>> gabby. >> gabby, how old are you? the last public glimpses of gabby petito alive. august 12 in moab, utah. remember, we showed you a clip of this earlier. it all happened just six weeks into gabby and brian's road trip and 5 1/2 weeks before gabby's remains would be found. before police stopped the couple in her van, a disturbing 911 call. >> we drove by and the gentleman was slapping the girl. then we stopped. they ran up and down the sidewalk. he proceeded to hit her, popped in the car, and they drove off. >> was brian laundrie slapping his fiance? if so, was this a warning sign that their real life relationship was not at all what was portrayed on their social media? was something terribly wrong? >> so there's two people that came to us and told us they saw him hit you, that they saw him punch you, independent witnesses by moonflower. >> to be honest, i hit him first. >> where did you hit him? you slapped him first, just on his face? how many times did you slap him? >> a couple. >> and his reaction was to do what?

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here again, juju chang. >> where is grabby, where is gabby, where is gabby?to and brian laundrie had transfixed a nation, their story capturing the attention of reality stars like "dog the bounty hunter." >> this is a real hunt. this is probably right now in america the most wanted man there is. >> reporter: but the search intensified when a couple remembered they had seen a white van in the teton national forest. >> it was crazy to us. we're youtubers. and so we film all the time. our everyday lives. >> reporter: they checked their footage. >> we both got goosebumps all over our body. we knew it was her van as soon as the footage passed by it. it was an insane feeling. at 12:08 in the morning, i called the fbi. >> once the bethunes were able to pinpoint the van in their go pro footage, the police who had been searching the entire area were able to pinpoint to within 1,000 feet where gabby's remains were. >> reporter: gabby's remains were sent to the medical examiner's office for further investigation as the hunt for brian was ongoing. >> there had been spott

and i love gabby.rtray himself as the victim, but also trying to say, "but, hey, you know, it's not that big a deal. she just kind of gets this way." and i think that that was part of the problem here is that the police ended up believing that. >> look, these are not easy situations. and i think the police were really trying to figure it out. >> so at this point, it sounds to me like she is the primary aggressor. >> yeah. >> now, the problem with the -- her being the primary aggressor is in an instance of domestic assault, be it a male or be it a female, we shall arrest. >> it seems to me that they chose to ignore the previous 911 call where there's clear evidence that laundrie had just beaten gabby petito. the entire moab incident hinged on one thing. and that is naming gabby petito as the aggressor. >> she appeared to be the aggressor, and she said she was the aggressor. now, do i believe that? no. but the police can only go on the evidence they are given. they had no basis on which to arrest brian.

>> gabby. >> gabby, how old are you?etito alive, august 12th in moab, utah. remember, we showed you a clip of this earlier. it all happened just six weeks into gabby and brian's roadtrip, and 5.5 weeks before gabby's remains would be found. before police stopped the couple in her van, a disturbing 911 call. >> we drove by and a gentleman was slapping the girl. then we stopped, they ran up and down the sidewalk. he proceeded to hit her, hopped in the car, and they drove off. >> was brian laundrie slapping his fiancee? if so, was this a warning sign that their real-life relationship was not at all what was portrayed on their social media? was something terribly wrong? >> so there's two people that came to us and told us they saw him hit you. there's two people saying they saw him punch you. just independent witnesses. >> i hit him first -- >> you slapped him first? on his face? >> he told me to shut up. >> how many times did you slap him? >> a couple. >> then what -- his reaction was to do what? >> grabbed my arm -- >> he

i've got nothing. >> reporter: gabby's family on "dr.phil." >> do you believe he's hiding somewhere? >> i do. >> why do you believe that? >> because he's a coward. >> reporter: tonight we go inside the saga. >> we want to know the truth, if he actually hit you. because you know -- >> i guess, yeah, but i hit him first. >> reporter: unraveling new details about the couple's last days together. >> look at the different twists and turns in this case. the thing that keeps coming to mind is, someone knows something and they aren't telling us. >> gabby is the most amazing person i've ever met. >> reporter: gabby's grieving family recently held a funeral for her near the long island, new york community where she grew up. >> i want you to be inspired by gabby. if there's a relationship you're in that might not be the best thing for you, leave it. now. >> reporter: the same day of the funeral, across the country, authorities in florida returned to the laundrie family home to get dna evidence, one of multiple trips they made. >> in the case of bri

