>> did you kill meredith kercher? >> amanda knox the mystery of her behavior that ignited a global obsession. >> for all intents and purposes, i was a murderer. >> and what brings her to tears. for over five years as abc news has covered this story, looking for answers, from perugia to seattle, amanda knox says she's been waiting for this night to be heard. >> do you know anything you have not told police? >> here, now, diane sawyer. >> good evening. and welcome. tonight, after nearly six year, you're about to enter a murder a mystery and kind of maze that is the story of amanda knox. show she is the american student in italy who was accused of murdering her roommate in a sex game gone awry. she would spend 1,490 nights in prison and be acquitted, set free. tonight, a third italian court wants her to go on trial again. as she talks to us, she knows every word of this interview could affect her freedom. but she says in the title of her book, she spent a long time waiting to be heard. in a medieval college town in italy

someone's asked me who had it worse, meredith or me.th the a argument that why don't you think that you've had it worse because you've had to go through all of this years and years of all of this. why don't you think that you had it worse. and it's, like, i still have the chance to live. and as much as my identity has been taken away from me and my freedom has been taken away from me, that and more was taken away from meredith. >> regrets? take back? do again? >> i would take back my interrogation. when i think back on it, and, god, especially right afterwards. right after all of that happened. i wished, i wished so much that i had stood up to them. that i understood enough what was going on and i would have told them to just leave me alone and walk out. i wish -- >> you hate yourself for that? >> it's pretty hard to live with. >> because it's in a big way would put you where you are. >> i feel so bad for my younger self sometimes. when i think about it. there were times when i thoughtives going crazy in prison and it was just literally

and someone was crying out meredith. and there was a mod body and arm oo a blanket. >> reporter: at this point on, amanda knox and her behavior will be a kaleidoscope, shifting shapes. what you think is evidence of guilt or what she says just a kind of tone deaf girl in a trauma. the police will say it's guilt and heartlessness. did you kilml meredith? >> no. >> jimm . >> reporter: were you there that night? >> no. >> reporter: is there anything you haven't told police? >> no. i wasn't there. >> reporter: at the police station she sits in raffaele's lap making faces. you said she suffered. i said how could she not? she got her f-ing throat slit. >> yeah. i was angry. pacing. wondering what she must have gone through. >> jimmy: do you regret that now? >> i wish i was more mature. >> this does not read as grief. >> jimmy: i thi . >> i think everyone's reaction to something horrible is different. >> reporter: video taken outside the house the day of the murder. >> i have seen the same picture like the kissing just can't sto

>> i'm not, for instance, meredith's friends. >> that's right. it's you.s a big question. >> why me? >> big question. the prosecution bases most of its theory on this in terms of motive. we'll get to the other parts. motive, you're a freak. you went in there to do something freak kwi. it went wrong and it cost her her life. period. >> yeah. and i was no different than the other women in my house. i wasn't. >> so that means, in your mind, you spent four years of your life in jail because of a perverted prosecutor. >> yeah, that's what i think. >> how do you handle that. that's got to make you angry. >> i am angry. >> that's what you believe. that's got to be tough to live with. >> i mean, it truly is incredible to have to come to terms with that. i any that's one of the reasons why it took me so long to understand what was happening to me. i couldn't believe it. i couldn't believe the kinds of accusations that were being thrust upon me. and the kind of explanations that the prosecution was putting towards me. i felt like for months and months and months, i

i am finding was with this new, it is not meredith, at all, it is just another, i don't know, it just seems very sexes to me. >> we asked several mothers of what they thought of the change >> they don't need more reinforcement for that. >> she hopes the online petition will force to rethink of the meredith make over, we asked disney for a comment, they have not responded. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the new five g wire less, officials add that technology will be ready for the commercial market until 2020 at the earlierest. the dow lost 26 points of higher retail of last month. he's be coming a global hit despite being a very long way from home. right here on earth. >>> the fog is rolling in, it can bring meteorologist rosemary will let us know. if you are on the go, you can get the app or tablet or you can go to ktvu.com. >>> crews in san francisco sold two new skoptures sculptures today. donated by a long time museum sr sculptures can be found outside of the public new york library at the art institute of chicago. >>> we are about to get some news from meteorologist with our w

