To? who was he afraid of he said if i don t get this taking care of us it s gonna be on my he left a high and a bigger mass a missing fortune. And on a half dollars a missing woman. We have no clothes no leads. Was there a link. This had a twist to it. One for money, one supposedly for love. I m behind both. A lingering mystery. It s just so ugly and so wrong, and i can t fix. It welcome to dateline hotshot florida was living large and fort lauderdale. But then her seemingly charmed life ended in tragedy. Her body was discovered in a drainage canal. She had been murdered. But who would want her dead? with few clues, fewer sucks folks, and a scandal involving a law firm, investigators had the work cut out for them to unravel the mystery of what it happened to melissa. Here is dennis murphy with betrayed. If you ask somebody in town where the fussy is part of fort lauderdale lies, they ll talk probably still you. Here lost all this boulevard. And way up there the high rent district, is a
Afghans furious. In haiti, that stunning assassination. The president gunned down at home. Four suspects killed in a battle with police, two more arrests as the country remains on edge. Finally, the breaking news just hours ago, tokyo declaring a state of emergency as covid cases hit numbers they haven t seen in a year, and global deaths pass 4 million. What does it mean for the olympics? could there be no fans in the stands? there s a lot to get to. To tom mayamas, practically speaking the olympics will be under a state of emergency, what exactly what does it means? reporter: the olympics will make history, but not the type organizers were hoping for. This is the first olympics known in a host city that s under a state of emergency, also the first olympics where there are no fans in the stands. The prime minister declared a state of emergency. It has less to do with the uptick in cases in, but more to do with the influx of foreigners, like ourselves coming in. They re asking restauran
Security officials just steps from the white house. Lots going on. Let s straight to jerusalem to ben wedeman on the scene for us. Ben, there are more calls for a cease fire. What s the latest? reporter: yes. One of those calls for a cease fire came from president biden himself when he had a conversation with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. The situation, however, on the ground remains grave. The death toll, according to the palestinian health ministry in gaza, is 212 with 61 children among them. Direction again in gaza city. Israeli fire power destroying the top floors of this building. The israelis say the targets were militants from hamas. The israeli strike blew out the windows of a health clinic across the street, a key coronavirus testing center according to officials in gaza. The palestinian situation is devastated and in crisis for 15 years. Now that crisis is worse and suffering has increased, says this gaza resident. Meanwhile, just a few miles north, the israeli m
benjamin: they are preparing for christmas covid surge as americans are left scrambling. a nightmare on one of the busiest travel days of the year, hundreds of flights canceled across the country. what you need to know before heading home for the holidays. it s beginning to look a lot like christmas everywhere you go take a look and listening once again with candy canes benjamin: good morning. merry christmas eve. griff:you are looking at the gorgeous christmas tree in new york on fox square in today you get the boy band version of fox and friends first, we share an office in washington and we are bring it to you, the first time we had all mail hosting fox and friends first . benjamin: a very modern show. there was no one i would rather be doing it with venue. it will be a fun two hours. it is christmas eve. a lot of news to get to. let s get started. griff:americans are celebrating the most expensive christmas in decades as inflation is soaring to close out