the details of gabby's death were announced.d stepfather visiting a long island memorial in her memory. >> what i see is these parallel investigations continue recognize the homicide investigation in wyoming, the fugitive investigation based in florida. they will get to a point if they don't find brian, dead or alive, in the reserve, they'll stop looking. i think we will get answers eventually. they might not be complete. but i have some faith we'll get to some end here. but i don't know when. >> our thanks to trevor. much more on this story on "gma." >>> up next, a manifestation of pbroadway's new diversity. the play breaking down barriers. >>> this week on "nightline," we sit down with ben affleck and matt damon, back together again in "the last duel." woman: i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are getting clearer ♪ ♪ yeah i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare my skin, yeah that's all me. ♪ ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand ♪ ♪ nothing on my skin that's my new plan. ♪ ♪ nothing is everything. ♪ woman: k

the lawyer represents the parents, not gabby. and gabby has been cooperative from the beginning.nts, gabby has been talking to investigators. unlike brian, she has not run and hid. and there was something very interesting at the beginning when the parents released a statement saying that it is our hope that the search for ms. petito is successful. that, to me, was not just cold and heartless, it was a tell that they knew more than they let on because they referred to gabby, 22 years old, who lived in their home for more than a year, who is said to be part of their family, they referred to her not as gabby but as ms. petito. notably, cassie, the sister, has always referred to her as gabby. >> yes. yes, she has. um, i mean, it is incredible. and -- and gabby's parents now speaking out in their first sit-down interview today. you know, i played a brief clip of that. i'm sorry. dave, from with dr. phil. they are talking more about how they tried to contact brian laundrie's parents. they started worrying about their daughter. they know their daughter lives with the -- with -- with tha

, brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to gabby petito's demise. at this time brian is still missing and when he is located we will address the pending fraud charge against him gabby's remains were still with the coroner's office while the autopsy was being conducted over the last several weeks. >> thanks so much. a doctor, board certified, anatomic and forensic pathologist. doctor, it's good of you to be here thank you. >> thank you. >> first off, if the coroner or the medical examiner had found dna from someone other than her domestic partner, that person would already know it by now, though probably wouldn't be able to tell us or if that person had found dna around her throat from someone other than brian laundrie, they would likely know it but wouldn't be able to tell us, right? >> yes i don't think they would be able to tell us right now. >> but they would know it. if they had dna that excluded brian laundrie, they would know that whether they want it released or not is another matter. >> i think that's correct. >> which leads me to this state

this is the community where gabby petito was from. these people know her family. they knew gabby. i spoke to at today's benefit said that gabby was a very kind person, that she always wanted to see the best in benefit. they also had their individual reasons for being here. >> i don't know gabby. she was a young, beautiful girl. they had her whole life ahead of her. i wanted to come and support the foundation and hope something positive will come. >> you think of your own children. what happened to gabby was such a terrible thing. for the foundation. >> gabby petito means everything to this community. she loved this community, was an active participant in this community, as is the family. we dedicate this eye know. we hope you ever happy. >> this say criminal investigation. brian laundrie has not been charged with anything relating to gabby petito's disappearance. her father tweeted out at the end something from the grand tetons. i now know why you came here. it has a beautiful memory from now on. 5/7. brian laundrie's family went to law enforcement saying our son is missing and we

late today, gabby's mother and stepfather visiting her memorial in long island, new york. >> gabby petito never goes outside. >> reporter: before she was killed, gabby and her boyfriend brian laundrie were on a cross country trip, seemingly documenting every moment. after the couple was involved in an altercation on the highway captured on police body camera on august 12th. >> what's going on? >> we've just been fighting this morning. some personal issues. >> reporter: brian returned home to florida without gabby on september 1st. his family reported him missing september 17th, two days after he was named a person of interest. and as the fbi leads a search for him in a florida wildlife preserve, he is still a person of interest. not a suspect in gabby's death, he is only charged with fraud for unauthorized use of her credit card. brian laundrie's family issuing a statement tonight, saying, "at this time brian is still missing and when he is located we will address the pending fraud charge against him." david, the fbi has still not charged laundrie in connection with petito's disappearance

