whitaker had been critical of the mueller probe before joining the doj, and will now oversee the investigation.the white house downplaying the concerns of democrats. kellyanne conway/adviser to the president: he s done a fabulous job and i think as a former u. s. attorney he understands all the business before the department of justice.news of the sessions firing came after a contentious news conference, in which trump talked up his party s midterm showing. president donald trump: incredible day. and last night the republican party defied history to expand our senate majority while significantly beating expectations in the house for the midterm year.the senate will have to confirm the eventual permanent attorney general nominee.in washington, i m karin caifa. (ken) one thing not changing . president trump s ongoing feud with the news media . and c-n-n in partcular.(pam) the press credentials for c-n-n white house correspondent jim acosta were revoked late today .. after h
we had no confession. we had no dna. reporter: 20 years went by. i still had to keep looking for what i had lost. reporter: but cathy had her. and she had him. i put a lot of faith in god. darren was his tool. and the killer? he never had a chance. this was everything to her. i fulfilled my promise. reporter: in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. and for mary bennett, it s the time 3:40 a.m. every day i wake up around that time. it s embedded in my brain. reporter: for the last 21 years, that particular time has stabbed her in the heart, pulled her awake. it s an internal clock, permanently set to the worst day of her life. it began with a phone call, then a knock on the door, and news of something that should never have happened to this family, to this girl. when she would come inside the
reporter: 20 years went by. i still had to keep looking for what i had lost. reporter: but cathy had her. and she had him. i put a lot of faith in god. darren was his tool. and the killer? he never had a chance. this was everything to her. i fulfilled my promise. reporter: in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. and for mary bennett, it s the time 3:40 a.m. every day i wake up around that time. it s embedded in my brain. reporter: for more than two decades, that particular time has stabbed her in the heart, pulled her awake. it s an internal clock, permanently set to the worst day of her life. it began with a phone call, then a knock on the door, and news of something that should never have happened to this family, to this girl. when she would come inside the house, her favorite thing was,
dna. reporter: 20 years went by. i still had to keep looking for what i had lost. reporter: but cathy had her. and she had him. i put a lot of faith in god. darren was his tool. and the killer? he never had a chance. this was everything to her. i fulfilled my promise. reporter: in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. and for mary bennett, it s the time 3:40 a.m. every day i wake up around that time. it s embedded in my brain. reporter: for more than two decades, that particular time has stabbed her in the heart, pulled her awake. it s an internal clock, permanently set to the worst day of her life. it began with a phone call, then a knock on the door, and news of something that should never have happened to this family, to this girl. when she would come inside the house, her favorite thing w
to take you into custody. you re incarcerated. potentially for the rest of my life. but hiding behind the threats was a cyber-secret. evil. it s something the devil might do. so who was the real devil? the d.a. in this case would use the word, diabolical. i think he s close to the mark. a dangerous game with someone playing for keeps. i would wake up and i would think, this is just a nightmare. and it wasn t. i m lester holt and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with diabolical. reporter: locked in a cage the shrieks of women howling in the night. this isn t real. this is like something you would see in a movie. this doesn t happen in real life. reporter: how did a self-described goody two-shoes, a disney princess, get swept away in a conspiracy so convoluted, so twisted? this is one of the most well thought out, well executed plans. and it s scary. diabolical absolutely. reporter: a tangled web? you bet. an altogether bizarre