now orders that you are not to profit from the events of which you now stand convicted. >> and deborah robertswas live tonight from outside the courthouse, and deborah, we heard you report there the family of that teenager who took his life, conrad roy, saying there is no closure for them yet. any remorse or reaction from michelle carter? >> reporter: well, david, michelle carter was clearly emotional. trembling and weeping. he didn't speak. her lawyers say she is deeply remorseful, be you the family says they don't see that, and that's what troubles then. and the fact that michelle is at home with her family tieptd, and will remain there for weeks, if not, months until her appeal. >> deborah will have a special on this 2010 twn friday night at ten. >>> we turn to the other news tonight, and the chemical leak at a pool sending dozens of children to the hospital. and they describe the sip sip somes as they began to breathe in those chemicals. abc's steve osunsami in north carolina. >> reporter: authorities in durham county north carolina, who raced to this ymca and had to triage young children

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here's deborah roberts. >> reporter: many are thinking about football, but for the wives and familiesers, every day can feel like game day. so many worried about injuries and chronic encephalopathy. to has developed on facebook, filled with wives, daughters and widows of former and current players. one whose husband jamar played ten seasons, saying the purpose of the page is meant to be a supportive measure to a sigh limit partner of the family. >> it's a safe place for us to come and basically talk about anything. >> reporter: her husband tony has been early diagnosed with cte. >> it's hard to deal with a hot of wh -- lot of what we deal with, especially to a husband who might start to show signs of brain trauma. >> reporter: the group of roughly2,000 has been a lifesaver, offering a private place to put their pain, questions and worries. >> i may not have met any of these women, but i've met them through facebook, and that's enough for me. >> reporter: janet mccoy saying it was a crucial line of support, joining the group after losing her husband mike to dementia last year. the reti

here's abc's deborah roberts. ♪ oh, say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light >> reporter: it shoulde been a crowning career moment. jackie evancho singing the national anthem at a president's inauguration. ♪ through the perilous fight then 16 years old the classical singer taking on one of the biggest stages in her career. ♪ and the rockets' red glare one that began when she was just 10 on "america's got talent." ♪ but her decision to take the inaugural stage has left her career in jeopardy. >> evancho is under intense pressure. >> reporter: some critics calling it career suicide. >> she faced lots of backlash for performing. >> are you still proud that you did it? >> i am still proud because i now get to tell myself my name goes down on that long historical list of people who sang at the inauguration. it was a huge honor and just an experience i'm never going to forget. ♪ and the home of the brave >> reporter: many of her fans won't forget either, some vowing not to forgive. do you think the backlash has affected your singing career? >> i think that it has affected certain things l

here's deborah roberts. >> reporter: with the regular season just weeks away, many are thinking aboutor the wives and families of nfl players, every day can feel like game day. so many worried about injuries and chronic encephalopathy. to cope, a special sister hood has developed on facebook, the group filled with wives, daughters and widows of former and current players. one whose husband jamar played ten seasons, saying the purpose of the page is meant to be a supportive measure to a sigh silentartner of the nfl family. p >> it's a safe place for us to come and basically talk about anything. >> reporter: her husband tony has been early diagnosed with cte. the forum is to talk with other women about the issues. >> it's hard to deal with a lot of what we deal with, especially with a husband who might start to show signs of brain trauma. >> reporter: the group of roughly 2,000 has been a lifesaver, offering a private place to put their pain, questions and worries. >> i may not have met any of these women, but i've met them through facebook, and that's enough for me. >> reporter: janet

here's abc's deborah roberts. >> reporter: they are deeply personal, explosive moments with a vulnerable princess moments some of diana's friends say the public has no right to see. >> i knew that something profound was coming my way. >> reporter: recordings made in 1992 during sessions with diana's voice coach, peter settelen. >> if you feel strong about a point, make it. strongly. >> reporter: meant for her to practice public speaking, the clips seen in this new documentary comes from footage likely never thought would air publicly. revealing intimate detail of her troubled marriage. >> we met 13 times and then we married. confided in her. even reliving this cringe inducing moment from her engagement announcement to prince charles. >> i'm amazed that she's been brave enough to take me on. and i suppose in love? >> of course. >> and whatever "in love" means. >> yes. >> reporter: calling it traumatizing, diana longing for love. >> i was brought up in a sense that when you got engaged to someone you loved them. >> reporter: after years of legal disputes with diana's family, settelen is no

deborah roberts inside the courtroom. >>> record-breaking heat. the wildfires and severe storms hitting in the middle of the country tonight. now moving east. >>> severe turbulence after an american airlines jet takes off from the u.s. the pilot calling for help.

deborah roberts inside the courtroom. >>> record-breaking heat. and severe storms hitting in the middle of the country tonight. now moving east. >>> severe turbulence after an american airlines jet takes off from the u.s. the pilot calling for help. dozens of passengers injured. >>> the stunning images. what happens when you don't wear a seat bemt in the

deborah roberts inside the courtroom. >>> record-breaking heat. wildfires and severe storms hitting in the middle of the country tonight. now moving east. >>> severe turbulence after an american airlines jet takes off from the u.s. the pilot calling for help. dozens of passengers injured. >>> the stunning images. what happens when you don't wear a seat belt in the backseat. >>> and breaking now.

