>> if the menendez brothers were the menendez sisters, they'd be free today. >> and could they ever be released from prison? but first the "nightline" 5. . >>> number one in >> good evening, thanks for joining us. tonight, a rare jail house interview with one of the infamous menendez brothers who together murdered their parents in their lavish beverly hills mansion 27 years ago. were they spoiled kids run amok, or enraged victims of sexual abuse? we're about to hear from witnesses the jury never saw her heard almost three decades later. are we getting the full story? we warn you, some of the language you're about to hear is extremely graphic. >> i am the kid that did kill his parents. and no river of tears has changed that. >> tonight, lyle menendez speaking publicly fra prison in a rare interview, 27 years after he and his brother eric brutally murdered their parents. >> it's shocking to think about that happened, that i could have been involved in taking anyone's it seems unimaginable. seems so far removed from who i am and who i was. >> reporter: the glow of innocence founding the m

>> if the menendez brothers were the menendez sisters, they'd be free today. >> and could they ever be released from prison? but first the "nightline" 5. . >>> number one i anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. tonight, a rare jail house interview with one of the infamous menendez brothers who together murdered their parents in their lavish beverly hills mansion 27 years ago. were they spoiled kids run amok, or enraged victims of sexual abuse? we're about to hear from witnesses the jury never saw her heard almost three decades later. are we getting the full story? we warn you, some of the language you're about to hear is extremely graphic. >> i am the kid that did kill his parents. and no river of tears has changed that. >> tonight, lyle menendez speaking publicly fra prison in a rare interview, 27 years after he and his br

but lyle menendez had mediocre grades, was not a great student. he really wasn't princeton material. he was a very strong tennis player, and so, through a combination of his tennis abilities and also jose menendez made a $50,000 donation to princeton, he was able to actually get his son into the school. >> but lyle was flunking out of princeton, not only academically, but socially, he was doing things he wasn't supposed to do. >> he was accused at one point of plagiarizing a paper. and he was suspended for that. jose rushed in to meet with the dean and try to save his son, to stop the suspension, but his pleas didn't work. >> jose was never satisfied. lyle and erik, i think, had a strong fear of dad. it was so obvious, but it was not spoken. >> jose was such a dominant force in that family that the brothers looked at him, it was like he was the sun and blotted everything else out. >> the impression i got about jose menendez's character was that he could be charming when he chose to, but that his basic nature was very abusive. and that he was abusi

, erik menendez was a complete mess. he was emotionally distraught, and several days after the murders, craig cignarelli claims that erik menendez confessed to him, and told him that he was responsible for the deaths of his parents. >> it was a friend of mine that called me and said, "dude, turn on the tv." >> how many shots do you think went off? >> about six in a row. >> my first instinct was to -- to call erik and get to erik, and find out what happened. we went back to the house, and -- and eventually sat down at a chessboard. and he looked up from the chessboard and as he had his fingers on the pieces, he said, "do you want to know what happened?" and i made a b said, "yes." i can remember him telling me where the blood and the skin landed, and literally being in the room where it happened. it was a very intense, heavy moment. i realized that conversation was going to change my life and change his life and, you know, he had now burdened me with something that i was stuck with a pretty heavy moral dilemma. >> so, cra

, erik menendez was a complete mess. he was emotionally distraught, and several days after the murders, craig cignarelli claims that erik menendez confessed to him, and told him that he was responsible for the deaths of his parents. >> it was a friend of mine that called me and said, "dude, turn on the tv." >> how many shots do you think went off? >> about six in a row. >> my first instinct was to -- to call erik and get to erik, and find out what happened. we went back to the house, and -- and eventually sat down at a chessboard. and he looked up from the chessboard and as he had his fingers on the pieces, he said, "do you want to know what happened?" and i made a big mistake and said, "yes." i can remember him telling me where the blood and the skin landed, and literally being in the room where it happened. it was a very intense, heavy moment. i realized that conversation was going to change my life and change his life and, you know, he had now burdened me with something that i was stuck with a pretty heavy moral dilem

