weldon s former attorney. he did not represent him at the trial. he believes weldon acted out of what he calls a misguided hero complex, but never planned to kill or even hurt greg mulvihill. acosta said he thinks weldon s experience with crystal harris had a profound impact on him. that was the first case where he heard nobody was listening to this woman, and ultimately that woman was borne to be correct. and now, he has a second woman who s saying, nobody s listening to me. so what do you do when nobody else is willing to help? you help. did you, yourself, have any conversations about a plan to kill gregory mulvihill? no. reporter: the big question on cross-examination why show up in camouflage with an ar-15 if the goal was just to record greg picking up the package? could you not have just accomplished the exact same goal by sitting in your car and watch
i was surprised when she was taking lessons in marksmanship. i was like, oh, wow, this is more serious than i thought. she s actually concerned about her safety in a really, really real way. at the range, it seemed diana met just the man she was looking for. a former marine skilled in self-defense. someone you might know, too, from dateline. coming up i ve always been very protective person. we first met him when he helped rescue a woman from danger. this guy sounds like he was actually looking out for you a little bit. yeah, he helped me so much. but when he met diana lovejoy, something changed. she would text him at all different times, i didn t like that. when the night of the new moon continues. on the sidewalk all around the wind blows we would only hold on to let go
it s my worst nightmare. greg mulvihill now has full custody of their son. i ve actually had a lot of heart to hearts with with greg mulvihill. and i do genuinely think he s a sweet, nice man. and he didn t deserve any of this. reporter: weldon s wife, lea, is now a single parent, too. he shouldn t be in prison. he should be home. weldon s a beautiful person that should my son should be able to have that in his life. reporter: weldon mcdavid. the man who said he just wanted to help. who once empowered a woman caught in an abusive marriage. now, the fallen hero, contemplating life behind bars. perhaps he sums it up best. there s no winners here. you know, there s no winners at all. you know, this whole situation is a loss. that s all for this edition of dateline extra.
it echos the parties across europe are saying this is an assault on our nation and our blood and soil and that s there s a question about whether that s what american politics are going to be or not. this is about children. let s be clear. this is about children and i think during the vigil with us this weekend, there was an 11-year-old girl from florida named leah who came all the way from florida with messages from children in her community, stuffed animals, notes, poems, to deliver to the children who are being held at the border, to let them know that they re not alone and children are being traumatized by this. the children who are being separated from their parents are suffering incredible trauma and we ve heard pediatricians talking about this and child psychologists talking about this, but it s also all of our children who are watching what s happening and as parents, we have to do something.
demands from the administration that, you know, basically required that any movement on daca would have to require major democratic concessions on issues that would essentially dramatically limit legal immigration. restrict the flow of immigration. stephen miller doesn t hide that. he s a restrictionist. it s not that he just wants to build a wall or, you know, punish law breakers in his view, he wants the overall flow of immigrants into america to be much lower. it echos the parties across europe are saying this is an assault on our nation and our blood and soil and that s there s a question about whether that s what american politics are going to be or not. this is about children. let s be clear. this is about children and i think during the vigil with us this weekend, there was an 11-year-old girl from florida named leah who came all the way