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for one child and another and why did it take not one but two dead children for the law to get serious? we're keeping them hon necessary tonight. we begin dw breaking news. a big development in the search first state-wide and now nationwide for james dimaggio. that's him on the screen. a young woman's life could be at stake. her mother is dead and we're learning her brother, might be as well. his car may have been spotted. dimaggio is believed to be driving a blue four-door nissan versa is wanted in the murder of christina anderson. her body was found outside her home. authorities suspect he has her daughter with him, 16-year-old hanna and possibly 8-year-old eat earn. however this afternoon law enforcement says other charred remains at the house are consistent with those of a young boy. dimaggio was a friend of the family. last night at a vigil hanna and ethan's dad made an emotional
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plea. >> that was a friend of ours for a long time. he's taken everything. hanna will come back, and ethan and tina, i love you both. we all love you. and i know everybody is here for support of all three of them and i want to thank you-all. god bless. >> as you might imagine this story is unfolding fast. paul joins us from sandy ye die with the latest. the spotting of the vehicle, what do we know? >> reporter: first, they believe the car was spotted near the extreme northeast corner of the state of california and was vehicle was going for ing northd a second reported siting in lake
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view, oregon. an amber alert is issued in the state of oregon for the vehicle they have been searching for for the past three days, anderson. >> do we know exactly what time the vehicle was spotted? >> yes, we do. we understand in lake view, oregon, it was at 2:00 this afternoon and previous to that was the spotting in california with the direction of the vehicle being north mound. that would be consistent with the direction you would travel to get into oregon and possibly it could have gone towards nevada at that point, as well. >> i want to keep the pictures on the screen as much as possible, just in case anybody out there has seen either of these kids or the man believed to be holding at least one of them right now. paul, are authorities concerned he may be trying to leave the country? >> reporter: well they are very concerned about him on many levels. number one, they say he is dangerous. they found weapons at his house. they will not confirm he's armed right now but he's a fugitive
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who has been a wall now for three days and back in his past, he has a misdemeanor conviction for fleeing a police officer, that's back in texas in 1995. so yes, they are extremely worried about him. right now he would be considered a flight risk, even if he were arrested so therefore when they issued a warrant today for his arrest for the murder of the mother, they made sure attached to that would be a 1 million dollar bond should he be taken into custody. they levelled one charge at him, the homicide but likely to follow, a second homicide charge, possibly kidnapping charges and arson charge and a cruelty to animals charge because anderson, also burned in the fire was a dog. so a whole host of charges against this man who they consider to be very dangerous. >> as i said, the remains found in the house were consistent or other remains were consistent with those of an 8-year-old child. do we know much about the relationship between this man and the family? i mean, i understand he was kind
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of life-long friends of -- or at least acquaintances of the family? >> no, it is friends, around soren. very strong relationship, possibly even best friends. they say that mr. dimaggio and the father brent anderson for 20 years. he knew the children since their births and the relationship was so close they called him uncle. so an extremely close relationship. what is being alleged here now is absolutely the ultimate betrarl, anderson. >> a vehicle has been spotted and an amber alert issued. let's dig deeper to what might motivate somebody and separate the predator from his or her intended pray. we're joined by mary ellen and mark. this story is obviously
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horrific. when you saw hanna's dad deliver the message, urging her to make a run for it if she got the chance. what went through your mind? it's an important message that he try to get to her and to the man believed to be holding her. >> sure, i think he did a tremendous job. first, he appealed directly to the kidnapping for her cause and then he gave her an action plan, and i think that it's very important that people and she listen to this because she doesn't have to just wait around to be rescued. what she has to do is find ways to keep herself alive until that moment comes when she can ex kate herself from the situation. that could take days, as it took my friend missy sanchez or years like the women in cleveland. she has to find a way to stay alive and affect her escape when she has an opportunity. >> mary ellen, what does your gut tell you about this case, this suspect?
