vo:remember to changew that oil is the it on schedule toy car. keep your car healthy. show your car a little love with an oil change starting at $19.95. hello, everyone. i'm don lemon in new york. at this hour, we have breaking news in to cnn. there has been a major development in the multistate amber alert case of missing teenager hannah anderson. and her alleged abductor, james dimaggio. we have just been told by investigators that james dimaggio is dead. 16-year-old hannah is safe and with police officers. her father is being transported to meet with her. this happened in western idaho where dimaggio's car was found yesterday. the teenager was last seen a week ago at her cheerleading practice in san diego county, california. cnn is on top of this story.

we have reporters in the region as well as a former fbi profiler who can speak exactly to how this man was found. how hannah, why happnnah is ali and how he was taken down. according to investigators, a campsite was spotted from the air at a campsite, or at a park in the wilderness, in idaho. ground units were sent in, and then an fbi tactical agent took down james dimaggio. this is at the north end of moorhead lake in idaho. it happened around 4:22 pacific standard time. i want to go now to cnn's miguel marquez. is miguel marquez with us now? miguel is on the scene. miguel -- >> i'm here. >> you have been following this story really from the very

beginning now. you are in idaho. tell us about this operation. how it happened and what you're hearing now. >> reporter: well, one thing you just said, don, that caught my interest is moorhead lake. this is an area that was about six miles from where that car was ditched on, presumably on either late monday, possibly tuesday. they were then seen around 5:00 p.m. on wednesday on, by a horseback rider near moorhead lake. so, and then it wasn't until friday morning that this search really kicked off. is you're talking about 48, perhaps 60 hours between the time they were spotted and the time this investigation got going. and here we are on saturday. 72 hours later. they didn't move very far from where they were seen at moorhead lake. so either they were extraordinarily tired. they only got six miles in a day, perhaps, two days. it's incredibly rough territory. we flew over it today. there is smoke in the air from fires. it's hard to breathe.

it's very rough terrain. very steep terrain. very rocky terrain. they, described to me as having gear that was medium to light. not the sort of hardcore gear that you would expect if you were going to be out in that sort of wilderness for an extended period of time. that apparently is what that horse rider felt when he talked to them afterwards realizing, well, you know, it was a little odd, they weren't really dressed appropriately and correctly for being that far out. very, very cold at night. especially up that high. easily you could slip into hypothermia in the low 40s and high 30s, but amazing to see how quickly this thing has come to a head. i can tell you there's this area where we are, where you can can see they're preparing for a press conference here soon. just a block away here in cascade, there's also a huge area where all the law enforcement is. that parking lot is now rammed with vehicles, individuals coming in. the sense around here is one of

jubilation, and i'm sure for the family, the grandparents and for the anderson family, for brett anderson, despite losing keith, their son, christina anderson, his wife, and the grandson, and the daughter of all them, there is a real festive attitude and enormous relief this thing has been brought to a conclusion this swiftly. this was a huge concern going into this that not only were these guys doing a search and rescue operation, but they were facing somebody who was potentially armed and dangerous and could have taken a hostage and done harm to her or she could have been injured or killed in the crossfire. don? >> hey, miguel, out of curiosity, you're there on the scene. tell us what's going on around you there. >> reporter: well, i can tell you the media from across san diego, from california, from all over idaho is here. this is the fire station here in

cascade, idaho. and people are starting to come by. people from idaho, here, one young man is standing here next to me who's just been watching all of this unfold in front of him. the cars are starting to come by. the media always attracts attention when we come to these places. but this has been topic "a" across this place. everybody, you know, i wear this hat into cafes here and the only thing people do is come up to me and say, did they get him, did they kill this person? is she okay? and everybody, everybody was, their hearts were going out to that family. this young woman. and hoping that this thing ended well. it is a great relief that it has. don? >> very well said. very well said. if there's any good news in this, i mean, it's such a horrific story, is 16-year-old hannah has been found alive. please stand by, miguel marquez. we want to go to san diego now. our other cnn correspondent is standing by. paul, who has been following this story for us as well. paul, the news came from san diego about what happened.

of course, it happened in idaho. what's happening where you are now? >> well, there's this tremendous sense of relief because, don, in this building behind me, it may seem sort of faceless right now, and if you will, sobut they are euphoric because a resolution has come to this. they've been working hard on this. some 20 detectives i was told at one point including those from ncis because he does have a military background. he was a navy corpsman. off the record here when you talk to people sort of in the neighb neighborhood, that sort of thing, they said, i hope she lives and one man said, frankly, i hope he dies. we talked with briefly over the phone her grandfather. he said he is absolutely euphoric, thrilled with the news. so the grandparents talking to us over the phone just briefly, don. so there's a great sense of relief here after this terrible tragedy that shattered a family. >> do you know anything, paul, about the dad? we heard that the dad, brett anderson, was on his way to meet with his daughter. do you know where they said they were transporting him? where they got him from?

and how long is the journey between there? between the two places? >> from what we understand, he, of course, would be the first person informed of all of this and when a crew of ours across town from where we are to try to go to his house, to go to the grandparents' house, he was not there and someone suggested that he had been gone for at least an hour. so i imagine, don, he's headed to the airport where he will be put on a plane and hopefully he can reunite with his daughter tonight. not sure if that would be a commercial flight or a private plane or just what would work out here. it should be about a 2 1/2 hour flight by my estimation, if there are not any stops. sometimes it can be a little difficult to connect to boise. what we understand from boise to this wilderness area is probably going to take, oh, at least another hour's drive. i think it's 70 miles away-plus. i know that driving in the mountains of idaho can be rather painstaking in those curvy, windy mountain roads and cascade is getting to the foot of this remote wilderness. >> all right. paul, thank you very much.

