His firsthand account of what happened that dark day. Plus, well take you through the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. Including what the wife of Clarence Thomas had to say about her texts with the former chief of staff. And well take a look at what is ahead for President Biden in the new year and his looming decision on whether to run again in 2024. 2024. Good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, january 2nd. Happy new year. Thank you for starting your day and 2023 with us. The u. S. Capitol police chief during the january 6 insurrection is sharing new details about the alleged Government Failures he says allowed the attack to happen. In a new book that is out tomorrow which has already been reviewed by the Washington Post, stephen son give his firsthand account. In the book, he writes that top leaders from the fbi, dhs and even the capitol polices own Intelligence Division were tipped off about the attack weeks before it happened. Those warnings were
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
i m craig melvin and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. the neighborhood ha everything a burglary wanted t find, private yards, wealthy homes and she had the worst o possible luck, in that h picked her yes i d like to report an attempted break in - a mother, home alone. cops raced to her front door a she walks into an ambush in he backyard how does somebody die in matter of seconds with officer around her home? it was surreal, it wa awful. your first thought of tha time it s a burglary gone wrong. but the burglar caugh red-handed starts pointing fingers. this is a guy who aspire to be a hit man - she was a sitting target. does it now mean that you charge them all with effort now the detectives lay a trap we triedd to play cat and mouse. we re getting reall paranoid about being - one are you wired will they catch their prey? you hold your breath, the world s gonna stop this. you never think it s goin to be you. oh no
and her friends. she was extremely outgoing. a wonderful life that came to a tragic and on one warm summer night. i hear a very weird scream. her life had ended, but our story was just beginning. her killer hadn t been caught. i remember one detective saying to me, you just have to wait till because again. but the trail grew cold. the file forgotten, until decades later, someone dusted it off. the whole goal of these cases was to try and see the thing that s hiding in plain sight. there were clues. a mysterious weapon made of wire, the wedding invitation, a midnight sale to know where. where they enough to catch a killer? i was 100 percent confident that it was our guy. now, the showdown a determined prosecutor against a famed defense lawyer, who helped set ogs in free. i m on the right side. after 35 years, it was finally time for justice. it s been a long journey. he was alone in his makeshift workshop. had to be, for what he intended. carefully
and i m natalie morales and this is dateline . marie was a very loving person she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth i wanted to solve it her case was a mystery fo years. the mom with a tender heart an tough as nails career. she was part of the sheriff s department. her ultimate goal was to try t get into the fbi she found a new sense o purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, lik family they had taken her in they were helping her out. it s like, i m proud of you you re finding god then, one baffling text and she was gone i go, i know, i probabl watch a lot of law & order but i have this really gut feeling. because i was a mom, i just knew she didn t leave on her own. there was no way she left that baby two moms at opposite ends o a mystery. could one get justice for th other? this case for sure was an investigator s worst nightmare soon, clues to a hidden life a very