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Tonight the allstar cast of trumbo together in the very room where the famous blacklist was written. First the nightline 5. Innovative sonic Care Technology with up to 27 more brush movements versus oralb. Get healthier gums in two weeks. Save when you buy the most loved rechargeable toothbrush brand in america. Constipated . Trust number one doctor recommended dull a ka lax. Gentle overnight relief, suppositories for relief in minutes, stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. Dulcola dulcolax, designed for depe good evening and thanks for joining us. We have major developments in the terror that struck california. Lets go straight to my nightline coanchor byron pitts in San Bernardino again for us tonight. Reporter good evening from california. Tonight the nation grappling with what officials now say may be the deadliest terror attack on our homeland since 9 11. Authorities saying a young mother who arrived here on a fiancee visa may have radicalized her husband. Pledging allegiance to the leader of isis as the couple turned a Holiday Party into a killing field. Tonight investigators trying to determine how the warning signs of their double life went undetected. This is the first picture of Tashfeen Malik whose killing spree with her husband ended in this glaze of gunfire. The young mother herself allegedly firing out the back window of this suv at police. Today Authorities Say they are investigating the shootout in San Bernardino as an act of terror. This is now a federal terrorism investigation led by the fbi. Reporter Authorities Say within moments of murdering 14 people at her husbands Holiday Office party, Tashfeen Malik went on facebook to declare her allegiance to isis. Yes, there was a pledge of allegiance. Reporter malik was born in pakistan, moved to saudi arabia at age 4. She returned to pakistan to attend college. Her marriage to syed farook came after she wed him on a matrimonial website and had an Engagement Party in mecca, saud yeah arabia. A dress abc news discovered today does not exist. U. S. Officials are questioning whether she was the one who radicalized her husband. I dont know the answer whether she influenced him or not. Being a husband myself, were all influenced to an extent. But i dont know the answer. They were great parents. Always happy with each other. Reporter today syed farooks sister and brotherinlaw paint a far different picture. She never mentioned any political thing. Not to us ever, or to anybody else that we know. Reporter until wednesdays massacre the couple seemed to live unassuming lives. A twobedroom townhouse where they lived with farooks mother. Behind this door evidence of their double life. As my colleague matt gutman saw. Holes punched through the doors, a door thats been ripped in half right next to this bathroom. Reporter in the kitchen, cookware on the counter. A bottle of pepto next to cans of baby food. Dishes in the sink. Overnight the fbi had turned their home back to its owner who allowed reporters into his rental property. The fbi had already removed all the evidence they needed. A list on a coffee table of items seized. Christmas lights, dozens of boxes of ammunition. Upstairs in the babys room, diapers, open suitcases, a bin with shredded paper, a prayer rug. In the closet shirts, gun cleaner, pairs of baby shoes. The baby is now in the care of child protective services. The house shows little evidence the deadly attacks they had allegedly planned at the inland regional center. That attack began wednesday at 11 00 a. M. When the couple reportedly entered through a patio door, unloading at least 65 rounds. We have several down in the Conference Room. Reporter the death toll could have been much higher in part because the workers were just reentering the Conference Room after a break when the shooting started. She was sitting with her friends. Talking, the break almost finished. Reporter as she was about to reenter Conference Room from the bathroom the world changed. At that time, bullets started flying. Reporter she was shot four times. So its two bullets hit straight above her head to the wall. Then she saw her hand bleeding, right hand. And the bleeding happening here. Some minor bleeding happening she was hit on her arm . On the right arm. And right here. One right here. And one here. In her stomach . Reporter the killing focused just where she had been sitting moments before. People screaming and pop pop pop sounds, multiple gunshots. And if she left 30 seconds prior when the restroom, she felt she could have been sitting there and got killed. Because all the people she was sitting with, they are killed. All dead. Reporter anisa and her husband are muslim and worship at the same mosque farook attended 2012 to 2014. Today disbelief mixed with prayer. I know him very well. Reporter mustapha is director of the mosque. He told us farook came faithfully, twice daily, sought his counsel about his future bride. He was not looking for, say, beauty, money, fame, name, whatever. Hes looking for a religious woman. Someone who has a muslim woman of strong faith . Exactly. Reporter