the only suspect in the disappearance of 35-year-old robyn gardner. this evening prosecutors ordered giordano held for another 16 days, here in aruba's kia prison. that's nearly twice as long as they'd originally pushed for. >> it was a good day, yes, but it's not yet the moment to declare a victory, of course. >> reporter: investigators suspect foul play in robyn's disappearance. friends say the 35-year-old frfr maryland just wanted to get away after having recently lost her job. >> when she came to me and said, hey, i'm going to aruba, i was like cool, i'm so happy, get out of town, why wouldn't you. and then she said she was going with gary, and it just became a -- you know, a why. like why? you know, are you sure? >> reporter: christina jones said she was wary of who her friend was leaving with. >> well, i know that she met gary over a year ago online. it's been a real roller coaster friendship. it's pretty hot and cold. one day nice and the next day not so nice. >> reporter: authorities now know she landed here with giordano on july 31st, planned

giordano apparently met gardner online. they'd been dating and exchanging texts for a few weeks.nd secretly, the two arranged to travel to aruba together. giordano later told police the two went snorkeling off of aruba's baby beach tuesday evening and that robyn was swept out to sea by the current. no one has seen her since. that whole story of the swimming and snorkeling doesn't add up for richard forester. >> i don't believe for a second that she was in the water. i don't believe for one second she went into the ocean. she would be too concerned about getting her hair messedd up. she would be too concerned about getting her makeup messed up. at 6:00 at night she's probably had a couple of cocktails. she'd rather be sitting by the pool. >> reporter:giordano assisted aruban authorities in a search of the beach. his sight was so suspicious that three days later authorities detained gary giordano at the airport as he tried to leaea aruba. they now consider him a suspect in robyn's disappearance. but giordano's attorney, michael lopez, insists his client has done everything police h

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and this, by the way, is the last time we will see robyn gardner.rst of all they're releasing them because they hope that people on the island which see these, see them in the clothes they were wearing and this will have more eyewitnesses come forward and tell them how they may have seen this couple later. but i said, well, who took these pictures. i mean, who takes pictures of people walking away? the authorities said actually it was a worker at the bar whose daughter has tattoos noticed the tattoos that robyn gardner has, which are quite prolific, and decided to take photos as she walked away. it sounds a bit bizarre, but those are the photographs and they're out there now. and that is, as i say, we watch robyn walk away to a fate as yet unknown. >> they're still searching for robyn gardner? >> reporter: yes, they are. and in fact they are looking on land, even though gary giordano had said it was at sea where she was lost on a snorkeling accident. they had a very extensive search on the southern part of that island that lasted six hours and found

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and this, by the way, is the last time we will see robyn gardner.horities first of all they're releasing them because they hope that people on the island which see these, see them in the clothes they were wearing and this will have more eyewitnesses come forward and tell them how they may have seen this couple later. but i said, well, who took these pictures. i mean, who takes pictures of people walking away? the authorities said actually it was a worker at the bar whose daughter has tattoos noticed the tattoos that robyn gardner has, which are quite prolific, and decided to take photos as she walked away. it sounds a bit bizarre, but those are the photographs and they're out there now. and that is, as i say, we watch robyn walk away to a fate as yet unknown. >> they're still searching for robyn gardner? >> reporter: yes, they are. and in fact they are looking on land, even though gary giordano had said it was at sea where she was lost on a snorkeling accident. they had a very extensive search on the southern part of that island that lasted six hour

her name is robyn gardner.ice are saying that the man who reported robyn missing may have something to hide. >>> and a new twist in the casey anthony investigation. she's been acquitted her daughter caylee's murder, you all know that, but we'll hear what florida department and children and families has to say about her in the new report, that and the ridiculous when we continue. >>> tonight's crime and punishment report. new details in the disappearance of robyn gardner. a young woman from maryland missing now in aruba. if your first thought is of natalee holloway the alabama teenager disappeared in 2005 in aruba. you're certainly not alone. like holloway, gardner was vacationing in aruba when she vanished, seemingly without a trace and even visiting the same town. the 35-year-old gardner was last seen on the beach with her friend a guy named gary gordauno. he was the same man that reported her missing. police say the story doesn't add up. martin savidge is in aruba tonight. >> reporter: the last time anyone sa

