abc's matt gutman had exclusive access to giordano as he was released. >> reporter: it was the moment gary giordano had waited for for 116 days. the only suspect in the disappearance of robyn gardner. now, a free man. but even as he and his attorneys rolled out of the prison gates, they were swarmed by the media, blocking his car, peering inside. abc news was there as giordano arrived at this hotel. low cams angry taunts of "murder." tonight, his first night out of a bathroom-sized cell he shared with two others for 17 hours a day. his first unmonitored and emotional call home to his three sons. and an embrace. the attorneys that helped secure his release. but that freedom could be fleeting. >> if a new order for detention is given, we aim to file a recrest for mr. giordano's extradition with the u.s. authorities. >> reporter: an arduous, months-long process that could begin as early as tomorrow in the aruban high court, could decide to extend hisdy tension. a move that will require extradition as giordano is expected to return to the u.s. tomorrow morning, before the hearing. and for

here's abc's matt gutman. >> this is the defendant. >> reporter: it seemed like a typical episode of "the people's court." >> he gets pretty malicious and vindictive and he is a mean person when he is drinking. >> reporter: michelle parker and her fiance dale smith bickering over an engagement ring thrown off a balcony. >> i took it off and threw it at him. >> reporter: even away from the camera their mundane arguments seemed to turn violent. >> he said get back up on stage you -- you know. >> reporter: just hours after this episode of "the people's court" finally aired last thursday she vanished. was it eerily foreshadowed or an uncanny coincidence? >> this is a made for tv case. they're now exes. fighting over an engagement ring and the day the show goes on television, she goes missing? >> kind of smashing my camera on the ground because i was a little angry. >> you sure showed that camera. >> reporter: smith is the father of their 3-year-old twins. >> it's been a hell of a roller-coaster ride and it's poison. >> reporter: something parker knew for years. in 2009 she filed and was

here's abc's matt gutman with her story. >> reporter: for holly, the breaking point came when her 10-year-old son payton couldn't get his arms around her for a hug. when we first met her last october, holly was more than 200 pounds overweight. she could barely walk, much less keep up with payton, her 11-year-old son tyler and her husband, barry. >> i want to take them to disney and go on rides. i just want to have more energy. i want to keep up with people my age. >> reporter: for as long as she could remember, holly had been fat. >> i've been fighting with weight since i was 6 years old. i've been on every diet. you name it, i've done it. >> reporter: growing up, she thought her personality could deflect attention from her body size. >> i always tried to be the funny friend, be the funny person, you know? crack jokes so people wouldn't really judge me. >> reporter: she tried to hide the weight in other ways. >> i always volunteered to take the picture or in the back. >> reporter: no medical complications yet. but at 370 pounds, holly was morbidly obese. as a nurse, she knew she had t

matt gutman, abc news, aruba. >>> a sad note from entertainment world this morning.andup comedian, parise o'neill has died. he performance was the high light of the charlie sheen roast on comedy central. o'neill passed away last night, a month after suffering a stroke. >>> teleinvestment bankers from connecticut insist they are the winners of a huge jackpot. the trio picked up their winnings on monday. there are claims that they are not the real winners but only a front for a wealthy investor. >>> and there was a big night in college hoops on tuesday. for the highlights, here's the crew at espn news. >> hey, there. i'm lindsay czarniak. this is your espn news update. it was a star-studded affair. lebron james, dwyane wade, in columbus to watch duke take on ohio state. ohio state up early. later in the first half, duke trying to keep it close. nathan plumlee catches. duke trails 18-17. you're thinking that's a big problem, right? later, it was even worse. austin rivers, the nice cross-over, gets the lay-in and the foul. duke, down 47-28 at the half. second half, ohio

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abc's matt gutman has been on this story for weeks and brings us the news tonight. >> reporter: the big banks may have retreated on those $5 debit fees, but hundreds of thousands of americans are on the march, outraged at all the other fees for overdrafts, even using the atm. that means across the country people like small business owner david meinert are mutinying. >> i'm moving my money from four of my businesses to -- out of bank of america and chase. >> reporter: bringing $3 million worth of business with him. >> that kind of money and my level of business actually doesn't really matter to them. >> reporter: for meinert the end came when his banks refused a new line of credit. for others like kristen christian, it was that atm fee. >> i couldn't support the principle behind the $5 fee structure that targeted anyone with less than $20,000 in an account because those people couldn't afford it. >> reporter: disgusted kristen launched bank transfer day on facebook now slated for tomorrow. now 78,000 say they're going to join her. in october alone credit unions had an influx of 650,000 n