>> if the menendez brothers were the menendez sisters, they'd be free today. >> and could they ever be released from prison? but first the "nightline" 5. . >>> number one in just sicke >> good evening, thanks for joining us. tonight, a rare jail house interview with one of the infamous menendez brothers who together murdered their parents in their lavish beverly hills mansion 27 years ago. were they spoiled kids run amok, or enraged victims of sexual abuse? we're about to hear from witnesses the jury never saw her heard almost three decades later. are we getting the full story? we warn you, some of the language you're about to hear is extremely graphic. >> i am the kid that did kill his parents. and no river of tears has changed that. >> tonight, lyle menendez speaking publicly fra prison in a rare interview, 27 years after he and his brother eric brutally murdered their parents. >> it's shocking to think about that happened, that i could have been involved in taking anyone's life. it's still jarring. it seems unimaginable. seems so far removed from who i am and who i was. >> reporter:

but lyle menendez had mediocre grades, was not a great student. he really wasn't princeton material. he was a very strong tennis player, and so, through a combination of his tennis abilities and also jose menendez made a $50,000 donation to princeton, he was able to actually get his son into the school. >> but lyle was flunking out of academically, but socially, he was doing things he wasn't supposed to do. >> he was accused at one point of plagiarizing a paper. and was suspended for that. jose rushed in to meet with the dean and try to save his son, to stop the suspension, but his pleas didn't work. >> jose was never satisfied. lyle and erik, i think, had a strong fear of dad. it was so obvious, but it was not spoken. >> jose was such a dominant force in that family that the brothers looked at him, it was like he was the sun and blotted everything else out. >> the impression i got about jose menendez's character was that he could be charming when he chose to, but that his basic nature was very abusive. and that he was abusive to his sons, especia

> my name is lyle menendez. i have been in prison for 26 years. i am the kid that did kill his parents, and no river of tears has changed that and no amount of regret has changed it. >> reporter: beverly hills, 1989. jose and kitty menendez are brutally murdered. >> what's the problem? what's the problem? >> someone killed my parents! >> were they shot? >> yes. >> reporter: from the outside, brothers lyle and erik had it all. but behind closed doors, they describe a cauldron of secrets. >> tell me as clearly as you can why you murdered your paren. >> reporter: sitting down for an exclusive interview with barbara walters in 1996. >> i had said to myself i'm never gonna let my father touch me again. >> reporter: their defense and act of desperation after years of abuse at the hands of their father, but the judge found them guilty and they were sentenced to life in prison. >> my surprisingly well for the chaos of prison life. >> reporter: lyle menendez is 48, and he is more reflective. his life behind bars a shadow

lyle menendez now speaking out from behind bars for the first time in 20 years. telling a side of the story never heard before. abc's terry moran on the case from day one. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time in 20 years, lyle menendez speaking out from prison. >> i am the kid that did kill his parents, and no river of tears has changed that, and no amount of regret has changed it. >> reporter: beverly hills, 1989. jose and kitty menendez are brutally murdered. >> what's the problem? what's the problem? >> someone killed my parents! >> were they shot? >> yes. >> reporter: from the outside, brothers lyle and erik had it all. but behind closed doors, they describe a cauldron of secrets. >> tell me as clearly as you can why you murdered your parents. >> reporter: sitting down for an exclusive interview with barbra walters in 1996. >> i had said to myself i'm never gonna let my father touch me again. >> reporter: their defense, an act of desperation after years of abuse at the hands of their father, but the jury ultimately found them guilty, and the brothers were

prison. >> my name is lyle menendez. i have been in prison for 26 years. i am the kid that did kill his parents, and no river of tears has changed that and no amount of regret has changed it. >> reporter: beverly hills, 1989. jose and kitty menendez are brutally murdered. >> what's the problem? what's the problem? >> someone killed my parents! >> were they shot? >> yes. >> reporter: from the outside, brothers lyle and erik had it all. but behind closed doors, they describe a cauldron of secrets. >> tell me as clearly as you can why you murdered your parents. >> reporter: sitting down for an exclusive interview with barbara walters in 1996. >> i had said to myself i'm never gonna let my father touch me again. >> reporter: their defense and act of desperation after years of abuse at the hands of their father, but the judge found them guilty and they were sentenced to life in prison. >> my childhood prepared me surprisingly well for the chaos of prison life. >> reporter: lyle menendez is 48, and he is more reflective. his l

senator menendez: the company you directed did. mr. tillerson: to my knowledge, exxon never directly lobbied against sanctions, not to my knowledge. in terms of all the other actions mentioned, they role undertaken with a great deal transparency and openness and engagement to the process. that is the beauty of the american process. others are invited to express their view in informed the process. , if confirmed as secretary of state will have one mission, to represent the interests of the american people. as i have stated multiple times, sanctions are an important and powerful tool. anddesigning for sanctions having poor sanctions can of course affected having no sanctions at all. if they convey a weak response. it is important in designing sanctions that they are carefully crafted and carefully targeted within intended effect and then enforced, to the extent that american leadership can broaden participation in the sanctions. you are right, the iran sanctions were extremely effective because others joined in. chairman corker: thank yo

