a two-hour hike to dimaggio's camp.they quietly surrounded it and waited for the perfect chance. >> those two hours were pretty tense. we had every reason to believe that he was likely armed, certainly dangerous. >> i think there were a hundred or more feet between dimaggio and hannah at the time tactical activities started. that distance was increasing. >> they infiltrated and jim dimaggio had a rifle. he fired it once. the second time he fired, he was killed probably instantly by the fbi hostage rescue team. >> reporter: it was over. dimaggio was dead, 18 years to the day after his father committed suicide. and one week after she was taken, hannah anderson was rescued. >> this was a, started in earnest yesterday morning and today less than 36 hours later, she is home and she is safe. hannah is safe and that was the best outcome we were hoping for. >> she has been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. i am very proud of her and i love her very much. >> reporter: hannah was home, safe and starting to heal. >> it's an h

they hiked two hours to dimaggio's camp.d waited for the perfect chance. >> those two hours were pretty tense. we had every reason to believe that he was likely armed, certainly dangerous. >> i think there were 100 or more feet between dimaggio and hannah at the time that tactical activity started. and that distance was increasing. >> they infiltrated and jim dimaggio had a rifle. he fired it once, and the second time he fired, he was killed probably instantly by the fbi hostage rescue team. >> it was over. dimaggio was dead, 18 years to the day after his father committed suicide. and one week after she was taken, hannah anderson was rescued. >> this was a -- you know, started essentially in earnest yesterday morning. and today, less than 36 hours later, she is home and she -- she is safe. hannah is safe, and that was -- that's the best outcome that we were hoping for. >> i'm so glad she's safe! >> me too. >> she's okay. she's such a strong girl. >> as for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. she has been through a

her abductor, james dimaggio is dead. killed we believe in an f.b.i. shootout at a camp siet in remote wilderness in idaho. this taking place in the last hour and a half. san diego's sheriff department saying there was a confrontation between f.b.i. officers who moved in after he was spotted at a campsite he had made with himself. we don't know whether it was a drone or helicopter. there was a confrontation. there was a shootout and hannah managed to survive. right now she is being taken to a hospital to be inspected to see if she is okay. her father who was very concerned about her appeal to dimaggio to let her go. they will probably be reunited in the morning. moments from now we are expecting a press conference from the f.b.i. and valley county sheriff's department to explain how the tactical operation played out. we'll have details hopefully how dimaggio died but the best news is that hannah is safe. this goes back a week when her mother and brother were killed at the house. he abducted hannah who we believe had a long obsession with and vanished f

dimaggio. we have just been told by investigators that james dimaggio is dead. 16-year-old hannah is safe and with police officers. her father is being transported to meet with her. this happened in western idaho where dimaggio's car was found yesterday. the teenager was last seen a week ago at her cheerleading practice in san diego county, california. cnn is on top of this story. we have reporters in the region as well as a former fbi profiler who can speak exactly to how this man was found. how hannah, why happnnah is ali and how he was taken down. according to investigators, a campsite was spotted from the air at a campsite, or at a park in the wilderness, in idaho. ground units were sent in, and then an fbi tactical agent took down james dimaggio. this is at the north end of moorhead lake in idaho. it happened around 4:22 pacific standard time. i want to go now to cnn's miguel marquez. is miguel marquez with us now? miguel is on the scene. miguel -- >> i'm here. >> you have been following t

was there a negotiation between dimaggio and the fbi team?it's simply a team that is trained in these kind of situations. so i cannot release any specifics on what transpired leading up to thmpt these are the teams that go in whether or not there's negotiation or not, they are trained to handle the situations no matter what transpires. >> how far from the original site where they were spotted on wednesday were they today? >> not far, they were relatively close to the same area. >> does hannah have any physical injuries? >> no, she appears to be doing okay at this point. >> she is in a boise hospital right now? >> i cannot tell you where she is, she was taken to a local hospital? >> they were swimming. >> give us a sense of how complicated, sort of qualify how complicated and how sensitive a mission that was given the circumstances? >> of course, this is a homicide suspect that was in a rugged area and we had a 16-year-old girl that we wanted to bring home safely. that is what we wanted, we wanted her home and we wanted it to end safely and th

