Weights. And hes dead lifting them, too. I bet his muscles are burning. Now he served as a firefighter for the last 30 years. And about a month ago, he decided he was going to retire. So he went out in a blaze. This is the kind of firefighter you want, right . The beam across me, i got it. You have to be strong and fit to do this job. This should be sent in to be some sort of perspirant for a deodorant commercial. Hes going to say, lets see if you can do this in 25 years. It would be better if a rookie came in and was lifting oh, sorry, i saw a fire. He said this is probably his last dead lift as a firefighter and probably the last fire he would be putting out. But now he plans to focus on lifting fulltime in pursuit of the over 50 world record. Oh thanks for spending part of your day with us. Rightthisminute. Com has a lot more fun content or catch t, fi screenings, gospel brunches and eve an fashion show. Yeah. Elvis fashion show has to be eventful. The government has released a plan to protect alaskas beluga whales. Theres safety for oil spills and stressors. On the other side of the ocean the pacific, theres no saving this fish. The first tuna auction of the year at the Worlds Largest fish market in tokyo has ended with a winning bid of 74,000 for that 467 pound blue fin tuna. It comes among plans to relocate the market to make room for the olympic games. Have you been to that market . I have. It smells great. The fish are frozen. Its fascinating. Even more so if you go after youve been at the bars all night. Make sure you go before they move it out for the olympics. Also a good point. Well turn now to a major scandal that rocked the nation nearly 30 years ago, and has reopened with a new chapter. Lyle ma den ez was con viced with his brother of murdering their parents. A wealthy family. Now hes speaking out for the first time in 20 years telling a new side to his story. Reporter for the first time in 20 years lyle mendes speaking out from prison. Im the kid that did kill his parents. No amount of regret has changed it. 1989. Jose and kitty are brutally murdered. Whats the problem . Whats the problem . Someone killed my dad. Were they shot . Yes. From the outside, brothers lyle and erik it all, but they describe a cal deron of secrets. Tell me as clearly as you can why you murdered your parents. Sitting down for an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters in 1996. I have said to myself, i am never going to let my father touch me again. Reporter their defense, an act of debt precipitation after years after abuse at the hands of their father, but they were sentenced to life in prison and found guilty. My own childhood prepared me surprisingly well for the chaos of prison life. Reporter lyle is 48 and hes more reflective now. His life behind bars always shadowed with regret. Its still a failed destructive ending. Thats part of the tragedy of it. It could so easily have not happened. Interesting part is that the last time the boys actually saw each other was two weeks after that interview with Barbara Walters back in 1996. Its not likely theyll ever see each other again. Thats the strange part. It may never happen. The appeals have been exhausted as well. Legally theyre at the end of the road. Interesting interview, and a story there. And you can watch the full story in the twohour special here on abc. Truth and lies the Menendez Brothers tonight on abc. Coming up, where are they now . Past world news now anchors will share their favorite memories. So i hear that somebody is another year older, another year wiser and maybe funnier. I want to say happy birthday world news now. I cant believe youre 25. Thank you for allowing me to have more fun than i thought humanly possible. Thank you for not getting me fired because god knows some of those moments with rob nelson were so funny, but so inappropriate. And also, last but not least, thank you for the mug. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to us. You are welcome. We know paula needs the mug and lots of coffee. Shes probably one of the busiest people at that company. And someone else who deserves a mug because she spent the most time of anyone in these chairs. World news now 25 years old. Well, that means the rest of us are 25 years older, but just not going to go there. We worked in the middle of the night. We loved doing what we were doing. Most importantly, i worked with some extraordinary people. Extremely creative, dealing with new technologies that today with take for granted. And we were edgy. Before anyone even knew what edgy meant. World news now, thanks for everything. Thanks to all those people who spent all that time with us in the middle of the night. Great memories. Many more for the rest of you. For the next 25 years. Happy birthday, world news now. And in the next 25 years, shell look exactly the same. She looks beautiful. Talia anchored world news now for almost four years. Her final coanchor was mark mullin. He still has a very soft spot for wnn. So, this was often overlooked. The only reason we could have such fun on world news now was because we had so many really good journalists and writers and producers. If you look at one of the typical world news now broadcasts, youll see at least two segments of hard