ayla went missing. the parents do not live together. reynolds has been critical of his actions. ayla yuz was living with her father while reynolds attended drug and alcohol rehab. she demanded answers. >> i'm trying to concept the fact that blood was found of my daughter. that's my reaction. >> reporter: reynolds dad is speaking out about his grand daughter's disappearance. >> this family again has gone through hell. i'm tired of it. >> reporter: anger, along with the pain of not knowing, setting in. >> every day it's hard not knowing where she is. >> reporter: michelle franzen. >> a jury has found a father, his wife and son dpil ti of killing three young girls in a so-called honor killing because they disrespected the family by dating and going online. their bodies were found in a car in a canal in ontario. another woman was also killed. >>> stepped up tension between the west and iran as nuclear inspectors look at tehran's nuclear facilities. a military spokesman said it would respond to a threat from the west in a, quote, crushing manner and warned the u.s. to reduce its prese

reynolds has made repeated pleas. >> i love her, i miss her, i want her home. >> reporter: reynolds says ayladipietro's care when she was in treatment for substance abuse. in an interview with matt last week, trista reynolds questioned dipietro's actions. >> he said he's not hiding, but why won't he talk to me? >> reporter: and what happened to ayla, a question for the maine state police as they take the lead in what's turning out to be an increasingly mysterious case. >> every investigator involved in this case as far as they're concerned are still looking for a live, little 20-month-old girl. >> reporter: and late last night, trista reynolds issued the following statement exclusively to the "today" show, she says "when i found out from law enforcement that this has become a criminal investigation, i got chills up and down my spine, but i am keeping my faith. i am not giving up." we should add police are sifting through nearly 400 leads in the case. at this point they have not named any suspects. peter? >> aditi roy reporting, thank you. the father justin dipietro is with us exclusively. goo

scott goldberg has more. >> reporter: in the basement of the home where ayla reynolds was last seen,found blood that belongs to the 1-year-old who is missing for six weeks. >> it wasn't a small amount. so -- it's really scary. >> reporter: her mother says police told her it's more blood and that a small cut would produce. it turns the spotlight to justin dipietro. he reported her missing one morning after he woke up and she wasn't there. >> i can't comprehend it like i -- i don't want to it be real. >> reporter: just this weekend, ayla's parents where seen together for the first time since their daughter disappeared at a vigil. dipietro didn't want to talk. >> i'm not here to answer questions. i'm here to show support for the community -- >> for ayla. >> -- that is supporting ayla. >> reporter: he's not been named a suspect. a state police spokesman said they have not found one piece of evidence that supports an abduction. they don't believe dipietro, his mother, and one other adult there at the home at the time she disappeared have told the full story. trista reynolds says she has q

new details of the missing toddler, ayla reynolds. her father reported her missing december 17th. her from her home in waterville, maine, didn't wander out. according to police, several adults were in the house including one person who wasn't a family member. in an exclusive interview with her grandmother, she implied she was in the house and didn't hear a noise and was the last one to go to bed. now it seems she's changing her story. >> reporter: in a story full of twists, the latest is a bombshell. her grandmother wasn't home the night the toddler disappeared. in an exclusive cnn interview, she left the opposite impression talking about what happened that night. >> reporter: you didn't hear any noise? >> i did not hear anything. >> reporter: she didn't hear it because she was somewhere else she now exclusively tells cnn, another location she now declined to publicly disclose. why not come clean from the start? she says she was trying to protect the investigation at the request of police but then felt she needed to set the record straight. what does it mean for an investigation e

blood it is they found in the basement of justin dipietro's house, father of missing 20 yield ayla reynolds, or how long it's been there. they are still convinced there was foul play in ayla's disappearance and they're not getting the whole story from the three adults who were there when she went missing, including dipietro, his girlfriend and his sister. >> that someone came in that back door, snuck in her bedroom, took her, vanished in the middle of the night, and none of those three adults heard or saw anything. that's very frustrating. we think they know more than they're telling us. >> reporter: both of the missing girl's parents attended a vigil on saturday. after six weeks of searching and finding no trace of ayla police don't have any immediate plans to keep looking. >> we're no closing to finding ayla today than they were on december 17th. >> reporter: while a mother continues to hold out hope, despite today's grim news. >> i want to know what happened to my daughter. and i want to know where she is. and who took her. >> reporter: for "today," veronica de la cruz, nbc news. >> let'

