nation that is giver. >> larry: mr. saban, i'll give you the last word, haim. are you optimistic? are you confident that we're going to see this day come about? >> it must come b.therefore, i'm confident that it will come about, and a word of advice for you. if you're going to offer the services to a palestinian and an israeli at the same time, watch out, man, because we're going to keep you busy. be careful. >> yes. >> thank you both very much. haim saban, hani masri, thanks for your assistance in putting this show together tonight. we hope in some way it helped. >> it does. >> thank you, larry. >> larry: before we go, our thoughts are with a towering diplomatic figure tonight. u.s. ambassador richard holbrooke, at this hour, the president's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan is hospitalized in washington, critical condition after surgery to fix a tear in his aorta. in in addition to having been a

guest on this program, ambassador holbrooke is a hem of the extended "larry king live" family. his daughter-in-law sarah is one of our best and senior producers. we send our best to ambassador holbrooke and hopes he makes a swift and complete recovery. conan o'brien tomorrow night. barbra streisand wednesday. right now it's time for the latest news on cnn. good evening, everyone. i'm don lemon. brace yourself. it is a mess out there, and it is going to get worse. a massive winter storm right now is turning life upside down for a great many people, and it could be days before it gets any better. every part of the country is feeling it now, from canada to mexico, coast to coast. cleveland is getting socked with lark-effect snow.

that area sunday a winter storm warning. air travel all over is a mess, long lines. cancelled flights and frazzled nerves. buffalo's airport. typically used to winter storms. wintry weather is even blowing through the south right now in nashville, the snow looks pretty on the grass but ugly on the highways. black ice causing accidents everywhere. snow even made a rare appearance as far south as atlanta today. it didn't stick, but bitter cold temperatures and high winds are in the forecast for tomorrow. and just check out the long lines tonight at atlanta's hartsfield airport. our very own deb feyerick, here anchoring, took this shot of people standing 40 deep at the airport help desk with no let-up in sight. she still hasn't gotten a flight out back to new york city. but perhaps the most telling video of all is from minneapolis. a storm cost the minnesota vikings their home field. the teflon roof of the metrodome, well, it couldn't hold the tons of snow that had piled up. they will play tomorrow night at detroit's ford field. we'll turn to our meteorologist

jacqui jeras. take it away. >> a far-reaching storm that will have major impacts on eastern portions of the u.s., at least through the middle part of the week. storm packed quite a punch in the midwest, and now the worst of the storm is focused here across the great lakes and down across the ohio and tennessee river valleys, at least in terms of the wintry aspects of it. some of the heaviest so east of nashville. look at this over parts of kentucky, and over towards the cleveland area where you're under a winter storm warning, you'll likely see a couple of feet of snow by the end of the week on the lee side of the lake as the lake-effect snows continue to kick on in. ahead of this system in the warm sector, it's been rain all day long. new york, up towards boston, all throughout new england. you'd expect snow this time of the year, but you're in that warm wedge, but that was enough to cause some major delays at the airports. we have major delays for the midwest, from the northeast, to

the southeast. at this hour after more than 1,300 flights cancelled in and out of o'hare, look at this. still delays over six hours. newark delays having delays over two hours. one hour in san francisco. low cloud and low fog and a lot of this has dwindled down primarily because it's that time of the day when a number of flights start to push on out. the good news out here in the northeast is you're going to stay rain, maybe a few snow showers tomorrow. but the heavy snow is now moving on up into canada. what you're going to be left with is bitter cold windchills. take a look at the temperatures. minneapolis 15 below and 18 below in cedar rapids, chicago 1 below. and all of that cold air will advance southward. and we'll see this all the way down into florida for the middle of the week. yes, those citrus crops could be freezing again come tuesday morning. there you can see the national picture for tomorrow with all that cold in place. the accumulating snows will be dying down outside of the lakes,

but it's going to continue to be wind, and that's why we're expecting to have more airport delays tomorrow. so boston, new york metro, chicago and detroit, over an hour and cleveland, expect delays as well as atlanta and then san francisco, so we expect another rough day of travel, and i would be remiss if i didn't mention what's also going on in the pacific northwest. we've had heavy rains particularly into parts of washington as well as into oregon, and we've had quite a bit of flooding and even some landslides going on outside of the portland area. don, it's a powerful storm, and it's going to real leave a lot of cold in its wake. >> and as we said coast to coast, so patience. jacqui jeras, thank you very much. now to a desperate scramble to save lives in afghanistan. u.s. soldiers combed through the rubble today after a suicide bomber detonated a van packed with explosives at a military outpost. it happened in southern afghanistan's volatile kandahar province. six u.s. soldiers were killed. the "new york times" reports more than a dozen u.s. and afghan forces were injured. the explosion blew in the outpost roof, trapping soldiers below. it was so loud it could be heard eight miles away.

