police believe someone took her from her home in waterville, maine, didn't wander out.l adults were in the house including one person who wasn't a family member. in an exclusive interview with her grandmother, she implied she was in the house and didn't hear a noise and was the last one to go to bed. now it seems she's changing her story. >> reporter: in a story full of twists, the latest is a bombshell. her grandmother wasn't home the night the toddler disappeared. in an exclusive cnn interview, she left the opposite impression talking about what happened that night. >> reporter: you didn't hear any noise? >> i did not hear anything. >> reporter: she didn't hear it because she was somewhere else she now exclusively tells cnn, another location she now declined to publicly disclose. why not come clean from the start? she says she was trying to protect the investigation at the request of police but then felt she needed to set the record straight. what does it mean for an investigation entering its fourth week and with no sign of the little girl? dipietro says it shouldn't

adidi roy is in waterville, maine. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, peter.have scoured this area searching local trails, woods and waterways and spent a considerable amount of time at her father's home where the little girl was last seen. they've turned this into a criminal investigation. they've looked long and hard, even offering a $30,000 reward for information leading them to ayla reynolds. still no sign of the little girl. the missing person case is a criminal investigation, in a statement released friday night, the waterville police department says "we believe that foul play has occurred in connection with ay ayla's disappearance. we base our conclusions as evidence gathered by investigators during the past two weeks." ayla was last seen by her father, josh dipietro. she had a soft cast on her arm from what police called an accidental fall. dipietro hasn't been seen publicly since ayla disappeared but is cooperating with the investigation. in a statement he said "it's important the public hear it from me personally that i have no idea what happened to

this is waterville valley in a white mountains. republicans who say america is on a slippery slope want to reverse the slide with tax cuts and less well -- less red tape. this small business owner says regulations are hurting his business. >> if i think government is going to be too overbearing, i have to hold back my cash. i cannot expand. i cannot be creative. i cannot give my employees the benefits they may need because i do not know what is coming down the road. >> even in these hard times, harmony is more appealing than discord. the middle age crowd taking in the band seems middle of the road too. republicans here do not seem to share the anger at obama policies. >> i think they're saying things that are absolutely crazy. did they do not mean them. but they have to say those things to try to get the nomination. >> but that is the republicans. >> you are a republican. >> i am, but i consider myself a liberal republican. a lot of the ones running are too conservative. >> polling is well under way in a contest where harsh languag

. >> justin and ayl a's mother both attended a vigil for ayla yesterday in waterville. >>> well, hundredsoccupy protesters in california spent the night in jail after a violent clash with police over the weekend. this was the scene in oakland as occupiers battled riot police on downtown streets. officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd. more than 400 people were arrested. >>> a deadly avalanche leaves one man dead in utah. sandra yi reports for wjz police. >> reporter: clear skies and fresh snow drew three friends to utah's back country. the conditions were deceptive live cage russ. >> you can get on some slopes anden good to go, whereas others all you need to do is find a weak spot in the snow pack and you're staring down the barrel of a very dangerous avalanche. >> reporter: a slide was triggered that was several hundred feet wide and buried him. gy the time the rescuers had got to the scene, the two skier witnesses had actually located their friend. >> reporter: the friends dug barton out, but it was too late. >> this is a sad reminder of what can happen in these dangerous conditio

last night the police chief of waterville, maine, said a criminal investigation is under way as her grandfather begged for the girl's safe return. ryan reynolds what could they do to a helpless defensive child. i get up every day and wonder and wait. >> new developments involving iran's nuclear program. they are perhaps taking a softer tone? and now proposing a new round of talks with the united states and other powers and iran is delaying a long range missile test next to the strait of hormuz. that is the vital path way. the show of force creating a tensuation. iran standing by the threat to close off the water way if the u.s. and other allies impose sanctions on the country's central bank. doug, when did we get wind that iran may be softening its posture? >> the first hint when the chief of iranian navy said iran can blockade the of hormuz but added they have no intention to coso and a scheduled test of the long range missiles never happened and the commander of iran's revolutionary guard published a statement. this course of closing the strait of hormuz belong to five years ago. today's deba