news. That gave us permission to have fun later in the broadcast. If you dont establish credibility, you only have sillness, and you can always find funnier silliness than what we were doing. What started 25 years ago . Dave matthews band. The nicotine patch. The exhuming of president zachary taylor, and world news now. Yes. Yeah, that last one. I almost forgot about that last one. Living the life in san diego. Its great to hear their perspective having come from a show you imagine it must have been so different back then, and yet everything they say rings true still today about the bond overnights and how we work together. And the formula still works. The two news blocks and then were dancing for the rest of the day. Another person to sit in this chair, lawn, and then equally hip, world news now, and you can see her now on your pbs station, alison stuart. Happy 25th anniversary, world news now. It seemed like so long ago i was anchoring in 2000. What a crazy year. A democrat won the popular vote but not the white house. And anderson and i used to stream it live on the internet and chat with people. Watching news on your computer. Whats that about . Oh, venus won wimbledon. Bruce springsteen was on tour. The more things change, the more they have a stay the same. Dont change. Youre perfect the way you are. Happy 25th anniversary. As you look at that. Shes still wearing the same jacket. Roughly the same hair style. She hasnt changed. I like this trend, that our anchors are aging gracefully, and many of them not at all. Its light and makeup. We asked on our twitter page why are you watching us and why are you awake . The options being shift work, new baby, insomniac, still drunk. Number one answer so far . Still drunk . Thats what i thought. Insomniac. I think theyre too drunk to get there and press the button. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. Then i got a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if youre eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. Call now and find out about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesnt pay. 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Go pro with Crest Pro Health gum protection. It helps prevent gum bleeding by targeting harmful bacteria on your gums. Left untreated, these symptoms could lead to more Serious Problems including tooth loss. Gum crisis averted. Temperature index in the first day of 93, a chilly 246. It seems colder in celsius. I have to say it was one of the more confusing elements of world news now. The National Temperature index. Declaring daily that it was 512 degrees or 821 degrees. It outraged people around the world, and so were going to learn from the man who kraecrea it what in the world is a temperature index. There were points to a lot of stuff we did. It wasnt just to be foolish. David, whats the meaning of the world news now temperature index . The world news now temperature index infuriated so many of our viewers. Because, well, they were asking us what it was. World news now National Temperature index sits at 820. The world news now temperature index dropped for the day. National temperature index is at 757 degrees. I will tell you that the world news now temperature index is no less real than the dow jones. It was a real number, and it was calculated every day. And there was a point to it. But we never told anybody what it was. Do you know whats in the dow actually . Meteorologists all over the country were annoyed. They were complaining it wasnt real. I got a fax from japan. The program was on in japan. I got a fax from the japanese meteorologist association irate about this temperature index. It became one of those things, but it was real, and there was a point to it, and we didnt want to really belabor it. And it was a thing that was amusing for us. Because everyone asked them and the answer was 700 or 512 or whatever it was going to be. The world news now temperature index is down today to 837 degrees. Imagine that. And, of course, we did it in fahrenheit and centigrade. I like that we did a whole piece with david and got zero we know no more now about the temperature index. We tried to figure the algorithm for the today, and david is like, no, its the cormcor like cocacola. Somewhere with the bus count. Yes. The london bus count was also one of the best things here. And we still have no idea why. This morning on world news now the showdown over Americas Health insurance. Democrats and republicans are putting together their respective game plans for the future of obama care. Health care for millions hangs in the balance. So whats the plan . New overnight the horrific video after a man tortured in chicago. Police saying its the worst thing theyve seen. New video showing how two Police Officers were ambushed at a walmart. Surveillance shows how the surprise attack played out. And for you the viewer its just your favorite news show, but to us, it is work and fun. And for our 25th anniversary celebration, were taking you behind the scenes of world news now. We may make it look easy, but now youll get to witness the blood, the sweat, the tears that are shed for this broadcast did we mention the tears . Yes, it is thursday, january 5th. From abc news, this is world news now do we