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Of three life insurance policies he'd taken out on himself. the problem was, brenna's alibi was solid. there were plenty of people who could confirm that they had been with her at the time russell douglas was killed. the detective knew he needed a break. and in july 2004, exactly seven months to the day after the murder of russell douglas, he got one. i was actually out canvassing and interviewing again. and i got a phone call that said we had a tip on the russell douglas homicide. josh mankiewicz: plumberg's partner on the investigation, mike beech, took the call. he just said, hey, i'm just ...

Correct? >> yes. >> you indicated in your statement that you chose a person who exercises a degree of independence, not full independence from the normal change of command. my question is this. in december 2003, the acting attorney general at the time was jim comey. he appointed a special counsel patrick fitzgerald to take over the matter. in a letter dated december 30th, 2003, he wrote the following. i direct you to exercise the authority of special counsel independent of the supervision or control of any officer of the department. in a subsequent letter dated february 6th, 2004, -- he said

>> there are reports that a number of senior officials are connected to the russian investigation. like the attorney general who is forced to recuse himself. members of this committee have urged the deputy attorney general and he has that authority to appoint a special counsel, to protect the independence of the investigation. i was here and december 2003, shortly after we were confirmed as deputy attorney general, then attorney general ashcroft recused himself into the valerie plane leak. you appointed patrick fitzgerald. will lead you to that decision? >> in that particular investigation, my...

If you'd asked me back in june or july that donald trump would continue his lead in the republican race, that ben carson would be in second place, and you'd have a surging ted cruz, all the republican outsiders, i would have said this is a crazy result. but here we are with two months before iowa caucuses and we have a situation where the outsiders around the insurgents are leading the insiders like marco rubio, jeb bush, john kasich, chris christie. but you mentioned the surprise and still go back into history, which is why there is still so much to go on over the next two months. newt gingri...

Their pinot noir. >> beautiful grapes. may i taste one? >> of course. nice and ripe, sweet, but not too sweet. jamie: amazing. >> the idea behind pino is to have berries and fermentation allowed inside the berry. jamie: how many bottles of wine am i looking at? >> about 120 gallon, roughly 50 cases. jamie: by december 2003, jimi's wines are noticed around oregon and beyond. he hopes that one day his winery will be his son's inheritance. >> he stated clearly he wanted his winery to be a legacy for pascal. jamie: then one saturday morning in september 2004, jimi is arguing with his ex-wife about...