her desperate family is wondering where is 7-year-old some somer thompson. 40 years later some vietnam veterans receive a long overdue honor. the justice department backing off medical pot users who comply with state laws. the question is, is the obama administration too mellow on medical marijuana? we'll hear from you and your views coming up. happy tuesday. hln "news and views." i'm brook baldwin. a massive search under way

in north florida for missing 7-year-old somer thompson. the second grader vanished walking home from school yesterday. officials say somer was walking home with kids but ran ahead because they were teasing her. they say a blue sedan was seen in the neighborhood two weeks ago. they tried to lure the little girl near somer's elementary school. they're not saying a connection but just looking into it. authorities have gotten several hundred tips so far. >> at this point right now we're looking for a lost child. we don't know what happened. we don't know this is a crime. we are assume it could possibly be because a 7 year old almost 24 hours will not wonder off but she could have gotten locked in a car or in a trunk or she could be -- there's any number of

things that could have happened. we're hoping for the best. we're working it as if it were a crime scene at this point right now. we are not putting people into the areas that they are searching until the dogs are through. we didn't want to contaminate it with other scents and what have you. we're almost through with some of those areas that we'll begin using horses behind us and we'll put horses into those areas to begin searching and we're also going to bring in officers from the sheriff's office recruit academy to do a search through the wooded areas around here. there's a lot going on today. >> that's the plan ahead for the search. here is somer. she was wearing a cranberry colored jump suit with pink striped sleeves. any information on her whereabouts, call authorities. the number there it is. 1-877-227-6911. nancy grace will have all of the latest breaking developments

on the search for somer thompson at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern tonight right here on hln. police also looking for your help in this case. virginia state police are asking for the public to help locate this missing virginia tech student. she's morgan harrington. she's not been heard from since she and her friends went to a metallica concert saturday night in virginia at john pauls arena. police say that's where morgan got separated from her group. >> she's currently listed as a missing person. however, there's some concern because morgan out of character has not contacted anyone since the night of the concert. >> it's out of character because morgan's parents say they talk to her almost every day. they're very concerned as you can imagine about her well-being and her whereabouts. a lawyer has come forward to say his client may get arrested soon in the killing of a scar

university of connecticut football player. jasper howard was stabbed to death in a fight saturday night after a dance on the uconn campus. the lawyer, not identifying his client here, he says he was involved in that fight. he says the man did not stab howard. last night teammates, friends, family, they all placed candles and flowers at the spot where howard was killed. this morning uconn head coach talked about an emotional meeting between the teammates and the victim's parents. >> the mother and the father went around and hugged those kids that were crying and let them know that it's nobody's fault. there's nothing they could have done. it was god's way of what he wanted to do. and then they spoke.

they spoke about jas. they spoke about his love for each of them. ja ja jas' love for the university and for life and what jas would want them to do and how to carry on. and it proceeded to where the mom and the dad went and hugged every kid. hugged every kid. >> on the uconn campus today some students will join in a day of silence to remember him. candlelight vigil is being organized for tomorrow night. to another tragedy on another connecticut campus talking about that yale university incident, the former yale lab worker charged with killing a grad student, he's scheduled to begin in court in about an hour. raymond clark's lawyer says

he'll plead not guilty to killing annie le last month. police say he strangled the 23 year old and hid her body behind a wall in the building where they both worked. le's body was found on what would have been her wedding day. richard heene allegedly wanted to start a reality tv show. there's nothing more real than a possible trip to jail here. the federal aviation administration confirms it is investigating last week's runaway balloon stunt. it turns out the boys was hiding and not in the balloon. an faa official believes the heene may have violated laws that affected flights that denver's international airport. in addition to the federal probe here, the county sheriff says that felony charges will likely be filed against richard and mayumi heene next week. we're talking about stewart

