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to begin, i think that i would start with, my mother knew that she was seen and she was heard in her anguish. when we're talking about mental illness, it's very important to be clear and to make the distinction between our loved one and the disease. it's very real. and the lie that the disease told her was so convincing. >> reporter: and it's the lie that you are not -- >> that you're not enough, that you're not loved, that you're not worthy. and i'm tasked with an exceedingly difficult -- task in disclosing the manner of the way my mother chose not to continue to live. and i've thought about this so much, because once i say it, it cannot be unsaid, and so because
about to bring her niece to the covid memorial on the reservation. >> they made this cross for those who passed from covid. so, like mammo and your mother. this is in honor of them. >> what's honor mean? >> like -- honoring people, you know, because they passed. t dedicated to those, the lives of those lost to the covid-19 pandemic. be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart. >> reporter: as we document these families, the turning points. >> feeling so excited. >> reporter: six months after losing their mother, they are now packing. with their two jobs and money raised by a mom from school, janie, they are now about to move into their first house. their mother's dream. >> she always wanted a house for us, so -- i know she's probably ecstatic right now. >> reporter: so, you made dinner already for tonight. >> yes.
he and his wife both had covid. and eric died the day they got the call, saying the vaccines were now available for them. colton now heads out the door for the hockey game his father would have loved. how are the pregame nerves? >> little nervous. >> reporter: little nervous? all right. his mother on the other side of the fence. >> one, two, three -- >> bears! >> reporter: in florida, trey and his siblings starting another day without their mother. >> i wake up at 5:30, take a shower, then hopefully i have a little bit of time to read my bible and eat a bit of food. i'm studying to become a firefighter. >> reporter: cindy, a single mother of four, died from covid. she had been afraid of the vaccine. >> once i got the news, of course, over the phone, like, obviously i cried and i was super sad. and my mind went to my sisters, how are we going to, like, make
this situation. david? >> matt gutman on the scene in california. thank you, matt. the major headline from the capitol tonight, the dramatic escalation in the investigation of the capitol riot. the january 6th committee now issuing subpoenas to five sitting republican lawmakers including house republican leader kevin mccarthy. his response tonight, and here's jon karl. >> reporter: in a highly confrontational and virtually unprecedented move, the january 6th committee subpoenaed five republican members of congress, including gop leader kevin mccarthy, who could soon become the speaker of the house. all five had refused to cooperate. mccarthy unwilling to testify about his phone conversations with president trump while the attack on the capitol was underway. back on january 6th, mccarthy told abc news that he pleaded with trump to give a national address calling on his rampaging supporters to stand down. >> i begged him to go talk to the nation. >> reporter: four days after the riot, mccarthy was caught on tape telling fellow republicans he'd had it with trump.
mother's necklace. right not we it. i've worn it every day since >>epr:heas wearing heirhiey hande to me. ever since then, i've had it. >> reporter: every one of these children carries their parent with them. it's 5:00 a.m. and a.j. is up. he knows that's what his father would have wanted. >> have a good day. >> bye. >> love you, son. >> love you. >> reporter: he's off to football practice. >> so, it's 5:24 in the morning. >> reporter: his father allen was just 49. he'd had his first shot of the vaccine and he was waiting on the second. part of why you're here is your dad, right? >> yeah, definitely. >> reporter: you think about him every day? >> every day. especially when i wake up. >> reporter: it's been nine months now without his father. before every game, you go to the
good waking up and seeing him. >> reporter: his sister kylie down the hall. you find yourself still talking to your dad? >> sometimes i'll text him and i think that that helps me. >> reporter: you still text him? >> yeah, it's like my way of communicating. it is bittersweet, because i know i'm not going to get a reply back. >> reporter: the sunset she sent her father. what did he say? >> thank you for the beautiful sky. i miss you. >> reporter: oh. >> yeah. >> reporter: did you know your mom has been doing the same thing? >> no, i do not. >> yeah. caught me. >> reporter: a mother in the hallway, listening. >> i started sleeping on his side of the bed because i couldn't bear rolling over and seeing that empty spot. in the morning, i'm ready to start the day and do the best that i can as a mom and i'll take care of our kids. >> reporter: he'd be proud. >> i hope so. yeah. >> reporter: upstairs, colton getting ready for hockey. his father's rangers hat right
>> i've had it with this guy. what he did is unacceptable. nobody can defend that, and nobody should defend it. >> reporter: but soon after, mccarthy was back to being one of trump's staunchest supporters, as he is today. mccarthy would not say tonight whether he will comply with the subpoena, but he accused the january 6th committee of using its investigation to go after its political opponents. david? >> jon karl on this again tonight. thank you, jon. to the war in ukraine tonight, and vladimir putin is now threatening retaliation after finland announced plans to join nato. and what about sweden now? and why putin is so furious about this. ian pannell from ukraine again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, russia vowing to retaliate after finland's leaders said they wanted to join nato without delay. sweden also signaling it might join. both countries have long been neutral, but russia's invasion of ukraine has changed opinion. it's a huge blow to vladimir putin, who used nato's expansion to his own borders as one of the
>> reporter: what is dinner? >> baked chicken and rice, white rice. >> reporter: i might have to stay a little longer. as part of his training, we watch as trey returns from a call with the palm beach garden's fire rescue. and we go to find him after the test. how did it go? you passed the first one? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: feeling good? >> yeah. >> reporter: the smile says it all. turning points for all of the families. cornelia about to make the honor roll. >> cornelia. [ applause ] >> reporter: and the speech kylie is about to give for her father. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is kylie. going back to school was and still is the most challenging thing i ever had to conquer. this year, my brother decided to join hockey. we are slowly learning to find happiness in our lives again. perhaps sharing can let other
with his backpack. life without their dad. cornelia getting on the school bus, a first grader, now without her mother and her father. 4-year-old elsie, 2-year-old graham, out the door before the sun comes up. barely old enough to remember their father. for months now, we have witnessed the quiet strength of the children facing a new day without a parent. more than 250,000 children here in the u.s. have lost a parent or primary caregiver in this pandemic. kylie and colton's dad was always so proud. >> all right, colty! a big birthday girl. >> reporter: on this day in new jersey, colton is about to honor his father. you got a big game tonight, huh? >> yeah. >> reporter: nervous? >> a little bit. >> reporter: your dad was a big hockey guy. >> yeah. >> reporter: what's been the hardest part for you? >> not being able to see him every day, like, it was always
sideline? >> yeah, right over there. >> reporter: and what do you do? >> well, i say a little prayer and i talk to my dad just like i would before every game, he'd give me a phone call, so, i just act like i'm on the same phone call and i just hear him talking with me. >> reporter: you still hear his voice? >> yeah, definitely. >> reporter: in mississippi, the scope of the loss is devastating. rents.ttle girl lost milindi now raising her niece, cornelia. her parents, craig and mindy, died just three months apart. both getting covid before the vaccines were ready. >> that's milindi in the blue jacket and that's tasha in the black jacket. they're my momma and daddy, but they died. >> reporter: and milindi is