after trying to extort $250,000 from beth holloway to reveal what happened to her daughter. in a recorded interview with investigators, with beth holloway watching from another room, van der sloot described how afternoon natalee kneed him in the groin he smashed her head with a cinderblock and dragged the high school senior into the water. what was it like to hear and see that in real time, to hear him discuss what he did to your daughter? >> it's shocking. it's almost as if it just blisters your soul when you hear it. >> reporter: in a heart-wrenching victim statement, holloway told van der sloot, "you terminated her potential when you bludgeoned her," calling her pain indescribable with grief that lives deep in my soul. >> she was killed just by standing her ground. >> reporter: you didn't know that. >> no, i hadn't -- i didn't know nothing. >> reporter: authorities say van der sloot's account passed a polygraph test. the judge imposed the maximum 20 years, but he'll serve it at the same time he's serving a sentence for the murder of another young woman in peru. there were

in a recorded interview with investigators, with beth holloway watching from another room, van der slootow after natalee kneed him in the groin, he smashed her head with a cinder block and dragged the high school senior into the water. what was it like to hear and see that in real time, to hear him discuss what he did to your daughter? >> it's shocking. it's almost as if it just blisters your soul when you hear it. >> reporter: in a heart-wrenching victim statement, holloway told van der sloot, "you have terminated her potential when you bludgeoned her," calling her pain "indescribable, with grief that lives deep in my soul." >> she was killed just by standing her ground. >> reporter: but you didn't know that. >> no, i hadn't had -- i didn't know anything. >> reporter: authorities say van der sloot's account passed a polygraph test. the judge imposed a maximum 20 years, but he will serve it at the same time he is serving a sentence for the murder of another young woman in peru. there were dozens of family members and natalee's friends in the courtroom today, many of them breaking down wh

in a recorded interview with investigators, with beth holloway watching from another room, van der slootcribed how after natalee kneed him in the groin, he smashed her head with a cinder block and dragged the high school senior into the water. what was it like to hear and see that in realtime, to hear him discuss what he did to your daughter? >> it's shocking. it's almost as if it just blisters your soul when you hear it. >> reporter: in a heart-wrenching victims statement, holloway told van der sloot your terminated her potential when you bludgeoned her, calling her pain indescribable with grief that lives deep in my soul. >> she was killed just by standing her ground. >> reporter: but you didn't know that. >> no. i didn't know anything. >> reporter: authorities say van der sloot's account passed a polygraph test. the judge imposed the maximum 20 years, but he'll serve it at the same time he is serving a sentence for the murder of another young woman in peru. there were dozens of family members and natalee's friends in the room today, many of them breaking down when beth holloway addres

then, in 2010, van der sloot suddenly reaches out to beth holloway's attorney. >> joran contacted mech 29th, 2010. we engaged in a series of emails. pier john q. kelly says joran has a proposal. if you give me $250,000, i will give you information on the whereabouts of natalee holloway. >> $25,000 up front. he'll take me to where natalee is, tell me how she died once and for all. i called beth. i said, beth, i've got a plan. >> working with the fbi, they orchestrate a sting operation. >> reporter: in collaboration with authorities, beth holloway pays van der sloot $25,100 for information about natalee. in exchange, he tells them he hid her body in the foundation of a home. a story he later recants. before being indicted, he flees to peru. then, five years to the day of natalee holloway's disappearance in aruba, may 30th, 2010 -- >> joran van der sloot, once suspected in the disappearance of natalee holloway in aruba, is being -- >> murdered 21-year-old stephany flores in a rage -- >> the subject of an international manhunt -- >> unlike in aruba where there was absolutely nothing to t

but beth holloway is not buying it >> he doesn't have that in his existence., it didn't mean anything >> reporter: and while nothing can bring natalee back, beth says knowing how her daughter died brings her some measure of peace. >> i think now it becomes easier for me to appreciate her life through my son's life, and through his children's life. and i hadn't really been a -- you know, i've been a little distracted so now i can kind of like, uh -- now i can focus on that. >> reporter: the judge described the crimes here heinous to the extreme and sentenced van der slot to 20 years behin bars to run concurrently with the sentence that he is already serving right now in peru, guys, for the murder of a college student. >> sam, thank you. i want to turn to our senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett. laura, good morning. it's just chilling to hear him confess, and realize the only reason we got here is because he tried to extort the victim's family for money it boggles the mind. he has this sentence, they'll let him serve it concurrently, so he's not going to s