appreciate that. listen, i'm just getting this into my inbox. paul, stand by. this is a statement from brett anderson. the father of hannah anderson. it says, he just texted this to a cnn, someone here at cnn. it says "i am nervous, excited, saddened for my wife and son and worried what my daughter has been through. it's now healing time. keep us in your prayers." keep us in your prayers. that is from brett anderson, the father of hannah anderson. the information is just coming in now. i want to get now to marissa chavez, a friend of hannah anderson. marissa, you have been speaking as well about your friend. how are you taking this news? >> very happy about it. excited. >> yeah.

what do you plan to say to her? because i know you're going to talk to her and probably very soon. >> just make sure she's okay and tell her that she got a lot of support and she still does and everyone's still going to be here for her. >> yeah. maris marissa, you mentioned something about the suspect here who is now dead. you said that you overheard, or she overheard him saying that he had a crush on her? >> yes. i was in the car with him. yeah. >> what did you hear? >> that he told her that he had a crush on her, but he didn't want her to think of him as creepy or anything. he was just saying if she was his age, he'd date her. >> and how did she react to that? >> it was uncomfortable about it. >> yeah. and did it make you uncomfortable as well? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> a little bit. >> yeah. so, you know, when they were spotted apparently at this -- at

this campsite, or at this park, people didn't think anything out of the ordinary. they said she may have been acting just -- they thought something was a little bit off, but it didn't appear that she was being held against her will. do you think that she was doing that to make sure that she stayed alive? >> yes, i'm very sure of that. i know she wouldn't have just gone willingly with him. >> yeah. tell us about, a little bit more about hannah, because her dad talked about her saying she was someone, or she is -- she's still here -- she is someone who has so many friends, no one would ever say a bad word about her or any of his children. >> yeah. h she had a lot of friends and never wanted to start problems with anyone. she was really outgoing. she was really outgoing and fun. crazy. >> yeah. and i'm sure you're glad to have her around. did you know her brother?

>> yeah. what? >> did you know her brother, ethan? >> yeah. i did. >> yeah. he's no longer with us. >> yeah. >> what kind of kid was he? >> he was always the sweetest, probably, kid i've ever known. he always was, played in sports or played his xbox. he was always a sweet, sweet kid. he was always there for everyone. >> yeah. marissa chavez, thank you very much. we know this is a tough time for you and a happy time because your friend is alive now. thank you. be well. bye. >> all right. viewers of breaking news on cnn that we are following is that the suspect in this case, this missing teenager case, which is a murder case as well, has now been killed. has now been killed. james dimaggio, 40 years old, killed at a campsite in idaho. his 16-year-old person that he

had taken, kidnapped, that hostage, in many ways, hannah anderson, found alive and is about to be reunited with her father. we're awaiting a press conference in idaho. it should happen at any moment. we'll bring it to you. details after this break. at farmers we make you smarter about insurance,

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hello, everyone, don lemon in new york. cnn breaking news this hour that we are following. we've been following it carefully throughout the week here. a california teenager missing since last weekend and believed to have been kidnapped is alive and well. the man who police believe kidnapped her, and also believe responsible for the death of hannah's mother and her 8-year-old brother, that man is dead. shot dead by an fbi agent in

western idaho. this ends a frantic weeklong manhunt involving hundreds of police officers and federal agents. 16-year-old hannah anderson's mother, 8-year-old brother, died when their home was burned last sunday. hannah had not been seen since then. a tip led law enforcement to western idaho where james dimaggio was found dead, killed, today by fbi agents. i want get now to marc klaas, of course, the father of polly klaas who went missing almost 20 years ago, october of 1993. marc, you've been a bit critical of the emergency system, the amber alert that was put out in california, and other areas. and, but now it has come to this. do you think that this amber alert helped in this case? >> ultimately, i do, don. and let me just say how -- how important this is, what an

object lesson this has to be for a small agency throughout the country, that if one of your, children is taken, you need to get ahold of the fbi. they have resources that are unavailable any place else. they have -- they have the ability to organize massive amounts of agencies, multiagency task forces and bring it to this result. i think my criticism of amber alert stands. i think that it was rolled up very, very badly and i think that many people have probably opted out that wouldn't have opted out had it been rolled out in a more judicious manner. but i do want to say that i think that this is a perfect ending. i'm glad that dimaggio is dead, and -- >> you're happy for this family, i'm sure. >> i'm so happy for the family. i -- it's the perfect ending. she survived and he didn't. so he's finish. we won't have to deal with him anymore. he won't be in the headlines anymore. and hannah will be able to move

forward with her life and begin her recovery today. >> marc klaas, thank you for the words of encouragement. we want to get to cnn's miguel marquez in idaho with new information on that. miguel, what do you have for us? >> reporter: i just spoke to the grandparents of hannah, sarah and ralph, who are in santee, california, and, you know, they said that they are ecstatic. despite losing two members of their family, they are ecstatic that hannah is coming home to them. they called her their honey bunny. they didn't have a sense of the shape she was in. they fear that she's been through a heck of a traumatic experience the last several days, and certainly today as well. we don't know the details of how mr. dimaggio was taken out today. but they said they are coming home and jokingly at the end of the conversation, sarah said, you know, tell all parents to name their kids hannah. it is remarkable what this family has gone through. to lose so much, but to have days on end to be kept on

tenterhooks over whether or not 16-year-old hannah would be found alive and well, to have this news today is enormous. brett, hannah's father will be coming here in the morning to collect her and take her back to san diego. that is a reunion that i'm sure words and pictures cannot express the joy that will be felt on that day. if i could show you, you know, a couple seconds ago you asked what it was like here. you know, the more we go live, the more the people show up. i think about half the people from cascade, idaho, are here tonight. you guys happy that this is happening? excited this is happening? it is amazing, it is absolutely amazing how the country, the people here, everyone, has focused on this and just this great sense of relief out of such sadness. don? >> miguel, don't go anywhere because you were talking about the father. i want to read this. if we can put that back up.