>> hi, meredith. >> nice to meet you. >> meredith, meredith.cheers and applause] >> hello, everybody, and welcome to if if you are a fan of american idol, you might recognize today's first contestant. she was one in season five before simon, randy, and paula sent her packing. from mount vernon, new york, please welcome brenna gethers. hey, brenna. [cheers and applause] >> hi, meredith. >> hi, honey. >> hi, audience. >> you are excited, huh? >> i am so excited. i have been screaming at you and contestants through my tv for years, so i am so excited to be here. >> and we're so excited to

. >> she also talked about wanting to visit meredith kercher's grave.hy is that so important to her? obviously meredith kercher's parents have cast doubt on her. >> one of the things she said is most painful for her is that meredith kercher's parents believe that she killed their daughter. >> still. >> and mr. kercher wrote a book about it which she said she had read. >> she read the book? >> she read the book. she read most of the books written about her. a couple dozen books have been written about this case. she said she read that book. she said she hoped they read her book. they said today in a statement in england that they will not read her book. but she hopes that the day will come when they accept her innocence and let her -- give her permission to visit meredith's grave. she says she never had a chance to grieve, accused almost from the beginning of her murder. >> because when you look at the evidence, i mean, it just does not seem to be there. >> here's the extraordinary thing. people in italy believe she is guilty. a lot of people in britain

. >> did you kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night?> no. >> do you know anything you have not told police that you have not said in this book? do you know anything? >> no. i don't. >> reporter: for five years she has been waiting to be heard, all the while accused of being a monster. >> but you can confessed. >> well, i didn't confess. i was interrogated. they acted like my answers were wrong. they told me i was wrong, that i didn't remember correctly, that i had to remember correctly and if i didn't i would never see my family again. >> reporter: diane sawyer's exclusive interview is being watched with interest around the world. >> amanda knox. >> amanda knox. >> amanda knox. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: in italy where amanda knox could soon face a new trial on murder charges, skepticism. knox certainly knows how to be cool and how to take advantage of it, wrote one italian viewer. in america, she would have been sentenced to death. and in england home country of the roommate she's alleged to have killed -- >> abc news

. >> meredith! [smooches] i'm ready to go. >> hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire.ome people grow up believing they are destined to be a doctor or an astronaut, but tiffany watson believess soy her fate is something veryunusu. unusual. what is your destiny, tiffany? >> well, my destiny, meredith, truthfully, as i've gotten older, is--[sighs] i'm an elementary school teacher--but to be a drag queen. >> to be a drag queen? >> yes, i love it. i love the hair. i love the makeup. i love the wigs. i love the glitz. you see--you see how i am? >> i see a lot of--there's a lot of glam going on there... >>es

meredith kercher's parents believe she killed their daughter and mr.ercher wrote a book about it can i she said she read. >> she read the book. >> she said she has read the book. she hopes they read her book. they said today in a statement in england that they will not read her book but she hopes that the day will come when they accept her innocence and let her -- give her permission to visit meredith's grave. she said she never had a chance to grieve, accused almost from the beginning of her murder. >> when you look at the evidence, it just does not seem to be there. >> here's the extraordinary thing. people in italy believe she is guilty. a lot of people in britain believe she is guilty, but in the you states and in the appeals court that set her free, independent analysts looking a the the physical evidence say that it isn't really there, that it isn't reliable, that it was mishandled and tainted. raised real questions in the way in which she was convicted. >> is she still close to rafael? >> they are close, yes. they talk occasionally. he's come to

and meredith talked about regular order and that's exactly right. to bring this bill up, people are going to offer their amendments. every single amendment can be voted up or down in committee. and when you get to the floor, guess what happens, you can filibuster every single one of those amendments. i'm not as hopeful about this immigration reform thing. i think senators ought to pony up, vote up or down. if they don't like it, vote against it. if kwyou don't think gay americs should be able to get a green card for their partner, vote no, but don't hide behind the senate's rules. you're an elected official, pony and vote your way. >> it certainly does add a level of complexity. >> very quickly, let me disagree with my good friend jimmy here. i'm very optimistic that it's going to get passed. you have presidential will and republicans out there willing to work with the president in a bipartisan fashion to get immigration passed. it's going to be bumpy, messy, but i think comprehensive immigration reform will be passed in this congress. >> jimmy, qui