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from your experience, what causes someone to do something like this? >> there is a couple things here. looking at the case based on the available information. the crime scene behavior appears to be impulsive and high-risk and that would suggest to me something occurred very recently in terms that probably had something to do with hanna, and it may have made him feel like he wasn't going to see her again or that relationship was going to be cutoff and he saw the mother as the person that came between him and hanna but the behavior on top of that is behavior that again, doesn't indicate long-term planning. it really was a disorganized crime scene. so now he's commented murder, arson, kidnapping, and now he's on -- he's probably the most wanted fugitive in the u.s. today. so his thinking is going to go downhill. it's going to debilitate because
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he is now having to come to grips with what he's done, so his paranoia is increasing and now he's realizing that there really is no turning back. so the message, really, if i were working on this case, look, jim, what happend is horrible but you have control of this situation because you can -- you can make a big difference in what happens to hanna and we know you care about her in your own way. you can control what happens to her by releasing her. >> you have no doubt he's following this via the media? >> i really do think he is. it may not be via television, unless he has access to television but that's his only means to monitor the investigation. i believe strongly he is monitoring any source of news that he can. >> and so the message to him, which you're trying to get out is what is done is done but he
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has control in terms of what happens to hanna and he can start to make it right. >> he can start to make it right. it has snowballed and we may even be able to persuade him and i hope if he's listening we can that it did get out of control and we get that. right now there is one person and one person only who can start to bring it back under control, and that is you, jim. and by doing so, you need to pull off to a restaurant, let hanna go, pull off to the side of the road, let hanna go but you do have control over how this thing ends up. >> mark, you would certainly second that. the best scenario for him is to let this young girl go? >> well, there is no escape, around soren. if he's in that vehicle and in fact, headed north on highway 5, which is what this sounds like, he's not going to be able to get away with anything. absolutely, let this young girl go. let the police find you or turn yourself in and do exact lip as
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mary ellen said make it right. >> you talked about the crime scene and somebody burning down the house. that seems to be an indication of kind of no way out not going back. >> it does. there is multiple reasons we see that and another reason and maybe one of the primary reasons here could be to destroy evidence and by delaying identification of the victim's bodies, he felt to that would give him time and distance. the problem with that thinking, though, is that when you start a fire, there are large flames, the fire department is going to respond more quickly than if you just quietly and secretly got away. but he chose not to do that. so again, that would suggest to me based on that and other things that his thinking was much more impulsive and reckless and that kind of thinking is going to only deter rate.
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>> the lead on that vehicle did not pan out. that was the first lead they had. mary ellen, you made an important point earlier and i want to go in more depth on it. in stocking cases we focus on the person doing the stocking and their victim, the person that they are focused on, but there is often danger for a third party for not necessarily the intended victim but somebody who is perceived as being in the way. >> there is. and that's often overlooked as a dynamic. if the stocker believes that enter immediate yardry person, the person in the middle is going to come between him and the object of his affections, no matter how worth they are that person in the middle could be in danger. >> we've seen the death of this young girl's mother.
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again -- >> we have. >> i don't want to speculate. we don't know what the situation is that led to all of this or why he is taken this young girl, allegedly, there is still a lot more left to know. mark, when you see a case like this, what is the message that, you know, parents out there, that everybody should just take away from this? >> well, that this is not about strangers. i mean, so many times in my career as a child advocate i run into these cases where the evil uncle billy or the evil uncle jim lurking in the background is the one in fact that goes after the child and creates all of the chaos and may ham and often times the murder. we shouldn't talk to kids about strangers but about making correct decisions and if something feels bad, they need to put distance between themselves and whatever that is and go and tell a trusted adult what is going on so they can intervene and try to make things
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right. >> mark, appreciate you being on and mary ellen otool as well. we began with breaking news a vehicle was spotted and amber alert issued. the vehicle believed to match the description of the suspect. paul talking to the sheriff saying that lead has not panned out. that's a set back for this case but authorities are very much wanting the public's help appealing to anybody out there that seen mr. dimaggio or hanna to call 911. that's the suspect jim dimaggio right there believed to be -- to have with him this girl, hanna, and possibly a young boy, 8-year-old, her brother, but again, remains were also found in the house earlier and dna is being tested on that, on those remains. let us know what you think, follow me on twitter
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jim dimaggio. a car was spotted that might be the suspect and moments later the report was dialled back. paul is monitoring developments and joins us now. paul, authorities saying that vehicle is not the suspect's vehicle, correct? >> reporter: yeah, they have dialled back, as you said. think said this lead, frankly did not pan out and hedge saying possibly a sighting in northern california and oregon but again, saying right now anderson, that that lead did not pan out. as you can imagine everyone here on pins and needles. there is a sense of urgency. this is a desperate church and they do believe jim dimaggio is very dangerous. >> i talked to the office that is spear heading the investigation. sheriff, what's the latest?