dimaggio. they're preparing right now for a press conference in san diego. the reporters and the producers and camerapeople are getting ready and also members of police departments and investigators. apparently there has been, we believe, a culmination to this case. some news breaking. some developing news. i want to get straight to cnn's paul buchanan following the story from the very beginning. he is in san diego. paul, what are you hearing? what are your sources telling you? >> well right now, a top placed law enforcement official is saying that he, quote, thinks the suspect is dead stopping short of saying he is dead and not addressing whether or not hannah is alive. again, a top well-placed law enforcement sourcing he thinks the suspect is dead. interesting, don, because we heard from the suspect's friend that this is the anniversary of his father's suicide, and he had feared a eed all along that som could happen dramatic today involving dimaggio. >> paul, let's talk a little bit more abou

dimaggio and would head to the back country. indeed, when they found the car it was covered in brush and pried off the license plates. they identified it by the vin number. let's listen about the discovery. >> the blue nissan versa was discovered covered in brush. the license plates had been removed, but local law enforcement in the area were able to confirm through the vin number that the vehicle did belong to dimaggio. >> so not only did they discover the car, but also, again, a single rider on horseback reportedly saw hanna, the 16-year-old and dimaggio about 8 miles from a trail head in the back country with camping equipment, piers. >> paul, from everything gleaning from all this, from the eyewitness accounts, the encounter with random strangers and the car et cetera, we clearly think they are in that vicinity but do we think they are there together as a couple, that they may have established a relationsh relationship? >> i press the the sheriff on that very question, piers. he said from what the rider on horseback saw, he

was there negotiations between dimaggio and the team? team that is trained in this situation. i can't release any specifics on what transpired leading up to this. these are the teams that go in, whether or not there is negotiation at that time or not. they are trained to handle these types of situations no matter what transpires. >> from the original spotted on wednesday, where were they found today? >> they were relatively close to the same area. no, she does appear to be doing okay at this point. >> is she in hospital? >> i can't say but she was taken to a local hospital. >> we have reports they were swimming? >> i don't have that information. i don't have any specifics on the type of investigative tools that were used at this point. all of that is part of this investigation. >> without talking about the evidence itself, can you give us how complicated and how sensitive the mission this was given the circumstances? >> of course. if there is homicide suspect that was in very rugged area and we had a 15-year-old girl who we wanted to bri

jim dimaggio was the perpetrator and he is dead. the case closed. cut and dry. >> for them it's cut and dry. >> reporter: jennifer willis is the late christina anderson's aunt. >> i just get this feeling it's not as cut and dry as it seems. i don't know how he could have done something like that to his friends. i just don't feel at ease about it at all. it's not cut and dry. >> reporter: for years, jim dimaggio was the family friend. the cabin dimaggio owned an hour outside of san diego was the anderson family getaway. but will else says in the past year, the family dynamics had changed. christina and brett anderson, hannah's parents, had separated. brett anderson moved to tennessee. then according to jennifer willis, dimaggio began to face financial troubles that led to foreclosure on the cabin they all loved. jennifer talked to christina just days before her murder. >> she said, he's having a hard time, losing his house, he doesn't know what to do, he's depressed. she went there to be by his side one last time. that's the kind of person she was. d

dimaggio will not testify. hannah will not testify.e sort of sensational first arraignment, first appearance in court. let's see what her grandma had to say about that. >> the way it ended up for both hannah and jim, it's fitting. no one wants to go through years of jury trials and putting hannah through any of that. so, you know, i wouldn't want to see any dead, but it happened, and we're excited to have our daughter -- granddaughter home. >> clearly, she was alluding to the killing of the suspect, dimaggio, in the idaho mountains. let's hear what mr. anderson had to say in a statement. i am nervous, excited, saddened for my wife and my son and worried that what my daughter has been through, it is now healing time. also, fredericka, don't forget that in san diego all week long, war room was set up in the sheriff's office. we understand on saturday, there were 30 detectives, agents up there, an all-star team, if you will, of crime solvers. when they got this word, we understand they were hugging and even veteran, hardened, hardened age

reports of james dimaggio's father once held a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint. a friend tells me about chilling parallels. a woman who was kidnapped when she was only nine, and now katie beers has a message for hannah anderson. >>>dy these things, no one did this to me, no one's to blame for this, but i am. a woman who will not hold back her opinion of anthony weiner. star jones joins me for round three. rescued hannah anderson, disturbing new revelations about the men police believed ab ducted her. joining me now is paul vercammen live in san diego. the story came do a soon to be gruesome end with the death of the number one suspect. what can you tell me about events from the moment we learned about it. >> well, we know there were these ranchers, two couples who came upon the couple of anderson. and, of course, hannah quite by accident. and they discovered them in the vast idaho wilderness, they looked way out of place. the fact that he had new camping equipment, he was up on a ridge in an odd place. her feet were in the water. they seemed to not want to discus

