in new york city, this is "nightline," july 1st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. the sexual assault case against dominique strauss-kahn, the global banking titan, is one of these rare cases where the high profile and symbolic power to influence the way we think about our justice system as a whole, who would protect, who would punish. today, the whole case turned upside down. the prosecution is near collapse, the defendant is released from house arrest. we take a look at the s stunnin developments tonight for our series "crime and punishment." he walked out of the courthouse smiling. his glamorous wife right by his side. dominique strauss-kahn seemed like a new man. >> this defendant is charged with criminal sexual act in the first degree, attempted rape in the first degree. >> reporter: just six weeks ago, he looked like a broken man, hulking after a night in jail as he faced serious charges. but today, in court, the shockingngreversal. prosecutors themselves publicly declared that new facts have come to light about strauss-kahn's accuser that have led them to dou

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new york city, this is "nightline," july 12th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran.believe in miracles? well, the latest pew poll says that nearly 80% of americans do. and among the most fervent believers are those who say the virgin mary, the mother of jesus christ, appears and intervenes in lives regularly. even here in the united states. tomorrow night, my colleague bill weir has a special "primetime nightline" report examining those accounts. among the places he visits, alabama, wisconsin and a village in eastern europe where hundreds of thousands have gathered this summer hoping to visit something beyond belief. >> reporter: driving along the stunning coastline of the former yugoslavia, it's no surprise this has become one of the hottest tourist destinations anywhere. but turning inland, through out of the way farm land, it's stunning to think that nearly 40 million people have made this trek, all because they believe the virgin mary has been appearing here, regularly, for the past 30 years. it all began in the early '80s, when six children claimed to see and he

in orlando, florida,his is "nightline," july 5th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran, live here tonight in well, not guilty. that is what the jury decided today in casey anthony's murder trial. stunning verdict. and while the young florida woman was convicted on minor charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee, really, this was just a total victory for her. it means she's escaped a potential death sentence and might be free in days. the reverberations are only begins to be felt. this evening, a member of the prosecution team announced he would retire at the end of the week, after a 30-year career. and an attttney for the parents, george and cindy anthony, meanwhile, he tells abc news tonight thth the family has received death threats in the wake of this verdict. as if they haven't suffered enough. here's abc's ashleigh banfield. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. have you reached a verdict? >> reporter: it was a swift and shocking end to a courtroom drama that's transfixed the drama. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: 25

in new york city, this is "nightline," july 27th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. celebrities and their children. used to be that having a kid could be a big detour in an entertainment career, but now, for some celebrity moms, it looks like exactly the opposite. their kids become part of their entertainment identities, even their brands. and ultimately help to create new success. this may look like child exploitation to some eyes, but tonight, abc's juju chang puts the question directly to the moms themselves for our series, "celebrity secrets." >> reporter: mommywood. it suspect just a lifetile. it's an industry. it seems for so many celebrity mothers, almost from the moment they give birth, the marketing begins. from j.lo's twins to the brangelina babies, magazines want the first shots, reportedly paying millions of dollars for first access. though brad and ang did give the money to charity. tori spelling posed for "people" with her son, and did not get paid. >> on >> even though they have a lot of help, they are still the ones who get up with the crying baby at

york city, this is "nightline," july 19th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. they're the most powerful media family in the world. the murdoch clan. and all his professional life, the billionaire patriarch rupert has been asking the questions, not answering them. well, all that changed today, when he and his son and a top lieutenant were called before the british parliament to explain the criminal behavior of journalists at one of their tabloid papers. the murdochs have issued a public apology. but the public uproar continues. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: he's the godfather of a media syndicate that he runs like a family business. a $40 billion business that probably touches your life every day. are you a gleek? that's'swn fox, owned by news corp. "mr. popper's penguins," distributed by news corp. fox news channel, theirs, as well. so is "the wall street journal," "the new york post" and five of brit tape's most popular newspapers. rupe rupert's net worth is in the $7 billion range. and forbes list of most powerful people, he's number 13, right after

