that -- it sounds corny, but it means a lot to have even that fleeting connection with them -- with her. what a lovely woman. missed out. >> unfortunately, i never got the chance to meet her. but i've been a big fan for years. it's a real honor to be doing the play. it's a great time in new york city from the mid '80s to the late '90s when tabloid journalism was at its height. >> "julia and julia" with her love for writing and cooking and that goes all the way, i think in a lot of ways, a quintessential nora ephron film. this -- i think when we all read, you know, "lucky guy" for the first time, we all said well, i've never seen this before. this takes an insider.

and this takes an insider with a story telling jean that other people don't have. i think we're all part of something that is one-time only, a con influence of nora's talent and, without a doubt, the horrible time that went along with it. >> well, it's a stunning play. it's already taken a huge amount in the box office. it will live up to that. it's just got a magic to it which has got a lot to do with your mom. i think the writing is extraordinary. also, and i got this from this interview today, the great chemistry that you guys all have as a cast is very palpable and that comes through on the stage, as well. >> i think we're the '36 yankees. maybe not the '27 yankees but -- >> '55 yankees. >> well, unpredictably, works in the tabloid and is putting us right back on the map. >> yeah, right where it ended.

it's interesting, people. we accomplished with "lucky guy." >> gentlemen, thank you all very much, indeed. and best of luck. >> thank you. pleasure. >> great to come on and talk about you guys. >> good evening, everyone. breaking news of a top law enforcement official. the chief of prison in colorado after a high speed chase, police open fire. the question is, did they get the killer? also, tonight, this man went free today after 23 years in prison for a murder he almost truly did not commit. >> i'll ask what made him come forward, finally, what made him wait so long. is the $500 million question, who is behind the biggest art heist in history?

the list of potential suspects reads like a hollywood script. we will take a look at who may have done it ahead. >> that's how a gunman took the life of colorado's prison chief at his home, tuesday night. >> now, two states away, the story might be ending just as quickly and violent with a high speed chase and a shoot out. it might be that this is the get away car. >> investigators from colorado are in the process of flying down to texas tonight to start investigating the remnants of a high speed chase. it's ended with the driver of a four-door cadillac. that driver led them on a high speed chase. it all started around noon

eastern time when this car was pulled over by a sheriff's deputy in montague county, just on a rural stretch of remote texas high way. it ended with that cadillac getting into a crash with an 18 wheeler. despite the crash, the driver got out of the car and kept shooting at law enforcement. now, inves ga tors are trying to identify him. they say he did not have any identification on him. they took his fingerprints. right now, they're in the process of trying to do that. there appears to be very strong connections between the driver of that cadillac here in texas and the murder of the director of the prison system there in colorado. this was on sunday afternoon.

a pizza delivery driver was found murdered on the outskirts of denver. authorities tell us there are strong connections. so investigators from that case are coming down here to look at that case, as well. a lot of moving parts in this case as investigators from colorado come down here to texas. we're told here in wise county that there is evidence inside that car, that cadillac, that will be very useful and interesting for those investigators from colorado. we want to give you the latest update, as well, on the sheriff's deputy from montague county. he was the initial officer who approached that cadillac. he was shot twice in the chest. he was wearing a bullet proof vest. there was also another bullet that grazed his head, as well.

>> right now, authorities on their way to try to make as much as a connection between the case here in north texas involving in this high speed chase and that murder of tom clemens there in colorado. so, anderson, that's the latest in wise county in texas. >> anderson? >> appreciate the update on that. now, the remarkable story. a man named david ranta who went free this afternoon in new york after serving 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. convinced that even though several witnesses now say they lied and one who you will meet in a moment says he was actually coached in the lineup who to pick. first, mary snow on how david ranta got his freedom back. >> the defendant's motion to vacate the judgment of conviction is granted. >> reporter: this is 58-year-old david ranta today. >> thank you, your honor. >> reporter: this was david ranta in 1990, when he was

arrested for a murder he didn't commit, and sentenced to 37 and a half years behind bars. it all happened in front of this building in brooklyn, after a thief tried and failed to rob a diamond courier who sped away. the robber then turned his gun on a beloved rabbi who was shot through his car window and died four days later. the community was in anguish. and the nypd was under pressure. a massive effort followed to find the rabbi's killer. the investigation dragged on for six months. the lead detective at the time was louis scarcilla, a man known to use unorthodox tactics to get his man. then a major break in the case. a key witness came forward, a 13-year-old neighbor of the

