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faced down the man who held her captive. >> days turned into nights. nights turned into days. years turned into eternity. i knew nobody cared about me. he told me that my family didn't care. >> reporter: knight was 21 years old when castro lured her in. with promises of a puppy for her son. amanda berry 16 when she was abducted. today she is 27. gina dejesus, just 14 when the ordeal began, now 23. >> gina was my teammate. she never let me fall. i never let her fall. she nursed me back to health. when i was dying from his abuse. >> reporter: michelle was the only victim who came to court. she is 32 years old but so small her rescuers thought she was a child. she was a tiny tower of strength. as she spoke, ariel castro's eyes never left her. but this is the moment he registered emotion. >> i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. i will overcome all this that happened, but you will face hell

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130802:10:01:00

>> thank you. great to be here. and i love celebrating friday this way. we get to do it first. >> yes, we do. going to have fun. get to the news first. life in prison plus 1,000 years. that is the sentence handed down yesterday for ariel castro. it came as no surprise. >> what did come as a surprise the even more shocking details of the horrors he inflicted on the women he kept captive. here is abc's karen travers with more. >> reporter: michelle knight said nobody should ever have to go through what she did, even her worst enemy. >> you took 11 years of my life away. and i have gotten it back. i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell its just beginning. >> reporter: ariel castro sat through the lengthy sentencing hearing with his hand and ankles in shackles, chained up just like he had done to his three victims. later he spoke for over 15 minutes, repeating several times -- >> i am not a monster.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130802:09:03:00

in the end ariel castro was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 1,000 years, not before his victim, first victim, michelle knight faced down her captor in person. >> i spent 11 years in hell, now your hell is just beginning. i will overcome all of this that happened. but you will face hell for eternity. from this moment on, i will not let you define me or affect who i am. >> now after michelle knight finished her statement, castro himself spoke up in a bizarre and rambling 16-minute statement. he actually blamed his victims, insisted he was not a monster. the details and not being a monster really don't seem to match up in this one. >> yeah, and he pretty much sat emotionless during much of what she had to say. i think he only flinched once when she mentioned his eternity. now it is his turn. >> now it's his turn, right?

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130802:09:09:00

>> how about that? their owner says they go through that twice a day every day. he says hope sings beforehand. he left out that part of the video. well done, hope and rosie. they're synchronized. like they've been working on it. look they're working on it. they have got it down. >> that's why i love dogs. they think you are the coolest person no matter what you are doing. no matter if you are singing their way to dinner. >> exactly. maybe they're thinking, dude, enough already with the stuff. can you give me food? i don't think so. i think they're loving it. >> i think they are. >> very nice. >> nice to have a ritual around meals. >> absolutely. >> wouldn't have thought of that one. but, hey. >> sing for your supper. dance for your supper. coming up -- "glee's" good-byes. details emerging how the hit show will deal with the death of its star. and inside the mind of a monster. a ariel castro's bizarre ramblings, claims, and we'll talk to experts to find out what is behind his beliefs. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now"

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for eternity. >> reporter: a new glimpse into what the women endured, the rusty chains, ariel castro used to restrain them. often for weeks at a time with little food. we learned they all kept diaries documenting their ordeal fearing they would never make it out alive. in a bizarre, rambling, 16-minute statement, castro implied he was the real victim, insooising he never abused any of the women. >> i'm not a violent predator that they're trying to make me look like a monster but i'm not a monster. i'm a normal person. i am just sick. >> reporter: castro became emotional talking about his daughter with amanda berry. the judge was unmoved. castro will never be allowed to joycelyn again. he was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years. now his victims are moving forward. gina's cousin telling the court of everyday milestones. >> she laughs, she swims, she dances. and more importantly, she loves and she is loved. >> reporter: for michelle knight standing up there, a giant step

