and nina burleigh, the author of "the fatal gift of beauty with t t." able to speak to anyone in the family sin the acquittal? >> yes, anderson, we have. >> and what have you -- >> pure elation, pure elation. this is just a profound glorious moment that she's home now after these four years. everyone is extremely happy, and amanda is very strong and maybe momentarily you'll hear directly from her. >> drew, do we know what comes next for amanda knox? we talked about this a little bit at the top of the program. the hope obviously is that she's not going to be hounded by media. does she know what she wants to do? i'm having trouble getting in touch with drew. he's probably trying to get a position in the press conference. nina, you and amanda were in touch through letters while she was in jail. what do you think -- at this point how do you rebuild a life after four years like this? >> well, i haven't been in touch with her in the last couple of months. so i would imagine that she's going to try to have some time to decompress and be home alone. i would hop