pavement of an again? her parents, anthony and glenda, say they wrapped this rosary around her ankle for protection when they left venezuela four months ago, and say it s saved her life multiple times in the jungle between south and central america. he says that the most dangerous part of the journey was through the darien gap. he and his daughter almost lost their lives three times, and they say that they saw adults who died. they saw children who died. brenda s most recent brush of death, crossing the rio grand into el paso. she says that she thought her daughter was going to die overnight, because it was so cold. they had just crossed the river. they were wet, desperate. she says she started knocking on doors asking for help.
figured out that tom s sleep happening, a combined with the sensitive, could be a fatal combination. walk through your theory of what happened the morning of tom s death. night before, i believe, gil and tom had text about meeting that morning. i think, at that point in time, gill wanted to meet up with tom because of the fact that he knew he wasn t getting glenda. gil got out of his vehicle, entered tom s vehicle. maybe he brought him a vehicle. hey, buddy. i brought you a coffee. we gotta talk. a short time later, gill was driving away. thomas dead. prosecutors faced a couple of obstacles. for one, the judge wouldn t let them use parts of gil s interview with the police because he had not been read his rights. so, jurors never saw how gill initially denied to police that he had ever heard of midazolam.
for donald trump jr., rudy giuliani, and congressman moe brooks. what does that mean for the case? i agree with glenn. trump is facing more and more pressure. a lot of this, though,, ultimately, will be up to the justice department and whether merrick garland has the will to bring the prosecution against trump, with all of this mounting evidence. he is facing the state investigations. i think he s got the most exposures in georgia, but, at the end of the day, it s going to be about whether the attorney general has the resolve to hold a former president accountable. you know, glenda, judges ruling says, quote, to deny president immunity from civil damages is no small step. the court well understands the gravity of its decision, but the alleged facts of this case
joyous? it is it feels like yo are arriving in a world that has already been made for you. reporter: she s been in this world of oz for some time, but as an understudy, now brittany johnson is taking the lead an making history she s the first black woman to play glenda full-time in wicked. one of the longest running musicals on broadway and what does it mean to you the fact that i get to be the first one to kind of usher in this new era, it really is it s a dream. i m just gratefu reporter: her dream of starring on broadway began as a child. since college she appeared in several productions. but she says despite other black actors starring on broadway before her, as black woman, it is still hasn t been easy. in this industry there s a lot of eggshells that i have walked on. such as
when you are in predominantly white spaces there are preconceived notions and i don t think that anything is ever done in malice really but you notice when you re the only one people look at you differently. reporter: now as glenda this is where the magic begins yes this is where i get ready. reporter: she is ready to not just defy gravity but stereotypes. you re going to be popular so the future might be different for children who look like her. hopefully their dreams will be able to expand because they re seeing something they have never seen. i have been changed reporter: so have we rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. for good that s nightly news for this wednesday. thanks for watching. please take care of yourself and each other. good night