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>> reporter: cedillo asked about thanksgiving. small talk. >> whatd you make? >> i made turkey, and there was stuffing and mashed potatoes. and green bean casserole and this cabbage bacon salad that my mom really likes to make, but i dont think david liked it very much. >> reporter: except this wasnt really small talk. detective cedillo was paying close attention. >> alright. so lets start with this morning. >> okay. >> all right. >> this morning. >> okay, what time did you get up? >> about 7:30...

Her boyfriend were connected to ashleys murder. he started off easy. >> no, im originally from lubbock. >> is your family still there? >> i yes. i have otwo sisters and live there still. >> do you still talk to your hom and dad? >> i talk to them every day but i havent seen them. >> where do you go to school? >> west texas a&m university. >> small talk. >> i made turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes and green bean casserole and this cabbage bacon salad that my mom likes to make but i dont thi...

Havent been home. >> reporter: more friendly questions. >> where did you go to school? >> west texas a&m university. >> reporter: cedillo asked about thanksgiving. small talk. >> whatd you make? >> i made turkey, and there was stuffing and mashed potatoes and green bean casserole and this cabbage bacon salad that my mom really likes but i dont think david liked it very much. >> reporter: except this wasnt really small talk. detective cedillo was paying close attention. >> alright. so lets start ...

♪ speak of the five hour work day is something most employees can only dream of. but one company is at actually trying it out and says that workers are more productive. there is a list of dos and donts. small talk is discouraged. social media is banned. phones are kept in backpacks. company emails are checked just twice a day. i dont know. the sounds pretty good to me. what about you? >> greg: this is based on an obvious fact. we really dont do eight hours of work. no, we dont. an eight hour d...

Tell us, theres a catch. >> five hours and serve the traditional aid but that means you have to be very productive. no social media, no phones, meetings are 15 minutes or shorter. small talk is discouraged. company emails or checks twice a day meaning they dont want to be seeing you emailing todd or whoever for movie tickets. this company found they were very productive. they met client needs. in the first year of operations at this german consulting firm, they were profitable because their empl...

None happier. i am still in love with my wife after having been married 60 years as i was when we were teenagers when we met. >> more important than any of your public accomplishments. >> oh, yeah. thats all i want is people to remember that he had a great marriage and that was a good example for others. and i hope that is the case because ive had a love affair with this little woman for a long, long time. >> you know, one of the things that was your signature, you would finish a conversation an...

Small talk. >> whatd you make? >> i made turkey, and there was stuffing and mashed potatoes. and green bean casserole and this cabbaage bacon salad that my mom really likes but i dont think david liked it very much. >> reporter: except this wasnt really small talk. detective cedillo was paying close attention. >> alright. so lets start with this morning. >> okay. >> all right. >> this morning. >> okay, what time did you get up? >> about 7:30. 7:45. >> okay and then what happened then? >> and the...

Germans are in german small. i just might try just. trying to get the mental. groups to try to. meet people. hundreds has come of this sort of response into 2 months and youd move. up to the search because when i spotted it was. tough even if i did you would call. him. as a draft. and one other very important topic that you have to muster in order to smalltalk in germany as a brit i thought i had this topic down but it turns out the germans can give us a run for our money im talking about. speci...

A deal? does he want to make a deal? does president xi want to make a deal? on climate change, where is he on that? is he willing to meet with rouhani or not. a year ago he seemed willing to meet with rouhani without any preconditions and now he says there would be some preconditions. so that was my sense. it was -- i had the sense of him sort of dancing on stage talking a lot, not necessarily coming away with clarity about the path forward on a number of really, really big issues. >> if you ope...