Transcript of ABC News Live Prime: Trump cabinet picks; Delphi double murder verdict; Brain injuries in military

Tonight, President Elect Trump's administration starts to come into focus with immigration as a top priority. In his return to the White House. Trump names his new border czar with ties to Project 2025. And Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Are playing key roles in the transition. What we know so far, plus, a Spirit Airlines flight from Florida to Haiti hit by gunfire while trying to touch down. A flight attendant is wounded. Bullet holes visible in the cabin wear that gu gunfire came from and where the plane made an emergency landing. And when you look at symptoms and behavioral neurocognitive issues, it's the full gamut.

It's sleep, it's attention, it's vigilance, it's decision making. It could explain the suffering of a generation of combat veterans or blast waves from weapons causing traumatic brain injuries. Good evening, everyone. I'm Lindsay Davis. Thanks so much for streaming with us.

We're following those stories and much more, including a verdict is reached in the high profile Delphi murder case. The defendant accused of killing two teenage girls while they were hiking. One of the victims recording the killer on her cell phone. Plus, dangerous wildfires burn in the Northeast. Drought conditions creating a wildfire emergency across multiple states.

And another sensational year for jazz star Samara Joy. Our sit down conversation about her two latest Grammy nominations and her new album that is a portrait of her life right now. But we do begin with a terrifying flight from Fort Lauderdale to Haiti. A Spirit airline passenger jet struck by gunfire as it approached the airport in Port au Prince. The pilot quickly pulling up, diverting to the airport in nearby Santiago, Santo Domingo.

This video shows bullet holes inside the plane after it landed in Santo Domingo, one piercing a wall, others striking an overhead bin. A flight attendant was treated for minor injuries. This comes the same day the Haitian prime minister was fired by the country's ruling. Haiti's last president was murdered in July of 2021. No elections have been held since then.

Meanwhile, the capital city of Port au Prince has been ravaged by gang violence. And tonight the airport is closed as American and JetBlue have suspended all flights into the country. ABC's Gio Benitez leads us off. You're looking at the inside of a Spirit Airlines jet damaged by a barrage of bullets fired by Haitian gangs as it came in for landing at Port au Prince, Haiti, full of passengers. Flight data shows the plane that left from Fort Lauderdale Monday morning descending to 550ft before it was hit by gunfire, bypassing the Runway and diverting to the Dominican Republic where it landed safely.

The airline says one flight attendant was treated for minor injuries. Jean David Derulo was on that plane. He says the wheels were down, getting ready for landing when the bullets entered the cabin. I heard clock, clock, clock, you know, three times. And a couple of us in the plane, we recognize the noise as being gunshots.

The FAA saying tonight two other flights bound for Haiti were also diverted as a precaution. The State Department warning of gang led efforts to stop travel into the country. The airport is now closed. It was just last month when a UN helicopter with 18 people on board was also fired upon by gangs. It also diverted and no one was injured.

Earlier this year, gunmen perched on rooftops were seen shooting at parked planes on the Runway. Tonight, Spirit Airlines saying that plane is out of service and it is suspending flights to both major airports in Haiti, pending an investigation. And Lindsey, American Airlines and JetBlue have also suspended service between Haiti and the US until at least Thursday when more flights could be canceled. Lindsey Gio, thank you. President elect Donald Trump is moving quickly on his number one priority, mass deportations.

Tapping hardliner Tom Holman to be his border czar and longtime aide Stephen Miller to a top policy position. And we've just learned President elect Trump has asked Florida Republican Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser. This comes after he announced two New Yorkers for top spots in his administration. Elise Stefanik for UN Ambassador and former Representative Lee Zeldin for epa. Chief Maria Villarreal and J.

O Bryan are standing by with more. But first, our Rachel Scott reports. Tonight, Donald Trump filling out his administration, naming two longtime loyalists to implement his signature campaign promise, an immigration crackdown featuring the largest deportation program America has ever seen. Trump set to announce his former senior White House adviser Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller, an immigration hardliner, has made it clear he wants all undocumented immigrants out of the country.

America is for Americans and Americans only.

Trump today also announcing his former ICE director Tom Homan will fill the new role of border czar. The president elects, saying Homan will be in charge of all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin. Trump has not said how the mass deportation would happen or how much it would cost. But Homan this morning saying criminals would be the first to go public. Safety threats and national security threats will be the priority because they have to be, they propose the most danger to this country.

So we're going to prioritize those groups. During his time leading ICE during the first Trump administration, thousands of migrants were separated from their children. On 60 Minutes, he was recently asked if that would happen again. Is there a way to carry out mass deportation without separating families? Of course there's families can be deported together.

Both Miller and Homan are deeply loyal to Donald Trump, a critical factor as the president elect builds out his White House team today. Trump announcing one of his chief defenders in Congress. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York will be his new ambassador to the United nations. And former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin will serve as EPA administrator. On the flip side, Trump publicly icing out two former administration officials who have criticized him writing on social media, I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump administration.

Starting to learn who is in and who is out. Rachel Scott joins us now. And Rachel, I know that we're also getting some information about Melania Trump's plans. What can you tell us? Yeah.

So we know that President Biden and President Elect Donald Trump will be meeting face to face inside the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday. An invitation was also extended by first lady Dr. Jill Biden to the incoming first first Lady Melania Trump. We ultimately are learning tonight from sources that Melania Trump will not travel with the president elect to Washington on Wednesday. Of course, this is a break in that longstanding tradition of having both the incoming administration meet the current administration face to face.

Lindsey. All right, Rachel Scott, our thanks to you from West Palm Beach. And with Republicans claiming control of the Senate, three senators are now battling for the top spot, spot in GOP leadership. ABC's J. O'Brien is watching the contenders closely.

And Jay, the vote is scheduled for this week. What are we expecting here? Yeah, the vote scheduled for Wednesday, secret ballot. Lindsey, three top contenders at this hour. One, the leading candidate so far, John Thune, the number two Republican in the Senate currently in the middle there you see the number two possible contender who was John Cornyn, previously the number two in the Senate, Republican of Texas, also a popular Republican senator.

