here's lindsey davis. >> reporter: the three ucla basketball players at the heart of an internationalhoplifting scandal, giving president trump what he asked for -- a thank you. >> so president trump and the united states government, thank you for taking the time to intervene on our behalf. >> thank you to united states government and president t home. >> i would also like to thank president trump and the united states government for the help that they provided as well. >> reporter: the thank yous come after president trump tweeted do you think the three ucla basketball players will say "thank you president trump"? they were headed for ten years in jail. >> i know i let my school down but the entire country down. >> reporter: they were arrested in china during the president's asia trip after stealing from three different stores. the president asked the leader of china for help, and on tuesday they returned to american soil. all three apologized. >> i've learned my lesson from this big mistake, and i'm 110% sure that i'll not make a bad decision like this one begin. >> reporter: the uc

. >> lindsey davis on one family's emotional journey. >> was there ever a part of you that thought this might not work. >> and the moment that brought everyone to tears. >> this special edition of "nightline," becoming two, will be right back. really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. >>> announcer: this is a special edition of "nightline," becoming two. >>> from the moment they were born, you couldn't see eva without seeing her sister erica, conjoined twins, they have never known life apart. tonight we take you inside the complicated and risky surgery to separate them. >> have we anticipated all the potential risks? are we prepared to deal with a bad outcome? >> these two little lives on the line. >> was there ever a part of you that thought this might not work. >> their journey begins in california in the spring of 2014 with three children almost out of the house, 44-year-old ieta sandoval and her husband were look

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lindsey davis has the details in g.m.a.'s first look. lindsey: in this morning's "g.m.a.has even more to be thankful for. 2-year-old a.j. burress had been born prematurely without kidneys and needed a transplant to survive and his father was a good match. >> i want to give him a kidney and lindsey: anthony who had previously been jailed for thfoeft h hwais kid his son. emery health care postponed the lifesaving operation saying in a letter the surgery would be put on hold until he could show evidence of compliance from his parole officer for the next three months but this morning baby a.j. is recovering, having received a new kidney wednesday from an unknown donor. coming up at 7:00 a.m. we'll have more on baby a.j. with your g.m.a. first look, i'm lindsey davis, abc news, new york. well it's a perfect nespresso hold on a second.orge. mmm. ♪ [mel torme sings "comin' home baby"] hey there. want a lift? ♪ where are we going? no don't tell me. let me guess. ♪ have a nice ride. ♪ how far would you go for coffee that's a cup above? i brought you nespresso. nespre

. >>> abc news reporter lindsey davis has more. >> reporter: new york city police say they have enoughnce to arrest producer harvey weinstein for rape. they say they don't know if it's enough to bring a case to trial. >> we have an actual case here. >> reporter: the case stems from an investigation into claims that weinstein assaulted "boardwalk" actress paz de la huerta on two occasions in 2010. >> we need an arrest warrant. that requires a court order. we want to get our evidence first. >> reporter: the actress alleges in one instance weinstein drove her home from a party and once inside her apartment, forced himself on her. weinstein's representative has said any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. also allegations against actor kevin spacey in london. british police are looking into an assault in 2008 at the famed old vic theater while spacey was artistic director. it comes after new allegations from the set of his hit show "house of cards." >> and this chamber chooses to debate me? >> reporter: eight new accusers spoke anonymously to cnn, sa

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here's abc's lindsey davis. >> this latest story has -- in a way even the initial allegations as deeplywere didn't. >> today yet another bombshell in the harvey weinstein saga. an explosive new story in the new yorker reports how far weinstein went to try to silence and intimidate not only his accusers but the journalists working to expose his misconduct. >> what this story pulls back the curtain on is a set of tools that i didn't know were available to the most powerful men in the country when they are bent he on stopping allegations against them. >> he alleges that weinstein hired elite security agents to befriend his accusers in order to get personal information and use to it discredit them should they decide to come forward. >> i have been silent for 20 years. i have been shamed. i have been harassed. >> one of those women allegedly targeted by weinstein's operation was actress rose mcgowan. >> she said it was like the movie gas light. she said she was living for a year in a world of fun house mirrors. what is so striking about this story is just how far this effort went and how eli