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gardner had a boyfriend back in maryland, but she met gary online last year. he's 50, twice divorced. the two of them shared a room at the renaissance resort and casino. the fbi is assisting in this investigation, they searched giordano's home in washington d.c. it's not clear what they were looking for. it was reported last week that a former girlfriend of his got a restraining order against him after he allegedly stalked her, secretly filmed them having sex. so lots of developments in this ongoing investigation. rick? rick: all right, patti ann. thanks for the update. jamie: let's go overseas now. new fighting erupting between israelis and palestinians. rockets launched deep into israel. israeli air strikes hitting targets in palestinian territory one day after the worst attacks on israel in years. gunmen targeting civilian vehicles, even soldiers, and it appears crossing to southern israel through egypt. what does this mean? leland vittert streaming live from the israel/gaza border. >> reporter: hi, jamie n. the past few minutes we've heard about half a doz

gardner or ms. gardner and mr. giordano. here's the key.e profofe of him, there should b b perhaps information on his computer. there may be videotapes if he secretly recorded her, he perhaps maybe stalked her. there may be those videotapes. they're looking for communication between the two of them because they're trying to determine how abnormal his relationship was with her and is there information they could actually use to further potentially charging him in aruba. >> now, brad, in ron's piece, we heard that this man has a history with women before, restraining orders have been taken out against him. one woman describing a violent assault at his hands. does he fit the profile of someone who might have done harm here? >> the answer is, yes. the problem with obsessional stalkers is that their self-esteem is really tied up in controlling whoever is in their life, and what happens is obviously they push these people so far, they pull back. when they pull back, he becomes more obsessed. he becomes violent. and they also like to capture that

giordano told police he saw gardner take a sleeping pill the afternoon she went snorkeling and gardnereturned. >> it would potentially put you in a more vulnerable situation in the water to combine ambien and alcohol. >> reporter: witnesses near the beach and saw her before she disappeared reported that she seemed drunk and abc news has now learned that a friend and a family member of the 35-year-old were concerned about her alcohol consumption before she went to aruba. that family member telling police she was close to confronting gardner about her excessive drdrking calling her a sneakykydrinker. >> with new information about the potentially robyn gardner had a drinking problem, certainly tell us more about her as an individual. >> reporter: throughout all of this her boyfriend back home insists that the only thing that matters is that she is found. >> i miss her and i love her terribly and that doesn't change. no matter what. >> reporter: he says his last nun indication from gardner was hours before she disappeared. a text saying "i love you, i we'll sort this out when i get back."

. >>> now to that new twist in the disappearance of american robyn gardner in aruba. the main suspect still detained there after reportedly trying to cash in an insurance policy just days after she went missing. abc's ashleigh banfield is back and tracking this yet again. >> the suspect in this case, it seems like the case is mounting against him. brand-new evidence potentially some pretty damning stuff too if you try to build this case and this latest evidence, by the way, could keep him on the island even longer and actually could prove some motive in a very serious crime. just two days after robyn gardner mysteriously vanished law enforcement sources tell abc news her travel companion, gary giordano, began the process of collecting on the $1.5 million policy he took out on her life. >> insurance companies are going to wonder if somebody starts making phone calls about money when they should be just overcome with grief. >> reporter: the coalition against insurance fraud says suspicious activity after a new policy is not uncommon and sources in aruba say the insuranc

giordano claims gardner was swept out to sea during their snorkeling adventure.is now behind bars being questioned in her disappearance. >> suspected of murder but no proof. to my knowledge i don't see any proof. i don't see any -- there's no proof and no motive. >> reporter: we spoke with two women who say they dated a maryland man they believe is the same man being questioned in aruba and admit they are terrified of him. another woman who wished to remain anonymous also spoke to our affiliate wjla. >> he was like following me or stalking me and it frereed me out. >> reporter: as for the efforts to find robyn gardner, the natalee holloway resource center that helps families of missing persons is also on the case. the two bear a striking resemblance. holloway vanished in 2005 and her family believes joran van der sloot is responsible but he's never been charged >> that's when my nightmare began when i got the call in 2005. why want to be a first responder to these families. >> reporter: richard forester now fears gardner is dead and is left with an e-mail she sen