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do you know where james da mimao is right now? >> no. and we appreciate your efforts in getting the word out. we need all the eyes and ears to get this story out to get her home. >> he might be in texas and there was a report in canada, but right now in information pointing to that, correct? >> no, we have no real good leads that take them any particular place. we're trying to get the help from anybody anywhere that might see this car or any individuals involved. >> i know the remains that were found in the house were consistent with those of an 8-year-old. have the results of the dna testing come back? >> no, no, we expect those to cam back ho-- come back hopeful the next day or two. they are a small child.
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he hope ethan is there with hanna and will be returned but we don't know at this time. >> do you know anything about james dimaggi o's connection to the family? >> we talked to brett anderson, the father of the girl and ex-husband of christina and this is a life-long friend of theirs. they know him very well. if you saw brett's appeal last night he said jim, you've taken away so much already. just please, bring my daughter back to me. so that's -- that's our plea, also. let's not make this any worse than it already is and we're asking everybody out there to keep their eyes open and maybe bring this little girl back to her father. >> i mean, i read that a family friend said that dimaggio had feelings or crush on the 16-year-old daughter, hanna. do you have information about that? >> we're talking to all her classmates and we're developing certain stories. we just don't know. there is just a lot of speculation right now. we don't want to go too far out
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on a limb one direction or the other. we know they were life-long friends, and we're not exactly sure what that relationship was. we don't know if hanna is with him willingly or not. we just don't know right now. you know, that's why we use the national emergency alert system to try to get all the people looking for this couple, whether they are in this state or in another state. >> i want to put james dimaggio's picture back up on the screen again. if anybody sees this man, what should they do? >> well, don't try to stop him. obviously, we suspect him in at least one murder, two murders already. so if they see him, please, you know, try to be observant, get all the information you can and call 911 and police will be there hopefully as soon as they can to take the appropriate action. citizens should not try to interfere with this person at all. he's already proven he's pretty
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dangerous fella. >> thank you for your time. >> thank, around sonderson. was it a conference call that triggered the closures of the consulates? ahead lawyers say fort hood gunman nidal hasan is trying to get the death penalty. why the proceedings abruptly came to a halt today. come to the golden opportunity sales event to experience the precision handling of the lexus performance vehicles, including the gs and all-new is. ♪ this is the pursuit of perfection. ♪ i'to guard their manhood with trnew depend shields and guards.
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president obama got a shout out from troops today at camp bend l ton and he had a warning for them about the dangers still out there. >> al qaeda affiliates and extremist still threaten the homeland, still threaten the diplomatic facilities, still threaten our businesses abroad, and we have got to take these threats seriously. >> signs of that threat triggered a global terror alert, as you know, and the bases forward. what got everyone so worked up? reporters elih lake and josh roguen believe they know. their daily beast article is al qaeda conference call intercepted by u.s. officials sparked alerts. one u.s. intelligence official saying like this was a meeting of the lee gond of doom.
