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This comes nearly a month after bundy and other militants took over a remote refuge as part of public lands in the west. Tune in to Good Morning America tomorrow for more developments on this story. And we turn now to another unexpected twist ahead of thursdays final gop debate before the Iowa Caucuses. Donald trump breaking up with fox news. Abcs tom llamas on the trail in iowa tonight. So im going to be making a decision with fox. But i probably wont bother doing the debate. Disrupting the gop race yet again. This time promising to skip the final republican president ial debate before the leadoff Iowa Caucuses next monday. Im going to have Something Else in iowa. Well do something where we raise money for the veterans and the wounded warriors. Were going to do something simultaneously with the debate. Reporter and his campaign releasing this statement. As someone who wrote one of the bestselling books of all time, the art of the deal, mr. Trump knows a bad deal when he sees one. Megyn kellys really biased against me. Reporter earlier today trump posted this video to instagram, asking his followers to vote on whether fox news moderator megyn kelly would be fair to him in the debate. The Cable Network jokingly responded, we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and putin both intend to treat donald trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president. But by this evening trump was fed up. How many debates do you have to do . In a freewheeling press conference the gop frontrunner lashed out against his party. And ever and ever with debates. Reporter and his favorite nemesis, megyn kelly, set to moderate the next debate. I think shes a third raitt reporter. I think she frankly is not good at what she does. And i think they could do a lot better than megyn kelly. Reporter hes perhaps still sore over this moment. Youve called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. Your twitter account reporter no, it wasnt. Your twitter account thank you. For the record, it was well beyond rosie odonnell. Yes. Reporter on her fox news show tonight she addressed the moment and trumps decision to sit out. In the months since mr. Trump has repeatedly brought up that exchange as evidence of alleged bias on my part. I maintain it was a tough but fair question. And we agreed to disagree. Reporter this after sharing interview trumps attempt to woo her, saying he would send me press clippings about me that he would just sign donald trump. But no amount of embarrassing stories or provocative remarks can slow trumps seemingly unstoppable momentum. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters. When mexico sends its people, theyre not sending their best. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. And some i assume are good people. I dont think donald trump can say or do anything that can really hurt the people who are behind him 100 . I mean, he hasnt shown to have a huge grasp of foreign policy. People dont care. Hes been caught in blatant lies. People dont care. Hes said incredibly rude his supporters do not care. So why would they care if he doesnt show up to one more debate . Reporter as time runs out before the first votes are cast, trumps republican competitors are intensifying their attacks. God bless the great state of iowa. Reporter in iowa hes neck and neck with senator ted cruz. Tonight cruz mocking his decision to skip the debate. Apparently, megyn kelly is really, really scary. [ applause ] and you know, donald is a fragile soul. If hes unwilling to stand on the debate stage with the other candidates, then i would like to invite donald right now to engage in a oneonone debate with me anytime between now and the Iowa Caucuses. Hillary clinton i think is a terrific woman. Reporter this week cruz and the super pacs supporting him unloaded a barrage of 11th hour using trumps own words to trash his new york values. Hey, i lived in new york city, in manhattan all my life. Okay . So you know, my views are a little bit different than if i lived in iowa. And what does trump think about iowa . How stupid are the people of iowa. Reporter donald trump. New york values. Not ours. Reporter but today a boost. Trump scoring the endorsement of Jerry Falwell jr. , the son of the late tv evangelist and the president of Liberty University as well as controversial arizona sheriff joe arpaio. All coming after another highprofile republican endorsement last week. Are you ready to make America Great again . Reporter tonight on Facebook Sarah palin celebrated the candidate with this video. His passion is the fabric of america. Work ethic. Dreams. Drive. And faith in the almighty. Reporter yesterday cruz alluded to the fact you have a messiah complex. What do you say to that . I just want to make America Great again. Reporter through it all trumps dominance over the other republican president ial candidates has remained solid since november. The latest National Polls show him in first place by 17 points. Another winner, the debates. With trump as the main attraction, this elections debate cycle has clocked five times as many viewers as debates in previous years. So when trump is a noshow at the debate on thursday, how many will actually tune in . For the other republicans thats really bad news. Because while on the front end it may seem as if you dont have donald trump taking up all the oxygen, if you dont have donald trump you may not have all the buyballs either. Get out and vote. Reporter what this 2016 campaign has shown so far is this is not typical, this is not normal, and donald trump is really benefiting from the fact that the American People are sick and tired of business as usual. 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The controversial founder of bikram yoga, a style of hot yoga that he claims can revolutionize your spiritual wellbeing, your health, even your sex life. But tonight Bikram Choudhury ordered to pay millions in damages in a harassment lawsuit and the woman standing to get these damages speaking out tonight. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter the jury is in, and as he left court in los angeles today please dont bother. Reporter one of the most successful yoga gurus in the world is now in a hot mess. Lets rock and roll, everybody. Reporter in the yoga world hes a rock star. Bikram. Full name Bikram Choudhury. His brand of hot yoga, 26 poses performed in 105 degree heat, synonymous with sweat. Also hugely popular. Heat. Ordered by a los angeles jury to pay 6. 