amy gardner, you're right. a huge crowd inside that tent to they're congresswoman.ongresswoman from minnesota. >> yes. the energy around congressman bawkman is clearly where it's at today. what we don't know is where that translates to. there were a huge volunteer of people phoning and did he bring in enough thousands of people to counterspontaneous voices on the other side? we don't know. >> we don't know how many attended the straw poll today. have you seen any figures released? >> i have not heard that. i heard from a couple of folks approaching 13,000 and we still have a couple hours to go. if that figure is accurate, and i don't know if it is, that opposed well for mrs. bawkman. the higher the turnout, the more likely people are coming because they are excited about somebody. and somebody they are excited about is probably mrs. bawkman. they said a lower turnout would benefit mr. paw plenty. because he had this as a coordinated effort. mrs. bawkman and congressman paul as well. >> we'll take a couple calls and come back. joanne is joining us. the republican lin

>> shepard: what about gardner's family here in the u.s.?odds at this point, they have still do remain hopeful that she will be found alive, even though at this point aruba's investigation, their search active search for her is now officially over with. robyn gardner's roommate and best friend spoke to us today on behalf of his family. >> i say that robyn is more than a pretty face. a human being a huge heart. she is very loyal. she is definitely more than a half glass full kind of gal. >> gardner's apartment is in frederick maryland, west of baltimore. tonight the fbi office in maryland confirms it is now assisting the aruban government with this case, much as the alabama office of the fbi did back during the natalee holloway case. shep? >> shepard: phil keating with the update from south florida. thanks. it appears that the emperor has no clothes or at least the prophet has no hair. the texas department of criminal justice today releasing new mug shots of that convicted polygamist cult leader warren jeffs. check out the buzz cut there as y

giordano had told police he and gardner had gone snorkeling the day she disappeared.bc news has learned that a new witness disputes those claims. the witness said he was s shing on the same beach the same day. he saw the two take a walk around the reef at 4:00 p.m. but they never went in the water. a short time later they drove away and he never saw either of them again. >> if this witness ends up being accurate and correct as to locations of both mr. giordano and miss gardner, it's yet another piece of evidence that is inconsistent with his story. >> reporter: this is just the latest disturbing detail to emerge. last week abc news learned that investigators were looking into a life insurance policy taken out on gardner which named giordano as the beneficiary. >> we're investigating -- there is relevance to the investigation. >> reporter: now abc news confirmed earlier reports that giordano tried to collect on that life insurancncjust two days after the maryland woman seemingly vanished. >> no one is saying she's dead at that point. obviously he's basically saying she

her name is robin gardner.he's 35 years old, she's from maryland, and she was last seen on august 2nd. the man she was there with is now said to be in police custody. gardner vanished from the same resort town from natalee holloway disappeared back in 2005. steve centanni is following this developing story from our washington bureau. what do we know? >> reporter: hi, megyn. just got off the with the prosecutor, they are holding a man, he'll probably be in jail until next weekend at the early iest. 35-year-old robin gardner disappeared last week. she's from frederick, maryland. she was last seen on tuesday, august 2nd, described as 5-5, 120 pounds, blond hair, brown eyes and tattoos on her body. a missing person alert was put out by the natalee holloway resource center. of course, gardner disappeared from the same island as natalee holloway. gardner was saying at the renaissance aruba resort and casino. holloway, of course, the young alabama woman who went to aruba on a high school graduation trip in 2005. she w

giordano had told police he and gardner had gone snorkeling the day she disappeared.abc news has learned a new witness disputes those claims. the witness says he was fishing on the same beach the same day. he says he saw the two take a walk along the reef around 4:00 p.m. but that they never went in the water. a short time later, they drove away and he never saw either of them again. >> if this witness is being accurate and correct as to locations of both mr. giordano and miss gardner, it's yet another piece of evidence that's inconsistent with his story. >> reporter: this is just the latest disturbing detail to emerge. last week, abc news learned that investigators were looking into a life insurance policy taken out on gardner which named giordano as the beneficiary. >> we're investigating that material to see if there's credibility to the investigation. >> reporter: abc news is looking into reports giordano tried to collect on that life insurance just two days after the maryland woman seemingly vanished. >> no one is saying she's dead at that point. obviously he's b