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fran serves in the dhs. josh, go to have you on the program. i know you can only say so much because you want to protect sources and concerned about balancing your reporting with national security. this being said, cnn spoke to a number of sources today and terrorism experts who say that 20 plus leaders of al qaeda communicating with each other at the same time would be a big departure of how they operate. how do you respond? >> sure, let's remember that this intercept of communication between al qaeda's leadership and pakistan and leadership in yemen was first reported. we flushed out the details and learned this included representatives and leaders of al qaeda groups. what some officials said on background to reporters today they took issue with the use of conference call. it's important to note we with held many details about exactly
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how al qaeda pulled off this communication at the request of sources, but what i'm willing to share with you and your viewers, it was not a phone call. in fact, al qaeda went to extensive means to set up what you might say a virtual meeting space. i would rather not go into more detail than that and took extensive measures to provide an environment for this meeting they felt was secure. of course, the u.s. intelligence committee cracked that security and i guess that's a credit to them. >> any reason why they would take such a chance communicating together at the same time? you can look at this a true sign of decembsperation of al qaeda affiliates are reaching out saying do something? >> they use various methods to communicat communicate. they use coursers and use thumb
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drives. this is something they believed was secure. in this case they turned out to be wrong, and it wasn't. this was sort of a meeting of all of the representative sort of cover broad issues. they did take a risk and it backfired but that's not to say it's not unusual because that's exactly what they and the u.s. intelligence committee are doing every day, playing a game of cat and mouse and the u.s. intelligence committee tries to intercept so it -- >> go ahead. >> i would quickly say that, you know, that it doesn't necessarily indicate that al qaeda is desperate but more cohesive on working on a top down leadership structure and more organized fashion than we previously realized. >> again, when you use the term conference call, you're not literally meaning a conference call? >> no, again, we are not saying whether it was a phone call or video or internet or voice or
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data or whatever. the bottom line is this is considered sort of a virtual meeting space. it was not a phone call and this was an environment the leadership set up that people could plug into and they again went to extensive lengths to try to make sure that it was secure. in this case they seemed to have failed. >> fran, what is your take in this. >> it's so counter intuitive, the operational security of al qaeda. there is lots of ways of communicating and we know there were a number of things that triggered the alert. there was a videotaped calling for the release of the must m brothers from prison. he appointed the head of al qaeda, the yemen group as number two. there is a series of things. so whether or not why you would have needed in audition to all that to pull them all together, they understand very well the u.s. government and our allies ability to target their location
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using their communications and so to give the u.s. intelligence committee the opportunity to target people across the world, not just between pakistan and yemen, but around the world and locate them would have been a very dangerous thing, and it's not clear to me why that would have been necessary for them to take that risk. >> josh, there have been some, you know, reporters, frankly, i've seen raise the question is it possible some of your sources were using you to justify the nsa, coverage of the nsa program or to kind of obscure human intelligence, assets, and saying it was signals intelligence? >> sure, first to fran's point it's totally true this is one of many and one piece of information in a broad collection that the u.s. intelligence community has engaged in. this meeting was significant according to officials and reports in both "the new york times" and lots of other outlets because it was where the vague
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discussion of inpending attack was discussed and if you look at the embassy closings around the world it matches the people on the call. so you can sort of understand why the u.s. government took such a broad approach. as for it being motivations in taking the risk, i can't speak to that. some of them they take risks on. as far as some of the other reporters linking this to the nsa and know den and what have you, it's important to point out the programs disclosed by snowden are not related to this particular communication particularly intercepted. they are about collecting information, domestically and it's not really connected. so i think some people may be work inflating those issues where there isn't a strong connection. >> how long do you see the embassies being closed for? there have been a number of drone strikes in yemen, again, we don't know who was hit, how
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significant they were. >> look, i think what they are trying to do is to shatter the operational organization. you're seeing these drone strikes. i think the one person that is key to all of this is the bomb maker in yemen. >> who has not been found as far as we know. >> as far as we know. so i think he's one of the keys to the feeling they deflated this threat but they will look to take enough operational capability it knocks the legs out before they are comfortable reopening embassies and makes sense to me. there is a number of other things besides drone strikes that will go on, the cia and u.s. intelligence working with foreign allies around the world doing searches and trying to arrest people and it will take place until they feel like they deflated the threat. >> thanks very much for being on the program. appreciate it. the latest on other stories, isha is here with the 360 bull ton. >> the house in cleveland where
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ariel castro held three women captive was torn down today. michelle knight released balloons before the demolition. the court marshall of admitted fort hood gunman of nidal hasan is on hold until tomorrow because the backup legal team wants out. he is representing himself but has defense attorneys to help him. he wants to be sentenced to death and they can't ethically stand by to help. the white house says there hasn't been enough progress in buy lateral relations to hold the summit. the two young boys in canada who were apparently killed by a 100-pound python died of affixation. the boys ages 4 and 6 were found dead monday morning. so very, very sad. >> indeed. thanks very much, isha.
