march, beware. >> covid cases climbing, hospitalization numbers growing nationwide as cold weather approaches, how the country's largest city is dealing with coronavirus hot spots. >> i promise you, i will not let you down. >> and new tonight, cnbc takes the pulse of voters this key swing states will covid in the white house impact the election. >> live, from cnbc global headquarters the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. >> and good evening, we begin with the breaking news you've been watching here on cnbc the president is b

craig melvin here. spoker nancy pelosi just started talking to reporters. so far she's talked about that presidential debate, saying the president has no respect for the office that he holds. now she is talking about those on going covid relief package negotiations. let's listen in. >> -- to the wealthiest people in our country, $150 billion. in the heroes act we take that out. they put in $150 billion which is more money than they spent on state and local in the c.a.r.e.s. act. in the heroes act, we had $149 billion for refundable tax credit, for the earned income tax credit and child tax credit, refundable, $149 billion, almost the same amount.

craig melvin here on another busy day. we have not seen president trump in more than 36 hours now as he recovers from covid-19, but the president relying on one of his favorite messaging tools, twitter, tweeting up and retweeting a storm about everything from the 2016 election to covid relief talks. at one point on tuesday he called on relief talks until after -- called off these talks until after the election. hours later he made a u turn. the president is now demanding aid. the negotiation by tweet has lawmakers unsure of the future of talks. but with 12 million americans still filing for unemployment, hundreds of thousands more

craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. you tomorrow the news with >>> i'm shepard smith on cnbc, and this is "the news. cases climbing hospitals overwhelmed. tonight dr. anthony fauci with us live. are we ready for the life-threatening challenge facing us all in the fall? >> it's just -- it's devastating. >> drenched, destroyed and devastated the deadly aftermath of hurricane delta. >> we're resilient we're louisiana. >> after back-to-back monster storms we find the heroes stepping up to help their communities. >>> day one of the senate confirmation hearing for judge amy coney barrett. judge amy coney >> i hope your employer will take care of your health care needs. >> we should provide financial assistance to those who have lost their job. >> early voting at a record high, but it's not without problems. s that didn't belong to us. >> ton >> we wind up getting ballots that didn't belong to us. >> tonight the ballot mix-ups happening in spots around the country. >> announcer: live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, t

after the break, much more with craig melvin. see you then. ♪ i started this campaign saying we were in the battle for the soul of the nation. i believe that even more deeply today. who we are, what we stand for, and maybe most importantly, who we are going to be, it's all at stake. character is on the ballot, the character of the country, and this is our opportunity to leave the dark, angry politics of the past four years behind us, to choose hope over fear, unity over division, science over fiction. i believe it's time to unite the country, to come together as a nation, but i can't do it without you. so i'm asking for your vote. we need to remember this is the united states of america, and there's never been anything we've been unable to do when we've done it together. i'm joe biden, and i approve this message. who's sujoe biden.rop 15? biden says, "every kid deserves a quality education and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. that's why i support prop. 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is r

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. [music playing] >>> good evening i'm shephard smith on cnbc, and this is the news right now on a brand new newscast we would normally play the best sound and individual groet debate, right? that's the lead, the back and forth from the president and the man who wants to replace them. that produced open, as we call it about a minute it's fast. there's music, it's compelling, rich with emotion. that was our plan. that's what we'll usually do, but as it turns out in this moment, that's just the noise. you've heard it, and we need to cut through it you've told us what you think about the debate we have cnbc overnight polls just in. and we'll share. truth is, there's never been such a thing as last night a first official introduction of the two candidates from the committee on presidential debates follows rules. it's dignified, democratic, structured, american not last night that debate cannot be measured by traditional x's and o's, regardless of how you'll vote. we len defer this hour to d

craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we are now just one week out from the deadline to vote, and in just 176 hours, the first big group of states will close their polls on election day. so far, though, more than 62 million americans have already voted. according to nbc, early voting could hit 100 million ballots by election day. you're looking at long lines in philadelphia this morning, on the last day of early in-person voting there. right now the campaigns are storming those key battleground states. today president trump will hold rallies in michigan, wisconsin and nebraska. his bread ses sore, former president obama will be campaigning for joe biden in orlando, florida, and biden himself is going to zero in on georgia. coming up in a few minutes, i'll talk to one of the democratic senate candidates who could flip a seat there. >>> but hanging over all of it, this pandemic. this morning president trump says all everyone wants to talk about is, quote, covid, covid, covid. hard not to. here is why. hospitalizations in th

i've got to say on msnbc, craig melvin and pelosi started discussing this. i want you to and analyze it. watch. >> that the president of the united states should transfer power. >> now, i do think the president should. >> you don't think he needs to transfer power right now because -- >> that's not my judgment. >> laura: beside from the fact she's touching her mask five times and contaminating its, as they all do, what about this? she answers, no, i do think the president showed. should you transfer your powers now? very odd. >> first and foremost, laura, we need the exact same commission for future speakers. male or female. who get set up other hairdressers. anybody who cannot control their hairdressing, is a very harried job and you have to be good at it. look, this is how meaningless the exercises today. she let something out. it's called the constitution. under the constitution if somebody deems that president is unfit for office under the 25th amendment they seek to remove by congressional act or by act of the cabinets and he should be removed. the pres