. >> reporter: and democrat bob menendez said he had hard evidence tillerson was mistaken. >> i have four different lobbying reports totaling millions of dollars as required by the lobbying disclosure act that lists exxonmobil's lobbying activities on four specific pieces of legislation authorizing sanctions. >> reporter: senator menendez also asked tillerson if he and president-elect trump have even talked about russia yet. scott, tillerson said no, to which menendez responded, "that's pretty amazing." >> chip reid for us tonight. chip, thank you. >>> today is the confirmation of senator jeff sessions of alabama to become attorney general, there was rare opposition from a fellow senator, democrat cory booker of new jersey. >> reporter: senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights and justice for all of our citizens. in fact, at numerous times in his career, he's demonstrated a hostility toward these convictions. he has worked to frustrate attempts to advance these

i think senator menendez would. is it any other member who wants to be heard before we start the vote? i would ask senator menendez b e -- >> okay, let me say one other thing. >> senator markey. >> okay. are you sure we can't have a rolling vote for those who don't wish to necessarily hear the comments could go ahead and vote and leave? is there any real objection? >> i'd like to have my reasons before i vote, not the aftermath of the boat. >> i apologize to the other members who are here and ready to vote. let me, if i could, i mean, we are accommodating folks were traveling, and we are glad to do so. if we could keep our comments brief, and then if you want to expand further after people had voted that would be great. i would like to say that what we are doing as relates to tax returns is exactly what we are doing, what we have done for 10 on this committee. [inaudible] >> ten years. so we treated secretary kerry, secretary clinton exactly in the same fashion. so i just, i just, i know, you know, we did the nuclea

. >> reporter: and democrat bob menendez said he had hard evidence tillerson was mistaken. >> i have four different lobbying reports totaling millions of dollars as reqd by the lobbying disclosure act that lists exxonmobil's lobbying activities on four specific pieces of legislation authorizing sanctions. >> reporter: senator menendez also asked tillerson if he and president-elect trump have even talked about russia yet. scott, tillerson said no, to which menendez responded, "that's pretty amazing." >> chip reid for us tonight. chip, thank you. >>> today is the confirmation of senator jeff sessions of alabama to become attorney general, there was rare opposition from a fellow senator, democrat cory booker of new jersey. >> reporter: senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights and justice for all of our citizens. in fact, at numerous times in his career, he's demonstrated a hostility toward these convictions. he has worked to frustrate attempts to advance these idea

three of the menendez brothers coming up. >> that will be fascinating. we've got to goment are you a minnesota man? >> no. i got stuck here. >> you did not get stuck. you are in the best state in the best city on the entire planet. >> she's from minnesota hill. >> michigan is the best state. michigan is the best state. >> take the exit, hill. >> the other m. >> thank you, my friend. we look forward to watching it. "how it happened" premiers to nine with a three-hour event. the men mendez brothers. >> we'll have the interview with lyle menendez, the first time you'll get to hear him talk about why he did what he did. 10:00 p.m. eastern, hln. enjoy it. what do you say, a little "good stuff?" >> next. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line. what's in your wallet? >>> all right, harlow. time to restore your faith in humanity. by you, i

senator menendez: does it constitute war crimes? coming to that conclusion will require me to have additional -- senator menendez: do you understand the standard for the war? mr. tillerson: i do. senator menendez: and you cannot say whether those actions constitute a war crime or not? mr. tillerson: i do not want to rely solely on what is in the public. i would want information from agencies, who can present me with a disputable facts. : if you haveer sufficient evidence in looking at classified information that that took place, would that not be a war crime? mr. tillerson: yes, sir. senator menendez: does the president-elect agree with you? mr. tillerson: the president-elect and i have not had a chance to discuss this. senator menendez: in your statement, on page three, you say, "in his campaign, the bolddent-elect poses a policy -- " degree, yousome have had a discussion on what the worldview is, and whether you can execute that for the person you are working for. in a broadon: sense, yes, sir. build amenendez: you career on exxon