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a philadelphia judge today refused to dismiss murder charges against a christian couple whose infant son died from pneumonia. when the baby got sick in april, the couple didn't call a doctor or seek any kind of medical treatment. they prayed. this case would be tragic if the facts ended there but they don't. this isn't the first time the they have been charged in the death of a child. they relied on prayer before.
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>> reporter: at this north philadelphia cemetery, most of the graves are marked but not this spot where two small children are buried, two children who would be alive today say authorities if their parents gave them medical care. they are charged with murder following the death of their 8 month old son brandon this spring. >> instead of caring and knew touring him, they ultimately caused his death by praying over his body instead of taking him to the doctor. >> reporter: unbelievely, that isn't the first time this happened to the scouple. in 2009 their son died. >> i tried the previous case two and a half years ago, and the circumstances to that case and this case are similar. >> reporter: in the first case they were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. the prosecutor asked for prison time but the judge opted for probation and allowed the couple to move back to the home with
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their seven other children. the judge did order them to seek medical care for their children in the future. joe an prosecuted the case then and this case, as well. when the judge gave probation you must have been upset. >> i was upset at that and because i felt they didn't get it and weren't going to get it and here we are standing here again two and a half years later and another child dead and they still don't get it. >> reporter: which is why they are charged with a serious count of third degree murder this time around for the death of their baby brandon. what is with these parents? authorities point to philadelphia's first century gospel church where they belong. a church that declares trust in god alone for physical healing. this church lists many core philosophies on it's website. relevant to this case is one particular belief that i will quote in part. if we are trusting in pill prescription or medication, satan is able to hinder or
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victory from god. why is this faith healing preached? we wanted to talk to the church's pastors. the daughter of the chief pastor said he didn't want to speak with us. how are you? >> hi. >> reporter: good is the pastor home? herbert shibel is in jail and the children are in state custody. do you feel you did right by god? >> no comment. >> reporter: this is herbert shibal eers attorney. >> he's sad in a grieving mode. i looked at him this morning. he seems to have lost weight, but in terms of holding up, he's a standup guy. >> reporter: certainly, that's the most controversial char act terization. we wanted to show you pictures but all they have are autopsy
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photos taken shortly before they were buried in unmarked graves. >> they say you don't have love for your child because you let two die without medical help. >> no comment. >> gary tuchman joins us live from philadelphia. gary, this is so upsetting. how did it play out in court today? >> reporter: anderson, a in pennsylvania you have to have evidence of malice to charge third degree murder so the two different attorneys for the husband and judge said there is no malice, there should be no third degree murder charge. he said this isn't a close case. he pointed out the first case of their son dying when they thumbed their nose at the law and he says the third degree murder charges will stand and the husband and wife face 20 to 40 years in prison fan found guilty of that. >> were they in court together? >> reporter: they were. he's in jail and he's out on bond. he walked in and looked around, saw her, smiled at her and she looked straight ahead. her father sitting next to her
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and he smiled at his son-in-law a. very strange and horrible situation. >> they have other children, all the other children are in foster care? >> reporter: switch other children are in the foster care system right now and that reassures a lot of people those children are no longer with those parents. >> all right. gary, appreciate the reporting. joining me kathryn head of ethics and also, aravia martin. hard not to get furious when you hear this case. parents do not get a religious exemptings. >> you can make a martyr of yourself but not children. they do not get a pass. there are a couple exceptions. we do a lot parents to say i'm not going to vaccinate my child. so we have built it in. the difference here is you can't
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say no to therapy. if there is a proven established therapy insulin for diabetes, antibiotics for what this poor child had, the state steps in and says you must treat, no exceptions. >> so just antibiotics would have saved this child's life? >> would have saved the child's life. what the -- when you get a case like this when you're in the hospital, you want to appeal a refusal to appealed care. you go to the judge. what they will look at is do you have a history of proven treatment. can you say it's very, very likely to work. if you can hit the standard and the antibiotics would work here, you'll get a court order to over ride and i'm sure the judge was horrified they agreed to use medicine and didn't do it. >> it's hard to believe this could have happened twice. the prosecutor in the first case, in fact, she said she knew this would happen again. did the system fail here? >> yeah. >> absolutely, and soren.
