and plus where is missing florida mom, michelle parker? ñr >> a quiet thanksgiving for presidential hopeful and governor of texas rick perry. he is criticizing president obama pour lack of foreign policy leadership to announcing his own plan for a part-time congress. i sat down and him and his wife, anita, that what drives them in this tough campaign. >> both you and the governor said he wasn't really excited about the idea of running for the president but you felt it was something he should consider, you encouraged him and you admit now that it's been a difficult process. knowing what you know now, do you think you would still encourage him to run? >> absolutely. it was the right choice for us to make. we have several people and many people were encouraging him to run. we discussed if as a family and our children are all in. you know, i really, really close friends are all in. absolutely i think it was the right decision and we would do it again because we believe in america. >> and you have said that you feel like you are fighting for th

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 me on the hands prior. >> reporter: police and parker's parents having been saying that dale smith jr. wasn't a suspect. parker's parents ratcheted up their search. even offering a $50,000 for any information leading to her whereabouts. that reward has an expiration date of today. apparently to motivate tip sters to act soon. andrea, i spoke with family members this morning. they said all they know about this raid was that michelle parker wasn't found. dale smith was the last person to see michelle parker alive just minutes after that episode aired. andrea? >> such a mystery. thank you matt. >>> three mesh students arrested during the violent protest in egypt are back home this morning. students deny the charges and we'll talk to one of them in just a moment about their ordeal. but first here's lama hasan. >> reporter: derrik sweeney, luke gates and gregory porter, the students arrested in cairo are finally home.

. >> new developments in the case of michelle parker. last night, orlando police raided a home in their search for parker who went missing a week and-a-half ago after an appearance on "the people's court." julie banderas is in new york with the latest. we understand police are keeping tight lipped. but do we know anything about the house or who it belonged to? >> reporter: they are being tight lipped. but the property records state that dale smith sr. is the owner of that house, that would be dale smith's father, dale smith, here, the father of the two 3-year-old twins, the ex-fiance of michelle parker and the last person to have seen michelle alive. we also know that the father of michelle parker hasn't been name aid suspect or ather are sayingo search his father's home. however we do know between 10 to 16 detectives showed up last night and raided the home after knocking on the door, saying they had a search warrant. neighbors saw police lead dale sr. out of the home in handcuffs, although he wasn't arrested. two other adults and two c

some breaking news in the baffling case of michelle parker.her of three from florida who vanished the same day that she appeared on the "people's court," the television show feuding with her ex-fiance. overnight, police raided the home of her ex-fiance's father. abc's matt gutman is covering the story from miami this morning. matt, good 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.,

team raiding a home, centurying for michelle parker -- searching for michelle parker.n since november 17, just hours after her case appeared on the television show "the people's court." julie banderas has the latest. >> reporter: according to property records, the house belongs to dale smith sr., the father of michelle parker's ex-fiancee. police are not saying what led them to search the home or if they are questioning anyone. they are not commenting on any clues that were found inside the home. according to neighbors, dale sr. was led out with handcuffs, but he wasn't arrested. michelle parker's parents are offering a $50,000 riward for information leading to their daughter. but in an unusual twist, the reward is good only up until today. her mother wanted a time limit on the reward money to encourage people with tips to come forward immediately. parker was last seen dropping off her three-year-old twins at smith j's home 10 days ago and hasn't been seen since. surveillance cameras at his home captured a black humvee arriving and leaving the home on the same day the

but on the same day that this episode aired -- michelle parker disappeared.appened thursday after she dropped off the couple's twins at his orlando home. she was never heard or seen again. her abandoned truck found a day later. police gathered items from smith's home and searched t ede nearby woods. they haven't gone so far to name him a suspect. as searchers organized, her family is making desperate pleas. >> if you're holding her hostage, please let her go. let her come home so that she can raise her babies. >> reporter: in their argument on the show, parker revealed deeper conflicts in the relationship. >> he shouldn't have put his hands on me. he shouldn't have put his hands on me prior. >> the show could provide clues for investigators. >> it's always possible that any time you have a public display of animosity between two individuals in a relationship it's going to excaberate the problem between these two individuals. >> it's not the first time that a daytime television show shared the headline with a case. back in 1996, a man was convicted of murderin