gabby -- on august 29 in the grand teton national park. you'll remember he was described as seeming a little off, he got in the car, then he got out, he offered them money. behavior was erratic, said the other person who picked him up. it wasn't until september 1 that brian laundrie showed up back at home across the country in florida in petito's van. they shared it. so the timeline could be off plus or minus a week, but it potentially excludes the idea that this could not have been the fiance. by looking at the timeline, i wasn't there, i was home, i had come back to deal with the storage unit, those explanations won't seem to cover what is now in the world of probability. however, investigators are working with more. first, we know that gabby was found near a campsite. no reports that she was hidden or buried. what does that mean to investigators? it is suggestive of a spontaneous event, a lack of planning pointing to a crime of passion. who commits crimes of passion? most often someone familiar to the victim. we also learned today, as e

a person of interest in the death of gabby petito. we are waiting on a news conference with the fbi. we're expecting that in about a half hour's time right here where we should get more clarity on all of this. when you start putting the dots together, it appears there's been a significant break in this case, which of course has captured the attention of folks in florida a cross the u.s. and across the world really. one more thing. we know there's been a temporary flight restriction put in place around the reserve to keep news helicopters and drones away from the scene. that is very, very unusual. another sign that something big is going on and certainly that the fbi is taking this very, very seriously. so we're going to continue to stay on it. again, we may be nearing the end of this week's long search for brian laundrie. back to you. >> thanks, josh. folks, we'll take you do this press conference as soon as it starts. meantime, if a body was found, what can we expect? how can they make the identity? we want to bring in a forensic pat

does it bother you gabby was strangled? was your son involved in strangling gabby? >> julie the plot thickens. that guy has to be a glutton for punishment. i don't know how you can mow your lawn knowing you are the resource the entire country is looking to for your son. >> he needs to forget about the hedges and stay in the house or look for your son except for the one time he went out for 20 minutes. i think it's interesting how the corner has handled the case. normally in a missing person, body found case you get the cause of death first. you don't rule it a homicide first. it was interesting the corner ruled it a homicide but didn't disclose the cause of death. the other thing is they didn't release the body to the family. that typically happens within a few days once the autopsy is complete. they don't hold onto the body unless this is more evidence on the body or there was damage further. more abuse was done to the body. i also think it's interesting that the corner did slip up and say this was a case of domestic abuse. this is a slam dunk case for the prosecut

. >>> the autopsy results in the gabby petito murder mystery. what the coroner's conclusion reveals about the time line in the case with gabby's fiance still on the run. >>> breaking overnight, violent storms slamming the middle of the country. one twister hitting an airport, the images just in. >>> william shatner boldly going where no 90-year-old has ever gone before. this morning's space launch as shatner makes history. ♪ i'm a rocket man ♪ >>> and a new distinction for the latest sensation from netflix. >>> and good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with the several developments concerning the pandemic. the white house overnight announcing a major new policy when it comes to traveling. >>> also this morning, the debate over vaccine mandates is raging now that the nba superstar kyrie irving has been benched for refusing to get vaccinated. >>> meanwhile, the pandemic is reshaping the american workplace. new figures show people are quitting their jobs at the highest level in decades. >> but amid all of this, we can't forget about the people

gabby's family believes laundrie is still out there.y have one simple message for him. >> turn yourself in. >> turn yourself in. >> turn yourself in. you're only making it worse. for us and for himself. and for his family. let us have some closure. >> reporter: petito's family revealing brian and gabby used to hike along the appalachian trail. especially in the north carolina woods now being combed by local authorities after several people in the area called in to the haywood county sheriff's office believing they had spotted laundrie. >> he was acting funny, and i wasn't sure about what he looked like, and then i got -- i went and parked and pulled up the photographs of him. and i'm 99.99% sure that was him. >> that was kerry sanders reporting. >>> facebook is defending itself and questioning the credibility of the former employee who leveled those serious allegations. now in a public internal memo ceo mark zuckerberg said the company's work was mischaracterized. he also insists facebook does not prioritize profit over safety and well-

