i want to bring in abc's dan abrams, and dan, i want to get to the bottom line here on the discrepancies of the stories. say, they got pulled over, he was held at gunpoint. a gun to his head. what did we learn today from that surveillance? >> reporter: it seems pretty clear that that part of the account is not true. that they were pulled over by robbers pretending to be police officers. with that said, even based on what the authorities themselves have said, these swimmers can say, we believe we were robbed. even if there was damage done to that gas station, if a security guard comes up with a gun and demands money, and guns were used, that can consider being robbed, therefore this is not a slam dunk case. >> in the meantime, that late development reported by abc news that police are now requesting prosecutors indict lochte and feigen. lochte is here in the u.s. feigen is in brazil. could they face very different scenarios here? >> huge difference. ryan lochte's legal challenges will be over. he's not going to get extradited to brazil to face a claim of a false police charge. and as a re

dan abrams. dan abrams. dan, i know you're going to disagree with me, but i want to nobody is mentioning, her name is hae lee. she's dead. she was a little high school girl. in her car was the map book with adnan's print on it. the page of the map where her body was found was torn out of that map book. his fingerprints on the map. and not only that, they had just broken up. he wouldn't let her go. she had a new boyfriend. she wrote him a letter, let me go. and on that letter, adnan syed writes, i will kill. who else killed her? >> the only other person i think realistically that could have killed her would be the other person in this story, which is jay, right, the one who is talked about so much. because he's the one who brings them to the car. you have to believe it was either jay or adnan. >> so, you don't really disagree with her that much? >> no, no. >> he didn't have a dog in the that's what i'm putting out there. >> i don't -- i don't -- >> we're going to end in a good way today. let's go

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dan abrams for ryan lochte nothing uhh meaning he's now here in the states he's not gonna get extradited as a result of this feigen is the marci gonzalez tag still no full explanation for the conflicting accounts- but - in his apology, lochte went on to say it was traumatic to be in a foreign country with a stranger pointing a gun adding, regardless, he should have been more responsible. mg abc news ny it's the worst natural disaster since hurricane sandy. devastating and deadly flooding forcing tens of thousands from their homes. we are hearing from survivors...as more storms could be headed their way. plus.. attacking us no matter what we did." a fun day of swimming turns into a mad dash for freedom as two boys are surrounded by otters trying to bite them. you're watching 13 action news, where you get breaking news fast and first. for seniors like barbara, social security makes a difference every month. but for the wall street types who've given congressman joe heck's campaigns over $500,000, social security could mean billions of dollars in fees. and why joe heck and wall street suppo

right to abc news chief legal analyst dan abrams. we heard what steve said, the evidence prosecutors will point to she never called for help, you were pointing out and also talk about where she targeted, where the gunshot was. >> two key points here for prosecutors will be what did she do after the fact and the medical evidence. prosecutors are going to say he was shot in the back and say if he's shot in the back how is that possibly self-defense? and also what she did after the fact. meaning let's assume that this was self-defense. let's assume she's trying to get away and shoots him. then why wouldn't she try and get help for him afterwards? what h she wasn't thinking rationally. that she freaked out in essence and left, et cetera, so just what she did after the fact, i don't think is going to be enough for a conviction. they're going to need that medical evidence, i think, to be clear that he was shot in the back. if that's the case, this is going to be a stronger case for the prosecutors. >> you told us before when you talk about

. >> we'll bring in dan abrams to help weigh saying. what do you make of judge's orders about the athletes staying there and pulling two off the plane. >> let's be clear. this is a political investigation, right? if this were just some ordinary person who made a police report and weren't sure if it is true they wouldn't pull potential witnesses off a plane so this is an important case and a huge embarrassment to them. for them it's a really big deal whether this is true. so what the judge is doing is brazil to file a false police report, we want to investigate that. the question for me, though, is it seems as if it's lochte and feigen who spoke to the police but the other two who were just pulled off the plane, i think, they want to question them so here in the united states you couldn't literally pull someone off of a plane, take their passports to away to be a potential witness in the case if the crime you're talking about is the possibility of filing a false police report. >> with lochte now back here in is he in the clear. >> yeah,

case is being compared to that of stanford swimmer brock turner. >> h let's talk about the with dan abrams and nancy brace. explain the process. they reached a deal. the prosecutors requested two years of jail time. the judge made a different decision. but he's effectively agreeing to lesser charges. prosecutors come to the judge and say, weave reached this effectively agreement. here's what we would recommend. the judge then also gets what is a probation report. he hears from the victim's family. he flares the victim. from the defendant. makes a decision. no question this is a lenient decision. this guy should be incredibly appreciative. this is a lucky, lucky young man that he's not serving time based t that one of the victims said that she thought he should get probation was very helpful to him. >> i disagree on so many levels the. what is the called in courthouse parlance is a blind plea. you agree to a plea agreement. you agree that someone is going the plead guilty. you go before the judge and both the state here recommended two years bee hind bars. the defense wanted probation. the