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the global resources of abc news, with er the cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," j jy 20th, 2011. >> good evening. well, it's not only hot, it's deadly hot. at least 22 people have died so far in the heat wave currently sweeping the country. and conditions will only get more dangerous in the coming days,, forecasters say. factors such as relative humidity of more than 0% and little or no wind are making temperatures that are already high feel downright unbearable. here's abc's john donvan with a snapshot of our sizzling states. >> reporter: it's all over the map this heat. 106 degrees in wichita. 98 in milwaukee. oklahoma city, 106. 99 in chicago. and while it seems to be going nowhere, this heat, it is, in fact, slowly sliding east, which is why the map, literally the map, has been in the headlines almost everywhere. hot colors we're not used to seeing. triple digit temperatures likely ahead for new york, philadelphia, washington. with 27 states in some sort of heat advisory, the almost predictable heat related casualties in th

. >> well, good evening, i'm terry moran here in orlando, florida, where the stunning reality is now clear. casey anthony is going free, and soon. so, what now? another child? a memoir? those are only two of the possibilities the former murder suspect mentions in her letters from prison. but she'll have to face simmering public hostility. passions around this trial is running so high that a judge today temporarily sealed the names of all the jurors for their own protection. casey anthony walked into court a changed young woman, her hair down, her mood buoyant, a new lease on life. >> the defendant, casey anthony, is before the court for sentencing. >> reporter: having already served nearly three years in jail, and convicted on only four misdemeanors, the question today was, how soon would she be free? >> mr. mason, mr. baez, anything else you would like to say? >> reporter: outside the courthouse, the fury among the few dozen protesters was turning ugly and menacing. >> eye for an eye. >> reporter: there weren't many of them, especially in greater orlando's 2 million people, but some

. >> good evening, i'm terry moran with a special edition of "nightline" here in orlando, florida, where a little more than 24 hours ago, casey anthony was found not guilty of murdering her young daughter caylee. and we want to start right away here with a new angle on this story, just hours ago. one of the jurors in this trial, jennifer ford, a 32-year-old nurse in training, the only juror to have spoken to the media so far, sat down with me for an extensive, scloou exclus interview to shed light on what happened inside that deliberation room. here's what she told me. why did you and the other jurors acquit casey anthony of murdering her daughter? >> there wasn't enough evidence, there wasn't anything strong enough to say -- i don't think anyone in america could tell us exactly how she died. if you put even just the 12 jurors in one room with a piece of paper, write down how caylee died, nobody knows. >> reporter: s sit's cause of death that was a problem? >> how can you punish someone for something if you don't know what they did? >> reporter: the prosecution wasn't able to give you a

in new york city, this is "nightline," july 26th, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. and tonight, we're going to bring you a major broadcast exclusive on a scandal that has rocked the globe. a hotel maid in new york city accuses a top banker, dominique strauss-kahn, of sexual assault. but the maid's story, her whole story, in her own words, has not come out until now. she has come forward, out of the shadows, to speak. and joining us now is abc's robin roberts, who's got the compelling first television interview with the maid. for two months she held her silence. she spoke with you, robin. this is the voice that has been missing from this case, really, in public. what did you make of her? >> well, she wants a jury to find out what they make of her, not a reporter, not the public. and she's concerned that that won't happen, and that's part of the reason she came forward, terry. she wawaed to put a face to the story. and as prosecutors are still weighing whether or not to proceed with this case, she's coming forward to give her side of the story of what really happened

i'm terry moran. we were planning on bringing you robin roberts' extraordinary interview with the hotel maid who's accusing the international banking titan dominique strauss-kahn of sexually assaulting her. and we will bring you that full interview tomorrow because the news tonight is out of washington, where the nation is on the brink of fiscal crisis. just one week away from the august 2nd deadline. there's the clock. the showdown over the national debt spilled over into prime-time television tonight. in dueling addresses by president obama and house speaker john boehner. with one week to go until the united states of america runs out of money to pay its debts, the world watched as the democratic president and the republican speaker of the house hurled accusations at each other. >> for the past several weeks republican house members have essentially said that the only way they'll vote to prevent america's first ever default is if the rest of us agree to their deep spending cuts-only approach. >> the

. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. and happy independence day, everyone. tonight, we want to bring you a story that goes to the heart of our country's tradition of freedom won through sacrifice, from the revolution until today. the amazing story of one marine we first met more than a year ago in afghanistan in place that years of war had made unsafe for everyone, he signed up for duty that put him directly in harm's way. he talked to us about it at the time. american lal lor, one marine's story. >> reporter: we first meet joey jones in afghanistan. the financial base of the taliban. helmand is the deadliest province. do you feel like you're ready to retire? >> i'm jest getting started. >> reporter: and 23-year-old jones has one of the most tang rouse job, bomb disposal. >> it's a big deal for the country and the guys behind you. i saw an opportunity to do a little bit more. >> reporter: he's from dalton, georgia. a father of a 2-year-old boy. on this day, a tip comes in. jones and his team prepare for a tough day. >> bad day is coming out and doing our job

. >> announcer: this special edition of "nightline" continues from orlando, florida with terry moran. >>> i'm terry more nn orlando, florida. and welcome back to our special hour-long edition of "nightline." we're here with this stunning verdict today in the trial of casey anthony. this trial's just put incredible strains on her family. defense lawyers accused both her father, george, and her brother, lee, of sexually abusing her. with today's verdict she is safe from the death penalty. but the life they face will not be easy. there they were again in the back of the courtroom today as they'd been so many days. george and cindy anthony awaiting the moment of truth for their family. >> we find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: casey wept. her parents quietly left. afterwards the lawyers spoke to the press mob. their statements touched with sorrow for one family forever shattered. >> while we're h hpy for casey, there are no winners in this case. >> for us the case has never been about the defendant in particular. it's always about -- it has always been about seeking justice for ca

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 15th, 2011. >>> good evening. i'm bill weir. a 16-year-old bride may seem like something from another culture or century. but did you know it's legal in 39 states? parents giving their blessing is one thing, but the 16-year-old bride you're about to meet is another. because the inspiring starlet is married to a hollywood actor more than three times her age. could their nuptials be a play for reality show-style attention, or is this a real love story? here's abc's lara spencer. >> am i your toy? >> you're my little -- >> plastic toy? >> my little plastic barbie doll. >> reporter: meet hollywood's most controversial newlyweds. doug hutchison is a 51-year-old actor. perhaps you remember him best as the abusive prison guard in "the green mile." >> they got all the men they need. >> reporter: and his wife? courtney stodden. she's an aspiring singer and actress. ♪ it's not my fault ♪ you can't control your guy >> reporter: believe it or not, the m

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, the terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 14th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. and in the fairy tale version of sleeping beauty, a kiss is all that's needed to wake up a maiden. but the parents you're about to meet face this nightmare in real life. their daughter began to sleep for days, sometimes a week at a time, with seemingly no medical explanation. and their hunt for a cure became a life quest. abc's juju chang with what they finally found. >> reporter: louisa ball isn't your average oversleeping teenager. >> i think, oh, i'm going to lose my daughter again. >> reporter: she suffers from a rare disease that keeps her in bed, passed out, for weeks at a time, and has her parents losing sleep from worry. >> when you know she's asleep for that length of time, you feel as though you lost her for that period. >> reporter: the ordeal started two years ago, when a case of the flu triggered the beginning of louisa's extreme sleep episodes. >> it was a difficult time. worried sick

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 28th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. of the hundreds of thousands of children reported missing each year, only a tiny percentage, around 11 or less, are taken by complete strangers. that is one reality on the minds of the fbi child abduction specialists who have joined tonight's search for a missing 11-year-old girl in a small new hampshire town right near the canadian border. they also know that time is of thes sense. celina cass is her name, and abc's ron claiborne as her story. >> reporter: tonight, police were back at selencelina cass' hunting for any shreded of evidence that might lead them to the missing 11-year-old. it's the latest in the search for the young girl that allegedly went missing just over 72 hours ago. her parents say they last saw her around 9:00 monday night at the family computer. the next morning when they went to wake her up, she was gone. by that afternoon, the search was under way. police joined by border pa

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 13th, 2011. there is suspicion tonight in . the wake of the september 11th attacks, british journalists used bribery and wiretapping to access the voice mail of victims and their families. a new york congressman has asked the fbi to investigate news corporation, which owns fox news and the now shamed "news of the world." at the center of the scandal is the man who built news corp, rupert murdoch. and abc's jeffrey kofman has the latest. >> reporter: unlnls you live in a cave, rupert murdoch's media empire probably touches you every week. fox tv. fox news. "the wall street journal." 200 newspapers around the world. here in britain, he dominates the media landscape. but this has been a bruising week for rupert murdoch. >> there is a firestorm that's engulfing parts of the media, parts of the police, and, indeed, our political system's ability to respond. >> reporter: it's been one stunning revelation after another. murdoch's headline hungry re