i want to continue on with miguel. this is a statement from the father. he says "i am nervous, excited, saddened for my wife and son and worried what my daughter has been through. it's now healing time. keep us in your prayers." migu miguel, you said the dad will be there in the morning to be reunited with his daughter. what a wonderful moment that will be. >> reporter: oh, i can't even imagine how tearful that is going to be. this is a family that has had its trials. you know, he lost his job in san diego. he was forced to move to tennessee. they've had a tough time in their relationship. christina anderson was raising two kids along with the family there. she was a massage therapist. she was, you know, getting her life together. she was working incredibly hard. ethan was a football player. hannah was a cheerleader. it was constant trips to here and there as parents know. just a good, you know, salt of the earth hardworking people. mr. dimaggio is someone who they

came to know and trust for many, many years. he knew them since the kids were babies. hannah was about 6 months old when he came into their lives. he knew ethan their entire life. and for this to turn around on him, he was losing his house, he begged christina anderson to come up to the house. one last time, he said, because he was going to lose the house and have to move in texas. instead it turned into this. i can't tell you -- taking advantage of her nature, you know, ethan had football practice the next morning. she was tired from a very long week. but she still went out there and then this happened. it's just -- words can't describe how difficult it has been for this family, and i am so happy for them that it has ended well, and i know there's a great sense of relief in the anderson and brit households tonight. don? >> miguel marquez, thank you very much, in cascade. there's a reason he's there. we're awaiting a press conference there shortly. miguel will cover that. we'll carry it for you live. details on this story. more of them. and that press conference right after a break.

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hello, everyone. don lemon here in new york. breaking news here on cnn. a story we have been following carefully for you all week. a california teenager missing since last weekend, and believed to have been kidnapped is alive and well. the man who police believe kidnapped her, and also believed responsible for the death of hannah's mother and brother, that man is dead. shot dead by an fbi agent in western idaho. this ends a frantic week-long manhunt involving hundreds of police officers and federal agents. the good news in all of this is

16-year-old hannah anderson is alive. we're awaiting a press conference. the box that you see there on your screen, the small box, now it is taken full, we've taken it full. a press conferences expected to start now at any moment. we'll carry it for you live. we're back in a moment. [ male announcer ] how do you get your bounce? bounce is great because the freshness lasts for weeks in the drawer. why can't everything stay fresh that long? [ male announcer ] how do you get your bounce? [ man ] lasting freshness.

we're following breaking news here on cnn that we have been following really for you all week. a california teenager missing since last weekend. believed to have been kidnapped is alive and well. the man who police believe kidnapped her and also believed responsible for the death of hannah anderson's mother and brother, that man is dead. he was shot by an fbi agent in western idaho. we have just been told by officials in cascade, idaho, that we should expect this press conference at any moment. they came out and gave us the warning that they would be ready in minutes, and the sheriff of valley county, idaho, will be speaking among others. our miguel marquez is in cascade, idaho. paul is in san diego, california. this has been a multistate operation. a manhunt really for this man. i'll get to you in just a minute, paul. i want to go to miguel marquez, getting ready for that press conference.

i think they said it will happen at about five minutes, should be about four minutes now this is going to happen. you have been speaking to family members as well. and give us an idea of the mood where you are as we await this press conference. >> reporter: well, the mood is jubilation. half of the town of cascade has shown up. how good is this news? and, you know, it's the same with law enforcement. you see around. there's clearly a great relief has been lived off of people's shoulders, and, you know, jason pat coming out here today to say the agent in charge will be speaking with the fbi. there's a lot of credit as mr. clemen clemente, speaking earlier from the fbi, a lot of credit goes to this team for pulling it off successfully. the level of danger, and everybody here understood it. you know, you're deep in the woods. this has been going on for days. they've been in a car driving for days. they've been walking in the woods. they're tired. desperate.

hungry, perhaps. and, you know, for this to end as well as it has, i got to say, i've been covering this story for a bit. i cover a lot of stories. i was not so hopeful that this would end this way, and i am very, very, very pleased that it did. don? >> stand by, miguel. as we await that. i want to get quickly to paul. paul, i may have to jump in if that press conference gets started. the news was announced where you are in san diego and officials obviously came out and went back inside. is there any new information to garner from san diego since this is where this story started? >> no, there's no new information, but i would like to fwif you context here. in talking to relatives all week long, this is a story of colossal betrayal. almost of biblical proportions. think kane and able. instead of a brother being dead, it was a wife and son. after all, they considered jim dimaggio an uncle. when you talk to these people all week long, they couldn't believe this ever happened. at one point according to one person who's close to the family, they said jim dimaggio

was living with the paternal grandmother and basically getting himself on his feet financially. so he could buy the house down toward that border town and move into it. so you can imagine just how heartsick they were. so many people not believing at all that jim dimaggio would shatter this family, don. >>, paul, thank you very much. we'll get back to you if anything happens. i want to get back now to miguel marquez. miguel marquez, this is where this press conference is going to happen where you are, and they are stepping up to the podium now. let's listen in to this press conference about how they got this man, killed this man, and they found hannah anderson, 16 years old, still alive. >> good evening. i'm mary rook, the special agent in charge of the fbi office of the salt lake city division. i want to update you about the

rescue operation that just concluded. at approximately 5:20 local time, special agents with the fbi's hostage rescue team along with salt lake city's division of the fbi, observed hannah and the suspect near moorhead lake at a campsite. agents moved in to rescue hannah. the suspect is deceased. as a matter of policy, the fbi automatically dispatches a shooting review team from washington to review the circumstances surrounding any situation where a special agent discharges a firearm. the team will interview witnesses and determine exactly what happened. for this reason, no other details can be released at this time. when incidents like this occur, no one ever really knows where the investigation will lead. in this case, our team faced a very challenging situation. our team of fbi agents, valley

