is dateline. she s the little girl that one hard in a big city they called you the miracle baby, why did they call you. that shot in the head at point blank range, a crime scene that shocked, even hardened police. dorothy explorer pillow and it had blood on it. as she fought to live, this detective vowed to catch whoever left her, soon he turned up a promising lead. bells and whistles go off in my head. in the hospital she battled back. to know that she had survived was a pretty powerful moment. not just her body, but her mind. they was the guy that came in the daycare, and erika said don t let him hurt me. she had handed investigators what could be a vital clue. but would it be enough to crack the case? . hello and welcome to dateline. i m craig melvin. it all started when the crime but not even police could believe. a little girl, just a toddler. shot in the head deliberately, left for dead by a killer who then disappeared but a, defective vowed
we were in that much danger and didn t even know it. what were you be willing to give me today to move past the police investigation? it was january, 2009. brenda konstantin and her husband brian rodgers, and their three teenagers, two boys and a girl, spent the new year s holiday the way they always had. a trip out of town and then back to their home. a mid class suburb in the capital city, ottawa. it s a very family oriented community, lots of young families. lots of kids. but as you say? in a town which is very safe, orlean seemed particularly safe. there s never a lot of crime. in january, when brian and brenda got into their home on friday evening. the family house in orleans seemed exactly as they left it. but bryan did notice something odd. the digital clock in the room, on the left side of the bread, was blinking. i thought it was unusual but did not think much of it. and then you went ahead and just continued? carried on our lives. and nev
coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 9:00 a.m. pacific. house republicans taking the first step to remove homeland security alejandro mayorkas over his handle of the border crisis. overseas, new details on a potential hostage deal that could pause the fighting in gaza. plus, what we are learning about the three soldiers killed in a drone strike in jordan. back here in the u.s., something like a sci-fi movie. his company has successfully implanted a chip in a human brain, and we will tell you the reasons why. we begin with the battle over the border, as the house makes a historic move against the cabinet official overseeing border security. right now the house homeland security committee is debating articles of impeachment over secretary alejandro mayorkas. this is the first time it has happened to a cabinet secretary in nearly 100 years. the articles accuse mayorkas of a willful unfollowing of the law. refusal to follow the law and a br
do this on purpose. a dark house, a husband witho a gun. a wife dead on the floor. make sure that she is still breathing. oh, i don t think she is, damn it. there was no question who killed her. the mystery was why. i hear the door squeaking, and i hear the rumbling and i hear the dog growling. how could you not tell that s your wife?ld it was dark. he just kept saying it was an accident. he said he didn t do anything wrong. others disagreed.di we never for a second believe that he didn t know who that was standing in front of him. was it a tragic mistake? he was broken. or cold-blooded murder. emotion is only done in front of the detective. a room too dark to see? shut the light off.e or a story too hard to believe.or there was nothing accidental about what he did. a shot in the dark and found in the light of day. the love of your life. yes, sir. the person you know better than anybody else. yes, sir. and you can t tell it s he
explosives. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. what the u.s. response could look like. also breaking, will convicted killer alex murdaugh get a new trial? the one-time prominent lawyer convicted of killing his own wife and son. the judge deciding just moments ago if he should get that new trial. eva pilgrim standing by. republicans have been pushing the president for months, arguing, if you want funding for ukraine and israel, the u.s. must act at the border. republicans and democrats nearing a deal in the senate. president biden ready to move forward on it. now, republicans, led by donald trump, say they don t want the deal. all of this with the presidential election now nearing. mary bruce tonight. the israel-hamas war. multiple sources telling abc news tonight israel has issued the intelligence saying at least 13 u.n. aid workers actually took part in the hamas attack on israel on october 7th. some accused of kidnapping israelis. matt gutman in israel.