dimaggio, jim dimaggio and the father had known each other more than 20 years. he knew the children since their births. in fact, the relationship was so close that they called him uncle. an extremely close relationship. what is being alleged here right now is absolutely the ultimate betrayal, anderson. >> it is horrible. paul, thank you again. breaking news, a vehicle has been spotted. another amber alert issued. let's dig deeper in to what may motivate someone to kidnap a child. we are joined by mary ellen o'toole and mark klaas, founder of the klaas kids foundation. he lost his daughter 20 years ago. when you saw hannah's dad deliver that message to her urging her to make a run for it if she was able to and got the chance. what went through your mind? it is an important message that he try to get to her and to the man believed to be holding her. >> sure. i think he did a tremendous job. first, he appeal directly to the kidnapper for his daughter and then gave her an action plan. i think it is important that people and she listen to this. she doesn't have to ju

dimaggio is dead and we shall return after this. dead, and we shall return after this. >>> a fox news alert continuing with the stunning and very happy news that hannah anderson has been >>> if fox news alert. hannah anderson has been resc d rescued. snatched by james here's how it was announced at the press conference. we are joined by our west coast bureau with reaction. give us the latest. >> the latest is that hannah has been found. the fbi is certainly going to continue to do its investigation on the scene of where it happened and also in the area, particularly further investigation in to the car. the team coming in from d.c. to salt lake city at the moment where it will actually do review. the investigation will move to san diego. it will probably be centered down there. the san diego county sheriffs office that will be dealing with that. but huge sigh of relief here in california. there's been a massive outpouring of emotion and concern for hannah's welfare after this dramatic week of a kidnapping and two terrible killings in

h hannah anderson was located with dimaggio.ppears well and rescue and will be transported to a hospital in idaho. >> this case brought to mind another murder/kidnapping that ended in idaho back in 2005 that we covered very extensively when a serial killer of multiple sex offender joseph edward duncan snatched an 8-year-old snamed shasta and her brother, 9-year-old duncan after murdering the children's mother and brother and the mom's fiancee, and folks, you may remember how shasta was rescued after the perpetrator brought her out of the wilderness to have dinner at a local denny's restaurant. her brother had already been killed by duncan, and duncan by the way is now serving nine life sentences. craig interviewed shasta in october of last year. >> when she was just 8 years old, shasta groene and her 9-year-old brother dillon were the subject of a massive manhunt in 2005. >> i made it out okay and my brother didn't. i wish it didn't happen that way and i wish we could have both gotten out together. >> for the first time shasta,

there's no way that hannah anderson left with dimaggio willingly. they think that's the case at this point. the two of them seen on wednesday by a man on horseback with his friends in this remote backcountry. so remote, fredricka, they're going to need to use satellite phones for some of the communication and go at it on foot and possibly horseback and use helicopters to try to determine their location. >> so, paul, have officials gone as far as trying to ascertain whether hannah went on her own free will or whether it's unwillingly? >> reporter: well, again, just talking a short time ago to a detective offcamera. a kidnapping case.der this to be so the relatives of hannah also are echoing that. they say they think there's no way that she would have left with dimaggio willingly but there's a lot to this investigation. part of this is whether or not for years and years and years perhaps dimaggio had been grooming hannah as is the case with many serial molesters trying to get her to come and be on his side with things. we heard from one of her friends

dimaggio has been missing ever since, along with 16- year-old hannah anderson.aul vercammen reports. >> reporter: from this house fire sunday night in a small town near the mexican border. a story of alleged betrayal of staggering dimensions began smoldering. the burning home's owner james dimaggio and brett anderson had been friends for more than a decade and a half. the anderson children. 16 year old hannah and 8 year old ethan considered dimaggio an uncle. and visited here often. but in the charred ruins. the children's mother christina anderson was found dead. dimaggio is now a murder suspect. the remains of a child the size of an eight year old. also found here and missing. the trusted family friend dimaggio. and hannah, described as a fun- loving teenager. authorities issued an amber alert for the children. it eventually spread to nearby states and into mexico. >> "jim, i can't fathom what you were thinking. the damage is done, i'm begging you to let my daughter go." >> reporter: brett anderson. who was in tennessee returned to california and attended a vi

