True Crime Reality

President Trump is currently at the center of four major, developing stories on this Monday afternoon.  Trump has announced the blockade is back at the Strait of Hormuz, and that the U.S. will charge nations to pass through, calling us the “guardian” of the vital passageway.  He also announced who he wanted to fill Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat, and the SC Governor just complied, appointing Graham’s sister, Darline. Trump is also dealing with a massive legal beatdown from a judge who eviscerated him for his $10 billion dollar lawsuit against the IRS, an agency he oversees as President.   And finally, we just got word that President Trump plans to address the nation this Thursday night.

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A frightening story and a cautionary tale for air travelers, after a 61-year-old man on a flight from Greece to Germany was partially sucked out of an airplane window. His wife and fellow passengers held onto his legs, and eventually pulled him back inside the plane. He is now recovering in the hospital with head and neck injuries and friction burns. Witness accounts from inside the cabin are harrowing and many believe the man is alive today because he was wearing his seatbelt when the window dislodged from the plane. This isn’t the first time an incident like this occurred, back in 2018, a woman was killed in eerily similar circumstances, on the same type of plane, a Boeing 737, headed from New York to Dallas.

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There are several concerning and conflicting accounts about how a black, 18-year-old elite athlete who knew how to swim, wound up dead after attending a Fourth of July party surrounded by hundreds of partygoers. Nolan Wells family is demanding answers and awaiting results from independent autopsy, as new questions emerge in this case. Perhaps the most glaring: why would any teenager leave their phone, and their friends, to stay on a remote island with no way to communicate with anyone? We go over the latest developments and contradictory statements from witnesses who have an entire community asking for transparency.

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Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.”

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The sixth film in the notoriously dark and gory franchise is the most intense, grisly and gory one yet. We weren’t sure the movie could live up to all the hype, but it certainly did, and even surpassed our expectations. However, speaking of expectations, the film has not lived up to what producers were hoping, falling far short in its opening weekend. Perhaps, it’s just too scary, too violent and too much for most movie-goers… don’t judge us for highly recommending this flick to people with iron stomachs.    

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For years, Natalee Holloway's disappearance left more questions than answers.

Long before Joran van der Sloot finally confessed to killing Natalee on a beach in Aruba in 2023, actress Amy Gumenick helped bring her story to millions of viewers.

Amy looks back on playing Natalee while the case remained unsolved, the emotional responsibility of portraying a real victim, and how Joran van der Sloot's confession forever changed the way she sees the story.

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As we learn more about the latest Iranian assassination threats against President Trump’s life, Trump himself laid out what amounts to a “dead man’s switch” on his social media. Trump claims he’s given orders to the U.S. military to destroy Iran at levels they’ve never seen before in case he is assassinated. The President even told reporters this week in Turkey that perhaps his luck in staying alive won’t last much longer. However, the 25th amendment makes it very clear, what would happen if Trump were, in fact, assassinated: only Vice President J.D. Vance would have authority to make decisions about retaliation.

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We are waking up to the shocking news that four term U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham has died from what his office is calling a “brief and sudden illness.” Dispatch calls refer to a cardiac situation and describe CPR being performed on the Senator. We go over Graham’s remarkable political career, including the fact that he was just in Ukraine on Friday meeting with President Zelensky and what happens next in the race to replace him.

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Have you ever heard of Nihilistic Violent Extremist groups, or NVEs? Well, the FBI wants to make sure you are up to speed on several online groups in this country actively targeting and recruiting your young kids to commit acts of violence towards others and themselves. The warning issued to parents this week reads like a horror movie, with the conviction of a 19-year-old who is just one of dozens of mostly young men who are obsessed with violence and mass killings. The feds say their targets are often underage females, and kids who are struggling with depression, and encourage them through grooming tactics and coercion to harm themselves, even kill themselves on livestreams and videos. 

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A Florida couple thought they could dip down to the pool and have a drink while their young kids were in cribs upstairs at their Key Largo Resort over the Fourth of July weekend. Hotel staff heard the kids crying and called police who promptly arrested the couple and placed the kids in protective custody.  We go over the details of the case, including the fact that mom and dad were gone for approximately 40 minutes, and ask if the punishment fits the crime. 

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