some cab drivers in new york city are being told to racially profile potential customers by their boss. up next, we'll hear him explain why. plus, santa came with an early green delivery for one connecticut man, but the grinch put him in jail. we'll explain that one as well. and using holiday parties to get ahead at work or find a job. it can happen. we'll tell you how. and i'm online. i know you are, too. make sure you check out my social media accounts and let's connect. also, i've posted somt of my best content on my blog. in my c. so i went back to my doctor again. we chose symbicort to help control my asthma symptoms all day and night. [ man ] symbicort improves my lung function, starting within 15 minutes. symbicort will not replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. it is a combination of two medicines and should not be taken more often than prescribed. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems, and children and adolescents may have an increased risk

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a shooting left one of their own in critical condition. the shooting was caught on a dash cam. police are looking for 22-year-old sean peace. they say he shot driver trevor bell seven times in queens. fernando matteo, the president of the new york state federation of taxi drivers, is directing his drivers, who are predominantly black and hispanic, to not pick up some people of their own ethnicity. >> unfortunately, if the driver can't identify you, can't see you and can't describe you to the police -- >> then don't pick them up? >> don't pick it up. it's not worth risking their lives. >> it's not all blacks and hispanics. you're using them to make a judgment based on the way someone looks and is dressed. >> that's correct, and anyone that misunderstands me doesn't know me. everyone knows who i am, and everyone knows that i'm a defender of our people in our community, but right now i'm defending the drivers.

i'm defending and standing up for them, so i can accept criticism from everybody and anybody. it doesn't matter. >> and what was the response so far, mr. matteo? what's been the response from drivers and people in new york city? >> drivers have been applauding me. people in new york city, eight out of ten, have been supporting me. if you read the blogs and see what people are saying, they are saying it's about time someone comes out and says the truth. you know what? it hurts. it hurts me, but the truth is the truth, and i am going to stick by the truth 100%. i will not back down from the truth, and, unfortunately, it's our own committing crimes against our own. can't blame it on asians or whites or on indians. >> by the way, the man you just heard from there, fernando mateo, he's black and hispanic himself. the family of trevor bell, the cab driver shot repeatedly, supports mato's call to racially profile. you may not think so, but the holiday season can actually be the best time of the year to

take control of your career. our christine romans will show you how in tonight's edition of "mastering your money." >> hey there, that's right. you can actually use holiday parties as a way to build relationships tactfully, of course. get out from in front of your computer and start socializing. effective networking, after all, is about building and establishing relationships and focus, too, on employers who don't focus on seasonal employees. instead of that temporary job in hospitality, look to bring your skill set, even if it's customer service, to top growth fields that need good talent year round, like health care, i.t., information technology, or government affairs. the holidays also provide a great excuse to send someone you're looking to connect with a card or small gift. tyke some time to make sure your holiday cheer is going to be appreciated by the recipient. and this next one is really important. reach out to hr, prior to the last two weeks of december. that means this week you can really make a lot of headway. almost everyone is in the office trying to get their work finished before hitting the

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right now on cnn. more than 600 passengers and crew stranded on a missouri showboat are safe tonight after a 15-hour ordeal. the boat ran aground late yesterday in high winds on a lake near branson, missouri. the passenger shivered through a night of frigid temperatures wrapped in table cloths and napping on the floor. the boat company rigged a 30-foot plank to shore this morning and everyone was escorted safely. the state department says u.s. diplomat richard holbrooke is still in critical condition after undergoing an additional procedure today to improve

circulation. holbrooke underwent emergency surgery yesterday at george washington university hospital to repair a tear in his aorta. the state department says holbrooke's family is grateful for the outpouring of support coming from friends, colleagues and leaders around the world. britain's home secretary says protesters made some contact with prince charles' wife camilla during violent protests this week. students attacked the couple's rolls-royce on thursday. near the prince nor duchess of corn wall was hurt, but british media reported camilla was poked with a stick through the window. police aren't confirming that. a wikileaks cable says north korea wanted eric clapton to perform in pyongyang as a way to build goodwill and north korean leader kim jong-il's son is reportedly a big fan of clapton.

