#21. >> the gabby petito story is important. because i think everybody, not only saw a little bit of someone they knew in the story but also, frankly, saw a little of themselves. >> the sunset. >> gabby wore her heart on her sleeve. gabby believed everything could come true. she believed in this perfect love. >> i can't wait to get back to days like this, traveling the world with you and asking strangers to take our picture. never taking moments like this for granted again. >> brian laundrie is a typical american young man. loved the outdoors by all accounts. they met in high school. >> he was a junior when they met in high school. it seems both of them were kind of free spirited. >> we don't know a whole lot about brian laundrie. there's no friends or acquaintances that have really come forward and wanted to speak with us. if you take a look at his public instagram page, a lot of the photos are just solo with just him alone. >> brian laundrie had his own social media accounts too, and he did his own posting. >> he definitely fa

. >>> the autopsy results in the gabby petito murder mystery. what the coroner's conclusion reveals about the time line in the case with gabby's fiance still on the run. >>> breaking overnight, violent storms slamming the middle of the country. one twister hitting an airport, the images just in. >>> william shatner boldly going where no 90-year-old has ever gone before. this morning's space launch as shatner makes history. ♪ i'm a rocket man ♪ >>> and a new distinction for the latest sensation from netflix. >>> and good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with the several developments concerning the pandemic. the white house overnight announcing a major new policy when it comes to traveling. >>> also this morning, the debate over vaccine mandates is raging now that the nba superstar kyrie irving has been benched for refusing to get vaccinated. >>> meanwhile, the pandemic is reshaping the american workplace. new figures show people are quitting their jobs at the highest level in decades. >> but amid all of this, we can't forget about the pe

♪ >>> gabby petito never go to that side. >> weeks after gabby petito's remains were found, we still don't know what happened to her and the most obvious question, did he do it? did brian laundrie kill gabby petito? he is not named as a suspect. the arrest warrant is only for debit card fraud but he was the last known person to be with her before she died. >> do you think brian killed gabby? >> i don't know. >> do you think they're involved, your parents? >> i don't know. >> there is so much negativity in the world and you turn to this beautiful soul and she sees the beauty in it. it's problem a reason she's got so much attention is because people know she sees the beauty in everything and everyone. that's awesome. >> i'm very confident there will be justice in this case. we'll find out what happened. >> we all need to know what happened. we're all looking for justice, especially the petito family and we need to put et al. together and have an answer to this puzzle. >> we have to find him one way or another for closure, for gabby's family and apparently, the world because there's a l

extraordinary awaits. ♪ >>> gabby petito never goes outside. >> she was happy. genuinely happy. >> she loved her friends. she was a beautiful artist. brilliant artist. just so talented. >> reporter: gabby petito's family clings to precious memories, remembering their vivacious daughter on "60 minutes australia." >> everybody sees the pictures out there as an adult, but when i close my eyes and think of her, i still remember that little blond hair, bright blue-eyed little girl with her hair up, you know, in ponytails. >> reporter: the 22-year-old had been living out her dream crisscrossing the country and camping out in a van with her high school sweetheart and fiance, brian laundrie. both of them posting their adventures on social media. >> so we are right outside capitol reef right now in a free disperse camp spot. >> brian laundrie is a typical american young man. loved the outdoors, by all accounts. >> i worried. i told her to be careful, be safe. you know. make sure to be aware of your surroundings. you know, don't trust everybody. but i felt safe because sh

chevrolet. >>> gabby petito never goes outside. >> weeks after gabby petito's remains are found we still don't know what really happened to her, and the most obvious unanswered question remains, did he do it. did brian laundrie kill gabby petito? but he was the last known person to be with gabby petito before she died. >> do you think brian killed gabby? >> i don't know. >> do you think they're involved, your parents? >> i don't know. >> don't know. >> there's so much negativity in the world and you turn to this beautiful soul and she just sees the beauty in it. like you don't see people like that a lot. it is kind of probably one of the reasons she has so much attention, is because people know of it. she sees the beauty in everyone and everything. that's awesome. >> i'm very confident that there will be justice in this case. we'll find out what happened. >> we all need to know what happened. we all are looking for justice, especially the petito family, but justice for everybody, we need to pit it all together and have an answer to this puzzle. >> we're just hoping that through our trage

