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for the best. and that's all we can all hope for. >> eric and lyle's freedom now, before a new judge and a new da. >> we owe it to the victim. family members. we owe it to the public to get this decision right. >> after three decades in prison for killing their parents, some of their family members pushing for their freedom. >> they cried, looking directly at the judge, saying, let them out. >> will they get their holiday wish? plus, the beatles can't buy me love. never before seen footage of the fab four's arrival on american soil. we want the beatles and their first ever u.s. tour, making fans scream, shriek and sometimes faint when they sang she loves you, she loves you, causing a frenzy everywhere they went. now, 60 years later, a renewal of beatlemania with paul mccartney and a rock n roll who's who and the story of who snubbed the most popular band in the world. and mary poppins

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tonight. eric and lyle menendez, side by side in prison for a court hearing as hope for an early release hangs perilously in the balance. they've served more than three decades behind bars for murdering their parents. here's abc's matt gutman. >> an international media frenzy outside los angeles courthouse today. i need you guys to move for hearing in the eric and lyle menendez case. with a new judge and a new district attorney in charge, the menendez brothers fate hangs in the balance. >> by january 30th or 31st, we're hoping that by the end of that, or sometime sooner, that we will. in fact, get the brothers released. >> decades after murdering their parents, jose and kitty menendez, at their beverly hills mansion and being sentenced to life in prison without parole. today's hearing focused on the brothers claim that there is new evidence and that their case should be reexamined. a series of documentaries and a netflix

drama shedding new light on some of that evidence that eric and lyle say supports their claim that they were sexually abused for years before the murders. >> i, joseph lyle menendez, am destined for greatness. >> the judge gave no indication of how he is leaning on this. going into this, we were thinking maybe we can read some tea leaves of does he support the release? does he not? >> last four numbers outside the courthouse? a lottery for crowds of people vying to get inside to watch. >> preparing myself hopefully for the best. and that's all we can all hope for with just the change in our da. >> i'm not looking. i'm not as positive as i was. >> family members of the brothers also in attendance, including the 93 year old sister of kitty menendez, joan anderson vander molen, who spoke both inside and outside court. >> i do want them home. they should never have been in such a situation when their aunts got up and testified and took the oath, they raised their right

hand. >> they cried, looking directly at the judge, saying, let them out, that it is time that they be free. >> just days before the brothers attorney, mark geragos, previously speculated that they might be released, i believe before thanksgiving, they will be home. >> there were some indications weeks ago that it was going to be quick. it doesn't look like it's going to be quick. >> last month in a bombshell move, the los angeles district attorney, george gascon, calling for a judge to free the menendez brothers. announcing his recommendation for a resentencing, you are recommending that they be released essentially immediately. >> i am recommending that they be released because i believe that the people that they were at age 19 and 21 is not the same people that we're seeing 35 years later. >> but after a landslide defeat, the newly elected district attorney, nathan hochman, who will be sworn in on december 2nd, now has the power. california's governor gavin newsom, who the brothers recently petitioned for clemency, revealing on his podcast last week that he'll

leave it to hochman to decide on the brothers case. >> the menendez file, which is now a little thicker because we did deeper research in the last ten days, that's all on my desk. i think it's the right thing to do to hear from the new da before i make any decisions. >> hochman says he's concerned about how social media could shape perception. >> if you decide this case based on just reviewing a netflix documentary, you're doing a disservice to the menendez brothers, to the victim, family members, to the public. >> from a political standpoint, leans further right than that of the more left leaning george gascon. and so there's not as much of a motivation for him to resentence these men. >> the outgoing d.a, george gascon, was very favorable to resentencing the incoming da. hochman seems to be a little bit more hesitant. he says he wants to review the case. are you concerned that this may change the resentencing going forward? >> no. not really. the law is

pretty clear. i appreciate the fact that mr. hochman wants to evaluate it, which is fine, but that shouldn't delay anything because it's up to the judge and the judge's hands. >> now, today's hearing comes after shifting public opinion about the case and a hit netflix scripted series, monsters, that thrust their story back into the spotlight. this september. >> this is done. this is done. you understand? no more between you two. and you were never, never to touch him. not ever. >> what's the problem? what's the problem? i'm sorry. kill my parents. pardon me. so delicious. >> it was from the jump. one of the biggest cases in los angeles and in the country. no one could believe that these two young men had killed their parents. this way. >> it was the shocking beverly hills double murder. a prominent

