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Toni Waterman: US Correspondent on the resentencing of the Menendez brothers · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: The men in India's Brothers is a famous case in America.
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  Speaker 1: They may be released from prison, could be within the
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  Speaker 1: next few weeks. Tiny Wardman and US correspondent Figure Story
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  Speaker 1: News with me this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Tiny, Good morning, Good morning.
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  Speaker 1: So how has this come about. Why has the judge
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  Speaker 1: decided to reduce this sentence.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this judge resentenced them to life in prison with
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  Speaker 2: the possibility of paroles, So this is going to really
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  Speaker 2: pave the way for them to be released. The judge
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  Speaker 2: didn't outright say that the brothers should be released. That
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  Speaker 2: is a decision that's going to be left up for
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  Speaker 2: California's governor and the parole board. But he did say
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  Speaker 2: that after thirty five years behind bars, that they did
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  Speaker 2: deserve a chance to get out. This is really a
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  Speaker 2: case that has gripped the United States for decades. It's
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  Speaker 2: been the saga that has been playing out and there
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  Speaker 2: have been a number of these docu series, particularly this
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  Speaker 2: one that came out last year on Netflix, that have
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  Speaker 2: been done on them, which has really brought the to
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  Speaker 2: a younger generation. They have been behind bars essentially since
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  Speaker 2: nineteen eighty nine, that is when they were convicted of
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  Speaker 2: killing their parents inside their Ritzy Beverly Hills Mansions, and
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  Speaker 2: the brother The brothers have always maintained that they killed
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  Speaker 2: their parents because they feared their parents were going to
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  Speaker 2: kill them first after years of really horrible sexual abuse
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  Speaker 2: at the hands of their father, something that they claim
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  Speaker 2: their mother was aware of and that they were trying
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  Speaker 2: to keep a secret. So that has always been their claim.
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  Speaker 2: Over the years, their family members have come out and
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  Speaker 2: advocated for them, including before this decision came down, and
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  Speaker 2: as you mentioned, they're going to be potentially could be
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  Speaker 2: released as soon as June thirteen, that is when they
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  Speaker 2: are scheduled to appear before the Board of Paroles and.
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  Speaker 1: Very quickly, Tony, the two hundred and ten Boeing aircraft
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  Speaker 1: that kassan Ewise is going to get us part of
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  Speaker 1: this deal with Trump.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is actually the big Boeing order ever,
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  Speaker 2: two hundred and ten Boeing airplanes that was signed as
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump is taking this trip across the Middle East
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  Speaker 2: in Kutta earlier today. You know, there was another thing
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  Speaker 2: that they signed. This is a statement of intent that
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  Speaker 2: could lead to thirty eight billion dollars in investments at
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  Speaker 2: Qatar's LB Airbase, which is this vital US military hub
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  Speaker 2: in the Middle East. One thing they didn't talk about,
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  Speaker 2: at least publicly, is this very controversial offer by Kuta
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  Speaker 2: to donate a four hundred million dollar luxury Boeing jet
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  Speaker 2: to be the next air Force one, which of course
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  Speaker 2: has led to a raft of conflict of interest concerns
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  Speaker 2: and foreign foreign influence concerns, because don't forget, this is
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  Speaker 2: the same Kuta where the Trump family business has just
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  Speaker 2: struck a deal to build a Trump branded luxury golf
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  Speaker 2: resort and villa. And he's his family has been striking
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  Speaker 2: deals like this all across the Middle East right now,
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  Speaker 2: his first foreign trip as president to that very region.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, big, Dale's tiny. Thanks for your time. Tony Waterman,
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  Speaker 1: US correspondent Figure Story News.
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