-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com tonight 360 investigates the death of a young man in texas and doubts about the investigation. and a major scare and screw up in the skies. why pilots dropped this airliner on to a runway for a cessna. why did it happen at all? and an alleged scammer cashing in on the new town

school tragedy. we begin the investigation you will only see on this program that starts in rural texas with one family's serious questions surrounding a young man's disappearance back in november and the discovery three weeks later of his body. questions like how did searchers miss his body even though it was found up the road from where he vanished. and why authorities are sure he died from a self inflicted drug dose. and the autopsy shows that his throat was cut and ear was missing. why was he undressed when he was found. that is casting doubts on the official version. >> reporter: the sun was just going down when alfred wright pulled into this liquor store on a long, quiet stretch of route 87 in east texas not far from

the louisiana border. the 28-year-old was on the way to see a patient when his pickup truck broke down again. his wife lauren sent alfred's parents to get him. >> the last time i called him i heard heavy breathing. he was not responding to anything i was saying. >> reporter: his parents were 20 minutes away and lauren was frantic. >> at 5:57, trying to get to you. answer the phone, answer the phone, please answer. and at 6:16 i said please answer and that was after i had heard him in distress of some sort. >> reporter: when his parents go it to the store they saw alfred's truck, but not alfred. only the clerk behind the counter. >> i asked if she saw a clean cut young black guy in scrubs. she said yes, i saw him out on his cell phone by his truck.

and he put a cell phone in his sock and took off running like the truck was going to blow up. >> reporter: the clerk did not want to be interviewed but said he left of his own free will. >> did he have anything to be afraid of or any enemies? >> not that i know of. >> reporter: alfred wright grew up in jasper. his dad is a pastor and middle school gym teacher. his mom raised five children including the youngest, who tried out for "american idol." ♪ it's been a long time coming >> reporter: alfred always seemed happy. >> he was a man of great faith. >> change going to come. >> he loved his family. very ambitious, very driven. very hard work. his work ethic was phenomenal, fun loving. and brilliant.

>> reporter: so why would he run, especially alone in the texas woods when help was on the way? this part of sabine county is a town where james bird jr. was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death by three white men. people in this area, black and white say that racial tension is always just beneath the surface and things aren't always as they appear. which is why when alfred's watch and items of clothing turned up at a ranch, his family raced to find him. his wife found a piece of blue cloth, the same color of his scrubs. >> it was a perfectly rectangular piece of fabric hanging from the barbed wire fence as if it was cut

perfectly. >> did it look like it was put there or ripped off there? >> it didn't look like it had been ripped off. >> the sheriffs deputies searched the property. the family's lawyer says that dogs lost alfred's scent near a creek. >> if his body was there, it is unimaginable to me that dogs would not have found his body. >> reporter: the sheriff was on scene during the search. >> he showed me that this whole circular piece here had been searched. he also told me that numerous times that if he was in the area that he -- they would find them. >> reporter: the sheriff's daughter and alfred wright were friendly and knew each other. it came as a surprise to the wrights when after four days without warning the sheriff called off the search telling the family -- >> you son is a missing person,

my guys are tired. we have exhausted our funds. we're done. >> done with the search and with the investigation. the sheriff concluded there was no foul play, even taking it a step further. >> the sheriff said it was probably drug related and he was having a hallucination. does that sound like your husband? >> not at all. after they found the clothing and the watch and i.d. they told me there was no evidence of foul play. >> did you believe that? >> no, i don't. >> reporter: alfred wright was missing for 19 days. with many questions and few answers, thanksgiving week dozens of volunteers did a search in the cold and rain. >> everybody, everybody come to me come to me. and i knew the sound in his voice. that it was not good.