rabbi, on his way to school that morning, a teen named menachem lieberman saw a suspicious looking man in a car around the time of the shooting. eventually, police honed in on david ranta and he was brought in for a lineup. the 13-year-old lieberman identified ranta as the man in the car. at trial, alleged accomplices of ranta's testified that he had killed the rabbi. he was found guilty of second degree murder and has been in prison ever since with all hopes of appeal failed. that is until two years ago, when lieberman revealed a secret, something that only he knew and that had been weighing on him for over 20 years. he admitted in an affidavit that he was coached, told by an nypd detective to pick the guy with the big nose. more troubling allegations emerged. michael baum was david ranta's original lawyer. you believe he was framed? >> without a doubt. without a doubt.

i believed he was framed then. my concerns about that have never wavered. yes, he was framed. >> reporter: there has always been the question of ranta's supposed confession after the crime. when he was arrested, detectives said he admitted to being at the scene of the crime, but not the shooter, only that wasn't recorded. but written down on paper by detective louis scarcilla, ranta says that's wrong that he didn't admit to anything. he said he never confessed. >> ma'am, all i have to say is i stand by my confession, the confession that i took. >> reporter: there are investigators who are saying rules were broken. >> yep. ma'am, i didn't do anything wrong. i stand by my investigation. >> reporter: the brooklyn district attorney did not stand by the investigation and today, a judge agreed. >> sir, you are free to go. >> reporter: in an interview ranta gave the "new york times" this week as his release was pending, he said quote, i've lived for years in a cage, stripped down, humiliated.

i'll be able to touch people again, to make decisions. to be honest, what's ahead scares me. >> hard to imagine being in prison for 23 years for a crime you didn't commit. mary snow joins me now. you were in the courtroom. what was the emotion like there? i can only imagine. >> reporter: yeah, anderson, you know, it was so emotional that the judge started crying at one point, as soon as david ranta walked into that courtroom, his family members were just overcome with emotion. in particular, his daughter, priscilla, was 2 years old when her father was arrested. these family members have had their hopes dashed before so they were very nervous going into this hearing. >> if david ranta didn't kill the rabbi, who did? >> reporter: well, a woman had come forward in the 1990s to say that her husband had admitted to killing the rabbi, but her husband had been killed in a car

accident not long after the murder. now, ranta's initial attorney said that he used that information to try and get the conviction overturned in the mid '90s and that didn't work. he said that there were questions about credibility that were raised, and now those claims had been examined once again. investigators now saying that the woman's claim there was not enough evidence to either back them up or discredit them so the bottom line is, we may never know who killed the rabbi. >> mary snow, appreciate it. david ranta's road to prison started with that 13-year-old boy, menachem lieberman who said he was coached in a lineup to i.d. david ranta. ranta's road to freedom also began with that same young man, mr. lieberman, his word, only this time freely given and truthfully spoken. 23 years without freedom for one man. for the other, 23 years carrying a very heavy weight on his conscience.

joining me tonight in a "360" exclusive, menachem lieberman. what happened during the lineup? what did the detective say to you? >> as i was walking in the room to the lineup, he told me that i should pick out the guy with the biggest nose. >> when he said that to you, what did you think? >> i was too young back then to realize that this was a setup. i mean, to me this was basically -- it was just part of the process. >> when did you realize that david ranta probably wasn't guilty and the investigation, particularly your picking him out of the lineup, was mishandled? >> i think as the years went by, i remembered what happened, that somebody told me, but as more and more i found the news of innocent people getting let free in various ways, i started to

think back to the trial i was involved and remembered where i was told who to pick out of the lineup. >> at the time, did you tell anybody else about what had happened? >> no. this is something i carried with me. i mean, i didn't have anybody in the world. as i grew older and saw more and more of this wrongful conviction, it really bothered me. i mean, it's something that bothered me very much, until two years ago i decided i have to get it off my chest. i have to tell the authorities what happened. >> what did it feel like to live with this secret all these years? as you started to think about it, how did that feel? >> when i was younger, i didn't even think that he's not guilty. i read a couple of articles. i never knew the part where he always categorically denied it, i mean, as i got older, i read a few times there was a local

