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podcast with harvey levin and mark geragos. their defense attorney, erik menendez, describing the terror behind bars. >> i faced a lot of bullying and trauma. there was it was a dangerous environment. >> what happened to you? >> i was picked on, bullied violently. and it was traumatic. and it was continual. and, you know, there's the things that a lot of inmates in prison go through. and, and when they're not part of a gang structure. >> and erik. >> says he didn't fight back. >> i'm not going to fight back. i'm not going to, you know, engage. and i had no one to really to turn to for help. >> the brothers served 21 years of their sentence in separate prisons. erik, describing how he felt when he says he learned his brother lyle had been violently attacked. >> i was told lyle just got assaulted and got his jaw broken. and it was i'm thinking, he's over there. i'm going through this over here. and at least we could protect each
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other. maybe if we were together. >> next month, the brothers face a critical hearing when a judge will decide whether they should be resentenced for the gruesome murders of their parents, kitty and jose. the 2024 netflix series shining a spotlight on their case and the alleged sex abuse by their father. >> this is done. this is done. you understand? >> lyle believes that the tv show helped people understand the childhood trauma he and eric endured. of the three legal avenues for their release, resentencing remains the most likely. now, the new da, nathan hochman, has told me that he and his team continue to examine the case file, but that they have made no decisions so far. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> matt. thank you. once popular fashion retailer forever 21 is closing 200 u.s. stores amid reports it is close to its second bankruptcy declaration in five years. forever 21 was once a staple of shopping malls, but has since lost ground to online retailers. if a buyer for its
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>> you have to have a dream. >> a goal. you have to be willing to work for it. >> we are not going to stop chasing the dream. he canceled. >> look up. not giving up. in the dictionary. a picture of my wife would be there. >> you're one of the strong ones, okay? just remember that. >> you're stronger. you're stronger. >> my dad would be so thankful for all of the lives that have been saved. >> gabby petito. now, tonight. >> the text messages you haven't seen, what did they reveal? >> and for the first time, her parents and their spouses tell their story. >> there was a note found and it said after reading. >> tonight on abc's 2020. >> sportsews now. time. danny is back as we start with some really hot stuff on the ice. >> the four nations cup, the
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inaugural one. what a finish. canada versus the usa. rivals to decide the first ever champion in this faceoff. >> this is a ratings smash regardless of the outcome. everyone was talking about it online and it started like this. fans in boston booing canada's national anthem, just as the canadians did during the u.s. national anthem. when the teams met in montreal last week. >> there was no fighting in this one, though it was tied in overtime when canada's connor mcdavid scored the winner there. canada wins 3 to 2. setting off stanley cup celebration. >> in overtime two a canadian prime minister justin trudeau taking a victory lap, posting you can't take our country and you can't take our game. i would like to point out, though, in this entire tournament, they split the series one one. it's just that canada won when it mattered. >> the bigger one. >> so either way, a florida panther is a champion because they had players. >> congrats. >> so you win either way. >> yeah andrew's a winner. >> turning to baseball now where spring training is underway. >> and now major league baseball is taking a page out of the nfl
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playbook, which has been using instant replay since 1986. >> but now, for the first time, the mlb is trying something kind of similar. here's abc's jacqueline lee. >> first pitch of 2025. >> fouled off. strike one. >> the first. >> day of spring training games. the dodgers taking on the cubs on spectrum sportsnet la. >> inside one ball. >> one strike. >> and new technology is getting a major league test. >> here's here's. >> what it looked like. so it was a strike. >> for the first time in the big leagues. mlb is using what some are calling robot umpires. an automated ball strike system or abs, but not replacing the guy behind the plate. in this demo video, you can see the technology in action in a triple-a game last summer. >> the pitch. >> is called a strike. the hitter will tap his helmet. that's the sign to challenge. the umpire will turn around, announce that the pitch is being challenged. we will then show this graphic revealing the pitch location. so it's a ball
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obviously overturned. the umpire will turn around, announce the new count, and off we go again. >> teams will have two challenges they can use per game, and a team does not lose the challenge when a review is ruled in its favor. if you're watching on tv, the game will look different too. >> so what we're doing in spring training is we're going to test out a couple different ideas. one is to show the box, but not show where the ball was. the second is to show the ball, but not where the box was. >> mlb says it won't be using the robo ump during the regular season, so you'll still be free to argue over that pitch you think was clearly a strike. jacqueline lee, abc news, los angeles. >> jacqueline. thank you. i hate this. >> i like it. i know you don't. >> i'm kind of on the fence. >> i like being right. >> and finally, a brand new suv in exchange for a jersey number. speaking of baseball. danny's mets. >> this is very exciting because we have newly signed mets superstar juan soto. he has that
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record breaking $765 million contract. but i think he didn't have was his usual number. number 22, because brett baty had it on the mets. so what did he do? he got him a brand new truck. >> yeah. thanking him for giving up number 22. soto gifted him with this brand new chevy tahoe worth $92,000. >> pretty cool. yeah, right. the vehicle was even painted with the number. or. thanks for the number 22 on the back. >> my favorite. >> thing about the window. >> is that brett baty apparently been driving the same car since 2016 that had 150,000 miles on it. that's. thank you. >> juan soto doesn't want soto owe something to the yankees. i feel. >> he got you to the world series. >> series? >> that's howell bionic floodlight for 50% off. last year, over 100 million packages were stolen. worse yet, over 500,000 homes were broken into. the party's over. porch.
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differently in front of your fish. >> researchers in germany say they've observed that sea bream in the mediterranean sea could tell divers apart, based on the subtle differences in their diving suits and gear. >> when divers wore identical outfits, the fish's ability to tell the divers apart was greatly diminished. don't you. guys believe this? >> something smells fishy here. >> oh, zoom. zoom. >> okay, next to the outfit that divided the nation exactly a decade ago and continues to do so. >> danny was in elementary school. >> oh, he was born. >> i was a sophomore in college. i remember where i was when this broke. i was at a meeting with all my fellow ras in miami, and we could not get over this because there was this viral debate. if you remember the $77 lace dress, i say it's white and gold. many people say it's cobalt blue and black. >> you seriously see white and gold. >> is it weird that i'm somewhere in between? >> that is. yeah, the world divided. >> so here's the deal. one optometrist says it's all about how our brains perceive the background lighting of the
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photo. for the record, the retailer confirmed it is blue and black. yes, they later did make a white and gold version of it, though. next. >> from the. >> museum of. >> illusions in new york city. politics and foreign wars. >> all the weather. >> all. >> the scores. >> that's the. world news. polka. if you're an insomniac and a good night's. >> sleep you lack. do the world news. >> polka. things don't always go your way. but that's no cause to frown, smile and do the polka. when your world seems upside down. >> you may find when you're blue. it's all in your point of view. >> that's the world. news polka.
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