And then somewhat the long shot contender here is Rick Scott, Republican of Florida, close ally of Donald Trump's trying to win this based on his closeness to Donald Trump, his allegiance to Donald Trump. Donald Trump did get a number of new Senate Republicans elected, delivered the majority in that chamber for Republicans. But it's just unclear for Rick Scott if pushing from MAGA world and Trump allies like Elon Musk and his closeness to Trump is really going to deliver him this job. Well, we will know soon. And while President elect Donald Trump has yet to make an endorsement of any candidate he's already started making demands for whoever does become the new majority leader, calling for that person to agree to recess appointments.

Tell us why he's pressing this issue and what does it mean as far as checks and balances on the presidency. So the president technically has the power to make what are called recess appointments. And what that is is if there is, for instance, a cabinet official who steps down, usually in the middle of an administration, and their Congress is out on recess. Now, the Senate typically tries to check the president on doing that by not going into recess for too long of a time because they want the power to vet nominees, to hold hearings and to provide that kind of advice and consent. Now, what Donald Trump is saying to these new Republicans who want to lead the Senate is allow me to make recess appointments, step aside.

And he's not gonna make them in the middle of his term. He's gonna make them at the beginning of his term and try to stop Democrats from slowing his nominees for various key cabinet roles. And it would also allow him to put some nominees forward and put them into jobs that might be opposed to some moderate Republican senators and certainly opposed to Democrats, some controversial picks. He wants that power that the Senate has really never ceded in modern political history to various presidents. And Jay, of course, we're still waiting to find out which party will take control of the House of Representatives.

What's the latest on those outstanding races? Well, more than a dozen races still not called razor thin. Republicans are just on the cusp of taking the House majority. They need 218 votes in order to do that. Republicans, a better showing than some expected in the House of Representatives, close to taking a very slim control of that chamber.

And if that happens, then Donald Trump has the White House, the Senate, the House, if it does ultimately get called for, Republicans as it's trending, and of course, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, too. Lindsey. All right, Really a monopoly there. Jay O'Brien, our thanks to you. We turn now to ABC's Maria Villarreal for a look at what all this might mean for the country's immigration policy.

Maria, let's listen to a little bit of what Trump's pick for border czar had to say at the Republican National Convention this summer. As a guy who spent 34 years deporting illegal aliens, I got a message to the millions of illegal aliens that Joe Biden is releasing our country in violation of federal law. You better start packing now.

Maria, what can you tell us about Tom Holman's record? I think what is really important to know about Tom, is really where he stands when it comes to the policies that he implemented or was a part of when he was a deputy director, acting director of ice, Immigration Customs Enforcement. So, you know, a lot of what people talk about during the first Trump administration administration is the zero tolerance policy and family separation. You know, Homan had intimate knowledge of how this policy was going to be put in place, the effectiveness of it. And I would imagine, Lindsey, what we're going to see in this, you know, new administration is they're going to take a cue from what happened during the last one, where they had some missteps and how they are going to fix that to move forward and actually get a lot of what Trump wanted to do during his first administration, how he's going to get that done in this second iteration.

We're hearing that Trump is expected to announce Stephen Miller to be his deputy chief of staff for policy. What's his record on immigration? Again, another one that is in close company with, with obviously Tom Holman. These, they're cut from the same cloth when it comes to the hard line stance of immigration. I think the difference that we're going to see, you know, Stephen Miller, from the first administration, the first time Trump was, you know, in office to now, is that he's taking on a new role.

Right. And this is going to force him to have to talk and work with both sides of the aisle here, especially when it comes to immigration. That doesn't necessarily mean that he is not going to continue on with those hardline stances, really strict policies, try to push them forward. But I think he's going to have to work with both sides of the aisle to try and get anything passed by and large. What kind of reaction are you hearing from your contacts along the border as we start to learn about some of these appointments?

You know, listen, I think that's the most important factor right now until really we see what's going to happen with this new administration. How exactly are the nonprofits, you know, getting ready for this, but also the agents in the field. I've spoken with a number of agents from both Border Patrol, ICE age, which is Homeland Security, even people within the hhsc, you know, administration with it, which is Health and Human Services, they're all very concerned with how this could go down. However, a lot of them are trying not to get too concerned or in the weeds with what the policies could be because at the end of the day. Right.

Their mission within these federal agencies stays the same. That being said, a lot of Border Patrol agents have told me that they are actually looking forward to this new administration. They felt like their hands were tied on a number of things that especially were happening in the field during the Biden Harris administration. But they are hoping to keep some of the policies in place that were implemented over the last year. The executive order, they said that this has greatly helped them in the field and drastically decrease what they are seeing along the border.

And also the CBP1 app, a number of agents have said this is what helped them put their house in order. It forced families, migrants to obviously get on a scheduling app and use that to claim asylum here in the US on the nonprofit side of this, you know, listen, this is a tough time for them. A number of those agencies have said they scaled back over the last year to two years. They felt like they were in a good place with this administration. But now they're ramping things back up again in anticipation of what could happen in January.

All right, Maria Villarreal, appreciate your time and insight. Thank you. Now to the guilty verdict in a case that captivated the nation. The murder of two young girls, best friends Libby German and Abby Williams, while they were hiking on a trail in Delphi, Indiana nearly eight years ago. Tonight, a jury has convicted Richard Allen on all counts.

Alex Perez reports from Delphi tonight. Nearly eight years after the horrific murders of two girls rocked the small town of Delphi, Indiana. Making national headlines, a jury finding Richard Allen, a local husband and father, guilty. Outside the courthouse cheers the verdict. A relief for many in this community.

Today is the day. It's been a long time coming. The bodies of 13 year old Abby Williams and 14 year old Libby German were found with their throats slashed the day after they vanished during a hike. Police credited Libby for capturing critical evidence right before the murders. Grainy video of their killer along with that chilling audio.

This young lady's a hero. There's no doubt to have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone. There was no DNA evidence, but prosecutors linked an unspent bullet from the crime scene to Allen's gun. The heartbroken families would wait years for a trial. I had so much faith that our detectives would keep working on this until they got answers and justice for the girls.

Allen admitted to the murders more than 60 times. The defense calling them false confessions, saying he was psychotic from months of solitary confinement. But the jury listened intently to Allen confessing to his wife in jailhouse phone calls. A psychologist testifying Allen told her he wanted to rape the girls but ended up killing them when he got startled by someone passing by. Just an appalling case.