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week's "getting down to business." >> well, after months of disappointing reports, there is finally some good news for unemployed workers. the number of available jobs jumped from 3 million to 3.4 million in okay. the labor department says the biggest jump in six months, and an increase in openings is usually followed by a rise in hiring. and while more americans may be getting jobs, they certainly are not willing to risk that hard-earned cash like they used to. a study shows that gamblers in atlantic city casinos are spending 30% less than they used to. the second largest gambling market now plans to step up its amenities to lure more people back, and the government has a new problem that's all about the benjamins. 1.1 billion newly minted $100 bills are now under quarantine

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hollywood's annual awards season kicks off this week with the golden globe nominations, but we begin our look ahead at coming week with the president's agenda. >> i'm ed henry in washington. a big week for president obama. on wednesday cnn has learned he'll have a ceo summit across the street from the white house where he'll try to sell his controversial tax cut plan. then on thursday he releases a year-end review of afghanistan policy. officials say it will show some progress but also note a lot more work needs to be done. >> i'm barbara starr at the pentagon. this week the long-awaited report on the progress on the war in afghanistan. how much progress and how soon can troops really come home? and defense secretary robert gates still hopes that congress will do something about repealing don't ask, don't tell in the closing days of the congressional lame duck session. >> i'm paul steinhauser at the cnn political desk.

new york city's independent mayor joins republicans and democrats and other independents to find non-partisan solutions to the nation's problems. the group is called no labels, and it kicks off tomorrow in new york city. later in the week, two men who may want to run for the house, former house speaker newt gingrich and former senator rick santorum speak to republicans in crucial early voting states. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. wall street is preparing for a pretty busy week of news with a watch on november retail sales, followed by readings on consumer confidence, new home construction and also a report on leading economic indicators from last month, and on tuesday federal reserve officials will meet in washington for a one-day meeting on interest rates. also this week, we'll get earnings from best buy, general mills and fedex. we'll track it all for you on cnn money. >> and i'm "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer. here's what we're watching this week. golden globe nominations will be announced. you know what it means. it's the beginning of hollywood's blockbuster awards

season so who will be the early favorites. "showbiz tonight" is going one-on-one with matt damon. "showbiz tonight" is live at 5:00 p.m. eastern on hln and still tv's most provocative entertainment and news show at 11:00 p.m. pacific. >> let's take a look at what's coming up overseas. let's start with julian assange. >> right. so he's going to be in court on tuesday, and he's going to have a new bail hearing taking place, and then actually on monday we'll have the launch of openleaks.org which is a new site where whistleblowers can anonymously post leaked information. this time it won't be made available to the public. it will be disseminated to different media organizations and the media can decide which ones to leak out. >> where will this end? last week when he was arrested by appointment, it was really a zoo outside of the courthouse or the police headquarters there. let's talk about the chilean miners, news when it comes to them. >> 26 out of the 33 miners are in manchester, england, and why do you think that is? >> why? >> because the manchester united

game versus arsenal is taking place tomorrow. >> okay. >> so they are going to be at the game, and actually one of the chilean miners, the 53-year-old, his last name is ramirez. >> mm-hmm. >> he used to be a former professional soccer player on the chilean national team. isn't that cool? >> they spent a lot of time underground and now they're just living the life. >> really neat. >> we were really worried about them and i'm sure they were, too. oprah in australia. oprah is everywhere. >> yes. the one and only oprah winfrey, the queen of daytime tv is -- >> thought they had gone to australia. >> she's in australia. >> she's going to be taping her show at the sidney "oprah" house. not the opera house, the oprah house, two tapings, and they anticipate 6,000 people attending each taping. >> i'll have to dvr oprah because i'm usually at work and can't see it. i thought the whole thing was over with australia. thanks very much. have a great week ahead.

