joining now is espn senior writer, michael fletcher, the first to break this bombshell story. it is an amazing story when you hear about it to this date. how do you sort through this and who do you believe? >> it is hard to know. there are elements of truth on both sides. the court process is playing out . they are in discovery and tried to total up who earned what amount of money. secondly, trying to figure to what degree did the family to fit from his name, image, and likeness. he was not adopted as the tuohy told him. it was a conservatorship, a legal agreement that allowed the tuohy family to have financial control over his affairs and it remains to be seen who is telling the truth. but the adoption was not an adoption. >> that is fascinating. he alleges that the tuohy family betrayed him , lied to him. what do you think he wants ultimately? >> so many layers to this, the legal documents, he talks about financial compensation. in talking to his lawyers, it is so much deeper. michael oher came across the tuohy family , when he was still a high school student. he had endured

. >> joining us now is michael fletcher. he has covered orr's story for years as a senior writer for espn and appears in the special. so good to see you. >> good to be here. >> as we said in the introduction, a court has determined there was no adoption. there was a conservatorship which has now been terminated but the case is ongoing. in all of your years of reporting and getting to know these various sides of the story, it's also been reveal that orr felt pretty horrible about the movie once it came out and that it kind of followed him on the field and beyond. can you share more about how this wasn't the story he was most proud of? >> absolutely. you know, from the very beginning as you point out, michael orr was uncomfortable with the di depiction of him but he also said he was kind of willing to live with this for a long time because he felt like the movie despite the flaws he saw, did a lot -- encouraged people to reach out to him and to help. but as he learned the truth about his situation as he puts it, that he was no

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michael fletcher here in hoffman. i was talking a hey i'm rick sanchez. i've been doing news now version 30 years, 2 languages all over the world. here in the united states interviewed for us, presidents world leaders working for the us as major television networks. i don't like what they do. i think news should be honest, direct and impactful. this is direct impact the i want to talk about china's shoes and this is a man suddenly confronted with 2 things at once. one planned and one unplanned, both big present. and she is trying to continue his legacy of while his signature project, the belt and wrote initiative. what is the be really? well, it's china's self described way of creating economic growth in age of the pacific rim africa as well as central and eastern europe of the various she along with the russian president vladimir putin at the summit commemorating 10 years of the b r i the belt and road initiative, the optics of those 2 leaders together is an irritant. to western politicians like, you know, the u. k. in the united states. more on that is

i a michael fletcher with the updates. i'll kicking off on news right now . western media has exposed washington spied games, assigning the spotlight on the sea ice peasants in ukraine ever since 2014. in a bombshell report, the new york times sides of the american intelligence agency has had a dozen and secret basis near the russian border. to those impulse and the ukrainian force is a part of a c, i a support network of spite bases constructed in the past 2 tiers. that includes 12 secret locations along the russian border in the ca also help training new generation of ukrainian spice operating side. russia, across europe and in cuba and other places where the russians have a large presence. this is big for the new york times, but many other independent journalists and even the russian government have alluded to this being true, and now they're vindicated. the new york times states, many details of this intelligence partnership are being disclosed for the 1st time . and they also write that this partnership between washin

i am michael fletcher with the updates. now we spot this out what the latest new dradian attack on the restaurant in domestic city, about the after mass covers the denied streets this saturday. according to local reports, a us supplied high mazda rocket designated on the pavement on the back of the banquet hall, where a wedding was being held. local official say the one pressing has been wounded. the, i mean why russian troops set to be advancing all along. but the next fond lines backs after the captive, the key set of ideas. earlier this week, of the months of intense lighting, the trade in forces withdrew from the and bustled area like rushes defense ministry estimates the key of last over 1500 troops during the retreat the load were heard from locals. whoever needs to see moscow's forces, the boys are liberators. may god bless you with health and be your guardian angel. thank you. don't cry. it's okay. it's okay. there's just too much coast. it's calm down a little bit now. the showing continues, but it's far away. we h

i am michael fletcher with the updates. now picking up on these are this got this out from gas at the palace. pine red crested society says that the more than $100.00 civilians, including children, were killed overnight in as twice in the city of rafa. of the salvo columns as the idea of says the use the attacks of cover to rescue hostages. and they enclave. a warning about the following footage of the human after mass as disturbing the, the, the, [000:00:00;00] the front end of it is. this is what happened. these are the 2 marches right here, and there are injured people to my relatives, cause you to tell my wife got injured with them and they were all taken to the hospital. if any of these to remain here. they were the display session i'm calling us see those and all attempts here of the display. so it's like a refugee camp. relatives of the dead are devastated by the toll which to the lives of many women and children. according to local media reports, at least 50 strikes, destroyed, housing blocks, and mosques in rasa, o

welcome to our team to national i a michael fletcher now would begin in the natural public where the rich russian forces of cap to the village of pop it out. according to the nation's defense minister, ministry argues egos died of father. this report. one thing to understand about that is a small village just outside the city of the desk where i am right now it's capture has become possible off to russian forces liberated another town to even close to, to where i'm standing right now. and that's the town of money in case used to be one of ukraine's major struggles where they basically they turned it into a bass the end of defense. so why did russia decided to make the bed? it's next target off to liberating martin. even though the village itself has maybe 3 or 4 streets, basically this village is seen as one of the key points towards the town of oakley dot, which is another stronghold of ukraine. you know, i mean, he didn't ask for public schools who are very, very close to the city of dentists see, is located on a dominating high, surrounded by open fields. so taking a good job with