>> matt gutman, who has been covering this case since the beginning. ron claiborne with the other stories developing this morning. >> good morning, everyone. in the news, it looks like there will be a pro basketball season after all. the players and nba owners reached a tentative agreement early this morning. if approved, the shortened season will start probably on christmas day. >>> and more fallout from the death of a florida a&m drum major who died in a suspected hazing incident. robert champion's family says they will sue the university. the school has already fired the band leader and canceled future performances. >>> and the clock is ticking on occupy los angeles protesters. l.a.'s mayor says they have until 12:01 a.m. to pack up and leave their encampment. outside of city hall, in l.a. unlike other cities, the protests in l.a. have been peaceful. >>> and finally, santa claus dropped out of the sky a little early. a skydiving santa and his elves landed in shenandoah, pennsylvania, and handed out gifts early. a little early. maybe it's a recon mis

we tracked down the held of the company to try to get answers and abc's matt gutman, who did that, has been on the story from the beginning and takes us inside the grass roots revolution and what happened tonight. >> reporter: look. 33 days. 300,000 petitioners and one molly katchpole. >> i won! i know! so exciting. >> reporter: when katchpole, just 22, but featured on abc news last month, she just launched an online petition demanding bank of america repeal its, quote, outrageous $5 debit fee. >> it's crazy. it's at 125,000. >> reporter: today, 306,000. >> i just happened to be the person that started the petition. if it wasn't for the 306,000 people who signed it, it wouldn't be anywhere. >> reporter: per public outcry of the fee echoed from the senate floor -- >> bank of america customers, vote with your feet. >> reporter: all the way to the white house. >> you're going to see a bunch of the banks who say to themselves, you know what, this is actually not good business practice. >> reporter: at first, the bank wasn't listening. other big banks saying they, too, were thinking about a

matt gutman, abc news, kansas city. >> wow. >> hard -- i think those people are really struggling withe of this case and what the parents' involvement may or may not be. so many road box in the investigation. i think that kind of makes the family look more and more suspicious. >> and then they've been through all of these lawyers and the most recent one left on her own. she said she's taking herself off this case. family's mad that she was giving the media tours. we were part of those tours, got into that house, looked inside the room. you know, this story has got -- >> this is weird. >> there are a lot of questions out there still. >> and all the while this 11-month-old baby girl still not found. and no leads. it's scary. >> no leads. >>> there are now six confirmed deaths from a weekend explosion at a grain elevator in kansas. the bodies of the last three victims were recovered just yesterday. grieving relatives gathered outside the plant, where a makeshift memorial was beginning to take shape. a train was being loaded with corn when that explosion took place. two inspectors and four

. >> matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> so four months, not officially charged.hat insurance policy such damaging evidence it would seem. >> it is. in and of itself, what does it move? it proves he took an insurance policy out. strnl's a motive, but you don't have to prove motive as a prosecutor. there is not enough there. no body, no anything. >> all circumstantial. nothing material yet. >> no statements. no confession. >> very smart in his case -- >> very smart. it's impossible to prove a case like that without more, more evidence. >>> shifting gears now, herman cain is facing new sexual allegations this morning. an atlanta area woman who said she had a 13-year affair with the candidate. cain denies the affair and says was trying to help the woman out financially. cain's attorney says it is really no one's business what went on between two consenting adults. >>> as for the republicans running for president, newt gingrich says he is a lot more conservative than mitt romney. despite gingrich's recent surge in the polls, the white house see romney as the man to be

matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> it makes no sense. >>> in other news this morning lawyers for conradarguing that the doctor should not serve any more jail time for his conviction in the death of michael jackson. they're asking that murray be granted probation at a sentencing that is set for next week. but the prosecution, though, wants murray behind bars for four years, arguing that he's shown no remorse and has actually blamed others for jackson's death. >>> president obama is spending this thanksgiving at the white house. we'll know what was on the menu later today. >> mr. obama and his family headed to a food pantry in washington yesterday. they helped pack and distribute some food bags to people in need in addition to delivering two turkeys. >> earlier, though, the president kept up a great tradition, pardoning turkeys at the white house. the official bird is a 19-month-old, 45-pounder named liberty. that's a big bird. >> i bet that would be delicious. its alternate of the same age and weight is named peace. in understated manner mr. obama called them both the luckiest birds on t

