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KGO Nightline April 11, 2017

And what forced him to finally resign today . Finally resign today . And finally resign today . And to take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. Were going to start here tonight with a bizarre and disturbing moment caught on camera aboard a United Airlines flight. A man dragged off the plane for refusing to give up the seat he had already paid for. He was left bleeding and his fellow passengers were stunned. Were any laws broken here and could this happen to you . [ screaming ] reporter they are the shocking images of a passenger caught in a travel nightmare. A man visibly shaken as hes yanked come on. Reporter and then dragged off a united jet by law enforcement. Oh, my god, look at what you did to him. Reporter all after refusing to give up his seat. Tonight chicago Aviation Security officer put on leave. For many of the passengers and for many of the millions who have seen this clip, the question is how did it get to this point . It was surreal. No one expected it to happen like that. Reporter it was scheduled to leave chicago sunday evening at 5 40. The destination . Louisville, kentucky. Its when the passengers got on board that the crew started to offer vouchers for a hand full of seats. 800 sounded nice. I thought it was unusual nobody was volunteering. I think it was because there was no other flight until 2 p. M. Today. Reporter united saying they werent overbooked. They claim the passengers were all on board when crew members approached the gate agents and needed to be in louisville to work on their own flight. Four seats would be needed. Everybody was seated by then, and the fact that they told us we would not leave until four people volunteered, there was just a real sense on the plane that that wasnt right. Reporter with no takers, a computer picked four passengers offering them 1,000, the airline says. All complied except this 69yearold man who said hes a doctor and needed to get home to treat patients . Two police come in in full gear. They tell him he has to leave the plane. Reporter john, the man in the orange shirt was sitting right in front of the passenger he saw and heard it all, he says. How do you react when the police arent asking questions. Theyre just trying to forcibly remove the man . I could not believe what i was seeing or hearing. I was in shock. Reporter and so were other passengers. Many of them recording as the officers dragged the man down the aisle. I have to go home. Reporter minutes later the man slipped back onto the jet. I have to go home. Reporter before he was removed again. The ceo calling it an upsetting event and saying the airline is reaching out to the man to address and resolve this situation. In an internal memo, they were saying he was approached a few more times in order to gain his compliance. Each time he refused. The passenger has yet to comment. You nighted may have been right legally, but morally its hard to make a case for the way this man was treated. And people are expressing their outrage. Look at what you did to him. Reporter yet demanding a paying customer to give up a seat is perfectly legal. Its part of a document that nobody looks at called the contract of carriage. It gives the airlines, the pilot, the flight attendant, all sorts of rights to do whatever they want. Reporter this is the second case of negative press for United Airlines in the last two weeks. Late last month two teenagers had to change clothes before boarding a flight from denver to minneapolis. We heard the gate agent say these arent my rules. I just enforce them. Reporter airlines have rules for every situation. But sometimes social media doesnt look at the rules. They look at the outcomes. To me, it seems like a sexist policy. Reporter united says the family was flying under relatives and friends flying for free or at discounted prices. The airline told abc news when taking advantage of this benefit, all employees and pass riders are considered representatives of united. The passengers were not in compliance with our dress code for Company Benefit travel. Oh, my god. Reporter leggings aside, this is not the first time weve seen Airport Security dragging a passenger down a plane aisle. This one went viral. A Delta Airlines representative said in a statement at the time that the passenger was not complying with boarding and bagging checking procedures and removed by local law enforcement. And not even two weeks after that incident, an unruly passenger was removed from a jet blue flight not by police but by staff at the request of the secret service after reportedly harassing ivanka trump. He was upset. He walked on as soon as he saw her, he started shaking. Reporter the secret service said they made the decision to remove the passenger from the aircraft. Jet blue wrote in a statement the decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly and they worked to reaccommodate the party on the next available flight. People behaving badly on planes is not a new phenomenon. Between 2007 and 2015 there were nearly 50,000 unruly incidents. 40 of Airlines Report they diverted a flight last year because of an unruly passenger. Example, this freakout at 40,000 feet. All of a sudden this guy who was sleeping just woke up out of nowhere and started flipping out. Reporter this passenger punching and kicking as flight attendants struggled to restrain him. Everyone is freaking out. I was a little nervous. I wasnt sure what the guy was trying to do. Okay. Reporter or this guy growing more irate by the moment in a heated exchange. Im 28. I made 4 million a year. What do you do . Nothing. Shut up. Yeah, right. I own six houses. [ screaming ] reporter but other than refusing to leave his seat, theres been no evidence that this man who claims to be a doctor on his way to see patients in louisville, did anything wrong. When you look at this tape, does it look like Excessive Force to you . Absolutely. The question is whose fault is it . Whose to blame . United calls the police department. The police shows up and drags the guy out. The Excessive Force here is really from the police. Not united. Look at what you did. Reporter what comes next may be a lawsuit . If that passenger files a lawsuit, its most likely against the police, not the airline. It will be against both. The airline has every right to involuntarily deny access to the plane. What makes this different is this wasnt about denying access. This was about yanking someone off. Reporter might make that 800 coupon seem like small potatoes. 