she kept her face covered even among family members who say they never saw her face. They did not interact with her. The brothers did not ever see her face. Theyve never seen her face because she did wear a burqa. They knew her but she was totally covered. Reporter trends and quaint ants say syed farook was a cloneclone loner, quiet, kept to himself. Not someone who looks for confront advertise or getting into disputes. In talking to some of his coworkers they describe a shar person. Very nice but very reserved, very quiet. Right. Here at the mosque the same way . Same way. Quiet, reserved, stay today himself . Same way, thats true. Thats true. Staying to himself, very much to himself, you know. Probably the im the only one who used to talk to him before anybody else. Reporter today before friday prayers he says he doesnt recognize the man who murdered 14 people. Its a very different person from the person who did this crime. Very different person. Reporter we talked about suicide bombings, we talked about things that tarnished the image of islam, and he thought it was wrong. Thats what im saying. Reporter muslims across the nation and in San Bernardino itself strongly condemning the couples actions. The taking of lives of innocent people is absolutely unacceptable. Reporter and his family apologizing tonight for the man who caused so much pain. I just want to say that were sorry for their loss. We cant begin to imagine what theyre going through. Somebody lost their husband, wife its just a horrible feeling. And we are extremely sad. Byron pitts reporting from San Bernardino. Thanks, byron. Up next for us, the jawdropping story of a seemingly happy couple that turned from madly in love to sheer madness in a murder for hire plot. Or was it . This is the best block of all. Its like candy cane lane. I know. Oohhh. Oh, holiday ferris wheel. I kind of love it. Look at those reindeer. Jeffrey, youre awfully quiet back there. I was just thinking. Maybe its time to finish this test drive and head back to the dealership . That is so jeffrey. Soooo jeffrey. So jeffrey. Oh. Elfs. Its practically yours. But we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new passat. And other select models. Redid you say 97 . 97 yes. You know, that reminds me of geicos 97 Customer Satisfaction rating. 97 . Helped by geicos fast and friendly claims service. Huh. Oh yeah, baby. Geicos as fast and friendly as it gets. Woo geico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. Mike . Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . He has that dry scratchy thing going on. Guess what . It works on his cough too. Cough guess what . It works on his cough too. What . Stop dont pull me spoiler alert she doesnt make it only mucinex dm relieves both wet and dry coughs for 12 hours with two medicines in one pill. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. It was a story that captured headlines and the nations imagination. Seemingly happy newlyweds whose love morphs into an alleged murder for hire mystery in six short months. The accused florida woman is speaking out telling her version of the story tonight. Heres abcs amy robach. Miss dippolito . Is your husband michael . Reporter the road to infamy beginning here, it looks like police are telling Dalia Dippolito her husband has been murdered. Watch closely, nothing in this tape is what it seems. Turns out police are duping dahlia. The crime scene . Its fake. Police claim dahlia ordered a hit on her husband and they have hidden camera video to prove it. Nobodys going to be able to point a function at me. Im 5,000 percent sure. Caught on tape taking a contract out on her Husband Police staged a fake murder scene Dalia Dippolito when people hear the name Dalia Dippolito, what come toth mind . Everything negative. The person theyre describing is definitely not me. Reporter her downfall began the day she met what she thought was her dream man. What was your initial impression of Mike Dippolito . Charming, really strong connection. Reporter mike had a porsche. Seemed to have plenty of money. And a nice new condo. What better setup to start a new life. I would say i was naive. Reporter police say after just six months of marriage, dahlia has other men in her life who are helping her with a secret plan, to get mikes money, his condo, get him out of the way. One of those men is in the front seat of this car. She asked if i could get someone to kill her husband for her. Reporter the man recorded as he talked to detectives. Are you scared for the guy . Yes. Because shes really dead serious on getting this done. Reporter to get proof the cops make mohammad a confidential informant. He arranges to meet dahlia at this gas station . Whats up . The guy is a professional. Nobodys going to be able to point a finger on me. Reporter he says the hit man wants 1,200 to buy a gun. She comes prepared and gives him a photo of mike. Two days later the talk turns to action in this cvs parking lot. This is witty jean, Undercover Police officer. Police say dahlia thinks shes meeting an actual hit man in his cherry red convertible. Im going to tell you how im going to do it and what exactly