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#NBCNews #BrianLaundrie #January6

[@azapata3094]

That Vet. Is a hero. Good men still out there!!!

[@nayarevolutionary5811]

Dang, I feel sorry for both families. What a loss!

[@Bdermady]

I would’ve felt sorry for both families until they refused to talk to the police. Took quite a while before they showed any remorse.

[@nayarevolutionary5811]

@@Bdermady Regardless those parents lost their children, most likely their lawyer told them not to speak, but I know they are all hurting

[@Ddoglatin]

If you and the parents of Brian will not speak. People will keep speculating just the nature of the beast. Brah

[@zariballard]

Exactly and I love that anchors are calling this guy out. He completely expects to be asked nothing. He came out of nowhere suddenly now and he has the GALL to act like he has no clue why people are suspicious! Amazing! I still don't believe a word of this. He wants us to feel bad for the Laundries!

[@lurkingarachnid7475]

To the Laudrie Lawyer God: No crime goes unpunished

[@dv4381]

"Angry" for what? He killed Gabby, ran, and died in the process. Like Gabby's family didn't suffer. Brian brought it on himself stupid man, you don't have the right to be angry!

[@lorrieyoung5125]

when the lawyer is talking about why the parents wouldn't speak or cooperate with police and that no client should ever speak, but they weren't criminally charged with anything and that they just wanted information regarding Gabby....they didn't talk because they knew what happened and were protecting their son....they should definitely be charged with something....

[@juliehenderson1672]

Obstruction of justice ; harboring and assisting a fugitive.

[@bangortattoo8142]

No you should speak with the police bc they like to spin things. Look at how many innocent people are in jail bc they did nothing wrong and spoke with the police with out a lawyer. Now they are in jail.

[@robinnewhouse1563]

That lawyer of the laundrie's certainly makes the impression that he knows more than he admits to.

[@msjunpyo8]

Thank you for showing we do have wonderful black fathers out here that love a take very good care of their family like my father and now my son ...

[@WeTruk]

He knows something for sure! Becoming angry!

[@georgygirl4502]

He Took A Wonderful Natural Beautiful Life, And Nature Paid Him Back. Justice Served.

[@rosemiller4622]

He said the area Brian was found was under water and couldn't be seen , however they searched the water on boat and they didn't find anything. He said they suffered a great tragedy, all because of Brian.

[@BenitaHopkins]

NBC, This program "Top Story"... and this Anchor in particular... are a strong asset to your Network! I watch great numbers of news programming daily. This program: Director, Anchor, Writers, Video Technicians etc... are producing one of the highest quality programs on your Network. Thank you for this.

[@katserr3628]

Love that marine.. Thank you.

[@HH-gv8mx]

If law-enforcement came knocking on my parents door wanting to talk to me about spray painting public property for god sake‘s my parents wouldn’t protect me and hide me. And they certainly wouldn’t have harbored or helped me in anyway if I was wanted for questioning about the Disappearance and murder of my fiancé. But I know there are plenty of parents who would protect her kids no matter what they did.

[@ttacking_you]

You're not getting a straight answer out of a friend of the family

[@Sharon-py5ns]

MEDIA: Respectfully, just the facts, please, without the look of utter contempt while interviewing. When did professional journalism take such a downward turn. Show Respect towards all people and please allow the audience to form their own conclusions.

[@deniserosaly9292]

Yeees! Finally someone that hates the ways they turn everything into a gossip channel.. not news and how thay spin and spin a story in a way its hard to know the truth.

[@WarpedTrekker]

This attorney is an a-hole. "Tonight is not that time to discuss this...". Yeah weeks ago was the time to help Gabby's family. This guy is holding back information too. He needs to go on trial along with the laundries.

[@richardstonyisland9719]

I suggested it that he's swim out at night into a lagoon filled with alligators and call it all the rap.. a few weeks ago!!👍👍👍 🐊🐊

[@qui-gonjinn6115]

At 12:22 he admits he has had communication with Brian. The laundries and the lawyer are ghouls.

[@manwii97]

Yeah, he could of spoke to Brian before his death 😂 he knew Brian as a kid. Correct tho, he did speak to Brian lol.

[@qui-gonjinn6115]

@@manwii97 if you watch the timestamp and I'm sure you knew I was talkin about his lawyer speaking to him while he was on the Run but you're funny

[@HaleeHuckleberry]

Conversations he has had with Brian? That was a bit weird for him to say

[@Sweetfitglam]

He kept saying had and have very intentionally, he knows what we heard

[@jeremiahjenkins4098]

Gator saved tax payers money he got justice

[@jonathancard4395]

If I ever hire an attorney and I hear him utter the words “lauren forcement” he’s fired!