. >>> now to the investigation into what happened with little ayla reynolds who disappeared from her ouse six weeks ago now. police up in maine now say blood found in the home where a missing toddler was last seen belonged to ayla. michelle franzen has our story. >> reporter: new clues in the case of missing toddler ayla reynolds. investigators confirmed some of the blood found in justin dipietro's basement matches the 21-month-old who vanished six weeks ago. >> there were hundreds of pieces of potential evidence taken. among them is blood that we found in the basement. the crime lab continues to work on that evidence. >> reporter: the blood investigators say was collected in the initial weeks after ayla's disappearance and they are waiting for the results of further testing. their focus in recent weeks has centered on those who last saw ayla on december 16th. her father, along with his girlfriend, and his sister. >> what we have been told is obviously someone came into that home, grabbed ayla, and vanished in the middle of the night. but at this point we have not found one piece of e

ayla's mother trista reynolds, says she took hers on wednesday answering hours worth of questions about >> just, you know, like if i had taken ayla or if i know who could have gone and taken ayla and obviously no. i have no idea who took her or where she is or anything like -- i never took her. like i have no reason to hide any of that, like, i would never do that. >> reporter: she says she had to stop in the middle of the test because of a medical condition. she won't disclose the condition. ayla's father justin dipietro who was at tuesday's vigil denies any wrongdoing. his polygraph results have not been released. dipietro declined an interview on camera but when asked by nbc news if he will take another lie detector test he responded how i'm dealing with this deserves no explanation. dipietro says he put ayla to bed december 16th. the next morning he says she was gone. he had been caring for ayla because reynolds had been in rehab. police say both parents are cooperating with yinvestigators and they are not naming any suspects. authorities have combed the area, even using dive teams

. >>> significant developments in the search for maine toddler ayla reynolds. coming up, ayla's father will speak out in his first live interview here on "today." >>> a possible break into the investigation into the string of dangerous arson fires in los angeles. officials released video of a person of interest late last night and this morning investigators are now questioning a potential suspect. we'll have all the breaking details there as well. >>> we begin with the desperate search for the gunman believed to be on the loose inside mt. rainier national park. natalie suavy from king 5, in seattle is there. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, peter. police believe they're dealing with a man armed with at least an assault rifle and possibly others. a helicopter was able to spot tracks in the snow. that's the lead they're focusing on. >> we have someone armed with assault sks-8 type rifles. >> reporter: mt. rainier national park was locked down and visitors turned away in a desperate search for benjamin coltbarnes, with possible military experience an

. >>> to the ongoing search for ayla reynolds, the toddler from maine who seemingly disappeared from her father's home. he is setting the record straight about an injury that his daughter suffered before she went suffering. here is the latest. >> reporter: it's been three weeks since ayla reynold's father reported her missing from his home in maine. >> i want to keep her face out there. >> reporter: jump dipietro is taking on a more visible role. initially, he purposefully kept a low profile. >> first few days, i was emotionally incapable of coming out to do an interview, and i had been advised that by coming on and doing an interview by law enforcement, it could possibly hinder the investigation, and i'm here to help in any way i can. >> reporter: in those first days and weeks, ayla's mother, trista reynolds, questioned dipietro's lack of involvement. >> he says he is not in hiding, but why won't he talk to me. >> reporter: trista reynolds was in drug rehab when ayla disappeared. >> since she has been there, she got a broken arm, ended up missing. >> reporter: ayla's broken arm was

blood discovered in the home where ayla reynolds was last seen in december. the potential new evidence is just coming to light now. but police made the discovery just days after the toddler's forth, justin dipietro told police ayla had been snatched from her bed. >> i'm not here to answer any questions. i'm just here to show my support for the community that is supporting ayla. >> reporter: he appeared at a vigil saturday with ayla's mother, trista reynolds. it was the first time the two have seen each other since their daughter's disappearance. police are suspicious of justin's story but have not named him a suspect or even a person of interest. >> me, the same questions and answers, like just the answer to those questions right now. and i'm not the person for that. like that's for justin to be answering, not me. >> reporter: despite extensive searches that turned up nothing, this small community clings to hope ayla will be found. dan kloeffler, abc news, new york. >> and still a lot of significant questions out there about this. authorities so far refusing t

ayla went missing. the parents do not live together. reynolds has been critical of his actions. with her father while reynolds attended drug and alcohol rehab. she demanded answers. >> i'm trying to concept the fact that blood was found of my daughter. that's my reaction. >> reporter: reynolds dad is speaking out about his grand daughter's disappearance. >> this family again has gone through hell. i'm tired of it. >> reporter: anger, along with the pain of not knowing, setting in. >> every day it's hard not knowing where she is. >> reporter: again, police have not named a suspect in the case or a person of interest. we also reached out to the depietro family, his sister and girlfriend and didn't hear back for a response. ann? >> savannah guthrie is "today's" legal correspondent. >> good morning, ann. >> what does it say to you that investigators are now coming forward with the information about blood being found in the home of ayla's father and the blood being ayla's? >> first you wonder if police are releasing the information now for a tactical purpose or is this someone in the