And Alex Perez joins us now from Delphi, Indiana. Alex, what's next for Richard Allen? Well, Lindsey, Richard Allen could face 130 years behind bars when he's sentenced in December. After the verdict, Libby Sister posted nearly eight years. Today is the day.

Lindsey. Alex Perez for us. Thanks so much, Alex. Let's bring in ABC News legal contributor and criminal defense attorney, Ms. Shawna Lloyd.

And Shawna, there was not much physical evidence here. Are you surprised at all that the prosecution's case led to this verdict? No, Lindsey, I'm really not. Because when we look at the evidence they did have, which centered around heavily around the ballistics with the evidence from the shot that was found at the scene, along with the actual confessions that the jury jury got to hear themselves, I think that carried a lot of weight with them because these confessions were given directly in his voice, his narrative, and they got to hear that. It's very hard to combat that when a defendant has a confession that has been recorded and is heard by a jury.

What do you think of the defense's case trying to prove Allen's repeated confessions were part of a mental health crisis? You know, they really tried to have them excluded before the jury could even hear them because their basis was he was going through a mental health crisis and therefore these statements were not voluntary. Clearly, the judge sought to have them put in and the jury felt like these carried a lot of weight. So now let's remember, I do expect to see these items come up on appeal because I do think the defense felt like they should not have been admitted at trial. Allen faces up to 130 years in prison.

He'll be sentenced next month. What are his legal options now before and after the sentencing? So right now we have the sentencing come up that let's remember. We are going to get a recommendation from the sentencing guidelines. We will also get recommendations from the state as well as the defense.

The judge will pose all of that after that is likely. Once he's been sentenced, we will then see the appeal take place. All right. Shawna Lloyd, always appreciate your time and insight. Great to see you, Lindsey.

For a deeper dive into this case, catch the latest episode of Impact by Nightline, streaming right now on Hulu. Now to the wildfires on both coasts. Tonight, new wind advisories for Western wildfires while fires in the Northeast are being fueled by the drought that has been building for months. The Jennings Creek fire on the New York, New Jersey border, burning more than 5,000 acres. Local fire department Stepping in to help fight the flames.

Ginger will have the track in a moment. But first, Trevor Alt is on the fire line in New Jersey tonight, apocalyptic scenes from an out of control wildfire burning just outside New York City. It is almost impossible for the fire department to get to these as these pockets continue to burn. Completely out of control. Black hop helicopters from the National Guard now joining in the fight.

These local resources have been running and gunning since Saturday when this, when this thing really blew up. The Jennings Creek fire burning more than 5,000 acres along the New York, New Jersey border. And it's now deadly after authorities say a tree fell on 18 year old Dariel Vasquez killing him as he helped clear brush for firefighters. Emotional family, friends and teammates gathering at his alma mater. Releasing balloon in remembrance of the Starr High school athlete.

He was a really good friend. If you needed help, if you needed help, he was going to be there to back you up. Extreme drought conditions have been fueling multiple fires in the Northeast. In New York City over the weekend, the FDNY fighting flames in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Meanwhile in the west, containment is up on the mountain fire.

Outside Los Angeles. Authorities say nearly 250 structures have been damaged or destroyed. And Lindsey, firefighters here are concerned the winds are going to pick up even more tomorrow. And there are red flag warnings in effect from New York City all the way up to Boston. Lindsey, those winds very problematic.

Trevor, thank you. Let's get right to ABC's Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee who is tracking it all for us. Hey, Ginger. Hey, Lindsey. Yes, we're starting with the drought issue, right.

We've had Philadelphia that smashed their record of consecutive days without rain. It was 42. We finally got that measly little bit last night. But that was not going to dent any of these deficits. Some of us in the 6 to even 10 inch range as far as how much we should have had extra for the season but have not so droughts the foundation of the problem.

But tonight we're going to get this cold front and that's going to come through with a lot of wind and it's going to drop relative humidity as low as 30%. So you see Long island, lower Hudson Valley, all of Connecticut, all of Massachusetts covered from Vermont down to Maryland, including all of Delaware. You've got an elevated risk of fire. So we're going to be watching the Northeast but we also have to check in especially on that mountain fire there in Ventura County, California. They're still having a windy night.

And through tomorrow morning, some of those wind advisories will have gusts upwards of 50, 60 miles per hour in some of the highest elevations. And it's going to become a very active pattern. But especially to the Pacific Northwest, unfortunately, a lot of the frontal systems that are going to pass aren't going to bring a ton of moisture down into, say, Ventura county, like, you know, to Malibu or something. But you could by the end of the week start to see some snowflakes in some of those higher elevations in the Sierra Nevada and up through the Cascades. For sure, just 2 to 6 inches there at the coast and easily 6 to 12 inches of snow in parts of the Cascades and Sierra.

Lindsey, I'm sure they will welcome any form of precipitation there. Ginger, our thanks to you. A suspect is now in custody after a deadly shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Video shows people hiding behind a car as gunshots rang out during the school's homecoming weekend. Police said one person was killed and at least a dozen others wounded.

The suspect was arrested for alleged possession of a machine gun, but police say there may have been more than one shooter. The incident remains under investigation. Now to the war in Ukraine. Russia is reportedly preparing 50,000 troops, including North Koreans, for a major offensive to push Ukraine out of the Russian territory it has seized. It comes as the Kremlin is signaling that they think President elect Trump will be an improvement over President Joe Biden.

Here's our chief foreign correspondent. IAN Panel tonight, with the US Election over, all eyes now on Russia's Vladimir Putin and what he'll do next in the war in Ukraine. 50,000 Russian and North Korean soldiers are now massing in Russia's Kursk region, gearing up for a new offensive to drive the Ukrainians out of the territory they seized over the summer. And tonight, the Kremlin denying reports of a call between President elect Trump and Vladimir Putin on the campaign trail, Trump promising a swift end to the war. I'll get the war with Ukraine and Russia ended.

If I'm president elect, I'll get it done before even becoming president. Trump hasn't commented about that alleged Putin call, but the Kremlin saying Putin's ready to talk, adding a Trump administration would be an improvement from President Biden. Lindsey. Donald Trump's election expected to put pressure on both sides to end the war soon and on the battlefield. That means a fierce and bloody land grab.