did brian laundrie kill gabby petito? but he was the last person to be with gabby petito before she died. >> do you think he killed gabby? >> i don't know. >> there's so much negativity and you turn to this beautiful soul and she just sees the beauty in it. you don't see people like that a lot. it's probably one of the reason she got so much attention because people know she sees the beauty in everyone and everything and that's awesome. >> i'm very confident that there will be justice in this case. we'll find out what happened. >> we all need to know what happened. we all are looking for justice especially the petito family. but justice for everybody. >> we're just hoping through our tragedy with losing gabby that in the future that some good can come out of it, that we can help other people that may be in a similar situation. >> the petito family says every family of a missing person deserves the same attention and support they had in the search for gabby. there are more than 91,000 active missing person records in the u

petito was found dead with an wyoming national forest, an autopsy revealing she was strangled. tonight the laundrie family attorney said in a statement his parents went to the park this morning to search for brian, writing after a brief search off the trial that brian frequented,

he may be the only one who knows what happened to gabby petito. over the next, how we'll explore their relationship's ups and downs, possible warning signs they were headed for a dark turn, and the search for gabby's killer. the couple seemed very much in love in the video and pictures they posted on line. they went to the same high school in the town of bayport, new york, but they didn't start dating until years later when they reconnected in 2019. their relationship became so serious, gabby even moved to northport, florida, to live with brian laundrie and his family. they took a big step just over a year later, in july of 2020. this is from gabby's instagram page. she posted a picture from their first date. her caption reads "brian asked me to marry him, and i said yes. you make life feel unreal, and every day is such a dream with you." brian wrote, "my biggest fear is that one day i'll wake up and it will have all been a dream because that is what every second has felt like since the moment we found each other. 'til death do us part or until i

the petito family lawyer said it had been gabby's bank card. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> this morning there are new efforts to keep millions of americans safe from covid. the fda has now authorized booster doses of the moderna and johnson & johnson vaccines. moderna boosters are now authorized for seniors and high-risk people, while j&j were approved for everyone. the agency gave the green light to mix and match meaning no matter which shot you initially received, you can choose any booster you'd like. it comes as the white house announced details of its plan for 28 million children ages 5 to 11 to get a low-dose pfizer shot. federal regulators are set to meet over the next two weeks to discuss the issue. >> we have secured vaccine supply to vaccinate every child ages 5 through 11. and as soon as the vaccine is authorized by the fda we will begin shipping millions of doses nationwide. >> the white house says as of today the u.s. has successfully donated and delivered 200 million covid vaccines to more than 100 co

. >> this is how gabby petito's family remembers her. happy, healthy, full of love, full of life. >> the sunset. >> how did their cherished daughter and sister end up dead at only 22 years old? why were her remains found thousands of miles away from her home in the middle of the wilderness? and why would the person closest to her, the man she thought she was going to marry, return from their cross-country trip alone and then disappear? the manhunt is on for brian laundrie with tips pouring in from all over the country. he may be the only one who knows what happened to gabby petito. over the next hour, we'll explore their relationship's ups and downs, possible warning signs they were headed for a dark turn, and the search for gabby's killer. the couple seemed very much in love in the video and pictures they posted online. they went to the same high school in the town of bay port, new york. but they didn't start dating until years later when they reconnected in 2019. their relationship became so serious, gabby even moved to north port, flo

today after human remains belonging to petito's fiance brian laundrie were found. the news raising expectations and speculation. laundrie, a person of interest, in petito's disappearance and death has been on the run for weeks, wanted for a separate offense. authorities directed to the site of today's discovery by the laundrie's parents the couple's cross country odyssey quickly grabbed national attention and spotlighted the epidemic of unsolved missing persons' cases in this country. sam brock now with late details. >> reporter: police and fbi agents have spent weeks combing this reserve searching for brian laundrie his last reported location tonight there is a tent, partial human remains. long awaited signs of laundrie. >> investigators found what appears to be human remains along with personal items, such as a backpack and notebook belonging to brian laundrie these items were found in an area that up until recently had been underwater. >> reporter: the 23-year-old is wanted for questioning in the disappearance of his fiancÉe gabby petito after his parents say h

now, august 27th is the last-r last-reported sighting of petito, where a witness says she saw petito crying and laundrie visibly angry at a restaurant in wyoming. august 29th, two separate women see laundrie hitchhiking, alone. and he comes back to florida on september 1st. but that would put that -- that -- that time of death, you know, all the way there at the very, very end of august. what does it tell you that the coroner has not been able to narrow down a date of death? i believe, putting it in a seven-day period. that they -- they haven't narrowed it more than that. >> well, simply the longer the postmortem interval is, the less accurate we can be as far as the exact date of death. so they are wise to give a range. they're going to be estimating that time by also looking at physical evidence that they are not completely examined yet. so it is wise to give a range when you have this long of a postmortem period. >> so, chris, in the body-cam video for that domestic dispute in moab that you were referring to, petito says laundrie grabbed her by her face and -- and cut c her cheek.