shoving gabby or gabby slapping him trying to get him to let her back in the car.at's not what happened. he locked her out of the car. he was in the car, and she forced fo forced her way back in. also, this witness says that it looked like brian was trying to get gabby's phone away from her. and again, that could leave her stranded in the middle of nowhere. but what's most important is the officer said we have only talked to one of the witnesses. the other witness is probably going to say the same thing. well, in fact, heard that witness now through the 9-1-1 call and that witness said something totally different. brian slapped her. brian hit her. that would have been important information to know. >> sure would have. tragic. all right. thank you very much, jim. >>> next, the white house defending the president's decision to go to capitol hill to sell his agenda at the 11th hour. leon panetta, who was clinton's chief of staff and congressman for 16 years knows what it takes to make a deal and he is next. >>> plus, we take a trip down memory lane as we look back at

laundrie has never been charged in connection to gabby's death. last month a grand jury in wyoming indicted laundrie on a charge of using another person's debit card without authorization. the petito family lawyer said it had been gabby's bank card. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> this morning there are new efforts to keep millions of americans safe from covid. the fda has now authorized booster doses of the moderna and johnson & johnson vaccines. moderna boosters are now authorized for seniors and high-risk people, while j&j were approved for everyone. the agency gave the green light to mix and match meaning no matter which shot you initially received, you can choose any booster you'd like. it comes as the white house announced details of its plan for 28 million children ages 5 to 11 to get a low-dose pfizer shot. federal regulators are set to meet over the next two weeks to discuss the issue. >> we have secured vaccine supply to vaccinate every child ages 5 through 11. and as soon as the vaccine is authori

gabby petito's family says that they tried to reach out to gabby, to brian laundrie and to brian laundrie'sy and without really getting no answers. take a look at this police report we're getting from north port police. it was a 911 call that was taken on september 11th, the day that the family reported her missing. everything is redacted. everything. and so that gives you insight into maybe there's something in that report that is part of this ongoing criminal case to see what happened to gabby petito. we know her body was found in the autopsy or the coroner ruled it a homicide, so that could be part of her death investigation, but there's obviously something that the police department doesn't want us to know about that particular day. ana. >> something or everything apparently given the entire report is redacted. that's why it's all black. nadia, romero, thanks for your report willing. i want to speak with retired special fbi agent bobby chicon. gosh, when you watch that body cam video and you hear what gabby tells police and her mannerisms and all that, what are you with your expertise g

he we want to know how gabby petito died.ght now is that somebody killed her because homicide is defined as the killing of a human being by another human being. we don't know what actually happened. he's got an arrest warrant for low-level crime. that could change today depending on what the results are from the autopsy. obviously, brian laundrie is no a suspect officially in his death. though he is on an arrest warrant a federal arrest warran for credit card fraud. when this autopsy report comes out with a cause of death, do you expect to hear of a spontaneous act or potentially something that was premeditated? >> i fully expect to hear of a spontaneous act. i see this and have since the august 12th traffic stop was revealed, i have thought this was a domestic violence inciden that went bad. >> it's interesting. the salt lake city private investigator who comments on ou foxnews.com peace and who visited the scenes where the remains were discovered over th weekend told fox news digital that he believes we will also discuss th