last night the police chief of waterville, maine, said a criminal investigation is under way as her grandfather safe return. ryan reynolds what could they do to a helpless defensive child. i get up every day and wonder and wait. >> new developments involving iran's nuclear program. they are perhaps taking a softer tone? and now proposing a new round of talks with the united states and other powers and iran is delaying a long range missile test next to the strait of hormuz. that is the vital path way. the show of force creating a tensuation. iran standing by the threat to close off the water way if the u.s. and other allies impose sanctions on the country's central bank. doug, when did we get wind that iran may be softening its posture? >> the first hint when the chief of iranian navy said iran can blockade the of hormuz but added they have no intention to coso and a scheduled test of the long range missiles never happened and the commander of iran's revolutionary guard published a statement. this course of closing the strait of hormuz belong to five years ago. today's debate contains new layier

susan candiotti, cnn, waterville, maine. >>> coming up tonight at 7:00 p.m.cnn, i'll be talking with the parents of a missing woman who disappeared right here in atlanta. stacey nicole english was last seen around christmas. her car was found later abandoned and it was running. police want to question a man who is in st. louis now and who told them that he stayed with her. her parents turned to social media to get her case out and we're going to talk about that and speak with them tonight. >>> a young widow shoots and kills someone breaking into her home. she's not charged but the dead man's accomplice is charged with his murder. legal expert holly hughes weighs in. and hear the 911 call the woman made to place as the intruders entered the house. [ indistinct conversations ] [ hissing ] agents, what did we learn here today? that lint balls are extremely flammable! well, yeah. and that 15,000 dryer fires happen every year! that's why it's important to regularly clean and inspect your vents! correct. where did you get that?! i built it. [ male announcer ] we ar

first we have the latest from waterville, maine. >> reporter: it's been 25 dais since little ayla reynolds went missing from her father's home behind me. now family, friends and strangers are trying to keep people focused in the story in the hopes of breaking the case. pinse and flyers bearing a litte girl's face. >> would it be okay if i hung one of these up on the door? >> reporter: ayla's father is using these tools from the recovery center in texas to find his little girl. >> the t-shirts are set to be ready. >> reporter: the center helps find missing children like ayla. >> we are hoping all the eyes out there seeing her picture on tv, on posters and it only takes one person to recognize that picture to bring her home. that's what we are hoping. >> reporter: on friday night depietro and friends went door to door, trying to pick up where police left off. >> we're trying to keep her face out there. i want my daughter home. i'll do anything to make it happen. >> reporter: he said he put ayla to bed december 16th. the next morning h

he reported her missing from his home in waterville maine, police have declared the disappearence a crimehe released two previous statements today is the first time he pled publicly for her safe return. >>> a 12-year-old boy shot in the head new years eve tampa florida he was hit by a falling bullet, shot in celebration of the new year the bullet went through the top of his head and got lodged in his cheek he is currently in critical condition in hospital, but his father said he is not giving up hope. >>> some body just put a stop on him he ain't going to give up. he is going to grow up and be a better man than what i am. >> detectives are looking for the person responsible they say the shot could have been fired from miles away. >>> firearm background checks have increased during the pasture, a sign that gun sales are on the rise as tony reports, gun dealers are reaping the benefits not everyone is happy. >>> 11 days before christmas, brian bought his first gun a semi automatic rifle, today he signed up for lifetime shooting privileges at the firing line gunshot pearl river new york. >>

they are searching the river in waterville, maine where a 20-month-old was reported missing. been declared a crime. >>> the city of cordova, alaska is waiting for extra shovels to dig out of the snow they received. they reached out to other cities for help. when no one came, they called a manufacturer who promised new shovels delivered this weekend. it's cut off several roads around the state leaving them to induce avalanches with explosives. >>> outrage across mississippi after hailey barbour handed out 200 pardons before leaving office. questions about how family members of victims should feel about his decision to be lenient to a group that includes four convicted murderers who worked at the mansion. brett favre's brother was one among those pardons. david joins me now. he introduced a bill that would change things and how they operate there. it's nice to have you on with me. explain how shocking it is to communities across the state and what do you think drove the governor to make so many pardons? they have a history of doing this in the state of mississippi before they l