. >> what was the first thing you thought when you saw meredith? >> i was putting away my things in the room when she came to my door. and she introduced herself. she was. immediately very was wow,mediate exchange of, this is someone i can get along with. >> were you ever jealous of her? >> no? >> ever angry? >> no. it bothers me when people suggest that she was not my friend. i was stunned by her death. she was my friend. my friend had been murdered and it could just as easily have been me. in the she had died house where we were living. and it could have been me. >> did you kill meredith? >> no. >> were you there that night? >> no. >> do you know anything you cannot told police that you have not said in this book? no . i don't. i was not there. >> but you confessed. provided not confessed. >> i did not confess. i was interrogated. they told me that i was wrong, that i did not remember correctly, that i have to remember correctly and if i did not, i would never see my family. i cannot be afraid right now. i have to be ready to fight. >> per parent

it's not girly but it's meredith. >> brave won an oscar, golden globe and grossed $500 million. gets a do-over. online pea to try to change disney's mind pushes for better images of women in the media. >> it's a lovely fight. >> it's all about issues for girls. >> reporter: but disney can't be swayed, saying the new look is the same, strong and determined character. well, yes, she is. kpix 5. >> and this is not the first time that children's toys have been sexed up. check out strawberry shortcake here. quite a change. dora the explorer dropped a few sizes and she is wearing lip stick. >>> caltrans says they figured out a solution to the bay bridge bolt problem. why has it turned into a federal case. >>> why angelina jolie had surgery to prevent a type of cancer. that coming up. >> reporter: i'm live in san jose where a fire destroyed two businesses. we will have more coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> this is kpix 5 news. >> behind me, what is left of two businesses destroyed by an early morning fire. we will have a live report from san jose. >> angelina jolie makes a life- altering h

. >> meredith vieira is -- was hosting it and we were on during that time.e played for a charity, a children's charity. >> the children's miracle network's hospital. >> it's airing tonight -- or tomorrow. let's watch. >> so have you had something to drink? of course you have. >> you know what, that's really none of your business, meredith. >> i can smell it. >> but that's brussel sprouts, okay? let's just remind you of all the time you went boozing with us. >> cops and robbers, an old married couple, meat and potatoes, kathie lee and hoda. >> wait. two friends who can't stop fighting. >> it wouldn't be cops and robbers. wouldn't be meat and potatoes. >> on old married couple. >> that's what it is. >> but they're two friends. >> i think it would be "d." >> we're in stereo. we think it's "b," an old married couple, final answer. >> yes, it is. >> you're going to have to wait and see how much money we won, but it was a whole lot. >> and we weren't as stupid as we thought. we were worried. >> we love meredith, we wanted to do it. >> i love game shows for that re

. >> did you kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night? >> no. >> do you know anything you have not told police that you have not said in this book, do you know anything? >> no. >> reporter: knox was an american college student studying abroad when arrested and tried for the 2007 murder of her roommate, british student meredith kercher. >> what happened to me hit me like a train and there was nothing i could do to stop it. >> reporter: knox and her then boyfriend were both convicted in italy a highest court after serving four years of a 26-year sentence in a tiny room with only a small window, her conviction was overturned. >> did you think about suicide? >> i did. >> reporter: in her book knox wrote about her panic attacks, losing her hair and finding out the results of a blood sample she had given. >> and the doctor told me that i had tested positive for hiv. i was stunned. i went back to my room with one of the prison officials telling me, well, you should have thought about it before you had sex with all those people. >> reporter: she

hey, how about it, i know you're a big hockey fan meredith.s to me this hockey playoff has been going on forever. what is it? best of seven? >> i feel like it has been -- it hasn't been going on nearly as long as the nba playoffs which basically take up three months. >> bill: true. the blackhawks and the red wings into double overtime and finally -- just one overtime. here's how it ended up. >> score! hawks win! hawks win! the blackhawks overtime goal. serve up the calamari. blackhawks are headed back to the western conference finals. >> i should point out that was the chicago blackhawks announcer. >> oh, really? >> just listening to that makes my heart fill with joy. first of all the blackhawks should have won in regulation. there was this controversial call with about 2:00 left in the third period. they waved off a goal saying one of the officials had called a penalty first. it should have been a goal. all of the studio analysts on nbc sports which was where the game was being broadcast had said it was kind of a lousy call. and moreover, whe

