Colorado Dad Wins Long Custody Battle.
CAMEROTA: An update now on a story we have been following on NEW DAY for nearly two years. A Colorado dad desperate to get his two daughters back from Argentina after more than 4 1/2 years and he scores a huge win. CNN's Ana Cabrera joins us live with the latest from Denver. Good morning, Ana.</s>ANA CABRERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alisyn. Finally, a reunion for Dennis Burns and his two young daughters. He had been fighting for this moment for several years, making cross-country trips, meeting with lawmakers, working with the State Department, even reaching out to international powers who he hoped would apply pressure on Argentina to return his children, and now that time has come, but it was not exactly the fairytale ending he had envisioned.</s>CABRERA (voice-over): Dennis Burns has been desperate for this moment with his daughters for nearly five years. But he never imagined this. Attacked in the Buenos Aires Airport by his ex wife's brother, the uncle of six-year-old Sophia and eight-year-old Victoria, who were abducted from Colorado to Argentina by their mother, Ana Alianelli.</s>DENNIS BURNS, BROUGHT DAUGHTERS HOME AFTER 4 1/2 YEARS: I think the girls are right now very confused, and in time they are going to see that having a mother and a father in their lives is the most important thing.</s>CABRERA (voice-over): The children caught in the middle of an international tug-of-war Alianelli took the girls in September 2010 against a Colorado judge's custody order that declared Burns the primary residential parent. Argentina is a member of the Hague Convention Abduction Treaty, meant to return children to their home countries quickly in cases like Burns. But instead of taking weeks, Burns' battle with the Argintine court system turned into years amid a litany of appeals and other tactics by Alianelli to slow the process down.</s>BURNS: I have been to Argentina, I think, seven times. The first time it took me over 17 months to go see my daughters.</s>CABRERA (voice-over): We first met Burns in the summer of 2013, frustrated with the long legal process, but hopeful that the finish line was near. But it would be another year and a half before Burns was told to travel to Buenos Aires in late March for an Argentine judge to sign the final return order.</s>ANA ALIANELLI, TOOK DAUGHTERS TO BUENOS AIRES IN 2010: (Speaking foreign language).</s>CABRERA (voice-over): Alianelli, who had denied previous requests to talk to CNN, was on Argentine TV constantly, as the deadline to hand over the girls loomed. Then, on April 13th, the order was issued. Burns picks up his daughters at the U.S. Embassy.</s>BURNS: Thanks, guys.</s>CABRERA (voice-over): It was agreed that in the best interest of the children, Alianelli would join Burns and the girls in their return to the United States.</s>BURNS: I want your hands, you guys. Give me your hands, guys.</s>CABRERA (voice-over): Finally after 4 1/2 years, it seemed the ordeal was over. Burns could bring home his girls. But at the airport, the family tension boiled over. A traumatizing scene for Victoria and Sophia. 14 hours later, we were prepared for their arrival in Aspen, Colorado, but only Alianelli got off the plane.</s>CABRERA (on camera): Miss Alianelli, I'm Ana Cabrera with CNN. May I speak with you?</s>ALIANELLI: This is the thing, the story is not only one side.</s>CABRERA: Will you talk to us to give you your side?</s>ALIANELLI: Not today, but the girls are missing right now.</s>CABRERA: The girls, we learned, stayed with Dennis in Texas, where they first landed back in the United States. Dennis says after they arrived, he needed medical treatment for his neck after that scuffle at the airport in Argentina.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Welcome home!</s>CABRERA (voice-over): Burns' dream of bringing his girls home finally realized, but the legal battle not over yet.</s>MATT PEARSON, DENNIS BURNS' ATTORNEY: There are original orders issued by this court here that would still be in place and enforceable but with what happened over in Argentina, I think we need to figure out how that all comes together.</s>CABRERA: The central focus now is figuring out how to move forward in the best interest of the children and a Colorado court is still deciding that. For now, at this point, the old court order from 2010, before the abduction, is being enforced so Dennis Burns remains the primary residential parent. Alianelli has twice daily phone calls and supervised visits. And Burns tells me they've been working with some therapists who were referred by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children who specialize in kidnappings reunification. So he says he and the girls are bonding, he believes his nightmare is over. But certainly, a new journey is just beginning. Chris.</s>CUOMO: Alright. We'll stay on it, Ana. Thank you very much for bringing us that. Coming up, the power of bare feet. What until you hear what the owners of these feet are doing for kids in need. It's "The Good Stuff."