abc news reporter lindsey davis has more. >> reporter: stunning accusations tonight of sexual harassment and assault against iconic journalist charlie rose. eight women have come forward in the "the washington post" with eight allegations. one of rose's assistants tells the paper of about at least a dozen instances where rose walked nude in front of her when she worked in one of his new york city homes and would repedely call her home late at night of his fantasies of her swimming naked. and another worker say it was quite early that he put his hand on my midthigh. i tried not to get in the car with him ever again. i think he was test meeg out. several of the accusers say they told rose's long time executive producer about their experiences. one woman described it as just a shrug saying charlie will be charlie. ential that nt to "the post" these women know i hear them and that i deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. i am greatly embarrassed. he went onto say, i always thought i was pursuing shared feelings even though i now realize i was mistaken. >>> eight members of the hells

here's abc's lindsey davis with more. lindsey: it's the largest chain of massage franchises in the country. >> whether you're looking to prevent stress, relieve pain. lindse a investigation, massage envy, with nearly 1,200 spas, more than 20,000 massage therapeutics, 1.3 billion dollars in annual sales, and more than 1.6 million members nationwide, is reportedly facing allegations more than 180 women were sexually assaulted at their locations. > the day changed my life. forever. lindsey: susan says she was assaulted in 2016 during her seventh massage with a therapist, and she's now suing. >> i was just totally raumatized with sadness, pain, sobbing. lindsey: as part of her lawsuit, she alleges she called the salon once she got home and then learned he was with another client, but that the salon refused to interrupt the session. >> i said, please grk down the hall, knock on that door, get that woman away from him. she said i can't do that. lindsey: the man is now in jail after pleading guilty to assaulting nine women. susan

abc lindsey davis has the details. >>> in this morning's gma first look, one family has even more to be thankful for. two-year-old had been born without kidneys and needed a transplant to survive. father anthony was a perfect match. >> i want to give him a kidney. go to the hospital right now and lay on the bed and give him my kidney. >> anthony who had previously been jailed for theft was arrested again in september for violating patrol right before he was scheduled to donate kidney to son. postponed operation saying in a letter the surgery would be put on hold until he could show evidence of compliance with patrol officer for next three months. having received a new kidney from unknown donor. more on baby a.j. with gma first look. abc news new york. happy he's recovering. >>> happening today, san jose harvest festival opens to kick off the holidays. the harvest festival runs at the january jose convention center. provides you with a chance to meet face-to-face with many of the artists who have created items that are going to be sold. organizers claim it's the largest indoor arts an

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lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >> we do have this one footnote, to the story, the white house, thement saying if these allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. the white house initially saying like most americans, the president believes we cannot allow a mere allegation in this case, many, many years ago to destroy a person's life. >> and the overwhelming republican response has been, if the allegations are true he needs to step aside. but those already in the senate have approved some mandatory sexual harassment training. senators passed a resolution requiring all members and their staffs to undergo the training right before leaving washington for the veterans' day holiday. >> senate staffers must submit papers stating that training was completed and then there's this, the fallout against louis ck has been rapid after new allegations of sexual misconduct against the comedian. five female comedians and performers are accusing him of lewd conduct without their consent. the premier of his new movie was canceled after the story broke and hbo has remove

went chirping -- anyway, he was delighted because ronnieriding things for ronnie andthings for lindsey davishe only film in which they appeared together. this was long before ronald's political tribes. but everyone in hollywood news he had played a major role in theting and enforcing blacklist. reagan became the president of the screen actors guild, and it was not yet known that reagan, while president of sag supplied -- i'm missing something here. he supplied names. yes. supplied names of guild activists and political suspects to the fbi. "hellcats" was about the war in the pacific. i wrote these of captain, performed by reagan, had to perform a dive into the treacherous waters of japan to free some cables caught in the propeller and rescue the sub and crew from an approaching storm of japanese depth charges. for years after this, press chided me i have let ronnie, from the depths of the sea and survive for bigger and meaner projects. also give me an opportunity to write a speech for the admiral. i wondered how he would feel knowing that a commie wrote to the words that he spoke. later, whe

davis, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> neil: senator lindsey graham thinks whatever you think, he's not a criminal.an enemy combatant. and should be treated that way with gitmo, nothing like a regular criminal. rebecca heinricks is here. what do you through of that. >> senator graham spent three decades as a military lawyer. he's right in principle. this man, he calls himself a soldier for isis. so we should treat him like a soldier for isis. that doesn't mean we have to send him to guantanamo bay but should be an enemy combatant for the purposes of getting intelligence. he can still be tried in a court hire, civilian court. once we have the intelligence we need. but as soon as you read him his rights, they'll tell him to lawyer up and stop talking. we need to know what he knows. intelligence is the name of the game if we're going to stop these attacks from helping. >> neil: people say going through the normal legal channels affords the same scrutiny, the same punishment that we can find just putting someone in gitmo or wherever. what do you think? >> we're not talking about prosecuting a crime. we