skylar, how do you feel to be back in the u.s.? >> very excited. happy to be home. >> reporter: mackan island november 27th and per island rules was required to quarantine for 14 days, but after two days in isolation and a negative covid test, skylar removed her wrist monitor, breaching quarantine, to watch her boyfriend compete in a race. seen in this video posted by event organizers. ♪ both mack and her boyfriend, who was charged with aiding and abetting, were detained and initially ordered to pay a fine and community service. but after a legal back and forth the couple was sentenced to two months in prison, ultimately serving 32 days behind bars. >> i got the first call that she was in trouble, her boyfriend called while the authorities were talking to her, she said, please don't be mad with her. i'm like, but she knows better. >> reporter: now her grandmother speaking for the first time since the teen returned home a free woman. >> it's the biggest relief. i finally slept through the night and it's kind of hard to fall asleep when someone you love so much isn't sleeping. that the

an international akg t >> reporter: skylar mack back in the u.s.more than a month in a cayman islands jail for flouting coronavirus restrictions. >> the anger, the disappointment, it's all justified. orr: because of the pandemic all travelers to the islands are fitted with a tracking bracelet and ordered to stay in isolation for 14 days but only two days into her trip mac left her room and her bracelet behind to watch her boyfriend compete in a jet ski race. >> when you slipped off the tracking bracelet, you were breaking the law. did you think of it that way at the time? >> i mean, it was a conscious decision of being what >> reporter: mack says she tested negative for covid and thought it was safe to go out. but when authorities discovered the deception both she and her boyfriend detained. now after 32 days in jail, she says she learned her lesson. >> it was a selfish decision. there is no reason i can give you to grant me a second chance. i don't expect anybody to ever forgive me, but i would like for them to at least let me be able to show them

skylar mack is back in the u.s. admitting she made a mistake. janai norman spoke to her.his story and think privilege and they don't feel bad for the american woman who left the country, broke the law and ended up in prison for breaching quarantine in a pandemic. skylar mack knows that and talked with us about her time behind bars with nothing to do but think about her decision that could have put so many others at risk. >> the anger, the disappointment, it's all justified. >> reporter: this morning, the 18-year-old american woman jailed in the cayman islands for breaking quarantine admits she was wrong. >> i deserved it. i was like, i made this mistake and it sucks, you know, but you did it to yourself. >> reporter: skylar mack was supposed to quarantine for 14 days after arriving on the island november 27th. but after just two days she took off her tracking bracelet, breaching quarantine to watch her boyfriend, a professional jet skier, compete in a race. that morning when you slipped off the tracking bracelet, you were breaking the law. did you think of it that way at

and coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll tell you more about how skylar mack is adjusting to life outside herth your gma first look, abc news, atlanta. >>> virgin orbit has successfully launched the first rocket into space. yesterday the 70 foot projectile detached from a boeing 747 plane nicknamed cosmic girl fired itself into earth's orbit. the rocket put nine satellites into space. the satellites were designed by high school and college students and built by nasa. virgin is the third new space to reach orbit. >> really cool. >>> we'll be back with another 90 minutes of news including a new way for your employer to understand how you're feeling even while working from home. >> our future president and vice president will be taking time off from the transition to help others today. >>> inside the insurrection, we are also seeing new video of the chaos at the capitol. the security forn re. >>> a live look outside at 5:26 this morning. not a lot of people on the roads because of the holiday. we'll be right back. it's hard to have an invisible illness. like depression. no one sees you need help

. >> 18-year-old skylar mack travelled to the caymens on november 27th.lated for two days and took off her tracking device, breaking the mandatory 14-day protocol to attend her boyfriend's jet ski competition. both were arrest and served 32 days in jail. dan, what do you think? >> well, you know, she's 18. 18-year-olds do things that they're not supposed to do. what i'm impressed by is how she is owning up to it, and she clearly has learned a lesson and is expressing some remorse about it and showing great maturity for someone her age just 'fessing up and accepting responsibility. don't we wish more adult, some in powerful positions, might do the same thing? >> absolutely. spencer, what do you think? >> hmm, i wonder who he is talking about. >> i would like to echo just about everything dan said. you have to respect someone who assuming that what she said was sincere, you have to respect someone for accepting responsibility for their wrongdoing, their misleads. and i'd love to see that in people of powerful positions as well. >> teachable moment. >> right

prison in the cayman islands for violating coronavirus laws is set to be released today. 18-year-old skylar mack competition. the original four-month sentence reduced by half. >>> lotto fever continues, a billion dollars up for grabs. billion with a "b," that's right. tonight's megamillions drawing is worth $750 million. saturday's powerball drawing will be worth at least $640 million. i feel austin powers. a billion dollars. >> a billion dollars. [ laughter ] >>> we have a powerful story right now. we'll hear for the first time from some of the courageous police officers who rushed to protect the capitol from the mob of domestic terrorists last week. they put their lives on the line to defend our democracy and our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz has their stories. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. we have all seen those horrific images, but this is the first time we have heard from those officers on the frontlines and their tales are chilling. >> i thought, you know, this might be it. i might die. >> reporter: and he very easily could have died. >> i was the on