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Hasse was killed earlier this year. mclelland and hasse took part in prosecuting williams. prosecutors are looking for some sort of revenge motive as they continue the case. jenna, back to you. jon: we're hours away from a vote what could result from the biggest changes in gun laws in two decades in this country but a bipartisan drive to expand background checks appears to be in deep trouble. 60 votes are needed to from the senate to pass the amendment. it calls for broadened background checks from gun purchases at gun shows as well as online. a growing number of republicans are expressing the...

Our new york city newsroom, rick? >> reporter: we're tracking this from here in the newsroom because the developments are just breaking, jenna. eric williams was arrested over the weekend. we told you about that. today police arresting his wife. both now in custody as investigators are working to build a case against them in connection with the murder of the d.a. and his wife. eric williams is a former justice of the peace there. he lost his job after he was caught on surveillance video stealing a bunch of computers. he now been charged with sending an e-mail threatening more violence one day ...

Welcome back to "early start" this morning. a possible break in the murders of a north texas district attorney, his wife, and an assistant d.a. mike and cynthia mcclelland were gunned down in their home last month. prosecutor mark hasse was fatally shot back in january. now former kaufman county justice of the peace eric williams is being held on $3 million bond after his arrest this weekend for making what they call a terroristic threat. now, authorities are not calling him a suspect or a person of interest. but they have searched his home, and a storage locker rented for him. cnn's ed lavand...

Eric williams is in jail, over the weekend arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat. he's being held on a $3 million bond. williams and his lawyer have vigorously denied any involvement in the kaufman county murders and insist they've cooperated voluntarily with investigators. >> my heartfelt condolences go out to both the mclelland and the hasse family because they were in public office doing the right thing, and for some reason that we're not aware of paid the ultimate price for that. >> reporter: williams' connection to mark hasse and mike mclelland dates back to last year. he ...

>> reporter: it was a big scandal in a little town. prosecutors mark hasse and mike mclelland were front and center on the case. this is a picture of both men from the courtroom during that trial. denise bell covered the trial for "forney post." >> it was a megatrial. the sense of it was a big trial. >> reporter: after the trial mclelland told reporters it was a sign the good old boy network is gone and elected officials should be held to a higher standard. hasse ripped into williams calling him a dishonorable liar and using kaufman county as his own piggy bank. he was sentenced to two years p...