It's going on now and everybody expects it to accelerate. And the cost in casualties also expected to be catastrophic. Lindsey. All right, Ian, our thanks to you. President Biden marked veterans day for the last time as commander in chief today, with Vice President Harris at his side, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Arlington National Cemetery.

President Biden said leading the military has been the honor of his life and that now is the time for unity. This is the moment. This is the moment to come together as a nation to keep faith in each other. The world is dependent on each of you and all of us. All of you.

It was the first time since the election that the president and vice president have been seen together in public. So much more to get to here on prime. The printing era that has some wicked fans getting a wicked surprise. But next, they serve their country and that's left them suffering from brain injuries. Our Ann Flaherty reports.

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Welcome back, everyone. This Veterans Day, we take you inside the military's fight to understand a mysterious brain injury that's heard hurting U.S. troops. After more than two decades of war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, an unknown number of service members suffer from neurological problems that researchers suspect could be linked to the firing of their own weapons, resulting in lasting symptoms like memory loss, migraines, and personality changes. ABC's Ann Flaherty reports from Fayetteville, North Carolina.

The first 20 years, I was, you know, in an operational status the entire time. So it was always either going out the door for deployment or training up for the next one. How many deployments? I've got 14 total. So 14 deployments between Iraq, Afghanistan, and then separate trips to Africa.

Eric is a master sergeant in the U.S. army Special forces stationed here in Fort Liberty in North Carolina. ABC News has agreed only to identify him by his first name and rank because he is still on active duty, his combat missions classified. Eric says in his 22 years in the army, he's done it all. Trained in shoot houses, fired anti tank weapons and shot mortars.

You explosive. We're not just overseas, but also in training. And in recent years has started experiencing symptoms he couldn't explain. Bad headaches, trouble remembering things, and sudden burst. You don't have to be a doctor to understand when you stand too close to something and your head rings.

One day while at home with his kids, Eric had a wake up call. A moment, he says when he snapped, our neighbor's dogs hopped over the fence, started chasing them. They come running in the house. I closed the door and just see the two dogs standing there and did not even hesitate. Picked up a firearm, went outside, and I'm yelling and screaming at the top of my lungs.

So you almost shot a dog in front of your kids? Yeah, I've never seen dad yell like that, so. And for the first, you know, hell, for the next year or so afterwards, they, you know, couldn't be in a room with a dog. And that, that hit me pretty hard. Major Allison Brager, a research psychologist for the John F.

Kennedy Special Warfare center at Fort Liberty says Eric is not alone. The latest theory, blast waves from troops own weapons could be damaging their brains. You know, if you think about blast, it's these high energy physical waves coming in through the nose, the mouth, the ears, even the membrane that separates the eyeball. And it's also crossing these tissues and then hitting the brain. When you look at symptoms and behavioral and neurocognitive issues, it's the full gamut.

It's sleep, it's attention, it's vigilance, it's decision making, all because the gray matter and the white matter of the brain are impacted. Do we know that blast overpressure can cause damage to the brain? No, we don't. It's a complex problem and at present what the science we have again recruiting world class researchers to this problem is it's an association at best. It's a mystery the military has been trying to solve for more than 15 years.

Dr. Brian Edlow, a Harvard professor of neurology, led a recent study with the US military on blast exposure. He says scans of 30 active duty special operations forces found that the more troops were exposed to blast waves, the more physical changes there were to the brains. And in some cases, individuals have died by suicide, have donated their brains to science, and pathologists have found extensive scarring within their brain that is believed to be caused by blast. There is no way to test specifically for a blast wave injury, which researchers believe is different than the kind of sudden concussive trauma seen in football players.

That lack of a diagnosis has left many troops, like former army sergeant Justin Andes in limbo. Three years after leaving the Army, Andes is still trying to get a diagnosis for a traumatic brain injury in the hopes the VA will cover a specialized treatment program for him in Pittsburgh. Andy's joined the army in 2018, firing what he estimates to be as many as 12,000 mortars during his training at Fort Johnson in Louisiana. He now struggles with hearing and memory loss. I was playing Legos with my kid and while I was looking for the Lego, I would forget what Lego I was looking for.

Even though that was the only thing I was concentrating on. I was actively concentrating and then I'd just all of a sudden be like, huh, what am I doing? Then one night he told his wife, Kristen, she deserved better and picked up an AR15. She says she kicked the gun away, realizing in that moment just how badly her husband needed help. We've been together forever and we did have plans, and it's just, it's hard watching It.

It breaks my heart. Is it hard being a father and having this injury? Yes. Sorry. It just made me think, like, I know I'm probably going to get dementia at a very young age, and it sucks because there's nothing I can do to, like, set be sure my family's set for success.

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So we are at range 37. This is where the Army Special forces train every day. One of the first things that you're going to see is that this roof is raised up. These walls are now made of rubber. It's no longer made of concrete.

The idea is to reduce the amount of blast overpressure that these soldiers experience using suppressors on their rifles as they clear room after room. And when they practice breaching doors over and over like. Like this, they sometimes now use a special charge designed to reduce blast pressures seen here on this steel plate. The new charge, called machete, barely moves the plate, unlike the traditional charge. All of it to try to lessen exposure that could lead to brain injury.

Throwing this ball toward each other, maintaining your balance as you. And for Eric and other active duty troops on base, there is also this. A multimillion dollar brain health clinic staffed with specialized therapists. We're going to start with the first line. From balance tests to memory games to using virtual reality.

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The idea is to rewire and heal the brain. I truly believe that the human brain is the most important weapon system. When you think about the complexities of our jobs and the decisions we're asked to make, that requires the human brain. And we need to preserve, protect, and optimize and even enhance the human brain as much as possible. And starting next year, the Defense Department will give cognitive baseline tests to everyone joining the military, whether they deploy or not.

It also says it's imposing new rules for how close troops can get when firing certain weapons and how often they can fire them. The culture is changing, too, with more troops willing to raise their hands now for help. I see this as one of my jobs now. It's one of my, you know, duties and responsibilities is to educate those I'm around. So not taking care of myself until I hit 20 years, that's an example of what not to do.

But you can still learn from it. Fire. Those hard lessons arriving too late for many soldiers, Briar, including Andy's, who says his treatment plan is unclear. His path forward uncertain. I didn't plan on being stuck dilly dallying around my house the rest of my life rather than having a career and just getting VA supplements.