. >>> investigators may have a promising lead in the disappearance of american robyn gardner in arubaer traveling companion giordano tried to collect on a $1.5 million accideal death insurance policy that he took out on gardner. he insists he did nothing wrong and said she disappeared while they were snorkeling. >>> it looks like we're heading into another roughgh day on wal street after yesterday's selloff as investors grow more concerned about a recession. the dow fell 419 points, that's nearly 4%. worries about european banks led the decline. that decline continues this morning on the asian markets. exchanges in tokyo and hong kong dropped 2% or more. oil prices have al dropped because speculation demand will fall. >>> we're learning this morning that bank of america, the nation's largest bank, plans to lay off thousands of workers by the end of next month. those layoffs come as the unemployed line up at job fairs around the country for hours to find some new work. abc's steve osunsami reports from atlanta. >> reporter: there were so many people desperate for work, trying to get to

, what happened to robyn gardner.where it stands right now, t.j. there was also a search on the island itself if what they call some old phosphorous mines. they did find some articles of clothing and some flip-flops, but we do not know if they're actually linked to this investigation. but it's another woman disappearing in a beautiful place. t.j.? >> all right, martin savidge for us in aruba, thank you so much. we're getting close to the top of the hour here. in a moment, we'll reset and give you the very latest on all the developing stories this morning, including the latest on an american abducted in pakistan. stay with me. splenda® essentia™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™. [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might turn into something more. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use.

robyn gardner was last seen august 2nd.h said they disappeared shortly after they were together. police started talking to j giordano shortly after they began talking, looked at his watch and said, she might be dead now. when you talked to the aruban authorities, what do they make of him saying she might be dead now? >> at first, he laughed. he thought the minutia of the phrases were getting crazy. that said, he said we don't really see that as being incriminati incriminating. the search had been going on for a couple hours, it was dark, she was not an expert swimmer. so for gary giordano to look at his watch after two hours, and saying, she might be dead now, they look at it as a fatalistic comment and not a damning statement. >> they said he was so drunk investigators couldn't even talk to him. do we know anything about his demeanor or condition in the hours after gardner disappeared? >> we know first of all they didn't administer a breath analysis, so we don't know if he was legally drunk. investigators say there was no

we'll speak with gardner's roommate in a moment.re on the story from cbs news correspondent elaine key has know. >> reporter: nine days after robyn gardner vanished on vacation with 50-year-old gary giordano, aruban authorities detained him. he said they became separated and she never made it back to shore. >> they've questioned did they rent the snorkel equipment? perhaps there's a record they could be looking into to determine whether or not this couple went snorkeling at all. >> reporter: witnesses say the weather that day was clear and the water was calm. acuban prosecutors wouldn't say what parts of his story are in doubt but in a statement to cbs news, they said "it was decided to detain him for further questioning on the possible drowning of the woman." prosecutors aren't the only ones who have questions for giordano. her boyfriend claims it's highly unlikely she would have agreed to go snorkeling at all. >> i don't feel she'd go snorkeling. i feel in my heart something happened at this person's hand. >> reporter: in response

. >>> new developments in the disappearance of robyn gardner.where she was vacationing with an american man she met on line. police say that man, gary giordano, took out an insurance policy on gardner. a bloody hand print was found on a stone where the couple had been snorkeling. marty, what details do you know about a bloody hand print on a stone where they were allegedly snorking? >> reporter: this is coming to us from a couple of different sources. when i talked to investigators directly about them finding blood evidence at the scene there, they said only that they couldn't confirm it. they couldn't deny it. they called it interesting which of course would be a lot more than interesting. it could be absolutely key to their investigation. sources we talked to close to that investigation say it was blood on the rocks or blood on stones and some said it was actually a bloody hand print. the reason this all works out is they need to know if it was human, is it robyn gardner's blood or someone unrelated. if he's telling a story that she's lost at