ayla was in his care while her mother, trista reynolds, was in rehab. police believe foul play was involved but they are not naming suspects. authorities initially searched trails, woods and waterways, using cadaver dogs and trained volunteers. community groups had vigils and reynolds hit the air waves. >> i love her. i miss her. i want her home. >> reporter: but days passed and still no breaks in the case. just more pictures of ayla blanketing the region. >> help spread the word. >> reporter: and loved ones who hope one of them will be the turning point in this heart-breaking mystery. we did contact justin dipietro. here's what he had to tell us. thank you to everyone in their continues efforts in finding ayla. don't lose hope. police say both parents are cooperating with investigators. natalie? >> all right. aditi roy in waterville, maine. earlier today ayla's mother talked to matt about her relationship with the missing toddler's father. >> are you more comfortable with his side of the story after speaking to him than you were during the time he woul

ayla's mother trista reynolds says she took hers on wednesday answering hours' worth of questions about ayla's disappearance. >> it just, you know, like if i had taken ayla or if i know who could have gone and taken ayla and obviously no. i have no idea who took her or where she is or anything like -- i never took her. like i have no reason to hide any of that. i would never do that. >> she said she had to stop in the middle of the test because of a medical condition. she won't disclose that condition. ayla's father justin dipietro who was at tuesday's vigil denies any wrongdoing. his polygraph results have not been released. he declined an interview on camera but when asked by nbc news if he will take another lie detector test he responded how i'm dealing with this deserves no explanation. dipietro says he put ayla to bed december 16th. the next morning he says she was gone. he had been caring for ayla because reynolds had been in rehab. police say both parents are cooperating with investigators and they're not naming any suspects. authorities have combed the area, even using dive team

it's been three weeks since 21-month-old ayla reynolds vanished from her home. are calling it a criminal investigation. for the first time on television, her paternal grandmother is speaking out to our cnn national correspondent susan candiotti. >> reporter: in the first television interview, the missing child's grandmother, phoebe dipietro, says she's living a nightmare. >> you're waiting for a phone call, hoping to police have your granddaughter. >> reporter: but so far, that phone call hasn't come. not a single word about what happened to ayla reynolds. ♪ the toddler, who now would be 21 months old seen in this home video shot last fall, disappeared in the middle of the night a week before christmas. >> she's quiet, very sweet, her eyes -- she's got the bluest eyes and the longest eyelashes. >> reporter: dipietro says her father put her to bed around 8:00. the next morning before 9:00 a.m., he called police to report her gone. there's no accident that could have happened that night? >> no. >> reporter: among anyone here? >> no. >> reporter: you, justin? >> no

. >>> in a "today" exclusive, the mother of missing toddler ayla reynolds. with the florida primary just one day away, a live interview with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >>> and the father of missing toddler ayla reynolds speaks out in a "today" exclusive. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday. first monday of 2012. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

investigators still have no sign of little ayla reynolds. rts from waterville, maine with the latest on the investigation. >> just trying to keep ayla's face out there. >> reporter: justin dipietro was front and center this weekend passing out flyers bearing his little girl's face hoping for a break in her disappearance. >> i'd like to have her face on every street corner in america. i'm going to go anywhere i need to so right now i mean the focus is here but, you know, once we're all done around here we'll go wherever it needs to go. >> reporter: by sunday dipietro was back to a low profile, not talking to reporters, this after weeks of taking heat. >> what happens when daddy gets the baby? >> reporter: some of it from headline news host nancy grace. >> she is with the daddy. she goes missing. she's with the daddy last time. she gets a broken arm. >> reporter: dipietro responded to grace on friday telling maine's "morning sentinel" nancy grace, please come see me. do you want to spend a day with me? do you want to see what i'm going through?