>> you, too. all right. so you probably think that no one but you and those closest to you know what you like and what you think. well, think again. as cnn's jeanne meserve reports, what we believe is private is often not. >> reporter: dick hart put photos of his hawaiian wedding on facebook to share with close friends, but when he made mention of it on twitter he didn't know a link would be attached giving more than 3,000 followers access to some rather intimate images. >> we didn't think they were offensive in any way, but my wife didn't prefer for everybody to see those photos. >> reporter: while his case was embarrassing, others are downright dangerous. sarah downey was horrified when a picture of her young daughter was hijacked from her flicker account and used in a sexually

suggestive portuguese language profile on or kid.com, a social networking site. >> it broke my heart. it broke my heart. >> reporter: downey posted a translation to warn other flicker users, but then she said total strangers exploited the internet to find her phone number and worse, her home address. >> we would go to the grocery store and i would wonder has this person seen my daughter? are they here, you know, trying to find us, trying to get close with my daughter? >> reporter: since then downey has tried to protect her private information. has it worked? with her permission we gave her name to a private investigator who harvests information from the information. in less than 90 seconds, he turns up 100 pages of possible links. >> frankly anything you would want to know about this young lady seems to be available on the web. >> reporter: on sites like youtube, facebook, myspace and twitter, more and more americans are making their private information public. put it together with public documents like newspaper accounts and property records and a portrait emerges.

take supreme court justice antonin scalia. using free information on the internet, a fordham university law school class came up with 15 pages of information, including scalia's home address and phone number, even movies and foods he likes. >> if we were willing to spend $100 for the project, we would have been able to acquire far more intrusive and far scarier information. >> reporter: any time you hit the send button your information is no longer your own. he says your frequent flyer program, movie account, book purchases, even some searches, can be tracked, stored and sometimes sold. >> i have a window into your soul. i know what you believe. i know what you think, and i know who your family is and know who your friends are. i know your politics. >> reporter: orchid.com says it has updated its policies and tools to find and remove fake profiles like the one of sarah downey's daughter and google

says it gives customers the tools they need to protect the personal information. many of us could be more careful. in addition, some privacy experts would like to see standardized and simplified website privacy policies or even government restrictions on secondhand use of private information. steven rambam sees a lot of positives for having so much information on the internet and says the genie is already out of the bottle. >> ten years from now you're going to have a choice of getting used to minimal privacy or subleasing the unabomber's cabin. that's going to be your two choices. the fact of the matter is there's nowhere to hide. >> reporter: as rambam puts it privacy is dead. get over it. jeanne meserve, cnn, washington. >> a new cnn series looks at whether it's possible to keep your identity private. end of privacy begins tomorrow night, tomorrow here on cnn. christmas gifts have gotten a

connecticut man in big trouble with the law. the rapid gifts were delivered to the man's house, but they actually contain more than 100 pounds of marijuana. an informant tipped off police about the pot delivery, swooped in and seized $23,000 in cash. the gift's recipient, well, he is in custody. i'm don lemon. thanks for watching. make sure you have a good week. i'll see you back here next weekend. in an instant, she was gone. vanished, without a trace, lost in paradise. >> we immediately knew something was wrong. >> the natalee holloway mystery, twists, turns, one dead end after another.

>> we wake up each morning, and we hope and pray somebody will solve the case. >> after five long, agonizing years, a mother still desperate for the answer. what happened to natalee? >> joran, i won't do anything until i get some information about natalee. >> she could have been anyone's daughter, with a smile that would melt your heart. a high school honor student with dreams of going to med school, celebrating graduation with the trip of a young lifetime, here in aruba, a tropical paradise that likes to call itself one happy island. it was anything but. >> american teen on a caribbean vacation disappeared. >> 18-year-old natalee holloway, a straight "a" student -- >> natalee holloway has been missing since monday -- >> this little girl, natalee holloway, went away -- >> missing alabama teenager who hasn't been seen since monday. >> she vanished. >> before all of this, before

