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this is "nightline". >> tonight brutal regime. the american college student detained for 17 months in north korea now dead days after returning from home in a coma. his parents speaking out. >> i nelt down by his side and hugged him. >> now questions about what happened to him in captivity, why doctors are saying the official story doesn't add up plus. ♪ don't go chasing waterfalls ♪ >> 23 years after tlc's first hit. the death of her sister. >> devastating. i couldn't speak about her in past tense.
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we start tonight with a horrifying student about a arrested in north korea and held there for a year and released only in a coma. so many questions unanswered. >> then 24-year-old eric wareheimbier otto warmbier 17 months later was carried off a plane unable to walk, talk or respond to verbal commands. >> we're thrilled our
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american soil and i'm able to talk to you on otto's behalf and i'm able to wear the jacket that he wore when he gave his confession. >> today just six days after that, warmbier died, his parents writing in a statement, otto has completed his journey home. president trump promptly weighing in. >> at least we got him home to be with his parents where they were so happy to see him even though he was in very tough condition. it's a brutal regime and we'll be able to handle it. >> it is not yet clear what impact warmbier's death will have on the already tense situation twrbetween the united states and rogue noouuclear pow. what happened to him is still a mystery. he grew up in small town of
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achiever, at his high school graduation, he enrolled at the university of virginia but in december 2015 made a decision that would radically altar his life. he went to north korea on a five day visit with a tour group young pioneer tours offering package tours to quote destinations your mother would rather you stay away from. the director of the young pioneers told us this -- it was in the early hours of new year's day that warmbier made a fateful decision to steal that propaganda
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despite his pleas for mercy was sent to a north korea prison. would be the last time his family would ever hear his voice. >> please save my life. >> for months the family had no news of his condition. encouraged by the obama administration to keep a low profile to better negotiate his release. president trump directed rex tillerson to secure the release of everyone american hostage in north korea. in may secret talks took places in norway eventually leading to a meeting in new york city when the state department learned that warmbier had been in a coma for more than a year. working with the warmbier family to get his release. >> they are in very dire co
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proper medical care and some put in labor camps, it is a very cruel regime. >> demanded his release. on june 13th, warmbier was med vacced back to the united states when he touched down he was ruched to the university of cincinnati neuro science intensive care unit. north korea officials say he contracted a disease after taking a sleeping pill but american doctors dispute that claim. >> i think that's probably the greatest clue to the medical team here is that the loss of brain tissue was across the board. it was everywhere. something that would happen if some were deprived of oxygen. >> warmbier's brief reunion with his family, bittersweet. his father with this statement to the press. >> i knelt down by his side and hugged him and told him i missed him and was so glad
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home. >> tonight the family condemning north korea's actions -- secretary of state tillerson saying this in a statement -- tillerson also demanding the release of three other american hostages who remain in the country. u.s.-north korea relations are increasingly strained. >> i believe that otto's death will have political repercuss n repercussio repercussions. this was a crime against humanity. if there's more safrpgss for north korea i'm for it. >> the regime of kim jong-un that former nba player dennis rodman is biggest diplomatic presence in the country. last week he made a strange
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had no role in warmbier release. in the case of ling and li accuse the of crossing the north korea border while filming a story. laura's sister, the reporter lisa lang led a very public campaign and only granted them nesty until d former president bill clinton visited. >> we were shocked but knew instantly in our heart that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end. >> today she tweeted this -- tonight's warmbier's tour group say they will no longer organize tours for americans to visit north korea. his parents saying when he
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could almost anguished within a day he was at peace. he was home. and we believe he could sense that. >> the last video his video has of warmbier as a free man shows their bright adventurous son playing with children in north korea days before he was arrested. the final frames of liberty in a life cut way too short. >> next year we switch gears . >> next, we switch gear and talk about the come back of american's best selling female group of all time, tlc. ♪ new charmin ultra soft! it's softer than ever. new charmin ultra soft is twice as absorbent so you can use less. and it's softer than ever... so it's harder to resist. okay, this is getting a little weird
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. back now with tlc and the new record many thought would never happen, that includes the members of this phenomenally success female group that first got successful in the 1990s. tonight they tell their story. ♪ don't go chasing wattfalls. >> to many they are the quintessential sound of the 90s. >> i heard those girls they're cool. >> t boss, left eye, and chilly. aka, tlc, one of the best selling female groups ever. for they made mutic history in songs like "water falls" with their social conscious lyrics and street 1250i8. >> how did you come up with the dance moves? >> it was in the trailer. we have a dance in atlanta. goes like this. just kind of roll with it.
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with the beat. just do that. right there. >> there you go. put your shoulders up and down like that. >> you have it. that's good. you just did it. >> 15 years after their last album tlc is back with their fifth and they say final one, but not before a little trip down memory lane. >> i remember these outfits. >> you do? >> just got burrlap and we jump in it and just held it. >> that's it. >> that looks crazy, sexy, cool. >> some thought the new album would never happen. >> music fans around the world are mourning a loss this morning. >> after the tragic death of lisa "left eye" lopez in 2002. >> when i would talk about her i would talk about her like she was still here.