jewish magazine that had the story, ran the story, and that's when i saw and it's got to be three years ago in florida, and i happened to meet wineburger on one occasion and he found out i was one of the witnesses and i didn't want to admit to him what happened but that's kind of reminded me that this can't go on forever. somebody has to know what happened. >> how do you feel now that you have spoken up and that justice has been done? >> i mean, i was very happy when i was able to -- basically the main point was for me to get it off my chest. i wasn't sure at that point. i felt that he might not be guilty but as the first deputy who worked on this case told me, i mean, as he started to investigate it, the whole case fell apart. i guess an innocent man was in jail and is now free. the sad part is that the killer never met up. >> have you spoken to david ranta at all during this process

or is there anything you would want to tell him now that he's released? >> i just feel that i was set up as a kid and i just wanted to do my part, what needs to be justice, i give it over to the d.a.'s office and i guess at the end of the day, the whole case fell apart. >> i appreciate you taking the time to talk with us. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> one final note on the lead detective in the case. you already heard detective scarcilla say he stands by his investigation. earlier tonight i asked david ranta's attorney for his reaction. >> they had everything to do with how this case progressed. the real killer in this case, the one responsible for the rabbi's murder, died within a year after the crime.

the detectives knew that, but it wasn't leading to the kind of result that they wanted, which was a live person to pin the case on and you know, mr. ranta was the kind of vulnerable person that they were able to bring in and frame. >> wow. amazing. 23 years in prison. follow me on twitter, let me know what you think about the case,@andersoncooper. a call for congress to do the right thing, pass meaningful gun control legislation. that call came from the mother of a child killed in the connecticut school massacre. >> i believe this with all my heart, if any of the senators and congressmen and women were in our shoes for one day, one hour, and felt the pain that we have without our daughter, maybe they would find their own moral compass and take action over inaction. >> the conversation with the

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amendment to the bill. today, vice president joe biden, the administration's point man on getting congress to act, met in new york city with mayor michael bloomberg, himself an outspoken proponent of stricter gun control laws. they were joined by families of the victims of the school massacre in newtown, connecticut. biden pushed against the national rifle association, others who are trying so far successfully to block new laws, including a ban on assault weapons. >> three months ago, a deranged man walked into sandy hook elementary school with a weapon of war. that's what he walked in with, with a weapon of war. and that weapon of war has no place on american streets and taking it off america's streets has no impact on one's constitutional right to own a weapon. >> the parents of grace mcdonnell, one of the newtown children killed, they were there today. grace's mom said they have a responsibility to their daughter to fight for change. >> this isn't about completely eliminating the possibility of

another newtown. unfortunately, very little in life is certain. however, if together we can make real progress and bring about meaningful change so that it is far less likely that others will have to die so young, so senselessly, then shouldn't we be doing everything we can to bring about that change? >> chris and lynn mcdonnell have been on this program before, sharing with us their enormous grief over the loss of their beloved grace. i talked to them again today. i think so many people who saw the interview that you did in those terrible days immediately afterward were just stunned by your strength and your ability to even speak.

how do you move forward every day? >> thank you. i think we move forward for grace and we move forward for our son. you know, every day we look at him and we know that we have to do this for him, and we have to do it to honor grace. if we didn't try to live like we lived when she was with us, i feel like we wouldn't be honoring her, and that's how we celebrate her life. ing so every day, we talk about her at dinner and we have the same conversations and do the same things we would do as a family as if she was with us. >> after my brother passed away, i found it and still find it hard to talk about him. i'm amazed that you're able to talk about grace every day, to jack. >> well, for us, we love to celebrate her. she was just so beautiful and had so much light around her and gave us so much that for us, talking about her is healing, and laughing. we laugh more than we cry. we remember -- we have beautiful seven years and if someone had told me seven years ago this would happen, we wouldn't change

one day that we spent as a family, or one thing we ever said. >> how's jack doing? >> he's, as any young adolescent, he has his own challenges, and he's with our guidance helping him to take a step forward each day. >> yeah. it's a long road for all of us. you know, i don't know if you ever get to the end of the road. i think from what i've heard, it gets less bumpy. but i think for us, we have to live in the moment and live in the day, and just get through that. >> you were at an event today that the vice president was at, mayor bloomberg was at. what is your message? what do you want people to understand? >> we want people to make a personal connection with this issue of gun violence, and to begin to look at things from a different perspective.

we feel that if you can make a personal connection, find a new perspective, you're able to make change. you're able to move the dialogue forward. >> i know it was interesting to me, you mentioned senator rob portman, who because his son told him that he was gay, he changed his position on same sex marriage. that's a signal to you. >> i mean, i respect him so much for, you know, respecting his son and his choices, but i think because that he felt that so personally, he was able to make that change. i wonder, i believe this with all my heart, that if any of the senators and congressmen and women were in our shoes for one day, one hour, and felt the pain that we have without our daughter, you know, maybe they would find their own moral compass and take action over inaction. >> you're thinking if they experienced what you have been through, they would know, understand a little bit more what it's like and actually work more towards some sort of legislation?

