Transcripts For WEWS Nightline 20160813

Jimmy it really is. [ laughter ] guillermo has had a grin on his face since salma hayek left the studio that is guillermo what a body, oh my god. Jimmy i shouldnt argue with you. You were right by the way. Jimmy i should have kept my mouth shut. Back at home, albert my partner play this game, he said if you are gay who would you be gay with . I said salma hayek. He goes, you cant do that. Jimmy wait a minute. Yes, i can. I would be a gay guy with a girlfriend. And shed be salma hayek. Jimmy can i tell you im a little hurt any thought for sure you were going to say me. Turns out yeah, not even close. Jimmy sorry, youre not my gay guy, then. Guillermo, youre back at the top of the list. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy the show youre doing is about its an interesting its about the first female Major League Baseball player. Yeah. Jimmy shes a pitcher. Yes. Jimmy this is based on someone who made the Minor Leagues . Or no, no, its completely fictional. Whats cool is Major League Baseball is a partner with the show. All the logo in the stadiums are major league. Jimmy thats great. Growing up wed watch a show about football or baseball and it would be the st. Louis demons. Jimmy right. It took you out of it. Jimmy it feels wrong, it feels fake. I shot at Dodger Stadium the other day, it was amazing. Jimmy did you get to play baseball . Im an old guy. So im the general manager. Im an explayer. Initially i was very excited, i get to be a ball player theyre like, dude, youre retired. Youre 45. Jimmy i think you could get away with it. I think so. Jimmy did you get to go on the field . I walk around a little bit. Jimmy you walked around. You have real players on the show . I think theyre going to have some big players. I cant name i cant tell you players. Jimmy it wont be like the brady bunch where somebody knocks on the door, wow, its don drysdale yes. Yes, i remember that episode. Jimmy it makes sense that youre doing this on fox. Because they have baseball. They have the playoffs and the world series and that kind of thing. Yeah they do. Theres a lot of synergy if thats the word. Jimmy have you ever worked for fox before . No, but its funny, i had to go to Sexual Harassment training. Jimmy to learn how to do it . To learn how to do it. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] the night before, id never had to do this. I called my wife. She said, listen. Anything you think about saying or doing at the meeting, dont do that. Dont say it. Youre not that funny. Its going to be wrong. And she was right, i went in there and i am scared to death. I have to rethink everything that i do. Jimmy how many people are in this meeting . There was 40 or 50 people. Jimmy is this because of roger ailes that they have this now . Im not sure. Figured it was a good thing. Jimmy did anybody screw around . There was a meeting for the people after the meeting that were screwing around. Like, you guys are going to say. Stay. Jimmy really . We had a couple of oldtimers. If somebodys doing something to a girl, should i just punch them in the face . Like, youre staying after for another hour. Jimmy is that right . Yeah. Jimmy you were in this movie with kevin spacey. Kevin spacey turns into a cat. His finest work. [ laughter ] jimmy night life. Underwood turns into a cat, its amazing. Jimmy how the hell . I dont know, i work with my favorite director, barry sonnenfeld. Jimmy directing a movie in which kevin spacey turns into a cat. Christopher walkens in the movie. Jimmy he is . Weve talked about this before, i have a bit of a narcolepsy problem. Jimmy right. Me too. Were both narcoleptic. When you came to my house, i fell asleep. Wondered why you werent anyway, now im concerned because we have to do the table read and the table read for the movie is an hour and 20 minutes. Thats a long table read. Im going to fall asleep. Jimmy thats where its really hard to stay awake. They sat me next to Christopher Walken. I was so excited. Christopher walkens doing Christopher Walken during the whole table read. I cant do it but hes doing that thing. Jimmy right, sure. Because he has no choice. He has no choice. And i sat next to him at a party. Like 15 years ago. And back then, when regis was on the show, he was kind of our social director. Jimmy regis was, okay. We went to Senior Citizen parties, old parties. I say that with love, i do, i say that with love. One of my favorite people, we went to judge judys house for a party. Jimmy okay. I love her. Jimmy i love it already. I sat next to Christopher Walken. Jimmy wow, Christopher Walken was at judge judys house . So 15 years ago jimmy wow. Works out. They never remember, like i dont know who you are. If youre friends with someone, you mention, it never works out. Jimmy Christopher Walken, you wonder if he remembers to put his shoes on. Exactly. This night scene in montreal. Literally, we do it, and hes amazing, and were doing the scene. Hed wander off into the streets of montreal. Theyd have to corral him. Hed wander off. Jimmy christophers walking, literally. [ laughter ] its 3 30 in the morning. And theres a little bit of a hes got his process. All of a sudden he becomes very lucid. He goes, i sat next to you 15 years ago at judge judys house and we talked about this, that. Im like, my god, you remember that . He goes, yeah. Then zip, back. Started wandering off. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy wow. Amazing. Wow. Mark consuelos, everybody. Watch the show pitch, september 22nd on fox. Dicky the Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series is dicky the Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series is presented by samsung. Jimmy i want to thank salma hayek, mark consuelos. Apologies to matt damon, we ran out of time. Thanks to ariana, you were fantastic. Nightline is next. First their album big mess comes out september 9th. Here with the song welcome to your life, grouplove . . . Were back in business youre such a big mess and i love you yeah i love you . Such a big mess and i love you yeah i love you . . Mean man Promised Land nothing but a devils hand trying to keep saying i feel okay . . Telling myself this now for days . . Mean man machine man ive been nothing but a puppets hand but nothing ever comes . . Without a change . . Welco it could be a fantasy yeah yeah . . Welcome to your world my girl let it be your fantasy oh yeah . . Were back in business youre such a big mess and i love you business youre such a big mess and i love you la la love you . . Been wondering i take a chance that chance is circumstance cause nothing ever comes . . Without a change welcome to your life yeah yeah it could be a fantasy . World my girl let it be your fantasy . . Oh yeah yeah ive figured it out ive seen the unknown like a shot in the dark . . Ill carry you home ask a wise man hell say whats been done young . . Hey heres the deal were back in business . . Hey heres the deal were back in business . Hey heres the deal youre such a big mess . . And i love you yeah i love you welcome to your welcome to your . . Welcome to your world my girl let it be your fantasy oh yeah . . Welcome to your life yeah yeah . Welcome to your . . . Welcome to your . This is nightline. Tonight, a stunning reversal in a case that captured the nation. The hit documentary Series Making a murderer. A convicted killer. But now a federal judge says authorities led him into a false confession. Come on, buddy, lets get this done, okay . After nine years behind bars will Brendan Dassy go free . Help me bring this to your kitchen. Seeking fame and fortune. The hairstyle. The towels to the towel bar. For three easy payments of 19. 99, well take you inside the pitchathon where todays their inventions to never before seen, to seen on tv. This would be huge, this would be our thing. Good as gold. What are those olympic medals really made of . But first the nightline 5. Ole rejgenerist renews from within. A dramatic transformation without the need for fillers. With olay you age less so you can be due i dont fusion, two in one heartburn relief. The antacid goes to work in seed seconds. Duo fusion from the makers of zantac. Number one in just 60 g thank you for joining us. Tonight a reallife plot twist. A federal judge overturns the conviction of Brendan Dassey, subject of the popular Netflix Documentary Series Making a murderer. Ruling his confession was involuntary. Now after nine years of incarceration, he may finally go free. Heres my nightline coanchor dan harris. I grabbed her, put her on the side, tied her up reporter this is 16yearold Brendan Dassey confess brought her outside and shot her. Reporter the teenager from wisconsin describing how he and his uncle steven avery raped and murdered 25yearold photographer teresa holback. Today a stunning reversal. After nearly a decade behind bars a federal judge overturned his conviction, ruling the teens confession was involuntary because investigators pushed him into it. Dasseys trial was featured in netflixs true crime documentary many viewers and dasseys defense team, who said that the beginning he was manipulated into confessing to a brutal crime he did not commit. A lawyer who starred in making a murderer tweeting today, justice finally strikes. Were over the moon. Reporter Laura Nye Ryder, one of dasseys lead attorneys and fiercest defenders. Hes in shock. Hes grateful. Hes trying to process and understand whats happening. Come on you can do it. Tell us the truth. Reporter the judge today acknowledged doubts as to the reliability of dasseys confession but said the ruling hinged on whether the confession was given voluntarily, and based on dasseys age, intellectual deficits, and the absence of supportive adults, he determined it was not. Dassey has maintained his innocence, making this emotional plea in a letter he read as part of the Netflix Documentary. Please help me if you can. Sincerely, Brendan Dassey. Reporter i set out to explore the question, if Brendan Dassey did not commit the crime, why would he confess . If this videotape really shows dassey falsely confessing what made the jury convict . Were going to lauras office. Reporter Laura Nye Ryder. Theyre not banging the table, theyre him. Does it fit into the classic model of coercive interrogations . Absolutely, it does. Reporter at the time of his arrest branagan was a High School Sophomore in wisconsin. He had a