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aditi roy in waterville, maine. earlier today ayla's mother talked to matt about her relationship with the missing toddler's father. >> are you more comfortable with his side of the story after speaking to him than you were during the time he wouldn't talk to you? >> somewhat. >> that's not a rave review. what makes you suspicious about justin? >> just why after so many weeks he's finally wanting to come out here and, you know, put up posters and get t-shirts made for her and, you know, why? i find it -- why wasn't he out here with me in the beginning doing all of this? >> meantime, ayla's father has responded that it took him several weeks to join the search effort because he said he was too emotional. >>> a new study is adding evidence that cholesterol fighting statin drugs may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. in the study of the university of massachusetts medical school, 10% of post menopause yal woman who used statins developed diabetes compared to 6.4% of women who had not used the drugs. most

not caring about the cold weather they jumped in to celebrate their annual, polar bear swim in waterville0 p.m. everybody rushed into the water diving in for a moment and rushed out the try to warm back up. >> quite a shock for one couple after a trip to a florida rest stop she and her husband were in the restroom for no more than 5 minute when they came out they found that. not good. a massive sinkhole in the parking lot, now she says she actually saw her ford escape sink or escape, and then she watched as the hole opened up, not only swallowing her car, but trapping her husband's vehicle which was parked two spots over. >> kind of stunned for a minute, walked on down it kept going down a little bit and then there is a big area that opened up. >> could have been in it could have been a lot worse. we are okay. cars are replaceable. >>> good attitude florida's transportation department will pay the couple's claims a e officials say they have to assess the entire area to determine how widespread the sinkhole goes. >>> what a great way to start the new year as a millionaire there are three n

nbc reports from waterville, maine with the latest on the investigation. >> just trying to keep ayla'st there. >> reporter: justin dipietro was front and center this weekend passing out flyers bearing his little girl's face hoping for a break in her disappearance. >> i'd like to have her face on every street corner in america. i'm going to go anywhere i need to so right now i mean the focus is here but, you know, once we're all done around here we'll go wherever it needs to go. >> reporter: by sunday dipietro was back to a low profile, not talking to reporters, this after weeks of taking heat. >> what happens when daddy gets the baby? >> reporter: some of it from headline news host nancy grace. >> she is with the daddy. she goes missing. she's with the daddy last time. she gets a broken arm. >> reporter: dipietro responded to grace on friday telling maine's "morning sentinel" nancy grace, please come see me. do you want to spend a day with me? do you want to see what i'm going through? do you want to see the ins and outs of it? i invite you to. dipietro says he put 20-month-old ayla re

tonight, susan joins me now from waterville, maine, with the very latest. what do you have, susan?> reporter: hi, don. well, the grandmother still stands by her comments that she made to us yesterday in terms of she said, no one in that house that night had anything to do at all with the disappearance of little ayla reynolds. however, she has some new information she wanted to clarify a point in her interview, exclusive interview with cnn yesterday. the clarification is this. she said that the night that little ayla disappeared, that she, the grandmother, was not at the home. now, police at this time have consistently refused to divulge the names of anyone, any of the adults, they say, that were at the house where ayla went missing from that night, except to say that there were several adults, including someone who was not a member of the family. however, ayla's grandmother said that she wanted to tell us that she immediately disclosed to the police after ayla disappeared that she was not at the home that night and she did tell them where she was at another undisclosed location, th

ayla reynolds disappeared from her father's home in waterville, maine. she was 20 months old then.ver the weekend police found they found ayla's blood in the basement of that home. relatives say the blood was more than a small cut would produce. the father maintains he doesn't know what happened to the little girl. the idea that somebody slipped into the house and took her does not pass the straight face test. a reactor at an illinois nuclear plant venting steam after operators this morning declared an unusual event. they say the reactor lost power and shut down. happened in byron, illinois about 100 miles north and west of chicago, officials there say they are venting the steam to reduce the pressure. they say the steam contains low levels of radioactive isotaupe but add that it is not a safety threat at all. plant officials say generators are now giving power to the reactor. and the facility is safe. researchers at the food and drug administration are now suing the f.d.a. claiming it spied on their emails and much more. should have a federal worker have any expectation of privacy