>>> good evening, i'm terry moran. she's not only out of jail, casey anthony is on the move tonight. the suv she ducked d to when she left the orange county jail this weekend took her to an small airport, sources say. it's unclear where she flew or even if she did fly. while casey anthony may have been acquitted two weeks ago of murder, how she'll fair in the court of public opinion is an entirely different matter. here's abc's jim avila for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: under cover of darkness, the country's most notorious not guilty murder suspect vanished from sight. leaving yet another perplexing question in her wake. what on earth is she going to do with her life now? >> i'm sure she'll -- it seems like she's in some real danger right now and, again, i don't see police departments anywhere in the country running to help her. >> reporter: this pr expert, who's helped manage crises for sean p. diddy combs and pamela anderson says casey anthony is not your run of the mill pr hot potato. >> tracy mor

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 22nd, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm bill weir. and we begin tonight with breaking news from the normally placid nation of norway, where police now say at least 80 people were killed in a shooting spree at a youth camp for that country's ruling labour party. that horrific assault came as a car bomb outside a government building shattered downtown oslo, the norwegian capital, killing at least seven more. tonight police say they have a suspect in custody, the man they believe to be responsible for both attacks. and in oslo tonight, here's abc's miguel marquez. >> reporter: it was a day of unspeakable horror and loss. people here still trying to make sense of it all. late tonight, the police said that 80 people at the summer camp were killed. the police have not released the name of the man they arrested, but norwegian media say it's this man. it all started around 3:30 on a quiet friday aftereron in oslo, the capital of norway. explosions from a

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 21st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm b bl weir. through countless interviews, a web cast and national tour, charlie sheen seemed to provide most of the western world with a front row seat to his epic meltdown this spring. but that was his version. tonight, we hear from a woman who was really in the room. a farm girl and pre-med student turned porn star and goddess of the sheen estate. after leaving the scorned sitcom star, she decided to tell her version of events, and does just that with abc's dan harris. >> reporter: she was one of the star players in charlie sheen's alternate universe. >> these are my girlfriends. the women that i love, that have completed the three parts of my heart. >> reporter: and now, bree olson is lifting the curtain for the first time, revealing this situation to be even stranger than we already thought. so, how did a farm girl from indiana end up in the middle of this bizarre love try angle? well, first, it helps to b

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 8th, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with today's british invasion. earlier tonight, heir to the british throne prince william and his bride, kate, the duchess of cambridge, arrived in los angeles as part of their north american visit. kate's first trip to the u.s. unusual amount of hoopla for hollywood outsiders. since their wedding in april, watched by m me than 1 billion people around the world, kate in particular has blossomed into a source of global fascination. abc's bob woodruff has been on the road with the royals. >> reporter: tonight the world's it couple, william and kate,e, arrived in hollywood. their second stop, a star-studded gala reception at the home of the british consul general. and in this town known for creating heroes and heroines, princes and princesses, they're finally getting to see the real thing. some spectators even breaking down in tears. >> i'm really excited. i'm really touched. this is v

terry moran and the "nightline" team will dive into many questions, including those we posed. and terry is at the center of the story in florida. >>> moving on tonight, a search is under way for the seven americans s ill missing off the coast of mexico, after their fishing boat capsized in a sudden storm. the waters there were a balmly 77 degrees so hype therm y'all was not a concern, but the sharks were, and survivors said they could feel them circling after the big boat began to roll. >> we felt it rock and we heard people screaming, yelling in spanish, of course. and we didn't know what was going on. >> reporter: so far, 19 fisherern and 16 crew have been plucked from the ocean. at least one american has already been confirmed dead. >>> and, now, our washington washdog beat. tracking scam artists tonight who have swindled a staggering $17 billion in taxpayer money. money intended to helel the unemployed. tonight, abc's jon karl investigates. >> reporter: florida resident robin dekle was behind bars for violating parole on a drug charge but that's when authorities say she got