that is getting justice for natalee. >> now, beth holloway gave a heart breaking impact statement in n der sloot terminated her daughter and her daughter's dreams of being a doctor and a mother. there was a powerful moment when holloway looked at van der sloot and said you look like hell. holloway expanded on what she said to van der sloot in person. >> i was able to express things to him that i wanted to tell him as far as telling him who he is. he is a killer. he's a killer. he will always be the killer. >> natalee holloway's body was never found. this confession will not likely change that. martha? >> martha: stunning story that we found so long. closure for mrs. holloway and her family. matt matt finn reporting live from alabama. you can look at a new story of the untold podcast. i had a conversation with general petraeus on israel's effort to eradicate hamas from the region. it's available at foxnewspodcasts.com. we'll see you from d.c. tomorrow. as always, the story goes on. join us tomorrow at 3:00. "your world" starts right now. thank you, everybody

>> reporter: that's right, beth holloway has been at the forefront of finding closure, justice for hernot only in the courtroom but outside of the courthouse today after the hearing, she said, after 18 years, the nightmare is finally coming to an end at one point she did look at van der sloot and called him a killer. >> as far as i'm concerned, it's over. it's over. joran van der sloot is no longer the suspect in my daughter's murder, he is the killer. it's been a very long and painful journey but we finally got the answers we've been searching for all these years. we finally, today, we got justice for natalee. >> reporter: and kate, speaking of justice as i mentioned beth holloway was in the courtroom today and she looked at her son matt and said, we did it. kate. >> kathy park, thank you. >>> ground hog day on capitol hill because congressman jordan has failed to reach the 217-vote threshold to become speaker. the final tally 212 for hakeem jeffries and 199 for jordan. that means he actually received fewer votes today than he did on the first ballot yesterday. ryan nobles is tracking

in an interview today, holloway's mother beth telling abc news the family's nightmare is over. >> it's a very victorious day to reach this point in a long journey. >> reporter: van der sloot's apparent admission part of a plea deal in a federal extortion case, accusing him of demanding $250,000 from beth holloway in 2010 in exchange for information about her daughter. before receiving his 20-year sentence in federal court today, van der sloot apologizing to holloway's family, saying in part, "i am not the same kind of person today as i was then. i have given my heart to jesus christ." but tonight, natalee's father dave holloway releasing a statement, saying van der sloot is "evil personified." and david, van der sloot will now be returned to peru, where he is serving a 28-year sentence for the murder of another woman. david? >> david: erielle reshef reporting tonight. erielle, thank you. >>> to capitol hill now, day 15, no speaker of the house. today, a second vote now for congressman jim jordan, this time, jordan getting fewer votes than in the first one. a third vote now coming, and

i sat down with beth holloway. he thinks this is accurate because he took a polygraph. s. >> as hard as it is and shocking when you finally get the really answers about your loved ones like with natalee holloway. the not knowing is worse. it's more torturous. >> a powerful moment during holloway's victim impact statement when she mentioned joran van der sloot's daughter and told him you look like hell. she felt like he had two pressure points to press. his own daughter and appearance. >> the killer is only into themselves. i felt like those were my two off the cuff, i had to just do it. >> joran van der sloot claims he found christ. natalee holloway's body was never found. >> jesse: that's all for tonight. i want everybody to check out bret baier's new book. "to rescue the constitution." i didn't get a chance to talk approximate his book the other day because of the breaking news in israel. we didn't think it was appropriate. the book is doing great. and bret baier, tomorrow night at eight o'clock, fox news will have live coverage of president biden's oval office address

i sat down with beth holloway today.tells fox she thinks the confession is accurate in part because it was corroborated by ale polygraph and multiple fbi teams and she says she feels victorious. >> even though as hard as it is and it is shocking when you finally get the answers of what happened to natalie, the not knowing is worse. the not knowing is more torture us. >> and there was a powerful moment during holloway's victim impact statement when she will mentioned vandersloot's own daughter and then she looked vandersloot in the face and said you look like hell. she revealed he has two pressure points she had to press, thinking about his own daughter and his own appearance. vandersloot says he has found christ and become a different person. natalie holloway's body was never found and this confession is likely not going to change that. trace. >> trace: matt thank you. coming up steve hair began has been covering on fox news in lebanon and will give us how this war could escalate very rapidly. sunrise in 15 minutes, a li