[@HO-oc4dz]

A week long search? Man it's been more than a month

[@wahidbayyan3836]

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE MARINE! HOORAH!

[@lisas.1002]

Prayers for the Laundrie family.

[@georgygirl4502]

Where Was Brian's Sense Of Humanity And Where Did He Learn It??? I Don't See Where.

[@o.s.9520]

Good questions to the lawyer. Laundrie family definitely know more since they don't want to meet face to face with Gabby family.

[@kathydoan2845]

AGREED! The parents knew, they had to?

[@Yourdeadmeat69]

We still haven't cleaned up the laundry. Laundries parents should be taken off spin cycle until they come clean.

[@trilliondollardreams1]

I see what ya did there

[@Yourdeadmeat69]

@@trilliondollardreams1 Time and Tide wait for no one.

[@thedissector8921]

He’s too emotionally involved. Replace him

[@personneinexistante8413]

I must agree

[@victoriapapesh6892]

What a tragedy for two young people... Prayers for Gabby and Brian 😭

[@sukilee2486]

My prayers re th they both gave their life to Christ before they passed.

[@gokugoma3258]

@@sukilee2486 one was killed and one had his death fake

[@victoriapapesh6892]

GEEZ... What horrifying stories. What is wrong with people??? OMG 😳

[@ajohn6932]

How silly could those young robbers be? So you think you was going to walk past the big athletic guy pointing a weapon towards the clerk of the store? Think again

[@gokugoma3258]

I think he's still alive.. I think the parents are covering for him and they have been covering for him

[@nixwestlake9196]

Gotta love a Marine ❤️❤️❤️❤️ooo rah 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@kathydoan2845]

He's their lawyer and he is not going to tell anyone the truth!

[@RockingChode]

Bryan was no saint. But everyone out here acting like their children are some little angles in the world . Idk why this Gabby’s case got so much attention when there’s girls missing every day.

[@Mr.Sequiro]

It was the strangeness of it, it was the fact that he came from their road trip without her and refused to talk. There was this really odd stuff going on. Thats why it blew up in the media. Had this just been her going missing locally around her home. We probably wouldn't even know about it.

[@peri-sue6973]

Pretty hard to feel sorry for them at all since they made Gabby’s family suffer when then obviously knew their son was an animal and murdered that young lady.

[@reverendpaulabrice5506]

WOW THE LAWYER AND THEM PARENTS GOING TO JAIL HE DODGING EVERYTHING NEWS MAN ASK HIM 2 FEET OF WATER 💧 WOULD HAVE EXPOSED IT WOULD BEEN ON TOP OF WATER ALLIGATOR WOULDNT LEAVE A SKULL 💀

[@sciencevids1101]

Next with Tony Llamas: "more hay hay news".

[@williamjohnson8120]

P

[@darrylthaxton4656]

Spoken like a true lawyer cast doubts every chance you can it's part of what they do he has known them for years he says until he's under oath you never know even then whether he's telling the truth

[@taylorbug9]

Perhaps we need the buddy system when it comes to nursing. There are too many of these cases happening how are people supposed to trust the medical industry?

[@brigui22]

GREAT IDEA! Especially taking into consideration the ever-expanding nursing shortage that plagues the health care industry!!

[@juliehenderson1672]

Body cameras as with law enforcement. Security officer supervising camera room.

[@juliehenderson1672]

If patients will die; they'd rather die at home free of cost in their own bed rather than a sterile environment and liquidating their assets.

[@rosettadenton2876]

Wow love you Tom. Thought you would never leave ABC Family... Congrats💕🙏💜

[@msjunpyo8]

The Marine was like DON'T PLAY WITH GUNS

[@lindatilley5652]

Being upset does not forgive taking someone's life think about it Mr lawyer a crooked one at that

[@bogues824]

Woke eating the woke. Priceless

[@tonia2574]

I am a parent it wouldn’t take me five days to figure out my child is missing. Smh

[@tammyphelps9218]

Justice for Gabby Justice for Gabby

[@Aljosef6366]

It "stops" when the only people who know the truth SPEAK UP.

[@frantzymerisier9661]

Karma is the real deal!!!