petito on september 1. and before laundrie left his parents home on september 15th telling them he was headed to the reserve. north port police now revealing they were watching laundrie when he left but were limited in what they could do because he had not been charged with a crime. >> if you talk to people with law enforcement, the guy goes for a walk in the reserve. what are we supposed to do? go tree to tree, following him back to the woods? i mean, you know, it just wasn't there with the information we had. in this case. >> reporter: petito's remains were found in wyoming on september 19th. the coroner ruling it a homicide. police say they never spoke with laundrie before he left the home he and petito shared with his parents. they did not see or speak with him during the visit on september 11th, the day petito's parents reported her missing. authorities visited the home on september 17th when laundrie's parents reported him missing but refused to answer questions about his whereabouts, behavior police

. >>> gabby petito autopsy. a coroner says the 22-year-old died by strangulation. what else was revealed about her death. >>> explosive wildfire. flames shut down a major freeway in southern california as it threatens more than 100 homes and ranches. >>> well, good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a breaking announcement from the white house. the u.s. will lift border restrictions for vaccinated travelers beginning early next month. the department of homeland security says it will begin allowing travelers from mexico and canada who are fully vaccinated to enter the country for nonessential reasons. vehicle, rail, and ferry travel into the u.s. has been restricted to only essential travel since the pandemic began in march of last year. restrictions on air travel into the country are also being eased next month. >>> we now know how gabby petito died. yesterday a wyoming coroner said the 22-year-old woman was strangled. her body was found last month in wyoming after a cross-country trip with her fiance brian laundrie. he has been calle

. >> reporter: the last confirmed sighting of petito was august 27th, two weeks after police stopped petito and laundrie after bystanders reported domestic violence. >> do you want to tell me about those scratches on your face >> reporter: no charges were filed tonight petito's tragic disappearance and death spawning national attention in a race to find laundrie ending with more questions than answers. >> sam joining us now from the scene sam, are we learning any details about how this discovery was made >> reporter: lester, according to the laundrie attorney, brian's parents alerted the fbi last night they wanted to search the park. went there this morning and went to a trail where they found brian's belongings that is leading to more questions tonight. lester >> sam brock this evening. thank you. >>> now tonight, the fda has just authorized booster

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shared with his parents without petito. and on september 13th, according to brian laundrie's parents, brian left home with a backpack telling them he was heading to the nearby carlton reserve. they reported him missing to police september 17th. sparking a massive search. >> what happened out there? until they find him, we won't know. >> we believe he knows everything. >> reporter: nearly four weeks later, laundrie is still nowhere to be found. the coroner would not answer questions about whether petito's body was found buried or on the surface of the ground or explain how the team concluded strangulation was the cause of death saying we are only tasked with the determination of cause and manner of death. who committed the homicide is up to law enforcement. >> athena, what more might we learn about the exact time of death? >> well, it doesn't look like we'll learn that. petito's death certificate has not yet been completed. but the coroner said he does not expect an exact date of death to be included. under wyoming statute t

the last confirmed sighting of petito was august 27th. two weeks after the moab police stopped petito and her boyfriend brian bystanders reported domestic violence. >> i was apologizing to him >> reporter: no charges were filed tonight the coroner says the case is in the hands of investigators and that dna samples were taken by the fbi >> this autopsy included a whole body cat scan, a examination by a forensic pathologist so we pretty much covered all the bases. >> reporter: investigators have been searching for laundrie for nearly a month. wanted on debit card fraud charges and for questioning in petito's homicide. after his parents say he went hiking in a local reserve in september and never returned today an attorney for laundrie called gabby's death a tragedy, adding "brian is only considered a person of interest in relation to gabby petito's demise. at this time brian is still missing and when he's located we will address the pending fraud charge against him. no comment from petito's family as they learn more about her final hours. k

