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Directions down a path into the woods that led to a clearing. >> once we could see an area on the ground where what had looked like a fire had taken place, once we got closer to that, we could tell that there was still a human form there. >> reporter: seven days after she disappeared, detectives had found heather. her body had been badly burned. >> we were brokenhearted. and we had lost her. and she was a big, smiling, beautiful part of our group. >> reporter: chris jones was arrested and charge...

I havent stopped smiling since i come home. >> i can tell. what are you planning to do with your life now? >> get a job and thrive. ive got this opportunity, and i dont want to squander it, you know. thats a nice-looking club. >> hes got a job, working in a neighborhood deli. and he lives under the protective eye of the man who never stopped trying to prove his innocence and who hasnt stopped yet. roberts pardon was conditional, meaning he has a parole officer and an ankle bracelet and still a r...

>> i know that ive taken a facebook sabbatical over the past six months or so. it felt like it was a time suck. i wasnt getting much out of it. you know what? i dont miss it. why do you think it is that taking a break from social media is a good thing for our well-being? >> sometimes what deer on facebook and other social media is actually comparing ourselves to others. and avoiding our real life. and so sometimes its good to take that break, reconnect in real life with your family and friends. ...

About what disappoints him about waste. $500,000 to study if smiling in a selfie makes you happier, and the most ironic of all and my favorite, $375 grand to study if producing studies provides better studies. and $2.5 million to study what makes the perfect first date. >> i would like to see the $2.5 million study to see what makes the perfect date. it could help my dating life. but all this stuff is little things that really do add up, and we the taxpayers are the ones that are going to end up...

The red cross says all those in need of hospital attention have -- are out. but snow has been following -- falling and people are struggling to keep warm. one of those evacuated over the weekend was a 7-year-old whose tweets from inside eastern aleppo were shared around the world. earlier she was a guest in the presidential palace of turkish president erdogan. >> reporter: its the latest footage of the 7-year-old in turkey presidential palace in a carefully managed photo op with president erdoga...

Those evacuees, as you mentioned 7-year-old bana. she has now resurfaced in turkey, in the capital ankara. in a carefully controlled photo-op with president erdogan. you can see her kissing erdogan on the cheek, shaking his hand. in another image she is sitting on erdogans lap. her brother is next to her and she turns to him in english and says thank you for rescuing them from eastern aleppo. and of course its a very stark contrast because were used to seeing pictures of her in a war zone. but t...

Breaking news, its now official, the electioral colleg voted, confirming donald trump is president-elect of the united states. trump tweeted moments ago, "we did it, thank you to all of my great supporters. we just officially won the election. despite all of the distorted and inaccurate media, unparentheses." >> reporter: electors may be carrying out their official function and selecting a president on behalf of the voters they represent today but wont be able to heal the political wounds still ...

With only a few days left, this now falls on president-elect trump. he has been advising trump. these incidents do happen, that this may not be so unprecedented. if you remember, it was 77 days that george w. bush took office before there was a chinese warplane that slammed into a u.s. surveillance plane. it was 44 days that president obama took office before chinese vessels surrounded a u.s. naval vessel. these incidents do happen. chinese authorities do tend to test the incoming administration...

Pillow there. and -- you want to know what the conversation was? is that what youre asking? >> yes, please. >> i just -- first i talked to the parents and said, you know, if i got to go in here and i got to make the child happy and laugh and try to make him forget about his woes, you know. and i know youre in a -- in a bad way right now, because they were all pretty much sobbing already, you know. i says, but i cant do that if youre in there crying as well, you know. and i said, if you -- if you...

I wanted to highlight something you were doing a charity that you are involved in. tell us about it. >> food for the poor. actually operates in 17 different countries. they are phenomenal. 9 5% of all the money. they get small contributions. bigger contributions as well. goes right to services that help the poor not just handing out food and water but self-sustainability. areas that havent gotten the benefit of a free market and havent gotten the benefit of a non-corrupt government actually help...