So this doesn't. It sucks. I was hoping to do thanks.

So many devastated after giving so much for their country are. Thanks to Ann Flaherty for that. Still much more to get to tonight to compensate victims of sexual abuse. The Boy Scouts of America is making some hard choices in order to stay afloat. Selling off part of its collection of classic paintings by Norman Rockwell.

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Welcome back, everyone. Today, November 11th marks the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I and a day to honor all Americans who have served in the country's armed forces. Our Veterans Day tribute by the numbers. There are more than 16 million military veterans in the U.S. that's about 6% of the total population over the age of 18.

Roughly three quarters of today's veterans served during wartime. More than 100,000 World War II veterans are still alive, including about 6,000 women. More than 6 million served in Vietnam or Korea. And nearly 8 million served in the Gulf War era, including two and a half million veterans who have served since the 911 attacks. Women make up 17% of relatively recent veterans.

80% of post 911 veterans spent time in an overseas combat zone. 30% have disabilities as a result of their service. And it's estimated 300,000 post 911 veterans have psychological wounds like post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. And we end with the most poignant number. 84% of post 911 veterans say that the American public has little awareness of the challenges facing them and their families.

And we do thank them for their service. We still have much more ahead here on prime. This Veterans Day. One in five active duty military and veteran families struggle to put food on the table. We meet a veteran who's digging in to help.

Plus, we have an update on those monkeys that escaped from a medical research facility in South Carolina. Stay with us.

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Mattel is apologizing after boxes for some of its new dolls from the movie Wicked included a link to a pornographic website. The packages for the dolls were printed with a web address to an adult film site with the same name as the upcoming movie musical starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Arrivo. Mattel says the error was a misprint and it's taking immediate action to fix the situation. More than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a facility in South Carolina last week have now been recovered unharmed, according to officials. Officials saying an employee did not fully lock a door at that medical research facility.

The monkeys then made a break for it. All of the animals were about the size of a cat and posed no risk to public health. A Disney Cruise Line ship rescued four people from a sinking catamaran in Bermuda on Sunday. The 50 foot catamaran, called the Serenity, was about 200 off the coast of Bermuda when a gasket failure in the escape hatch caused a vessel to begin taking on water. The Disney Treasure, which was about 80 miles away, launched one of its small boats and rescued all four passengers on board the catamaran.

Dozens of paintings by Norman Rockwell will be put up for auction this week. The paintings come from the collection of the Boy Scouts of America, which is selling assets in order to compensate sexual abuse victims. Hoping to survive a barrage of sexual abuse claims, the Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy in 2020. The $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan, among the nation's biggest and most complex, allowed the organization to continue operating while it compensated survivors. The collection includes 60 works done by Rockwell, who worked for the scouting publication Boys Life early in his career.

The deadline to collect part of the cash app settlement is quickly approaching. Customers who use a service since 2018 have until next week to claim their share $15 million settlement from a class action lawsuit. Users who had their account accessed without permission or had unauthorized withdrawals or transfers can file a claim for up to $2,500. This settlement does not say when affected customers can expect to be paid. Lessie Bedingfield Randall, known as Mother Randall, is one of the last two known living survivors of the Tulsa race massacre, and on Sunday she celebrated her 110th birthday surrounded by family, friends and members of the community.

Randall was a young girl when she survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a deadly attack by a white mob on Tulsa's Greenwood section, a thriving black neighborhood known as Black Wall Street. The attack is now being reviewed by the Justice Department in an attempt to bring justice for the families and their descendants.

It is another big year for jazz sensation Samara Joy. The silky voice star just received two Grammy nominations last week and already has three Grammy wins under her belt, including Best new artist in 2023. Now the vocalist, songwriter, arranger and bandleader has released her third studio album, Portrait, featuring original songs and new arrangements of classic jazz songs like Autumn Nocturne, let's Take a Listen, Then I remember in September you And I say and goodbye.

And joining us now, the Voice, Samara Joy. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me and happy birthday. Thank you. Thank you for spending it with us.

Absolutely. So not a bad gift to get two more nominations, right? Including best jazz performance and best Jazz Vocal album. How does it feel? It feels pretty surreal, honestly, the past couple of years.

I graduated from undergrad in May of 2021, so to have this be my post grad experience, the past couple of years has been really, really beautiful. I'm grateful for it all. And so tell us about Portrait. You have said that this represents where you are now. How does that translate into music?

I would say my strengths and the lessons that I've learned over the past couple of years are represented on this album. My curiosity, my creativity, my willingness. I gets to collaborate with my peers and create and cultivate a sound with them that is kind of unique and fresh, still inspired by many, but still uniquely our own at the same time. And how do you go about putting a new spin kind of on some old tunes that people know very well, the classics? I try not to force it, honestly, because the reality is I am now 25 in 2024 and.

And I've had a beautiful, I guess, legacy of music in my family with my dad and my grandparents and just a different way of interpreting music, no matter how old the song is. And so because of that, I, along with my peers on this album, are just able to express ourselves through music from our perspective as 20 year olds. And you've talked before about your family and how that's kind of left some fingerprints on your style when it comes to different music. Talk to us specifically about the role that the gospel roots play. They play a significant part.

My grandparents had a choir in Philly called the Saveets of Philadelphia. My grandfather, Elder Goldwire McLendon, just turned 94 years old. And so to have him here, to have a recorded legacy of my family's history in music, to have my dad taking me and my siblings to and from school, listening to music, harmonizing together, I would say that same power and that same goal of, of collaboration and of thinking of something higher than myself, of using my gifts or using whatever I've been given to share with other people and to kind of spread a bigger message beyond myself, I think is the goal and it translates to what I do now. And this winter, you're going to be heading out on your joyful holiday tour, which features some of your family members. Tell us what you're most Looking forward to about that.

Well, we got the chance to go last year and it was such a success. I knew that I wanted to try it again and I wanted to go back out on the road and just show people where I come from. I find that, you know, I guess what drew me to people and drew people to me in the first place was the fact that I was being myself and expressing myself authentically through music and using my voice. And so now with this tour, I get the opportunity to show them how it came to be. And the people who supported me when I didn't have a plan B, you know, how they helped me along and how I can highlight them and put the spotlight on them and their voices because they inspired me so much.