abc's matt gutman has the story. good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: good morning, lara.rdano will be free today. there's word that the judge will keep him for another 30 days. but giordano's attorneys are on the offensive, insisting their client is innocent, that the police have been playing dirty tricks and that investigators have really no hard evidence. this morning, aruban authorities tell "gma" that for the sixth time, they'll ask the judge to keep the only suspect in robyn gardner's disappearance locked up. suspected of murder, gary giordano, now jailed for over 100 days, is considered a flight risk. jose baez, renowned for spear-heading casey anthony's acquittal last summer, and chris, are interested in two men. they are speaking exclusively to "gma." they feel that investigators are unable to build a case, even with "gma" confirmation, that blood found at this beach, where the two were spotted together, was, in fact, gardner's. they tell "gma," he could just as easily be a free man, if it were not for a few phone calls. >> you think he would not be here if it was

abc's matt gutman has that for us from kansas city. ng, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. that's right. like millions of other american kids, baby lisa's brothers went trick or treating last night. their parents offering us a glimpse of a regular life for the first time since baby lisa vanished, four weeks ago today. this morning, exclusive, new video of baby lisa's family, parents -- deborah bradley and jeremy irwin, and her half-brothers. >> hi, guys. >> trick or treat. >> reporter: trick or treating in a kansas city neighborhood, exactly four weeks after the 11-month-old went missing. >> happy halloween. >> reporter: "gma" was asked to keep the location where the family has been in hiding a secret. >> what do you want? >> reporter: that image, a sliver of normalcy, in stark contrast to the media frenzy, stalemates with police all swirling around baby lisa's family. the latest twist, the tale of cyndy short. the kansas city attorney who last week gave "gma" this exclusive tour of the family house. >> we're going to go this way.

abc's matt gutman is covering the story from florida. >> reporter: a s.w.a.t. surrounded and stormed the house of dale smith sr. they say they brought him out in handcuffs. one of hundreds of tips they have been chasing. still, it's the first raid of its kind since she went missing a 11 days ago. it happened late saturday. at this orlando home. cell phone camera caught a s.w.a.t. vehicle moving in. >> they banged down the door, yelled search warrant and basically told everyone out of the house. >> reporter: the house reportedly belongs to dale smith sr. the father of dale smith. witnesses tell our affiliate the grandfather of the 3-year-old the couple shares was brought out of the home in handcuffs. two women, another man and two children were also taken out of the house. after police left, nobody in the house was talking. >> get out of here. >> is this your house in >> no it's not. it's santa claus's house house. >> reporter: michelle parker has been missing eight days now, she disappeared the same day her people's court episode aired. >> he shouldn't have put

abc's matt gutman has the details from kansas city. >> reporter: this morning, deborah bradley and jeremy irwin are back at the home where their daughter lisa went missing six weeks ago. >> when she walked into lisa's bedroom, i could see it in her eyes. how shocked her eyes are in that crib, looking for a miracle that lisa would be there. >> reporter: instead of a miracle, they were greeted with a legal challenge. the biological mother of one of lisa's half-brothers now wants custody of her 8-year-old son, saying she's concerned about his, quote, safety, comfort and peace of mind. the couple's attorney, joe tacopina, tells "gma," they intend to fight it. >> this woman hasn't seen her son for six years. six years behind in child support, all of a sudden has an interest. >> reporter: as the family returns home, familiar sounds. >> will you please make a statement? >> reporter: in the weeks since baby lisa went missing, tacopina says his clients have been hounded by the press, and staying in hiding for their missing daughter's first birthday. now, the family wants to try to return to some s

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news. >>> and on this thanksgiving, we want to rememberur heroes away from home. the tens of thousands of soldiers who are making the best of a holiday away from their families. many of them directly in harm's way. abc's mike boettcher is with u.s. troops in southern afghanistan. >> reporter: the war breaks for no holiday. the oklahoma national guard and their afghan police partners show off a taliban machine gun they captured. thanksgiving dinner is still hours away. >> we found some i.e.d.-making materials. home explosive. and a couple mortar rounds. it was a good time. >> reporter: oklahoma's 45th brigade has faced a tough fight in central afghanistan. 14 of their number has been killed in action since they deployed in july. as national guardsmen, citizen soldiers, they were uprooted from their jobs and sent to the afghan front. specialist max robinson was delivering pizza when he was called up. now, his peers consider him a hero for ignoring enemy fire to save his fellow wounded soldiers. >> i want everyone to remember about the people