and ada county sheriffs deputies, idaho state police, u.s. marshals, the u.s. border patrol, and the rest of the entire team, worked tirelessly to find hannah. now that hannah is safe and being evaluated in a medical facility, fbi victim specialists are working with hannah and her family to get them the resources they need as they enter this next challenging phase. of this incident. as grateful as we are that she was recovered safely, we also remember the other victims in this case who lost their lives. moving forward, the fbi evidence response team along with detectives from san diego county sheriffs department, will process the crime scene at the site of the rescue. this will still take some time and require a great deal of logistical coordination. as the idaho portion of this case wraps up and transitions

back to san diego county, we will continue to work with our colleagues, both in idaho and san diego, and provide them with any continuing support they might need. it has been said that the greatest weapon against crime is the cooperation of all law enforcement. with the understanding of the public. and i think this case has proven that. thank you. >> patty, valley county sheriff. excuse me. hannah is safe, and that was our first priority from the very beginning. we're so appreciative of all our law enforcement partners. and members of our community who all played a role in bringing hannah home. thank you. >> can you describe this? >> i'm andrea deerden, officer

for this incident. we will attempt to field questions. now, again, as the special agent in charge explained, there is a special investigative team that comes in after incidents like this and so there's very little information about what transpired this afternoon that is really simple at this time. so happy to try to answer questions, however, please understand that the details available are very, very limited. >> thermal imaging, how did they see? >> i don't have any information about how they were spotted, but they were spotted from the air. >> how soon after they were spotted -- [ inaudible ] >> i do not have information on that. the exact timing. i also don't have information about whether or not the suspect fired. [ inaudible question ] no, we don't have any details about what hannah is experiencing right now, but our top priority is to make sure she is okay in every way possible.

that's important. [ inaudible question ] she was removed from the area by a helicopter. >> does she have any apparent injuries? >> rescue team involved? >> this is simply a team that is trained in these kind of situations. and so i don't -- i can't release any specifics on what transpired leading up to this. but these are the teams that go in, whether or not there's negotiation at that time or not. they're trained to handle these kinds of situations no matter what transpires. >> how far from the original site where they were spotted on wednesday were they found today? >> not very far. they were relatively close to the same area. >> andrea, does hannah have any apparent physical injuries? >> no. she does appear to be doing okay. at this point. >> she's in a boise hospital right now? >> i can't tell you exactly where she is. she was taken to a local hospital. >> we had one report that they were swimming when he was taken out? >> i don't have that

information. >> they were spotted by a helicopter, by eyesight, or technology that was used? >> i don't have any specifics on the type of investigative tools that were used at this point. all of that, of course, part of this investigation. >> andrea, without talking about the evidence, itself, can you just tell us, give us a sense of just how complicated, how sensitive a mission this was given the circumstances. >> of course, this was a homicide suspect that was in a very rugged area and we had a 16-year-old girl who we wanted to bring home safely. that is what we wanted. we wanted it to end safely. we wanted her home. that's exactly what happened. but as with any of these, we want to make sure safety is taken into consideration. we have to look at the tactical issues both because of the nature of the investigation, but also because of the land we're talking about. and so it is certainly a complex search. >> were any law enforcement officers injured in the rescue effort? >> i don't have any reports of any injuries to any of the personnel that were on the

ground. >> an you tell us when and where a reunion will take place? >> i don't know when that will happen. they will reunite her with family as soon as possible. >> is she being attended to by -- >> absolutely. victim witness counselors are with her, absolutely. we'll make sure she gets as much care physically and emotionally as absolutely possible as with any case like this. >> do you know when he was declared dead? >> no, i haven't released any of the specific times, and so i don't have all of the times on that part of the investigation. >> do you know the direction -- >> i don't have the exact directions. i apologize. so this will be our last on-camera briefing that we will do on this incident. our teams are now demobilizing so a lot of the federal teams will be heading back to their home bases. and so we will continue to send out any updates via e-mail as we

get them, but we don't expect any new updates until we can get this team in place and they can process that. so all other information after today will come from the fbi office in salt lake city. we appreciate all of your help through all of this. we -- you have been very, very helpful in getting this message to the community and, of course, our thanks to everyone who called in tips. this was a, you know, started essentially in earnest yesterday morning, and today less than 36 hours later she is home and she's safe. hannah is safe and that was -- that's the best outcome that we were hoping for. our top priority. so we appreciate all your help. good afternoon. >> are they going to wait until the morning? >> they will continue to process the scene as they can. i don't know when the crews will be there and all of that. they'll continue to work through the night. >> how many fbi agents were in the hostage recovery team? and how many people were on the ground doing that sort of immediate rescue effort?

>> that part is still under investigation. it's unclear right now. part of the questions that the shooting review team from washington who's coming will look into. unfortunately we're not going to say much anymore about the incident, itself. the shooting review team will interview the witnesses and determine the facts. if we release anything publicly, that might skew it a little bit. what we want to do is wait on them. it's not good fuor you all because everybody wants to know what happened. what's good is hannah is safe tonight. thank you, all. >> thank you, guys. >> okay. there's that press conference in cascade, idaho. basically the information coming out of that is that they are still processing the crime scene and there were details about the takedown of this man that they could not go into because the investigation is still going on. you saw miguel marquez there ask one of the questions at the press conference and he is now getting more information from investigators. we're going to talk to miguel on the other side of this break.

