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 matriarch. you were either part of their family or you weren t. together they had a little girl, sydney. when their marriage fell apart, her family closed ranks. in 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. dad?ut who would kill a devoted the unbelievable choice, his golden girl wife or the gracious family matriarch? they seemed so loving, but was 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 an
piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to
university of pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floor where he parks his corvette and which is secured by only a garage door that s paper thin and open most of the time. trump also said he s been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in miami, florida, next tuesday. another quote, i never thought it was possible that such a thing could happen to a former president of the united states. i am an innocent man, he added. this is indeed a dark day for the united states of america. matthew whitaker is the former acting attorney general under former president trump. he joins me now with reaction. first of all, just your initial reaction to what the former president just said. this is a dark day for this nation. harris, good to be with you. it s a really sad day for our country. if you believe in the rule of law, if you believe in equal justice under the law, this should concern you, because, you know, we have what appears to be a completely political pr
other residents left to run for cover. translator: we were on the eighth floor with my 4-year-old son. we first ran to the corridor, and then down the fire staircase to get outside. reporter: as you can see, this building sustained some pretty substantial damage, and the drone attack went on for several hours last night, with the drones hovering over the city center and ukrainian air defenses frantically trying to take them down. ukraine s military says it shot down 29 of the 31 uavs the russians sent. kyiv s mayor vitali klitschko comforting his citizens, and telling me western air defense systems kept many people here safe. if we didn t have our defense, modern defense from our partners we have much worse situation in our hometown. more destroy the buildings and it will be more civilians killed. reporter: but russia has already threatened massive retaliation after the drone attack on moscow, leaving people in kyiv and elsewhere bracing for what could be worse to com
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