matt gutman nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: behind two inches of glass at the fortd county jail in texas -- >> it just -- it -- it's just shocking to me because i've never been in trouble before. >> reporter: that would be the first of many lies scott would tell us, back then we couldn't have known this tale would have more twists than a knotted rope, especially given how catt started life -- with a homemaker mom and dad who worked at the local bank. good student? >> he was a football star. >> reporter: everyone, especially his mom, remembers him being so likeable. >> scott -- he was so much fun, great sense of humor, always wanted to make us laugh. >> reporter: scott catt fell in love and married his high school sweetheart beth, a champion swimmer. she called him her handsome cowboy. what was beth like? >> beth -- oh, very, very loving, good mommy, terrific mother. >> reporter: seemed like they had it all. >> they really did. >> reporter: he became a structural engineer. and the all-american family settled into a four bedroom house with a front porch tucked into or

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matt gutman, abc news, miami. >>> to a more welcome scene from london this evening, a christmas week message from the queen, after her growing royal family with their newest prince made their way to the christmas service there. abc's lama hasan from london now. >> reporter: a traditional walk to a christmas church service, one of the last royal appearances in an unforgettable year with the birth of prince george this summer. >> he's got a good pair of lungs on him. >> reporter: from that first royal wave on baby george's christening day to newly released images behind the scenes of that big debut. >> it was quite funny because you saw kate pulling george's hand away from his mouth because he was trying to chew his fist. >> reporter: with great-grandma flanked in christmas photos with her annual christmas message. >> as so many of you well know, the arrival of a baby gives everyone the chance to contemplate the future. >> reporter: a year of new beginnings and milestones, the queen marking 60 years on the throne. the princes embarking on their own adventures from harry's grueling trek

abc's matt gutman tells us about the comments and everyone taking sides. >> reporter: the self-proclaimed redneck family of "duck dynasty" is everywhere, presenting at the country music awards, attending the white house correspondents' dinner and presiding over the half billion dollar empire and one of the most popular cable shows in history. i spoke to them about their gospel of hunting and god. >> thanks for having me, guys. >> reporter: they've used their fame to spread their christian beliefs -- >> in jesus we pray, amen. >> reporter: but now the hunting family's patriarch, phil robertson, is under the gun for his comments about sin to gq magazine. "start with homosexual behavior and morph out from there, bestiality, sleeping with this woman and that woman, lumping gays with terrorists" saying "god will sort it out later." robertson who grew up in jim crow, louisiana tells gq blacks were better off before civil rights. "i never with my eyes saw the mistreatment of any black person. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say were they happy? they were godly, they were happy, and no one was

matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> our thanks to matt. >>> we move on to "made in america" and the jobs you're putting under the christmas tree this year, the ones you're helping to create with your "one thing." this evening we turn to the holiday dinner menu. it turns out the women of "the view" were about to put our "made in america" team to the test. >> reporter: the long lines waiting outside "the view." they're red and green and they knew why we were there. >> made in america! >> reporter: upstairs in every dressing room, the same message. >> are you in? >> i'm in. i know you're in. >> reporter: and whoopi, her one thing, the moss grill from san diego. she bought four of them herself. for christmas -- >> they're packaging one for your brother right now? >> yes. >> he's not watching? >> i'm going to make sure he doesn't. >> reporter: he's not watching tonight but barbara is. here's why. she told me i can't forget the appetizers. >> what's better than cheese, a man named kurt beecher. >> reporter: kurt beecher and she loves his made in america story. >> ten years ago he opened a chee

here's abc's matt gutman now. >> reporter: it was a historic breach into target's data vault. cyber thieves also made off with perhaps the vault's most valuable loot, millions of pin numbers. but today, target continued to insist, customers' pin data and their money is safe. citing its triple data encryption algorithm which means the pin number cannot be taken from target servers. that doesn't mean it's hack proof. >> right now you can bet there's a team of hackers working in eastern europe, trying to crack every single pin number, that they have stolen. using a brute force attack. they are not going to stop until they are successful. >> reporter: the risks to the shoppers bank accounts is minimal he says but urges them to stay vigilant. one week after learning 40 million credit and debit cards were hacked, shoppers are already filing lawsuits against target, one alleging the company failed to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures. and others are opting for the proven method of avoiding credit card fraud. >> i would rather just use cash until they straighten ev