it was not good. i remember asking, is it a body? and someone said yes. >> reporter: in an area of the ranch supposedly already searched by deputies was the body of alfred wright found nearly three weeks after his truck broke down. >> when i first found him, i walked up on him. and i said his spirit came out to me and said i knew you would find me. his feet were back here. he was neatly laid. he was neatly laid. >> reporter: wearing only boxer shorts, shoes and a single sock with his cell phone tucked inside. it wasn't just the position but the condition of the body that also seemed strange. >> this is the first thing i noticed but how smooth his forearms and his back -- just

smooth. no scratches at all. >> reporter: but he was missing and ear, two front teeth and his throat appeared cut and the coroner's toxicology report described the body filled with drugs and ruled his death an overdose. the family had never seen alfred take drugs and don't believe the report. and they don't believe that drugs explain the condition of alfred's body. >> knowing that the watch is found here and clothes are found here and the body is found there, what does that lead you to think? >> it leads me to believe there is a crime scene somewhere and the timing is of the utmost important. every day that goes by, evidence is lost or destroyed. >> based on what you know, what do you think happened to alfred wright? >> i think he was murdered. i don't have a doubt. my question now, just like the family's is who did it?

amen. >> a short time ago i spoke to debra. you mentioned that drugs were in his system. what kind of drugs? >> the coroner found a combination of three different drugs, cocaine, meth and amphetamines and concluded that the death was accidental caused by a drug intoxication. >> in that coroner's report did it indicate how long the drugs were in his system? >> no, it did not. that is a question the family wants answered. they want to know whether they entered his system during his disappearance. that is a big part of the investigation. >> has the family done their own autopsy? >> the family hired an independent pathologist to look into this and he reached a different conclusion which found that the death was accidental.

their pathologist says that the dead was caused by severe trauma to the head and neck area including a cut or a gash across his neck, anderson. >> so, the gash across his neck, what did the first autopsy find about that that differed from the second autopsy? >> well the first autopsy made no mention of any sort of a slash or gash across his neck. but you look at the photos and it is very clear. there is a very straight line that has been cut. the lawyers looked at the picture and the pathologist looked at the picture. the official autopsy said whatever damage there was to the body was caused by animal activity. but we spoke to a couple of people who looked out here. they say if that body had been out in the woods for any length of time the buzzards and crows would have chewed it away to the bone and that is not the amount of decomposition or animal

activity ha was on the body. >> so what does the local law enforcement said about you know why they stopped the search and about these descrepancies? >> we spoke to the sheriff and you'll see that in our piece tomorrow. we spoke to the sheriff and he said he handed the investigation over to the texas rangers. he did but only a month after the body was found. he would not answer the questions as too why he called off the search and would not answer our questions as to why he thought there was no foul play involved in this. but the texas rangers have called in the fbi to assist. the texas rangers, they say that this death is questionable and are looking at the autopsy as simply one part of a much larger investigation. >> debra, we'll have more of that tomorrow night. thanks very much. we will is part two of the

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chances are you no longer expect anything when you fly, what does it say that a highly trained pilots managed to land

at the completely wrong airport with a short distance remaining between safely stopping and plunging off the cliff. tonight the crew and passengers are safe thankfully. the plane is in one piece. the pilots have been grounded and this afternoon with the investigation gearing up the plane was taking off. >> reporter: a new crew, but no passengers onboard. southwest 4013 is finally back on the right track. cleared for takeoff after being grounded for 24 hours at the wrong airport. sunday night, two veteran pilots were at the controls at the time of what some call a rookie mistake, with potentially catastrophic consequences. the plane with more than 100 passengers on board should have landed at branson airport in missouri. instead, it touched down at taney county airport about seven miles away. the 737 quickly runs out of

runway. the pilot jams the brakes and the plane stops just 300 feet from a steep embankment. >> we had a really rough landing. we were all moving pretty close to the seats as we were landing. >> and we braked for a sustained amount of time, and you could smell the burnt rubber of the tires. >> reporter: the runway at taney county airport, just over 3700 feet long, about half the length of the runway at branson. minutes after touchdown, a contrite pilot. >> rest assured that we're safe and sound here. thanks again for your patience and again, i apologize. >> the runways at the two airports are only a few miles apart, a difference gps technology would have picked up. mark wise, an experienced pilot, says the pilots cleared to land at branson must have assumed the first airport they saw was the right one. >> how does something like this happen? >> well, inattention. now, whether that was for distraction, fatigue, or what the underlying cause was, because, again, remember,