abc's "nightline" anchor terry moran, a veteran of court reporting, explains. >> reporter: what went wrong? >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: jennifer ford, juror number 3, told us the first vote in the juryroom was 10-2, not guilty on first degree murder. and they couldn't agree on lesser charges, either. >> eventually a count, it was 6-6, manslaughter, not guilty. >> reporter: one huge problem for prosecutors in this trial, they could never pinpoint exactly how caylee anthony died. in part because her body was so decomposed when found. >> when you're charging someone with murder, you have to at least know how the person died. if you have no idea how it died, if it could have been an accident, legitimately coulul have been, then you can't -- you can't ---- you can't -- you can convict based on that. like it could have been. could have been is not enough to convict. >> reporter: duct tape on a baby in a bag rotting in the woods. most people look at that, they put two and two together, they say, that's a murder.. >> well, in our country, unfortunately, we have

abc's terry moran has covered the trial, as well.ly a little more than ten hours. >> ten hours of deliberations and often in a capital case, in a death penalty case, some prosecutors say that's not a good sign because if a jury is going to convict on a death penalty verdict, they're going to take a while, especial ly at a trial this long, but these jurors are now the most controversial jurors in america since the jurors who acquitted o.j. simpson for murder back in the 1990s. how did they reach it? that bar of reasonable doubt is so high, and we took a look at what this jury did and who they are. >> they shocked all of us. >> we're both shocked. >> we did not expect it. >> our jaws dropped. >> reporter: for the people who watched this trial for a living, the verdict was flabbergasting. >> she knew her daughter was dead. she knew her daughter was discarded. >> reporter: but after 33 days of testimony and 400 pieces of evidence, these jurors told the world, we just don't know what casey knew, not beyond a reasonable doubt. >> the task

and terry moran outside the courtroom. dan, i want to start with you. casey anthony's lawyers tried to argue for one misdemeanor conviction? >> they tried to say this was double-jeopardy. but the judge said she had developed the intent separately to lie four times. and that these were four, distinct and separate lies. and as a result, four distinct and separate crimes. >> and the state of florida spent four months looking for this toddler and expended enormous resources. he was rather stern. >> let's be clear. this is the most he can possibly do. most often, when these cases happen, you don't see four one-year sentences to be served consecutively. it's absolutely right that the judge has thrown theook here at casey anthony for the particular crime she was convicted of. >> let me bring you in on this, as well. as you heard, elizabeth said the judge was stern. and clearly trying to send casey a message. >> no question about it, george. this is a judge with a law enforcement background. his father was actually the first african-american police officer on t

this woman right here, jennifer ford told terry moran that she felt that caylee anthony died from an accident so she bought the story that apparently she drowned and then george took the body a month later, put it in the swamp, stuff like that. >> the most compelling point is put duct tape on the mouth. the most compelling point to me in the closing argument of the prosecution was never before have they heard of a case where it's an accident and you turn it into a murder! in other words, the baby drowns and then you put tape on the face and deposit it in the swamp? that to me was the most compelling thing the prosecution ever said. >> don't forget, to believe that and to find her not guilty, casey anthony on all those charges, you had to believe at the last minute, this story is true. after three years of saying someone took caylee, we don't know where she was. we had nothing to do with the death. and then at the last minute when the jury trial started six weeks ago, by the way, george anthony helped bury a body that died in the swimming pool by accident. >> sure. very interesting th

terry: -- mr. dicks: i am told that the ability to have a temporary restraining order is very narrowly drafted. i yield to the gentleman. mr. moran: thank you. if the gentleman would yield. it's only if the federal court finds that the agency failed or was unable to make information timely available during the administrative review, according to this language. so it's probably going to -- mr. simpson: reclaiming my time. that's the language that we understand. we're not changing that. mr. moran: if the gentleman would yield? i'd like to make two points. one, this is clearly authorizing language on an appropriations bill. if we're going to change the law, then it ought to be done by the authorizing committee. but, secondly, i know the gentleman is aware, you can only get an injunction from a federal judge if you can prove that you are likely to win your case or if there is imminent harm. so i don't know why the gentleman is so concerned about the existing legal situation. mr. simpson: reclaiming my time. the reason i'm concerned is the extraordinary amount of money that we are spending in court instead of on managing public lands.