for "nightline," i'm matt gutman in miami. >> our thanks to matt gutman. thank you for watching abc news. tune into "gma" first thing in the morning. as always we're online at abcnews.com. i'm dan harris. good night. of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone 'round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. starbucks is just $6.99, that's a cup of good cheer. get sweet clementines for $4.99, enough for everyone here. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. >> we have no right. you don't have have my permission whatsoever to take her off. >> frustration and deep sad needs. heated confrontation between doctor and family of 13-year-old girl on life support. good evening. carolyn johnson is off tonight. while doctors are offering no hope that the girl will ever recover, her grief stricken family revving to give up. tonight her mother is warning doctors to leave herb

abc's matt gutman has the latest details. >> reporter: they're tv's first family of reality.accusations flying faster than clay pigeons for the hunting family. the latest, condemning this newly surfaced clip of phil robertson, giving a fiery sermon in 2010. >> women with women, men with men, they committed indecent acts with one another. >> reporter: those comments made before "duck dynasty" became the most-watched reality show ever. but following the incendiary comments robertson made to "gq" magazine, about homosexuality and the treatment of african-americans during the era of jim crow laws in the south. while comedian jon stewart made light of things. >> i'd assumed it was a show where ducks re-enacted the show "dynasty." which would have a huge gay audience. >> reporter: this is no laughing matter for a&e, which has ridden the "duck dynasty" juggernaut. those harry mugs are said to be worth $400 million in merchandising alone. now, the robertson family is threatening to walk back into the bayou. in a statement saying, in part, as a family we cannot imagine the show going

matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> how creepy is that?enguins. they made their debut yesterday. >> the african black footed penguin chicks are 4 1/2 weeks old and haven't yet donned their black and white formal wear. they will be grown in a few months. so hundreds came to see them yesterday. while they are cute and fuzzy -- and by the way, these are the real pittsburgh penguins. >> real pittsburgh penguins. >> little cuter than the piranha. >> one is male and one is female and the aview -- av a ry has 16 other african penguins. >> they will add 10% to their body weight every day. i guess that's a lot of fish. >> it is a cooperative program. and maybe we will see more. >> let's hope so. cute. >>> the newlywed who wasn't planning to get pregnant so soon and her journey and lesson for moms. >>> and the workout sanctuary for plus-size americans. you are watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ making it harder than it has to be ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by hotwire.com. g it harder than it has to be ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "wor

here is abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: there is a new obsession, clawing its way into american life,d from cheetahs, and sasavannahs, a hybrid. just last month. a male lion and female liger, hybrid of a lion/tiger had cubs in an oklahoma zoo. their litter, three little, liligers. liligers are no house cats. this fee lean cline can be 800 . proud owners display them all over youtube. these exotic cats can be controversial. some say the aggressive ones can kill. kitties that can grow two to three times larger than a house cat. that crunching sound is a pretty good sign of how closely related servals are to the big bat cousins. >> i want to ask every fwid sbo stay three feet away from the cages. >> well he is part bobcat -- >> reporter: a sanctuary for cats big and small. those abandoned a, abused or retired from breeding. after a few minutes here, you begin to understand why these servals might have been abandoned. frosty is 30 pound of pure wild. >> wow! >> reporter: how bad is a temperament on a cat like this? >> a cat can take down a deer, child, pet, neighbor's pets, children. they