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have been kidnapped, is found alive and well. the man who police believe kidnapped her, and also believed responsible for the death of her mother and brother, that man is dead. we're getting new information now. there was just a press conference held just a short time ago. just moments ago before the break, in cascade, idaho. and we're getting new video in of the search for that suspect and the search for hannah. this is raw video. unedited. we're just getting it in. i'm seeing it for the first time as you are. you can see members of all those tactical teams that went out in the search for the suspect and the search for hannah. this was taken by miguel marquez's crew. our correspondent who's out there who is at that press briefing in cascade, idaho. miguel, if miguel is up, because you asked a question there, miguel, as we go through this video, and we're seeing, you

know, the men in uniform, men and women in uniforms and also the search dogs as well, helicopter, tactical van, as well. what did you see? tell us about the hunt for this suspect and for hannah. >> reporter: well, certainly that they saw it at -- it's not clear if mr. dimaggio fired back, but they are saying very little else. a team now coming in from washington to review this shooting. they say. but i can tell you about that video that you're looking at. that was shot by chris hodick, and sonya, our team that was at the cascade airport today. that was midday. something interesting about that video, they were on custom and borders patrol helicopters. they were dressed in their camo gear. very heavily armed. i was asked, how long will these guys be good to go to the woods and go in there for long periods of time and be directed like

special forces in a military type operation would be directed by somebody back at base? we also know those hospitelicop i believe, were late in getting out the door this morning. there was a lot of law enforcement here. there was a lot of poring over of maps. there was a lot of discussion with local officials about where they might be. what is stunning about this is that they weren't very far from where that individual saw them on horseback on wednesday. clearly, they were tired. they were staying near a lake, so they had fresh water. it's a well-known lake around here now that i've been here a couple days. a lot of guys go fishing there. it's way out in the middle of nowhere, but it is a well-known lake here. and they were just north of the lake. i believe from the folks i talked to earlier, they were seen on horseback south of that lake on wednesday -- >> hey, miguel? >> reporter: through all of this -- yes? >> yeah, as you were speaking here, i want to talk to you a little bit about these are aerials that we're looking at now, and the reason i jumped in here is because at an earlier

press conference, they said they were seen at the campsite spotted from the air and then the ground units were sent in, were sent in. that's why i want to talk about this aerial video that we're looking at now. go ahead, miguel. >> reporter: so it's also still not clear to me whether or not they used, if the air spotted them just before the ground ops moved in or whether or not those air resources were able to pick them up overnight. perhaps with some sort of infrared or if they had drones or other, or even fixed wing aircraft, airplanes up overhead with sophisticated cameras watching out trying to figure out, spot exactly where they were. the other concern with this is, even if you can see them by air, how do they know that these were the two? you can't just take a shot, obviously, and hope that you get the right guy. so they had to move in closely, had to know they had the right person. there had to be some sort of

exchange, whether verbal or otherwise with mr. dimaggio. they clearly realized very quickly that he was not going to give up and that's when they made that life-or-death decision. don? >> miguel, these pictures, too, are exclusive pictures we're looking at. these aerial shots. miguel, during the press conference you asked a question, but also, you know, both people who spoke reiterated the fact that the crime scene is still being gone over now. they can't release that much information because it's still an active investigation. >> reporter: an incredibly delicate, complicated situation. it weighed on everybody here. i don't think a lot of people thought this would end very well because here you had a desperate guy who seemed to be, you know, in love with this 16-year-old who had already killed in a very, you know, dramatic and horrible way, that had betrayed the trust of people he'd known for a long time. so there was a sense of what would stop him now.

the roughness of the territory that they were going into. the length of time they had been on the run. the tiredness. you know, mr. dimaggio, i know, according to family who knew him, had lost, and the people in san diego who knew him, he had lost a lot of weight in recent months and just like the last six months, to a worrying degree, we would pick up his shirt and show him what he called his abs, but it was really they said it was skin and bones literally. it suggested somebody who had gone through a radical change physically, but clearly also mentally, and i think that weighed on the minds of everybody moving into this situation. the fact that they brought this around as quickly as they did and as successfully as they did is fantastic, but, you know, brett's statement about hannah and what she's been through, i can't imagine. the death of her brother, her mother, the fire. and then on the run. and then into this wilderness. and then to see, presumably, to

be nearby as mr. dimaggio is taken down. that is a heck of a lot for anyone to take on, especially a 16-year-old girl. >> so miguel, you've been following this, i want you to go along with me with this timeline as i tell our viewers. you can feel free to jump in at any time if you want to comment on this. we know this all started sunday. san diego county firefighters responded to calls that dimaggio's house was engulfed in flames and found the body of hannah's mother, miguel, inside. christina anderson. correct? >> reporter: correct. and it wasn't until monday that brett anderson got worried. ethan was supposed to be at football practice on sunday morni morning. he didn't show up. they'd gone up 3:00 p.m., friday, saturday afternoon. ethan didn't show up for football practice the next morning, so presumably they may have already been dead or taken captive at that point. then the fire happened sunday night. monday into monday, the pictures start to come out and people think it's just another normal

house fire out in the middle of nowhere in east county san diego. brett anderson gets worried, starts calling around. no one's getting back to him. no one's picking up his phone. they think it's -- they're worried, actually, for dimaggio, jim dimaggio, because they think that's his house. something's happened to him. then slowly into monday the realization of what has happened, who is in there and what appears to have happened with mr. demaumg yimaggio takin, going on the run and prompting this multistate, multicountry amber alert and just the level of focus and concern and fear, very, very high across the entire area. don? >> miguel, we want to say that brett anderson is the father, you mentioned him there. again, i want to just real quickly here, monday august 5th, california issues the amber alert for dimaggio, hannah and ethan. then by wednesday the teen is spotted with dimaggio by a horseback rider in a remote rugged area 70 miles from boise,

idaho, near where miguel is now. friday, idaho state police searched the trailhead there and found the car registered to dimaggio. then this morning, confirmation came from the sheriffs department in san diego that the second set of remains found in the burned out house were those of 8-year-old ethan anderson. hannah's brother. don't go anywhere, miguel. i want to get a quick break in then we'll talk more on the other side of this break. we'll be right back. know where ? are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo, buddy! i got this. gimme one, gimme one, gimme one! the power of the "name your price" tool. only from progressive.