joining us now, democratic senator robert menendez of new jersey. he is a key member of the senate foreign relations committee. senator, thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you, wolf. >> what is your reaction to the cancellation of this planned meeting next tuesday between president trump and president pena nieto of mexico, the mexican president announced he's not coming? >> it is a major issue. he couldn't come to the united states, with the announcement that they are going to pay for the wall. mexico is our second largest export market of the world 2015, the last year we have records for. we sent about $267 billion of u.s. goods and services to mexico. so, we have actually an export surplus when it comes to services that we provide and get paid for in mexico. so, it's our front door neighbor, and the reality is we have much intertwined in term of our respected interests and fate. so, you know, this is a major, major challenge to the u.s.-mexico relationship which is important to us in so many different dimensions. >> speaking of that, united

senator menendez: let's get to the heart of my question. didn't you create these offshore entities that americans can take advantage of in order to help your clients, he would you were making money from, avoid u.s. taxes? mr. mnuchin: no, not necessarily. i want to say it's important that the committee -- senator menendez: what were you doing than? mr. mnuchin: this was done so that different entities could invest. sometimes, it had nothing to do with taxes. it had to do with what they could invest in. as i said to you, if you want to put me on for the entire hedge fund and pension fund, you know, we should have an irs session to go through these issues and i would be more than happy to work with you and your offices to go through these. these are very complicated issues. senator menendez: i appreciate that, but let me make the publication simple. one does not go and make offshore entities at the end of the day other than to avoid in some form or fashion the tax laws of the united states. that's pretty simple. even be legal, in which case w

the great american baking show, at 9:00 truth and lies, the menendez brothers and stay with us for abc 7 news at 1:00. >>> the long awaited garry bus rapid transit project is closer to being a reality. >> the board of supervisors is expected to approve its design and environmental impact report. leanyanne melendez shows us what will look like. >> reporter: it crosses san francisco from nearly one end to the north. geary has the number 38, the busiest bus line which carries on average 52,000 people a day. >> one of the best used bus lines in north america. >> reporter: proposed projects to improve this corridor have had their ups and downs. >> it has been a long, slow road. >> reporter: today a serious plan finally reached the board of supervisors, one backed by the san francisco county transportation authority. >> even those that don't take the buses, this project contains street repaving, also pedestrian safety elements. >> reporter: here's animation of the project. the bus would have a so-called red carpet lane that would save time, up to 20 minutes per round trip. >> getting back to

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menendez: let me ask you about medicaid. i am a little taken aback on the answer on the question about immigrants and leprosy. i think the science is well dictated. ask, one of the most beneficial components of the aca was the expansion of the medicaid program that resulted in 11 million people nationwide gaining coverage, many for the first time. it is one of the biggest programs on the republican chopping block, with proposals to not only repeal the affordable medicaid expansion but gutting billions in federal , funding to the state. there is no doubt that this would result in catastrophic loss of coverage for tens of millions of low income families and lead to tens of billions of losses to safety net and other health care providers. do you recognize medicaid to be a valuable program and consider the coverage it provides the 74 million americans to be comprehensive? rep. price: medicaid is a vital program for health care for many individuals in this country, but one that has significant challenges. one out of every three p

that i'd like for them to continue to make that progress. >> thank you. >> senator menendez? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. tillerson -- trish: a heated exchange between marco rubio and rex tillerson. several heated exchanges or at least two between marco rubio and rex tillerson today. the latest one was around the world where he asked him about a variety of places, variety of countries and specifically that last exchange was about saudi arabia and whether or not rex tillerson would declare that saudi arabia was, in fact, a human rights violator. sort of went around that a little bit. marco rubio kept going back to the point finally where tillerson had to say, look, we're on the same page, we don't really differ in terms of our goals, senator. we want to talk more about this in terms of how the hearings are going. why it is marco rubio seems to be a little contentious today? joining me is the navy s.e.a.l. who killed osama bin laden, robert o'neill. former deputy assistant to president george w. bush, brad blakeman. am i reading too much into it or marco getting feisty? >> s