is all part of an uproar over questionable comments about gays and african-americans and abc's matt gutmanthe back woods and that duck call. seemed to blow it for real this week when he preached to gq about what is sinful telling the magazine, start with homosexual behavior and morph out from there. beastality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman. the patriarch didn't stop there, robertston who grew up in louisiana, tells gq, the african-americans he knew then were happy. i never with my eyes saw the mistreatment of any black person. preentitlement, prewelfare. you may were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. no one was singing the blues. in the two days since those word were publish aid cascade of recriminations have ricochetted. one possible casualty is a & e's crown jewel, duck dynasty itself. the family tonight threatening to call it quits. this is the patriarch of the most watched unscripted cable television show in history who preside over a $500 million empire, the bush-bearded sons of duck dynasty among the most highly recognized americans anywhere presenting a

abc's matt gutman has the breaking details. od morning to you, matt. >> reporter: good morning, josh. police are still trying to figure out what happened in that wild shooting overnight. the situation so fluid at one point that they decided to put three area hospitals on lockdown for hours. all of that triggering the massive manhunt that ended just a few hours ago. police believe this man, 38-year-old ben freeman, went from home-to-home in lafourche parish, 30 minutes outside new orleans, on a mission to kill. >> this is unprecedented to have three different victims unrelated, targeted by a single killer. >> reporter: his first stop at 6:40 yesterday evening, the home of his former in-laws. there he allegedly killed his ex-mother-in-law, susan gouaux. wounding her husband, parish councilman, louie gouaux, and their daughter, andrea. freeman had been married to the couple's daughter, jean. just 20 minutes later, police believe freeman targeted the home of milton bourgeois, the administrator of st. anne hospital, where freeman onc

matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: this duck is not backing down.robertson telling a bible study class sunday, he's not a hater, but adding i will not give or back off from my path. the patriarch ruffled feathers last week with allegedly anti-gay and racist comments to "gq" magazine. robertson telling the group that from the beginning, jesus said, it's a man and a woman, according to the daily mail and confirmed by abc news. he seemed to dig himself further into a hole likening being gay to being an adulterer and a liar. his son, alan, addressed the congregation, dead-panning hope your week went well, ours was kind of slow. but not necessarily bad. since a & e suspended him last week, bigger sponsors are hanging in. including under armour, walmart, cracker barrel said they would remove merchandise but they brought it back over the weekend. >> the family has a strong plan that they could market and eventually take elsewhere if things tonight work out. >> reporter: it's not like fans are seeing necessaless of the h clan. a & e is in the midst of a "du

abc's matt gutman has their story. >> reporter: overnight, the stars of the a&e hit show "duck dynastyps here. >> in jesus i pray, amen. >> amen. >> reporter: the robertson family, threatening to walk away from the show, saying, as a family, we cannot imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm. weir in discussions with a&e to see what that means for the future of "duck dynasty." robertson has discussed controversial views before. here he is preaching in 2010. >> they are god-haters. >> reporter: a&e has no comment. but others across america are fighting for phil robertson, the patriarch of the most-watched unscripted cable show in history. the network suspended robertson indefinitely after his controversial comments to "gq." associating homosexuality with sin and gays into terrorists. robertson, who grew up in jim crow, louisiana discussed his view views on race. pre-entitlement, prewelfare, were you saying they were happy? they were godly. they were happy. no one was singing the blues. you might think his duck is cooked. but not so fast. on facebook, a fan page c

abc's matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: fsu police, how may i help you? >> hi. i'm -- and i think we need to get over here. >> reporter: for the first time, we're hearing details of what jameis winston's accuser thinks happen happened. >> she's very shaken up. she said she got hurt. she got hit. >> she got hit? does she know what she got hit with? >> no. she says she like kept blacking out. she keeps trying to tell me the story. but it's very in pieces. >> and you say she was raped? >> yeah. >> okay. so, she did not know the person? >> no. >> reporter: police say it took her a month to identify that person as the heisman hopeful and then, only in sketchy detail, but winston's person questioned by police say they walked in while the two were having sex. >> we walked in and she said what are you doing? she said get out. >> was there anything that she said or you saw her do that made you think that she was -- she didn't want to have sex? >> no. >> reporter: the eyewitnesses telling police, winston took the girl home a few minutes later and quickly returned. the new