4 million in punitive damages for Sexual Harassment, wrongful termination, and gender discrimination. That on top of 924,000 in compensatory damages awarded just yesterday. More than 7 million awarded to one victim. I feel vindicated. Im elated. Reporter attorney miki jafabodden. My professional relationship ended when i was fired by mr. Choudhury. Reporter jafabodden was general counsel to bikrams yoga college of india. She convinced the jury the 69yearold yoga guru repeatedly sexually harassed her and subjected her to obscene comments about women. But she claimed she was fired other womens allegations of Sexual Harassment and rape. Perhaps the first one or two surprised me. But after i began to see a pattern, they no longer surprised me, im sad to say. Reporter this is just one of half a dozen lawsuits against the flamboyant yoga guru who nightline first profiled in 2012. Someone can look him in the eye and say no. And that doesnt matter. Reporter former students and employees claiming he sexually assaulted or harassed them. I felt speechless because this was my guru and i thought of him as a father figure. Reporter nightline spoke with three of the women in 2014. I said please dont. Youre a guru. The world believes in you. He said, im just a man. I never lie, never cheat. I never hurt another spirit. David, you ever met in your life. Reporter back when we first interviewed bikram it was before any of these allegations had surfaced in court. But already there were rumors of inappropriate contact with students. I asked him about them. The hardest problem in my life, david, is stay away from women. Women likes me. And i have to run city after city, country after country, all my life to stay away from the women. Reporter he denied ever having any sexual contact with his students and followers. [ bleep ]. Every women loves me. You know, president s daughter. You know, Prime Minister daughter. You know, billionaires superstar. Actor. Singers. But yogi supposed to be yogi. Women. Reporter during the trial over jafaboddens allegations bikram strongly denied sexually assaulting any of the women. Just as he did in a taped deposition from one of the other the plaintiffs attorney asking him pointed questions. You have had sex with female trainees of yours, correct . Objection. Argumentative. Is that true, mr. Choudhury . No. Do you deny that . Yes. Reporter but one of his alleged victims later told me that the very room in his mansion where bikram and i sat down for our interview is where he assaulted her. He raped you . Yes. There . Yes. In his own house . Yes. His wife sleeping upstairs . Correct. And his daughter sleeping upstairs. And his son. It didnt last very long. He didnt use protection. He stood up, put his shorts back on, and went back into the other room, sat down on the couch like nothing happened. Reporter authorities in los angeles have declined to press any criminal charges in any of the womens alleged claims. Theyre bringing civil suits on their own. Rajashri choudhury, has since filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Petra stark, the former president of his company, has resigned, too, filing her own lawsuit. At stake is a yoga empire potentially worth millions. Bikram was one of the pioneers of yoga in america, setting up shop in Beverly Hills back in the 1970s. His client list a whos who of the rich and famous. This is martin and me. Reporter now his yoga studios are franchised worldwide. A booming business hes justifiably proud of. Why do you think americans are so fascinated by yoga . It seems like everywhere you go theres a yoga studio. Because of me. Reporter hes not a humble man. His hobby, collecting cars. Beatles make two movie with this car. Reporter back in 2012 he gave me a tour of his collection. Bentleys and rollsroyces. But in court bikram testified that his legal problems have taken a serious toll on his finances, putting him on the he told the court his car collection now belongs to the state of california. He testified that he intended his collection to become a bikram Auto Engineering School for children so kids could learn about cars. For bikrams alleged victims todays jury award is a victory. And the women we spoke with all will have their day in court later this year when their trials begin. What would you want to say to him now . I would just say that i hope that he gets some help. Reporter today in los angeles this jury sending a powerful message. What i want from this first and foremost is hes never able to do this to anyone else and that anyone in this position thats being abused should feel Strong Enough to be able to come forward and speak out. Reporter and this was just one case in a growing list. In new york. Next, at the heart of the war against isis, we journey to the main Russian Air Base in syria. Theres no one road out there. No one surface. No one speed. No one way of driving on each and every road. But there is one car that can conquer them all. 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Its only been a few days since the Syrian Government troops took this town, and we can still hear in the hills and villages beyond, mortar fire, small arms fire. Those are the front license a nes a few miles away. In the three months since russia joined the fighting their air battle. Massive air strikes and Cruise Missile attacks have pulverized regime. For decades a close moscow ally. We also went to sea on board a russian destroyer, sailed out into the mediterranean, and saw just how much firepower moscow has committed to this effort. The Russian Missile cruiser varyag. Its got Cruise Missiles on board. And it not only is supporting the Russian Campaign in syria. Its sending a signal to the capabilities. And at the main Russian Air Base in syria the jets are roaring day and night. The perimeter bristling with helicopter gunships. This is the tip of the spear of russian air power in syria. The russians tell us theyve flown more than 5,000 sorties targets. The massive russian commitment here and the way its rapidly shaped the battlefield stand in sharp contrast to president obamas years of caution. Even after declaring that assad needs to go. Reporter but the u. S. , britain, and others say russia is helping the assad regime a lot more than theyre fighting isis. And they accuse their forces of indiscriminate attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians. We saw Russian Troops loading socalled dumb bombs, unguided munitions. Very inaccurate. Lots of potential for collateral damage. But when i spoke with russian