is going to get done. Reporter a burglary gone wrong that leaves mike dead. Everybody works in the daytime. Im going to think hes at work. Hes not at work and he gets two in the head. Between now and when its done, you know, youre not going to have an opportunity to change your mind even if you change your mind. No theres no you definitely want to do this . Im positive, like 5,000 sure. Reporter cops has come to Boynton Beach to film the last part of the investigation. The detectives were going to stage this fake crime scene. I hear a banging on the door. Im a sergeant with the police department, your wife has hired a person to kill you. I was very surprised. Reporter they drive him away and transform the street to make 250,000 condo into her name, and she wanted another man. Dahlias trial lawyer michael sell nick has a defense it was never anyones intention to harm anyone. It was a stunt. It was a hoax. Reporter it was a plot to get on television, a reality tv defense. Salnick tells the jury that dahl yeah mohammad, and michael were working together to try to land themselves as stars in reality tv. Absolutely not. Thats a lie. Reporter as for the mysterious mohammad, what does he make of all of this . He declined to do an interview with us. He has denied working on a video with dahlia and mike. The defense is going to rest. Reporter it took three hours to reach a verdict. We find the defendant guilty of solicitation to commit murder. Reporter then dahlias hail mary prayer for appeal was answered. A florida judge ruled the jury wasnt selected properly and ordered a new trial. Were you surprised . Its the first piece of good news throughout the whole process that i received. Reporter because it is a pretrial interview, her newly hired highprofile lawyers, mark iglarsh and brian play and pool, wouldnt let her talk about certain parts of the case, in particular those seemingly damning videotapes. Wipe my [ bleep ] off how do you explain what weve seen and heard on this videotape . Id like explain that to you but i cant because the attorneys have told me were saving that for our day in court. Please, i didnt do anything. You were acting in this tape . Yes. But youre telling the truth now if. Yes. Why should we believe you . Its what happened. The truth. Reporter dahlia says six years after those videos made her the poster woman for how not to hire a hit man she is still completely misunderstood. Give me three words to describe yourself. Understanding. Sweet. Compassionate. Reporter mike depippolito h his own choice of words. Three words to describe dahl dahlia . Manipulative, conniving ive got more than three. Malicious. Liar, liar, liar. Did you ever love Mike Dippolito . I married him because i loved him. Now . Now i wish i never would have met him. I feel the same way. I wish i would have made a left, not a right. Trust me. Reporter for nightline, im amy robach in new york. Dahlias attorneys have recently filed a motion to discuss the entire case. Up next, breaking bad star and fourtime emmy winner Bryan Cranston takes on a new role in a blacklist saga. Abc news nightline brought to you by viagra. Ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension. Your Blood Pressure could drop to an unsafe level. To avoid longterm injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. Stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. Ask your doctor about viagra. Plan well and enjoy life. 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Reporter in Trumbo Cranston inhabits the flamboyant screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted and jailed in the 1950s for supposed communist ties. This fight came to him. I dont think he thought of himself as a hero to fight the fight. He defended himself. I think anyone would did that. Reporter he continued writing screenplays, including spartacus. I pray for a son who will be born free. Reporter won two Academy Awards for the brave one and roman holiday. Dont you have to work . Todays going did be a holiday. Reporter both written in secrecy. The famous hollywood blacklist that made it impossible for accused artists to work was drawn up in this room in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where i met with cranston and costars helen mirren and diane lane. I cant believe were in the room where the document was signed. Im feeling very haunted in here. Reporter in the film mirren plays trumbos nemesis, hedda hopper, a powerful gossip columnist who could doom a career with the flick of her pen. Whisper a movie youve written in secret. Maybe ive even heard of it. I think we should all be very conscious and thoughtful about who and what we support. In our lifetimes. Because it can come back and bite you if you find yourself as they say on the wrong side of history. And hedda certainly found herself on the wrong side of history. Reporter cranston nailed the prolific writer who in real life did much of his best work in the bathtub with a trademark cigarette in his mouth. I work in a bathtub always the smoking, always the curls of smoke. Did that drive you crazy . Oh did it drive me crazy. It was difficult. But the moustache was quite a