matt gutman with more. >> reporter: late sunday, abc news filmed phil robertson sticking to his guns of chick within a & e, telling abc news they may have fired me, but got didn't fire me. nope. a & e! announced its about face friday. stage entire cast will return this prispring. a a& e says this show is not about one man's views. they come together to reflect and pry fn unity, tolerance, and forgiveness. >> i think the surprise came from how early it happened. i thought maybe they would allow the holidays to be over. before they made the announcement that he would, indeed, return to the show. >> oh, man, i'm fired up about it. >> reporter: the fire storm began earl ler in month after robertson gave an interview to "gq" about homosexuality and after americans. when the rest of the robertson family threatened to fly the coop, the network may have realized who really ruled this roost. >> we're excited that he's back on the show. >> it's probably the most excited. it's one of the only shows we can watch as family together. >> reporter: now, a & e is making this a teachable psa moment. l

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, new york. >> wow. >> a lot more on that on "20/20"ern. >>> right now, it's time for the weather. ginger is here. >> promising you that drought picture. we have improvement to talk about. we have less drought than we've had in two years. just over 30% in moderate or greater. nevada has deep drought there. parts of texas, too. we're not fully there. but it's getting better. look at los angeles, close to 81 by the time you reach your next workweek. and the weekend's staying warm, too. you could see gusty winds, though >> this weather report brought to you by party city. on top of the rain is going to be freezing rain in southwest missouri. that storm is starting. and it's going to get kicking. >> a little bit of everything. >> thank you, ginger. >>> still to come here, again, tomorrow, one year since the senseless tragedy in newtown. today, we bring you a story of how the families there are healing. an inspiring message for all of us, right now. >> we're really looking forward to that. >>> and beyonce's big move. the superstar's top-secr

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> so happy they're both okay. what a scary moment there. >> we're pulling for megan after the surgery. >>> you know what i'm pulling for? >> ginger zee. >> she's still outside. we all came back in, took off our coats. drinking coffee. >> all of my friends, hundreds of people coming down to times square. we will pack this place tonight. it is going to be cool. 22. by tonight, we're going to feel single digits or teens. it's the storm at the end of the week i want to highlight now. if you are sticking around after new year's eve, two low pressure systems coming together. chicago gets snow tonight. it is 6:00 p.m. on thursday. and the snow starts falling from d.c. to new york city, up to boston. that offshore low, the farther it stays offshore gives us more and more. some places could see just outside the city and north, could see over a foot of snow. and others seeing three to five overall. your local forecast is coming up in 30 seconds. >> i'm telling you. the energy out here could keep anybody warm. i'll tell you

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, jupiter, florida. >> 34 years of dog life.ome stories to be told. >> i propose all happy reunions should take place at yeehaw junction. >> reunion capital of the world. >> we're on it. >> yeehaw junction. >> absolutely. >>> a supermodel. they say she moonlights as a daredevil. >> only makes sense. >> when she's not wearing couture, she's usually wearing a parachute, for some reason. abc's aditi roy has much more on a stunning beauty for whom the sky is barely the limit. >> reporter: her face belongs on magazine covers. but modeling is her most exciting job. >> i like to dress up and do makeup sometimes. but not every day. >> reporter: her real passion, stunts. >> i'm better on jumps. i want to do action sports. >> reporter: this video for grind tv shows her doing what she loves most. anything that defies death and gravity. >> i have about 8,000 skydives. and i love to fly in my wingsuit. >> reporter: the italian beauty trades in her couture for a wingsuit. and she wears both well. manchido is one of the best wing suit fliers i