that's where dimaggio's house was found in flames sunday. inside, the burned bodies of anderson's mother, christina, and a child believed to be her 8-year-old brother ethan also missing. the 40-year-old dimaggio was a family friend of the andersons'. authorities said he had an unusual infatuation with the girl. police say horseback riders in idaho saw two people with camping gear. they matched the description of dimaggio and anderson. >> they came back late wednesday night and upon seeing some news of the missing hannah and dimaggio, contacted local law enforcement. >> reporter: both appeared to be in good health. >> as far as we know, it didn't look like she was being held against her will. >> reporter: on thursday, anderson's father spoke out to dimaggio. >> the damage is done. just let my daughter go. let her go home safe. let her be with me and try to mend things from there. >> reporter: dimaggio is wanted on suspicion of murder and arson. jericka duncan, cbs news. >> bomb and arson experts are going to examine the car because authoritie

dimaggio. >> mr. dimaggio came into our lives about six months before hannah was born.d a very close relationship over the years and we've done many, many things throughout the years together and he basically became like part of our family. he was always around and we always did stuff together as a family. sometimes he took the kids camping. but we were just very good friends. >> this is your buddy. you know him. was there ever anything about him that you found suspicious? i know the easy answer is no because you wouldn't have had him around your family, but searching your history now, was there anything there? >> you know, i have come up blank. i have been through every scenario in my brain. there was nothing ever to show any indication of this. everybody you could even talk to loved him. he would give you the shirt off his back, and he was there to help at any time you called and nothing ever like this indicated anything. i'm hearing different stories but, you know, nothing to me ever indicated anything like this. >> so in piecing this back together, your kids and the

cnn affiliate k-f-m-b in san diego interviewed a woman who says dimaggio's father, james everett dimaggiohen she was a teenager. the woman, who didn't want to be identified, said this happened in the late-1980's. the senior dimaggio, she says, had dated her mother-- but broke up with the mother and told the then-teenager, he loved her. "he stuck around for me, and wanted to take from good he could take james dimaggio father broke into her house, carrying a sho and handc to kill h "asked him to, you know, please not kill us and he said ' be re t him." she says she asked to use the bathroom-- then escaped. dimaggio's father, she says, then ran off. public records show that james dimaggio's father was a defendant in a criminal case filed in 1989. but no specifics were im i asked forensic psychiatrist van susteren about the alleged pattern of toward "people who have poor impulse control, peop who3 may to ten very much inheritable6 c account, the elder dimaggio also used his son to get to her. the younger jam dimaggio, she school wi day mes "he came up to me think it was was father wa waiting

dimaggio was in a blue nissan versa. appearance and hannah may have changed her appearance and her 8-year-old brother, ethan. investigators say if you have a suspicion, if you have a believe, call 911. do not confront him. back to you guys. >> all right, miguel, thank you so much for that reporting. >>> let's bring in lieutenant of san diego sheriff homicide department to get the latest on this, obviously, developing situation. lieutenant, thank you so much for joining us this morning. so, a couple things. a bit of confusion it seems or it seems confusing. at the moment, are you still looking for two children being abducted by this suspect james dimaggio? >> we are looking for two people. we believe that dimaggio abducted both children. there is a possibility that the child's remains found in the burned out home there is that of ethan. but we just don't know. we haven't been able to make a positive i.d. at this point. as far as we're concerned, we're looking for two children. i don't want any of the public to think if th

her captor, james dimaggio dead.r a group of horse back riders saw something and felt it was out of place. >>> why a 16-foot wide sink hole began to devour a building near disneyland. the building looks like it's cracking in half. >>> and a story that we have been tracking here on "new day," a young man jailed for months and facing terrorism charges overan online post. he says he was merely joking about shooting up a school, but authorities, they think otherwise. we'll bring you the very latest on the case. >>> another case we have been watching very closely, the family of 16-year-old hannah anderson is now returning home to southern california. she's now with her father after being rescued in idaho over the weekend. hannah and james dimaggio were spotted by a group of horse back riders who spotted them and felt that something was just not right. >> reporter: this story has so many twists and turns, the important bit right now is that hannah is doing fine physically, she'll have a long recovery, and we're learning a

jay gray, nbc news. >>> the horseback riders credited with tipping investigators off to dimaggio and anderson's whereabouts opened up about their joint engineer. they said dimaggio and anderson looked out of place and she seemed nervous. >> she was kind of had a scared look on her face when i first come up the trail. we didn't know if it was from the horses or the what. then when i turned and talked to him a little bit, just had a gut feeling about him. >> one of the horseback riders is a former county sheriff. we heard from him a few moments ago. more than anything he was puzzled by their gear or lack of it. none was sporting hiking boots or rain gear. >>> new at 6:00 mark your calendar apple is expected to unveil its next iphone at a special event on september 10th. all things digital the new phone will have a major redesign of the overall look. new features include better photo organizing abilities and speculation there might be a fingerprint sensor. launch of the new iphone comes when the company has seen their global market share dip. android devices and competition from samsung