the mystery, the allegations, the tears, before she vanished, natalee holloway was simply a teenager, an 18-year-old growing up in a quiet suburb. she was happy and certainly her mother's daughter. >> there wasn't anything that natalee couldn't come to me and tell me or ask me. nothing. >> just sitting in the back, cruising over to my place. >> her mother divorced her father when natalee was a little girl. when beth remarried, she moved the family to mountain brook, alabama, a wealthy suburb of birmingham, a town that knew few strangers. >> so everybody, if you don't know everybody, you know somebody that knows somebody. >> growing up, natalee dedicated herself to pursuing her real passion -- dance. >> she began in the eighth grade

really becoming focused on getting on a dance team. >> but her mother, ever concerned, worried only the most popular girls made the team. as a new girl, there was a risk natalee wouldn't make it. but she was determined. and she made it. but dance wasn't the only outlet for her ambition. >> she had a packed schedule, and she was in tons of clubs. >> earning straight as, she made the national honor society, got elected to student council and volunteered with a community ministry for girls. ultimately, she hoped to make the world a better place. >> natalee has this dream that she will become a doctor, lawyer, whichever one she picks, she will do it and she'll be good at it because she works very, very hard at it. >> she may have been driven. but natalee's friends say she also knew how to have a good time. >> she was a little bit more outgoing than everybody else. she was always the fun one to be around.

she was always laughing and having a good time. she was always making jokes and stuff. she would always make you laugh. >> for all the joking around, natalee was always on time, a trait that would later trigger warning bells. >> natalee was always where she needed to be, always on time. >> at high school graduation, natalee seemed in complete control of her destiny, earning a full scholarship. she was ready to take life's next big step at the university of alabama. >> she could do law school, she could do premed. it was a good fit for her. sorority. he was really looking forward to going into that. the school has everything natalee wants. >> but before heading off to college, natalee and 124 of her classmates would dive into one last adventure together. a trip to aruba, a tradition mountain brook seniors spent the entire year looking forward to. >> everyone was going on that trip, all of our good friends

and stuff like that. everybody was just so excited. we couldn't wait to get down there. >> natalee's dad, however, was nervous. there were only seven chaperones. and in aruba, the legal drinking age was 18. but natalee had always been responsible, and her mother and stepfather thought she had earned it. >> this was her reward for working so hard and getting a scholarship to alabama. >> a reward that promised a tropical paradise, an island full of fun, adventure and partying, lots of partying, with old friends, and new ones. like joran van der sloot, a charming and outgoing young man who called aruba his home. jean casarez is a correspondent with hln's "in session." >> joran van der sloot was a young man that came from a very good family, went to a very prestigious school in aruba. >> van der sloot seemed to have everything going for him.

but he also had a reputation as a party boy with a temper. this is the managing editor of the aruban newspaper. what do we know about joran? i mean, on the surface, he was an honor student. he seemed to be a good kid, as you would say, raised by good family. what do we know really about him? >> we know that he had a very serious problem with his anger, with the rage that was within him once he lost control of himself. >> van der sloot's former attorney disputes that assertion saying joran didn't have a documented anger problem, insisting that van der sloot had a really good reputation. natalee spent the night partying with her friends here at this once popular night spot, carlos 'n charlie's. she was last seen around 1:00 in the morning getting into a car with joran van der sloot and two

of his friends. she never returned to her hotel. coming up, an agonizing mystery in the caribbean and a mother's desperate pleas for help. >> natalee, you can reach me on your cell phone. i have it, and it's set up for international use now. and i will stay here until i find you.

i'm don lemon with a look at your headlines. u.s. diplomat richard holbrooke remains in critical condition at a washington hospital. holbrooke had surgery saturday to repair a tear in as i aorta and another procedure sunday to improve his circulation. white house adviser david axelrod sat down with cnn's candy crowley to talk tax cuts and believes the framework of the obama tax plan will pass congress, but he admits it will come with compromise. >> it would be a great boost to our economy, but understand that this is a compromise. there are elements of this plan that we didn't particularly like. we didn't particularly like even temporarily even extending the high-end tax cuts which cost money that we could apply to our deficit. we didn't particularly like the treatment of the estate tax for wealthy estates, but compromise by its very nature includes things that you don't necessarily like. >> in other news, new york mayor michael bloomberg says he's not

