most disturbing by far was what happened seven months before the murder in february 2004. on the eve of magdi and ariet's 24th wedding anniversary. >> so she starts talking on magdi. can we go out to dinner? that's what starts this fight. >> doesn't sound like a very long fight. >> no. he punches her in the face. this was a challenge to magdi. that will not happen in his household. >> someone standing up to him? >> oh yeah, challenging him in how he should run his marriage. that was absolutely completely out of line. >> even if the person challenging you is the other partner in the marriage, your wife? >> to magdi girgis, she's not a partner. that's what we would call her, but that's not what he sees. >> richard remembers arriving