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130802:10:39:00

he left out that part of the video. well done, hope and rosie. they're synchronized. like they've been working on it. look they're working on it. they have got it down. >> that's why i love dogs. they think you are the coolest person no matter what you are doing. no matter if you are singing their way to dinner. >> exactly. maybe they're thinking, dude, enough already with the stuff. can you give me food? i don't think so. i think they're loving it. >> i think they are. >> very nice. >> nice to have a ritual around meals. >> absolutely. >> wouldn't have thought of that one. but, hey. >> sing for your supper. dance for your supper. coming up -- "glee's" good-byes. details emerging how the hit show will deal with the death of one of its biggest stars. and inside the mind of a monster. ariel castro's bizarre ramblings, claims, and we'll talk to experts to find out what is behind his beliefs. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by united health care. w" weather brought to you by united health care.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130802:09:15:00

>> i think what all of us are concerned about is wbr-id="wbr21040"/> he is a very good liar. >> reporter: being mentally ill does not mean he is not legally responsible. legal insanity is a high bar used in 1% of cases and experts say not applicable here. a relative of gina dejesus also spoke -- >> to ariel castro -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: looking ariel castro straight in the eye, "may god have mercy on your soul." cynthia mcfadden, abc news, new york. >> it's mind-boggling to me to hear that it was consensual sex when these women are chained up. >> yeah. >> where does your mind go from chains to consensual? that's crazy. >> it was just disturbing all the way around. great to see one of his victims come forward and so bravely face him down in court. and we saw that moment. she seemed to, you know, be glad she did it. >> kind of a relief too, there is no long, drawn-out,

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130802:10:03:00

so it was kind of hard to get my weapon back if the holster. >> reporter: ariel castro stole his victims' freedom and lost his own. karen travers, abc news, washington. after more than a month, former nsa whistle-blower edward snowden is out of the airport and somewhere in moscow. granted a one-year temporary asylum. the white house is furious threatening president obama may decline president putin's invitation to an upcoming summit at the kremlin. so much political intrigue on this one. >> i know. i know. no one really knows where snowden is. but obviously, he still fears for his safety. not exactly, it's good news for him, he gets out of the airport. there is a long road ahead for him to be a free person. >> a one-year temporary asylum. makes you wonder what is going to happen after a year. >> right. right. it's sort of a middle-of-the-road decision by putin. a lot of -- lot of repercussions there. >> to be continued. the state department closing its embassies across the muslim world today. this -- excuse me, this sunday,

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130802:10:32:00

consulate. we just don't know what the specific target is. another u.s. official added there could be other targets, not just embassies. this is the first mass closing of embassies and consulates due to an intelligence threat since 2002, the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >> the department, when conditions warrant, takes steps to balance continued operations with security and safety. >> reporter: normally the decision to shut down operations at embassies would be made by an ambassador. this time, washington is ordering the closures. for now they're just set for sunday as u.s. intelligence officials work to get more specifics. karen travers, abc news, washington. here at home, quite a few shocking specifics coming out of the ariel castro sentencing hearing in cleveland. witness after witness testifying as we heard new details about how the three victims endured bondage in rusty chains, weeks with little food. in the end ariel castro was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 1,000 years, not

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130802:09:14:00

misunderstood. "nightline" correspondent, cynthia mcfadden spoke to the experts. >> reporter: ariel castro wbr id="wbr20440"/> took full advantage for his right to speak, for 16 minutes he alternated between self pity and apology, defiance and remorse. through it all, stunning delusion. >> most of the sex that went on in the house, probably all of it was concensual. >> reporter: perhaps, mr. castro cannot bear to see himself the way the rest of us do. saying repeatedly he is not violent. not a monster. he called himself a victim. saying, as a child he had been sexually assaulted and is now addicted to porn. the judge made short order of that. >> you have been a victimizer. >> reporter: surely mr. castro is right about one thing. he is a sick man. is ariel castro a sick man or just an evil one? >> well, i think he himself seems confused about that. i think society is as well. he has some sort of a sexual disorder. he certainly describes the fact that he feels driven by a force that he doesn't fully understand. >> reporter: but if he's so sick, how did he go undetected all those years? /b>

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