accidents and incidents don't generally happen from a single cause. so what caused these pilots to not pay attention during that final phase of flight? >> reporter: following the embarrassing foul-up, the airline is trying to make good with the passengers on board, offering refunds and travel credits. rene marsh, cnn, washington. >> that's incredible. only 300 feet from the end of that runway. that's not the only recent airport mix-up. just before thanksgiving, you may remember a mass of modified boeing 747 freighter missed a 12,000-foot runway at mcconnell air base in witchta, kansas, touching down instead at a small private airfield about ten miles away. again, the pilots were professionals and had every modern navigational tool at their disposal, but landed at the wrong airport. other crews have got the airport right but chose the wrong runway. some have landed on taxiways. the question is why. joining us, jim tillman. good to have you on the program. do you agree that this is just inattention? that that's how this happens?

>> well, i think that's the only thing that shows up so far, anderson. there's a lot we don't know about what happened. and i can only guess that what we are dealing with here is a situation where the pilots were just not part of the flight. they had focused some place else for some reason. they were distracted. or maybe they were just suffering from what i call a routine disease. that's one where you've done the same procedure a thousand times, so you stop thinking about every detail this one time, when you do it once again. then, again, who knows how they were dispatched. maybe the dispatcher put down the wrong information, being put to their instruments to tell them where they were. another issue -- >> sorry, go on. another issue? >> another issue is the charts that that are published for branson have two different airports on it. one of the charts says branson on the chart and it has the

right airport, the one -- where they should have landed. the other one still says branson. a different chart, for the small airport, and it reads the same way, except for the fact that the name of the airport, for the right one, is branson. the other one is another name altogether. so mistakes can be made. >> how dangerous -- i mean, the fact that this runway was so much shorter than the runway at the correct airport. i mean, what kind of a risk is there? they were 300 feet from the end of this thing. >> anderson, when i heard this story, i got goose bumps. i really have got to tell you, i feel like we dodged a big one here. 300 feet from absolute disaster is what we're talking about. that's far too close. whatever the purpose that was going down when this happened or the reason for it, it's got to be corrected. because we dodged a bullet here. >> would they have been able to pull the aircraft up, having realized that the runway was that short?

>> absolutely. that 737 is a very modern airplane, has lots of power. the second they realized this was the wrong airport, just push those throttles forward to the far wall and that thing would get out of there. they could have aborted that and gone on. some pilots don't like the idea of an abort, for whatever reason, because, i don't know, maybe they think it's embarrassing or this or that or expensive. i believe in the abort. i believe that if something's not right, let's get out of here, fly, and talk about it and get it straight. >> but can you -- once you've actually touched down and began to slow down the aircraft on the ground, can you then lift off again, or does the abort have to occur before you actually touch down? >> it's unlikely, on that runway, that you could really perform that. that runway was so short. it's incredible. let me tell you, anderson, you remember meg's field in chicago? >> mm-hmm. >> a tiny little airport. >> sure, yeah, yeah. >> downtown. the airport where they landed is 400 feet shorter than that. >> wow.