abc's matt gutman is covering the story from miami this morning. od morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning to you, dan. well, that raid included a s.w.a.t. team which surrounded and then stormed the house of dale smith sr., the father of michelle parker's ex-fiance. they're saying that they brought him out in handcuffs. but this is just one of hundreds of tips they have been chasing. still, it's the first raid of its kind since she went missing 11 days ago. it happened late saturday at this orlando home. cell phone video captured a s.w.a.t. vehicle moving in. >> roughly about 12 guys piled out pretty quickly, banged on the door, yelled search warrant, search warrant and basically took everybody out of the house. >> reporter: the home reportedly belongs to dale smith sr., the father of dale smith. michelle parker's ex-fiance and the man she faced off on this now infamous episode of "the people's court." witnesses tell our affiliate the grandfather of the 3-year-old twins the couple shares was brought out of the home in handcuffs. two women, an

. >> matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> so four months, not officially charged. that insurance policy such damaging evidence it would seem. >> it is. in and of itself. it proves he took an insurance policy out. certain leap a motive. you don't have to prove motive as a prosecutor. there is not enough there. no body, no anything. >> all suscircumstantial. >> no sfamenttatements. no confession. impossible to prove a case like that without more, more evidence. >> shifting gears now, herman cain is facing new sexual allegations this morning. an atlanta area y won ma said she had a 13 year affair with the candidate. cain denies at fair and says he was trying to help the woman out financially. cain's attorney says it is really no one's business what went on between two consenting adults. >>> as for the republicans running for president, newt gingrich says he is a lot more conservative than mitt romney. despite gingrich's recent surge in the polls, the white house sees rom neap as the man to beat. here's abc's jake tapper. >> reporter: republican voters have not yet dec

abc's matt gutman has the latest on whether the appearance triggered the mystery. >> reporter: hundredscongregate at this command post looking to find michelle parker. was her disappearance an uncanny coincidence, perhaps a car-jacking, or whether the stormy tv appearance holds the key to finding her. >> this is the defendant, michelle parker. >> reporter: it seems like any other dispute. >> dale smith you're suing your former fiance for $5,000, the statutory maximum. >> he gets malicious and vindictive. he's a mean person, especially when he's been drinking. >> reporter: and a window into the stormy, sometimes violent relationship between michelle parker and exfiance dale smith. >> she shouldn't have put his hands on me. shouldn't have done it prior. >> smashed my camera on the ground. >> it's been a hell of a roller coaster ride and it's poison. >> reporter: that was taped months ago. it aired last week. hours later, she disappeared. a coincidence, or a clue? >> it's possible that any time you have a public display of animosity, lit exit will exacer the problem. >> reporter: she dropp

matt gutman, abc news, kansas city. >> wow. >> hard -- i think those people are really struggling with what to make of this guys and what the parents' involvement may or may not be. so many road box in the investigation. i think that kind of makes the family look more and more suspicious. >> and then they've been through all of these lawyers and the most recent one left on her own. she said she's taking herself off this case. family's mad that she was giving the media tours. we were part of those tours, got into that house, looked inside the room. you know, this story has got -- >> this is weird. >> there are a lot of questions out there still. >> and all the while this 11-month-old baby girl still not found. and no leads. it's scary. >> no leads. >>> there are now six confirmed deaths from a weekend explosion at a grain elevator in kansas. the bodies of the last three victims were recovered just yesterday. grieving relatives gathered outside the plant, where a makeshift memorial was beginning to take shape. a train was being loaded with corn when that explosion took place. two inspect

first, matt gutman is in aruba with the latest. ter: good morning, robin. gary giordano's first act as a free man was to pick up the phone and call his three sons. his second act was to come to hop on the first flight out of aruba back to the united states. now, we got exclusive access to mr. giordani last night. he wasn't ready to answer the tough questions just yet. >> reporter: this was gary giordano's first, emotional call home overnight as a free man. >> are the kids there? let me talk to them real quick. >> reporter: abc news cameras were there exclusively in his hotel room, as he reached out to his three sons. >> give me a second. okay. >> reporter: and this embrace for attorneys, jose baez and chris lejueze, who after four months, helped secure his release. it was giordano's first night out of the bathroom-sized cell, which he shared with 2 other men for 116 days, 17 hours a day. the only suspect in the disappearance of robyn gardner. giordano's release late tuesday, generated attention and scorn on this tiny island nation.