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♪ he took me gourmet we hit that olive garden my little italy ♪ ♪ daddy always said let the gentleman pay never ever go dutch at the buffet ♪ ♪ i saw his bad intention he didn't wanna talk he put the saucy on it, oops time to check my watch ♪ ♪ daddy always said money can't buy class you don't wanna get stuck takin' out trash ♪ ♪ ooh, and yeah i guess it wasn't meant to be but no he didn't do jack for me ♪ ♪ i want a bean with the beanstalk and if the magic ain't right time to walk ♪ ♪ used to be your baby used to be your lady thought you were the perfect lover ♪ ♪ all the harmony went fallin' out of key, so now you gotta find another now you're talkin' crazy ♪ ♪ sayin' that you made me like i was your cinderella you and me are through though ♪ ♪ watch me hit it solo i'mma do it acapella whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
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♪ i'mma do it acapella whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh watch me do it in falsetta ♪ ♪ whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh never mind bring the beat back ♪ ♪ used to be your baby used to be your lady thought you were the perfect lover ♪ ♪ all the harmony went fallin' out of key, so now you gotta find another now you're talkin' crazy ♪ ♪ sayin' that you made me like i was your cinderella you and me are through though ♪ ♪ watch me hit it solo i'mma do it acapella whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ i'mma do it acapella yeah [ cheers and applause ] karmin, with her song. i want to thank michael b. jordan, and todd rundgren, i want to apologize to matt damon. "nightline" is next. good night.
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tonight on "nightline," in an abc news exclusive, robin roberts talks to juror b-29. this has been on your mind. >> george zimmerman got away with murder. >> tonight, the mom of eight told us what happened during those crucial hours behind closed doors as the jurors seal george zimmerman's fate. and what race had to do with her decision. she has never been a good girl or apologized for being bad. she can tear it up on the field. and in the pages of a glossy magazine, meet the soccer star making total domination. there is no stopping her.
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from new york city, this is "nightline" with terry moran. hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us tonight. it was a dramatic moment for america when the jury in the george zimmerman trial finally delivered a verdict, not guilty. adding fuel to a fire of racial tensions flaring across the country. but what was it like for the jurors themselves? tonight, one woman comes forward to tell us what happened on the other side of those closed doors. abc's robin roberts sat down for an exclusive interview with a woman who felt the weight of the world on her shoulders.
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>> we, the jury, find george zimmerman not guilty. >> reporter: the not guilty verdict that set george zimmerman free regarding the shooting death of trayvon martin. they wanted to ask the jurors very tough questions. >> some people have said george zimmerman got away with murder. how do you respond to those people who say that? >> george zimmerman got away with murder. but you can't get away from god. >> reporter: juror b-29, maddy, came forward today in an abc exclusive interview. she said it was not an easy decision. >> it is hard for me to sleep, to eat. >> you haven't asked for money or a book deal. you haven't asked for anything other than a forum to be able to tell your story. >> no, i don't need money. no money in this world can pay me to forget the pain i'm going through. trayvon martin will always be in my heart. >> reporter: but she wanted to
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talk about the verdict, how the jury reached it. and about what she sees as perhaps a higher justice. >> at the end of the day he will have a lot of question and answers he has to deal with. the law couldn't prove it. we just have to believe in the lord that if he has to pay, he will pay. >> reporter: maddy says putting her emotions aside and only considering the law was not easy. >> i stand by the decision because of the law. but if i stood by the decision because of my heart, he would have been guilty. >> reporter: a 36-year-old mother of eight who calls herself a black hispanic was the only minority on the jury. since the verdict and the public backlash, she feels riddled with guilt. >> i felt like i was forcibly included in trayvon martin's death. >> reporter: though she feels it brought the issue of race back to the forefront.
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after george zimmerman's acquittal, outrage ignited across the country. so how do you respond when you see people who are making this about race? who are saying had trayvon not been a young black man, that the conversation would be different? >> is it true? that is a question to be asked. >> reporter: even the president brought it occupy. >> there are very few african-american men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. that includes me. >> just like obama, i go to a lot of places and have people follow me sometimes. >> reporter: trayvon martin's reaction to the verdict echos the fe the feelings of many americans. >> i really didn't believe he was not guilty. >> reporter: while george zimmerman has remained silent, his parents spoke to abc news, offering an apology to trayvon's family. >> we are deeply sorry for this tragedy.