going to run for president in 2012. in his own words he says no way, no how. bloomberg, an independent, said on "meet press" he already has a great job. just this week bloomberg gave a speech on national political themes sparking new speculation he might be plotting a run for a higher office. twin explosions that killed one person and injured two others in stockholm were an act of terror, and they are reportedly investigating whether the bomber may be an iraqi-born swede educated in britain. a car exploded multiple times saturday on a street crowded with holiday shoppers. minutes later, there was another explosion nearby. police say they received e-mail threats shortly before the blast. in washington state, flooding unleashed mud slides over the weekend, and that's halted amtrak train service between seattle and portland, oregon, through monday. buses are taking passengers between cities instead. those are your headlines this hour. i'm don lemon, keeping you informed. cnn, the most trusted name in news.

aruba, a tropical paradise -- sun, sand and fun. >> we went out on the beach every day, hung out together. >> in 2005, this is where 18-year-old natalee holloway and more than 100 of her fellow graduates went for one last hoorah. >> our grade is really close and everyone hung out together the entire time. >> but on the morning of may 30th, the day the group was supposed to leave the island -- >> we immediately knew something was wrong because she was the first one to wake up. >> the students woke up to find natalee's packed bags, her passport and money all in her room, but no natalee. >> we went straight to the chaperones. >> with us tonight, natalee's mother, beth twitty, is with us, her stepdad, jud twitty -- >> natalee's parents shared their story with hln's nancy grace. >> we received a phone call that natalee had not showed at the group. i knew immediately that natalee would never be late for anything, never.

>> they left immediately for aruba to search for their daughter. >> the first thing that i wanted to do with eric williams, the d.e.a., was establish natalee's character so they would see this is not someone who just decided not to show up. >> at the time, however, locals were not overly concerned with natalee's disappearance. julie renfro is editor of the newspaper "aruba today." >> she was an adult. there wasn't a very -- >> there wasn't a sense of alarm? >> no, no. it happens all the time. people come here on vacation, they have fun. they forget to go home. >> in the days after natalee holloway disappeared, there was no shortage of people looking for her. hundreds of tourists gave up a day at the beach to join the search. at one point, thousands of the island's civil servants were given the day off to look. even a contingent of dutch marines was brought in to aid the effort.

within 24 hours of arriving in aruba, natalee's parents learned natalee was last seen in the company of three young men. one of them, 17-year-old joran van der sloot. her parents found his address and sprung into action. >> we showed up at his house. first he looked at the picture -- and i said, don't say you don't know her because we have eyewitnesses who say you got in the car with her. he said, yeah, i know who she is. he walks over to us and starts talking. he says he danced with her at carlos n' charlie's. >> after we talked a little bit and asked where she is, i don't know, i dropped her off. >> but it wouldn't be until 11 days after that visit that aruban authorities would detain joran and his two friends. 20-year-old deepak kalpo and his brother satish as suspects. >> i asked him, are you sure you guys didn't do anything? no, mamma, they don't even talk a word with her. me and my brother gave them a

lift and they came home. they don't know anything else about that. >> initially, all three suspects told police they dropped natalee off at her hotel. but hotel surveillance video quickly proved otherwise. after admitting he lied to police about having dropped natalee off here at r hotel, 17-year-old joran van der sloot became their main suspect. tell us about joran. >> he was just known to be a big kid at school, had a lot of girlfriends. he was a good soccer player. he spoke on behalf of aruba for the united nations. he was an honor student, a great athlete. >> and also the son of a prominent aruban attorney. >> both the police and the other authorities were very uncomfortable with the case. i'm very curious to know who bank rolled the lawyers -- >> jesse mansur is the editor for an aruban newspaper. >> suddenly, they were on one side and he was on the other because they were investigating his son. >> we're about a mile away from the hotel where natalee holloway had been staying. and it was on this stretch of beach that joran van der sloot says that he left natalee early

in the morning, alone. joran and the kalpoe brothers spent their summer in and out of jail. under interrogation, they changed their story dozens of times, but didn't get authorities any closer to the truth. >> there were many things they didn't do, small detail, big details they should have paid closer attention to. >> and this lack of willingness to push hard, you think, is because they were familiar with joran's father? >> i think so, i'm convinced of that. >> do you think he used his influence to protect his son? >> sure, because that is his son. he would have gone to any lengths to try to save him. he knew very well what happened. >> without more information, a judge released joran and the kalpoe brothers on september 3rd, 2005. >> the suspects who took my daughter from carlos n' charlie's on the last night of