just hours before michelle parker vanished she was seen on national television appearing on the program "the people's court." she and her former fiance, the father of her twin, were in a tense face-off. he accused her of throwing away an expensive engagement ring. she accused him of violence. now her family is making an emotional appeal for her safe return. 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 an

lila luciano has the story. >> reporter: in the video, we see michelle parker amusing her toddler twins feel it? squish it? >> reporter: preparing for halloween, weeks before her disappearance. michelle's family says the 33-year-old was working two jobs and attending beauty school so she could buy a house for herself and three kids. >> any help, eyes and ears. >> reporter: orlando police continue the search with the help of family, friends and volunteers. >> we're pounding the pavement, still searching, not giving up. >> reporter: ten days since the popular bartender disappeared. hours after an appearance on "the people's court," arguing over an engagement ring. >> dale smith. >> he gets vindictive, he's a mean person when he has been drinking. >> reporter: smith is the last person to see michelle when he dropped off the twins. the two have a violent history, but he's not a suspect. nbc news tried to reach dale smith for comment, but received no response. >> this is a missing persons case, but highly unusual. circumstance involved, the television show, relationship with her ex-boyfriend

her name is michelle parker, and she disappeared on thursday, the same day an episode of "the people'sired featuring her and her ex-fiance. abc's dan kloeffler is on the story. >> reporter: good morning to you. this on-again, off-again couple was fighting about money and figured that "people's court" was the best way to settle things, but once the verdict aired, nobody saw michelle parker except the man she was fighting with. >> all right, dale smith, you're suing your former fiancee michelle parker for $5,000, the statutory maximum for an engagement ring. >> reporter: these florida exes turned to "the people's court" to settle a dispute. but on the same day that this episode aired -- >> he gets pretty malicious and vindictive especially when he's been drinking. >> i ended up smashing my camera on the ground. >> reporter: -- michelle parker disappeared. it happened thursday after she dropped off the couple's twins at his orlando home. she was never heard or seen again. her abandoned truck found a day later. police gathered items from smith's home and searched the nearby woods but have

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. >> that was the michelle parker.r he sued her for the cost of an engagement ring. and they settled it in the people's court. parker's parents say that she texted them on thursday around the time that episode ran and we're told that was the last time anybody heard from her. the next day police say they found her suv abandoned in orlando. >> i don't know if somebody saw her on tv and thought hey she is beautiful and did what they do and figured out where she was at or something. >> every dumpster you are like oh michelle i hope you are not in here. baby, i hope you are not in here and you get up and crawl on top of stuff and you look and you go okay this one is eliminated you are not here. >> shepard: her mom thinks it's a carjacking. not sure why she thinks that. investigators say they are not ruling out anything yet. trace gallagher is following us. is he live for us this evening. what's with the exfiance. where does he fit into this? do we know. >> shep, his name is dale smith. we now learned that two years ago mich

as for the kids, michelle parker's family also wanted custody.rds to their concerns to dale smith, that's secondary. they want to remain hopeful that he had nothing to do with this. and they want to remain hopeful michelle will be found soon. >> reporter: the state of florida presented evidence against giving custody back to dale smith ii saying he has a long list of violence against women including michelle parker. but the judge in the end ruling all of that happened long ago and it did not pose a safety threat to these two young boys who right now are without their mother. anything * the new gal. megyn: a new gallup poll shows president obama's approval rating falling to a record low. he's the recipient of the nation's highest military honor for saving dozen of lives in afghanistan. why is this war hero locked in a legal battle with his former employer houma lined his reputation? that's on the docket in today "kelly's court." when john dodson blew the whistle on the atf gun running stan today his bossed promised him he would be protected. >> ev

michelle parker vanished following an appearance on a reality tv show. after saying for days her ex-fiancee was not a suspect, police are now saying he's the only suspect. we have details from orlando. >> reporter: missing mom michelle parker in happier types with dale smith, the father of her 3-year-old twins, now the chief suspect in her disappearance. >> after numerous tips and ve investigative leads, we are officially naming dale smith as the primary suspect in the disappearance of michelle parker. >> you could have avoided this, dale, if you had cooperated with the police and took a polygraph and you could have eliminated a lot of stress. unfortunately you brought this on yourself. >> reporter: a youtube video and postings on facebook offer an inside look as to the life of the man believed to be the last person to see michelle when she dropped off their twins at his house. >> he's suing for $5,000, the value of the ring. >> reporter: hours after the two were seen on tv arguing over a ring. >> he's a mean person, especially when she's been drinking.

