lyle menendez talked to me about the series, the murder and regrets. wo decades ago. lyle and erik menendez were convicted of murdering their parents inside their beverly hills home in 1989. their story is being re-examined in a new "law and order" series, chronickrochronicling the case. lyle menendez wants people to watch and make up their own minds. let's talk about the dick wolf show. were you consulted on the project? >> i was not consulted on the project. dick wolf, to his credit, they got the trial transcript and put a team together to figure out what they felt exactly happened in this trial to be as accurate as possible in the series. >> two counts of murder -- >> -- have been filed against lyle and erik menendez. >> reporter: early in the investigation, prosecutors explored if they were killed by the mafia. but seven months into the investigation, lyle and erik were arrested. prosecutors argued they killed their parents to get the family fortune. the brother's defense team said the murders were motivated by a lifetime of abuse. i think it's fasc

accurate as possible in the series. >> two counts of murder -- >> -- have been filed against lyle and erik menendez investigation, prosecutors explored if they were killed by the mafia. but seven months into the investigation, lyle and erik were arrested. prosecutors argued they killed their parents to get the family fortune. the brother's defense team said the murders were motivated by a lifetime of abuse. i think it's fascinating to look at when these two otherwise normal kids decided to -- decided to not just murder, but murder their own parents. you know? like, whose idea was it? tell us about the conversation where that was first was discussed. >> i don't know the details of what happened between my brother and my father. when i first heard about it, i had some of the same reaction, that some people have, you know, how could you not have resisted? why didn't you tell me? why didn't you run away? why didn't you fight back against your father? and i kind of thought what happens to -- as monstrous as my father was, it happened to little boys. i didn it didn't after to me after i was a teenager. t

lyle menendez breaking his silence about the murder of his parents. >> he and his brother eric were convictede with megyn kelly by phone from behind bars, a rare interview. on wednesday afternoon, she spoke to him again. she asked him more about his relationship with his mother. >> do you still feel love for her? >> yeah, i love my mother. i still cry over my mother. you know, and i -- >> why? what -- >> i don't forgive her. >> what are the tears for? >> i think the tears are for just the -- her life ended and our lives essentially ended all because of this fateful decision. there had to be a series of decisions she made of not to tell what was happening. what kind of mother lets it happen? >> well, another question that people have asked, why did the brothers go on a spending spree in the days after the murders? take a listen. >> i mean, obviously, your parents had money, and they spent it on you and your brother, but the thing that got everyone's attention was the spending spree after they died, you know. the rolexs and the porsche and the tennis coach. >> i get it, yeah. >> explain that. w

. >> lyle menendez who is serving a life sentence is sharing his thoughts about the show. >> i plan tohope it's an opportunity for the public to judge for themselves the sort of complexities involved in a family violence indication, particularry one that involves boys. >> his younger brother is serving out his sentence hundreds of miles away in san diego. he thinks eric will have a harder time watching. >> some of his more toxic childhood experiences are going to be splashed across the series. he's having difficulty with that. >> you can watch it tuesday nights here on nbc bay area. >>> back open for business. a commercial air carrier at the oakland international airport is reopening after two weeks of around the clock construction. the $67 million project replaced 8,000 feet of asphalt for a new operating surface for the aircraft. the runway is in desperate need, was, rather in need of repair. it hadn't been renovated since 2001 and is in service every day. >>> san francisco asian art museum is getting an upgrade. it includes a 13,000 square feet exhibition. officials expect to hold l

nation...brothers )lyle and erk menendez ) convicted of killing >>> it's a crime that shocked the nation. brothers lisle and eric mennen des convicted of killing their parents. nearly 30 years later now part of a new law and order show that debuted tonight. lisle menendez shares his thoughts about the show. >> i plan to watch. i hope that it's an opportunity for the public to judge for themselves the complexity involved in a family violence case particularly one that involves the sexual abuse of boys. >> his younger brother is serving his sentence? diego. he thinks eric will have a harder time watching. >> his toxic childhood experiences will be splashed across the series. i know he's having a lot of difficulties with that. >> you can watch true crime, the menendez brothers again on tuesday night next week right here. >> the tenant of a ghost ship warehouse is expected to enter a plea tomorrow. the warehouse's creative director were charged for their roles in the fire that killed 36 people in oakland. if convicted they could spend almost 40 years in prison. another lawsuit against equifa

. >> their deaths leave behind two sons, lyle and eric menendez. >> those boys did it. >> seth: please [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back, edie. >> why thank you. >> seth: it's so wonderful to see you. >> and so wonderful to be here. >> seth: i watched the first couple of episodes of this. it is right up my alley. i really love it. you play the defense attorney -- the real-life defense attorney who defended the menendez's. >> indeed, i do, yes. >> seth: leslie abramson. >> yes. >> seth: and -- but you did not meet her personally, you never spoke to her, right? >> no, no, apparently she was approached by the nbc people and she was not interested in partaking. >> seth: gotcha. but this was a trial that was very much on television. but you also play her as we saw in the clip, you sort of play her private life. do you feel a bit of freedom, not having met her that you get to make your own choices? >> you know, i hate to say that, but a little bit. >> seth: yeah. >> because, the truth is nobody knows what happened with her along with her husband. i mean -- i guess that's up for c

menendez murders. it was in 1989 when 21-year-old lyle and 18-year-old eric menendez murdered their parents jose and katie in their beverley hills home. what would drive them to kill their parents? that's the question at the center of the series. i dropped in in on the set where the star admitted to me what she thought before, well, she was all wrong. >> all the years of abuse finally drive them over the edge. what they did is not the issue. it's why they did it. >> did you have moments in preparing for this, where you've been surprised by something that you learned or something you -- >> well, from the very beginning i've been surprised. i was as wrong as wrong can be about the lives these two boys had. >> edie falco is cast as the attorney who defended the brothers through two trials. it proved a real eye opener f information that we have about their lives, about what they were put through as children and the things that you were put through as children form the adult that you're going to be. >> menendez cousin testified during the first trial that eric told him his dad had molested him as a boy. the tr

lyle me anyone dez. you can watch "law & order: true crime: the menendez brothers" right here. >>> now leaders in fairfax county are calling on terry mcauliffe to block the plan. they report that the proposal would require all child care workers to speak english if they work at a day care center that gets state funding. they worry this could cut the supply of affordable health care. >> now to a story only on "news4" about a man his life to helping kit kids who get in trouble. retweeted bemark segraves who shows us now he has a special building named in his honor. >> i believe i was sent here for a reason other than just a government job. >> reporter: for three decades carl matthews has worked for the d.c. government. the vast majority of the years, the youth detention center in anne arundel county. it's on yt new beginnings today. while matthews has been at the facility for year, he doesn't consider it work. >>'ve lived the work. when you lived this life, they feel that, they know that. they feel that from me. they know i've felt their pain. counselor or guard. he cuts the grass and fixinging things. ear