ayla reynolds disappeared december 5 17th and her father told police he put the child to bed and she was not there when he woke up the next morning. a spokesman for the maine department of safety said they have not found any evidence to suggest a little girl was abducted. emergency workers town map -- have now called off the search for victims of the cruise ship disaster in italy. officials say the ship is so damaged it is just not safe for dive teams to continue to search for bodies and the record -- wreckage. the costa concordia capsized on general re 13th when the captain struck a reef. 17 bodies were recovered and 60 people are still missing and presumed dead. -- 16 people are still missing and presumed dead. firefighters and florida battling a powerful brushfire in southwest miami-dade. witnesses say the flames burned dozens of homes, as well as businesses and churches, but firefighters say no homes at this point are at risk. the power company shut off power to 700 homes, helping firefighters battled the blaze. it turns out we are not the only part of the united states still wai

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. >> investigators still have no sign of ayla reynolds. aine with the latest. >> just trying to keep ayla's face out there. >> reporter: justin dipietro was front and center this weekend passing out flyers bearing his little girl's face hoping for a break in her disappearance. >> i'd like to have her face on every street corner in america. i'm going to go anywhere i need to. so right now the focus is here but once we're all done around here we'll go wherever it needs to go. >> reporter: but by sunday dipietro was back to a low profile, not talking to reporters. this after weeks of taking heat. >> what happens when daddy gets the baby? >> reporter: some from headline news host nancy grace. >> she's with the daddy. she goes missing. she's with the daddy last time. she gets a broken arm. >> reporter: dipietro responded to grace on friday telling maine's "morning sentinel" nancy grace, please come see me. do you want to spend a day with me? do you want to see what i'm going through? do you want to see the ins and outs of it? i invite you to. di

>>> then where is baby ayla reynolds. police continue searching for her and her father is firing back at a tv host that keeps raising suspicions at him. >>> and spring fever rather than dark days of winter. >> who is claim complaining? how much long every can much of the nation forget that it is winter? we'll take a look at these record breaking temperatures. >> i'd like to give it a try. >>> and "pawn stars" is one of the most popular tv shows right now. i love this. i god a chance to individual the gold & silver pawnshop in las vegas and catch a look at the shop that's become a must-see. they have lines that the city complaining to get into the store. >> i'm looking to make sure you have all your jewelry. you didn't hock anything. >> no, i didn't. i did maybe buy a few things, though. >>> let's talk about the race for the white house with just three days to go before the new hampshire primary. the republican candidate res stumping hard in the granite state with former massachusetts governor mitt romney is moving out ahe

police found blood in the main home where ayla reynolds disappeared from six weeks ago. she disappeared while staying at her father's house. her mother was getting out of rehab at the time. >> know what happened to my daughter, and i want to know where she is and who took her. >> police say the baby's father, his sister, and his girlfriend are holding back information. all three were inside the home when ayla disappeared. >>> there's new evidence involving a new york anchor accused of rape. a woman accused greg kelly of rape and of getting her pregnant. kelly anchors fox's "good day new york." it's reported that he exchanged as many as 17 flirty text messages with the woman before and after the alleged attack. kelly is the son of new york police commissioner raymond kelly. he denies any wrongdoing. >>> rough seas delayed search and salvage operations after a cruise ship disaster. the "costa concordia" hit a reef and has been partially underwater for more than two weeks now -- this happened two weeks ago. experts say it shifted an inch and a half over the weekend. it is r

the search for maine toddler ayla reynolds has taken a grim turn.reveal that they found blood in the basement of her father's home. we'll tell you what that means for the investigation. >>> plus, wedding nightmare. a new york couple says wedding planner to the stars david detera broke his vows and tripled the cost of their reception and left them at the altar. we'll tell you how. >>> and royal relationship. a new look at the complex bond between princess diana and queen elizabeth. the palace initially welcomed diana with open arms until one 1995 interview. we'll look at how that relationship fell apart. those stories and much more when jenna and i see you a bit later on "today." chris and angie, we'll send it back to you now. >> lester, saw you on "the wendy williams show," looking good! >> thanks. >> she loves you. >> that's a wild ride. that's quite a show. i didn't quite expect all that. >> some odd hours for you, too, huh? >> actually, it was a decent hour, like 10:00 in the morning, which is nice for me. >> normal people. normal hours. >> exact

from police that flood found inside her father's home belonged to the little girl. 20-month-old ayla reynoldsas not in her bed when her father went to check on her. >>> divers in italy inspected the capsized costa concordia on sunday after it moves 1 1/2 inches. the search operations and fuel recovery have been put on hold due to strong winds and rough seas. more than two dozen people remain unaccounted for. firefighters plan to use a robot to search for missing people this week. >>> a team with the international acomic energy agency is in iran inspecting their nuclear facility t comes at a time of growing tensions. the west is imposing new sanctions to try to slow or halt iran's nuclear program. some people believe the u.n. inspections will simply allow iran to continue stalling. >>> when you brick the iaea in and you say we're going to start talks, that is just bidding iran time. we should be very cautious about taking our foot off the gas any time soon. they could end this tomorrow by just stopping their nuclear weapon program. >> iran is currently under four sets of united nations sanctio