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here is the sister of michelle parker talking about dale smith today. >> i am not ruling anything outme personally i am looking at everything. i will try to lay my head down and sleep at night, that runs through my mine, but for her sake i'm not ruling anything out because i have to look at every possibility. >>trace: but it is very important to note that the police say that dale smith right now is not considered a "suspect." >>trace: so that is the latest. >> all the evidence does not point to dale smith they had a relationship right before she dropped of 50 the three-year-old twins, with dale before she disappeared. and they found her humvee abandoned and they cannot find her iphone, and there is no evidence to link it to dale smith and her mother said, i don't think dale is a suspect, she shrinks she could be the victim of carjacking. e when you are a victim they usually take the ... car. >>randy: that would be helpful. otherwise it is just a jacket. so ... >> okay, a person-jacking. >> her person was in the car. >>randy: hold on, let's go on national television and accuse this guy

the case and every possibility before zeroing on dale smith the last person known to have seen michelle parkerthe 33-year-old mother disappeared after sparks flew on previously taped episode on "the people's court" airing a dispute between parker and her former fiance about a missing $5,000 engangment ring. on the show parker accused smith of having a violent temper and the father of her twins was sleeping with other women. smith is no stringer to law enforcement. arrested several times in the 1990s. he was also court marshalled and dishonorably discharged from the marine corps. >> michelle parker is out there missing. we still need the public's help trying to find her. we will not rest until michelle is found. i will not go into details about the case but i will say we are putting forth all of our resources to bring michelle home. >> reporter: police have searched smith's home and his father's home and say smith has refused to take a lie-detector test, bill. bill: the family is not surprised at this development? what have they said? >> reporter: family members knew the relationship was troubl

at a news conference, michelle parker's mother said the ex-fiance is not cooperating with police and the mother stresses that the family still needs help with the search. >> my daughter is still not found. she is still missing. i am so sad this has happened but we have to do what we have to do, we still need to find michelle. >>shepard: the former fiance hired a defense attorney with the tie to casey anthony and tiger woods scandal. thank you for that. and now, to the new york newsroom. and the lawyer? >>reporter: a high profile case and now dale smith has a high profile attorney who worked with tiger woods and casey anthony and now representing dale smith the last person known to have seen michelle parker, the 33-year-old mother of smith's twins disappeared after the people's court aired and she accused him of being violent and sleeping with other women. and he what arrested several times in the 1990's and court marshaled and dishonorably discharged from the marine corps. she is still out there missing. we still need the public's help to find her, and we will not rest until michelle

a $50,000 reward is good through sunday, for information leading to michelle parker, who went missing after a hearing on "the people's court." >> if you know something, you know it. >> reporter: parker's mother wanted a time limit on the new reward money to encourage people with tips to come forward soon. she's well aware of the statistics. >> i would be concerned if i were her loved ones at this point, that she's not been found. >> hey, dad. it's about 8:40. this is michelle on wednesday morning. >> reporter: the last message parker left for her father, the day before she disappeared, sounded ordinary. >> okay. i love you. i'll talk to you soon. bye. >> reporter: her family released the voicemail, hoping that maybe a witness would recognize her voice, or the jewelry she was wearing in photos they're now sharing. >> anything families can do to keep their case in front of the media and the public, they should do. >> reporter: it's been nine days since the 33-year-old mother of seen after the court show aired her dispute with her ex-fiance. police say smith is not a suspect. parker's fa