>> i think if anybody could feel this pain, to move yourself forward or to help try, we owe it to our daughter grace. i feel we owe it to our country, to our children, but we wouldn't want to see anybody have to go through this again. >> the president has said, vice president biden has said they are still hoping for an assault weapons ban or some sort of control on assault weapons. is that, for you, is that a vital piece of legislation? >> any type of violence isn't a result of one underlying factor. sandy hook massacre is a great example of that. i feel that if an assault ban was in force at that time, the

outcome would have been completely different. so it's a component of a broader set of more comprehensive solutions. >> you also said today that this wouldn't necessarily prevent, you know, a massacre from ever happening again. >> well, life is so uncertain. we can't predict anything. look, we would have never thought we would be in the situation we are. life is so fragile. >> is there anything else you want people to know? >> i would just like to thank everybody for the letters and the thoughts and the prayers and all the support we received has been overwhelming and has really touched our hearts. >> compassion of the broader community has been tremendous. >> amazing. and has really helped to give us peace and strength, and i know we'll continue to carry us through the next coming days, weeks and months. >> thank you very much for talking. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> the parents of 7-year-old grace mcdonnell. as always, find more on this story at cnn.com. up next, michele bachmann says obama care could literally kill you if you're a woman or a child or a senior. it's a strong statement. the question is can she back it up with actual evidence? decide for yourself. we're keeping them honest. later, the mystery of the

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point out that we're not partisan on this. when democratic congressman allen grayson said the gop's health care plan was for people to die quickly, we called him out on it. we're not trying to pick parties or choose sides. we're interested in facts and politicians who play fast and loose with the facts which of course brings us back to michele bachmann. i say again because you may remember that when last we caught up with the minnesota congresswoman just two days ago, we were literally trying to catch up with her as she raced away from our dana bash. we sent dana to talk with her because the congresswoman was giving a speech on the benghazi killings, she veered into claims, false ones, that the obama white house budget was loaded with lavish perks, including a staff just to walk the first dog. here's dana's exchange with ms. bachmann. >> what i want to ask you about is the fact you said he had -- you talked about the excesses that he's engaged in, the fact that he has a dog walker, which is not true. >> the big point of my speech was about benghazi. this was an absolute disaster. >> you also made specific accusations about the president spending money that other

presidents also made. >> the real issue is there are four americans that are dead. the secretary of state was not in conversation with the secretary of defense or with the chair of the joint chiefs of staff. >> i think that's an important point. i think that's an important point but this is another -- >> -- the president of the united states didn't care about those four americans and they were killed. that's the point. >> but if you want to focus on that -- >> that's it, dana. that's what's important. >> -- then why bring up the other things? >> you want to talk about dog handlers and there's four americans killed? >> congresswoman, you're the one who brought it up. >> she tried to twist it, making it look like dana was the one bringing up dog walkers in the wake of four americans. it should be pointed out again, michele bachmann is the one who made that connection. we're simply asking her about public statements she made and apparently she has no facts to back them up. today, she took to the house floor and said this about the affordable care act, obama care. >> the american people, especially vulnerable women,

vulnerable children, vulnerable senior citizens, now get to pay more and they get less. that's why we're here. because we're saying let's repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. let's not do that. let's love people. let's care about people. let's repeal it now while we can. >> literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. her words. keeping them honest, there may be plenty good or bad about obama care but literally killing people, sort of a new one. does she have any evidence to back up such an explosive and by the sound of it unequivocal claim? we asked ms. bachmann to come on the program. like tuesday, she declined. once again, we ask dana bash to try to get some answers. she joins us now.