. >> let's talk to dan abrams, nancy grace about that. let's pick up on the last point. the decision to grant a new trial is not based on the witnesses. is the new trial definitely going forward? >> no. when you have a legal ruling like this, prosecutors can appeal. they're appealing the decision for a new trial. sure, as matter, it doesn't really matter because the ruling from the court below relied on something else. cell phone tower data. but, the fact that there are now question about the star alibi witness has inevitably got to seep into the appeal. if there is a new trial this is syed's star witness. >> if this goes to trial, pretty i want to remind everybody that while the cell phone records are what the judge grants the motion for a new trial on, the defense is appealing the decision saying it should have been granted because of the alibi witness, asia mcclain, who has tried to make money off this case and her book that is for sale on amazon, "confessions of a serial alibi." she's gone on tv, podcts book. that's not going to help anything. but back to the facts,

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two flight and detained in rio - did ryan lochte and his teammates lie about that armed robbery - dan abrams joins us this morning to weigh in. swimmers who say they were robbed in brazil. authorities in rio say there is now a video showing ryan lochte and his three teammates breakign down a bathroom door at a gas station and fighting with a security guard. they were also reprotedly so drunk they couldn't give accurate descriptions of the alleged robbers. brazilian authorities pulled two of the american swimmers off their u-s bound plane last ni were eventually released with the understanding that they would make statements to police today. swimmer james feigen initially made statements to police... and is still in brazil. he says he's cooperating with authorities. lochte is already back in the u-s and says he has no intention of going back to brazil. blue cut fire continues to burn within southern california. current acres burned is now at smoke will continue to billow into the valley this morning into the afternoon creating unhealthy levels of air quality for the young, elderly, and folks

stanford swimmer received six months in jail for sexual assault. >> let's talk about this with dan abrams and nancy grace. dan, let me begin with you and explain the process. they reached a deal. the prosecutors requested two years of jail time. the judge made a different decision. how does that happen? >> right. it's not called a plea deal. but he's effectively agreeing to prosecutors come to the judge and say, okay, we've reached this effectively agreement. here's what we would recommend. the judge then also gets what is a probation report. he hears from the victim's family. he hears from the victim. he hears from the defendant. makes a decision. no question this is a lenient decision. this guy should be incredibly appreciative. this is a lucky, lucky young man that he's not serving time based on this crime. with that said, i think the fact that one of the victims said that she thought he should get probation was very helpful to him. in this case. >> nancy. >> well, i disagree on so many levels. and what this is called in courthouse parlance is a blind plea. you agree to a plea agreemen

let's talk to dan abrams. the family not happy with assange. how about the police? >> my guess is they're not that thrilled either. look, when you add a reward, right, you increase the chances you help get some information. yo about it, that's all the good stuff. the bad stuff is that when you get a high-profile investigation like this, you tend to get whack-a-doodle theories and add in the conspiracy theorists and police will sort through all sorts of irrelevant leads detracting from their time focusing on the real issues. >> clearly fueling that -- >> there's no question assange is making this about wikileaks, 20,000 -- remember, the police are offering $25,000 anyway, right? he's adding $20,000. it just feels like he's trying to inject wikileaks into the discussion. as opposed to truly trying to solve this case, which is, of course, the goal the police and at family. >> no evidence tieing this to any conspiracy -- >> you can understand why people would have questions, right. 27-year-old seems like a robbery but nothing is stolen. you can understand why people are

with me now, dan abrams,.tories keep coming and gabe keeps -- i don't know who his sources are but beginning with this latest bombshell, this black room, with these private detectives and political operatives with fox's own money to spy on people. >> i don't know, maybe i'm the only one not that surprised in the sense that roger ailes ran fox like a political campaign and so this is what you do in a political campaign. that doesn't justify it, it doesn't make it right, but i guess i'm not that surprised and so some are going to say well, how did he get the authorization? no one knew about it. people forget, roger ailes really ran fox autonomously. did he have bosses in theory? yes, in theory. in reality, roger ailes was fox news so there wasn't sort of a separating out, roger ailes from fox news. they were one in the same and i think that's why and how something like this happens. >> the question then is, which is what i know a number of people have been wondering, is when you read about these sexual harassmen

dan abrams at the desk with us. we'll get to you in ray minute. let's begin with this huge price increase for epipens. many families now saying they can't afford to pay for the life-saving medication because the cost is so high. rebecca jarvis tracking the story. this is an eye-popping increase. >> it is, george. 400%. that is the amount that the epipens have gone up in cost since 2008 and as a lot of families are getting ready to they know the importance of those pens when they hit the classroom. this is an outrage. you have mylan pharmaceuticals, the company that creates the epipen that grbts it say they are working tirelessly to get access out there to all the families who need them. they also say that nearly 80% of the commercially insured patients using the epimen savings card received it for 0 dollars but the issue i'm hearing from a number of parents you're uninsured or even if you are insured, you might not actually have access to that program. >> rebecca, i mean, so many people calling this company vultures and what impact does it have on