esa Última conversaciÓn que tuvo gabby petito con su familia fue el 23.sde su casa en florida porque Él habÍa hecho un pequeÑo viaje desde el 17 de agosto hasta el 23 que regreso para acomodar las cosas en un garaje donde tenÍan todas sus cosas juntos porque estaban comprometidos, entonces, habÍan planeado extender el viaje y por tanto Él regresÓ, pero ese boleto lo pagÓ con la tarjeta de gabby petito . allÍ comienza esta situaciÓn de comunicarse con sus padres, sucede todo esto. borja: escuchando atentamente, yo creo que ahora es un baile de fechas que tenemos que estudiar mucho mÁs a fondo. creo que si el 23 y 24 fue la Última comunicaciÓn que tuvo por facetime toma realmente de la publicaciÓn del 25 de agosto y el mensaje de texto que sus padres reciben el 30 de agosto, es poco probable que lo haya hecho ella, teniendo en cuenta que han dicho que la autopsia ha revelado que fue tres o cuatro semanas antes. ayleen: el 1 de septiembre fue el Último mensaje que ella aparentemente desde su celular manda a sus padres, pero que perfectamente pudo haber manda

autopsy results in the killing of gabby petito. the cause of death now known. strangulation. the manner of death, homicide. the news comes a month and a day after she was reported missing on a road trip with her fiance, brian laundrie, who is now at large. her body was discovered on the 19th of last month in the bridger teton national forest in wyoming. we are joined now by dr. brent blue. dr. blue, i really appreciate your time tonight. according to -- to your report, gabby petito's cause of death was manual strangulation/throttling. does that mean that -- what exactly does that mean? because i mean, it -- does it mean that somebody used their hands or some sort of an object? >> throttling means that they -- that someone was strangled by human force. there was no mechanical force involved. people can be strangled by other means, like we have seen people on snow mobiles who run into a wire, that would be strangling by a mechanical event. but this was -- we believe this is strangling by a human being. >> how do you determine that it's a human being? >> well, mainly because onl

gabby petito was strangled. people don't know whether her boyfriend, brian laundrie, is the guy that strangled her. i'm neil cavuto. this is "your world" on top of a history that gripped the nation nor a better part of a month and growing questions as to where brian laundrie is. so much we don't know. this much we do. some closure for the family perhaps on the details of their daughter's tragic death. but so many questions besides. let's go to laura ingle with the latest. laura? >> as you mentioned, the cause of death made public by the coroner. he said she died by strangulation and explained how his team came to their conclusions on a zoom call. >> we look at the crime scene, the scene of the death, the scene of the body. the condition of the body. findings of autopsy and toxicology. >> that is how we arrived at the manner of death. so it depends on lots of circumstances. >> another key finding that petito had died three to four weeks before her remains were found, september 19th near the border of the grand te

you say definitively that gabby petito could not have sent that text on august 30th? >> no, i can't. when we talk about a timeline of death this far out from the death, that timeline could be plus or minus a week at -- at a minimum. and that is because of different weather conditions and different locations. so it's really, very, very rough. it's not like tv where they say, oh, they died on this date. it's -- it's -- it's a very rough estimate. and i know that law enforcement is using other methods to try to determine a most -- a more exact date. but from an autopsy point of view, it's -- it's a very rough estimate. >> so -- and, randi, just -- just -- can you explain to our viewers why that -- why you asked that question? because i mean, if -- if -- if she was not, obviously, alive on that day when they received that text, then it would indicate that brian laundrie or -- or somebody else, theoretically, sent that text to them. >> right. i mean, it's key because if she didn't send it and the text said that there's no service in yosemite, whoever did send it, were -- t

>> justice for gabby! justice for gabby!t was the fbi special agent in charge giving an update. let's go back to our panel. chief oates. what did you make of that. what was the headline there for you? >> well, it sounds like they found a body. and we'll likely get that confirmation in a day or two. now what's important is how he died and what is the physical evidence that is there and what condition is it in? is this a suicide? did he die from the elements? any physical evidence that's there? is there any indication of or explanation for gabby's death? or any physical evidence that ties him to the crime scene of gabby's death? and those are the trails the investigators are going down right now. >> and casey jordan, let me ask you. how does this affect -- if this is, in fact, brian laundrie, and we do not know that for a fact yet, but if this is brian laundrie, how does it affect the investigation into the murder, the strangulation, of gabby petito? >> the most interesting thing that i just learned from that presser was that