low iq and was enrolled in special ed classes. He lived on the family salvage yard next to his uncle steven. Who had been released from prison after serving 18 years for a rape he didnt commit. Were glad youre home, honey. Reporter then avery was murder of teresa holback. Just have a seat. Reporter several months later brendan was brought in for questioning. Cut her. Cut her where . On her throat. It appeared hard to be able to argue it was coerced. Reporter Len Kachinsky was one of dasseys original courtappointed attorneys. He says when he watched the confession tape he became convinced there was no way a jury would believe dassey was innocent. Kachinsky did try to get the defendants motion to suppress these statements is denied. What are your thoughts . Were disappointed. Were going to start over. Reporter kachinsky cut a plea deal, set up another interview with his client and the police. You and steve had this planned . Yeah . Yes or no . Yeah. Reporter an interview kachinsky actually skipped because he says he had army with 20 20 hindsight, yeah, it was a mistake. Reporter for his failure to attend that meeting okay, why dont you sign that . Reporter the judge removed kachinsky from dasseys case. Do you have a clear conscience . Yes, i do. I did what i thought was in dasseys best interests. I dont think those mistakes had any impact at all on the verdict in dasseys case. Reporter several months later dassey went to trial with different attorneys and his confession dominated the proceedings. Your job at the end of this case will be that statement ought to be believed. When you watch the videos carefully, theyll be exposed for what they are. And i think theyre just garbage. Reporter dassey himself took the stand. You made it up . Yeah. Reporter sticking to his story, even under tough cross examination. You lied to the police . Yes. Are you lying today . No. Reporter the prosecutor at dasseys trial made this confident assertion. People who are innocent dont confess. The defendant confessed because reporter but the fact is, innocent people do confess. Richard offshy is one of the leading defense experts on interrogation tactics. He worked on the infamous case of the central park five. I grabbed her arm. I grabbed one arm, grabbed her legs and stuff. Reporter five teenagers who confessed in gruesome detail to attacking and raping a 28yearold woman in the spring of 1989. Any time he would talk smack hed say, shut up, smack were all false. They came to believe that they would only be able to minimize their punishment if they cooperated with the police. Reporter turns out one out of four people wrongly convicted and later exonerated by dna evidence have made a false confession or incriminating statement. When you look at Brendan Dasseys confession what do you see . I see something that almost makes one ashamed to be an american. Its that bad. That they want him to say. I dont feel, if i was faced by cops accusing me of a crime i did not commit, that i would confess to it. What would you do . I would say, get me a latwye. And thats the difference. Those are the people i never see. The ones i see tend to think, ive got to get myself out of this. And probably your income is a bit higher than the average person. Reporter Laura Nye Ryder break down the video point by says the interrogators railroaded dassey. We just need to hear the whole story from you. They reduce him over time to a place where he doesnt think that he can convince these officers of his innocence. When hes at that position of hopelessness, then the officers officer hoffer him a way out. Your mom said to be honest with you. Shes behind you 100 no matter what happens here. Were in your corner. You see brendan believe the officers and say, i have to say the things they want me to say. Reporter even when dassey confesses, nirider says from her analysis he offers up no information that was not already widely reported in the media. The 25yearold photographer disappeared last halloween, last seen taking pictures at the avery salvage yard. Reporter or directly fed to him by investigation. Im just going to come out and ask you, who shot her in the head . He did. Why didnt you tell us that . Because i couldnt think of it. Reporter we reached out to the detectives in this video for comment but our efforts were not successful. Prosecutors in dasseys case now have 90 days to decide whether to appeal todays decision or retry him. If they do neither, he could an free man once again. For nightline, this is dan harris in new york. But wait, theres more . Pitch pitchathon where products go from brand new to brand name. Later what are those olympic medals really made of . Ha, no, i switched to geico and got more. More . 24 7 access online, on the phone or with the geico app. That is more. Go get some mud. All that more has to be why theyre the secondlargest auto insurer. Everybody likes more. Ico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. Crabfest is on at red lobster so come dive into dishes like the new alaska bairdi crab dinner with sweet crab from the icy waters of alaska. Or try crab lovers dream with tender snow and king crab legs. Love crab . 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