My mom found her and said she might have slipped in the shower. She was in the Fetal Position in this bathtub. You could see marks on jessicas neck. Police said were going to rule this as a homicide. Reporter detectives using new technology to view this crime scene in extreme detail. There is no forced entry, no tool marks. There was blood on the couch. Who could have done this . They said usually it is someone close. An investigation focusing on friends and family. They brought up the association with the motorcycle gang. We came off as kind of a tough guy. We fool around a little bit. And he threatened to take out my whole entire family to get custody of our kids. Wow. Reporter a chilling story of danger and duplicity. We would try to figure out who did this. He knew the whole time. This is the ultimate betrayal. Hello and welcome to dateline. Jessica nelson was a Hard Working Single mom who kept her loved ones close. And then one morning, she was found dead in the house she shared w
Impressionable young people, many from good families who he manipulates with mindcontrol techniques, turning his group of peaceful hippies into a devoted death squad. Police have yet to make the connection between the carnage at two of mansons bloody crime scenes, and charlie is way ahead of them. He wants more death, and he wants it the very next night. How will investigators ultimately piece it all together . Heres part two of the devils work. [ ominous Chord Strikes ] i spent the best part of my life in boys schools, prisons, and reform schools. Roberts you cant understand Charlie Manson without understanding his criminal past and his time in jail. Rick in order for him to survive, he developed skills to manipulate people. Prison is where manson perfected the art of the con. Hes inspired by a very unlikely source. His personal guru is none other than dale carnegie. Dr. Jordan how to win friends and influence people. And then he used those techniques, that ability to manipulate, and
shame,? it s relevant. empty. i would do to wouldn t do anything i d feel guilty a bout. you may think you know the charles manson story, but not like this. things that police had never seen before. sharon tate begged her, please don t kill me. he was prime to take advantage of peace and love, flower power. even now, decades later, the world is still fascinated by charles manson and his crimes. we take you inside his world of drugs he would dose them with lsd sex. he slept with all those girls. and rock n roll they really did listen to the white album over and over. with new interviews he says, gary, this is your last chance. and new details. he would always frame his statements, this is what i believe and the girls all believed it. the murders. these people were brutally butchered. the mayhem. charlie was acting meaner towards the girl. the mad men. maybe i should have killed four, 500 people, then i would ve felt bette
we start this hour of cnn news center with a touch of drama. the donald trump s civil fraud trial today in new york. his expert witness going after a lawyer for the new york attorney general. telling him, quote, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. some fireworks here. trump attending these proceedings to take a. a lot of attention on these. he is expected to take the stand next week as the final defense witness. cnn s kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who is this expert witness for the defense? why did he get so upset? reporter: boris, breonna, this is an expert witness, the final expert witness that the trump team called on his defense. and accounting professor from new york university. professor eli bartov. he was asked questions, he had been testifying all morning on this. the lawyer for the attorney generals office subjected to one of the lines of questioning saying the accounting professor is not a banker, so he is not qualified to answe
threaten the world s security and prosperity, in an exclusive interview with the bbc. we start in the us where, as you ve been hearing, president biden has been giving his first televised address since taking office. before that though, he signed a record breaking $1.9 trillion economic rescue package for the us into law, after it passed its final vote in congress on wednesday. the first direct payments of $1,400, which will benefit most americans, are expected to start arriving over the weekend. there s also bailout money for state and local governments and an increase in child and unemployment benefit, as welll as more funding for vaccination. the plan was unanimously opposed by house republicans, critics say it goes way beyond what s needed to tackle the pandemic fallout, and risks stoking inflation. so what are the long term implications? ed stringham is economics professor at trinity college in hartford, connecticut, and president of american institute for economic resea