[@pamelabean9929]

How long are they going to continue to make this breaking news🤔

[@kathydoan2845]

The media is out of control!

[@CM-sm2pk]

This is the type of lawyer that gives the profession a bad name. He is so insensitive and his anger is disgusting. I would not normally write something like this but...he has a very smashable face. Please, everyone, don't get violent. He does have an attitude that needs a reality check.

[@phillipmoodielaw]

I really want to see how this hostage situation is going to play out. $17 million is not a lot of money. Give them the money and leave Haiti ---- stop going there period, unless it's going to be another invasion, which I don't think is worth it for $17 million.

[@DJRenee]

They owe Haiti way more than 17 million

[@crystalheflin7153]

Listen at 12:13 "communications I have with Brian"

[@susankoicuba3752]

Crystal Heflin ... some heard but YOU gave timestamp for those who didn’t! 👍🎉 💯

[@katserr3628]

Not a surprise. Brian came home of course he talked to him.

[@susankoicuba3752]

@@katserr3628 ... Lawyer should have said WHEN he talked to him! So sad for both parents AND their children! Both families will suffer life-long loss & constant “what if I would have ...” life-changing guilt! 😢

[@katserr3628]

@@susankoicuba3752 I agree. I don't know one parent that didn't grieve their child's death because of things they did or didn't do. People should have more respect.

[@susankoicuba3752]

@@katserr3628 ... Yes, for sure, more respect - but not in this age of volatility & social-media hype! Actually, it SHOULD start with respect to/from parents to/from child throughout life til death, but rarely does. If not, the life-choices cycle NEVER changes 😢

[@Abby_care_services]

Parents and a lawyer covering for a murder

[@kathydoan2845]

The parents should be charged PERIOD!

[@stefansweeting9140]

I think the lawyer of the laundrie family is guilty. This sounds like a twist. Tho my condolences goes out to the family. YOU NEVER KNOW. Consider ALL POSSIBILITIES.... 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ramthian]

Great 👍

[@kathleenkelly7356]

Gators got him.

[@victoriabydone9840]

You need to press charges against these gaslighting in public it needs to come to an end.

[@pixie_sparkle74]

Karma is real and it came back to him......... it's a tragedy thecwhole thing

[@vickygates7628]

When he came home without Gabby the police should have been called. They could have stopped Brian from dying. That attorney is acting like everyone else have done wrong. He protected the real ones that are in the wrong, including himself. They could have saved Brian, but chooses to do nothing.

[@evangdeborahmiddlebrook5770]

Did Laundrie’s, parents seem to be distraught, after they had found some of their sons things. Their Attorney, sure has been a great Advocate, for the Laundrie Family, he’s earning a check, if he’s charging them. Empathy, and prayers, go out to both families.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@lindatilley5652]

Guilty and they knew everything they can't play stupid forever

[@isaacsmith3362]

Dragging it out..SCENARIO

[@1976ondy]

Gabbie would be here if she got arrested or detain when she admitted punching Brian while he was driving , but she got the jail--free card like all abusive woman. Deal with it and learn from this tragedy , now move the f on!. Tired of seen this over showed news even tho i live in Hawaii. Thanks youtube

[@latoyaleeperez2066]

I have with Brian

[@MadMax-gc3ct]

Everybody the Police or the FBI. Now 😂

[@offthegrid167]

I bet those last few hours were interesting Brian and well deserved. Holding your beautiful young girlfriend 1 minute feeding the alligators the next.

[@smoothandchunky1]

Strange trip for a stranger bird

[@WeBoogie28]

I dont believe they found him just because the said it 😹

[@controlfoodcontrolthepeopl5627]

What a pathetic lawyer. He is as dirty as the Laundries.

[@halinabemben9932]

I hate to break that up to the lawyer . If Brian s parents talked from the get go , people would go away. It's on him that his parents had to suffer . Big mistake . The truth always prevail

[@JohnPerez-yu4rd]

******* "That Lawyer Got Frustrated But He Said All The Right Things.. [-(I'D HIRE HIM)-]..."

[@cdubya3071]

What condition were Brian’s things found? A backpack and a notebook. Where’s his “survivor” solar panel? His cooking & drinking equipment? His burn phone? His tent/sleeping bag? Under his parents’ raised gardening box?

[@legendcanibal9642]

A cover up. Parents involved. The real Brian is either in Israel or Italy.

[@Psichotica7]

Lol, do you say that because his father is Jewish and his mother is Italian? I'm not sure but I'm assuming based off of other comments I've read.