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>> it's november 2007, nearly two years gone, nearly two years since natalee disappeared here in aruba. and nearly two years of anguish for a family still wondering what happened to her. suddenly a break in the case. satish and deepak kalpoe and their friend, joran van der sloot, are arrested yet again.

jesse mansur, the managing editor of this aruban newspaper. >> none of them were telling the truth. all three of them know what happened to natalee, i'm sure of that. joran knows because he was involved. and the kalpoe brothers know because he told them. i mean, they were buddies. >> van der sloot's former attorney says the editor's statement is made out of ignorance that is not supported by any evidence whatsoever. the three young men are believed to be the last to have seen natalee, and natalee's parents are hopeful. after weeks of interrogation, the young men are free once again. >> ten seconds. >> jean casarez has followed van der sloot's case extensively for hln's "in session." >> they are waiting for evidence. they need evidence. they're looking for forensic evidence because they want something to corroborate the

witness statements. and when we think about statements, we think about joran van der sloot. >> todd fuentes, headed up the fbi's international task force early in the investigation. >> he and his friends are arrested and released several times by the arubans over the course of the next couple of years. at one point, the dutch authorities also weigh in, but then drop it and release them. the same story comes out that there's a lack of evidence that he did anything to her. >> then, in january 2008, joran tells someone natalee was dumped at sea. he later denies that story and tells a reporter he sold natalee to human traffickers for $10,000. >> at the time, he's 17 years old. is he in contact with sex slave traders, let's say, to be involved in that level of organized crime? we don't know. >> again, more denials and a new story.

over the years, joran van der sloot has changed his story many times about what happened to natalee holloway or where her body may be. for instance, he told a dutch television station he dumped her body in this swamp, but in the end, it turned out to be just more talk. van der sloot, a young man with a privileged background, continues to baffle investigators. >> joran felt throughout that he was kind of untouchable, that they weren't really going to get him. his father was coaching him how to respond and what to say. >> joran's father, paulis, who's a prominent lawyer on the fast track to becoming a judge, but just last year, he unexpectedly died of a heart attack, leaving joran on his own. >> his father appeared to be his adviser. many people believe his father went to his grave knowing exactly what happened to natalee holloway.

>> why are you running? >> authorities seemed to be no closer to solving the mystery. then, earlier this year, a stunning twist. 21-year-old stephany flores is found dead in a lima, peru, hotel room. video surveillance shows a man outside the room where her body was found. joran van der sloot. police announce he's their prime suspect. >> the most striking thing to me when i think about natalee holloway and stephany flores, both of them together, they had one common denominator, it was joran van der sloot. stephany flores was with joran van der sloot five years to the day that natalee holloway was last seen. and that was the last time stephany flores is seen. >> peruvian police track down

van der sloot who fled to chile the day after the murder. under interrogation in peru, joran told investigators that he knows the location of natalee's body. but wouldn't say what happened to her that night. beth holloway hears the news and immediately heads to peru. van der sloot had been e-mailing her in march. the fbi monitored the entire exchange. >> his original message, for $250,000, i'll tell you what happened to her. and because he's playing on their emotions and saying, i'll give you this if you give me money, basically an extortion. >> finally after five long years, beth holloway would sit face to face with the man she believes knows what happened to her daughter. >> it's too late for natalee, it's too late for stephany. it's too late for me. but it's not too late for you, joran. you can make some choices here, and you can make the right decision. if it was an accident, tell me.

i don't know. >> i really have been thinking a lot and just giving me some time to think. i will write you. i owe you at least that. i've made so many bad decisions and all for the wrong reasons. i hope that you know that i'm very addicted to -- especially to gambling. i mean, that's why i've told so many lies. >> nothing would come out of that meeting. then just last month, a new development promises answers. a human jawbone washes up on the beach in aruba. but dental records dash the family's hopes again. >> based on the bone that was presented and on the dental records, investigations were done. we can exclude that the bone might have belonged to natalee holloway. >> yet another dead end. five years after the disappearance of natalee holloway, still no answers. and a family is left to agonize

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