deborah roberts inside the courtroom. >>> record-breaking heat. the wildfires and severe storms hitting in the middle of the country tonight. now moving east. >>> severe turbulence after an american airlines jet takes off from the u.s. the pilot calling for help. dozens of passengers injured. >>> the stunning images. what happens when you don't wear a seat bemt in the

deborah roberts, abc news, taunton, massachusetts. >> and deborah will have much more on this case tonightr, 20/20 tonight at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central. >>> and president trump is leaving today for his first extended vacation since taking office as the russia investigation widens to a grand jury. >> the president continued to blast the probe as he traveled to west virginia last night to basking in the praise of thousands of supporters. abc's brad wilke has more. >> reporter: the president soaking in the cheers before heading off to a 17-day vacation at his private club in new jersey. >> your dreams are my dreams, your hopes are my hopes. >> reporter: a big announcement from the governor, switching political parties. >> i will be changing my registration to republican. >> reporter: at the same time, exhorting the crowd to dismiss the russia probe. >> have we not heard enough about the russians? >> reporter: but the investigation into russia's alleged interference in last year's election and possible collusion with trump associates kept popping up. >> we didn't win because of russia. we wo

david. >> deborah roberts with us from taunton, massachusetts, this morning. deborah, thank you.akenna o'donnell. thanks for being here. i know this has been a tremendous loss for you and your family and yesterday was yet another difficult day. i want to ask you, makenna, when the judge sentenced michelle carter to 2 1/2 years saying she would serve 15 months of it but saying she could remain free while she appeals this, what was your reaction? >> i was just sick. just sick to my stomach the fact that she can just be free and my cousin, he's not here 2 1/2 years isn't enough. it's not enough. she should be behind bars. >> in the end she was convicted on involuntary manslaughter. the judge determining that words, that text messages do matter. was there any justice here for you? >> just a little bit. not enough. it's not enough. she should be in jail. it's just -- it's just i don't understand how someone can be free knowing that she deliberately told him to get back in the car and she gets to she gets to eat breakfast. she gets to wake up with her family. meanwhile, where is conrad

abc's deborah roberts has the story. >> reporter: six days before the debut of the british channel 4peaking out against its release, saying the tapes are a betrayal of diana's privacy. the footage seen here in the trailer includes sessions diana had with her voice coach in 1992. they are more like privacy sessions of her private thoughts. >> she went to the queen, explaining all of the trouble she had with her husband. and the queen just shrugged her shoulders and basically told her to get on with it. >> reporter: when the tapes were first unearthed after her death, her brother said they belonged to the family. but after a long legal dispute they were returned to the photographer in 2004. they were aired in the states but never shown in the uk. settelen's attorney. defending the tapes' release to the bbc. >> it failed because the police looked at them. the spencer family looked at them, presumably, and so what was private to diana was actually lost in the process. >> reporter: the tapes putting a spotlight on the cracks in the marriage to prince charles, the princess pointing to this

something on people's minds after the baylor university scandal and abc's deborah roberts is here with one of the most critical conversations parents can have with their college-bound kids given that 80% of sex assaults happen to young women under the age of 25 college campuses all over the country are grappling with this difficult issue particularly baylor university which has been under the harsh glare of controversy. >> in a new lawsuit against baylor university -- >> reports of rape and sexual assault. >> reporter: it was a stunning sex abuse scandal that rocked waco, texas. >> the major cover-up involving players. >> reporter: a c college administration. >> the head football coach being sacked. the university president ken sharp r demoted. >> reporter: survivors at baylor say the elite conservative christian school tolerated a culture of sexual violence and assault by some student athletes. >> this is a place that had not had a lot of success in football but i think once they got a taste of it, nobody wanted to make changes to address these issues. >> reporter: mark along with pau

abc's deborah roberts is here with the story.er: this film is causing quite an uproar because it reveals private conversations and 20 years after her death hounded by the paparazzi, some are seeing it as yet another cruel betrayal of a vulnerable princess diana. just six days before the debut of the british channel 4 documentary "diana" in her own words", friends of the late princess speaking out against its release saying the personal tapes in the film are a betrayal of diana's privacy. the footage seen here in the trailer -- >> i was a prebl. >> reporter: include sessions diana had with peter settelen in 1992. the recordings meant for diana to watch and work on her public speaking are more like therapy sessions of her private thoughts. >> i should never have -- >> she went to the queen explaining all the trouble she had with her husband and the queen just shrugged her shoulders and basically said to get on with it. >> reporter: when they were first undered her brother charles spencer claimed they belonged to the family. but aft

deborah roberts is here with the story.p unlike we've ever seen not about sharing photos but a private society of women who can honestly share their joys, pain and worry about a complicated and sometimes painful life that many of us can never truly understand. with the regular season just weeks away, many are thinking about football. but for the wives and families of nfl players every day can feel like game day. so many worried about injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, brain trauma affecting a growing number of players. to cope, a special sisterhood has developed on facebook. the group filled with wives, daughters and widows of current and former nfl players. its founder whose husband played ten nfl seasons telling us, the purpose of the page is meant to be a supportive measure to a silent partner of the nfl family. one of those partners janet dorsett. >> it's a safe place for us to be able to come and basically talk about anything. >> reporter: her husband hall-of-famer tony has been diagnosed with early signs o

robert crashed into a tree shortly after leaving the call. deborahthere, where there has been an immediate outpouring. >> a lake county native, his family is prominent here. you can see the flag has been lowered at the sheriff department tonight. he was beloved as a mentor to new deputies, and the teenager that he coached. >> it was back to school night in clearlake. everyone getting acquainted, but also learning about tragedy within the community, meaning on one another for country - - they were leaning on one another forcomfort. >> he was an idol of mine. >> he helped to coach the clearlake cardinals. when they were teenagers, he coached them as well. >> always pushing us to meet our goals. that is what i am truly going to miss. >> on his page, he described his work creating a better community. that is what he was doing on tuesday night when this crash took his life. he responded to a report of people fighting. he ran into the woods, chasing a suspect. there was a struggle before the man was subdued. his patrol car left the road and hit a tree. >>