as for robyn gardner drifting away and drowning, investigators really do not believe this saying thents were nothing, and the water clear and they have glenn hill -- they have flown helicopters to venezuela and back. they say her body would have surfaced by now. >> and the suspect has a court appearance in aruba on monday. is there a chance he could be released? phil: there is a chance. giordano is being held, and the judge will hear arguments for and against holding him for an additional eight days but he is not criminally charged as this point. one of the last communications known from aruba from robyn gardner according to her boyfriend in maryland that says simply "this sucks," on facebook and the next day she disappeared. he has two restraining arrests in his past and an ex wife who claims physical abuse but a couple women he dated have different accounts. >> he became physically aggressive, why remember exactly, he tried to pull me to the ground or i went to the ground, on the grass, and he thought that we were going to be intimate. >> at any point not once did i feel threatened

. >> but let's get right to robyn gardner, the american woman still missing and feared dead in aruba. a judge there ordered the prime suspect to be held for at least 16 more days of questioning but suspicion mounts on gary giordano. he stopped cooperating with police and matt gutman is on the case for us in aruba. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. 11 years ago gary giordano was so close to freedom, now he'll spend the next 16 days locked up here at aruba's prison and probably, george, about 60 days more than that, the most recognizable face among the 110 inmates awaiting trial here. a moment wrapped in shame for gary giordano who still claims he's innocent and one of momentary triumph for aruba's prosecutors securing that 16-day

his story was that gardner vanished while the two were snorkeling in rough waters.or his own life he says he simply lost track of her and suddenly she was gone. police say it doesn't add up. the seas were calm that day, they say, and what about those travel insurance policies he bought just before their trip? one for him, one for her. each valued at $1.5 million. that is harder to explain. here with the latest is martin savage. he joins us from aruba. martin, just after robyn disappeared, giordano cooperated with police, but once he was arrested, he went silent. apparently now he's talking again. what's he saying? >> reporter: well, that's right. a couple days ago authorities said he wasn't cooperating and wasn't talking. now he is talking. only sort of, because here's the way authorities describe it. he's picking and choosing what answers he wants to give. if they're going over new questions, new material, he gives them an answer. but if they're going back over old stuff, he just says, you know what? i've answered that before. they say that that's his tactic to try

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they were leaving the beachside restaurant where gardner were last seen. driving erratically. >> in the wrong direction. that caught my attention. >> reporter: the next time he saw that car gardner was nowhere to be found. and police tried to question giordano. something seemed odd about his condition to silva and to police. >> he was leaning like this. and looking at the water. and the cops were all over him trying to talk to him. and he would just mumble, you know. nobody could understand what he was saying. >> reporter: silva says police told him giordano was too drunk. until now, witnesses in the restauaunt had only described gardner as drunk. but despite his condition he was apparently able to tell police that he and gardner went snorkeling in an area called nonke beach. rough waters even if you're sober. >> something can happen in these waters in a matter of minutes. you really must know the waters here. if you don't, you are in a lot of trouble. >> reporter: locals began to help with the search and rescue. >> we all start helping to look at the wate

with gardner's mother listed as the beneficiary.et up to help find gardner, the family enlisted the help of the natalee holloway center to help navigate the aruban legal system. >> you're pretty much at the mercy of the foreign destination law enforcement to decide when to give you the information. >> reporter: more than a week after her disappearance all the family can do is hope that robyn gardner doesn't become the next natalee holloway. whit johnson, cbs news, washington. >> joining us now is criminal profiler pat brown. good to talk with you this morning. >> good morning. >> what do we know about this man she was with, like we heard the boyfriend say he knows very little about him, but what are we hearing? >> well, we are not hearing a whole lot, actually. so we really don't know what this man was to robyn, whether he was a friend, a lover. we don't know. we also don't know what kind of man he is. i have heard rumors he had some criminal background, i don't know if that is true. what is obvious, robyn did not, if she and steve

