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It happened nearly 25 years ago after a 51day siege, a fbi tear gas attack, and fire engulfed the compound. 76 people died, including the groups leader, david koresh. Its the subject of an abc special airing tonight. The Branch Davidians are an offshoot of the 7th day adventist church. They had a doomsday prophecy. They believed there would be an end of the world, and when this time came they would die. One of the things about being a Branch Davidian under david koresh is youre supposed to separate yourself from the world. There was no running water, no heat, no electricity of any kind. We had to go to bible study three times a day. Why did you come here . Because i heard there was something here that i wanted to listen to. He was polarizing because hes, what hes doing is so radical. He truly believed he had a mission from god. He told him where to sleep, who to sleep with, what to do, hes the lord of the manor in every sense of the word. He had absolute, absolute authority over the air they breathed, over the literally, the food they ate. He taught that we should not eat any Dairy Products. And his reasoning was Dairy Products are made from milk, which is baby food. Milk is what you eat when youre a baby, and were adults now. Could you have apples and bananas but not bananas and oranges together. There were a lot of food combining rules. You couldnt eat fruit and vegetables together. My wife got into trouble once for telling somebody it was okay to eat cheese. She was put out of camp. So its almost like he was sitting around thinking of really wacky ways to manipulate people. But the idea was to test people, to see if they really believed and would really obey when the time came. Such an interesting story. The twohour documentary, you can see there, it airs tonight on abc at 9 00 eastern time, 8 00 central. When we come back, is brad pitt on tinder and bumbler . A new development on his dating life. 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Not really, he is apparently back on the prowl. Nearly 16 months after wife Angelina Jolie filed for divorce and they went their separate ways, the oscar winner now slowly adjusting to life as a single dad, you know what that means, dating. According to e news, hes dating. Hes been on a few dates but nothing serious, and finding love in a hurry is not a huge priority in his life. But the source adds he can be flirty by nature, and that hes also the nicest guy in the world. And the new york posts page six is reporting that when brad is out cruising, i dont know if hes cruising, but flirting with women, he sometimes goes by his real name, william. Does brad pitt need to flirt . Or hide his name . They walk up to them and they dont know . Hi, im william. No, youre not. Next to a new years surprise from lady gaga. Lady gaga returned from a tenday break from social media to usher in the new year with this. Wow. She posted this photo to her twitter account, sporting a white bikini and tattoos and not a lot else out there. Amazing. She captioned the photo, happy new year to happiness, love and simplicity of beautiful, unforgettable nature life. All right. In less than 24 hours, its racked up some 71,000 likes. One fan commented the photo belongs in a museum. I want those tattoos. She looks good. Wouldnt look the same on me. I bet it wouldnt. Next, to a brandnew take on snoop doggs infamous gin and juice. Do you remember this song . Yes. I love this song. My minds on my money and my money on my mind snoop doggy dog from his 1994 debut album doggy style. Down the street soaking smoking sipping on gin and juice laidback like my money on my mind and my mind on my money thats when they used to bleep out what he was smoking. Yeah. Now a gentleman by the name of steve James Messenger has released his own version, a cover of the song in bluegrass, nonetheless, played on the banjo. 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Yeah, but at a middle school north of boston, one group of sixth graders managed to raise more than a Million Dollars for a pretty good cause. Heres david muir. Reporter it was just last month we first introduced you to talia, and her sixth grade classmates in massachusetts. Selling jars of cookie dough, they helped one of their own. She was born with a disease similar to als, doctors racing to start a clinical trial, but they needed 1 million to take it to the next phase. The Children First raising 55,000 selling those jars, then performing for sports teams and the video they hoped would go viral. And after you heard talias story right here, so many of you giving, 65,000 overnight, and to start this new year, those sixth graders were suddenly summoned to the middle school gym with talias mother joslin delivering the new total. Over 1 million reporter with the help of yet another donor, those kids now surpassing the 1 million mark for talia. And theyre still going. Im so happy that we finally made it to 1 million. And that we can go into funding a cure for talia. Talias mother grateful. You showed the world what you would do for a friend. Reporter and you can hear there in her voice and see it in her face how much it means to them. Our david muir with that report. Thanks for that beautiful report. In the meantime, weve been watching captivated by the scene out of southern jersey, just as weve been on the air in the half hour, the house has disappeared. They were under a blizzard warning. They are under a blizzard warning in cape may, new jersey. And this storm is pounding that area. Thats what boston and points north can look forward to in a bit. 6 to 9 inches in that area itself. The storm system called a megamonster, giant, hurricane, bomb, typhoon. I think those are meteorological terms. The storm is the bomb. It is moving its way up behind, no matter how much snow you get, its the cold. Be careful out there. Yep. Good morning on a thursday, im good morning on a thursday, i good morning on a thursday, im kendis gibson. And im lynda lopez in for diane macedo. President trumps lawyers calling on bannon to cease and desist after he slammed members of the trump family in a new book. Find out what bannon has to say now. Two sisters from texas who were missing since last weekend have been found safe in colorado. The man they were with, terry miles, is in custody. Hes considered a person of interest in the death of the girls mother. And a legislative race in virginia will be decided today by picking a name from a bowl. The drawing will break a tie after both candidates received exactly the same number of votes. A request by the democrat challenging the tie was denied. And breaking overnight, the Powerball Jackpot is growing yet again. There was no winner when the jackpot was worth more