>> that gives you some idea about how short it is. that runway they landed on is considerably shorter than the runway at laguardia. laguardia is not a super big o'hare-type airport. we're talking about a very -- i call it a sidewalk. it's not really a place to land an airplane like that. >> that is scary. >> so, you know, we can give them credit for getting the thing stopped on the concrete. give them credit for that. >> as you said, a lot we don't know yet. >> oh, boy, indeed. >> jim, great to have you on. thank you very much. disaster averted for southwest. more trouble for the northeast governor, once thought a top contender of the white house. cnn's chris frates has learned that chris christie is now under federal investigation, specifically for using sandy relief money to pay for this ad campaign designed to bring back tourism to the storm-damaged jersey shore. now, his office says the ads were part of an action plan approved by the obama administration. this, of course, comes right in the middle of the george washington bridge scandal. the scandal where new e-mails came to light today. let's talk about it, raw politics, chief political

analyst, gloria borger joins us. let's start with this federal investigation. the timing, obviously, could hardly be worse for governor christie. >> yeah, could hardly be worse. and the real problem for chris christie with this story is that hurricane sandy was the prism through which most americans got their first real look at the new jersey governor on a national stage, and they loved him because he was a truth teller. he's somebody who took control of a terrible situation. and he was somebody who was protecting people. this is a bad story for him. the person who is talking about it now is clearly a political enemy of his and the governor's staff is saying, look, this is a routine investigation. and by the way, these ads were a part of getting the jersey shore recovered. but, in any case, it's not good for him. because you know what, he looks like just another politician in this particular story, using hurricane sandy for his own re-election, perhaps.

>> the flip side of that, perhaps, though, and we should point this out, and there is criticism, that the timing of this is related to the bridge controversy. someone trying to take advantage of it. >> sure. and even though congressman pallone, who is the one who asked for this investigation, asked for it last august because it sort of raised his eyebrows that christie was using himself in these political ads, right? and suddenly, in the middle of this controversy, suddenly, we discover that the inspector general has, indeed, authorized a report. so i think you'd have to say that the fact that we know about the inspector general report is suspect. you know, everything is politics. he is a political enemy of governor chris christie, and you know, i think there's a danger here, by the way, anderson, for the democrats, who are clearly enjoying the trouble that chris christie is in, of overplaying their hand, to a certain degree. and the pendulum could swing. >> and you've been digging into

another alleged incident involving christie's staff and another new jersey democrat. >> yeah, a democrat from jersey city. chris christie, here's the context. chris christie wanted to get the endorsements of as many democrats as he could, during his gubernatorial race, because it's a prelude to a presidential race. so they went around the state, asking for these endorsements. the mayor of jersey city, newly elected, decided not to endorse him. but, before he let the christie people know he had all these appointments with state commissioners set up, important people, that he needed to know, suddenly, like, exactly on the day or the day after that he said, sorry, i can't endorse, all of the appointments were canceled. it's not as if they even tried to hide it, anderson. they just said, all right, forget it. you're not endorsing us, you're not meeting with these people. so it's just kind of penny ante politics that on a national

level doesn't really look very good. >> gloria, appreciate that. as always, you can find more on this story at cnn.com. just ahead, drew griffin is on the trail of another suspected newtown charity scam. the guy behind this one is missing along with $73,000. also tonight, what a judge ruled today in the case of the cursing toddler, who was taken into protective custody after a video he was in went viral. new information on that. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have the flu, i took medicine but i still have symptoms. [ sneeze ] [ male announcer ] truth is not all flu products treat all your symptoms. what? [ male announcer ] nope, they don't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. [ dog whine ] but alka-seltzer plus severe cold and flu speeds relief to these eight symptoms. [ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] you're welcome. ready? go. get it! [ male announcer ] can't find theraflu, try alka-seltzer plus for fast liquid cold and flu relief.

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keeping 'em honest tonight, a possible new addition to our rogues gallery of charity scams. you know, we've been covering a lot about charity scams over the last year or so. this falls into a category that deserves its own hall of shame. scammers that try to profit off the pain of the newtown families. as we're finding out in the year since the massacre at sandy hook