and abc's matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: together, they're one of the world's most glamorousn's husband, jeffrey soffer, is in the middle of a high-stakes legal battle, being sued for $100 million by this woman. daria valdez is the widow of lance valdez, a lawyer, soffer's close friend. he died in a helicopter crash in the bahamas last year. soffer survived that crash with several injuries. and that wrongful death suit claims that soffer wasn't just a passenger. but that he was recklessly flying and controlling it at the time of the crash, without a valid helicopter pilot's license. >> we interviewed david pierce, the pilot. and what he told us was soffer also piloted the aircraft. >> reporter: the lawsuit also claims soffer conspired with the other passengers to conceal the fact he was plying for a primary purpose of avoiding his own personal liability. >> this was a woman that was grieving. she lost her husband at the time. and getting phone calls to provide a release to mr. soffer, it wasn't fair. >> reporter: according to the lawsuit, macpherson called a friend and said t

with the very latest, here's matt gutman. >> reporter: the duck commander doubling down on his anti-gaynts sunday. phil robertson telling his bible class, from the beginning jesus said it's a man and a woman. according to the "daily mail" and confirmed by abc news. he compared being gay to an adulter and liar and said what's the difference? with the future of his blockbuster show very much in doubt, robertson's conservative fans are flocking to his defense. >> i think phil's feeling empowered. there's been a lot of public support on his side. instead of running away from him, advertisers have said they are sticking by him. >> no, no, sir. >> when a&e suspended robertson, cracker barrel said they would no longer sell some "duck dynasty" merchandise, but after angry customers, they reversed themselves saying, "you flat out told us we were wrong. we listened." and for the time being, old phil is still on the air in reruns. the fate of his show is an open-ended question. >> amazing. "duck dynasty" is a $400 million empire. i didn't know this. the cast makes $200,000 an episode. a&e makes mo

. >> reporter: matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> i happen to think what's lost in this and the peopleare coming out to defend him saying this is his first amendment right. no one is taking that away from him. he has every right to say whatever he wants. when you work for a private company, you have to live by the consequences of the company. if they say what you said is not living to their standards they can do anything -- >> you have to live with the consequences. he's not going to get arrested for what he said, but he may lose a lucrative opportunity. >> like if we were going to come up here and say we hate all blue chairs and abc didn't like that we could get suspended, as silly as it sounds to people. that's just the way it is. >>> coming up, saying no is a big part of a parent's job. but one woman prefers to do the opposite. >> why this mom says yes to everything her kids ask for christmas. >>> ahead in our next half-hour, kids that have everything. behaving badly. we will show you a look at a new show about rich kids in beverly hills. you are watching "world news now." >> "world

tonight the view of the mall you haven't seen from a one time mall cop armed with tiny cameras, matt gutmanonight on the case. it's shopping confidential. >>> reporter: shopping seems like america's real full contact sport, where folks sharpen their elbows and leave all that holiday spirit in the parking lot before blitzing the mall, like this crazed mob bursting through the doors of a california store. yep, a shopping trip these days can be a downright hazardous activity. this black friday in philadelphia, an all-out brawl erupts out between two couples, with that woman zapping her opponent with a stun gun, again and again. also last month surveillance video caught a dangerous species of shopper, flash robbers who swarm stores making off with racks of loot. another group tramp else an employee in their get away. but what about those people hired to keep shoppers safe? you would expect your mall cop to crack down on out of control shoppers like this crowd, right? wrong. it turns out most mall cops are specifically trained not to intervene. >> most of the training you'll find with profession

abc's matt gutman is here and has the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this announcement could change the lives of both jameis winston and his still anonymous young accuser. if he is charged, winston's college football career could be over. if he's exonerated, it could end with a heisman and a national championship. it's not a pass on the gridiron but a press conference that could determine jameis winston's fate later today. the state attorney on the case will announce whether or not the florida state seminoles heisman hopeful will face charges of sexual assault from a fellow student, just a day after winston was named conference player of the year. that state attorney telling reporters wednesday, we think we've exhausted all investigative tools. on tuesday, he said his investigation was not based on a football schedule or anyone else's calendar. a reference not only to the seminoles' shot of a national title but the 19-year-old quarterback's campaign for the heisman trophy, which goes to the best college football player, nine days from now. >> i pressur