robyn gardner was last seen four weeks ago today with a 50-year-old man named gary giordano. he said she got carried out to sea while they were snorkeling. the police report said he asked three people on the beach for help that day. those witnesses reportedly said he was covered in sweat but was very calm and that he had a cut on his throat. martin savidge has been covered all the twists and turns of the story. he joins us from rusch. abc news is reporting this information about his throat having some sort of a cut on it. what exactly have they found out? >> reporter: well, this is the first i've heard of that and i've talked to a lot of witnesses. i've talked to a lot of people and i've read the police reports. i have to point out during the interrogation of gary giordano, authorities asked him do you have any wounds on you. and he said, well, he had a couple scratches on his legs and he showed it to them. regarding a cut on the neck, you can take a look for yourself. there is his mug shot that was released, it was taken a couple days after the alleged drowning. and if you l

giordano told the police she vanished while snorkeling but is no longer cooperating with the investigation. >>> a florida judge ordered casey anthony to order one year of supervised probation. she has to turn to orlandy to start serving that probation no later than noon on august 26th. anthony was acquitted last month of murdering her daughter caylee who was convicted in 2010 on felony check fraud. >>> a second colorado county has filed attempted murder and assault charges after the sibling's fired an ak-47 at police during a high-speed car chase on wednesday. are also accused of bank robbery in georgia and attempted murder in florida. >>> and in ohio a driver accidentally yanked a gas pump off of its base yesterday. luckily fast-thinking attendants kept the place from blowing sky high. the customer later returned to apologize and remarkably the station owner wrote the whole thing off. saying it's just one of those things. that's latest and now back to anderson. >>> separated at birth from a cat? the feline, another animal wanna-be so absurd they blamed it on tonight's "ridiculous." [ man

but gary giordano is still being described as belligerent and refusing to answer any questions that he has already answered. giordano took out $1.5 million travel insurance policies for both himself and robyn gardner, but authorities aren't saying who the beneficiary of her policy is. >>> wall street ends an awful week with another awful day. the dow jones tumbled losing 1.6% of its value. the nasdaq and s & p 500 reported steep declines as well, all due to fierce about the u.s. economy and europe's debt crisis >>> a court hearing today over a lawsuit filed by the trustee appointed to recover billions of dollars from bernard madoff's upon ponzi scheme. the trustee suing the -- new york mets. they argued they knew nothing about it. there's other headlines. now back to "presumed guilty, murder in west memphis". >>> i came from an extremely dirt-poor family. >> damien echols grew up here in marion, arkansas, a mile or two from west memphis. his best friend jason baldwin lived nearby, and so did a boy named jesse misskelley. jesse misskelley sr. is jesse's father. >> i met him ate his home

they say that giordano is no longer cooperating. they came out this with a short time ago. they said he stopped talking the authorities. his attorney is not talking to them and they now classify him as a suspect in this particular case and they are also publishing his photo and telling people on the island, hey, if you saw this guy, what was he doing and who was he with? we need to know more information about him, anderson. >> so he's now an official suspect? >> reporter: it is. i mean, it's kind of odd. i don't know whether it's a language thing or just a difference in the judicial system. up until now they simply said they had detained him, which of course they picked him up as he was trying to leave the country. but now in a press release tonight, they actually named him, say "suspect." they don't necessarily say prime suspect or anything else. one thing is clear, he was clearly the last person to be with the woman when she disappeared. they still want to know more from him. they hope to get help from the federal government in the united states. the fbi getting involved,

gary giordano is his name. he's seen with gardner in this photo. the picture was released august 2nd. that's the day giordano told investigators that gardner disappeared while snorkeling with him. he's being held by police in aruba as a suspect in the case. martin savidge joins me from aruba. >> martin, we've reported that they each took out insurance policies before their trip. he definitely is the beneficiary of her policy? >> reporter: that's right, yes. this is the first time authorities have come out and admitted that information. it was about a week ago i got ahold of the statement that gary giordano told authorities. one thing they asked him about these insurance policies. he admitted they had the insurance policies, two $1.5 million each. they said who's the beneficiary? he said in my case the beneficiary is my mother. but what was left out of that statement was well then who's going to benefit say if robyn gardner turns up missing or dead. well, today the authorities said, you know what, it's gary giordano, which now you understand to the

august 2nd in a restaurant with giordano. he told police he lost track of her while they were snorkeling in rough water. giordano told police he feared for his life when he signaled her to turn back and didn't look for her as he turned to shore. the police say the sea was calm at the time. in the interview police also grilled giordano about his finances and about travel insurance policies he bought for himself and gardner before their trip. tonight there are also new details about photographs found on a camera that authorities confiscated from the couple's hotel room. martin savidge joined me now from aruba. martin, what did we learn from the transcript? >> reporter: it's really pretty amazing. we obviously wanted to talk to gary giordano. we wanted to talk to his attorney to get their side of events that. has always been denied to us. essentially what we have here is the statement that gary giordano gave to aruba authorities on august 5th. that is the day he was taken into custody. but it's just hours before he's actually de

they knew that gary giordano had taken out insurance for himself and robyn gardner. i said how did you find out? they said he told us. this was information that came to light in the very first interrogation that they did of gary giordano. it was in the first statement he made. apparently he admitted he took out insurance. he called it and it's what authorities call it. travelers insurance. in other words, if you got sick or ill while traving on a vacation you would be transported back to the united states. the real question is there an accidental death benefit and who would benefit as a result of that? the authorities don't talk about the amount and they don't talk about who would benefit. we talked to other people who again are close to this investigation and say that gary giordano told authorities that it wasn't he that was going to benefit but the money if robyn were to die would go to her mother. >> is he in custody now or what's his situation? >> reporter: he is in custody. prior to the first -- i believe it was 12 days that he was in custody, he was actually he