You know, we talked about how you're turning just 25 years old today. By most accounts, that's young. And normally jazz kind of comes across as an old soul kind of music. So one what attracted you to it and what would you say to younger generations who maybe haven't even given jazz a chance? Well, I would say what attracted me to jazz, me personally, having no background in it growing, was how modern it was and how contemporary it was.

I didn't listen to Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald growing up, but when I got the chance to, I realized just how forward thinking they were and how much they were creating and how much music they were making with their voice, the same with other musicians in this art form. And so I guess their authenticity and their talent and their genius is what attracted me to the music first. And I would say for anybody who hasn't given jazz a chance yet, listen to portraits, but also, also just keep an open mind because all the music that you're listening to now, everything that's popular had to come from something. Sure. So I'm glad to be offering at least one perspective of what it, what it looks like to be inspired by an art form and then interpret it in my own voice.

Samara no More Blues Joy, we thank you so much for coming by. You can listen to Zamara's third studio album, Portrait, wherever you stream your music. On this Veterans Day, we want to acknowledge the servicemen and women who have sacrificed so much for our country. According to the Military Family Advisory Network, one in five active duty military and veteran families experience food insecurity. And that number is on the rise.

In an effort to help change this, one veteran in Maryland is taking matters into his own hands. ABC's Perry Russum has that story.

Pull this one off. Here it is. It's beautiful. The Whole Property is about 7 acres on this farm in Brandywine, Maryland. The rhubarb is a stock.

Peter Scott shows us the rhubarb, kale and peppers. These peppers, they take a long time to come into fruit, but when they do, they really produce. How much of this did you know before you started? None of it. None of it?

None of it yet, yeah. He found this farm years ago. I saw potential here. As he was searching for himself, I was just sort of. I was at a place in life where I needed to do something and I needed to feel like it was something good after my time in service.

Peter's story starts in the mountains of Afghanistan. You right, Pete. Where he served as a U.S. army counterintelligence agent assigned to Special Forces. I separated after about 12 years of service, and I thought it was fine, but a few years went by and I was not fine.

Reached a moment with my family where it was go get help or get out. And I decided to go get help. He spent six months at an inpatient program for combat ptsd. I've seen some combat. Been asked to do things that maybe morally I don't feel good about, but I'm not alone in that.

It's a very human condition. Condition. It's hard to conduct yourself in war, and I think anybody would feel that similar way. Do you feel like this farm is your reconciliation? I for sure do, yeah.

This, this, this project has been my penance. His project is called Fields for Valor. What he gross he gives away to veterans in the Washington, D.C. area because of disability pay. A lot of times you are.

You are classed out of receiving any kind of assistance. Since 2016, he says he's fed 500 veterans. Shar Sims is a disabled Air Force veteran. This is liquid gold in my house. She picks up groceries every week.

It actually allows me, my child and other family members that I share with to get fresh fruit and fresh honey that we don't necessarily get in the stores because it's extra expensive. With everything you're giving away, how do you find money to keep this thing afloat? Well, we live and die on everybody's goodwill. The farm is run almost entirely by Volunteers from 1 year old Lila helping her mom to military members from nearby Joint Base Andrews. We met in September.

Who needs machines? We have Marines. Every day, the chicken coops are checked for eggs. It's like Easter. Keep finding them.

The eggs are soaked, washed and boxed. 30 dozen eggs a week. Two eggs. Yeah. Whatever food is left over is sold at a nearby market to help fund the farm.

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That is so fresh. Yeah, it's nice and sweet. A farmer finding his purpose, feeding veterans, nourishing himself. I have learned a lot about myself through running the farm on day to day and been able to grow some confidence and some skills and community through it. This is a major undertaking every day.

You've been doing this for years. How long do you plan on doing this? Well, I think something like fields for valor should exist as long as the need is there because that's not going away and we need to figure out some better ways to, to reach this population better way forward. Our thanks to Perry Russum for that. And that is our show for this hour.

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The defendant accused of killing two teenage girls while they were out on a hike. One of the victims recording their killer on her cell phone. Plus, dangerous wildfires burn in the Northeast. Drought conditions create a wildfire emergency across multiple states. And Princess Kate returns to her royal duties.

But we do begin with a terrifying flight from Fort Lauderdale to Haiti. A Spirit Airline passenger jet stream struck by gunfire as it approached the airport in Port au Prince. The pilot quickly pulling up, diverting the plane. This video shows bullet holes inside the plane after it landed in Santo Domingo. One piercing a wall, other striking an overhead bin.

A flight attendant was treated for minor injuries. And Tonight, American and JetBlue have suspended all flights to Haiti. Gio Benitez leads us off. You're looking at the inside of a Spirit Airlines jet damaged by a barrage of bullets fired by Haitian gangs as it came in for landing at Port au Prince, Haiti, full of passengers. Flight data shows the plane that left from Fort Lauderdale Monday morning, descending to 550ft before it was hit by gunfire, bypassing the Runway and diverting to the Dominican Republic, where it landed safely.

The airline says one flight attendant was treated for minor injuries. Jean David Derulo was on that plane. He says the wheels were down, getting ready for landing when the bullets entered the cabin. I heard clock, clock, clock, you know, three times. And a couple of us in the plane, we recognize the noise as being gunshots.

The FAA saying tonight two other flights bound for Haiti were also diverted as a precaution. The State Department warning of gang led efforts to stop travel into the country. The airport is now closed. It was just last month when the UN helicopter, helicopter with 18 people on board was also fired upon by gangs. It also diverted and no one was injured.

Earlier this year, gunmen perched on rooftops were seen shooting at parked planes on the Runway. Tonight, Spirit Airlines saying that plane is out of service and it is suspending flights to both major airports in Haiti pending an investigation. Our thanks to Jill Benitez. Next tonight, President elect Donald Trump is moving quickly on his number one priority, mass deportations. Tapping hardliner Tom Homan to be his border czar and longtime aide Stephen Miller to a top policy position.

And we've just learned President elect Trump has asked Florida Republican Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser. This comes after he announced two New Yorkers for top spots in his administration. Elise Stefanik for UN Ambassador and former Representative Lee Zeldin for EPA chief. Here's Rachel Scott. Tonight, Donald Trump filling out his administration, naming two longtime loyalists to implement his signature campaign campaign promise, an immigration crackdown featuring the largest deportation program America has ever seen.

