This is world news now. Wellg morn, good morning on this very busy wednesday morning. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. Everybody talking about the big showdown in las vegas where the democrats were butting heads in the first debate of the primary. Despite a few disagreements, the candidates were toeing the party line on immigration and more. Your vote with juju chang. Reporter right out of the gate the tough questions. Lu say anything to get elected . Reporter Anderson Cooper asking Hillary Clinton about her recent flipflop. From gay marriage to last weeks trade deal. Well, actually, i have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles. Reporter but the real sparks flying between the top two contenders, clinton and Bernie Sanders, going toe to toe for the first time. The first hotbutton issue gun control. Is Bernie Sanders tough enough on guns . No. Not at all. What i can tell secretary clinton, that all the shouting in the world is not going to do what i would hope all of us want, and that is keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have those guns and end this horrible violence that we are seeing. Reporter but the most dramatic moment came after she was pressed on her use of a private internet server for official emails. I did say it was a mistake. What i did was allowed by the state department, but if wast wasnt the best choice. Reporter thats when sanders surprised the crowd with this. Let me Say Something that may not be great politics. But i think the secretarys right. And that is that the American People are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] i thought Bernie Sanders did very well. Of all the folks on the debate stage tonight i thought he did the best. He was the most disciplined on message. He kept returning to the message. He was the most passionate about his message. I think seeing the first woman president would be quite a change from the president s weve had up until this point including president obama. I thought she looked as hillary always looks, which is shes very competent, very composed. Reporter the latest abc News Washington post poll showing clinton still enjoying an advantage over sanders. Despite his recent surge. The super pac draft biden put out this campaign ad. Using his own words from the last Democratic Convention to push him to run. Its about being able to look your child in the eye and say, honey, its going to be okay. Reporter buthe veep staying quiet, choosing to watch the action from home. Juju chang, abc news, new york. And with millions tuned in to the television, many of them on social media, it was a night to remember. Our coverage continues this morning live from las vegas with abcs brandi hitt. Good morning to you. Tell us, what was it like being there . Reporter good morning, reena. Good morning, phillip. You know, what the mood here, everyone seems to be in a great mood following this debate. It here in the spin room, you can see its now winding down, but most democrats say this was what they wanted out of the debate. Fiery but civil. We sawome attacks when it came to policy. But nothing personal like we saw at least with the last couple Republican Debates. So overall the democrats here in the spin room came back saying they feel this was a win for their party, reena and phillip. And of course we cant let you go without talking about donald trump. He was of course among those watching. What was his reaction to the democrats . Reporter you know what . Donald trump actually came up during the debate as one of the topics. Even Bernie Sanders said if im elected President Donald Trump and the rest of his billionaires are going to be paying a lot more in taxes. So of course before the debate began donald trump put it out there that he was going to be watching, he was going to be live tweeting during the debate, and some of his responses online were this debate is sad. He said theres no star on stage. And he says the democrats and that he could not wait to debate whoever becomes the democratic nominee. Of course that would mean hes the Presumptive Republican nominee. Of course donald trump said his speech today was more entertaining than anything you saw on that stage. Reena and phillip. Abcs brandi hitt live in las vegas. Brandi, thanks so much. And our coverage of the debate does not end here. More highlights coming up in our next half hour. Including additional insight about joe biden. On to some other news this morning. Former nba and reality tv star lamar odom is being treated at a las vegas hospital after being found unconscious at a brothel. Medics were called in yesterday when odom was found to be unresponsive. He was stabilized and driven to vegas because his 610 frame was too big for a helicopter. Odom was married to Khloe Kardashian for four years. They divorced in 2013. Well, now we have alarming news out of iran. State television says the country has successfully testfired an advanced torpedo system. Theres no word on its range. And the report cannot be independently verified. Irans defense minister says no foreign power can prevent iran from improving its defense capabilities. Meanwhile, Irans Parliament has approved a nuclear deal with world powers. A top russian official says the dutch report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 is biased and politically motivated. That report determined that a russianmade missile brought the plane down, killing everyone on board. Months after painstaking work allowed investigators to reconstruct that aircraft. The new report did not determine who fired the missile. Investigators are still working on that. Another crash in florida, where least three people have reportedly died. The