. >>> authorities are zeroing in on the ex-fiance of missing florida mom michelle parker who vanisheder her appearance on "the people's court." >> reporter: missing mom michelle parker in happier times with dale smith, the father of her 3-year-old twins. now the chief suspect in her disappearance. >> after numerous tips and investigative leads, we are officially naming dale smith, the ex-fiance, as the primary suspect in the disappearance of michelle parker. >> you could have avoided this, dale, if you had cooperated with the police and took a polygraph test when they asked you, you know. you could have eliminated a lot of stress. so unfortunately, you brought this on yourself. >> a youtube video and postings on facebook offer an inside look into the life of the man believed to be the last person to see michelle when she dropped off their twins at his house. >> he's suing for $5,000, the value of the ring. >> reporter: hours after the two were seen on national tv arguing over a lost engagement ring on a taped episode of "the people's court." >> he's a mean person, especially when he's

any sign of michelle parker. >> we're not going to stop until we find out who did this. we love our michelle so much. >> reporter: from the very beginning of this, dale smith has refused to speak to the media. but late last night, a couple of hours after he was named a suspect, we learned he hired a prominent orlando defense attorney who once represented, robin, casey anthony's parents. >> all right, ryan. thank you for that bit of information. >>> going to bring in "gma" legal analyst, dan abrams. you were here with nancy yesterday. and you explained why at the time police had not named any suspects. that has certainly changed. so public about it, too, dan. >> at the legal matter, really doesn't change anything. he's not in custody. that doesn't change it. but as a practical matter, it's pretty stunning. this is a high-profile case. ordinarily in high-profile cases, the authorities don't want to name anyone a suspect, much less the prime suspect, unless they're going to arrest the person. why? it causes potential problems for them down the road. they could get sued later

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today, that search focuses on finding michelle parker's missing cell phone.hone could hold a clue to perhaps finding her. >>> another bafrling case. a "gma" exclusive. we're hearing for the first time from the mother of that little boy who went missing in washington state two week ago. speculation has opinion rampant about what happened to sky metalwala. good morning, neal. >> reporter: good morning, robin. i reached out to the little boy's mother, julia, as part of my reporting. i was surprised when this weekend, many days after the fact, i started to get a response. the messages come from an account that the missile toddler's mother, julia, has listed as her e-mail ard. relatives vary fie it's hers. when i asked for a comment, she or someone else using the account writes, my former shubd a sadistic muslim pakistani. no one has any idea. this is all too difficult. kindly, julia. when i responded i would like to hear more, this. my attorney has forbid me from speaking about the ongoing investigation. my former husband's allegations are without merit. solomon

>> did dale smith have anything to do with michelle parker's disappearance? parker disappeared last thursday. the 33-year-old last seen dropping her twins off at smith junior's condo. police have not made any arrests in parker's case and have not said why they raided dale smith's parents home. and michelle's mother is encouraged to see action in the case. >> when i found out it was a family member of the ex-fiance i was, my heart pounded out of my chest. you know because to this day they haven't even called me once and said, evonne, we are so sorry for your loss. we work we could help. not one phone call from that family. which tells me a lot about their, their, their character. >> reporter: police have not named any suspects in parker's disappearance. parker's brother said that detectives told him they did not find what they were looking for at the smith's house. laurie brown, abc news, orlando, florida. >> an odd story, because originally they thought that the fiance had nothing to do with. that's what was going around, being reported. he wasn't a suspect. p

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about the time he started dating michelle parker. l what he knows. >> you loved her at one point. try to love her again and love those children enough to help their mother. >> reporter: parker's family has been leading searches for her every day. dale smith has not shown up once. still, his new attorney says the 40-year-old exmarine has just invited texas equisearch to come to orlando to look for the mother of his children. they're often used in missing persons cases. and helped recover bodies after 9/11 and hurricane katrina. >> what person who do such a thing if they were guilty? he wants to find michelle. >> reporter: the head of texas equisearch is expected in orlando later today. police would have to sign off on any new search. and it's not clear they would. almost two weeks after parker disappeared. or if, george, they would see this as a stunt orchestrated by the defense team. >> okay, ryan. thanks very much. >>> coming up, josh has "the play of the day." and we're counting down. carson just has 34 minutes left. can he deck out

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