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If were going to do what we did the other night, we are going to have to start. Reporter this is the voice of the alabama governor bentley caught whispering Sweet Nothings to a woman that wasnt his wife. You know what, when, when i stand behind you, and i put my arms around you, and i put my hands on your breasts and i put my hands in and just. Reporter on the other end of the line is one of his long Time Campaign consultants who is also very married. Theyll their alleged affair is no crime, the coverup is. The its taken the the governor to the big house at least long enough to take this booking photo. Police say he illegally used resources to pay his alleged girlfriend and hide the affair in a deal that will help him from serving a long made a couple confessions. He was fingerprinted and paid bond like a common criminal. And then faced the music thats been going through the hallways of legislature for two years. I have decided it is time for me to step down as alabamas governor. We know that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Robert bentley could not handle the power. Reporter the story reads like a bad romance novel. Listen to me. Take your earring off and let me kiss your ear. Reporter all that sexy talk was taking from a dermatologist and a former deeken who ran for governor preaching family values. Ive served my country, state and patience with honesty and integrity. Ill do the same as governor. Reporter by his side was his loyal wife of nearly 50 years. He was almost a grandfather figure. Reporter bentley was new to politics and decided to hire someone with good experience in the media. Rebekah mason. She was married and nearly 30 years his junior. Once bentley won the election, her influence on the governor grew. Eventually she became his top adviser. That caused a lot of concern. She flattered him and flirted with him. Reporter all of a sudden he was acting brand new. He started dressing better. His wife noticed. She not only noticed the changes in the wardrobe but also the changes in his demeanor. Reporter the first lady wasnt alone. People in the office said the governor started acting strangely. They would walk into a room where the governor and Rebekah Mason were together and both the dwroer governor and mason would be start startled. Reporter in the spring of 2016 14, governor bentley sent a text meant for rebecca to his wife. His wife was soon getting ahold of Text Messages between them where bentley writes things like im yours forever and i love you so much, and took it a step further when she left her chchb next to her husband and made sure it was recording while he called his alleged girlfriend. I love that too, putting my hands on you. She had one of her aides download the recording to a laptop and burn them onto a cd. And the cds became a bit of an obsession for the governor once he discovered he was recorded. Reporter he went too far trying to keep his secret, being accused of using his Police Detail to track down the recording. Governor bentley has attempted to put together a little montgomery mafia, intimidating people, harassing people, threatening people. And if youre going to do that, you best be good at it. Hes not. It was very juvenile. Its become apparent to me that Rebekah Mason has wielded the influence over the governor and State Government that i have never seen in all my years of public service. Reporter all of this might have never come out if it werent for the former top Police Officer Spencer Collier who went public last year. He says he was fired for refusing to cover up the governors alleged affair. I explained to the governor it would be a crime if he used state resources to facility a relationship or if he used Campaign Funds to facility the relationship. Reporter the governor denied that he and mason ever got physical. I want everyone to know, though, that i have never had a physical affair with mrs. Mason. Reporter but there was no walking away from what he called inappropriate remarks. Mason resigned in march, 2016. I said some inappropriate things, and i know that i did that. And so im just apologizing for that to her, and ive apologized to my family and the state of alabama. Reporter the mess was grit in the auditor officer. An affair among people is not in and of itself a crime. Accusations are he used state resources to further the affair with the senior staffer. And to cover it up. I just found some obvious signs that things were wrong. 120 days you cannot raise money after the election is over. And i looked and then hed done that twice. This was unbelievable. Reporter the complaints led to an investigation that produced this 131 page report released friday by the house judiciary committee. It accused him of an extensive abuse of power. Lawmakers called for his impeachment in his own party. Everybody wants to make a joke out of it. For us, were living it. And its just an absolute embarrassment. My district has suffered for the last two years because my battle with the governor. The way you keep politicians straight is watch rim. Reporter part of the deal, he has to pay back Campaign Funds he spent on Rebekah Mason, agree to never run for office again and serve a years probation. He walks away with his freedom, but it seems hes lost everything else. His wife divorced him in september of 2015. Hes lost his children. They no longer talk to him, and now hes lost his office. Reporter for nightline in montgomery, alabama. Next, weve got the skinny on mama junes weight loss. How the star of here comes Honey Boo Boo lost 300 pounds. Take on the mainstream. Introducing nissans new midnight edition. One of many pieceinn my ast coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. 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I was under the surgery whether there were cameras or not. Reporter the weight loss took nearly two years along with diet and exercise. Unfamiliar territory. Its the first time you really exercised . Uhhuh. Reporter how hard was that . Very. I didnt want to do it. Reporter add to that, two more painful surgeries to remove her excess skin. Compared to her former self, the new june is barely recognizable. When you look at these old pictures of mama june, these are the pictures that the world got to know you. Thats not me. Reporter even with the ups and downs, mama june and her family are doing what they do best, grabbing headlines and ratings. Did you ever have any regrets about reality tv . If i had anything i regretted, i wouldnt have done it to begin with. Reporter Deborah Roberts in new york. Our thanks to deb and our thanks to you for watching news. Thank you for watching and good night. Seriously, what is this place . Its heaven. Yeah, muscle heaven. 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