husband and wife gunned down by their own children in cold blood. >> entertainment executive jose menendez and his wife were slain in the family room of their beverly hills mansion. >> their sons burst in on them and opened fire repeatedly over and over. shotgun blasts to all parts of their body. >> the sharp jawed, brooding brothers, convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the heinous murders. >> there was something deeply evil about it that scared people. >> i'm just a normal kid. >> oh, you're a normal kid who killed your parents. >> i know the brothers saying they feared for their lives when they shot their parents. after lyle threatened to expose their secret, their cousins backing up the allegations of abuse. >> he told me never to reveal it to anybody, to promise him that i would keep it a secret between us. >> but prosecutors in 1993 said

the abuse defense was fabricated, at one point even saying men can't be raped. it's the people's position. >> first of all, that men cannot be raped since they lack the necessary equipment to actually be raped. >> did your father have sexual contact with you? >> yes. >> the menendez brothers saga now being looked at through a 21st century lens and a trauma barely understood at the time that men could also be sexually abused, a reality explored by the former psychiatrist who treated the brothers back in the 90s. >> in the 80s and 90s, the public had very little knowledge about this type of sexual abuse, especially fathers abusing their own sons. >> i have always thought that if the menendez brothers were the menendez sisters, they'd be free today, would have been convicted. but an abuse victim often gets some kind of

clemency. >> this is not a child abuse trial. this is a murder trial. >> but some, like alan abramson, who covered the trial for the la times, still believe the brothers killed for money and that the jury got it right given their lavish spending spree. >> the parents were sitting in the den watching tv. where did they have any weapons? no. >> i thought that when lyle described the killing of his mother, that a normal jury would find it reprehensible and convict him. you know, we loved our mother. oh, yeah. really? you loved your mother. you blew her up. >> kitty's brother, milton anderson, agrees. the brothers should not be released, saying in a statement last month when eric and lyle menendez executed their parents, kitty and jose menendez, they not only cut short two lives, they also shattered an entire family. and the statement adding that their motive was pure greed. recently, questions about lyle's personal life caused a sensation on tiktok. >> lyle menendez has been having

an affair, allegedly with 21 year old. >> his wife, rebecca snead, who runs his facebook page posting this statement. lyle and i have been separated for a while now, but remain best friends and family. i am forever committed to the enduring fight for lyle and eric's freedom, as has been so evident over the years. >> as for the brothers fate right now, they wait. it doesn't look like there's going to be any court activity between now and the end of january. unless the governor were to jump in and decide he is going to grant clemency, but he has said he's not going to do that today. >> in a statement, the incoming d.a. hoffman said having more time to review the case will be helpful. re-emphasizing what he told us earlier this month. >> i'm not going to ask for a delay just for delay's sake. we'll ask for the minimal amount of time necessary to do this work, because we owe it to the menendez brothers. we owe it to the victim family members. we owe it to the public to get this decision right.

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. >> welcome back. a treasure trove of behind the scenes footage of the beatles epic first u.s. tour, offering a rare

insider perspective. untold. until now. here's abc's rebecca jarvis. the beatles can't buy me love. >> it's been 60 years since the beatles first landed on u.s. soil. screaming fans and beatlemania already in full swing. we want to feel. >> we want the beatles. >> the four lads from liverpool hope to get a haircut at all. no no no. no thanks. >> going on to become one of the greatest rock bands of all time. here are the beatles now, a new documentary. beatles 64. coming friday to disney plus gives a behind the scenes look at the early days of the fab four stardom and their historic first visit to the states. >> we were just like, we're in america. america. it's great being here in new york. >> at the film's premiere on sunday, beatles founding member paul mccartney was joined by a who's who of music, from james taylor to elvis costello and

steven van zandt to tim mcgraw and faith hill, all honoring the iconic band. >> they somehow pushed themselves and each other to levels that nobody had expected. >> legendary director martin scorsese is one of the film's producers. you also look at how they were received by some of the sort of esteemed, most prestigious press in the u.s, and there is this very sort of elitist view. >> totally. i'll never forget there was a newspaper i remember seeing the weekend before they arrived, making fun of their hair and basically saying, oh yeah, let's see what you got. when you get here. you know, that was the attitude. and suddenly it was a revolution. >> what really struck me, watching this after listening to the beatles for so many years, it was the innocence of that moment in time. >> it's 1964. it's the beatlemania has been going on