tragedy happened late yesterday afternoon in the Palm Beach County town of palm springs. Witnesses say the plane suddenly dropped out of the sky, hit two mobile homes, and then burst into flames. One resident says he fears his daughter was killed in the crash. Loss of two firefighters killed when a burning building collapsed. Abcs alex perez reports on the grief and the investigation. Reporter more than 50 firefighters battling this monstrous blaze near downtown kansas city. Then ordered to evacuate. The firefighters make it out. Command did you copy . Major collapse on the west side. Reporter but not far enough away. One of the walls pushing out 30 feet. Trapping four firefighters in the rubble. Kansas citys bravest racinging to save their own. 17year veteran larry leggio and 13year veteran john mesh pronounced dead at the hospital. Firefighter leggio leaves a wife, mother and many immediate family members. Firefighter mesh leaves a wife and four young daughters. They were both good men. They were hard firefighters. We know today theyd still do the same job again if they had to. Reporter the two other injured firefighters are expected to be okay. Across this city flags are flying at half staff to honor the fallen firefighters. This is the First Time Since 2008 a firefighter here is killed while battling a blaze. Alex perez, abc news, kansas city, missouri. The former head of chicagos Public Schools is apologizing to students and teachers. Barbara byrd bennett pleaded guilty to corruption charges, admitting she steered 23 million in nobid contracts to her former employer. Outside the courtroom she cheerfully said students and teachers deserved much more from her. Prosecutors have agreed to a 7 1 2year sprintsz. Twitter is cutting back. The company is laying off more than 300 employees. Thats about 8 of its staff. Engineering will be hit hardest. 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The jury answered this question yes. Reporter the case began with this altercation between two Milwaukee Police officers and this suspect. It ended violently with each policeman shot in the face, leaving them scarred physically and mentally. It felt like i didnt deserve to live anymore. I actually considered committing suicide. Reporter the officers deciding to sue the gun store where the weapon was illegally purchased. Julius burton, the suspect who shot the policemen, was too young to buy the gun at the time. So he paid this man, seen here on surveillance tape, to legally buy it for him. Its called a straw purchase scam. According to the lawsuit, the gun store approved the sale despite a number of irregularities including that the man filling out the form first noted the gun was not even for him. The officers in milwaukee, authorities claim badger guns 2006 and 2009 more than 1,800 guns from that dealer were used in crimes. But gun store Officials Say they never intentionally sold to criminals. The last thing we want to do is put a gun in somebodys hands that has thats going to commit a crime. Reporter the gun store gets to appeal the ruling but the verdict could have farreaching implications, with gun dealers across the nation on notice that they now have to be more careful about who they sell to. Pierre thomas, abc news, washington. The two Police Officers were awarded 5 million in damages because of their severe injuries. And one of them has brain damage. Yeah. And a destroyed eye from this. Horrible, horrible case. Well, coming up, donald trump returning to the network that recently gave him the boot. Plus, see if you can guess who was named the sexiest woman the skinny is next. I cant believe we broke old man hennesseys window correction dude, you broke. I just threw the ball. This is really bad. What are we going to do . Dude, kiss your life goodbye. Lets go. Oh. 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This videos actually from 2004, which is his last appearance. Its going to be good. He looked so different in that video, doesnt he . Its going to beg though. It is. All right. Actress Hayden Panettiere has checked into a Treatment Facility for postpartum depression. The star of nashville gave birth to her first child last december with boxer wladimir klitschko. Pantiers tv character juliet also suffers from the affliction. Hayden has been open about her struggles telling kelly ripa and Michael Strahan its really painful and its really scary and women need a lot of support. Yeah, as many as 1 in 7 american women suffer from some form of Mental Illness during or after pregnancy. Its so good to see someone in hollywood talking about it because i was just talking to another abc employee today who has a young child. People say how happy they are and how great it is and you feel like youve got to play that part, but there can be some dark moments, especially in the first year, and to have somebody like her come out and talk about it is really wonderful. Its important to know youre not alone. And Jennifer Lawrence is speaking out about the gender pay gap as it relates to her experience in hollywood. She reveals she found out through the sony hacking scandal just how much less she was paid for her work on the film American Hustle than her male costars. In an essay for lenny letter. Com lawrence writes about her anger with herself over not negotiating harder and saying i would be lying if i didnt say there was an element of wanting to be liked that influenced my decision to close the deal without a real fight. I didnt want to seem difficult or spoiled. Lawrence closed the essay by declaring that she is over trying to find the adorable and likeable way to speak her mind. All right. 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