Trump set to announce his former senior White House advisor, Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller, an immigration hardliner, has made it clear he wants all undocumented immigrants out of the country. America is for Americans and Americans only.

Trump today also announcing his former ICE director, Tom Homan will fill the new role of border czar. The president elects, saying Homan will be in charge of all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin. Trump has not said how the mass deportation would happen or how much it would cost. But Homan this morning saying criminals would be the first to go public. Safety threats and national security threats will be the priority because they have to be, they propose the most danger to this country.

So we're going to prioritize those groups. During his time leading ICE during the first Trump administration, thousands of migrants were separated from their children on 60 Minutes. He was recently asked if that would happen again. Is there a way to carry out mass deportation without separating families? Of course there's families can be deported together.

Both Miller and Homan are deeply loyal to Donald Trump, a critical factor as the president elect builds out his White House team. Today, Trump announcing one of his chief defenders in Congress. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York will be his new ambassador to the United Nations. And former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin will serve as EPA administrator. On the flip side, Trump publicly icing out two former administration officials who have criticized him writing on social media.

I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump administration. Our thanks to Rachel Scott for that. Now to the guilty verdict in a case that captivated the nation. The murder of two young girls, best friends Libby German and Abby Williams while they were walking on a trail in Delphi, Indiana nearly eight years ago. Tonight, a jury has convicted Richard Allen on all counts.

Alex Perez reports from Delphi. Nearly eight years after the horrific murders of two girls rocked the small town of Delphi, Indiana. Making national headlines, a jury finding Richard Allen, a local husband and father, guilty. Outside the courthouse cheers the verdict. A relief for many in this community.

Today is the day. It's been a long time coming. The bodies of 13 year old Abby Williams and 14 year old Libby German were found with their throats slashed the day after they vanished during a hike. Police credited Libby for capturing critical evidence right before the murders. Grainy video of their killer along with that chilling audio.

This young lady's a hero. There's no doubt to have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone. There was no DNA evidence, but prosecutors linked an unspent bullet from the crime scene to Allen's gun. The heartbroken families would wait years for a trial. I had so much faith that our detectives would keep working on this until they got our answers and justice for the girls.

Allen admitted to the murder more than 60 times. The defense calling them false confessions, saying he was psychotic from months of solitary confinement. But the jury listened intently to Allen confessing to his wife in jailhouse phone calls. A psychologist testifying Allen told her he wanted to rape the girls but ended up killing them when he got startled by someone passing by. So horrific.

Our thanks to Alex for that. Now to the wildfires on both coasts. Tonight, new wind advisor for western wildfires while fires in the northeast continue to be fueled by drought. The Jennings Creek fire on the New York, New Jersey border burning more than 5,000 acres. Local fire department stepping in to help fight the flames.

Ginger Z will have the forecast but first Trevor Alt is on the fire line in New Jersey. Tonight, apocalyptic scenes from an out of control wildfire burning just outside New York City. It is almost impossible for the fire to department to get to these as these pockets continue to burn completely out of control. Black hop helicopters from the National Guard now joining in the fight. These local resources have been running and Gunning since Saturday when this, when this thing really blew up.

The Jennings Creek fire burning more than 5,000 acres along the New York New Jersey border. And it's now deadly after authorities say a tree fell on 18 year old Dariel Vasquez, killing him as he helped clear brush for firefighters. Emotional family, friends and teammates gathering at his alma mater. Releasing balloons in remembrance of the star high school athlete. He was a really good friend.

If you needed help, if you needed help, he was going to be there to back you up. Extreme drought conditions have been fueling multiple fires in the Northeast. In New York City over the weekend, the FDNY fighting flames in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Meanwhile in the west, containment is up on the mountain fire outside Los Angeles. Authorities say nearly 250 structures have been damaged or destroyed.

Those winds very problematic. Trevor, thank you. Let's get right to ABC's Chief Meteorologist Ginger Z, who's tracking it all for us. Hey, Ginger. Hey Lindsey.

Yes, we're starting with the drought issue, right? We've had Philadelphia that smashed their record record of consecutive days without rain. It was 42. We finally got that measly little bit last night. But that was not going to dent any of these deficits.

Some of us in the 6 to even 10 inch range as far as how much we should have had extra for the season but have not so droughts the foundation of the problem. But tonight we're going to get this cold front and that's going to come through with a lot of wind and it's going to drop relative humidity as low as 30%. So you see Long island, lower Hudson Valley, all of Connecticut, all of Massachusetts covered from Vermont down to Maryland, including all of Delaware. You've got an elevated risk of fire. So we're going to be watching the Northeast, but we also have to check in especially on that mountain fire there in Ventura County, California, they're still having a windy night.

And through tomorrow morning, some of those wind advisories will have gusts upwards of 50, 60 miles per hour in some of the highest elevations. And it's going to become a very active pattern. But especially to the Pacific Northwest, unfortunately, a lot of the frontal systems that are going to pass aren't going to bring a ton of moisture down into say Ventura county, like you know, to Malibu or something. But you could by the end of the week start to see some snowflakes in some of those higher elevations in the Sierra Nevada and up through the Cascades for sure. Just 2 to 6 inches there at the coast and easily 6 to 12 inches of snow in parts of the Cascades in Sierra Lindsay.

I'm sure they will welcome any form of precipitation there. Ginger, I think thanks to you. Still much more to get to. We meet two couples who say they are proof twins have a uniquely special bond. But next, what new satellite photos reveal about what Israel is doing along their disputed border with Syria.

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So what's more amazing than being born on tv? We've had four babies so far. That's right. It's just a beautiful moment. Well, how about over 22 years later, coming back to GMA.

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Satellite photos analyze by the Associated Press appear to show that Israel has started a construction project along the so called Alpha Line, which separates the Israeli occupied Golan Heights from Syria. Apparently laying asphalt for a road along the frontier, the Alpha Line delineates the demilitarized zone between Syria and Israeli occupied territory that UN peacekeepers have patrolled since 1974. Syria, which has been at war with Israel since its founding in 1948 and reliance on Iran for support, has remained silent. A five story apartment building in Ukraine was hit by a Russian ballistic missile, one of several attacks in southern and eastern Ukraine, killing at least six civilians. It comes as Russia has reportedly gathered 50,000 troops, including North Korean soldiers, as part of an expected new major offensive to drive Ukrainian troops out of the southwestern region of Russia.