elementary school, the family of the 20 kids and six educators killed are continually fighting against fraud committed in their loved ones names. now it's allegedly happened again, this time in nashville where what started out as a group trying to do good is now trying to learn where its founder an $73,000 in donations has gone. drew griffin is keeping them honest tonight and joins me from nashville. drew, what have you learned? >> reporter: anderson, after that massacre, so many people across the country wanted to do good, especially here in nashville. and a group formed the 26 four 24 foundation. they were marathoners. and within a week of the tragedy, held an impromptu marathon that raised $30,000. and that money did do good. they took that check, $30,000, to newtown and helped pay for some of a youth center that was built there. the problem is, 26 for 26 kept going, kept holding more events, kept raising more money for these newtown families and

victims. and it raised $73,000 more money, nobody knows where it is right now. the person who was in charge of the money, his name is robby bruce. we're going to show you a picture of him, has virtually disappeared. this guy was a personal trainer. he wanted to raise money for the victims, but now nobody can find him. he's the only person who controlled the money. one of his cofounders, a woman named ryan graney, finally blew the whistle when she figured out that personal items were being bought with some of this money, including a $1,200 paddleboard. she approached this fellow, bruce. he cut her off completely. for ryan, this is not only disgusting, she says, but personally embarrassing. >> i would say, personally, i'm sorry, for what happened. if i could have stopped it sooner, i would have. and i'm just terribly story for what happened. i took down all the websites,

when i kind of had an inkling of what was going on. i removed all of our websites, so there was no way for anybody to collect anymore money. >> this is so infuriating, drew. i want to put up some more pictures of this guy, just in case anybody has seen him. his name is robbie bruce. we have some of these pictures. people should -- if anybody has any information about him. so when you say he just vanished, what exactly does that mean? he left where he lived? >> well, we knocked on the door where he was last registered living, his apartment. we knocked on his girlfriend's apartment door today. we called all the phone numbers we could find, and there was no answer, anywhere. nobody's seen him for a while now. the attorney general's office, here in nashville, is also investigating, and also confirming to us that they can't find him. that may be about to change. the connecticut office of the fbi has been very aggressive in these newtown scams.

and though the detectives there could not actually confirm an investigation is going on, this is the statement that was sent to us from the connecticut fbi. they said, having the fbi investigate these types of frauds thoroughly and with a real sense of urgency, because we recognize that legitimate charitable organizations are harmed by fraud, and in the case of newtown victims, families are, in a sense, revictimized. and that is certainly true. >> well, again, we should keep these pictures up, because if he's a trainer, if he works out a lot, people maybe at gyms would recognize him. was this foundation ever really a foundation at all or was it just people asking for money and the public responded? >> reporter: yeah, no, it wasn't a charitable foundation in the true sense of the word. never filed any paperwork with the state. we can't find any kind of irs tax exempts. so it never was. but, you know, when you mention sandy hook, people just want to do something. so they just sent this group money, really, without checking it out. i want to talk about what the

fbi said about revictimizing families. there's one family in particular, the family of victoria soto. she was a schoolteacher at sandy hook. they have had a devil of a time with people trying to scam in this woman's name, this teacher's name. and what is so troubling here in this case is ryan graney actually volunteered to help the soto family scour the internet and tell them anytime anybody was using victoria's name to raise money, to scam money. and then she had to make that phone call to say, guess what, my charity may have actually scammed people too. this is what she told us about that. >> the hardest phone call i had to make was to donna soto and tell her what was happening. it's one of the most special relationships i have in my life and i had to call her and tell

her that a foundation that i helped was using vickie's name and it's just -- it's incredibly hard. >> that's what's so troubling about this. it's really not the dollar amount, because in the scheme of things, we're not talking a lot of money. >> no. >> but we're talking about money being raised in the name of a bunch of children who were slaughtered in that school. >> yeah, yeah. that's kind of what the -- what hurts most for me. is that i am really close to these people and they don't deserve this. and i wish i could have stopped it sooner. >> reporter: they don't deserve it, anderson. if robbie bruce is out there. give us a call. we would love to hear what the explanation is. so would the attorney general's office here in tennessee, and perhaps so would the fbi. >> and again, we're putting his picture on the screen.