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gabby petito's parents speak out. >>> also the trial begins in a crime that sparked anger across the country. the killing of ahmaud arbery. three white men facing murder charges. hundreds of potential jurors expected to show up today. why that process could take weeks. >>> growing concerns about the supply chain crisis threatening your holiday shopping. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg is proposing. >>> plus his defense of family leave after taking time off work after the birth of his twins. >>> also breaking overnight, the move set to complicate the transportation in the nation's capital. why the metro system is pulling more than half of its railcars. >>> and a scary good time. the museum in new york city that's teaching us all the benefits of slime. it's monday, october 18th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> stress release. >> nothing better than playing with a good -- we had play-doh before, but slime is -- >> slime is where it's at. this one looks like cobweb. >> what's yours smell like? mine smells like cake. you cannot eat this, though. >> clearly we

gabby said the same thing.hat she had brian and brian grabbed her face, grabbed her cheeks. it was sort of decided that that was a defensive move on his part. and police decided she was the primary aggressor because she was so adamant that she had him first and that he had visible scratches on his face. so there's an investigation going on into whether or not police to the right thing and we will let that play out. the other thing i want to say quickly as the cell phone. does it seem like normal parent behavior to you that brian, this is the story that the parents are telling police. brian goes on this hiking trip, it's gone for three days and doesn't take his new cell phone with him, and they waited to call police. i think most parents, my mom would be in that alligator infested water with pool goggles on looking for me. she wouldn't wait three days to call police so there's clear questions on that front. >> julie: there's no question in anyone's mind that brian laundries parents no more than they do. there is

and said well, the van's there but unfortunately gabby's not. you know, it was the start of the bad news. >> and in all your years i mean of tracking people, does -- does everybody talk to somebody? i mean, is it -- are there people who -- i mean, i'm sure some people have just kind of disappeared and broken off all communication with everyone they've ever known. but the vast majority of people, do they remain in contact while they're on the run with people? >> you know, a lot of them do and -- and in this particular situation, i don't think this was a well-thought-out plan, to be honest with you. i think this was a knee-jerk reaction, as his sister cassie said, he is very familiar with the appalachian trail. he's been there before numerous times. he goes off the grid for a couple of weeks by himself. i think he is hiding somewhere there. i mean, you know, he's dark, he is a obviously off the grid. he is not communicating with anybody. he's going to run out of provisions. he is going to make a mistake or somebody else is and then hopefully law e

they say they want justice for gabby.her joseph petito saying if he were in the laundrie family's shoes and it were gabby who had come home without brian in brian's car, he would have been on the phone with brian's parents. so he's still trying to make sense of this. they're still trying to make sense of this. gabby's family saying the laundrie's silence speaks volumes. but brian laundrie still nowhere to be found. >> athena jones, appreciate it. >>> also, it belongs in a museum. that's what new york city officials say about a 7-foot-tall statue of thomas jefferson that's presided over the chambers for more than a century. they voted to remove and relocate the statue at the behest of members of the council's black, latino and asian caucus. they say the representation 24e6 slave-owning founding father makes them uncomfortable and they believe it is inappropriate. jason carroll is in new york outside the city council chambers. this has been a 20-year fight to remove the statue. why now? >> i think a couple of things. first

certainly the parents would have said, where is gabby?'s going on, right, something. >> yeah. i would love to know what he said. did he say, oh, i dropped her off in new york, or -- i mean -- and then everything that followed, the parents not talking with gabby's parents does not bode well here. it just supports my belief that they know what happened. perhaps he revealed what happened. we know she was found to be the victim of a homicide and nobody is talking. >> now, listen, we covered this closely but i don't think anybody is covering it as closely as you because you're doing it on your podcast called "psyche." tell us about that. >> last week we shelved our regular episode and decided to focus on the gabby petito case. and it is obviously a story that has captured the nation. young people set out on an adventure that they want to share with everyone and something goes terribly wrong, and the young woman ends up a homicide victim, and the man she's with takes off after he had been home for a while. he didn't take off until, i believe, h