he's expected to plead guilty to extorting money from holloway's mother, beth van der sloot is accusedg $250,000 in exchange for information about her daughter. he initially pleaded not guilty in june to that federal indictment. but now beth holloway's attorneys say van der sloot is expected to change his plea to guilty, offering up clues about what happened to holloway. that's a 630 uncertainty on capitol hill today. the house will once again vote on congressman jim jordan's bid to be the next house speaker. and new limits on guns. what could change for private security guards who are armed on duty following the death of banco brown? and as we head to brea a live look outside. it stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me. my own

extortion and wire fraud charges for allegedly trying to obtain a quarter million dollars from beth hollowayto change, which shocked even their camp. >> we anticipated this being a long trial, grueling trial. and i'm glad that the family did not have to go through that process. >> reporter: so this was unexpected. >> it was unexpected. >> reporter: no government officials confirmed the plea deal. but affording to the family attorney, the deal is based on one very big prerequisite. >> it was conditioned upon mr. van der sloot revealing details of how she died and where her body was disposed of. >> reporter: she did say in a statement i am hopeful that some small semblance of justice may finally be realized, even though no act of justice will help the pain we have endured. >> i do think that it's still possible that we could find where her remains are. >> reporter: now finally there may be details that provide some form of closure to the family. and there is another element that's important to know here, which is in a filing last night, the judge did say she is considering victim impact statem

. >> reporter: beth holloway saying he took a polygraph test after lying what happened for years. >>he real key, the polygraph test, is the art of the polygrapher. maybe he told the polygrapher and probably an agent or detective that was in the room exactly what happened on that beach in 2005. >> reporter: the confession, part of van der sloot's guilty plea for extortion and wire fraud, admitting he demanded $250,000 from beth in 2010 in exchange for information about her daughter. a judge sentencing him to 20 years behind bars to serve in conjunction with his 28-year sentence for murdering another woman in peru. van der sloot apologizing to the holloway family in court saying, i am not the same person today as i was then. i have given my heart to jesus christ. but natalee's father dave releasing a statement saying van der sloot is evil personified. beth holloway saying their family's nightmare is finally over. >> it is a very victorious day to reach this point in a long journey. i did what i had to do as a mother to find answers as to what happened to my daughter. >> reporter: natal

beth holloway's 18 year neverending nightmare is finally over. your han van der sloot. the prime suspect in the disappearance and murder of her daughter natalee holloway, confessed to the crime as part of a plea deal. even a shocking end. >> and painful. it is is it is to hear him say that it was still more torturous from even not knowing for the first time since the case that made international headlines. van der sloot now, 36 years-old divulge in gruesome detail. what happened that night in aruba in may 2005, when holloway's spurned his advances, i keep feeling or up either way. and she ends up needing me in the crotch. he admits i get up and kick are extremely hard in the face. >> i see a cinder block laying on the beach. i take this and i smashed her head in with it completely. i walk up to about my knees in the ocean and i push her off into the sea. it was painful yet. it made me proud was i think to hear how natalie fought. i think that. >> i was like, am, you know, she stood her ground. she fought. she stood up for what was right. van der sloot who was extradited

holloway's mother beth holloway reacted to the confession moments after the hearing today. >> thanksa lot of very smart and dedicated people i got the answer of been searching for for the past 18 years. you're on. van der confession means we finally reached the end of our never ending nightmare. and for end of the nightmare. being over better. enclosure. >> it's still unclear where natalee's remains are located. van der sloot is currently serving a 28 year prison sentence for the murder of a woman in peru. after finishing that sentence, he will begin serving his sentence for federal extortion and wire fraud charges. 4 inmates, one that's been charged with murder escaped from a georgia jail. this happened on monday. they still have not been found. the breakout took place overnight at the big county detention center, which is just southwest of atlanta. jail officials say the men climbed out of a broken window, went through a hole in the fence and then sped off and a blue dodge charger. >> investigating trying to piece together what all happened. we will catch him. they will come back t