you have just gotten a statement from the congresswoman's spokesman. how does she back up her claims? >> reporter: that's right. let me just answer that by reading you the statement and the statement is from her spokesman. he says obama care is forcing doctors into the employ of cost-cutting hospitals, gives government the authority to determine services that will and will not be covered, has a board independent of congress that can cut payments for care and allows the secretary of health and human services to force all health plans to eliminate any doctor that doesn't practice medicine the government's way. the history of government-run health care systems around the world is a history of denial, delay and sadly, even death. anderson, i notice that she responded not long after the democratic campaign committee which is in charge of getting rid of republicans, of defeating them in elections, put out a press release blasting her, saying she would rather be in washington as a right wing celebrity than solving problems back in minnesota for minnesota's middle class. remember, she got a scare back in november. her election, her congressional election was closer than she expected and democrats are hoping to beat her this time.

>> we certainly appreciate the response. it doesn't seem to back up the claim, though, that this health care will literally kill women, children and senior citizens. a lot of the things she's claiming right now about the government will be able to select who gets care or not, you could say about insurance companies right now, choosing who gets coverage or not. >> that's a great point. it doesn't back that up. she and other republicans, you know, have argued for years they believe obama care will ultimately mean people will lose their insurance and their health will be in danger. of course, she took that to a whole other level by saying that they would literally be killed, which you're right, she doesn't address in the statement. >> appreciate it. isha is here with the "360" bulletin. u.s. intelligence officials now believe the assad regime in syria did not use chemical weapons on its own people. despite claims by rebel forces that those weapons were used, officials tell cnn there are multiple indicators that they were not deployed. president obama is on an out of state dinner in israel marking the close ties between the u.s. and israel.

he was awarded the presidential medal of distinction, israel's highest civilian honor. major change coming to chicago. 53 underutilized public schools will be closed. officials say the money saved will be used to install air conditioning in other school facilities, invested in libraries and used to buy ipads for students in grades 3 through 8. a man in australia himself a new father says instinct kicked in when a mom in a supermarket screamed her baby wasn't breathing. although not trained in cpr, he came to the child's aid to clear her airway, listened to instructions from paramedics over the phone and saved the child's life. >> incredible. fast thinking there. thanks. is the $500 million question, who is behind the biggest art heist in history? the list of potential suspects reads like a hollywood script. we will take a look at who may have done it ahead. also ahead tonight, a mystery at sea. dozens of sick sea lions washing up on california beaches.

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welcome back. in crime and punishment, 23 years ago this week, the biggest art heist in history went down

in boston's isabella stuart gardner museum. thieves dressed as police officers made off with 13 pieces of art worth an estimated half billion dollars. it's an absolutely fascinating story filled with mystery and intrigue and it's the subject of a special report we're going to be airing tomorrow night. last night we took you inside the heist with an exclusive interview with a night watchman who actually let the thieves into the museum. tonight we're digging deeper into the whodunit aspect. over the years everyone from museum employees to notorious gangsters have been considered suspects. randi kaye picks up the investigation. >> i'd like to say it is boston's last best secret. >> reporter: boston's last best secret. who stole the 13 works of art from the isabela stuart gardner museum and where are they now? it is a question that continues to puzzle museum security director, anthony amore. what is it about this case that

keeps you up at night that just doesn't sit right with you? >> there were lots of quirky things about it. every time you turned around there was a different interesting fact that you find. >> reporter: one of the biggest questions for amore, why did the thieves steal what they did. remember the path of the thieves on the second floor, when they went from the dutch room to the short gallery, they bypassed valuable works of art that were small and portable, and worth a lot more than some of the other art they stole. >> the two big rembrandts and the vemeer, those three pieces account for 90% of what's called $500 million, $400 million, $500 million of the value. >> reporter: another big question, why did the thieves bother taking the golden finial that say atop a napoleonic flag? at first it seems they attempted to steal the flag itself, but it proved to be too difficult to take down. >> they wanted very badly to get that flag, and that always seemed to me to the clue that is the most interesting.

i know the fbi has spent a lot of time trying to figure that out, visiting, talking to associations who are involved with napoleonic memoribilia, to see was there a bounty for one of these? >> reporter: why did the thieves want that flag so badly? is it possible they were given a specific list of artwork to steal by a collector who especially loved those 13 works of art? that brings us to another theory, one that has been made popular by hollywood. >> $1 million, mr. bond. >> reporter: do you think it's possible they're in some private gallery owned by some eccentric billionaire somewhere like the dr. no type character? >> no. the whole idea that a collector's holding on to stolen magnificent works of art all came from that movie "dr. no." it was a 007 movie, james bond movie from 1962 where james bond is going through dr. no's lair and he sees a paint hanging on the wall.