obviously, dimaggio is dead.ant to do when you go on one of these operations is convince him, give up. so, when they drop in, it's not a polite conversation. i mean, after all, we have a hostage. you know, stand down, drop your weapon, put your hands up. he didn't comply. the result was he was shot. >> so, that's an indication to you that he was armed and wouldn't disarm? >> that be my case, suggestion to you. >> you know, the camp site we know was spotted by air. law enforcement had to be dropped more than two hours away, is that right? we understand that, because the terrain there is so tough. how critical, i'm wondering, was the timing of that? doesn't that make you nervous that you spot it and you can't go right in? >> well, surprise is always the key, so, if you came in on that on a chopper, which i've done before, you know, unless you're just blind and deaf, you know they're up there. >> right. >> so, you want to go away and then come back into it. and they probably fast rode down, which is very dangerous,

cnn affiliate kfmb in san diego interviewed a woman who says dimaggio's father james everett dimaggio a teenager. the woman who didn't want to be identified said this happened in the late 1980s. the senior dimaggio, she says, had dated her mother but broke up with the mother and told the then teenager he loved her. >> stuck around for me and wanted to take me away from my mom and give me a good life, a better life. he could take care of me. >> reporter: she says after she refused, james dimaggio's father broke into her house, carrying a shotgun and handcuffs and was about to kill her, her boyfriend, and her brother. >> asked him to please not kill us. he said don't worry, it will be over quick. and i just remember pleading with him. >> reporter: she says she asked to use the bathroom, then escaped. dimaggio's father, she says, then ran off. public records show that james dimaggio's father was a defendant in a criminal case filed in 1989, but no specifics were immediately available. i asked forensic psychiatrist lisa van susteren about the alleged pattern of behavior towards teenage gi

hannah anderson was located with dimaggio.ll and will be transported to a hospital in idaho. to recap this operation started on wednesday when some hikers saw two people that recement bld dimaggio and anderson. friday morning the blue nissan versa was discovered and that led to a massive federal, state and local manhunt in the idaho area wilderness outside of cascade, you idaho. what a collaborative effort and search and recovery effort really was. the sheriff's department had personnel from san diego up there, very valley county and aida county, unprecedented response by f.b.i., salt lake city, san francisco and f.b.i. headquarters sent units out there to assist in the search along with u.s. marshals. idaho state police officers and customs and border protection. it truly was a joint effort. i'm pleased to say that hannah was successfully rescued and appears to be in pretty good shape. i would also like to thank the media. as you recall, we had not originally ironed the amber alert in idaho but because of the extensive covera

dimaggio or hannah to call 911, call operators. that is the suspect, jim dimaggio right there, believed to be -- to have with him, this girl, anna and possibly a young boy, an 8-year-old, her brother. again, remains were also found in the house earlier and dna is being tested on that, on those remains. twitter us. coming up next, an al qaeda conference call or group chat that sparked the global terror alert. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] susan writes children's books. when she's happy, she writes about bunnies. when she's sad, she writes about goblins. [ balloon pops, goblin growling ] she wrote a lot about goblins after getting burned in the market. but she found someone to talk to and gained the confidence to start investing again. ♪ and that's what you call a storybook ending. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> more on the search for 16-year-old hanna anderson and possibly her brother ethan and alleged killer jim dimaggio who may have one or both kids with him. a car was spotted th

and james dimaggio was killed.let's listen in on all that's taking place now. >> got a ranch up in sweet. former county sheriff, retired army officer, army rangers. this is my wife christa, she's been with me for 52 years -- actually, 53 or 54. so we're hanging in there. >> so you guys can get started by asking questions. as you come up you guys can talk about -- >> i'd like to have mike and his wife. >> mike and mary young. we're also from sweet, idaho. got a ranch there also. >> so questions? >> which one of you guys made that first phone call? >> i made the first phone call. when we got up on the mountain that morning, we hadn't been into the lake fishing for quite a while, so that tuesday morning we took off and went up to the lake and that wednesday morning we rode in, we set up camp and rode in. mike here was the first one to encounter the two hikers, the guy and the girl. red flags kind of went up on him. >> what red flags? >> the girl -- i'll let mike explain that to you what he saw. and then when we went t