we sent those photos to robyn gardner's family and moments ago i spoke to her family.ress she was wearing and hope that everybody out there will pray for her. >> let's bring in dan abrams right now and starting with these photo, of course, they're not conclusive but do back up -- seem to back up many of the stories of the witnesses. >> the key becomes this intoxication issue, i think, because, again, if they were intoxicated you would think that if this had happened the way giordano laid it out he would say, we were drunk, then we went snorkeling and i don't know whathaed. now, we don't have any indication that he told the authorities that. he basically as far as we know told the authorities, look, we went snorkeling then there were these big tides that basically swept her away. >> and the time line, snorkeling before or after, it's hard to get a handle on that, meantime, they spent eight hours in the brush yesterday turning up nothing and it brings up all kinds of memories. >> when i see the video here of them searching the island it is so reminiscent of the natalee h

too soon to be acquitted of killing her two year old daughter robyn gardner went missing in aruba two weeks ago and shocking news that mainstream media misses yet again this time for getting a little three year old while looking for hot in the laws for big headlines. good evening it's friday august nineteenth i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and you're watching our t.v. well more stock market turmoil today and what has been needless to say a volatile week meanwhile gold keeps soaring to new highs reaching almost nineteen hundred dollars an ounce today remember once upon a time gold was thirty five dollars an ounce also u.s. treasury yields have collapsed to seventy year lows this week two and a venezuela's hugo chavez has his solution he says he wants his gold out of the u.s. and the u.k. for good so what does all of this really say about the u.s. and the global economy also countries debts and the banking system well here's a little trivia we like that gives you some perspective maybe recall that just before the debt ceiling deal was reached by u.s. lawmakers it came to a po

he traveled to aruba with gardner on july 31st.he said the she disappeared while the two were snorkeling. authorities found discrepancies in his story. back to the insurance policy ap quote as person with knowledge of the policy. gy or giordano, purchased it $1.5 million. american express policy. accidental death. it covered length of short trip. giordano called while the search for gardner was still going on saying he wanted to begin redeeming that policy. giordano is being held in aruba as a suspect in her disappearance. the judge said there is evidence to hold him 16 more days. his attorney says there is no evidence that he committed a crime. gardner meanwhile is presumed dead. jenna: thank you, patti ann. rick: a battle more than 30 years in the making that could rock the music industry to is core. some of the most iconic rock and pop songs are about to turn 35 years old, rocksian by the police and heart of glass by blondie. when they do a provision in the u.s. copyright law regarding music could make the songs property of the

robyn gardner missing now for three weeks.ow a witness is disputing the account by prime suspect gary giordano. >> reporter: at this hour, a team of about 60 searchers is coming through this waste land of thorn bushes hoping to find a trace of robyn gardner. you can seeow rugged this terrain is. it will make today's search not only slow but treacherous. could be the mystery of robyn gardner's disappearance be solved by this man? a star witness seen here being debriefed by investigators. since her august 2nd disappearance, her companion gary giordano seen here in this abc news video, in shackles hasn't budged from his story they were snorkeling. quoting that he was too busy saving himself to look back for her. but an eyewitness has come forward with a different account. saying that he was out fishing. at 4:00 p.m. that he saw gardner and giordano walking along this jetty, after they left this restaurant. new witness claimed that the two never even got into the water. short time later drove away in this rental. at first, giordan

robyn gardner vanished earlier this month.ted her missing and is the sole suspect. he reportedly took out an accidental death insurance policy on his girlfriend. gardner, worth $1.5 million just before the aruban trip. tried to collect the money reportedly two days after she vanished. let's bring in our legal panel, mercedes, david, and a former prosecutor. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> gregg: some people say, who takes out a life insurance policy on his girlfriend, but let's play devil's advocate, what if it was the all inclusive trip insurance you get. there was a little bit of the lodging and air fare and extra money, you get the life insurance policy and you check the box and go okay. >> forget the policy as much as the timing of it. investigators were out looking for gardner. no one assumed that she had been dead within 48 hours, yet he goes and collects an insurance policy. >> gregg: he tries to. >> he tries to. he tries to collect 48 hours after he reports her missing. meanwhile, the authorities are still look