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breaking news here on cnn. a california teenager missing since last weekend believed to have been kidnapped. alive and well now. the man who police believe kidnapped her also believed responsible for the death of hannah's mother and 8-year-old brother. that man is also dead. he was taken down by an fbi tactical agent in western idaho at a campsite. this ends a frantic week-long manhunt involving hundreds of police officers and federal agents. 16-year-old hannah anderson's mother and 8-year-old brother died when their home burned last sunday. hannah had not been seen since then. a tip led law enforcement to western idaho where james dimaggio was found dead and

killed today. the information coming just a short time ago. that hannah's father is on his way to meet with his daughter. stay tuned to cnn for more details and updates. i'm don lemon in new york. good night. where to begin? we've waited a long time to chat with bob haldeman, so now we have the opportunity and the question is, where to start. here you are, you worked four years in washington as nixon's number two man, nixon's sob, as you called yourself. dick nixon never went anywhere without you. >> pretty close to right. >> what you're accusing yourself of is a cloudy crystal ball.

that's hardly the mea culpa that the american public thinks it's entitled to. that's the issue. >> well, maybe the american public is wrong. i know in my own heart, and i know in my own head, precisely what i did, and i know precisely why i did it. and i know that i made some mistakes, i deeply regret those mistakes. >> as richard nixon's right-hand man, he was the one most often recorded on the tapes, and they destroyed him. >> i had the rare privilege for four years of serving on the white house staff under one of america's greatest presidents. >> former white house chief of staff, h.r. haldeman, found guilty today on five counts in the watergate cover-up trial. >> do you regret what happened and what you did? >> oh, sure. the country lost motion, a lot of the good things we were working on in the way of domestic reforms were lost in

the mess. you can't help but regret an aftermath of that kind. a lot of good people had their lives spoiled in the process. >> john err lickman has finished his statement. he was returned to a holding room. a strange phrase, a holding room. >> former white house domestic affairs counselor, john e ehrlickman, four count, guilty. >> the references to, like, an era of criminality or like people there were trying to, you know, rig the country of his democracy. you know, i just don't see it that way. >> chapin was linked in several reports to the watergate case, alleged sabotage of the

democratic presidential campaign. >> chapin, today, was found guilty of lying to the watergate grand jury. >> i don't think that you can take that little piece of history, which may have been the darkest days of richard nixon's career, and construct from that a mosaic that tells you all about that man.

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>> president elect nixon today named another long-time aide h.r. haldeman, to be a white house assistant. haldeman, a white house executive, served as chief of staff for the nixon campaign. haldeman is the closest thing to an alter ego the president has known for conservative views, crew cut and non-stop video taking. >> it was just an extremely exciting time for all of us. it was terribly hard work and very, very long difficult hours, but it was exciting because you were building something. there was no great idealogical thrust or noble ambition involved in this, and no thought of all becoming permanently involved in either politics or government. it was, it was the thing i felt

would be an interesting experience where i could make a contribution and something that would be a learning experience and an interesting experience for me. so that's why i did it. >> the white house staff as it evolves, i think you'll find will be smaller than it's been in the past. i know you'll find it will probably be the youngest one in history, certainly one of the youngest. >> also named as a special assistant was another man, 27-year-old dwight chapin. he served as mr. nixon's personal aide. >> you got to keep in mind i was 27 years old at that point, and we had just gone through this campaign, and i was just waiting to see what unfolded. the day i went in and interviewed for the job, and i met this young 35-year-old crew cut guy by the name of bob haldeman and bob haldeman changed my life. i've never laughed as much as

when i worked in the nixon white house. the sense of humor was the leveling factor. things, messes we would find ourselves in or whatever it might be. >> i think a lot of younger staff people here find that he can far excel them in terms of energy and stamina. >> i took a camera on all my trips, a super 8 and i have quite a collection of film. >> john ehrlichman, a lawyer who directed nixon's campaign tour, will have a broad advisory role in the nixon administration. >> i think this first year we'll see as basically the time of reform. >> ehrlichman is chief of affairs is and understudy of haldeman, who he has known since college. >> i was not a passionate nixon

person going in. probably if some college friend had invited me to go advance for john kennedy, i might have gone. there were very few illusions about richard nixon, i think, among the senior staff particularly as we got into things. a good deal of kind of wry humor about his mannerisms and his foibles and his prejudices. but nevertheless, you work for the president of the united states. he's the only president around. you-all elected him. we all worked for him and it's up to us to make it work. >> it was a very unnatural kind of life and you had the feeling you were in the middle of a great big, brilliantly lighted, badly run television show. i was taking home movie of this throughout. ♪

