Witnesses say the florida congressman did drugs with a paid escort. This as his former associate agrees to cooperate with the government ahead of an suspected guilty plea tomorrow. Gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. As we do say, good morning, everybody. It is saturday, may 15th. Were watching a number of breaking stories at this hour. Also keeping an eye on the situation in the middle east. We have a live picture out there of gaza. Relatively quiet after several mornings of exchanges of gunfire between the two factions there. We are going to get into the overnight details. I have a question for you, kendis. Okay. Mask or no mask . You know, im a fan of amigos, mask off. It is so confusing. Everybody on twitter saying, im still going to wear a mask. Not everybody, some people. It did not take long for me and some people, okay, you dont have to tell us twice. Its one of those things thats been really, really confusing for so long and it doesnt seem as if the pandemic is complet
Bells and whistles go off in my head. In the hospital, she battled back. To know that she had survived was a pretty powerful moment. Not just her body, but her mind. They would come in the daycare and erica would say dont let them hurt me. She handed investigators what would be a vital clue, but would it be enough to crack the case . Hello and welcome to daylightline. Im craig melvin. It all started with a crime that not even police could believe. A little girl, just a toddler, shot in the head deliberately, left for dead by a killer who then disappeared. But a detective vowed to crack this case no matter how long it took. Here is hoda kotb. One of the biggest attractions at the Louisville Zoo was a floppy eared baby, named scotty, cute and kind of cuddly, at least for an elephant. He has hair. He has hair is right. On this day, he shared the spotlight with another media celebrity, a spunky girl named erica, whose infectious laugh and incredible story captivated a city. That girl is a
Would be in a drainage ditch in louisville, kentucky. he said i don t know, but my car was broken into at work last week. reporter: his cadillac. the break-in happened the night of may 17th, a few hours before erin harper was found dead. i asked him, where does he work? a pharmacist at walgreens. bells and whistles go off. he works at a drugstore. there s a reason the manual was with the stuff. reporter: he had a working theory and it went like this. someone broke into a shiny cadillac parked outside an indiana walgreens. it happened to belong to the pharmacist. the thief grabbed the owner s manual and tossed it into his own car. he then went to erin s house where she and erica were shot and erin s prescription pills were stolen. then, according to rick s theory, the person rushed away
Don t catch these people. reporter: at the crime scene, detective arnold was searching for answers, combing the house for more clues. a closet that contains a safe. reporter: contents, apparently missing. the first thing is a robbery. next to that is a cell phone. we check cell phone records. reporter: she received two phone calls in the hours before the shooting, both from a family friend. james had known erin for years. he called her. police brought him in to see if he had any information that could help the investigation. one of the very last people to call her or talk to her by phone, which is why we want to talk to you. me? reporter: he provided names for investigators to check out
that s what i m saying. you were in the house. that s what i want to know about. reporter: how does he react to being cornered, caught in a lie. backtracking. getting scared. i never told you i used to be over all the time. that s what i m saying. reporter: now, he was admitting he visited his friend, erin, that day. he insisted he left before anyone was shot. rick sensed that the story was crumbling, so he went for the jugular, demanding he come clean. and it worked. i saw him go in there and i was behind him. pow, pow, pow. i heard gunshots. him saying he was in that house was critical. that is the most important thing he said. he now had admission number one. the interview near le over, he had a request, one of the