i am a professor, i am trying to seek a meaningful life. she had a prestigious career, a loving husband, a young daughter, but she also had a secret. i lived with this nightmare for 18 years. and it centered on murder. they followed him, they kidnapped him, and then they dumped his body. it was clearly planned. but did she know? i was in complete shock. they were dangerous and they were violent. why did she do it? i didn t realize she was involved as deep as she was. scholar, professor, mother. what is going to happen to my daughter? she certainly knew. she is a killer in your eyes? yes. everything was at stake. i could face life in prison, i am willing to do anything that needs to be done. now, i have the strength. she was the embodiment of the american dream, an immigrant who described a childhood of poverty and abuse. attended elite schools and rose to the top of her field. against all odds, norma patricia esparza became the well-respected p
everybody went, oh, this is mob connected. so why would police focus on her, a beautiful socialite, ex-wife number two? it was very intoxicating. i think she was cold and calculating. maybe her former husband was worth more dead than alive. it s easy to blame the rich, beautiful woman. the person everyone loves to hate. but she is completely innocent. or maybe it was someone else entirely. he is obsessed with gary triano, obsessed with him. it s a case we investigated for more than five years. now a stunning new in. we are going back up under a rollercoaster. spend a little time in tucson arizona and here, in the shadows of the majestic saguaros you will find a thriving metropolis of 1 million people, with a surprising small town feel. it s the kind of place where everyone seems to know everyone. and if you ask anyone from tucson where they were on november 1st, 1996, they will tell you it was the day of a murder. so dramatic, so horrific they will never f
i think the last state within her diary said it all. we had a lot of hurdles to get over. i will never forgive myself. never. the life of a police officer. it s full of danger. and stress. they have rough days at work. and they end up holding it in. our first responders. it is hard. it is hard work. from one called to the next, you don t know what s going to be up with. but our story is about what happened when a first responder had to face a crisis in his own home. baby, please wake up! a cop pleading for help, from his travel men and women in blue. tell them i m a cup, please. tell them to hurry please. and one moment, a family is shattered. it s like disbelief. it s a surreal moment. and overtime, an entire communities secrets would be revealed. i cried. it does not make sense. it starts here in the village of los lunas, mexico. 25 miles south of albuquerque. tera chavez grew up with her twin brother josh, and young brother a
pump. gas prices up 50% in the last year. the cost for nearly everything you buy on the rise. how americans are coping and what the president said today. the uvalde school district police chief responds. chief pete arrodondo defending his actions. raising more questions about the police response. why he says he didn t have a radio and didn t think he was in command during the 77 minutes the shooter was left in the classroom. this as another victim, a teacher, is laid to rest. news on the pandemic. the cdc set to make a major announcement. sources telling abc news they will lift the testing requirement for all international travelers coming into the u.s. what this could mean for your summer vacation. word just coming in from florida two children struck by lightning as millions are on alert across the south. severe weather with damaging winds and flooding rains, and life-threatening heat from california to texas. rob marciano timing it all out. the dire situation now in
Norah relentless severe storms slammed the south. What the [bleep] norah tonight, the devastation from another tornado outbreak, as more than 200,000 customers are without power after a wild week of weather. I went right in the house in the nick of time. They just tore everything up. Norah tonight, the multiday threat with large hail pelting parts of texas. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. We want to begin with a story we have led this broadcast with almost every night this week deadly and dangerous storms unleashing fury and dozens of tornadoes from michigan to florida. A line of severe thunderstorms, winds gusting above hurricane force, and tornadoes tore through the florida panhandle, including the city of tallahassee, early this morning. This drone video shows the long trail of destruction to homes and businesses. Roofs you can see, in some cases, completely gone. Massive chunks of hail battered