[@hungvantran7530]

MShung sends wishes of peace and joy for Christmas to the leaders of European countries, allies and partners, have a happy and peaceful day with family and relatives MShung

[@janetgilmore8006]

Turtle food..? = turtle pooh...?

[@Livetoeat171]

It should be, if not illegal, immoral just like in the medical field that no lawyer should be a friend or family member of their client. He seems to know more than he should as a friend and can easily use it to his benefit as a lawyer.

[@Sweetfitglam]

He’s an accessory, why is he also the “Attorney”

[@abderrahimanasse9018]

*The next + Next + Next in the South side of Mediterranean Sea,is there any call option for us? *ME:Who's next?Big Gulf Region of 5 ?

[@benshapiro5474]

Happy to see Tom has a prime-time anchor spot - ineffably late congratulations

[@brannengibson3123]

Yes

[@MadMax-gc3ct]

Facebook Twitter KZbin. Police Department. FTY

[@ronimartel2215]

Brian wasn't grown-up... A grown-up wouldn't have done this....too immature to have any self control and his parents are accessories after the fact...

[@sukilee2486]

Were his belongings saturated in water?

[@lindlhubbard2513]

Does anyone think this is a homeless man with new dental work?

[@formulah113]

I'm black and in the fifth grade my teacher put me in stocks in the store room. these kids have it easy today.

[@admiralthrawn7754]

The fact that defense attorneys in America who get their law degrees by telling their clients to never speak with authorities who are trying to find out the crime that took place shows that the American Justice system is corrupt. There is so much damage added to the crime by not cooperating. Blame goes on the prosecution for not providing any incentive to the future defendant to cooperate. In the end, someone will pay for the crimes committed, and someone always will.

[@garykreutzer1239]

His death was NOT unfortunate. It was justice.

[@GMoneyGMommy]

This lawyer is giving Norm Pattis vibes. Boo hoo.

[@garryh3126]

Makes you think ?? Who's the victim here ?? He's deserves everything he got I hope it was painful.

[@barbaraakinbowale4456]

If the family continue with this so called solicitor their life will be very difficult.

[@sambathehusqueen9909]

that laundrie attorney is so trumpy. only convinces me there is much theyre hiding.

[@briangura1335]

Lol no lawyer is that personally invested in this client. You don’t have to play defense if you never stop attacking

[@GM-gv8qd]

I think his parents knew exactly where he was they were super sketchy from the beginning with off behavior. This lawyer is just doing what many lawyers do which is defend anything and anyone under any circumstance for the almighty dollar. I think his parents grew concerned after not hearing from him and that's when they probably panic and lead everyone to the general area of where he was but it was to late. To Brian's parents you guys are pieces of you know what in the way you handled this case from the beginning you guys saw how much pain the girls parents were going through and all you guys did was get a lawyer and offered absolutely nothing to them. Cold hearted I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The laundries are just a bad seed in society.

[@latoyaleeperez2066]

Communication I have with Brian 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@crystalheflin7153]

You heard that too 😑

[@ericburton4705]

This dude said two people that lost their lives???? Wtf, one person was murder by the other person and the other person committed suicide because he took the one person's life

[@fairyjessy03]

This attorney looks a little sloppy

[@phillipsanchez4192]

In other news, 45,000 people decided to chant stereotypical "Indian sounds" during a baseball game in Atlanta while millions watched on TV and no one batted an eye.

[@DonnieEls]

Why Tom yamas never smile. Dude always so serious. Tom seem like the kind of snob who looks in the mirror before the show every night while fixing his tie and pointing at the mirror like "you got your own show before all the street reporters on nbc you handsome son of a bit*h" hahaha im sry im just salty this guy got his own hour show after working for nbc for like 3 weeks while all the other reporters who were there longer still out risking their lives like gabe down in Haiti smh.

[@babes1fan269]

Why is this woman SOOOOOO important? People are being murdered everyday and no one looks for them so what the heck? I'm tired if hearing about it but just had to say something because its everywhere I go. And I have lost a son under not the best set of circumstances. Please give it a rest. 👀👀👀👀👀

[@sandratussey2624]

Yeah, that was totally an assertion from the reporter about Brian.

[@JayNa886]

Omg!! Laundrie's family and stupid lawyers upset his death but didn't give a sh*t about gabby's death. REMEMBER, BRIAN KILLED GABBY!!!!