holloway's mother beth holloway reacting to the confession moments after. >> thanks to a lot of verypast 18 years. you're on. van der confession means we've finally reached the end of never ending nightmare. and for end of the nightmare. being over better. enclosure. >> where not only is remains are located. van der sloot is now serving a 28 year prison sentence for the murder of a woman in peru. after finishing that sentence, he will start serving his sentence for federal extortion and wire fraud charges. prosecutors in new mexico are once again seeking charges against out actor alec baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of rust 2 years ago. it's based on a new report which says the gun was not modified before it made it to baldwin hands. they are planning to show this to a grand jury in the coming weeks. news nation's stephanie haines breaks it all down for us. a new chapter may be unfolding in the saga of actor alec baldwin and the fatal shooting on the set of the movie rust special prosecutors in new mexico announced they plan to present the case to a grand jury. a new gun ana

he will also have to pay more than $21,000 in restitution to beth holloway. angeles. >> now to capitol hill and a second day of voting for speaker of the house and still no speaker. >> abc news reporter ike ejiochi ejiochi excuse me, has the latest on the vote and what's next. >> today, ohio republican jim jordan losing his second bid for speaker of the house. a second round of voting on the floor resulting in 22 republicans voting against him. >> a speaker has not been elected. >> jordan did pick up two holdouts who switched their votes and one who didn't attend tuesday's vote. but he lost the support of four other republican offenes, meaning he went from 200 votes yesterday to 199 today. jordan needs 217 votes to become speaker, but jordan says he's not giving up. >> i already proven i can get from the most conservative members of the conference to the more moderate members of conference. house rules chairman tom cole nominating jordan today, defending kevin mccarthy against the move to oust him as speaker two weeks ago. >> but today calling on the party to

a short while ago, i sat down with beth holloway. tells fox she thinks this confessionbeth is accurate in pu because it was corroborated bee fbilygraph and multipl teams. >> and she says she feels victorious even though ihet is hard as it is and shocking. and when you do finalld y get ty real answers as to liat happened to your love getd one, like with natalee, the not knowine hollowg is worse than nt >>owing is more torturous than you know, the knowing is there was a powerful moment duringl the holloway's victim impact statement when she mentioned van der sloot's own. d and then she looked van der sloot in the face and told him, ane, you look like.k like she revealed to us she felt like van der sloot, two two pressure points that she had to press, thinking about his own daughtersure pois, his own appearance. >> her killer is pretty much only into themselves. so i fel t like those would lik be maybe my to kind of like just off the cuff, you know, i just kind of like had just do it. >> and jesse van der sloot claims he found and is a

beth holloway's attorney saying van der sloot is expected to change his plea to guilty, offering up cluesppened. the fbi was charged with determining whether he was being truthful or not. >> they used what they had available to them to corroborate or test the veracity of what he was saying. >> and we'll have much more coming up at 7 a.m. plus, legal expert dan abrams weighs in live with your gma first look. i'm erielle reshef, abc news new york. halloween is almost here and if you're looking for a fun place to stay, an oakland woman has transformed her home into a wild experience. >> it is called moon light manor and it's on airbnb. the 150 year old victorian is located in the heart of oakland and the post says jump back in time to the 1920s or enter the world of beetlejuice. adventure awaits at each section of the house is its own little universe. the host, christina, has experience in costume design and stagecraft. she says she recently had a baby and decided to open her home to airbnb to support her family. it's listed for around $200 a night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the na

now beth holloway's attorney saying van der sloot is expected to change his plea to guilty offering upmuch as she can get closure. she'll feel like she finally has the answer she wanted. >> reporter: the dutch national serving a 28-year sentence in peru for another woman but was brought to the u.s. to face these charges. natalie holloway vanished in 2005. she was last seen leaving the bar with van der sloot. van der sloot denying involvement. >> last time i saw her she was sitting on the side of the ocean. >> reporter: holloway's body was never found. >> i know he was responsible for the demise of natalie. he's a monster. >> reporter: so far prosecutors aren't commenting on the terms of the alleged plea deal. once sentenced in this extortion case he will be sent back the peru to finish his sentence for murder. they don't expect any further investigation by u.s. authorities. lot more to come, guys. >> hopefully the holloway family can finally get some answers. next here on gma the ceo of wal-mart u.s. is here live only on gma talking with michael about what to expect this holiday season