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>> reporter: but for trayvon martin's parents, sybrina fulton and tracy martin, the justice continues as they consider a civil suit. >> it is not just about the trayvon martin case. now it is about your kids, it is about other kids. >> reporter: two days after the verdict, another juror, b-37, spoke to anderson cooper on cnn. >> i think both were responsible for the situation they had gotten themselves into. i think they both could have walked away. >> there were some things that the other jurors said that you wanted to respond to? >> b-37 used the word "we." i guess because we were on the jury together, she put us all as a group. and she made it sound like we walk by color. and that is not what i do. >> and that was something that a lot of people from the outside thought must have been the discussion in the deliberations, about race, about color. but that was not the case? >> it was not the case. >> reporter: in their first
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vote, b-37 told cnn three jurors wanted not guilty. one, wanted murder. second degree. and two wanted manslaughter. what was your first vote? >> my first vote was second degree murder? >> how did you go from in nine hours to feeling he was guilty of second degree murder to not guilty? >> in between the nine hours it was hard. a lot of us wanted to find something that we could connect to the law, because for myself, he is guilty. because -- the evidence shows he is guilty. >> he is guilty of -- >> killing trayvon martin. but as the law was read to me, if you have no proof that he killed him intentionally, you can't -- find -- you can't say he is guilty. >> what was going on in your mind, your heart? >> i was the juror that was going to give them the hung jury. i was, i fought to the end. >> do you have regrets that you
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didn't? >> kind of. i mean, i'm the only minority and i felt like i let a lot of people down. >> reporter: this polarizing case began in a gated community in sanford, florida, martin was walking back to a house where he and his father were staying. he caught the attention of the self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, george zimmerman, who called police. >> this guy looks like he is up to no good, or on drugs or something. >> reporter: they suggested he stay in his car. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay, we don't need him to do that. >> reporter: what happened next was in dispute. but there seems to be the issue that there was a loud fight, and the issue was who was the attacker? >> somebody has been shot. >> reporter: zimmerman fired one gunshot and killed trayvon martin. those 911 calls were believed to be crucial pieces of evidence. whose voice did you think it was on the 911 call? >> i have never really, really
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paid mind to whose voice it was. because -- the evidence shows that people's voices change when you're in extreme emotion. >> reporter: during the trial, the fbi's audio expert did testify that it is impossible to tell who was screaming for help. during their 16 hours of deliberations, the consideration of a possible manslaughter verdict weighed heavily on maddy. when you all sent that note to the judge asking for an explanation on manslaughter, what was that about? >> well, what we were trying to figure out was manslaughter, in order to be charged, we had to prove that when he left home, he said i'm going to go kill trayvon martin. >> reporter: her own lawyer, david chico, says that even legal experts would have been confused. >> i have thought a lot about it and have not really been able to come up with another charge. except i think manslaughter was
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a charge that could be put forth. >> reporter: maddy says she had no idea that the world was watching so closely. >> solidarity. >> reporter: after the jury was released, she said she crumbled as the negative news reports about their verdict erupted. >> i literally fell on my knees, i broke down, my husband was holding me. i was screaming and crying. and i kept saying to myself i feel like i killed him. and i feel that maybe if it were the law -- a lot of people would read it. they would understand the choices that they gave us. >> reporter: she says the choices she made, she still stands by today. where do we go from here? >> my hope is that we stop walking around looking at color. >> reporter: that also seemed the hope of the devastated parents of trayvon martin who have been giving a kind of master class in forgiveness. >> we continue to pray that you know, we will find peace and strength to be forgiving
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parents. >> what would you like to say to trayvon's parents? >> i would like to apologize because i feel like i let them down. i didn't know how much importance i was to this case. because i never looked at color. and i still don't look at color. >> for "nightline," robin roberts, new york. >> today, the mother of trayvon martin said in a statement that the interview you have just seen "challenges our nation once again to do everything we can to make sure that this never happens to another child." there will be much more of robin's interview with juror b-29 on "good morning america" tomorrow morning. next up, she is aggressive in her playing and in her opinions. this is one athlete who won't back down. abc news "nightline," brought to you by viagra. light]
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. the u.s. women's soccer team boasts some of the finest athletes in the world, but it can feel a league away from men's sports. these women are fighting for recognition, and are not afraid to use their womanly wiles. here is amy robak on stars breaking all the boundaries. >> reporter: these women are making u.s. soccer sexy. >> i play for the u.s. women's soccer team. >> reporter: posing for sports
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but at the end of the day i'm an athlete that wants to win. >> reporter: the all-star goalie led the u.s. team to an olympic win. but despite the team's success, turning women's u.s. soccer into a profitable sport has been an up-hill battle. >> we're trying to evolve the women's game, and that means filling the stadiums, selling tickets. >> reporter: but hope has learned selling tickets is more than just good sport when image is everything. being known as the bad girl of soccer has not hurt. she doesn't believe in niceties or humility, from her twitter tirades with teammates, or baring it all. >> you bring out the guns, this is me, this is what wins us world championships and wins us gold medals. >> reporter: like her or not, her star power has helped bring women's soccer into the big-time. and with it, cash and face recognition.