has beth soar with using petito's debit card. laundrie's parents were reportedly the last ones to see him, but publicly they've spoken only through an attorney. petito's family saying their silence is hurtful. >> it's torturous. if they do know something and they're withholding that and they don't want to let us know, that's cruel. and if you don't know and you're still not saying something, it's still cruel. >> what's going on, how come you're crying? >> we've just been fighting this morning. some personal issues. >> i saw a young girl that needed someone to just hug her and keep her safe. i just felt so bad for her. i wish that she reached out to me. >> reporter: meanwhile on long island, new york, the gabby petito foundation held its first fund raiser sunday dedicated to supporting groups that help find missing persons and help victims of domestic violence. >> we're here to raise money, have some good music and food in her memory, because we believe that's what she would have wanted us to do. >> reporter: the event raised more

esa Última conversaciÓn que tuvo gabby petito con su familia fue el 23. el dÍa 23 de agosto fue el dÍa en que londry regresÓ desde su casa en florida porque Él habÍa hecho un pequeÑo viaje desde el 17 de agosto hasta el 23 que regreso para acomodar las cosas en un garaje donde tenÍan todas sus cosas juntos porque estaban comprometidos, entonces, habÍan planeado extender el viaje y por tanto Él regresÓ, pero ese boleto lo pagÓ con la tarjeta de gabby petito . allÍ comienza esta situaciÓn de comunicarse con sus padres, sucede todo esto. borja: escuchando atentamente, yo creo que ahora es un baile de fechas que tenemos que estudiar mucho mÁs a fondo. creo que si el 23 y 24 fue la Última comunicaciÓn que tuvo por facetime toma realmente de la publicaciÓn del 25 de agosto y el mensaje de texto que sus padres reciben el 30 de agosto, es poco probable que lo haya hecho ella, teniendo en cuenta que han dicho que la autopsia ha revelado que fue tres o cuatro semanas antes. ayleen: el 1 de septiembre fue el Último mensaje que ella aparentemente de

investigators found petito died by manual strangulation. is there some -- does that mean something in particular, manual strangulation as opposed to a different kind, and does that surprise you? >> yeah, hi, jake. it's a pleasure being on your program. yeah, so manual strangulation is generally when hands or some sort of body part are used to, you know, cut off the circulation of the blood versus a ligature strangulation which would be some sort of object, whether it's clothing or, you know, a string or something like that. so in this case, now that we confirmed it's manual strangulation, it could only be assumed it was probably with the hands. and that potentially is significant. if there's some sort of struggle going on, that could indicate that close contact and, really, maybe some of the trace evidence that we've been looking for in forensic investigation. >> the writer kate mann wrote an essay about strangulation a few years ago. she said strangulation can also be used to send a powerful message from the perpetrator, from the abuser, t

but gaby petito's fiancee remains missing. though we're learning more about the timeline leading up to laundrie's disappearance authorities don't seem to be any closer toe finding him. athena jones reports. >> reporter: as the search for gaby petito's fiancee brian laundrie approaches its fourth week no police activity visible friday at the carlton nature reserve. meanwhile new details of emerging about the period after laundrie returned home in petraeus's white van without gaby petito on september 1st and before laundrie left his parent's home on september 13th. north port police revealing they were watching laundrie before he left but limited in what they could do because he had not been charged with a crime. >> if you talk to a lot of people with experience in law enforcement, he goes walking in a nature reserve. he's not wanted for a crime. do we go tree to tree following him to the woods. it wasn't there with the information we had in this case. >> reporter: people pet's remains were found in wyoming on september 19th. co

>>> tonight, breaking news in the gabby petito case. the autopsy results released late today. what the coroner in wyoming has now determined. her body left outside in the wilderness 3 to 4 weeks before being discovered. the autopsy now revealing the cause of death. >>> also tonight, the battle over vaccine mandates. in texas, the governor facing a possible legal challenge after signing an executive order banning employers from requiring workers to be fully vaccinated. and tonight, news on potential boosters for moderna and johnson & johnson. what we've learned. >>> our team on the scene. the wildfire emergency forcing evacuations in california's santa barbara county. firefighters now battling to protect the ronald reagan ranch. >>> new images tonight. the moments just before that deadly plane crash into several homes, cars, and that ups truck. you will hear what the air traffic controllers were pleading for the pilot to do. >>> news tonight on that nfl bombshell. las vegas raiders head coach jon gruden resigning just hours after an explosive report revealing racist, homophobic