they went into robyn gardner's home.d out other witnesses or at least those who have given statements about giordano's history and past. the authorities are waiting to hear back on that. they want to know what evidence was gathered, especially from computers. because if there was any pre-planning, any pre-motive on this, maybe the computers hold that information. that's what they're waiting to hear back on. >> it's amazing what you can find on computers these days. martin salve ij in aruba. marty, thank you so much. >>> coming up, a stunning discovery. 300 feet long under american soil. nope, this is no ordinary drug tunnel. wait until you hear what this is all about. the bells, the whistles, how long it took to build it. also this. >> he said well don't be surprised if you see a lot of policemen in your backyard. and i said oh, what's going on? >> one woman wakes up to a big surprise in her backyard, a surprise that weighs 3600 pounds. that's next. [ man ] behind every business is a "what if." what if we designed an ele

when it comes to robyn gardner as to who the beneficiary is there, they won't say. we don't know.this point, though, we did have a conversation with could be telling the truth. however, there are three things that are sort of stacked against him, two of which are his own doing. number one, he did take out a hefty insurance policy on a woman who's now missing and he did it just days before she vanished. number two his track record when it comes to dealing with other women and the accusations they've made against him is not very good. then number three, this is arue parks the island where six years ago natalie holloway vanished without a trace and many americans still believe that case was bungled. so the last thing aruban authorities want is to be perceived as being soft on another american case. however that said. a lot of legal experts on the island say unless they come up with something better than just an insurance policy, in two weeks it is quite possible that gary giordano will go home free. >> interesting. martin savidge, appreciate it. thanks >>> still ahead tonight, the th

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one for himself, one for robyn gardner. the one for himself, the beneficiary would have been his mom. as for the beneficiary for robyn gardner, he doesn't say. authorities aren't saying at this particular time. they say they have to continue to talk to gary giordano about that. but you've got to figure, brooke that they would not be so interested if say the benefactor of robyn gardner's insurance plan was her mother. >> of course. >> it is probably something tying to gary giordano. and that would be a very good motive. that's where it stands right now. the publication. >> yes. >> reporter: this is aruba today. >> why are you on the cover? >> reporter: they recognize somebody on the cover. well, they were very nice to say that i was an award winning journalist and point out that i was very fair to the aruban government and to the coverage of the nat lee hol way case. >> you are fair, martin savidge. >> reporter: an indication that things are slow newswise here. >> back to giordano, i know he's been in custody. what has life

too soon to be acquitted of killing her two year old daughter auburn gardner went missing in aruba two weeks ago and shocking news the mainstream media misses yet again this time passing up a little three year old favor of hot blondes for big headlines. good evening it's friday august nineteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster you're watching r.t. all right so is america taking a page from the u.k. and blocking social unrest through social media or even better a page from egypt or syria the new york police department has formed a new unit to track troublemakers who plan or brag about crimes on twitter facebook my space social media and remember last week we saw authorities shut down the san francisco bars cell phone system to preempt a protest that had even happened earlier i spoke to someone who is concerned freelance writer blogger and food freedom advocate karen de coster i asked her if this new n.y.p.d. unit which was formed to look at social media is the right or wrong thing to do. the government is known for its many or its honor behaviors and lifestyles and this is

this time 35-year-old robyn gardner of frederick, maryland. has not been seen since last tuesday when she failed to return back to the states on time. that is what the natalie holloway resource center got involved which was established in natalie's name and honor to help with missing persons cases. down in aruba, unbeknownst to the gardner family here in florida and maryland, investigators were already involved as robyn gardner was reported missing by the man with whom she went on vacation with. a man she met on match.com. gary giordano from gaithersburg, maryland said the two went snorkeling aren't 6:00 p.m. when he got back, he looked around and lo and behold she was nowhere to be found. he is arrested in custody in a rube ba, arrested at airport while trying to fly back to the u.s. reportedly his story has changed several times, quote. the statements made bit traveling companion led to such questions on friday, august 5th, 2011 it was decided to detain him for further questioning on the possible drawning of the woman. robyn gardner's boyfri