for a couple of months. they didn't know what to anticipate in new york, and they thought maybe no one would meet them at the airport. so they're so happy, gratified, joyous at what happens. this is a dream for them. >> motown superstar smokey robinson recalls his memory of the beatles in this exclusive clip. >> they were the first white artists ever of their magnitude that i ever heard in my life. so yeah, we grew up listening to black music. we loved motown. we think they're just great, especially their hair too. >> while in new york, the band stayed at one of the city's most legendary hotels as hordes of fans kept vigil outside. we are here in the plaza right now. 60 years ago, this is where they were. this is where they came. yeah. how does it feel to be sitting here? >> well, walking through the hallways is actually more chilling for me because the room looks like the plaza hotel. but it could be any hotel. the hallways are definitely the plaza hotel. >> definitely the plaza. >> and we have a bunch of scenes

in the hallways. so it's surreal. >> beatles 64 also showcases new interviews with surviving members mccartney and ringo starr. >> we weren't sure whether they would do an interview or not, but we did everything we could to entice them. and paul had this wonderful photo exhibit in brooklyn. >> oh, that's right. yes. >> yeah. where he himself was revisiting 1964. all the photographs are from 1964, and i think he had something else to say. so we filmed him at the photo exhibit. >> when we came, it was quite shortly after kennedy had been assassinated. maybe america needed something like the beatles to be lifted out of sorrow. >> the film features some never before seen footage of the band. >> there's a scene in the film. it's a party at the british embassy in in their honor, and they're mistreated by the staff because the staff at the embassy thinks they're low class. i can't quote the film exactly, because it's not safe for

television. but paul has a beautiful reaction, saying, basically, we knew we couldn't care less when we saw the stuff at the british embassy. >> we were surprised that it wasn't just it was the staff who complained, who treated them badly. >> shocking. hard to imagine. >> they left. they left. we don't need this. >> shocking. beyond badly. someone walked up to ringo and cut some of his hair. some of his hair off. >> wow. >> what do you like about the beatles? she was curious. >> we just like the beatles because they're english. do you think? isn't it very english to love like that? >> i think we're jolly english, actually. >> the documentary also highlights the group's sillier side. go on, go on. >> defy convention. >> no. i think the craziness was going on in the world and in the band. you know, we were kind of normal and the rest of the world was crazy. >> but beatles 64 isn't just a love letter to the band. fan interviews also recall those

heady days. >> my sister had the radio on and i heard the beatles. >> it's like total darkness and then the light comes on. >> i was like, oh my god, something for us. >> what do you guys hope people come away from this film with the experience of listening to music and how joyous it is and how it brings out our humanity, that i think the beatles more than anybody else, achieved something like that. >> you know, you should be down >> our thanks to rebecca. and when we come back, she charmed birds and inspired children to take their medicine with a spoonful of sugar. the untold story of mary poppins on her story of mary poppins on her diamond relentless weed, moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks.

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>> and finally, tonight, it seems as impossible as a flying nanny. but the mystical, magical mary poppins film is turning 60. to celebrate, abc will present a two night special event commemorating this diamond anniversary with rarely seen

footage, photos and stories from the film's living legends. offering a sweet remembrance of the enduring first of its kind movie with irresistible songs and iconic characters who touched the world, here's a sneak peek. >> early in 1963, julie andrews, with baby emma in tow, flies to los angeles to start production on mary poppins. she's learning on her feet and on the fly, so to speak, the flying sort of evolved because when i did see myself on camera, i just thought the feet need to be turned out. >> you don't want droopy feet at the end of the image of the umbrella and the carpet bag. >> somehow, julie andrews vividly recalls the very first take of the very first movie she ever made. >> dick van dike said, you look very pretty today, mary poppins. and all i had to do was walk across camera and say, do you really think so? and i thought, what? how do i say that? what do i do?

>> the untold story of mary poppins, a special edition of 2020, premieres wednesday at nine eight central here on abc. and of course, the beloved