cnn speaks with asylum seekers in and out of the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with scenes of utter devastation in northern california, where wildfires have burned through more than 9,000 acres. the mill fire has left hundreds of houses ablaze in the small town of weed. firefighters say they re making progress, but the fire is still only 25% contained and the nearby mountain fire is 5% contained. streets are littered with charred remains of cars and cinder blocks where houses once stood. officials say help is on the way, with fire strike teams ready across the state to respond when necessary. now, those wildfires are being fueled by a blistering and dangerous heat wave that continues its stranglehold across the western united states this weekend. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal for the fifth day in a row electric companies in california are telling cu
different story. until someone found the perfect bag. hey, dude it s me. you need to call me asap. could they set the perfect trap? these people might literally get away with murder. hello, and welcome to dateline. jack jessee, who was a doting granddad and the patriarch of a large blended and by all appearances, loving family. but when he was stabbed to death in the southern california home, police wondered if the jessee weren t quite as happy as the scene. the case went unsolved for years. but those who love jack never gave up hope. neither did the relentless detective who was determined to catch jack s killer. here s keith morrison with deadly conspiracy. [noise] the game s call, mel strap. a little ball on its track with the tiny mouse which, how every lever works in unison this would not be caught. and, how often things go wrong to allow the mice to get away. so, did what really have been could so accurately mimic a children s game? all, how nice! the
murder? or accidentally committing a? and he told my mom about dexter. you see the show dexter, this is all modeled after dexter. when you take a step back, you see this is a real man who s been murdered. it was darker than anyone knew. holy mackerel! everyone is on the edge of their seat. an underground parking garage. you re watching a violent attack, caught on tape. who is this? what is happening? or did it happen at all? movies, like that one. are by design deceptive. they blur words. but have you noticed, maybe it s all the technical doodads. the digital cameras. the reality pristine editing. some stories have claimed to be true. are not. anybody can manipulate reality, but sometimes what they say is true, isn t. sometimes fiction turns out to be fact. and then there are stories, just a few, in which fact and fiction hughes. and that s where we re going tonight. a twilight zone world. an illusion. and deception. and deceit. follow the howling wind, no
the point the guilty finger? there was no way we were going to accuse. him hello and welcome to dateline. thousands of americans are killed in car accidents every year. but, when a mother of two died after a minor fender bender. her loved ones were left shaking their heads and looking for some answers. the more they learned the more it seemed it wasn t her accident that needed investigating. it was her marriage. here is dennis murphy with bitter pill. so ironic that rosie essa was just idling a few days the afternoon when she had only a few precious minutes remaining. but we never know, do we? it was february 2005, she was dashing to the movies to meet her sister diana at a matinee. at the last minute, and i was at the movie theater she had called and said i m on my way. i m leaving. now no one knew it then but rosie special trip to the movie that day from the nice home in suburban cleveland would second motion an international manhunt. something that became an excr
stranded. vince tells his wife that he s going to go check on him. i heard two three popping sounds. he was laying there with what appeared to be several gunshot wounds to the head. her husaban and father of five, dead. i want my mommy. and i want my kids. no one could understand it. the type of person that he was, i don t think he ever had an enemy. or did he? he said, we are now in debt to bad people. we knew that there was another person that needed to be looked at. a winding investigation leading deep into the dark. this sounds like a love triangle? i believe it was. it s horrific. brutal. i was like why. are you kidding me? hello and welcome to dateline. growing up, vince goslyn didn t seem to destined for the military, but that s where he found his footing. his career was thriving and he had built a beautiful family. then one night, the father of five was gunned down on a lonely road not far from his base. did his decision to help someo