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>> i want to win the gold medal. >> to be tough, strong, and not care what people think, all of a sudden there are dollar signs after that. big dollar signs. and that is what hope solo is all about. >> reporter: the biggest controversy in hope's career came in 2007, the coach benched hope right before the final match in the game against brazil. >> it was the wrong decision, and i think anybody that knows anything about it, knows that. >> reporter: you were not afraid to dress down your coach when he benched you? >> well, i'll correct you -- >> reporter: okay, sorry. >> i didn't dress down my coach or a teammate. i fully believed in my abilities. so that was confidence. it was not putting down the teammate or the coach. >> reporter: hope is not trying to make friends and doesn't think she should have to. >> i suffered greatly, came back stronger. i'm still here. >> although being typecast as the mean girl has not been easy.
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it has paid off. >> i'm one of the best goalkeepers this country has ever seen, and people either love me or hate me. >> reporter: hope's sexy status is at issue. we spent time with these girls preparing for a game against south korea. how do you get people to be the type of fans we see in the nfl, or nba? >> keep winning. i think now there are so many different personalities on the team, there is something for everybody. >> reporter: the women on u.s. soccer are putting it all out there for fans, exposing their personalities and putting it all out there on social media. >> now, fans are beginning to relate to us and like realize that we're so normal and goofy. >> we really are so much more in people's facing and living
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rooms. >> get used to this, a strong female athlete with a recognizable personality, this is a trend that is just beginning. >> reporter: is 2015 going to be your year to get that world cup? >> i mean, you got to think, right? you got to believe. i think everybody here is pulling for a national team at the moment. >> reporter: for "nightline," new jersey. >> game on, ladies. well, next up, royal baby mania is at an all-time high on their side of the pond and ours. but what does prince harry have to say about it all? perfection. details are really important during four course. i want to make sure that everything is perfect. that's why i do what i do. [ male announcer ] it's red lobster's just $14.99. start your feast with a choice of soup, then salad, plus biscuits! next, choose one of nine amazing entrees like new coconut and citrus grilled shrimp or linguini with shrimp and scallops. then finish with dessert. your four course seafood feast, just $14.99. [ mortazavi ] everything needs to be picture perfect. i'm reza, culinary manager.
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ma mania, ma provocative photos from a politician's newest scandal, and shocking video from the train accident in spain. that is tonight on "feed frenzy." off the rails, the derailment of a spanish train that hurdled off the tracks late wednesday night, killing at least 80 people, including one american and left more than 100 more injured. the train carriages came off the rails and toppled over as the train came speeding around a
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bend going at what officials believe may have been twice the speed limit for that section of track. danger and leathers, in case the latest anthony weiner sex scandal was not colorful enough, the young woman who claimed she carried on an affair with the disgraced politician, goes by sidney leathers, while weiner uses the name "carlos danger." the daring duo exchanged photos, with a woman half his wife's age, posing in various skimpy outfits. leathers went on "inside edition" to talk about it. >> he made promises, he was a better man now, he learned from his mistakes. and i am true that that is not true. >> uncle harry, once the darling of the royal
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