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. ♪ >>> first up on msnbc, single digits. we're down to just nine days until the election. both candidates on the trail this weekend, making their closing pitch to voters and trading barbs. >> i have dealt with guys like trump my whole life. and so have you. guys that look down on you because they have a lot of money. guys who think they're better than you. guys that inherit everything in life and then squander it. guys who stiff electricians and plumbers and contractors, working at hotels and casinos and golf courses. >> you don't want sleepy joe to be your president. they called in obama. sir, i have bad news. president trump is going to campaign for sleepy joe. and i said, is that good news or bad news. >> this with a record number of americans that have already voted. check out new york city yesterday. voters up and down the block. that's the first day of early voting there. >>> two top aides to vice president mike pence test positive for covid-19, as five states see new record highs of cases. >>> and in florida thousands

. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> i just got home, and i opened the door, is my husband's dead on the floor. >> a husband and father suddenly gone. >> did he hit his head? did he have a heart attack? >> i said something's wrong, something's wrong. >> there was a lot of blood. >> then they found the bullets. he'd been shot with two different guns. >> two guns, does that mean two shooters? >> one could argue that. >> detectives would unravel a staggering plan of stone cold evil. >> this plot to kill him had been going back months. >> months. there was a seethiing hatred. >> it was a game. everyone else was just collateral damage. >> it just destroyed my heart. i'm angry now, and i was never a very angry person. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline." in the eyes of his daughter, randy baker could do no wrong. he was her rock and a mentor for countless others. randy dedicated himself to a deeply personal mission counseling others to overcome addiction. it was a battle he, too, waged as a young man, so when randy was found dead, investigators wo

. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> i call and her phone went straight to voicemail, over and over and over. i realized something was wrong. >> i got the call that they had found heather's car. >> we pop the trunk, and there's our victim. >> a body of evidence that made no sense. >> she was wearing an oversize mickey mouse shirt. >> reporter: she own any mickey mouse clothing? >> no. >> she had long hair. >> reporter: and her hair was cut? >> her hair was cut. >> who could be this sick in the head to do this? >> potential suspects would pile up, so why did loved ones distrust the lead detective? >> he was off track right from the beginning. >> we were begging them, take him off the case. >> a case, building to an explosive reckoning. >> reporter: the world blows up. >> the world blows up. >> almost surreal. >> no one can say that they forgive the devil. >> hello and welcome to "dateliej." heather bogle was thrilled to get a job at the local whirlpool factory even if it meant working night shift. this way her days were clear for her daughter

craig melvin here. eight days left until the end of voting, and any minute now, president trump will be rallying supporters in allentown, pennsylvania. it is his first of three campaign stops in that battleground state. today, a live look at the scene in allentown. we will keep an eye and an ear on that event for any news that might be made. >>> with polls showing a tight race in a series of key battlegrounds, every vote counts. this morning, maryland, early in-person voting just getting started. what you see is a line from silver spring early this morning. voters waiting in line to cast their ballots, even before the sun came up. and that is in spite of this pandemic, which is not just disappeared, as promised. in fact, we have now lost more than 226,000 americans to this virus. we have now recorded more new cases over the past week than at any other point during the pandemic. let's get right to our reporters. carol lee is in pennsylvania at the president's next stop. mike memoli is covering the biden

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. ♪ >>> first up on msnbc, battleground state swing. both candidates hitting key parts of the country, as the final debate looms. we're tracking the latest just 16 days out. >>> the battle of michigan. governor whitmer blasts the president over his latest rally roar remarks. >>> new strategy. how one of america's biggest retailers plans to reinvent the holiday sale season in light of covid-19. >>> comic relief, "saturday night live" takes on this week's dueling town halls with some interesting twists. >>> good morning. it is sunday, october 18th. we're happy you're up with us. i'm lindsey reiser. >> can we get it as an i.v. good morning, everybody. we're live at msnbc world headquarters here. just got back from philadelphia yesterday. didn't bring back any cheesesteaks or anything like that. we were talking to voters. we wanted to find out, we have the polls that show an increase of numbers of black men that support the president. are they real? i'll show you what i find out later today. >>> we begin with the race to the white house. 16

. >> i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales, and this is "dateline." >> did you shoot your parents? >> no. >> either one of them? >> no. >> you're not a murderer. >> i'm not a murderer. >> madison holten, high school senior, accused killer. >> i literally got chills. this is a huge deal. >> the father had come home and found a lot of drug paraphernalia. >> they were having a lot of issues with him. it was hurting her heart to have this happen. >> distraught parents, a rebellious teen. a family meeting explodes into violence. >> that situation goes from calm to murder in 11 minutes? >> i mean it's homicide. >> i didn't hurt either of my parents. >> this was a lot bigger and a lot deeper than what initially we thought. >> they thought they picked out some weak minded kid. they didn't know who they were playing with. >>> hello, and welcome to "dateline." madison holten was a restless teenager itching for independence, but his parents were worried he was headed for trouble. they gave him an ultimatum, shape up or suffer the consequences. then in the blink of an eye, two people were dea

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. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> he said, christy's been murdered. she was taken so soon and so violently. i couldn't stop shaking. >> a young teacher leaving for school murdered before she could get out the door. >> this was a horrific scene. >> it was a nightmare scene. she had christmas presents that she was taking to her students that day. >> i was petrified. i just thought, who, why? >> we looked at suspect after suspect after suspect. >> the crime was a mystery for decades. >> we were still with no answer. >> i mean, this poor family. we thought we might be able to solve this case. >> could cutting edge science yield a new clue? >> this was a huge lead. >> absolutely. this wasn't someone that they had had a reason to look at or talk to before. >> he was he. he was here the whole time. >> you were li'il literally talo her killer? absolutely. face to face. >> evil comes in all packages. >> it certainly does. >> hello, and welcome to "dateline." christy mirack always knew she wanted to be a teacher and her enthusiasm showed. colleagues m