the painting had been stolen the year before. that actually did happen. in 20 years the fbi and five years since then doing these investigations, i have never run into a collector who had million dollar paintings who were stolen. >> reporter: anthony amore doesn't buy the dr. no theory, either. >> my gut instinct is that it's not far. typically when art is stolen it doesn't get moved very far. if i had to guess, i would think it's still in new england. >> reporter: since 2003, the u.s. attorney's office has offered complete immunity to anyone who came forward with information on the paintings. and the museum is offering a $5 million reward. that's a lot of money on the table, so why hasn't anyone come forward? >> randi joins me now live. just this week the fbi announced

it actually knows who the thieves are. what more do we know about it? >> the fbi's priority has always been to get the art back and return it to the walls of the museum. more so even than nabbing the thieves. but apparently, they have finally figured out who did this, who is behind it. the fbi believes the thieves belong to a criminal organization they say is based in new england and the midatlantic states. they aren't naming the thieves because they say this is an ongoing investigation, but here's the thing, anderson. the thieves can't be charged anyway because the statute of limitations has expired. now, in terms of the artwork itself, investigators don't believe the thieves actually still have the artwork, so they're offering this possible immunity to anyone who comes forward with information about it. the fbi thinks the thieves actually tried to sell the art about ten years or so ago in philadelphia. that would have been more than a decade after the heist itself. that deal never happened and unfortunately, the investigators lost track of all the art after that. >> fascinating stuff. randi, thanks. it is an amazing story.

we'll have more of it. don't miss "81 minutes inside the greatest art heist in history" tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. eastern. a special right here on cnn. up next, why are baby sea lions beaching themselves in southern california and why does it appear they're starving? we will see if scientists have answers to the crisis. it's sad but true. nancy grace's handcuff necklace is missing, vanished. we will talk to her ahead in the "ridiculist." lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster entrees, like lobster lover's dream or new grilled lobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon on two lobsterfest entrees.

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you can see his pelvis. he just turned, you can see his backbone, the bumps of his vertebra. you can see his ribs. >> reporter: this what is they should look like. >> these animals are almost ready to go back to the ocean. this is what we should be seeing out in the ocean. not what's going into the center. >> reporter: what's coming in, all starving, all about six to eight months old. this is an unprecedented crisis for the species. you have 113 in house right now. how many do you normally have? >> this time last year we had ten. >> reporter: ten? >> ten. so we are seeing exponentially higher numbers. we're 10 or 11 times higher than last year. >> reporter: it's just a heartbreaking sight seeing so many of these baby sea lions stranding themselves on these populated beaches in southern california. scientists now are trying to figure out why. so when you say off the charts, this is what you're talking about. >> that's what i'm talking about, the fact that these rates

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> time for the "ridiculist." tonight it is a full-on "ridiculist" mystery. a cold case that is near and dear to nancy grace's heart, literally as in her necklace is missing. we'll hear from nancy in just a moment if she's not too emotional. first, a little background. nancy's necklace first caught my eye, oh, it was a few weeks ago when we had her on the program to talk about the jodi arias trial. take a look. hey, nancy, are you wearing handcuffs as a necklace? >> yes, i am. would you like a pair? i did it for you, anderson. >> i saw something shiny and the more i looked, i was thinking are those handcuffs? they really are? >> yes, they are. and they work. in case you need to arrest somebody. >> now it seems that nancy will have to use her bare hands if she has to arrest somebody, because ladies and gentlemen, the handcuff necklace is missing. i repeat, the necklace is m.i.a. sometime yesterday nancy lost the necklace. i spoke to her just a short time ago about this trying time in

her life. nancy grace, first of all, i want to express my condolences. what happened to your necklace? >> well, anderson, the last time my handcuff necklace was admired on the air, i'd like to point out that you were present. >> i was transfixed by it. >> you and mark geragos. you were the last ones to admire it on air. you clearly wanted the necklace. you asked about the necklace. you showed a very unusual interest in my handcuff necklace. or, anderson, was it just these? it doesn't work, anderson. so ask your little friend geragos what he did with my necklace. >> now, nancy, first of all, i like that you pulled a larger set of handcuffs from the twins,