. >> did you kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night?, i wasn't there. >> so many of you wrote us about the lack of concrete evidence against her. in the bedroom of the murder, that bloody shoe print, that hand print, the dna found on and inside meredith kercher's body, all belonged to a man with a known criminal record. rudy guede. not one speck of dna in that room from amanda knox. please say she must have cleaned it. >> that's impossible. it's impossible to see dna, much less identify whose dna it is. >> but you also wrote us, you are still puzzled about her strange behavior after the murder. she says she was just off-balance and immature. at the police station, she said she was just stretching, but a female officer tested she did cartwheels. >> i never did a cartwheel. i did the splits -- >> but again, you can see that this does not look like grief? does not read as grief. >> i think everyone's reaction to something horrible is different. >> as for that video we all watched that seemed to show her kissing her boyfriend dozens and doz

she hopes it will help clear her name. >> did you kill meredith kircher?> no. >> were you there that night? >> no. >> do you know anything you have not told police, that you have not said in this book? do you know anything? >> no. i don't. i wasn't there. >> amanda knox's freedom is now back on the line. an italian court has ordered a retrial of her appealed conviction, and knox may once again finding herself pleading her case in an italian court, proclaiming her innocence. >> when asked whether or not she would return to italy to be tried, she said her family has absolutely, positively said no way, but she is actually thinking about it. >> her lawyer thinks it's a bad idea. i don't think that will happen. >> i don't either. >> is fascinating to hear her talk about this. >>> let's bring you up to date. danny, the man who was carjacked by the boston mabombing suspect is telling his story of terror, talking to cnn news about how he feared for his life and talking about his decision to make a very daring escape. >> i was counting. i was counting, one, two, th

meredith kercher's father says everyone always talks about amanda, instead of celebrating the beautiful girl they lost. >> i would like to end with the kercher family. >> i can only imagine having lost my daughter and the pain they're going through is unimaginable. >> reporter: her parents say some day they would like to meet with the kerchers but for now do not want to add to their grief. and she says, some day hoping -- >> that eventually i can have their permission to pay my respects at her grave. and i would also like them to know that she talked about them to me. and she talked about how she wanted to be a journalist like her dad. and she talked about her sister. and if that means -- if all i can give them is this memory that i have of her to add to all of theirs that they can carry with them when she's gone. >> tomorrow on "good morning america" abc's robin roberts will speak with amanda knox. thanks for walking abc news. see you back here tomorrow. >>> an eight-year-old murdered victim is remembered. a town came together to pray for the girl, her family and for the capture of her

she was convicted of murdering her roommate at a home they shared in italy amount did you kill meredith? >> no. >> is there anything you have not told police that you have not said in this book, do you know anything? >> no, i don't. >> i wasn't there. >> amanda knox spent four years in an italian prison before her conviction was overturned but she may be put on trial again because her conviction was overturned by italy's highest court. >> after crawling through a field of barbed wire and finally reaching what i thought was the end, it turned out it was the horizon and i had another field of barbed wire to crawl through. >> he killed meredith kercher in a drug fueled assault and she was forced to make a false confession. the new trial will start in florence italy and amanda knox will not be required to return. >>> syrian rebels quoted in the washington post say the administration is sending weapons to the opposition while at the same time pursuing the conflict. >>> president barack obama will probably make a final decision on giving weapons to the opposition within weeks. >>> new video h

she hopes it will help clear her name. >> did you kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night? >> no. >> do you know anything you have not told police, that you have not said in this book, do you know anything? >> no. i don't. i wasn't there. >> amanda knox's freedom is now back on the line. an italian court has ordered a retrial of her repealed conviction and knox may once again find herself pleading her case in an italian court, proclaiming her innocence. john, zoraida? >> people are going to have to watch her video, watch this revelation and judge for themselves what they think about her. >> her demeanor and disposition. that's what everybody is questioning. you judge for yourself. >> ahead on "starting point," president obama standing by the fbi over accusations that they missed intelligence before the boston bombings. but are there serious failures that need to be addressed? we will talk about this with former cia and nsa director general michael hayden coming up next. >> then testimony under way in the michael jackson wrongful death tr

