And out at sea aboard a massive Aircraft Carrier, home to 5,000 armed sailors and hundreds of heavy weapons. Its a rare journey to the front line in the fight against isis. And the world of melania. Before her glamorous life with the donald, there was this guy wow. Who was in girl . A look back at the small town beginnings of a beautiful girl with huge ambition. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. One teenager admits to taking part in a gruesome murder, landing him in jail for the rest of his life. Now his lawyers are saying that his confession was coerced. Its the lynchpin in Brendan Dasseys controversial case. Tonight my nightline coanchor dan harris investigates. Come on, brendan, be honest. You can do it. Just tell us the truth. I grabbed her arm, put it on the side, and tied her up. Reporter are we looking at a killer reluctantly unspoolg the details of his crime . Then we shot her. Why dont you draw what the blood stains looked like . Reporter or are we looking at a confused intellectually challenged teenager being manipulated into falsely confessing . Consciousness as a result of the Netflix DocumentarySeries Making a murderer. They got to my head. Reporter this controversial confession tape was the centerpiece of dasseys trial. Hes been in prison now for nearly ten years, convicted of raping and murdering teresa halback. But he and his family have maintained his innocence. They interrogated him and made him say what they wanted to hear. Reporter dassey now has a new legal team and theyve filed a new federal appeal based in large measure on the argument that dasseys confession was coerced. So we went out to explore these questions. If dassey didnt commit the crime, why would he confess . And if this videotape really shows dassey falsely confessing, what made the jury convict . First stop were going to lauras office. Reporter Laura Nirider, one of dasseys lead attorneys and fiercest defenders. Come on, buddy. Lets get this out. Okay . Officers who are using psychological interrogation tactics that were designed for seasoned adult criminals on a 16yearold with intellectual limitations. Reporter the interrogators arent banging the table. Theyre not threatening him. Does it fit into the sort of classic model of coercive interrogations . Absolutely it does. Reporter at the time of his arrest Brendan Dassey was a High School Sophomore in manitowoc county, wisconsin. He had a low i. Q. And was enrolled in several special ed classes. He lived on the familys salvage yard right next to his uncle steven. Im free. Reporter whod been released from prison after serving 18 years for a rape he didnt commit. Im just glad youre home, honey. Reporter but then avery was arrested and charged with the murder of teresa halbach. Dwroent you have have a seat, brend snn. Reporter several months later brendan was brought in for questioning. Cut her. It appeared hard to argue that it was coerced. Reporter Len Kachinsky was one of dasseys original Court Appointed 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 dasseys confession thrown out. The defendants motion to denied. What are your thoughts after today . Well, were disappointed in in start over. Reporter so kachinsky steered dassey to cut a plea deal. He even 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 reserve duty. How on earth could you opt out of that . With 2020 hindsight, yeah, it was a mistake. Reporter for his failure to attend that meeting why dont you sign that . Reporter the judge removed 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 decide whether 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 crossexamination. And you lied to the police. Yes. Are you lying youre lying today . No. Reporter the prosecutor at dasseys trial made this confident assertion. People who are innocent dont confess. The defendant confessed because he was guilty. Because he did it. Reporter but the fact is innocent people do confess. Richard ofshe is one of the leading defense experts on interrogation tactics. He worked on the infamous case i grabbed her arm. Grabbed one arm and her legs and stuff. Reporter five teenagers who confessed in gruesome detail to attacking and raping a 28yearold woman in the spring of 1989. He would smack her and say shut up. Kept smacking. Reporter but these confessions 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 1 out of 4 people wrongfully convicted and later exonerated by dna evidence have made a false confession or incriminating statement. So when you look at Brendan Dasseys confession, what do you see in. I see something that almost makes one ashamed to be an american. Its that bad. They get him to say anything 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 what would you do . I would say give me a lawyer. 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 if she can get her client a new trial, Laura Nirider hopes to demonstrate how she says the interrogators railroaded dassey. We just need to see 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. And when hes at that position of hopelessness, then the officers offer him a way out. With us. Shes behind you 100 no matter what happens here. Thats what she said. Because she thinks you know more too. Were in your corner. And what you see is brendan begin to believe the officers and think, okay, i have to say these things that they want me to say. Reporter even when dass wree breaks down and confesses any nirider says by her analysis he offers no information that was the 25yearold photographer disappeared last halloween. Was last seen taking pictures at the avery salvage yard. Reporter or directly fed to him by investigators. All right. 