than 460 million. Well, the estimated jackpot for saturdays drawing is now 550 million. Half a billion. Yes, those are some of our top stories on this thursday, january 4th. From abc news, this is world news now. All right, good morning, everybody. Were going to start this half hour with that cat fight between the president and steve bannon that might be now a court fight. A legal step to try to silence steve bannon. Comments surfaced in a new book. The president sent bannon a cease and desist letter last night, outraged that he took aim at the first family. Reporter together they promised to make America Great again. I like steve a lot. Trump was the best candidate weve had since ronald reagan. Reporter their bromance is now bust. Steve bannon quoted in a new book using words like treasonous and unpatriotic to characterize that meeting in 2016 to obtain dirt on Hillary Clinton. The president telling bannon to cease and desist his comments. The president isnt happy at all. Going after the president s son in an absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way is probably not the best way to curry favor with anybody. Reporter according to the book fire and fury, bannon says they should have called the fbi immediately and bannon reportedly predicts theyre going to crack don jr. Like an egg on national tv. Trumps reaction to bannon actually drew more questions than his war of words with north koreas leader, even though trump and kim jong un have been trading taunts about nuclear missiles. Trump tweeted his Nuclear Button is much bigger and more powerful than kims. With bannon, he really took off the gloves. The president of the United States writing steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. Trump goes on to say steve had very little to do with our historic victory and insists steve doesnt represent my base. Hes only in it for himself. The trump and bannon partnership has been one of the most tumultuous political relationships in recent history. Another major shakeup at the white house. Steve bannon is out. Reporter just months ago, the president lavished praise on bannon. Well have a very good relationship, as you know with steve bannon, hes been a friend of mine for a long time. I like steve a lot. Reporter and bannon expressed no hard feelings toward trump. Im a street fighter. I think thats why we get along so well. Great counter puncher. Reporter the white house is calling the book trashy fiction. But it ended up leading the evening news. Steve bannon turning on the president s family. Furious and disgusted. President trump ripping steve bannon tonight. Reporter with advance publicity like this, its likely to be a best seller. Im david wright for nightline. During a show, he called the president a great man. But bannon didnt hold back in that book. More insight from abc new political director, rick klein. He practically torched the white house. Its almost unprecedented to have a former top aide in early in a presidency come out against a president , his mindset, his decision making, his family members all wrapped up in this book fire and fury. Donald trump said bannon didnt just lose his job but his mind. Its harder to get much stronger than that. One agent says they could be back on the same page before long, but the bottom line is steve bannon has left donald trump and his presidency some uncomfortable baggage around the investigation. And around the very functioning of the presidency. He hasnt tweeted about all of it as of yet. North and south korea have reopened a military to military hotline. Officials have tested the line to make sure it was working properly. The conversation went Something Like this. The South Koreans asked the northerners if they had anything specific to talk about. The northerners said no. And that when they did, theyd let the south know. Clearly theyre using like modern technology there with that phone line. Something out of ozzie and harriet. The computer screen looks like something we had in elementary school. It does. Back here in this country, were going to move to the brutal storm making a mess in the south and now in the northeast. As it moves northward along the Atlantic Coast, good news is, its moving fast and expected to be gone later today. New york is among the major cities doing Everything Possible to prepare for what could be up to ten inches likely to fall here today. And these pictures of interstate 40 in North Carolina pretty much show whats in store for commuters this morning. Steve osunsami has more. Reporter parts of this region havent seen this much snow and ice in 30 years. Down in this part of the world where snowplows are as rare as snowflakes, more than 200 people were hurt today in accidents on slippery roads. Already 17 people across this country have died in the cold. And much of the storm hasnt hit yet. 50,000 people are without power in florida and georgia. In the northeast, they are bracing for a noreaster, even as they dig out from the storm that just hit. Steve osunsami, abc news, savannah. The only question is how much snow is going to fall. We continue to track the storm thats going to be impacting the i95 corridor through the day on thursday, first getting to d. C. , then new york, working its way through boston as we head into the afternoon. High, gusty winds, whiteout conditions, possibly Power Outages and damage due to wind. And on top of that, look at these snowfall totals. New york city area getting three to six inches of the white stuff. Kendis, linda . And the frigid weather is raising concerns about the price of natural gas. The extended cold conditions could put serious strain on the usually abundant supply of natural gas. It could result in some shortages by the end of winter. And the unusually cold temperatures in the southeast created a major problem for some residents, about 80 sea turtles had to be rescued in panama city, florida. If the water gets too cold, the turtles go into shock. Ah. Yeah, they float to the top. They cant help it. Staffers at the Gulf World Marine Institute are checking them out and will release them into warmer waters next week. They get incapacitated. They look just like that . Yeah, they need help. A st. Louis mom has set an interesting record. Take a look. Theres a cheetah. The three boys and five girls were born. The zoo just went public with the births. The cubs are said to be doing fairly well. Your cute picture of the morning. Pretty adorable. Recovering from the post holiday sales hangover. Shipping companies are bracing for a record year of gift returns, how to get the most back even from gift cards. And how the celebrity chef, model, tv host, now a restauranteur. Youre watching world news now. Ltry align probiotic. 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