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She texted me back, good morning, handsome. >> reporter: he admitted trying to sext with chanin that morning. but he was nowhere near her house. he said he was at work and at a funeral that day. >> were you at work all day thursday? >> except for the funeral. >> did you have any involvement in her death? >> no. detectives took a dna sample and started taking a hard look at tom walker's alibi. the problem was she weren't exactly sure when chanin was killed. besides they still had lots of other people to interview. that's what happens in a murder investigation. everybody gets pulled in, especial...

[applause] >>leland: vice president mike pence at hillsdale college beginning his remarks there. to the graduates. we will listen and in our control room to see if there's any news and bring it to you as it happens. meantime, onto news the administration has been working on. it's been nearly 6 years since austin - - was kidnapped in syria. one promise has renewed the search for the former marine turned journalist. chief correspondentjonathan hunt spoke to his family who say they are not giving up hope .>> first thing in the morning, last thing at night. all day long. >>reporter: this mother's ...

He now battles any cyber enemy attacking his state and country. >> i hold this very sacred. i do anything to protect it. >> bret: ♪ in tonight's whatever happened to efforts to recover an american marine turned journalist kidnapped in sear yo. >> the first thing in the morning and last thing at night, all day long. >> this mother's day as she does every day, debra will be thinking about her son austin. >> i pray for him to be strengthened and comforted and that his captors will treat him humanely. >> austin served in afghanistan as a marine and then became a journalist and was working in

Terrifying than being the parent of a student whose school is under attack. but what if you were there for a mass shooting yourself less than a year ago? that was the reality for annica dean who was witness to last year's shooting at the fort lauderdale airport. her son austin is a student at marjory stoneman douglas high school. he was in the school during last week's shooting. he was not wounded, thankfully. she joins me now. you got a text from your son saying we are having a shooting drill but they are firing real guns. his first impression was it's scary but it's a drill. >> right. i have...

You're proud of your son, right? good. so am i. that day, craig watched his father speak at this podium. when he listened to his father's words he was filled with pride and such devotion that at that moment he, too, decided to become a law enforcement officer. terrific. today, it's incredible that his own children have joined us for the special moment. his daughter ashley is carrying on the legacy of her father and grandfather. she now serves in law enforcement at the fbi. his son austin is in college and no matter what he chooses to do, i think we can confidently and we really can, with great...