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. Any fair reading of that sequence is that brendan is guessing in an attempt to placate his interrogators. Reporter we reached out to the detectives in this video for comment, but our efforts were not successful. Even now that i understand that false confessions are a real problem in our justice system, when it comes to the case of Brendan Dassey there are still so many open questions. If he didnt do it, is it just a total coincidence that he was at a bonfire that night with his uncle and in that bonfire they found the remains of a murder victim . Look, what happened that night is exactly what brendan has said all along. The family had bonfires all the time to burn their garbage. Same thing with cleaning up the again, this was an auto salvage yard. People were constantly tinkering around with cars and having to clean up after the fact. Reporter even though two lower courts have already denied his appeal, Brendan Dassey sits in prison tonight holding out hope that a federal judge will answer his prayers. I wish i could have a family someday. Reporter toward the end of making a murderer he can be heard reading a letter with an emotional plea. I am innocent of the rape and murder of teresa halbach. Please help me if you can. Sincerely, Brendan Dassey. So do you think Brendan Dasseys confession was coerced . Head to the Nightline Facebook page to weigh in. And next were with the men attacking isis from the air. On board an Aircraft Carrier with massive firepower. Vote. The results of couldnts tonights heated primary contests. Again trouncing his rivals. Projected to win in michigan. Although a strong showing from senator ted cruz and Governor John Kasich in that state. Trump is also projected to win in mississippi. Moving west keeping the pressure on trump. Cruz projecting a win in idaho. And on the democratic side a split decision. Abc projects Hillary Clinton will win handily in mississippi but an upset in michigan. Abc now projecting Bernie Sanders will win by a narrow margin in the rust belt state. Of course trump, the nights biggest winner, sizing up his victories with his trademark bravado. The bottom line is we have something going thats so good. We should grab each other and we should unify the party. And nobodys going to beat us. Okay . Man. Woman. Or where youre from. City. Country. Were just everyday people fighting high blood sugar. I am everyday people, yea, yea. Pfarxiga may help in that fight every day. Palong with diet and exercise, pfarxiga helps lower blood pwith type 2 diabetes. Pone pill a day helps lower your a1c. Pand, although its not a weightloss por bloodpressure drug, pfarxiga may help you lose weight and may even lower psystolic Blood Pressure when used with metformin. Pdo not take if allergic to farxiga or its ingredients. Psymptoms of a serious allergic reaction include rash, swelling, por difficulty breathing or swallowing. Pif you have any of these symptoms stop taking pfarxiga and seek medical help right away. Pdo not take farxiga if you have severe kidney problems, pare on dialysis, or have bladder cancer. Ptell your doctor right away if you have blood por red color in your urine pfarxiga can cause serious side effects, pgenital yeast infections pserious urinary tract plow blood sugar and kidney problems. Pstop taking farxiga and call your doctor pright away if you have signs of ketoacidosis, pwhich can be serious or life threatening. Pfarxiga. Pwe are everyday people. P i am everyday people, yea, yea. Is right for you pand visit farxiga. Com to learn how you can get it for free. Huh. Introducing centrum vitamints. A new multivitamin you enjoy like a mint. With a full spectrum of nutrients. vo you can check on them. You can worry about them. You can even choose a car for them. announcer vo love. mom were ok. announcer vo its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Thank you so much. Did you say honey . Hey, try some . Mmm that is tasty. Is it real . Of course. Are you . Nope animated you know im always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well youve come to the right place. Great, mind if i have another taste . Not at all mmm youre all right bud . Never better i dont know if he likes that. Yeah part of the complete breakfast what do you think it takes to land a fighter jet on a moving ship in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night . Were with the countrys top lives in the campaign to wipe out isis. Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz gives us a rare look aboard the massive mother ship that these aces call home. Do you have any rituals before you go out in. I go to the bathroom, say a prayer. Reporter Lieutenant Commander john hilts, call sign johnny kittens, is calm on the surface, but he is about to be hurtled off an Aircraft Carrier to attack isis. Lieutenant charles wickware, call sign wingnut, has his camera rolling as he embarks on this risky mission, flying in the dead of night over enemy territory, crossing iraq into syria through a gathering storm. Whatever you can do to avoid some of the weather. Reporter we joined the Mission Hours before on the uss harry s. Truman, deployed to the persian gulf, the truman is and a jawdropping amount of military might. This is what they call the bomb farm. Hundreds of precision guided weapons, millions and millions of dollars worth of ordnance ready to be loaded onto the aircraft. Landing on a moving target the length of a football field is a delicate maneuver. But to the pilots its routine. Lets be brilliant at the basics tonight. This is a pretty Standard Mission for us. We should be able to execute it flawlessly. Let me start with you, Lieutenant Commander, because you outrank him, you know, so we should do that. Im taller too. Not by much and not by much. Reporter the duo jokes, but they are some of the navys best pilots. Wickware has been in the navy 11 years. Growing up in hawaii, he started flying gliders when he was just 14. John hilts played basketball for notre dame before joining the navy, where he would be chosen for the elite blue angels it takes a crew of 5,000 to get hilts and wickware in the air on a ship 20 stories high with miles of passageways. Life below the deck is bustling. The ships barber shop doles out 20,000 haircuts and trims per year. And the kitchen dishes up 18,000 meals to the hungry crew each day. They worship on board as