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Remember their loved ones who have fought and died for our freedom. we bring in director of the naval history and heritage command rear admiral sam cox on the history of memorial day. good to see you, sir. we take a look at arlington national cemetery and the graves there. so many this weekend will be visited in the way that memorial day began as grave decoration day. how did that happen? and give us a sense of why in the meaning. >> and during the civil war after the extensive loss of life duri...

>> snowden was a computer systems administrator for a national security agency contractor. we learned thursday he used a thumb drive to smuggle top secret documents out of the agency in hawaii where he worked. according to "l.a. times" they now say they know how many documents snowden took. he outed himself last sunday just after this show went off the air in an interview published by "the guardian." he was holed up in a hong kong hotel and sparked a government debate. snowden reported...

abuse leading to death. he could receive 50 years in prison. >> satisfied with this today. not going to make any further statements. now me and my family have a little closure. >> reporter: nelsons lawyer say their client wanted to spare others a trial. >> yes, he did. he wanted to close this out for everybodys sake. >> reporter: evidence showed a contentious relationship between nelson and natishia johnson, culminating in phone calls the night of the murder, nelson telling her, me and...

that question today. >> i couldnt believe it. >> reporter: across the street friends or family members ran from cameras into the home of the family whose little girl died this morning after being thrown from this 50-foot high walkway at tysons corner center. a friend of the young parent posted this tribute page on face book to the 2-year-old child saying that words cannot express how sorry he is for the tragic logs of this child. the childs grandmother is charged with her murder. >> th...