kennedy: yeah but let gabby go home to her parents.nt surfaced claiming gabby was strangled manually and the document is week-old so that's weird but was brian laundrie the killer? what can we glean from today's report if anything ask your with me now, fox news contributor and pathologist, doctor michael. world-famous in his craft. are we missing anything from what we heard today? >> i think today completed with the manner and cause of death but didn't add much else to it because the corner said look, all i can release by wyoming law which is usual, cause and manner of death, i can't release anything else. kennedy: what else would you like to see? >> for example, if we are talking about time of death, which is maybe four weeks old and they tell that from insects in the last person who saw her, the contents would be important to know. she seemed to have an argument in our restaurant about a month or so before. what was in her stomach? was in her stomach what she ate at that restaurant? stomach stomach content tells us where she last ate

phil to discuss the search for gabby's fiance brian laundrie. a plane was seen flying over the home of laundrie's parents reading, justice for gabby. abc's andrea fujii has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, gabby petito's family is opening up about their ordeal and the search for the man who was set to become their son-in-law. >> is he living off the land somewhere? does he have that skill set? >> he bragged about that like that he was good at that stuff. >> reporter: the family of the 22-year-old found dead in wyoming spoke to dr. phil. they say they believe the person of interest in the case, petito's fiance brian laundrie, is alive and hiding and they have one message for him. >> turn yourself in. >> turn yourself in. >> turn yourself in? >> why? >> we want to know the truth. >> because if you truly loved her, you should turn yourself in. >> reporter: as police investigate dozens of tips on laundrie's whereabouts, they've released the 911 call made after one reported sighting. >> i wasn't sure about what he looked like and then i got --

. >>> two developments in the search for brian laundrie, the fiance of murdered gabby petito. what his family is revealing about brian's hiking trip. and the flight he took just days after this encounter. >>> prices at the pump, on the rise again. the area of the country seeing the biggest increase. >>> major league manhunt. the search for a fugitive who may have been spotted at this baseball game. >>> and are coffee cups too big? the photos fueling the brewing deba debate. >>> good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with a new statement from facebook ceo mark zuckerberg. >> he is responding to scathing testimony yesterday, when a former manager said facebook knew of the harmful impact of its social media platforms especially on the mental health of teenage girls and did nothing about it. >> with lawmakers threatening to impose regulations on the company, zuckerberg is fighting back. this morning, mark zuckerberg is rejecting claims that the company puts profits ahead of safety. reading this letter, many of the claimson senson esy, a faceok r tne whistleblower testifie befo

gabby's stepfather also said he was in wyoming. and he said that it was all of a sudden the fbi contacted him saying we've not to talk with you. they went to a conference room, the fbi came in. they had located an article of clothing. there was a conference call with the whole family. and, john, incident was a sweatshirt. a sweatshirt that they all knew gabby had loved. and they realized it was gabby. >> it's so tragic, so sad for that family. i think we have to remember that as we see all of these people speaking out and try to piece together, maybe even from the tone of their voice, their emotion and exactly what they are saying. >> last night nikki haley, once a rising star on the tpop, more like a republican pinball machine said this at the ronald reagan library. >> a large portion of our people are plagued by self-doubt or even by hatred of america. it's a pandemic much more damaging than any virus. >> the former ambassador to the u.n. not letting more than 700,000 covid deaths and counting get in the way of minimizing a pande

there are new details in the gabby petito search. they are getting help in the search for her fiance brian laundrie. mark meredith in wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the weekend. but first bill melugin who is live in texas with the latest migrant surge. >> migrants from 150 countries from around the world have been apprehended at our southern border. they are doing pretty much anything they can to try to get here. take a look at this video, 650 migrants were apprehended as they were being smuggled in shipping containers in several trucks. the mexican national guard heard talking inside the containers so they did an x-ray. there were 198 unaccompanied children being smuggled. those are children who made the journey completely alone. all those trucks headed right here to the u.s. border. take a look at this video. we embedded with republican senator marsha blackburn. she was doing a ride along with the border patrol. they were going to the hotpots where we see family units crossing. they off be give themselves up b