well. Everything from voodoo to Roman Catholic services, an can imagine we have. Voodoo . Thats true. Reporter these creature comforts are true on a ship that launches or lands an aircraft every 60 to 90 seconds when Flight Operations are under way. It is the rainbow warriors who make it happen, the maintainers in green, white launch and recovery, and the red bombs. A lot of ordnance has been a lot more than my last three cruises combined. Reporter all that teamwork leads to this. Lieutenant commander hilts leads a detailed mission brief where we were allowed to hear exactly what the night would hold. Were going after that Oil Infrastructure in syria. There will also be some thunderstorms that may impact tanking and then possibly into the execution. Weve got a 30minute window to execute. Reporter the pilots head for their jets just as the sun goes down. Most naval aviators will say i do this job for free during the day but you have to pay me to do it at night. Youve been in afghanistan and iraq before. Is it different going after this kind of enemy . I think it is. You dont have as many eyes on the ground to develop those targets. Have a safe flight. Reporter the mission is a go. Lieutenant wickware gives a sign to the air traffic controllers, and hes off. Catapulted from 0 to 160 miles thats one element where youre almost completely out of control. Those few seconds as it accelerates you down that catapult stroke. If its night sometimes you have no stars no, horizon, youre launched right into darkness. Reporter that target an oil pipeline in a remote area of eastern syria. An effort to cripple isiss financial resources. But before they hit their target the jets must refuel, midair. Connecting with a tanker to gas up. You are left side joining. Reporter the pilots guiding their probe into the tankers basket. Youre over hostile territory running out of gas. So you need to get that gas. And if you dont, then we cant complete our mission. Whatever you can do to avoid some of the weather would be great. Reporter an intense storm develops. Lightning strikes illuminate wickwares nightvision. But finally, the target is in sight. Three, two, one. Tickle. The target with a quick, intense flare. But the mission is not over yet. We still have to come back and land on a moving Aircraft Carrier deck at night. Really nobody else around the world operates at night the way Americas Navy does. Expect the approach. It is an intense rush. At nighttime your eyes can play all sorts of tricks on you in the dark. Final bearings. While youre doing it you dont realize how amped up you are. Your bodys flooded with adrenaline. Reporter we met up with the pilots seconds after landing safely on deck again. It was not exactly routine. We had to climb above a thunderstorm and then to employ we had to drop down below it. Wanted. Reporter but as the military moves closer to trying to help take back major cities under isis control, the danger will only increase. Every time we take the sky theres risks that are inherently placed on us reporter for nightline im Martha Raddatz on the uss truman. Up next, shes the glamorous wife of republican frontrunner donald trump. Tonight, a look back into melanias world in slovenia. Shopping for an suv . Well, this is the time. And your ford dealer is the place, to get 0 financing for 60 months on a ford suv. Thats right. Just announced. Ford explorer. Edge. Escape. And expedition. Are available with 0 financing for 60 months. Ford suvs. Designed to help you no wonder ford is americas best selling brand. But hurry, 0 financing on ford suvs is a limited time offer. See your ford dealer today. Moderate to severe Crohns Disease is tough, but ive managed. Except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. And when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe Crohns Disease. And that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. And many achieved remission. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, remission is possible. What backache . What sore wrist . What headache . Advil makes pain a distant memory. Nothing works faster stronger what pain . From a small town in slovenia to ritzy fifth avenue, melania trumps next residence may even be the white house. So did the man who says hes her hometown ex see it coming . On the banks of the sava river, sevnica, slovenia, a modest factory town that boasts one very famous export. Melania trump. Two words. Grace kelly. She was like an angel. Reporter before the paparazzi and that very public marriage, she was Melania Knauss and this was her home. We met for the first time. Reporter before the donald there was the jure, who says hes melanias exboyfriend. She was never a typical slovenian girl. Very, very classy. Reporter from sevnica to manhattan to perhaps next the white house. You can watch much more of abcs digital shorts like this one by downloading the abc news app. Thanks for watching tonight. Wrapup of Election Results in the morning. And as always, were online 24 7 on our Nightline Facebook page and at abcnews. Com. Good night, america. Kevin maclean has no lifelines left. No 50 50, no plus one, no ask the audience. What he does have is 100,000 in the bank and a question worth can he make it to the million . We re about to find out on who wants to be a millionaire. [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] hello, everybody. I m chris harrison. Thanks for joining us today. Are you guys ready to play a very special millionaire today . [cheers and applause] why is it so special . Because after an amazing combination of luck, skill, and risk taking, our next contestant is now just three questions away from walking off this stage with 1 million. From park slope, new york, please welcome back kevin maclean. [cheers and applause] what s up, buddy . Now we have to actually really hug. Thank you so much. Welcome back. It s good to be back. It is. I bet it s good to be back. It is very good to be back. Resting on the lead, that s a tough thing to do in sports. 100,000 you have had time to. It