drew, where should people contact them? obviously, they can tweet us, @andersoncooper, they can even use the #robbiebruce. is there a number or anything? >> reporter: i haven't really gotten to that, anderson. but if robbie wants to call me, he can go home and check the card stuck in his door. i'm sure it's easy to find the attorney general's office here in nashville, tennessee. >> we'll put that contact information up on our website, ac360.com. but it's really easy, you can go on twitter and just tweet me, @andersoncooper is my twitter handle. drew, appreciate the update. we'll continue to follow it and keep trying to find that guy. just ahead, will the toddler shown cursing in a viral video be allowed to stay with his teenaged mom? they were both taken into protective custody and the case is still sparking outrage. words tonight of a possible major break in the madeleine mccann case. hard to believe after all this time that she's been missing for more than six years, what may

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crime and punishment now. new development tonight in a story that sparked a lot of outrage. it began when a nebraska police union posted a video of a toddler and -- wearing and using racially offensive words while being coached by an adult off screen. say [ bleep ] my name three times [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> well, in the video, police union came under fire for even posting the video. the union stands by their decision, saying the video highlights, quote, a culture of violence and thuggery, and basically suggesting they were performing a public service.

not everyone sees it that way. meanwhile, child protective services got involved, removed the toddler and three other minors from that home, including the toddler's mom, who's now 17. today, there was a hearing in the case. cnn's george howell joins me with the latest. so what did the court recommend at this hearing, george? >> reporter: well, anderson, as you mentioned, both the toddler and the 17-year-old mother, both of them placed in the same foster care home. but we've learned there are restrictions. for instance, the mother will not be able to see her son without supervision. and anderson, we also know that neither of them will be returning to the home where they once lived. >> so, child protective services stepped in last week. but not, they say, specifically because of this video. have they been watching the house before? >> reporter: right. and that's something we learned in court today. in fact, cps, they've been looking at this family, tracking this family, concerned for several months. they were concerned about issues of gun violence, allegations of gang members going in and out of the house, and also, recently, we know that the toddler's

father was killed in a gang-related shooting, that according to police. so really this video helped to kind of push it over the edge. >> so what's next for the family? >> reporter: well, you know, the question that we've been trying to track down, when will the toddler -- when will his mother be placed into this foster care home? will it be tomorrow? will it be next week? right now, that's still unclear. but, again, the one thing we do know is that both of them will be in the same foster care home under supervision. >> george, appreciate it. a lot to talk about with our justice panel, sunny hostin and mark geragos. sunny, what do you make of this? is this the best thing for the mother and the child? >> i do. i think we need to remember that the mother is a child as well. she was only 17 years old. so to have them together and to not rip apart that part of the family i think is very important. in these kinds of cases, the issue is, what is in the best interests of the child. and you have two children here. so what is in the best interests of the mother and what is in the best interests of the 2-year-old. and i think this is probably the

right way to go. >> mark, do you agree with that? you and sunny often disagree on this one. do you agree? >> well, this case, we agree on one thing, is that the police -- the only person who committed a felony here was the police union for being felony stupid. this is nothing more than a racist, clueless union, posting this thing to kind of, you know, resonate with racist overtones. and that's the thing that i take away from this. in terms of the people -- >> well, mark, let me jump in on that, because i know sunny actually agrees with you on that. but just to play devil's advocate, the police union, we talked to them on friday, they say, you know, they were alerting people to this, not just kind of the big picture, but also to this family, that they forwarded the video to the responsible authorities and the suggestion is that would child protective services had acted so quickly, even though allegedly they were watching this family for months, had this video not been made public.

