hello, and welcome to dateline. garrett ward was a hollywood stunt man, who made his living pulling off death defying acts. then one night, he opened the door for a stranger and found himself in the middle of a terrifying scene that was all too real. garrett was looking down the barrel of a gun, moments later, four shots rang out. and soon investigators would be embroiled in a who done it with more twists than a feature film. here s josh mankiewicz with the plot thickens. ready and action! action. it ranks second only to money. i as the single most important word in hollywood. and here in l. a., where life and art are often the same form, there is a real life drama that rivals in the action movie with a plot that includes all the element of a classic film noir. a mystery, featuring an assassin, a femme fatale, a hollywood star, and a stunt man who takes the fall. and as for the money, we will get to that. let s start with the biggest name on the marquee, joe pesci. fa
that slaing. it means, take him out, it means kill. manny a small time criminal, was pointing the finger of guilt at his sister, an actress and mother who was in hollywood star dumb and who had never had problem with the law. this was hard to believe, except for the intended victim of the murder plot, who believe that claudia was behind it from the get-go. there is only one person who wanted this done to me. he felt this way even as investigations pointed in every direction, until finally, five years after the shooting, detectives arrested claudia haro. i do think to myself, thank god. finally i don t feel crazy anymore. but he was in for another shock. prosecutors did not feel the case was strong enough. because manny haro had not agreed to testify against claudia. at the da s office declined to file charges. yeah but that s not the worst of it.
governor dean and nancy pelosi is to put washington in the middle of the doctor s office and that is why the american people are rising up and saying stop this train wreck let s get jobs back. i hope more republicans join on. appreciate it, thank you for being with us. coming up, we are ten days removed from the slaing of 22-year-old christopher lane. and the president has yet to condemn the murder. two teens accused of beating to death a decorated world war ii veteran. and tonight video is back. you get to cast your vote for the winner. here is a sneak peak choice number one a pit stop that went
governor dean and nancy pelosi is to put washington in the middle of the doctor s office and that is why the american people are rising up and saying stop this train wreck let s get jobs back. i hope more republicans join on. appreciate it, thank you for being with us. coming up, we are ten days removed from the slaing of 22-year-old christopher lane. and the president has yet to condemn the murder. two teens accused of beating to death a decorated world war ii veteran. and tonight video is back. you get to cast your vote for the winner. here is a sneak peak choice number one a pit stop that went
minnesota s cannon river, president obama coming out loaded forbear saying the dead debate say that some politicians and he didn t mention parties would rather see their opponents lose than see american win. tough words. take a listen. we ended up creating more uncertainty and more damage to an economy that was already weak. now, we can t have patience with that kind of behavior anymore. i know you re frustrated. i m frustrated too. three states in just three days. by bus for president barack obama. you have minnesota, iowa and then illinois. my colleague, wolf blitzer, is standing by. he hit the road. he got a break from washington. he ll be doing the situation room from the president s next step in iowa. wolf, let s go to you. we heard from the president. pretty tough words today from the president. clearly aimed at the republicans. caller: he s really beginning slowly but surely, but he s beginning to get into that campaign mode that republicans have been obviously i