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tillerson said no, to which m menendez said, that's pretty amazing. chip reid, the cbs news, the capitol hill. >>> jeff sessions is expected to easily win the confirmation saz attorney general. yesterday senator cory booker spoke against session's nomination. >> i'm breaking with senator tradition. he has not demonstrated a commitment, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights, and justice for all of our citizens. >> in 1986 sessions was rejected for a federal judgeship over accusations over racial charge, charges he vehemently denies. >>> elaine is married to senate majority leader mitch mick connell. >>> now to the weather and this morning conditions are beginning to improve on the west coast. there are still weather advisories in nevada and flood warnings in parts of california, but the torrential rain and snow have let up. rescue crews used boats and trucks. some homes had flood levels 5 feet high. portland, oregon, was slammed by an unexpected foot of snow and in nevada higher elevations got up to 11 feet in t

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menendez: let me ask you about medicaid. i am a little taken aback on the question about immigrants and leprosy. science is well dictated. one of the most beneficial components of the aca was the expansion of the medicaid program that resulted in 11 million people nationwide gaining coverage, many for the first time. it is one of the biggest programs on the republican chopping block, with proposals to not only repeal the affordable care costs medicaid expansion, but gutting billions in federal funding to the state. this would result in catastrophic loss of coverage for tens of millions of low income families and lead to tens of billions of losses to safety net and other health care providers. do you recognize medicaid to be a valuable program and consider the coverage it provides the 74 million americans to be comprehensive? rep. price: medicaid is a vital program for health care for many individuals in this country, but one that has significant challenges. one out of every three physicians who should be seeing medicaid pati

tillerson said no, to which m menendez said, that's pretty amazing. chip reid, the cbs news, the capitol hill. >>> jeff sessions is expected to easily win the confirmation saz attorney general. yesterday senator cory booker spoke against session's nomination. >> i'm breaking with senator tradition. he has not demonstrated a commitment, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights, and justice for all of our citizens. >> in 1986 sessions was rejected for a federal judgeship over accusations over racial charge, charges he vehemently denies. >>> majority leader mitch mick connell. >>> now to the weather and this morning conditions are beginning to improve on the west coast. there are still weather advisories in nevada and flood warnings in parts of california, but the torrential rain and snow have let up. rescue crews used boats and trucks. some homes had flood levels 5 feet high. portland, oregon, was slammed by an unexpected foot of snow and in nevada higher elevations got up to 11 feet in the past week. >>> coming up

tillerson said no, to which menendez responded, that's pretty amazing. chip reid, the cbs news, the capit capitol. >>> jeff sessions is expected to easily win the confirmation for attorney general despite being opposed by black lawmakers. yesterday senator cory booker spoke against session's nomination. >> i'm breaking with senator tradition. senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to aggressively pursue to congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights, and justice for all of our citizens. >> in 1986 sessions was rejected for a federal judgeship over accusations of racial impropriety, charges he vehemently denies. >>> it was a smooth transition for elaine chao. she was press secretary under george w. bush and she's married to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. she supports funds for public transportation in addition to private funding. >>> now to the weather and this morning conditions are beginning to improve on the west coast. there are still weather advisories in nevada and flood warnings in parts of california, but the torrentia

menendez: i not worried about the industry. i'm worried about the direction and your bank -- you keep referring to entities. the office of thrift supervision hit you with the consent owner because you are putting homeowners on a fast-track to foreclosure. that was part of the 750 foreclosures a month. you also had an independent government on it of onewest foreclosures in 2009 and 2010 thanalone identified more 10,000 homeowners who were owed $8.5 million in damages among those homeowners were 54 incidents over the course of just two years where the bank violated the rights of active duty military servicemen and women. those defending our country across the globe, under the servicemembers civil service relief act. if you did all of that, how is it that you feel that you can honestly say in his sworn testimony that your company did everything? mr. mnuchin: ok, first of all, senator, and i appreciate the issue, and as i said before, we highly regret the extent we made error, especially to the servicemen. yes, we had all those loa