>> the only reason they went to child protective services, anderson, is because of the public outcry that they posted it online. they did not -- if they, in fact, had actually gone to child protective services and they had not done anything and then posted it, okay, i understand what you're doing. you're trying to use the media to force them to do something. that's not what happened. they were embarrassed after the fact, after they had posted this, and they had used the term "thug," which is like when people use "urban." we know what they're doing. there's code words and there are racist code words and they're trying to get people riled up and trying to rile up white people. that's, frankly, what's going on here. >> it's so interesting, anderson, that mark and i actually agree on this. we should save the tape, this is one of the few times that we agree. >> shocking. >> i do think that the officer that posted it was well-intentioned. because i looked at the website. taken you look at the website,

they really have been trying to combat the societal issues that they're seeing in nebraska, the crime issues that they're seeing in nebraska. but, in posting what was clearly child abuse, which was clearly, in my view, criminal, they did no help. they helped no one, right? all they did was sort of exploit this child. and i think sensitivity training, at the very least, needs to be conducted with this officer. >> well, you know, you've got -- there are criminal statutes that they could have prosecuted this guy under. i mean, clearly, you've got contributing to delinquency, child abuse, things of that nature. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> nobody bothered to do. if they were so concerned about this family, then go in and file an arrest based on applicable criminal charges. they didn't do that. this was, you know, this is where we'll disagree, sunny. i don't necessarily give the officer a pass on this. i think that there was more nefarious things going on here. i just think these were clueless people that don't understand what they were doing or how, you

know, it kind of -- generally racist they are. >> there goes mark. he always have to go over the line. i think law enforcement officers, mark, have a really difficult job on their hands. and yes, while insensitive and while, i think, exploitive of this child, i do think he was well intentioned. i do. especially if you look at the whole thing. >> i don't know how you get to well-intentioned. what is the purpose of posting this online for -- and then calling them thugs, if you really are concerned, then go make an arrest! why would you damage any chance of making an arrest and a conviction by posting it online first and asking questions later? >> just very briefly, sunny, what is next for this -- i mean, how long do they stay in foster care. how does that work? do we know? >> we don't know yet. what typically happens, you have a guardian ad litem, a lawyer assigned to each child, and we know that has taken place. what i believe will happen next is some kind of parenting plan. that's what needs to happen here. you need to support the mother, you need to make sure she finishes high school.

>> she was 16 when she had the child, she's now 17. >> exactly, and i identify with this very much, because my mother was a teenage mother who needed the support to get us where we ended up. i think that will be the next step. but they're in the right place, mark, because she does have this guardian ad litem. >> well, that's fine, but what about the ignorant guy who's over there saying this to the kid? you just let him go? if they want to do something, post his picture online and shame him. >> i think you're right about that, mark. >> and he's said to be the uncle, i believe. sunny, we've got to leave it here. mark geragos, thanks very much. up next, a possible break in the case of madeleine mccann, who was 3 years old when she vanished during a family vacation. could there actually be a real break in it? we'll have they ahead. also, did texting trigger a shooting inside a movie theater? details, next. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the little room over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins.

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welcome back. for the parents of a little girl who disappeared during a family vacation, it's been nearly a seven-year quest for justice for madeleine mccann. madeleine was 3 years old when she vanished from a portuguese resort. now there could be a break in the case. randi kaye joins me. she has the latest. what do we know? >> this could be significant. on friday, british authorities sent what is called an international letter of request to law enforcement officials in portugal. now scotland yard, as you know, anderson, launched its own investigation into what happened to madeleine once portuguese police failed to make an arrest. she had not been detained. a portuguese law enforcement official is confirming to cnn that british police want to interview three individuals who abc news reports were burglars. now, those individuals, the officials say, have not been detained. it's not clear, anderson, if the arrests are imminent, and they are not releasing the names of these individuals either. >> why do they think that these burglars are possibly connected? >> well, cnn has not confirmed why these specific three people

are coming under scrutiny right now, but abc news is reporting that police found scores of phone calls made between these three individuals, just after madeleine's disappearance. now, there was a lot of phone activity, apparently, in the hours after she disappeared. the investigation has, for some time, been focused on a rash of burglaries that occurred right in that neighborhood where madeleine and her family were vacationing. it happened a little more than two weeks before she disappeared. now, these men were, according to abc news, believed to have been involved in those burglaries. two specific break-ins happened in the very same apartment block where the mccanns were staying, so these guys were close by. and you may remember, in october, police launched a public appeal and released these sketches of a man that they say was in the area, but we don't know if he is among the three that british police want to talk to. >> it's been nearly seven years since she disappeared. you covered it when she first went missing. it's one of those stories that's every parent's nightmare. >> it certainly is. we remember her parents, kate and jerry, were even suspects for a time.