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couldn't speak about her like past tense. couldn't do it. there's always going to be a sore spot for us because that was our sister. >> how do you go forward one person down. >> i'll say this, you have to find your new normal and we're clear things were different there wouldn't be tlc as you knew it. she would want us to move on. she would say tlc is forever. >> we've done so much together we're the only ones could continue this on. >> continue on they did, new album came together via kick starter, contributions nearly half million dollars came streaming in from fans around the world, from people like bette midler we caught up with them for the back story. >> we're so surprised when your
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it means a lot to us. >> they've had such impact on other artists that such support come as less surprise as you think. >> i went and met lady gaga she was crying saying we changed her lives with songs like "i'm pretty" i'm like wow you're lady gaga she's like as a young girl who wanted to sing and felt like an outcast you made me feel okay. >> your muse siic is very timel. it's aged very well. ♪ scrub is a guy can't get no love from me ♪ >> scrubs are like little roaches. you can't get rid of them. they're always going to be around. i think truth resonates to everybody, like that's true, that happened to me. >> their musical influences may seem all over the map. >> notorus
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>> that video banging. >> guns-n-roses. >> absolutely. >> not exactly what i expect. >> foo fighters. >> fleetwood mac. >> the love of unexpected artists is mutual to this day they are covered by musicians of all genres. >> like hanson. taylor. it's amazing. >> even a quartet by judges on the voice. ♪ don't go chasing water falls". >> add to the list the one and only prince. >> look at this. >> look the that. >> that's the one. yep. that's the one. ♪ party over, it's out of time ♪ >> on tour in new york, prince comes out
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everybody was looking like ha! i forgot the words, i almost fell off stage. i'm like damn girl. >> but for a career with so many highs there were also unimagi unimaginable lows at the height of their fame had to file for bankruptcy cheated their money by contracts. lisa was dating $15,000 to go file bankrupty to go broke we of couldn't even afford to go broke. we paid him back. >> adding to the financial hardshi hardships, t boz struggled with health issues throughout her career, suffering from sickle cell a neemia. >> i lost my sight, hearing, balance.
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i'm like what is this. you either sit or get up and fight. i chose to fight. >> today time is right for a new chapter. they'll headline "i love the 90s" tour. >> you know about our show it gives you a good feeling. you know that downey fresh like. >> yeah. ♪ >> and t boz and chilly are generating much buzz for the upcoming al kbum releasing the video from way back with snoop dogg from last week and here for the first time clip from their video "haters". ♪ ♪ never gonna care what they say ♪ ♪ >> no haters the here. for "nightline" new york city. ♪ don't you ever change ♪ people gone you say what they say ♪ ♪ we don't care about that anyway. >> next the
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50 years after "mr. ed" the sit come starring a talking horse comes a sit come with a talking dog but this is not all right standard every day affair. >> it's funny how life works. >> yes there's a talking dog called martin this is ground breaking television. number one the dog is depressed. >> i don't feel very respected as i being. >> it is a talking dog show for adults. >> i don't want to come off as, like, hyper critical but we used to go on walks. >> people are like the whole family could watch it, i'm like not really. >> i watch it with my eight-year-old kid but i'm a bad parent. >> obviously you're a terrible parent but that's fine. >> this is a funny comedy here on network television on
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>> what's the name. >> i'm nan. >> no the dog what's the dog's name. >> i don't know if i would have gone and done a regular sit come no matter how good it was. i like how this is different. >> that's allison of of fargo. she plains martin's owner, nan, and that's cocreator and voice of martin. >> a lot of my in flaws are part of his character, a way to make fun of myself and the whole generation, very self-analytical. >> so martin has to sit through sex. >> yeah. yeah. >> [ laughter ] >> everybody who has dogs who has sex you know how it is. >> it's weird you look over and your dog is looking at you. >> there's ned he is a rescue from chicago. >> hey ned this is my yard, ned. >> certainly when i first read the description of the
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thought oh, dear. >> if something makes me happy, how could it be wrong. >> made this web series just for fun. i was an in ad director. and always did long-form stuff. >> tv folk got hold of it, loved it and took a risk. >> yeah i'm a trash dock dog and she's a fancy lady but we have each other. >> for "nightline," in los angeles. >> thanks nick. downward dog airs tuesday here on abc. thanks for watching "nightline" >> what's the recipe for success on this show? take one contestant, add three lifelines, stir in a million dollars, and toss it all in one big pressure cooker. get ready. it's time to play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ [cheers and applause] welcome to the show! are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause]
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led him to this show. he wants nothing more than to see what our million-dollar question could be. from midvale, utah, please welcome steven fehr! [cheers and applause] steven, how you doing? >> good, good, good. [cheers and applause] >> so you're just dying to know what that million-dollar question is? >> yeah, i hope it's a "star wars" question. >> you hope it's a "star wars" question? >> i do. >> you're a fan? >> i am, a big fan. i'm wearing "star wars" socks and underwear right now. [laughter] >> steven, i'm gonna take your word for it. [laughter] i--i'm just gonna trust. i feel like we got to build this relationship on trust. well, there is one easy way to find out what that million-dollar question is. i could just show you. >> that would be great. >> or you could face 14 questions with the money values growing from $500 all the way up to that $1 million question. [cheers and applause] every question you answer correctly moves you one step closer to that top prize. remember, at any time, you can walk away with the money

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