thank you >> good afternoon meredith. we urge tour strong support for a number of reasons. one we believe that all the parks and public plazas so serve our folks in thecity. we believe that we should have this project because the neighborhood has come together around a non-controversial. we also want the park it's a source of ref review through the maintenance department. it's appropriate at this site we think the neighborhood thinks this makes a lot of sense. we have not been acquiring a whole bunch the parcels because of the space. we hope this becomes a model project. and supervisor we'd love to work with you on the maintenance issue and the budget. the general funds have been cut about 25 percent. the open space fund is the biggest fund. we want to say we look forward to working with you >> the executive director we're the partner for the entire city. for centuries a part of urban life to have a town square or a park. san francisco is a city of neighborhood and each neighborhood deserves its own park. the residents of noah valley town square which is a partner that has

. >> did you kill meredith meredith kercher?. >> do you know anything you have not told police do you know anything? >> no. i don't. >> amanda knox spend four years in prison before her conviction was overturned. but she faces another conviction after her acquittal was overturned by italy's highest court. >>> no charges will be filed against a teacher who used masking tape to tie up a toddler. it happened at the christian preschool. 24-year-old angela bound a two- year-old girl's wrist and ankles after the child refused to take a knap. they tell pleasanton weekly that a thorough review of the evidence was done but they decided not to file charges but there is no reason why and the girl's parents are going through with a lawsuit. >>> according to a report, several security issues identified in a 2007 audit, still had not been addressed by the most recent inception of 2011, some examples, guns were stored in unlocked cabinets, and chemicals and by logical evidence had no seals to protect employees from toxics exposures. they are n

thank you >> good afternoon meredith. we urge tour strong support for a number of reasons. one we believe that all the parks and public plazas so serve our folks in the city. we believe that we should have this project because the neighborhood has come together around a non-controversial. we also want the park it's a source of ref review through the maintenance department. it's appropriate at this site we think the neighborhood

. >> i heard that it must be meredith, a body, and are more. >> her life was shattered by prison officials who tricked her into doing them how many sexual partners she had and leaked it to the media that turned into tabloid fodder. free-id everything spirited women did. >> after an acquittal by an italian court, she is back to facing the same murder charge. should she even be talking? >> you do not want your client speaking to the media under any circumstances. >>, defense attorneys says that the simple conversation with diane sawyer can turn up in court as a confession. >> anything she says, and maybe she says now that are contradictory to what she said earlier, there are so many ways that she could damage her case. >> but she is done waiting to be heard as the cover of her look declares. and even that, he says, could come back to haunt her. she needed to be careful of the words in it. if there is any question that there is anything in the but that she meant to say, i doubt it. >> the leland's says that, despite the fact that the u.s. does have -- the legal analyst says that, despite the

also watching another family certain amanda knox is involved in the death of their child, meredith. you look at her family? >> i looked for them. i hadn't been prepared for the idea that they -- that they might consider me the murderer of their daughter. >> reporter: amanda knox's family rents an apartment outside perugia. living for the days they visit in prison. twice a week for one hour. >> i saw them 1% of the time. and yet they were always there. they were there 100% of the time. >> reporter: and now we are hearing what her parents didn't see during their visits. did you think about suicide? >> i did. >> reporter: she writes she considered cutting her wrists in the shower or swallowing bleach. >> there are plenty of ways you could kill yourself. and people did. and i imagined doing them all. >> reporter: she had panic attack, begin to lose her hair. after the lights were out she says, a prison official would sometimes call her into an empty office to talk. >> reporter: just talk? >> just talk. but he would talk to me about sex. he asked me what kind of sex i liked to have. and

i have a big problem with her making $4 million from effectively the death of meredith kercher. >> ohno, i strongly disagree. let's for a moment suspend our disbelief and there's plenty of reason to doubt amanda knox's story but let's assume for a minute that she's telling the truth. she spent four years inside of an italian prison for a crime she didn't commit. she's had to deal with pain, trauma, dislocation. she has every right to tell her story and she has every right to give the american public and really the global public access to her perspective, and quite frankly, she has a right to be remunerated for the moment of money she lost. her family spent $1.5 million in travel alone due to her unjust incarceration if she didn't do it. i understand the kercher family feels extraordinary pain for their loss but if amanda didn't do it and you combine it with the fact they haven't reached out to her, they're continuing the public story that she did do it, she really doesn't have any obligation to them. if she's guilty, then the ball game's over. that's a whole other conversation. but if