they were, though, eventually cleared. >> randi, i appreciate the update. obviously, we'll continue to follow up on that. a lot more happening. let's have the "360 bulletin" with susan hendricks. susan? >> anderson, thank you. we'll start here. according to the sheriff in pasco county, florida, a man was shot to death and his wife wounded after a fight over texting at a movie theater. the sheriff says the suspect is a retired tampa police officers. a 360 follow-up. water restrictions are easing in west virginia. today, at least 5,000 residents were allowed to use their water again. the first of some 300,000 who have been without tap water since a chemical spill last thursday. reuters is reporting that target and neiman marcus were not the only retailers hacked over the holiday shopping season. the news agency says at least three other u.s. retailers experienced smaller breaches, according to people familiar to the attacks. however, details have not been disclosed. and an illinois family is happy to be reunited with their stolen dog.

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time now for the ridiculist. and tonight, we have just another day at the lovely bainberry golfer's ward in tennessee caught on security camera in the pro shop. >> what is going on out there? [ crash ] >> hey, ron. >> hey, billy. >> that hurt. >> all right. don't move a muscle. >> i'm fine.

don't move. why is there a hole in the ceiling? >> don't move! he went too far. >> i said it before and i'll say it again. the staff members at the pro shop of tennessee golf resort are totally unflappable. it's a study in nonchalance, and the part of ryan, the gentleman who fell out of the ceiling, and billy, the general manager who reacted to one of his employees crashing to the floor with an exchange just a cool as a lake in the smokey mountains in springtime. >> hey, ryan. >> hey, billy. >> it happened about a week ago. ryan was up in the rafters to fix some wiring and billy was

trying to guide him by hitting the ceiling with a putter when he crashed through the fiberglass insulation. we called the shop today. i'm happy to report that ryan is completely okay. there's not even a scratch on him. he didn't get hurt at all. he is, indeed, very lucky, because when you fall into a golf shop like that, there's a pretty good chance that you'll land on some balls. i also love how at the end of the video, the general manager tells ryan not to move, and then gets out his phone, and you think he's going to call 911, but he just takes some pictures. when we spoke with someone at the shop today, he said ryan's a real bright kid and everyone's okay and we should maybe he should get employee of the month. if nothing else, he has proven he's the best golf course employee since the great carl spakler from "caddyshack". >> i want you to kill every golfer on the course. >> correct me if i'm wrong, if i kill all the golfers they'll lock me up and throw away the key.

>> the gophers! the little brown, fury rodents. >> we can do that. we don't even have to have a reason. >> i think we've all learned something tonight about staying calm, take things in stride, and realize that sometimes a bad day at work is just par for the course on the ridiculist. that does it for us. see you again one hour from now at 10:00 p.m. we've got a good group tonight. piers morgan live starts now. this is piers morgan live. welcome to our viewers around the state and around the world. you're looking live sat chris christie bridge over troubled waters and tonight those waters are getting even more troubled. bridgegate is a growing headache for the big man and the governor faces a new scandal tonight, allegations that he used snowstorm sandy relief money to produce tourism ads starring himself and his family. tonight i'll talk to the lawmakers leading the bridgegate allegation, and the woman who ran against christie and lost. and this is a blockbuster that roger ailes doesn't want you to leave. i've got a prime-time exclusive with the author, gabriel sherman, who says that fox news is a political machine that employs journalist. and the gift that keeps on giving, except people ar