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>> they had no idea. they believed that their issues had been taken care of. they had no more problems. and to immediately go from a death notification, to youre under arrest for solicitation, to capital murder -- >> reporter: thats a head-snapper. >> yeah. thatll get your attention. was valerie mcdaniel a murderous mastermind? as investigators suspected. or, another victim of leon jacob? coming up -- >> i couldnt believe this was happening to my sister. >> what could have driven valerie to ...

Sprang their trap. >> right now, were going to read you your rights. >> me? >> reporter: they arrested leon and valerie for solicitation of capital murder. and revealed, there was no murder and no kidnapping. meghan and mack were alive and well. >> they had no idea. they believed that their issues had been taken care of. they had no more problems. and to immediately go from a death notification, to youre under arrest for solicitation, to capital murder -- >> reporter: thats a head-snapper. >> ye...

They had the money paid to the undercover officer, and so they sprang their trap. >> right now, were going to read you your rights. >> me? >> reporter: they arrested leon and valerie for solicitation of capital murder. and revealed, there was no murder and no kidnapping. meghan and mack were alive and well. >> they had no idea. they believed that their issues had been taken care of. they had no more problems. and to immediately go from a death notification, to youre under arrest for solicitation...

Sprang their trap. >> right now, were going to read you your rights. >> me? >> reporter: they arrested leon and valerie for solicitation of capital murder. and revealed, there was no murder and no kidnapping. meghan and mack were alive and well. >> they had no idea. they believed that their issues had been taken care of. they had no more problems. and to immediately go from a death notification, to youre under arrest for solicitation, to capital murder -- >> reporter: thats a head-snapper. >> ye...

>> very suspicious, yes. >> the one thing hes not, is an actor. a good actor. >> reporter: the police got the reaction they were looking for. they had the money paid to the undercover officer, and so they sprang their trap. >> right now, were going to read you your rights. >> me? >> reporter: they arrested leon and valerie for solicitation of capital murder. and revealed, there was no murder and no kidnapping. meghan and mack were alive and well. >> they had no idea. they believed that their iss...

Sprang their trap. >> right now, were going to read you your rights. >> me? >> they arrested leon and valerie for solicitation of capital murder. and revealed, there was no murder -- and no kidnapping. meghan and mack were alive and well. >> they had no idea. they believed that their issues had been taken care of. they had no more problems. and to immediately go from a death notification, to youre under arrest for solicitation, to capital murder -- >> thats a head-snapper. >> yeah. that -- thatl...

>> they care a lot about gitmo. they care about that as a symbol of -- >> why is he talking to them to get to our young people? >> well, there is an echo here. remember the speech before the election when he spoke to 250,000 people and in berlin and one of the things, one of the hopes that they and a lot of people around the world invested in president obama was he would end a lot of the bush era policies that were condemned around the world. its very important stuff to people. the torture and g...

It was a huge symbol of all of that. there is disappointment. >> is that because they thought african-american democrat, hes a man of the simple left like a lot of the students are. like i remember during the war with iraq, i was covering some things and all the people in bonn said no blood for oil. they were very much against those wars. >> if its a head snapper for a lot of american whos wonder about the nsa surveillance under this constitutional lawyer president, yes, it is a much simpler alm...

Gitmo. why do they care about gitmo? >> they care a lot about gitmo. they care about that as a symbol of. >> why is he talking to them to get to our young people? >> well, there is an echo here. remember the speech before the election when he spoke to 250,000 people and in berlin and one of the things, one of the hopes that they and a lot of people around the world invested in president obama was he would end a lot of the bush era policies that were condemned around the world. its very important...

Allowing its constitutionality? >> yes, there is no doubt that the government is arguing both sides of this issue. today, they say for the purposes of this federal law, this isnt a tax, but tomorrow theyll be back here arguing not only is is it allowed under the commerce clause, but it was passed under the broad taxes authority. it seems like a head snapper. it a nuanced argument the government is making that the penalty itself isnt a tax, but the law was passed under the broad taxes authority. ...