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germans and describe their office as the berlin wall. i'm speaking of president nixon's chief white house advisers, henry kissinger, john ehrlichman, and h.r. for harry robbins haldeman. everyone these days know who henry kissinger is. but hr haldeman's not is not an easy, tidy one to describe. and of the three men, he has been, by his own choice, the least visible to the public. he's the only one of the three never to have given a television interview until now. his friends talk of his brilliance, efficiency, his dedication to the president and his lack of personal ego or jealousy. his critics call him cold, arrogant, inaccessible. this interview was filmed a week ago in mr. haldeman's office at the white house. you have no calendar of your own? you really follow the presidents

day. you're available, as i understand it, from 7:00 in the morning and on and on and on. what does this do to your personal life? >> well, it poses some problems in it sometimes, but i have fortunately, a very understanding wife and four very interested and understanding children. >> do your sons want you to grow your hair longer? >> i was afraid you would probably ask that. you've probably seen the picture of my sons that we sent out for christmas, but -- because my older son has what i would call very long hair and my younger son has pretty long hair. >> they don't look like daddy. >> they don't. i faced the fact they are the ones in style and i'm out of step on hair stailing and i'm afraid they're right and i'm wrong on that one. >> you have said, i'm using one of your own words, i often find it fascinating to ponder by what standards history will judge nixon when all the partisan

battles are over. well, how do you think he will be judged? >> if he has the opportunity to move ahead with what he's trying to do, i think there isn't any doubt he'll be judged as one of the great presidents. >> good morning. man is about to launch himself on a trip to the moon. with the expectation of landing there. man going to the moon here this morning from this florida launch complex aboard that sat turn rocket. the rocket will put the men into orbit 115 miles above the earth for 1.5 orbits and then the third stage will put them on their way -- ♪

>> go ahead, mr. president. this is houston. out. >> hello, neal and buzz, i'm talking to you by telephone from the oval room at the white house and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made from the white house. and as you talk to us from the sea of tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to earth. for one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this earth are truly one, one in their pride in what you have done. >> armstrong is on the moon, neal armstrong, 38-year-old american standing on the surface of the moon on this july 20th,

1969. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a typical day for me, haldeman would pick me up around 7:15. the car would get bob, then it would get larry higby, bob's aide, and then it would swing by my house and then into the white house. i am responsible for the scheduling and also for the president's daily activities.

our thing was a machine, and i knew my place. it really reflected a lot about richard nixon, the degree to which he wanted things controlled. >> it literally was from 6:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night every day of the week and saturdays and sundays, too. and that pace was unremitting, totally consuming for somebody like me. >> i was very tough on people, feeling that i had to be. there's something about the presidency that i've been ridiculed for my picking up the navy term of zero defects, but you do have to operate at as close to zero defect as you can. and i was not overly concerned with whether people like me as a

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why didn't you burn the tapes? surely you talked about it. >> well, the question came up at one point, should the tapes be destroyed and my strong recommendation was that they should not be destroyed. >> that was a mistake, wasn't it mr. haldeman? >> yes, sir, i would say given what we know now and what's now happened, that it was a

disastrous thing to have done. but there was never a thought that one word of those tapes would be played in public or be played to other people. and when it got to the point of having to release them or having even to consider the possibility of releasing them, they should have been, in my opinion, now, it should have been destroyed. >> i had no idea about the taping system. no, no. >> did you ever talk to haldeman about that? >> no, never. >> john, you didn't know about the taping system in the oval office, did you? >> no. >> did it come as a surprise? >> it did. our white house staff was essentially a dysfunctional organization. i think nixon believed that he didn't have to share every piece of information with everybody. listening to the tapes is very revealing because he's talking

to others about me, and what i should know atnow. and he did the same thing with kissinger and a lot of people. kissinger and the same thing with a lot of people. several times, i recall his saying to me, don't tell henry. he kept little watertight compartments of information, and it didn't work very well. >> dan rather, who has closely observed the nixon presidency reports now on the first year in office. >> in 12 months richard nixon proved himself to be underestimated. he emerged as a shrewd political manager to be remembered as a politician like franklin roosevelt. nixon was supremely disciplined. his mind methodical, cautious, given to worry, yes, but never, never let the worries show. control the byword for every public appearance, calculated non-flamboyance. makeup to cover the beard,

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president nixon's primary focus, his own personal attention was almost totally dedicated to ending the war in vietnam. he tried to move into the committed areas of welfare reform, some areas of economic reform but the one factor which really totally overrode all of those factors was vietnam.

>> i had been in the office, in the president's office several different occasions where he had a handkerchief out and was wiping tears out of his eyes, he was writing notes to parents of kids that had been killed. so i came away from that that the president was doing the very best he could and he was trying end to it and so i didn't have much compassion for the people in the streets. i respect their right to demonstrate because that's, you know, that's what the country is about. but i mean, i was of the opinion that the demonstrators prolonged the war. they didn't help us get out. they made it worse. and that's just how i view it.

>> hello? >> yes, sir. >> john, are you home or at the office? >> still at the office. >> that's too bad, too bad. with regard to this matter bob just went over with me with regards with what we do on the things tomorrow -- just a second. yeah, let's face it, it isn't as bad as berkeley had or san francisco had yet. >> i think you can expect these people will be in very massive

numbers and that probably the police department will be swamped. they will not be able to handle the numbers. >> what do you mean massive numbers? >> i think in any one of these 20 intersections, you'll have anywhere from 700 to 1,000, 1,500. >> who's organizing them? >> it's a highly structured operation. it's quite beautifully organized, actually, by rennie davis and a whole group of more or less professional organizers who have been at this for a long time. >> i think the general conclusion we have come to is that we should not call our troops -- >> no, god, no -- don't let 'em say martial law about the war or this -- >> we leave it to jerry wilson and the police department to conduct their affairs in the normal way. >> what do you want? what do you want?

what do you want? >> good evening. marching behind flags and banners and picket signs demanding peace now, at least 200,000 anti-war protesters jammed the streets of washington today in what was probably the biggest peace demonstration to be held since it began six years ago. despite the huge crowd no nixon official spoke at the rally or appeared at the capitol hill platform. ♪ last night i had the strangest dream, i ever dreamed before ♪ ♪ i dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war ♪ sing it again. ♪ last night i had the strangest

dream, i've never dreamed before ♪ ♪ i dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war ♪ sing it again. >> what is important is not just that we are here today because we have been here before, you and i. we've been here before, and we've been other places, and what we have to decide is that we're going to keep coming back until this war ends. >> yeah? >> mr. ehrlichman is here. >> hello? >> yeah? yes, sir. >> i bet bob a dollar the television wouldn't show the raunchy ones.

