are going to do later today it is a veil this indo-pacific economic frame or. that is essentially an agreement between 13 different countries in the region. where they have agreed to consider negotiations on a number of fronts. on trade, for instance. on dealing with supply change, on climate change. so a lot to come, a lot was said at that press conference. and the two leaders are now going to go to talk about other issues. particularly north korea. caralee, thank you so much. nbc news white house correspondent traveling with the president. we ll have much more on the presidents trip tomorrow morning, and now we go back to our program, a dateline in progress. progress and with these shots, we can learn a little about the world this young photographer saw. and her sense of exactly when to snap the shutter to capture the world in front of her. it s an impressive portfolio belonging to a young woman named denita smith. she began looking through a lens in childhood. and never
all of you are really proud of her. yes. and her life was certainly headed in the right direction. yes. absolutely. yes. shannon worked in greensboro as a 9-1-1 operator for the emergency call center where she was often in close contact with law enforcement. and was, by all accounts, a model employee. her supervisors really liked her. she was dependable. she came to work. she did what she was supposed to do. did it in a professional manner. no complaints really. detective shawn pate also found shannon to be cordial and cooperative as they settled in to discuss where shannon was on the day denita died. pretty calm. easy going. kind of like us sitting here. i d ask a question. she would give me an answer. what d you ask her? first, i asked her about jermeir or whatever. and she admitted that she knew him and and about the relationship that they had had. shannon wasn t shy about corroborating what jermeir had already admitted. they met
just keeps calling. i told her we are over. she won t let it go. as far as detective pete could determine, it all came to a head on christmas eve. german walked into his green burrowed church with the need on his arm in a diamond ring on her finger. he had proposed and denita was over the moon. she walked in proud as a peacock. feathers olive. she was showing it to anyone who would look. we heard that was the first time shannon realized that they were engaged. shannon s family says the da and the detective heard wrong. the day that you are referring to in the church, shannon wasn t there. we were there. less than two weeks later, and anita smith would still be wearing that engagement ring as she lay dead at the bottom of
that they had had. shannon wasn t shy about corroborating what jamere had already admitted. they met through work. it got physical. she got pregnant. she had an abortion. and the romantic part of their relationship ended a year before denita s murder. they both agreed to end it in january of 2006. that relationship was over. they both gave the same date, the same incident and reason that it ended. shannon said she didn t think jamere was capable of murder. and insisted she didn t even know denita smith. then detective pate zeroed in on the last time shannon was in durham. the city where denita was murdered. she said she s never been to durham. i ask her about owning a gun. and she tells me that i ve never owned a gun. i can t stand guns. i m scared of them. i said, okay. i can understand that. a lot of people feel that way. and as for where she was on that chilly january morning? she told me she was at a
were engaged. reporter: shannon s family says the d.a. and the detective heard wrong. the day that that you re referring to, the church, shannon wasn t there. we were there. reporter: less than two weeks later, denita smith would still be wearing that engagement ring, as she lay dead at the bottom of her apartment steps. durham police thought they had the right person sitting in the lockup. they had arrested shannon crawly and charged her with the murder of her ex-boyfriend s new fiancé, denita smith. but investigators hadn t completely taken their eyes off jermeir stroud, the man who was involved simultaneously with both women. shannon crawly s father keith, her mother anne and her brother keith jr. never doubted her. is it possible that you guys don t want to believe that she s a murderer? no.