they didn't have to struggle like gary giordano said she did. from that very description he gave, they began to think, boy, this is not adding up right. >> the bottom line, she is still missing and the search is still going on. martin savidge, appreciate the reporting. there is actually a lot happening tonight. isha is back. >> late word tonight that homeland security janet napolitano and other obama administration officials will visit vermont and virginia tomorrow for recovery efforts. >>> officials at yellowstone say a hiker found dead was the victim of a grizzly bear attack. 5-year-old john wallace's body was found friday. autopsies showed he died from traumatic injuries after being mauled by a bear. it's the second fatal bear attack at yellowstone this summer. >>> in mexico five gang members confessed to last week's deadly casino fire. they set fire to the casino because the owners wouldn't go along with their extortion demands. 52 people died in the fire. >>> a los angeles judge ruled today that details of michael jackson's sexual molestati

giordano is 50-year-old, twice divorced father of three sons. he traveled to aruba with gardner on july 31st. two days later he said the she disappeared while the two were snorkeling. authorities found discrepancies in his story. back to the insurance policy ap quote as person with knowledge of the policy. gy or giordano, purchased it $1.5 million. american express policy. accidental death. it covered length of short trip. giordano called while the search for gardner was still going on saying he wanted to begin redeeming that policy. giordano is being held in aruba as a suspect in her disappearance. the judge said there is evidence to hold him 16 more days. his attorney says there is no evidence that he committed a crime. gardner meanwhile is presumed dead. jenna: thank you, patti ann. rick: a battle more than 30 years in the making that could rock the music industry to is core. some of the most iconic rock and pop songs are about to turn 35 years old, rocksian by the police and heart of glass by blondie. when they do a provision in the u.s. cop

as for giordano he remains in police custody at this time. he hasn't been officially charged, but a rube yan officials say they will be detained for at least another 16 days because of what they call serious inconsistencies in his story. rick: live for us in i miami with the latest. thanks. jenna: the university of miami and the college sports world rocked by allegations of a widespread scandal. a convicted ponzi schemer saying he showered 70 players with lavish gifts, parties,. juliet: . we have a reporter from yeah who sports. hyahoo sports. this is a big investigation. you did an 11-month skegs with this ponzi schemer. any indication that anyone knew that he was doing this with the players? did the university of miami know? >> well clearly there were coaches that were engaged in this. devin shapiro the ponzi schemer who you mentioned, he named six coaches who were actually involved in some of the things that he was doing. then there was actually now sort of an infamous incident where he attempted to fight the head of compliance at the univ

giordano's chance of walking today is probably the best it has ever been. he has had two detention hearings, one extending him to ten days in prison, another for an additional 16 days. under aruban law every time they go back to have a detention hearing the threshold and burden of proving and evidence and the prosecutors and police get greater. the chief magistrate is listening to arguments not only from giordano's defense attorney says look there is no proof of any crime here. he was snorkeling with her, she disappeared. they never found a body. if he is released he could fly down to maryland and down the road could be extradited if aruban authorities ever find the body and build a case. jenna: thank you very much. gregg: record breaking flooding has towns in northern new jersey practically underwater right now. damages in the millions of dollars, the latest pictures coming up next. plus, the suicide that rocked reality television russell armstrong of real housewives fame hanging himself earlier this month. today the disturbing 911 call made by his friend

the fbi is assisting in this investigation, they searched giordano's home in washington d.c. it's not clear what they were looking for. it was reported last week that a former girlfriend of his got a restraining order against him after he allegedly stalked her, secretly filmed them having sex. so lots of developments in this ongoing investigation. rick? rick: all right, patti ann. thanks for the update. jamie: let's go overseas now. new fighting erupting between israelis and palestinians. rockets launched deep into israel. israeli air strikes hitting targets in palestinian territory one day after the worst attacks on israel in years. gunmen targeting civilian vehicles, even soldiers, and it appears crossing to southern israel through egypt. what does this mean? leland vittert streaming live from the israel/gaza border. >> reporter: hi, jamie n. the past few minutes we've heard about half a dozen large explosions here on the gaza strip border behind me. it's unclear whether it's incoming or outgoing fire, but all day the militants have been trading this kind of fire. the israe

gary giordano from gaithersburg, maryland said the two went snorkeling aren't 6:00 p.m. when he got back, he looked around and lo and behold she was nowhere to be found. he is arrested in custody in a rube ba, arrested at airport while trying to fly back to the u.s. reportedly his story has changed several times, quote. the statements made bit traveling companion led to such questions on friday, august 5th, 2011 it was decided to detain him for further questioning on the possible drawning of the woman. robyn gardner's boyfriend of eight months back in maryland, who was clearly cheated upon here, believe the snorkeling story is totally bogus. >> i'm can state with pretty much certainty she would not be snorkeling at 6:00 p.m. at night. she is, somewhat vain and very concerned about her hair and her makeup and anytime i've been in the ocean with her she has never gone past her waist. >> he tells me one time they went on vacation here in miami and she says, gardner never once went into the ocean, prefering to stay at the pool and hang out in the freshwater instead of the sa