lyle menendez. speaking out for the first time in 20 years about the murder of his parents in beverly hills only here on "gma." >>> new concerns about fumes on planes after seven american airlines flight attendants were sent to the hospital. we'll have more on that coming up in our big board. have more on that coming up in our big board. [microwave beeps] [heart monitor beeps] hasta luego, profesor! [pumping of bike tire] [pumping of hospital ventilator] [tapping of pen] [tapping of shoes] hey ramirez! un poquito mas rapido, no? [laughing] [wheel squeaking] hey carlos, mañana! carlos! carlos! dr. brad needs to see you in room 3. todo el dia! right this way... yes, one second- i'll be right there. ( ♪ ) ♪ they tell me i'm wrong ♪ ♪ to want to stand alongside my, my love ♪ ♪ whoa, talkin' 'bout my love ♪ big stories are the rain and how it's affecting your commute. we had really heavy downpours, now the rain out of here at least in the immediate bay area, but check it out, a lot of dens

had dinner at the menendez house because jose menendez was an executive at hertz, and he invited o.j. over, and o.j. was the spokesperson for this, and the first trial happened before the o.j. trial. there was a hung jury. same courthouse in los angeles. the o.j. trial happens. not guilty verdict comes down, and then quickly the second trial happens. some people think that there's a link between how quickly the guilty verdicts came down. the reason why it's relevant today is that there's a new statute in the state of california that allows individuals that claim that they were victims of domestic abuse to file for a retrial if they believe they weren't able to present that evidence at their trial, and so there may be a menendez trial number three possibly happening, and so it's amazing. it's great to be doing this show. obviously, this is the first premier episode tonight, but we have 12 more episodes from now until may that are fantastic. the cnn original, folks, are just the most brilliant people in crawling through the treasure-trove of info that cnn has. >> we agree. hill harper,

scott, tillerson said no, to which menendez responded, "that's pretty amazing." >> pelley: chip reid for us tonight. chip, thank you. today is the confirmation of senator jeff sessions of alabama fr become attorney general. there was rare opposition from a fellow senator, democrat cory booker of new jersey. >> reporter: senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights and justice for all of our citizens. in fact, at numerous times in his career, he's demonstrated a hostility toward these convictions. he has worked to frustrate attempts to advance these ideals. >> reporter: yesterday senator sessions said that he would enforce all civil rights laws if confirmed. >> pelley: mr. trump made more news today, saying he will make a supreme court nomination within two weeks of taking office. he said he plans to both repeal and replace obamacare at the same time, and he'll start that wall at the border before he gets mexico to pay for it. he also revealed his plan for hiother wa

. >> who is he married too e va menendez. >> we have not seen them for a while. she has been doing fashion work with new york and company with you she is an actress. >> right. >> so, hear him talk about her is special. >> would i like to thank one person properly and say while i was singing and dancing, and playing piano and having one of the best experiences i have ever had, on a film, my lady was waving our daughter, pregnant with our second and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer. if she hadn't taken all that on so i could have this experience, it would surely be someone else up here other than me today. so sweetheart, thank you. to my daughters, amada, and is meralda and would i like to dedicate to this to the memory of her brother juan carlos menendez. thank you very much. >> it is so sweet. >> every great man is a woman. >> that is right. >> isn't that how it goes. >> it is interesting. that is so sweet. i'm sure woman's hearts were melting every where. you think about her. she was at home dealing with all this. that is horrible. >> that

facade. >> knew lyle menendez during the time of the trial he would call me from the l.a. county jail and found him to be a cold, somewhat sinister cunning person. he is different. you can hear it and you'll hear him from prison, a person that owns what he did. >> the abc news documentary truth and lies, american sons, american murderers airs at 9:00 on 6 abc and "action news" at 11:00 will follow. (sfx: rain and thunder) says it won't let up for a while. the cadillac xt5... what should we do? ...tailored to you. wait it out. equipped with apple carplay compatibility. ♪ get this low mileage lease on this cadillac xt5 from around $439 per month, or purchase with 1.9% apr financing. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 7

lyle menendez. only here on "gma." >>> new concerns about fumes on planes after seven american airlines flight attendants were sent to the hospital. we'll have more on that coming up in our big board. [microwave beeps] [heart monitor beeps] hasta luego, profesor! [pumping of bike tire] [pumping of hospital ventilator] [tapping of pen] [tapping of shoes] hey ramirez! un poquito mas rapido, no? [laughing] [wheel squeaking] hey carlos, mañana! carlos! carlos! dr. brad needs to see you in room 3. todo el dia! right this way... yes, one second- i'll be right there. ( ♪ ) ♪ they tell me i'm wrong ♪ ♪ to want to stand alongside my, my love ♪ ♪ whoa, talkin' 'bout my love ♪ ♪ to want to stand alongside my, my love ♪ >> ♪ >> good morning, i'm tamala edwards. 7:23 now on this wednesday january 4th. it's been a tough morning out there for the commute so let's see where things are now with karen rogers. good morning. >> it really has been tough. we had two accidents on i-95. two accidents o