there is still that $30,000 reward being offered to anyone who can give waterville police informationer says he's also hoping that by speaking more, more attention will be focused on her case. dan and bianna. >> such a tough story. tanya, thanks very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up on a much lighter note, we'll be talking about a slogan, "winning," and it's not charlie sheen's slogan. we're talking about these ladies. they won the lottery twice. what is their secret? is there one? it's coming up next. >> i'll take some notes. >>> plus, why are we showing you sea turtles? you can bet it has something to do with "fixation." that's coming up, as well. 's coming up too. to stay healthy. but did you know fiber choice can help support your overall well-being? every tasty tablet has prebiotic fiber from fruits and veggies... that lets your good bacteria thrive and helps support your immune system. fiber choice. an easy way to defend your health everyday. learn more about prebiotics and get a free sample at fiberchoice.com. discover visine® tired eye relief with hydroblend

nbc reports from waterville, maine with the latest. >> just trying to keep ayla's face out there. >> front and center this weekend passing out flyers bearing his little girl's face hoping for a break in her disappearance. >> i'd like to have her face on every street corner in america. i'm going to go anywhere i need to. so right now the focus is here but once we're all done around here we'll go wherever it needs to go. >> reporter: but by sunday dipietro was back to a low profile, not talking to reporters. this after weeks of taking heat. >> what happens when daddy gets the baby? >> reporter: some from headline news host nancy grace. >> she's with the daddy. she goes missing. she's with the daddy last time. she gets a broken arm. >> reporter: dipietro responded to grace on friday telling maine's "morning sentinel" nancy grace, please come see me. do you want to spend a day with me? do you want to see what i'm going through? do you want to see the ins and outs of it? i invite you to. dipietro says he put 20-month-old ayla reynolds to bed at his home on december 16th and that the next

. >>> more than a month since a toddler in maybe main disappeared from her father's home in waterville. investigators still have no signs of 20-month-old ayla reynolds who vanished on december 16th after her father says he put her to bed. police suspect foul play in the little girl's disappearance. >>> a russian spacecraft is expected to come crashing down within hours. it had been designed to travel to a moon of mars but got stuck innette's orbit. the u.s. is outside the risk area and scientists estimate the risk of the probe crashing into any populated areas is minimal. >>> what a way for the san francisco 49ers to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the catch. joe man man to dwight clark. alex smith to vernon davis now. smith completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to davis with 9 seconds left for a wild 36-32 win over the new orleans saints. tim tebow's broncos didn't fare as well against the new england patriots. we'll have more on that match-up in a few minutes on "weekend today." >>> and there she is, the newest miss america, a 23-year-old college student from wisconsin. laura keple

over the weekend, waterville police released a statement saying we believe foul play has occurred inonnection with ayla's disappearance. this has involved from the search of a missing child to a criminal investigation. the status is based on quote evidence gathered by investigators during the past two weeks. some of that evidence gathered here saturday, at justin dipietro's house. the last place she was seen. her grandfather doesn't understand how this could happen. >> he would be in the public's eye, talking to the media, asking people, begging, pleading with people, if they know anything, please come forth and say something. >> reporter: but dipietro hasn't been heard from publicly since he issued this statement. i have no idea what happened to ayla, and i am not hiding. i've been in full cooperation with everyone in the effort. and this, i would never do anything to hurt my child. ayla's grandfather says it's what he didn't do that has this family distraught. >> how could you not be responsible for her? how could you not check on her at night? how could you not do that? >> reporte

. >>> next hour in waterville, maine the search for a maine toddler has been on for weeks and weeks.he 21-month-old girl was last seen at bedtime, december 16. police say they suspect foul play, but they also say ayla's parents, who do not live together, have cooperated in the investigation. >>> a coal mine has settled lawsuits of men killed in an explosion two years ago. they said the final deals were reached just yesterday. the settlement must be approved by the court. the explosion was the worst mining disaster in the united states since 1972. there's been no comment from the new owners of the mine. the national health and safety administration says the blast caused by ignition caused a gas explosion. >>> despite delays, the coast guard ice breaker and tanker carrying fuel are slowly getting closer. they are less than 100 miles away and could make the delivery as soon as tomorrow. ice went over the bering sea to prevent deliveries in the fall. if the delivery isn't made, the city of 3600 could run out of fuel by march. >>> the alaska town is buried under 18 feet, and they are in d

