December 2001 News Today

Although i do acknowledge that the garden state punches way above its weight when it comes to political scandals. [indistinct conversations] in 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick...

In 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more compl...

they made us a family. >> not only did she raise these children and have quite an accomplished corporate career, dinner 50, she would do it. >> but, in the wee hours of a winter night. >> i found them at the base of the stairs. >> kathleen peterson, dead. >> was this a fall, or was this murder? >> a mystery we covered for more than a decade comes to a shattering and. >> it did not look like a fall. >> michael peterson, under suspicion, then, a bombshell revelation about another woman f...

a perfect life and the perfect wife until the day he says he found her dead. valentines day! yuck >> my wife -- my wife -- i think my wife is just, debt. >> she had enemies. >> there were calls that were made to scare her. >> so imagine everyone shocked when they charged him with murder. >> he just couldnt have done it. >> sure theyve had their problems. >> there was a huge number. and im talking close to 100 phone calls to this phone number back and forth. >> but he did love her. >> i...

marriage to work, i did not give up. >> soon he was gone, vanished without a word or a trace. >> he left the young daughter behind. he left the house. >> was this a husband who did not want to be found? or could this be something else. >> detectives are not an undercover operation. that would lead to a long -- >> hard to say ready for that? i know that it has to happen. >> disappearance in the desert. could it be the perfect crime. i can only imagine what would be like to keep that. we...

executive. but as your career was on the rise. her marriage was on the rocks. sydney >> i still wanted this marriage to work, i did not give up. >> soon he was gone, vanished without a word or a trace. >> he left the young daughter behind. he left the house. >> was this a husband who did not want to be found? or could this be something else. >> detectives are not an undercover operation. that would lead to a long -- >> hard to say ready for that? i know that it has to happen. >> disapp...

and im talking close to 100 phone calls to this phone number back and forth. >> but he did love her. >> i told some people at the clinic i wish i had someone that would look at me the way jon looks at susan. >> the question for the jury was didi lover to death. >> the motive was laws lost. >> hello and welcome to dateline if youre a fan of fictional courtroom dramas you might think that every criminal trial and with a bombshell. maybe its a surprise witness or an 11th hour confession. ...

israel across the border. im michael smerconish in philadelphia. israeli defense forces expanding their ground operation in gaza overnight. an idf spokesman says the forces are in the field and continue the fighting with infinity and armored vehicles backed by massive strikes from the air and the sea, including the bombing of hamas tunnels. the bombardment also knocking out communications in gaza, creating a near information blackout. and largely cutting off the territorys more than 2 ...

And meet with them in person. only, she would not. >> she would say, hes not missing. we said that we want to find him and even asked to come in to help us find him. she would not come in. >> so, ellen, and detective wilson never met face to face. she claims she was giving him all the information she had. >> you werent giving him what he needed he want to meet with you? >> he never said that. >> he says he did. >> he never ever asked me to come down, ever. >> instead ellen mailed the detective s...

Issues speaking out about the controversial decision. christina coleman is following the product for us. >> brian several weeks left in office kate brown used for executive clemency powers to commute the sentence of 17 inmates on death row to life in prison without parole. convicted murderer christian was sentenced to death for the brutal december 2001 killings of his wife and three children. under the governors new order he will no longer be on death row. the father of the woman killed call the...