on the ten-year anniversary of natalee's disappearance, beth holloway telling savannah she is still seekingstice is not being served for natalee. >> reporter: according to kelly, that can never be delivered, but relieve from a long legal process could be coming. >> we know van der sloot changes his story, so how confident is the family this time around? >> reporter: hoda, apparently pretty confident i asked the question there is no doubt credibility issues here, especially since van der sloot has changed his story seven times over the past decade corroborating the information that van der sloot provided, which is to say they think it is legitimate i did find it interesting they told me they are no longer conducting a search for her remains. what is the point of getting that information specifically? he said that will all come to light after court. and he is expecting beth, her mother, to speak after those proceedings. >> sam brock for us in miami sam, thank you. >>> still ahead, we will go inside the game with three of the most dedicated workers in the nfl. ticket takers who have been on th

beach and the ocean, and all lies, and then in 2010, he went forward to natalee's parents, beth and dave hollowayok, i will tell you where she is, but you have to give me $250,000 and it was an fbi setup, and they workeded with him since he came forward and he got to money, and he led them to an area in aruba and said, there is the body right there, and then said, ha, ha, it is a lie. boom! extortion lies. we have been working with the peruvian government under the extradition treaty, because he has been serving a sentence there, and so they gave him a deal. they said we will give you a plea deal, and you will plead guilty to the extortion and fraud charge, but you will tell exactly what happened to natalee, and it was done in a proffer, and audio recorded. we have some of the audio right there, because he did say it was on the beach. he said that they were kissing. he wanted go further, and natalee said no. he hit natalee, and natalee hit him, and then what happened is that he took a cinderblock to her head. listen to what he says that he did, in his own words, after that. >> i decided to take h

joran van der sloot was sentenced to 20 years in prison for extorting natalee holloway's mother beth uilty plea deal he gave a gruesome confession. van der sloot claims he was kissing natalee holloway on the beach in aruba. he tried to take it a step further and she said no. she ended up kneeing him in the crotch. he then kicked her in the head and smashed her in the face with a cinder block. and then dragged ler into the ocean by himself. a short while ago i sat down with beth highway, natalie's mother she tells fox she thinks the confession is accurate in part because it was corroborated by a polygraph and multiple fbi teams and she says she feels victorious. >> even as shocking and you get the real answers as to what happened with your loved one like that the lee, the not knowing is worse. not knowing is mortar temperature russ. >> and there was a powerful moment during court today. natalee holloway's mother gave a victim impact statement. when she mentioned van der sloot's own daughter and then looked van der sloot in the face and told him, quote: you look like hell, she revealed

holloway's mother, beth reacted to the confession moments after.nks to a lot of very smart and dedicated people i got the answer of been searching for for the past 18 years. >> you're on. van der confession means we've finally reached the end of never ending nightmare. and for reac'ing end of the nightmare. being over better. enclosure. >> it's still unclear where natalee's remains are located. van der sloot is currently serving a 28 year prison sentence for the murder of a woman in peru. >> after finishing that sentence, he will then begin serving his sentence for federal extortion and wire fraud charges. 4 inmates, including one that has been charged with murder. they all escaped from a georgia jail on monday. the breakout took place overnight at the big county detention center, which is just southwest of atlanta. jail officials say the men climbed out through a broken window and then went through a hole in the fence and sped off in a blue dodge charger. >> where right now investigating trying to piece together what all happened. we will catch hi

holloway's family, what are they saying? >> reporter: i've followed this from the beginning. yesterday bethstatement outside of federal court. i'll let you listen to what she said and how she feels. >> it just blistered your soul to hear the brutal description of how he killed her. it was intentional in what he did. honestly i can say it now because i spent 18 years not knowing. now i know what happened. the 18 years leading up of not knowing was more tumultuous and torture. taking that hard hit, bracing yourself, your heart and soul to take that hit and absorb the reality and the truth and the answers. >> reporter: she also said she's been in the profession for years. when all this happened, she moved to aruba to look for her daughter. she needed to be licensed when she got back to alabama and she lost her tenure. the family has gone through so much, even down to her own profession. >> such a difficult journey for that family and her mom. hopefully a closing of that chapter in her life. jean, thanks for the update. >>> still to come, we're going to take you back live to the middle east whe