. >>> and new questions in the search of missing maine toddler ayla reynolds. er father's home six weeks ago. abc's dan kloeffler has more. >> reporter: a startling announcement from maine police. blood discovered in the home where ayla was last seen in december. the potential new evidence is just coming to light now. police made the discovery just days after the toddler's father justin dipietro told police that ayla had been snatched from her bed. police are waiting for test results. and he isn't talking. >> i'm not here to answer any questions. i'm just here to show my support for the community that is supporting ayla. >> reporter: he appeared at vigil saturday with ayla's mother, trista reynolds, it was the first time they have seen each other since their daughter's disappearance. police are suspicious of justin's story, but haven't named him a suspect or a person of interest. >> we need answers to those questions right now. the answer to those questions right now. i'm not the person for that. that's for justin to be answering, not me. >> reporter: despite ex

meanwhile, as police in maine continue to search for missing 20-month-old ayla reynolds, her dad is seen handing out fliers for the first time since she disappeared. >> also, casey anthony. she's been out of the public eye since a jury found her not guilty for the death of her child back in july. now a new video with casey anthony surfaced, but was this new video stolen or did she want to get it out? plus, take a cute babe baby and famous movie scenes, and what does it make? a movie -- and striking gold on and off the screen. >> the ravens this weekend enjoying themselves. just a nice couple days off. it was like it was a couple years ago. john harbaugh had them in practice, but after the weekend, back to work on monday. bolton plenty of rest. it's amazing. he looks good at practice. out there went through his work. impressive considering what he's gone through. this was not the season everyone envisioned from bolton because of the skills he hads. as the world's number one receiver, he has been good, but not great. there has been a good reason that the knee injury is worse than he let on

police say they found blood in the home where ayla reynolds disappeared six weeks ago.ents were seen in public together at a vigil for the girl yesterday. the child disappeared while staying at her father's house while the mother was getting out of rehab. reporters asked ayla's mother, trista reynolds, about the new developments. >> really? you really want to know? i'm ready to go knocking at people's doors myself because i want to know what happened to my daughter, and i want to know where she is and who took her, or just whatever, like everybody else does. my reaction is i'm still trying to concept the fact that blood was found, of my daughter's. that's my reaction, okay? >> now, police have not confirmed that the blood found matched ayla's. police told the "boston globe," they feel that the three adults in the home when ayla disappeared are holding back information. >>> the january jobs report is set to come out friday, and experts are expecting more good news. according to financial analysts, employers are expected to report they've added 100,000 to 225,000 jobs in

top stories authorities in maine say blood has been discovered in the home of missing toddler ayla reynoldsd missing by her father on december 17th. he reportedly told police he put his daughter to bed the night before she disappeared. police aren't saying if they know whose blood was found in the house. defense secretary leon panetta is speaking out about the pakistani doctor who helped lead the u.s. to osama bin laden. panetta telling cbs's "60 minutes" the doctor who helped the cia gather evidence should be released from custody. pakistani officials arrested the doctor and charged him with treason following the raid that killed osama bin laden. >>> the pentagon is sending a search team into north korea this year to find remains of missing u.s. veterans. north korean and american military teams have conducted 33 joint recovery missions since 1996. they were suspended in 2005 because of rising nuclear tensions. about 8,000 service members from the korean war are still listed as unaccounted for. >>> president barack obama introduced a new plan to help middle class families afford higher edu

. >> reporter: it's been three weeks since ayla reynolds' father record her missing from her family homen maine. >> i want to keep her face out there. >> reporter: justin is now posting flyers and taking on a more visible role in the search for his 20-month-old daughter. initially he says he purposely kept a low profile. >> for a few days i was emotionally incapable of coming out to do an interview, and i had been advised that by coming on and doing an interview by law enforcement it could possibly hinder the investigation, and i'm here to help in any way i can. >> reporter: in those first days and weeks ayla's mother, crystal reynolds, questioned his lack of involve. as she explained on the "today" show. >> he says he is not hiding. why won't he come out and talk to me? why is he staying away? >> reporter: she also had concerns about ayla's welfare under his car. chris derebelleds was in dug rehab when she disappeared from his house. >> she's got a broken arm. she's ended up missing. >> reporter: hoping to stop this, he says ayla's broken arm was the result of an accident. while carryin