>> meredith? >> reporter: how did you know i was going to do that? and with this she meowed her way to over 1 million hits on youtube. >> the thing about meredith is she's like -- she's just a cat, so she has no idea she's really kind of famous. it's hilarious. >> reporter: but meredith the cat isn't all that's being talked about. this past summer rumors of a swift romance with conor kennedy were the talk of the town. the paparazzi pursued them with abandon. they called them the new camelot. and then, there was her reported winter romance with one direction's harry styles. i know you don't talk about your personal life, and i want to respect that. why are you so private about that? >> i think, for me, i just think that my personal stories sound better in a song than in an interview in quotes. >> reporter: and so, with each new hit song, like "we are never ever getting back together," comes the new guessing game. is it john mayer, joe jonas, taylor lautner or jake gyllenhaal? which famous taylor ex is the song really about? and is a scarf just a scarf

heard" amanda knox has captivated the world's attention once again and left us to wonder who killed meredith're going to re-examine the crime scene where knox's study abroad roommate that ties no dna connections to amanda nax. >> dpid you kilmer dit kercher? >> no. >> were you there stla that night? >> no. >> do you know anything you have not told police? >> no. i don't. i wasn't there. >> reporter: i traveled to the house where they all once lived. hello. now inhabited by bangladeshi immigrants who showed me the tiny room of the murder. in the bedroom of the murder, that bloody shoe print, the hand print, the dna all belonged to a man with a known criminal record, rudy gouday. they say you cleaned the premise of your dna and left rudy's. >> that's impossible. it's impossible to see a, much less identify whose dna it is. >> reporter: a female officer later test

. >> hey, good to see you again, meredith. >> all right, how do you break your butt?> well, if you're me, you can do it any number of ways... >> what did you do? >> but i did it skiing, and i fell, and i could hear the crack, and... >> so your tailbone. >> mm-hmm. >> wow. who do you go to for something like that? the butt doctor or-- >> i go to no one. i-- >> you didn't go to anybody? me?

[cheers and applause] >> hi, meredith. >> now, i'm a chicken, so i'm always curious as to what makes.t is it you get out of it? >> the thing is, first of all, you can't have too much fear, which i don't, so i love the experience of jumping out of a plane. it's like you feel like--with the free fall, you just feel like your soul is leaving your body. body. >> have you ever done it during a flight as a flight attendant?

. >> did you kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night? >> no. >> do you anything you haven't told police that you have said in this book? >> no. >> the italian court threw out her aquittal and she is getting sympathy from the american public. that's according to a new post poll. 65% of people who have heard of her story say they are sympathetic to her. 22% are not. 13% had no opinion. >>> well, women and girls age 15 and over will be able to buy emergency contraception without seeing a doctor or pharmacist. the food and drug administration announced that customers will no longer have to ask a pharmacist for the plan b morning after pill. it can be sold over the counter. the fda also lowered the purchase age. but buyers of the emergency contraception will have to show proof of their age. >>> mcdonalds has pulled an ad from east coast billboards. it shows a depressed woman and says "you are not alone." million love the big mac. some say the billboards mock the ads. mcdonalds apologized and said it was not properly approved. the advertising

. >> did you kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night? >> no. >> do you anything you haven't told police that you have said in this book? >> no. >> the italian court threw out her aquittal and she is getting sympathy from the american public. that's according to a new post poll. 65% of people who have heard of her story say they are sympathetic to her. 22% are not. 13% had no opinion. >>> well, women and girls age 15 and over will be able to buy emergency contraception without seeing a doctor or pharmacist. the food and drug administration announced that customers will no longer have to ask a pharmacist for the plan b morning after pill. it can be sold over the counter. the fda also lowered the purchase age. but buyers of the emergency contraception will have to show proof of their age. >>> mcdonalds has pulled an ad from east coast billboards. it shows a depressed woman and says "you are not alone." million love the big mac. some say the billboards mock the ads. mcdonalds apologized and said it was not properly approved. the advertising

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