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Joe biden image democratic event in iowa this weekend. almost all of his primary opponents are showing up. he will know had to iowa on tuesday. faces new scrutiny on his 45 year low support of the hide amendment mark. meredith is joining us with the latest on what this means and how other primary puns are attacking. reporter: a busy day, joe biden will go back to iowa his scheduled event in at least four cities, also expected to face more questions about what you are talking about. his decision ...

>> reporter: the former yale womens soccer coach turned federal informant emerging as a key figure who led investigators to the accused mastermind of that massive college admission scandal. court documents allege rick singer paid meredith $400,000 in bribe money to recruit a student who he falsely described as the co-captain of a prominent club soccer team in southern california, despite knowing that the applicant did not play competitive soccer. just this week, yale announced its rescinding tha...

Because they fear being sued if a teacher ends up hurting a student. >> they say theres a system put in place where they cant break up fights. but that should be high school. you have little kids. >> reporter: an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow, and the medical examiner will issue a report in the coming days that might explain how the girl died. the other student has been suspended from school. cecilia? >> okay, thank you. next, a guilty plea in that nationwide college admissions scandal. th...

To show that jasons call to meredith to pick up those e-bay printouts was merely a ploy to get her to discover the body and find cassidy. why else would he print an e-bay auction ad leave it on the printer and hit the road where he couldnt bid during the actual auction? they called sergeant spivey to the stand. >> that auction was going to end 8:00 p.m. eastern standard time. >> what day was that? >> that was on november 2nd, 2006. >> reporter: just hours before the murder. now prosecutors tried...

>> the defendant brutally murdered michelle marie fisher young. >> reporter: way out of bounds, said the attorney. the jury should not have been allowed to hear about any of that. outside the court, michelles sister meredith predicted the appeal would be thrown out. >> the jury came to the right verdict. we are confident it will stay. >> reporter: but she was wrong. >> a raleigh man is getting a third trial in the death of his pregnant wife. >> reporter: in april 2014 the north carolina court of...

>> i dont think so. >> have you checked? shes cold. >> okay. >> reporter: as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, just feet from where her mother lay. cassidys voice chattering to her aunt was caught on the recorded call. >> shes got booboos everywhere. >> had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? >> you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across ...

>> because i wanted it to be a surprise. a surprise to michelle means so much more than anything. >> reporter: so around noon november 3rd he called his sister-in-law meredith from the car to ask if shed go to the house and get those ebay papers. >> friday november 3rd. >> he left meredith a voicemail. >> could you go over there and see if you can find them on the computer? >> reporter: then he headed to his mothers place in the mountains nearby. and it was there, he testified, hours later that ...

And -- and she was empty. >> what did she tell you? >> things werent working out with jason. >> reporter: two days before she was murdered, michelle phoned her sister meredith to report yet another blowup with jason. >> she was just, "ive had it." she said, "you know, more than one time, i just cant do this anymore." >> reporter: jason was telling one of his close friends the same thing. and prosecutors said just days before michelle was murdered, he had indulged in one last transgression. a cas...

Off about possible bribes at yale. this coming out after actress lori loughlin was in court yesterday. we learned her daughter was reportedly on the yacht of eight usc official when the scandal broke. molly line, in boston, with more on appearing in court this week. >> harris, so much to cover in this case. the investigation was kicked off by a tip from a financial executive who was cooperating with authorities involved in a security fraud case. he told them about a conversation he had with a wo...

Anything else. and all we can do is just give everything that we can to them, work hard and continue to pray. >> and youre volunteering, of course. does it frustrate you when you hear the types of things that we showed at the beginning of the segment, the media and hollywood being condescending about the bible and about alabama? >> it does not bother me. they can say what they want. i have one to answer to on judgment day. ill just continue to pray for everyone that wants to speak like that. but...