Princess Catherine returned to royal duties after completing cancer treatments. She joined Prince William and King Charles for the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies in London. The king also recently returned following his own battle with cancer. It is said the twins share a special bond, a belief endorsed by the two sets of identical siblings you're about to meet. So of course, they found their happily ever after by finding each other.

ABC's Dr. Darian Sutton has their story.

It might feel like you're seeing double, but this is just another day in the life of Britney, Brianna, Josh and Jeremy. I don't want to get confused. So we have Brianna almost so close. Brianna's right here. I spent time memorizing, trying to see if I can find the differences, but it's really, really difficult.

Right, we understand. Meet the Sawyers. Two sets of identical twins, now married, living and working together in Virginia and sharing everything from parenting duties to bank accounts. How they met, their unique living situation, running a wedding venue and raising a family together. Almost as surprising as the unbelievable truth about their children.

When you were younger, did you see yourself where you're sitting now? Absolutely not. No. We were like, well, we'll probably never have kids, but if we are going to get married, we would have to be married to twins. We.

We just kind of accepted that that was going to be a really, a long shot. I would assume that the idea of marrying twins was more of a joke instead of thinking that that could be right. It's not something that. Yeah, just this unobtainable thing, but if it was, that'd be great. So we didn't take it as seriously.

America has been long fascinated with twins from real life. Twins like Mary Kate and Ashley and Jonathan and Drew, the Property brothers on hgtv. We're like twins to the fictional twins we know and love, like Lindsay Lohan's characters in Parent Trap, the Shining's spooky sisters. Come play with us, Johnny. And now the Sawyers, the latest celebrities in the twin world, catching the attention of tlc.

Being apart from my identical twin for even an hour is tough. When you were younger, did you have dreams about this experience? We absolutely own. We always did dream about if we got married, we would want it to be two identical twin men. How do you find in this world another pair of twins that you're both interested in?

Right, Exactly. Because a lot of things have to align, Right? Stars had to align. And they did. The stars aligning at the Twins day festival in 2017.

The event claims to be the largest annual gathering of twins and multiples in the world. It's really amazing. So it's already this sort of magical place. And then there's like this nighttime party for adult twins. And they came over and we had already seen them earlier in the festival and didn't get to talk with them.

So when they approached us, it was like. Like, yes. They were so handsome. So we wanted to meet them. When you were packing up your stuff to go to it, were you prepared to meet your wives?

It was a little bit. It's not that we went there, like, on the prowl. It wasn't quite like that, but it was back there that, you know, maybe that could happen. Jeremy and I really were attracted to each other and started gravitating towards each other. And Britney and Josh started.

So it was like perfectly kind of paired off. That's a common question. How'd you guys decide who goes with who? It was just from the very beginning. Six months later, the brothers popping the question together with matching rings of.

Correct. I remember this. February 2nd. You too. So it was, you know, it was this amazing double proposal.

And it was. It was so beautiful. We even said yes at the same moment. One year later, the couple's return to Twinsburg, getting hitched in a joint ceremony. What do you think is the most common misconception about your life?

I think there are people who wonder if it's a polygamous situation, and that's very not the case. We share finances and all of that, but we're not sharing spouses. No. Each twin gets their own partner. You're always going to get some ugly comments and things like that.

Of course, I think you have to kind of keep a sense of humor about it, you know, and also understand that, you know, these people don't know us at all. They're looking at the situation and they're questioning the situation. And as a twin myself, also working alongside my fraternal twin brother, I had to ask, do you get each other confused at any point? So we have had our moments. We can usually tell them apart and they all look alike, you know, so from the side, from the back, you know, maybe you gotta be a little extra careful.

Cause it's a double, double chance of the confusion happening. Great. And no one can be annoyed. It's only a matter of time before that's gonna happen to them. Except us up getting things mixed up.

Not the biggest surprise of all. Each couple's sons also biologically considered genetic siblings, Technically cousins, but with DNA close enough to be brothers. Your kids are, by definition, biologically siblings. Exactly. Because you both have the same DNA and your husbands have the same DNA.

Exactly. So they. Because they are genetic brothers and they were born less than nine or 10 months of each other, their genetic brothers, the same age, and that is quaternary twins. Do you have them see each other as brothers? We do.

We do. They'll say my brother, not my cousin. Right. The sisters twinning. Even in pregnancy, we really wanted to have overlapping pregnancies.

It didn't have to be like we were giving birth on the same day, but we really wanted to be pregnant together. Brianna and I, we each went through miscarriages. And so the pressure when it's the situation of identical twins married to identical twins, you know, part of the, I don't know, the intrigue and fun of it is staying on the same page of life. It was a big relief when they got to overlap their pregnancies like that. Kind of experienced that together pretty much.

We wanted that for them. Their boys, Jax and Jet now say they have two moms and two D. The moment she, of course, that I became a mom, she became a mom. Yes. Jeremy and I, when it happened, it was like we looked at each other and it was, yes.

We also felt like, oh, my gosh, you know, we're parents. So now as twin moms raising your sons, is it almost as if you each have two sons? Yes. I'll usually say something like, so we have two three year olds at our house, so we don't have to go into the whole thing, but we definitely feel like we beat the system. We beat the system.

We each got two. We only had to, you know, carry one child each, but we each have two. Yes, we definitely all four raised both. Those are my mom and daddy on the other house. No, that has to be your mommy and daddy.

And then your mommy and daddy are over here. No, that's dad's mom and dad. Dad stole the anonymity. Oh. Together since birth and planning to share their whole lives side by side.

Each set of twins still doing most things alike. Nearly always. Eating, exercising and dressing the same haircuts at the same time. Yes, always. Yes.

The idea is that you do similar things in order to make sure that you have similar outcomes. Is that true in terms of lifespan and longevity? Yes, definitely. So we would ideally go through life completely together. And so things like diet and exercise and health.

We prefer to be identical. No, it's both dances, you guys, with more similarities than differences. The Sawyers say they like it that way. If I'm going to go jump on the trampoline or I'll go tell Britney, it would be weird if I went and did it by myself and didn't tell her. Would you think that that would be strange if Brianna randomly decided to go and jump on a trampoline without telling me?

Yes. Yes. Yes.

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