around the world, i m john berman in highland, park, illinois, about 25 miles north of chicago. brianna keilar in new york this morning. behind me is the scene where now 24 hours ago six people were killed in a fourth of july parade. another 25 injured. and you can see the street behind me, it s a moment frozen in time. it was 10:15 a.m. where a shooter opened fire from a rooftop two blocks hence. but you can see the streets here littered with the beach chairs, towels, i see a frisbee, a beach ball, frozen in time, where people fled in every direction when they heard dozens of gunshots ring out from that roof. now, police say the shooter got to the roof from a back alley using a ladder, they called the shooting intentional, but random. now, eight hours after the shooting itself police did apprehend a person they re calling a person of interest. they also called this 22-year-old man a suspect. they got him after a short police chase. police got him on a road about five miles f
she was all they had, they were all she had. and then came that awful day. these two, beautiful 16 -year-old girls had come home from school and found their mother murdered. they were rocking back and forth, traumatized, disturbed. what had the girls seen that day? could they provide a clue to help crack this case? the twins said nikki had a second boyfriend. two boyfriends? two boyfriends. jealousy, passion, revenge. she was fearful. she contacted the police. what s secrets might the twins reveal? terrifying. is it possible that this could happen? i was shaking, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. hello, and welcome to dateline. nikki whitehead was a single mom working towards a brighter future. but that dream died when nikki was viciously murdered. her teenage girls seemingly inconsolable, and investigators were committed to solving her murder. the answer would prove elusive. in the end, difficult for even the veteran detectives to believe. here is kei
They were sweet. Her pride and joy. Im sorry. Its really hard. Pretty, toys, perfect, her twins were her world. They were so precious, the three of them were a tight unit. They were all she had, she was all they had. Then came that awful day. The two beautiful 16yearold girls had come home from school and found their Mother Murdered. They were rocking back and forth traumatized. Disturbed. What had the girl seen that day . Could they provide clues to help crack this case . We knew that nikki had a second boyfriend . Two boyfriends. Yes. Jealousy, passion, revenge. She was fearful, she contacted the police. What secrets might the twins reveal. It was terrifying, is it possible that this could happen. I was shaking. Oh my god, oh my god. You cant even imagine. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Nikki whitehead was a single mom working towards a Brighter Future but that dream died when nikki was viciously murdered. Her death and investigators committed to solving her murder the answer would
i m jonathan hunt, live in jerusalem. qatar has reportedly mediated an agreement between egypt, israel and the u.s. to allow foreign passport holders and some critically injured civilians out of gaza. this is significant since it would presumably allow some who ve been stuck inside gaza for weeks to leave. and it s been a deadly week for israeli troops as they battle hamas fighters inside gaza. the idf now says an additional nine soldiers have died. they were hit by an anti-tank missile while operating in the northern part of the strip. that s in addition to the deaths of two other soldiers reported earlier on tuesday. meantime, a barrage of israeli airstrikes targets in jabalia, just north of gaza city. israel claims the strikes destroyed a hamas command center set up civilian homes, as well as part of a network of underground tunnels. the idf says the strikes killed ibrahim bari, who commanded some of the attacks in israel on october 7th. it s not clear how many civilians w
i have twin girls. one of them is gone. how old is your daughter? oh lord, 13. you can hear her terror. oh lord, my worst nightmare. do you think maybe somebody came and got her? i don t know if somebody came and got her, ma am. she doesn t do stuff like this. i don t know. a few hours later, nikki learned that her daughters did do stuff like that. jas had not been kidnapped. she snuck out to fool around with a boy. up until that day, i believe in nikki s mind she had perfect girls. nikki realize that they were necessarily the girl that she thought they were. nikki was determined to help her girls avoid the mistake she made at their age. so, she crackdown. a curfew on boys, cell phone use. the following months would be familiar to many parents of teenagers. screaming, slammed doors, stony silences. and then one summer night in