lyle menendez. only here on "gma." >>> new concerns about fumes on planes after seven american airlines flight attendants were sent to the hospital. we'll have more on that coming up in our big board. [microwave beeps] [heart monitor beeps] hasta luego, profesor! [pumping of bike tire] [pumping of hospital ventilator] [tapping of pen] [tapping of shoes] hey ramirez! un poquito mas rapido, no? [laughing] [wheel squeaking] hey carlos, mañana! carlos! carlos! dr. brad needs to see you in room 3. todo el dia! right this way... yes, one second- i'll be right there. ( ♪ ) ♪ they tell me i'm wrong ♪ ♪ to want to stand alongside my, my love ♪ ♪ whoa, talkin' 'bout my love ♪ >> anchor: good morning, washington. i'm melanie hastings. here is a check of your stop stories. a woman is in police countdown after she was caught on surveillance cameras using a credit card off a missing man in bethesda. that woman turned herself in. she has been charged with fraud but police don't know how she got the

>> that has not occurred yet, senator. >> that's pretty amazing. >> senator menendez asked tillerson about his company's history of opposing economic sanctions including those leveed against russia for its invasion of crimea. this was the response. >> first, i have never lobbied against sanctions personally. >> the company you directed did. >> to my knowledge exxon never lobbied against sanctions, not to my knowledge. >> new jersey senator bob menendez. shortly after that your colleague senator corker said "mr. tillerson i believe you called me to lobby against sanctions." later in the committee meeting you then pulled out the lobbying disclosure forms that showed exxon had filed disclosure forms to lobby on sanctions. do you believe that mr. tillerson was being deceptive with you today? >> well, he was either avoiding the truth or his management style has got to be of concern as he seeks to head one of the biggest departments of the federal government, the state department, not only with its operations here but across the world. it's impossible to almost believe that you could spend

i know senator menendez wanted to. sen. corker: you sure we cannot have a rolling voting for those who do not wish to hear the comments could go ahead and vote and leave. menendez: i sorry they am don't want to hear the comments, mr. chairman, but i would like to give my reasons before i vote, not after. sen. corker: i apologize to the other members who are here ready to vote. let me just if i could, we are accommodating folks who are traveling, and we are glad to do so. if we could keep our comments brief, and if you want to expand further after people have voted, that would be great. i would say what we are doing in regards to tax returns is exactly what we have in doing for 10 years on this committee. 10 years. we trita secretary kerry, -- we treated secretary kerry, secretary clinton, in exactly the same fashion so i just, i know we did the nuclear options so now it takes just 51 votes. i think that was a big mistake. but that is the way things are now. so now we are looking to change the rules of tax returns at some po

menendez: chaired, the whole issues -- has senator menendez mentioned, a whole set of issues. i believe we have a better chance of getting in out. we're already having discussions if we engage with them rather than a policy of isolation. thank you very much. >> we will continue on the same thing for a bit. i want to talk for a minute about -- we hear the word concession a lot. we shouldn't make concessions to dictators or despots. some of the executive orders who have been taken over the past couple of years. 2009, the first is in cuban americans still had families in cuba. chooseuld have to between going to their mother's funeral or their father's funeral if their parents died within the same three years. what a horrible thing to ask of an american. do you believe it is a concession to the regime to allow a cuban-american to visit or to go to his father or mother's funeral in cuba? mr. tillerson: these are really heartbreaking questions and again, i have to take us back to ?hat are our statutes what are the provisions that govern that? and these are were exceptions become rea