says it found human remains that could be linked to the murder of gabby petito. the gruesome discovery in a florida nature reserve, the f.b.i. identifying personal belongings of brian laundrie, the sole person of interest in the case of gabby petito. his parents' involvement in the search tonight. breaking news: the f.d.a. gives the green light to moderna and johnson & johnson booster shots. plus, the white house's plan to vaccine children ages 5-11. why shots could be available at schools. >> guilty. >> o'donnell: 17 counts of murder. nikolas cruz pleads guilty and apologizes for the deadliest high school shooting in u.s. history. toys stuck at sea: aisle after aisle of empty warehouse shelves as toy companies lose millions. getting answers: we go to capitol hill to ask lawmakers what's being done for thousands of children and families with dangerous drinking water? will congress act? transplant breakthrough: the medical advance that could be a game changer for the 100,000 americans waiting for kidneys. the queen's health scare, why doctors told queen elizabeth

and there's an investigation of the homicide of gabby petito. so it's going to be interesting to see how investigations two and three come out because i'm certain they're going to catch brian laundrie. >> and -- and when you say you're certain they are going to catch him, that means you believe that he is alive and not -- not dead in that nature preserve? >> yeah, let me -- let me back up on that. they'll catch him if he is alive. i think that when -- when you see investigators searching in the -- in the florida wilderness out there in that park area, i don't think they're looking for a live person. and i don't think a live person could -- could be in there the length of time that he would have had to have been in there. i mean, the mosquitoes alone would have carried him away. >> right. right. so on that, i mean, you know, i know you've spent time training down there in the everglades. a rancher who worked in that area for 30 years said there's no way anyone could survive in there for that long. a source seconding what you are saying. but it's

petito is successful. that, to me, was not just cold and heartless, it was a tell that they knew more than they let on because they referred to gabby, 22 years old, who lived in their home for more than a year, who is said to be part of their family, they referred to her not as gabby but as ms. petito. notably, cassie, the sister, has always referred to her as gabby. >> yes. yes, she has. um, i mean, it is incredible. and -- and gabby's parents now speaking out in their first sit-down interview today. you know, i played a brief clip of that. i'm sorry. dave, from with dr. phil. they are talking more about how they tried to contact brian laundrie's parents. they started worrying about their daughter. they know their daughter lives with the -- with -- with that -- that couple, right? the laundries. and they reach out. so just listen to this. >> police officers called her. detectives called her. >> but you all called? >> yes. >> you called? you called? you called? >> i can't tell you how many times. >> you ca

in this video, though, police asked petito about those reports. she tells police that she slapped laundrie first, and then says he grabbed her face with his nail and cut her face. federal agents visited the home of brian laundrie again today. he is a person of interest. he disappeared from his family's home two weeks ago, just before petito's body was found in wyoming. the family says the fbi was there to collect some of laundrie's belongings to help in the k-9 search for him. >>> no answers yet. that's a message from investigators in maricopa county, working to figure out what killed the san francisco family of three in the sierra national forest. last month we told you about the family, john gerrish, ellen chung and their 1-year-old daughter muji. they also had their dog. they went missing after going on a hike in maricopa county. their bodies were later found near the south fork of the merced river in an area called devil's gulch. it's still unclear how they died, but the area has been treated as a hazmat scene. investigators say they have done

laundrie returned home to florida without petito. his parents have said he left to go hiking more than a month ago. and we also learned that police were informed last night that brian laundrie's parents would be joining the search today. abc's trevor ault leads us off on the ground in florida tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a major discovery in the month-long search for gabby petito's boyfriend brian laundrie. >> earlier today, investigators found what appears to be human remains along with personal items such as a backpack and notebook belonging to brian laundrie. >> reporter: investigators uncovering those remains and items in an area of florida's micyakkahatchee creek environmental park that was previously under water. the fbi now working to determine if the remains are, in fact, human and if it's brian laundrie. >> i know you have a lot of questions, but we don't have all the answers yet. we are working diligently to get those answers for you. >> reporter: today, the sarasota medical examiner and a cadaver dog on the scene, along

for the foundation. >> gabby petito means everything to this community. she loved this community, was an active participant in this community, as is the family. we dedicate this eye know. we hope you ever happy. >> this say criminal investigation. brian laundrie has not been charged with anything relating to gabby petito's disappearance. her father tweeted out at the end something from the grand tetons. i now know why you came here. it has a beautiful memory from now on. 5/7. brian laundrie's family went to law enforcement saying our son is missing and we cannot find him. jean casarez, cnn, new york. >>> in the coming hours jury selection is set to begin in the trial of three men accuse of killing ahmet ar bury. he was joking in february of last year when thuf to this a. they dlu r include -- days of rain have led to deadly flooding and landslides in southern india. a live update from new delhi is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with chase security features, guidance and convenience, banking feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. we've seen quite a f