now that you see gabby admitting that, yes, brian did grab my face.his nail in her cheek and left a mark, and yet still they had to be talked out of arresting gabby because brian was like, hey, i don't want anyone arrested. they made him out to be more the victim. you can't even look at this separately. what you have to do, don is know the fact that there was also a report that brian was locking gabby out of the van, a van that she owned in part or in whole. plus there was a report that he was trying to grab her phone. these are things he's not allowed to do. so you combine that with the fact that he apparently grabbed her face, and there were two witnesses that said he slapped her. and you have to wonder why he wasn't arrested. at the very least, i think there was probable cause to arrest him that day. >> we continue to learn more about the actions of brian's parents after he returned home from this trip without gabby. are the laundries doing a pretty good job of implicating themselves here? >> oh, they're doing a great job of incriminating themselve

gabby petito was last seen alive on august 26.r one, brian laundrie returned to his home in florida on his own. gabby petito's body was found subsequently a couple of weeks later — september 19 — in wilderness in wyoming. 0fficials wilderness in wyoming. officials believe that the body had been there for several weeks, and the coroner said that the cause of death was strangulation. brian laundrie subsequently refused to co—operate with detectives this time he was named a person of interest in regard to the disappearance of gabby petito. and then he, himself, went missing around september 1a. yesterday, officials reported finding human remains in a wildlife area close to rome laundry�*s family home in florida. a short while ago, the fbi confirmed that the remains are that of brian laundrie, bringing to an end of the missing persons case which has captivated people on social media and on news channels. as you say, this has been a story that has really grabbed the attention of people. with the attention of people. with the latest dev

the day before brian returned home without gabby.ater that week she made a new reservation for three people. this as new body cam footage is providing insight into the strained relationship between gabby petito and brian laundrie. officers in utah caught up with the couple in mid august after a witness called police to report a domestic dispute. >> there's two people that came to us and told us they saw him hit you. >> reporter: 22-year-old petito tearfully claimed she is the one who initiated that fight. after a few quick questions about her injuries -- >> hitting you in the face. >> i don't know. >>o on your arm, shoulder, right here. that's new, huh? have a new mark. >> i don't know. >> the officers turned their focus on petito's actions instead. >> were you ateleattempting to e him physical pain? what was the reason behind the slapping? >> for nearly an hour, the miss questioned the couple about their relationship separately and determined that laundrie is the victim. >> at this point you're a victim of domestic assault. it is so

gabby petito was strangled.r boyfriend, brian laundrie, is the guy that strangled her. i'm neil cavuto. this is "your world" on top of a history that gripped the nation nor a better part of a month and growing questions as to where brian laundrie is. so much we don't know.

and that's why the petito family didn't even know that gabby was missing, and that's why gabby wasn'these things that show that the parents knew a lot more, but the question is whether it's criminal? that's what prosecutors are going to have to deal with. not conjecture. they need to deal with facts and evidence. >> how important is it for authorities to figure out exactly how brian laundrie died? >> well, the prosecution against br brian laundrie is over. the case about his using gabby's atm card is over. any charges that were going to be filed against him for the death of gabby. that's done. but investigators are still going to look for things, like how did he die? and that could be important to know whether it was a suicide whether it was some -- maybe, he just got eaten by an alligator. i mean, there are lot of things you would want to know it because everyone has unanswered questions. this is about the whole country, whole world wanting to know. >> dave aronberg, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >>> just ahead, we are take that closer look at the unique

that brian was hitting gabby and you have gabby admitting that brian did grab her face, put his nail, leading to a mark, and she did what many domestic violence victims do, in that she blamed herself for it. and i think that had an impact on the police at the scene. now, whether the police could have arrested brian is different than whether they should have. there will be an independent investigation to determine whether the police followed proper procedures. >> you know, neil, let's watch a little bit more of that body camera footage of petito's interaction with police in utah. watch this. >> reporter: we're okay. >> i understand. but we don't have -- listen, if i had any discretion in this, i would separate you guys for the day and just give you warnings to stop hitting each other. but i lawfully don't have discretion here. i don't have -- >> is it because somebody said -- a witness said something? >> there's two witnesses and there's what you said and what he said. and it all matches nicely that you were the primary aggressor. >> so, neil, as a retired police officer yourself, wha