>> that has not occurred yet, senator. >> that's pretty amazing. >> senator menendez asked tillerson about his company's history of opposing economic sanctions including those leveed against russia for its invasion of crimea. this was the response. >> first, i have never lobbied against sanctions personally. >> the company you directed did. >> to my knowledge exxon never lobbied against sanctions, not to my knowledge. >> new jersey senator bob menendez. shortly after that your colleague senator corker said "mr. tillerson i believe you called me to lobby against sanctions." later in the committee meeting you then pulled out the lobbying disclosure forms that showed exxon had filed disclosure forms to lobby on sanctions. do you believe that mr. tillerson was being deceptive with you today? >> well, he was either avoiding the truth or his management style has got to be ofoncern as he seeks to head one of the biggest departments of the federal government, the state department, not only with its operations here but across the world. it's impossible to almost believe that you could spend a

i'm james menendez. our top story this hour: president trump says he could impose taxes of up to 20% on imports from mexico to pay for his border wall. but mexico's government warns that a tax will only make products from avocados to appliances more expensive for americans. britain's prime minister will meet mr trump later on friday, to press the case for even closer political and economic ties. welcome to the programme. our other main stories this hour: celebrations in the gambia for the first peaceful transfer of power in the country's modern history. commemorations will be held across europe on friday to mark international holocaust remembrance day. i'm aaron heslehurst. in business: talking up transatlantic trade. but these days — is the ‘special relationship‘ simply more special to britain than it is to the us? and when is a $5.3 billion profit in three months just not enough? we'll tell you why investors are not happy with google and also find out if its parent company alphabet‘s other bets

another menendez when i was doing a photo shoot in beverly hills. he was natural in front of the camera, he was very comfortable. i don't think erik had the physical attributes to be a working model but he was photogenic. i think erik was struggling to find his way and i don't know the insides of what went on in their house because he didn't talk about it. >> describe your relationship with your father if. >> brutal. painful. torturou torturous. but yet i admired him because he was so strong and he w was everything that success was that i was taught that success was. and i thought that he was the most powerful and brilliant person i had ever meant. >> reporter: though the first trial ended in a hungry jury they were convicted of first-degree murder. sentenced to life in prison and no chance at parole. #. >> it's shocking to think about that that happened. it's still jarring ly. >> reporter: speaking to abc news from prison all these years later, lyle menendez still speaks of passion about the man he loved and feared. >> my father was like a force of

. >> my name is lyle menendez. i have been in prison for 26 years. i am the kid that did kill his parents. no river of tears has changed that. no amount of regret has changed that. >> beverly hills is a quiet town. even the business district kind of folds up at 7:00. we average two murders a year. really don't know what you are in for when you get a murder call. >> what is the problem? >> someone killed my parents. >> were they shot? >> yes. >> when jose and kitty were found dead, the police didn't do what they normally do in a case like that. there are things that could have been done that night that would have proven they were the killers. the murder weapons were in their cars. nobody bothered to look. >> at the time we felt they were victims. you are not going to press them because their parents just got >> i remember it was the morning after murder. i pulled up to the house. all of a sudden the car door went open and eric jumped in and scared me. friends said they needed my husband's legal help. i said what is going on here? he says, "mrs. wright

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senator card has deferred to senator menendez. only those who really have questions are going to be acknowledged at this time. however, anybody who wishes to come down can do so. so, it's going to be menendez, rubio, sha hee n, rubio, card in, james markly. >> sounds like a pretty full third round. i'm glad everybody is interested. >> thank you. mr. tillerson, i admire your stamina. you've been through several rounds here. and from my perspective, i hope understand while my questions may seem tough in some respects, i take my role of advise and consent of any nominee important. in your case you have a unique background coming to this job. so, trying to understand the person who is going to be the chief advisor to the president-elect in the meetings you just described where everybody gets around the table, but in foreign policy it's going to be you. so, i try to get from the past a gleaming of it so i understand where you're going to be in the future. i hope you understand the nature of my questions. let me take a quick moment. you

senator menendez took the leadership on this, that but for the u.s. leadership, we wouldn't have gotten other countries to act. so, if we take the position we're going to the lowest common denominator, we're not going to get anything really done. you talk about being tough and taking tough position, it requires leadership and requires us to be willing to go the extra amount. one last point on this. i agree with senator corker. we've never had any administration believe that congress should take away their discretion. that is absolutely fact. whether democrat or republican administration, they would rather do away with congress. we understand that. we get it. but you, i assume, understand the advantage we have in america with the separation of branches of government. and it could be helpful to you as our -- if you're confirmed as our principal negotiator, to have clear directions from congress that you must impose sanctions, must impose nctions, unless you get real progress towards the issues in which those sanctions will be imposed. take advantage of