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>> born to rock but nonetheless basically a quiet and unassuming guy. at 21, the youngest of five children and still living at home in chesterfield, michigan, ith his parents, dorene and bob. >> creating music is what he was happiest with. >> we were going to go to the detroit symphony,and it surprised me he wanted to go. >> the drummer with the heavy metal band, right? >> the drummer with the heavy metal band wanted to go to the detroit symphony with me. >> reporter: but this story isn't about the making of the music. matt landry from basement drummer to arena superstar. this is about an unusual crime spree in the detroit suburbs and how that connected to a nightmarish week in august of 2009 when matt landry disappeared. ♪♪ saturday afternoon, like most, matt had been behind the drum kit in a practice session with the guys. >> and we were playing in my basement, where we always practiced. >> reporter: they had to date only one paying gig in their career, a neighborhood block party.
on a warm day in august of 2009, 65-year-old ray kotomski quenched his thirst with a cool drink, but that drink contained a secret. a potion so sinister kotomski would be dead within hours. not only did investigators have to figure out what killed the happily retired pennsylvania man, but would who want him dead and why. here is josh mankiewicz with "something sweet." >> the course of true love takes some strange twists and turns. particularly when it flows out of an online dating site. occasionally a cyber fling blossoms into a marriage. this is the story of one of those marriages. what went right and what did not? back in 2002 ray kotomski was a 60-year-old happily retired former corrections officer living comfortably by himself in a house in the pennsylvania
gottheimer was talking about, the state and local deductions, prescription drug benefits and being able to negotiate drug prices, and of course, immigration ask nd just the ovel cost. >> you were part of the democratic committee after the house lost 60 votes. david axelrod said last night that he saw those losses coming a long way away because of the economic situation. do you think your party is in store for a similar shellacking? >> yes, unless we can get our act together. what happened in 2021 is eerily reminiscent of what happened in 2009. we lost new jersey, we lost in many parts of the country. we knew we were in trouble in august of 2009. it wasn't until august of 2010 that we realized, this isn't
the anti-obama movement. >> i had a sick feeling that what had been bubbling up was now a grassroots organized movement against the affordable care act and it was going to make it much harder to get the legislation done. >> so we met in early august of 2009 to talk about the prospects. the president started the meeting by asking me what i thought. and i told him i thought we still could get it done. i wasn't sure how, what the path was going to be. he then went around the room and heard from a lot of other people. >> the chief of staff, rahm emanuel, had asked that we consider something less than the full affordable care act. why not do a bill that will cover the parents of children who are covered under the state children's health insurance program? that would add some people to the rolls, it would be making some progress, the president wouldn't have failed at health
blame a nonexisting intruder. a pattern of covers up abuse, abuse by which 2009 was getting worse. >> from june of 2009 to august of 2009 it escalated. she continued to take it until that particular august night when something changed. that night according to him for the first time, dave threatened michael's life. >> she really believed he was going to kill michael. >> yes, so she made a decision. >> jane had taken michael to the beach that day. they were late getting home. >> dave was upset. started screaming and yelling no. nobody respects me. i don't get any attention around here. >> jane put michael to bed and waited for dave's anger to subside. >> he wasn't calming down. he comes out of the room and he's upset and angry and that's
anything that's giving aid and comfort to the democrats. if you run against in the primary, that's the problem you'll run up against and that may lead some people to try to make an independent run. >> we're seven months in and this is where things are. what happens in four months. who knows what the president will say or do. >> president obama's pollster was not putting out numbers showing that 50% was like a great mark in august of 2009. it does tell you that things are not looking so great for him even within the party. >> i will just say that. everybody who thinks the third party idea is crazy, everybody thought donald trump getting elected was crazy. >> fair. >> we'll have a lot more. this sunday on meet the press. ohio governor john kasich will be among my guests. we'll be right back with a story that's so out of the this world it would eclipse the eclipse. discover card.
and stays for almost three weeks playing golf and then comes back in the same plane. and nen he'll have a news conference on global warming and talking about the carbon footprint. give me a break. >> news week is even mocking president trump, calling him laysy boy on his new cover and suggesting that he's board and tired. he may not be so board during his vacation if history is any indicator. it was last august that then president obama was warned about vladimir putin's involvement in russia's attempt to interfere with our election. and august of 2013 when a chemical attack in syria killed thousands, prompting the president to consider military action. skpl august of 2009 obama's first summer in office when tea party activists wreaked havoc over healthcare reform at ngressional town halls during lawmakers summer recess. the month wasn't much berlt for
forgotten, that are waiting for a slice of jobs that they want to come back. he promised them that. they're not giving up hope. not done giving trump a chance. not by a long stretch. do you see that echoed when you take your travels? >> sure at this point we're only 30 days in. i have interviewed a variety of people over the past 30 days. i keep in touch with them also always on the road and at this moment he is doing fine. they're satisfied. they are happy with how he conducts himself. they understood who they were voting for. for us it's a little bit difficult but to ron's point and i think this is important about independents. you saw that in august of 2009 when you saw them start to gain
evening, but first i wanted to pick your brain on these moments we saw playing out in tennessee and in utah. it's like you have this momentum, these moments, and three the women's march in there as well. you have a president who is such a catalyst, i don't know if that's really the right word though for democrats. what do you make of this and what do you do with the energy? >> you know, this is very reminiscent to the reaction to obama but actually sped up. with the tea party town hall protest that didn't happen until august of 2009. we're still in the winter. we've got snow advisories and people are already mobilizing at this level. even with goreorge w. bush. so the day after trump. we can't tell yet. is this just a few sore losers
we also had crew last night in tennessee, congresswoman diane beck back home. look. >> i have to have coverage to make sure i don't die. there are people that have cancer that have to have that covered to make sure they don't die. you want to take away and have nothing to replace it with. how can i trust you to do anything that is in our interest at all? >> you see awe rowdy crowd and a very pointed personal this is about my life question at another town hall. this is the kind of thing that the republicans will say these are plants, the democratic groups are putting them in town halls. especially when you get a personal story like that. that will get the attention of a member of congress who will come back and say, mr. speaker, we need a plan. >> i remember 2009, and there were protests against that especially in august of 2009.