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>> it did -- you know -- >> sorpry, ariva, go ahead. >> i'm sorry, we had these kids placed at home with parents who had proven they were not going to give their children medical care. we have weird exception laws in states particularly pennsylvania saying faith heal sg an exception to giving your children care but not when there is bodily harm or a potential for death like in this case. i think the child protective services, the court system, everyone failed these children and it's just a shame we are looking at the death of a second child when the courts had an opportunity to remove these children in the first instance and avoid the death of the second child. >> ariva from a legal standpoint if they are known as loving and caring parents without malice, wouldn't it be hard to prove the third degree murder charges, that they intentionally killed their children? >> i take exception to this characterization of caring and loving parents.
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they went through this a first time. they were on probation for ten years. they stood in court with the death of first child and said if any of our children get sick we will seek medical care. they completely ignored the orders of the court from the first case saying you cannot ignore medical treatment your kids need. i don't think there will be an issue whether they intended to kill their child. they knew -- there will be testimony from the assistant pastor where he told them to call the probation officer and apparently, the dad said if i do, then they will intervene. you know, somehow i'm going against my faith and god. so i don't think there is going to be any reservation in anybody's mind they knew what they were doing and taking a kak lated risk and this child could die. >> art, i heard you say you see cases like this all the time. is that really true? >> you do see them. i don't want to suggest they are common, but they do come up. sometimes people say i don't
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want to treat on religious grounds, sometimes they want alternative medicine. again, and again, prosecutors are unwilling to be tough on the first death and that's what leads to the problems because child social services, anderson, in a city like philly, they are overwhelmed and can barely keep up with the harm people are doing directly to kids, much less monitor a family like this. we see them. you got to be tough with them and assistant this is child abuse and neglect and you can do what you want as an adult with religious believes. you can't sacrifice your child in this way. >> can i just say one thing -- >> go ahead. >> one point, anderson, about the first amendment and constitution often comes up in the arguments and there is this tension between the parents' right to raise the child ver su versus the straights right. children have rights, too, and the right to be safe and to be protected from this kind of
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harm. >> ariava martin good to have you on. the search for hanna anderson and the alleged killer jam jam james demiggio. details ahead. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust.
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a quick update for you, new information in the search for 16-year-old hanna anderson, possibly her brother ethan and jam james dimaggio. a possible sighting of his car in california. paul, a lot of conflicting reports. what are you learning now? >> well, in a story that's already had absolutely so many bizarre twists, now we have what seems to be dualing agencies here. there have been two separate agencies checking out and again, hedge what they believe to be or possible sightings of the car that dimaggo is driving.
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in modot county in california that a business owner wrote down a license plate number of a versa that exactly matched the license plate number of dimaggi o's car and that sheriff went on to tell cnn that this is from a very credible source. again, a business owner and their surveillance video in the area. so now they have gone into neighboring oregon and looking at these leads suggesting that dimaggio was traveling north in the car, anderson. >> okay. so early ersan diego sheriff said those leads weren't panning out but what you're hearing from an under sheriff in a different county so z they are taking the leads seriously and searching for the vehicle? >> exactly. and all the while, we're now not hearing anything from the san diego county sheriff. we're trying to run it down.
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we've pressed hard to talk to them but in california and oregon state officials both saying that they are taking this lead seriously, and thoroughly checking it out. >> this is a nissan versa they are looking for. appreciate the update. thanks very much. isha is back. anderson, the 360 follow the rail way company whose run away train killed more than 40 people in quebec last month filed for bankruptcy in the u.s. and canada. the unmanned 73 car train exploded slamming into commercial center. new relief out in central missouri where flooding prompted a state of emergency. more than 100 homes flooded overnight and more rain soaked the region. yahoo says it will unveil a corporate logo next month, the first redesign in two decades. until then, for each of the next 30 days it will display a different version of the updated logo on the home page. a plywood box is shoved out
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