. >>> new body camera of gabby petito what she told police about brian laundrie. and where the man hunt for him stands tonight >>> your mail, why it is getting slower and more expensive starting today >>> and brady is back. the nfl superstar returning here to the boston area to face off against his former team, the patriots, for the very first time >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening from foxborough, massachusetts, the site of one of the most anticipated homecomings in sports history this weekend. we'll talk more about that later in this broadcast. but right now all eyes are on the political gridiron in washington and it's where we start. declaring we're going to get this thing done, president joe biden making a rare trek to capitol hill late today on a rescue mission to save the cornerstone of his political agenda not from republican opposition, but from his own splintered democratic party after postponing a promised vote on an infrastructure bill late last night, house democrat leaders scrambling again today to appease dems who want

petito's father reportedly made all the calls concerned about gabby's whereabouts. laundrie has been missing for two weeks after returning from a trip without gabby. >> can you tell us why you were at the laundrie house? >> reporter: fbi agents returned to the laundrie home yesterday spending time inside the house and inside the camper brian and his parents took on a trip just days before he went missing. the laundrie family attorney says agents collected personal items to, quote, assist the k-9s in their search. >> i would say that the idea that they want to continue with a scent dog to find brian is fairly encouraging. that means that perhaps they have a location that they're focusing on that we don't know about, and they wanted a fresh scent to see if in fact the dogs could track this new area that they're potentially searching as we speak. >> police records also show the laundrie family called 911 when tv personality dog the bounty hunter came to their house while searching for brian. >>> coming up, how netflix is outdoing itself again. >> the streaming service'

. >> and breaking news in the gabby petito homicide case. the coroner revealing she was strangled to death. there's new reaction from the family of her missing fiance, brian laundrie, as the manhunt for him continues. >>> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we begin with the battle that's now unfolding over the e texas governor's new ban on all covid vaccine mandates. cnn national correspondent nick watt is covering the vaccine wars. >> governor greg abbott just doubled down. now no one, not even private companies, can mandate covid-19 vaccines for staff or customers. vaccines, he says, must always be voluntary. for texans. >> these are proven measures that protect people. >> at least don't stand in the way of businesses who are trying to protect their workers. >> and there are plenty of big corporations based in texas. among them, american airlines and southwest already said they'll ignore the governor, abide by the president, who says they must

gabby petito. her fiance is dead. they know it's his body. they're trying to figure out how he died. it's a very secondary importance. how do the petito family, how do they get any peace about what happened here? likely, the only people who know what happened, who are alive, are brian laundrie's family. now, their lawyer is getting a lot of heat because he just suggested that brian laundrie knew gabby petito was dead. is that what he meant to say? he says no. but that is what he said. i'll tell what you the words were, what the context was, and we're bringing in a very good legal mind to tell you why it matters, next. ♪ your new pharmacy is here. to make sure you don't run out of meds here. and with amazon prime, get refills and free two-day shipping. who knew it could be this easy? your new pharmacy is amazon pharmacy. >>> so the fbi has confirmed the remains found in the florida nature reserve are brian laundrie's. so now what? why did they let him leave the house? how did he die? did he leave any notes in that notebook that they're talki

. >>> new clues in the gabby petito case. what we're learning about calls made by her father before she was reported missing. >>> reaction to the big announcement about the super bowl after anahehalftime show. >> and mick jagger going unnoticed in a bar to a dog finally found after surviving a plane crash. it's friday, october 1st. >> from abc news in new york, this is "america this morning." >> good friday morning, everyone. >> we begin with the breaking news from washington overnight. >> high stakes negotiations over a bipartisan infrastructure bill to rebuild the nation's roads and bridges and expand high speed internet ended with a stalema stalemate. >> alex, good morning. >> good morning, elizabeth. this bipartisan infrastructure deal is a corner stone of the biden agenda, but it doesn't have the support. but democrats, republicans, and the white house are optimistic. this morning, the government will remain open, for now. hours before the deadline, joe biden signing the deal granting funding through december 3rd, avoidi