. >>> a missing toddler in waterville, maine, says blood found at her father's home belongs to the toddlerhan a small cut would produce. it was discovered back at the home soon after she was reported missing back in december.ayla w. her father refusing to talk about the blood test results while attending a vigil for his daughter. >> i'm not here to answer any questions now. i'm here to show my support, just supporting ayla. >>> the school system in leroy, new york as more than a dozen students continue to experience a mysterious illness. they continue to investigate the community. erin brockovich is adding her voice to the investigation. she pointed to a train derailment on 470, just four miles from that school. she told dr. drew that may have something to do with the students' uncontrollable outbursts and twitching. >> there was's very serious train derailment that caused one ton of cyanide to spill and 45,000 gallons of tce. >> the school superintendent says the district is working with local, state and federal health environmental agencies. a statement posted earlier on the school's web

for "good morning america," andrea canning, abc news, waterville, maine. >> sam, welcome back. >> goodning, everybody. we're going to start with the fog. you're telling us through the southeast on twitter that there's not enough fog out there and indeed six states have fog out there now. tallahassee is socked in with no visibility in all of that fog. and all of this moisture is kind of whipping along the gulf here. this is going to be powerful tornadoes here for east texas. no one is complaining about rain and the possibility of tornadoes and flood watches there. be careful in those areas. 43 degrees in new york. nice and mild. but a little cooler over the weekend. we're going up and down in the northeast. we're going up this week and drop with very cold this weekend. so enjoy the mild air that's currently, we are hovering with the degrees clouds and we will of light rain south the metro area. not be a big deal. 44 degrees will be the highs >> all that weather was brought to you by splenda. robin just gave the nicest -- >> i just woke up just now. good morning, america. >> and we're go

we have more from waterville, maine, on the story. >> reporter: little ayla reynolds's father is keeping low profile but over the weekend he was out, visible, trying to find his daughter and responding to tough questions. >> just trying to keep ayla's face out there. >> reporter: justin dipietro was front and center passing out flyers hoping for a break in the disappearance. >> i would like her face on every street corner in north america. i'm going anywhere i need to. the focus is here. but once we're all done with around here, you know, we're going to go wherever it needs to go. >> reporter: by sunday, he was back to a low profile, not talking to reporters. this after weeks of taking heat. >> what happens when daddy gets the baby? >> reporter: some from headline news host nancy grace. >> she's with the daddy, she goes missing. she's with the daddy last time she gets a broken arm. >> reporter: he responded to grace telling maine's morning sentinel nancy grace, please come see me. do you want to spend a day with me? do you want to see what i'm going through? do you want to see the ins an

missing maine toddler, 20 month old vanishing more than two weeks ago from her father's home in watervillee police now declaring her disappearance a criminal investigation. investigators scouring her home for clues, also getting additional help from state detectives and now the grandfather is asking the girl's father to do more to help with the search. >> he would be up in front and in the public eye right now. he would do everything that we are doing. talking to the media, asking people, begging, pleading with people if they know anything, please come forth and say something. what would i say to him? i would look the man in the face i would say how could you not be responsible for her? how could you not check on her at night? how could you not do that? >> heather: police say they have received about 500 tips so far. >> gregg: a u.s. soldier facing federal charges now for allegedly trying to bring explosives on board a plane. f.b.i. identifying that suspect, 30-year-old troy atwater. they stopped him yesterday morning at midland international airport in texas discovering explosives in mili

she is in waterville, maine with details on this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. it has now been more than a month since little ayla reynolds went missing from her father's home behind me. now both of her parents say they've taken polygraph tests. her mother says she couldn't finish hers. one month to the day ayla reynolds disappeared, a candlelight vigil tuesday for a little girl who is still missing but not forgotten. police have said foul play but there are still no major breaks in the mystery. both parents say they've taken polygraph tests. ayla's mother trista reynolds says she took hers on wednesday answering hours' worth of questions about ayla's disappearance. >> it just, you know, like if i had taken ayla or if i know who could have gone and taken ayla and obviously no. i have no idea who took her or where she is or anything like -- i never took her. like i have no reason to hide any of that. i would never do that. >> she said she had to stop in the middle of the test because of a medical condition. she won't