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good evening, my fellow americans. a few weeks ago i saw demonstrators carrying signs reading, lose in vietnam, bring the boys home. well, one of the strengths of our free society is any american has a right to reach that conclusion and to advocate that point of view. but as president of the united states, i would be untrue to my oath of office if i allowed the policy of this nation to be dictated by the minority that hold that point of view and try to impose it on the nation by mounting demonstrations in the street.

so tonight, to you, the great silent majority of my fellow americans, i ask for your support. i pledged in my campaign for the presidency to end the war in a way that we could win the peace. i have pledged to you tonight that i shall meet this responsibility with all of the strength and wisdom i can command in accordance with your hopes, mindful of your concerns, sustained by your prayers. thank you and good night. >> hello? >> yes, sir. >> that was great. i must say i put an awful lot of emotion into it. i don't know whether it got through. >> it sure did.

the last part, of course, was a -- was quite a work of art to be frank with you. >> it sure was. >> put that and compress it with that and say it without being maudlin, and yet to have emotion with style. >> it sure was. >> did you talk to the vice president. >> yeah, i talked to him. >> and graham? >> and graham. i talked to those three because i felt i should. rockefeller called, the hell with him but it was a goddamn good speech. >> that is coming through, all the way through. >> want to give me a run down? >> hur. o'neil at the "new york daily news" said it was the most effective job yao done yet. "national review" was impressed with the statement, courageous and absolutely necessary. and adequately answered critics but retained the flexibility you'll need in the time ahead. it will really get through to the american people. it was honest and sincere. >> uh-huh. >> and george mcgovern didn't like it. he said it hadn't changed

anything. >> that's great. wouldn't want him to say anything. well, what the hell? it doesn't make any difference. as i say, tomorrow, we'll just live through the day and we've heard from only three cabinet officers, which i expected. >> we had more than that. >> no, that's all. rogers, mitchell, hodgson. >> have you heard from conley, though? that's curious. >> not to my knowledge, no. >> call him and ask him what he thought of it? >> sure. >> want me to call you back then? >> if you would. yes. >> all right. >> how are you?

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castle chanoshannon, yet the cr could hardly wait for the truly big event of the evening. the president and mrs. nixon ended the suspension with a light hearted move. >> i understand i'm supposed to make a surprise announcement. [ laughter ] >> the difficulty is that every time i'm supposed to make a surprise announcement, i find some way it's leaked before i get to make it. even though the information may have leaked out, until i say it, it's not official. [ applause ] [ laughter ] >> and so tonight, mrs. nixon and i are very honored to announce the engagement of our daughter tricia to mr. edward cox of new york. [ applause ] ♪

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and if the music is square, it's because i like it square. [ applause ] >> president nixon, stop bombing human beings, animals and vegetation. you go to church on sundays and pray to jesus christ. if jesus christ were here tonight, you would not dare drop another bomb. bless daniel elsberg. ♪

>> "the new york times" began publishing a partial text of a prepared study in the pentagon relating to the origins of american involvement in vietnam. five days later, "the washington post" began publishing excerpts from the same pentagon report. on june 22, "the boston globe" published additional material from the study. the documents printed in the papers were classified, and were not to be made public according to the government. ♪ >> the attorney general has called a couple of times about these "new york times" stories, he's advised that unless he puts "the times" on notice, he's

probably going to waive any right of prosecution. >> you mean to prosecute "the times"? >> right. >> hell, i wouldn't prosecute "the times." my view is to prosecute the g goddamn bricks that gave it to them! >> a single name has been mentioned most prominently as the possible source as the "times" documents. daniel elsberg. a former state department and pentagon planner, and of late, something of a phantom figure. >> we cannot let the officials of the executive branch determine for us what it is that the public needs to know about how well and how they are discharging their functions. ♪ >> he's the brightest student i've ever had. he volunteered for service in vietnam. he was so nuts he would drive around vietnam with a carbine when it was guerrilla infested.

and he'd shoot at peasants in the field on the theory everyone is black. but late '67, he turned into a beatnik. at m.i.t., he heckled me and accused me of being a murderer and being associated with a murderer. >> all right, all right. ♪ [ applause ] >> the pentagon report is only the beginning in itself. there will be much more. temptation will be great for a witch hunt, the unmasking of villains and the manufacture of scapegoats. >> the president was furious. kissinger was furious. it was very intense. it was a little like walking on egg shells. it was just a tense, tense time.

>> the irony of the pentagon papers is they were not critical of nixon. they were very critical of the johnson administration. but nixon was committed to the proposition that classified documents, secret documents ought not to be stolen and given away. some of these documents did get into the hands of foreign governments, as well as part of them getting into the papers, and the president and kissinger were very upset that this man would be doing these kinds of things. >> you were so mad at elsberg, this dirty guy. i don't have to tell you or anyone else that the anger and the resentment toward elsberg was near hysterical levels in the white house. >> this didn't develop into any pathological hatred of elsberg, it developed into a rather cold blooded, and in my view, a misguided attempt to discredit him in the public eye. because at the time, he was

being made a public hero and there was an effort to try to show that this man was not necessarily the great savior of the nation that many were portraying him as. >> i think i changed during the time i was at the white house. i'm not sure whether it was for the better. it probably was not at the time that i was there. when you first go in, at least when i first went in there, i asked a lot of hard questions. why are we doing it this way? what is the justification for this program? why are we spending this money? why does this fellow work here? those kinds of things.