. >>> thank you for watching tonight at captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ petito's cause of >> o'donnell: tonight, the shocking news from the coroner-- gabby petito's cause of death: strangulation, as we learn her body was in the wilderness for weeks before her remains were found. the new details in the mystery of what happened to gabby petito, with the coroner answering questions about whether she was pregnant or a victim of domestic violence, and what the family of her missing fiancee is saying tonight. battle over mandates: the white house prepares for a showdown with the texas governor after he bans vaccine requirements. what it means for companies like southwest and at&t. n.f.l. email scandal: the league reacts after raiders coach jon gruden resigns over a string of anti-black, anti-gay, and anti- problem within pro football? pain at the pump: oil prices hit a seven-year high, with gas up more than $1 since last year. the warning for homeowners as we head into winter. plus, we go to the treasury department. our interview tonight with janet yellen. are higher prices here to stay? dead

petito's family talking about it with dr. phil. >> i'm glad we got to see she was a real human being and in pain. >> at what point, did your mother's intuition tell you that she was gone? >> i felt it the night the van was in florida, on the 11th. i felt in my heart she was gone. >> a spokesperson for petito's family, says that laundrie stole gabby's credit card. he believes laundrie's hiding. >> do you believe he's hiding somewhere? >> i do. >> why do you believe that? >> because he's a coward. >> reporter: gabby's family says they're frustrated with laundrie's parents. what did they do to find brian? they called the cops. >> i haven't seen them on tv shows finding brian. why do you think that is? >> reporter: laundrie's sister is urging her brother to cooperate with investigators. she is sending a similar message to her own parents, saying she hasn't spoken to them in two weeks. >> i don't think my parents are involved. if they are, they should come clean. >> reporter: his parents say they don't know where he is. their atto

gabby petito was strangled. people don't know whether her boyfriend, brian laundrie, is the guy that strangled her. i'm neil cavuto. this is "your world" on top of a history that gripped the nation nor a better part of a month and growing questions as to where brian laundrie is. so much we don't know.

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seems to take responsibility for the altercation between petito and laundrie. listen to the exchange between gabby petito and one of the offers on scene. >> is there something on your cheek here? it looks like -- did you get hit in the face? it kind of looks like someone hit you in the face and over on your arm, your shoulder right here? that's new? kind of a new mark? >> yeah, i don't know. >> can i see the other side of your face? so what happened here and here? >> i'm not sure. he was just trying to get back in the car, and the backpack got me. . >> so the backpack got you? there's two people came to us and saying they saw him hit you, punch you. just independent witnesses by moon flower. >> i hit him first. >> where did you hit him? >> i slapped him. >> you slapped him first on his face. >> he told me to shut up. . >> how many times did you slap him? . >> a couple. . >> and his reaction was to do what? >> grabbed me. . >> he just grabbed you? >> yeah. >> did he hit you, though? it's okay if you are saying you hit him. we want to know the truth if he hit you

gabby petito. her fiance is dead. they know it's his body. they're trying to figure out how he died. it's a very secondary importance. how do the petito family, how do they get any peace about what happened here? likely, the only people who know what happened, who are alive, are brian laundrie's family. now, their lawyer is getting a lot of heat because he just suggested that brian laundrie knew gabby petito was dead. is that what he meant to say? he says no. but that is what he said. i'll tell what you the words were, what the context was, and we're bringing in a very good legal mind to tell you why it matters, next. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: just stop. go for a run. go for 10 runs! run a marathon. instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette. ♪ feel stuck with credit card debt? ♪ move your high-interest debt to a sofi personal loan. earn $10 just for viewing your rate — and get your money right. ♪ tonight, i'll be eating a buffalo

at the news conference, a reporter asking, did brian laundrie kill gabby petito? the coroner saying, that's a question for the fbi. abc's victor oquendo leading us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, one month and one day since gabby petito was first reported missing by her family, the coroner in teton county, wyoming, where her body was found, announcing she was strangled. >> we find the cause and manner to be, cause, death by strangulation, and manner is homicide. >> reporter: the coroner conducting an extensive forensic examination and toxicology report, but unable to determine the exact time petito was killed. >> her body was outside in the wilderness for 3 to 4 weeks. >> reporter: the coroner also reporting she was not pregnant when she died. late today, gabby's mother and stepfather visiting her memorial in long island, new york. >> gabby petito never goes outside. >> reporter: before she was killed, gabby and her boyfriend brian laundrie were on a cross- country trip, seemingly documenting every moment. after the couple was involved in an altercation on the

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