make it look easy . We are in pain every day over it. I think they give us too much credit. We have fun. And way back in the 60s, jackie o gave us a behind the scenes look of the white house and now the modern day jackie o i like this dress. Jackie o was a fashion icon. Yes, she is, very nice. Either that or youre a flight attendant. Youre beautiful. It looks great. I like it. Dont pay me compliments now. Im going over here for the rest of the show. Were going to start this morning with the battle over obama care. Almost as heated as whats going on another the desk this morning. Each party is huddled in their own corner. Yes, and president obama is urging a number of democrats to stand their ground and defend the key portion of his legacy. While mike pence vowed that dismantling obama care will be Donald Trumps first order of business. Meanwhile House Republicans passed a bill at blocking scores of mary bruce has more. Reporter president obama arriving on capitol hill rallying democrats to defend his Signature Health care law. The president huddling with Congressional Democrats for the first time in over a year. Thank you. Look out for the american people. Reporter on the opposite side of the capitol, a different scene. Mike pence meeting with House Republicans. Announcing donald trump is working on a series of executive orders to start rolling back obama care on day one. Were going to repeal obama care and replace it with solutions that lower the cost of health insurance. Republicans have been offering those ideas again and again. Reporter the republicans have voted to repeal the Health Care Law more than 60 times. They still have not agreed on an terntive. We asked how speaker paul ryan. Why no plan to replace it . We have a plan to replace it. We have plenty of ideas to replace it, and youll see as the weeks and months unfold. Reporter even with some rank and file republicans are passing the buck. Republicans have had years to mull this over. Why is there still no cohesion around the best way to do this . Well, as you know, ive been here 22 years. I aint in the leadership. Reporter not on you . Right. Reporter democrats are openly attacking republicans for having no clear plan. Their message . You break it, you buy it, and obama care will become trump care. The president elect perhaps seeing that too, issuing a warning for his own party tweeting republicans must be careful in that democrats own the failed obama care disaster. Adding obama care will fall of its own weight. Be careful. All the people covered by obama care are left wondering what comes next. While a President Trump could take executive action as soon as he takes office, hes aware of the political consequences of the fight. Republicans are saying they want to phase out obama care over several years giving them time to come up with a comprehensive replacement and ensuring americans dont feel like the rug is being pulled out from under them. Thanks to mary. The president elect has selected a top wall street attorney to head the securities and exchange commission. Jay clayton is an expert in public stock launches. The Transition Team as sec chair, he would encourage investment and provide oversight of wall street. Trump hired a political advisor dismissed by Chris Christie in the wake of the bridge gate case. He will be Trumps Deputy assistant and political director. He was not charged in the lane closing skajtsding scandal. A blast of frigid air is spreading across the northern half of the country and its causing temperatures plummeting. North dakota is one of the most bone chilling spots. Temperatures there wont reach above zero until friday. Heavy snow triggered a multivehicle crash in pennsylvania. Nobody there was seriously injured. And in the west wind and rain and lower elevations with the snow in the mountains making travel virtually impossible. Some state highways in california, oregon and nevada are closed. In Chicago Police arrested four people following a live stream video that allegedly shows the suspects torturing a mentally disabled man. We have blurred the video. Well show you a small portion but we warn you it is graphic. The four people in custody are seen and heard on the video beating, burning, stabbing as well as taunting the duct taped man. Police believe the man was held hostage for at least a day and possibly as long as 48 hours. They found him Walking Around the citys west side completely disoriented. At least 30 more witnesses may testify in the penalty phase of the Charleston Church massacre trial. A federal jury heard from four victims, Family Members and white supremacist dylann roof. He insisted he is not mentally ill and once again said he will not call any witnesses in his defense. He could be executed for killing nine members of an historic black church. Prosecutors plan to call up to 38 witnesses including two survivors. A chilling new video shows what happened when Police Responded to a trespassing call at a walmart and ended up in a shootout. Abc has the details. Reporter itted with a call from this arizona walmart. Someone trespassing, but it turned into a shootout right out of a movie. Police releasing multiple angles of video showing what went down that april morning. Officers talking with the suspect watc