nozette accused of selling classified information to an fbi agent posing as an israeli intelligence official. they are not accused of violating laws here but nozette is credited with discovering water on the moon while working at the energy department he had special security clearance that gave him access to atomic or nuclear related materials. twin terrorist attacks rip through a college campus in pakistan killing at least four people and wounding more than a dozen others. one suicide bomber attacked the woman's cafeteria at islamabad's international islamic university. a second bomber struck the school's law department. the attacks just the latest in a string of militant violence all around pakistan. militants threaten more strikes in retaliation for the government's assault on the southern tribal region last week. from pakistan to

afghanistan, there will be a presidential runoff there next month. afghan president hamid karzai endorsed it in a news conference just this morning. he also said he accepts the findings of a u.n. backed panel that found clear evidence of fraud in that august presidential election. officials tossed out almost a third of karzai's votes. the afghan president will face his mine rival former foreign minister on november 7th. president obama praised karzai for agreeing to take part in the revote saying it's an important precedent for afghanistan's new democracy. iraq's prime minister making the rounds in washington here in hopes of drumming up business for his country. he met with president obama there in the oval office this morning and also met with secretary of state hillary clinton yesterday and she says the u.s. is committed to iraq's redevelopment. >> the state department is launching a u.s. iraqi

internship program starting this january. through this program interns from iraq will be placed in technology startups in the united states to expose them to an entrepreneurial spirit and acquisition of skills that they will be able to take home with them. this represents a new approach to diplomacy that targets a group that will have a major impact on iraq's future, namely the young people of iraq. >> the iraqi leader also wants more u.s. commercial investment now that balance in that war-torn nation is declining. the u.s. is concerned the violence may return if january's schedule parliamentary election is delayed. president obama busy today honoring a group of vietnam veterans with the presidential citation. 40 years after their act of bravery. the group volunteered to rescue an infantry company that was

surrounded along the cambodian border. the company was running out of ammunition, couldn't move and was hours from being captured or possibly killed. the alpha troop plowed through 2 1/2 miles of jungle risking ambush and land mines to save them. a blood sucker helps solve a cold case. how in the world could a leech help catch a suspect more than seven years after the crime?

marijuana supporters praising a new obama administration policy that appears to ease up on federal prosecution of medical marijuana. a justice department memo released yesterday says u.s. attorneys should not waste their time targeting people who use or sell medical marijuana in compliance with state laws but the memo does tell them to pursue marijuana cases which involve illegal guns violence selling pot to minors or involvement to other crimes. federal agents are being

encouraged to bust dispensaries using medical marijuana as a front for traditional drug dealing. this is our your views question. the vast majority of you are in favor of legalization of marijuana. i want to start with an e-mail. this is from kathy in ohio. it says -- let's go to the phones here. two callers who deal with medical marijuana in their daily lives. first stop candy calling in from california. what's the connection and how do you feel about all this? >> caller: hi. how i feel, well, my husband is a patient of medical marijuana. i feel that they should relax a little, you know on the patient. in my opinion it's far better for my husband to have medical

marijuana than the 150 vicodin that his doctor is prescribing. it's much safer. and i don't feel that the dea should go after these people if they're not selling it -- >> can i ask you, what's his illness to take all of that vicodin? >> he's got back problems. he has a knee injury. he had a surgery for a real bad acid reflux that still bothers him to this day. his regular doctor prescribed all of these pain medications for him whereas the medical marijuana does a whole lot better and he can substitute for that. >> okay. thank you. candy says yes and says it helps her husband better than vicodin. elizabeth, what do you think? >> i have acute open angle

glaucoma which has been diagnosed for 15 years now. i have even taken my doctors into my confidence says i have tried marijuana and have shown them how drastically the pressure drops in my eyes. now, for me to get medical help for my eyes i have to become a criminal. you know it's ridiculous that i'm losing my vision. that's bad enough. but then i have to become a criminal to get a medication that actually helps my medical condition. and i've proved this to three different doctors. your normal eye pressure runs from 15 to 19. mine has gone as high as 32. >> you're saying you don't want to be a criminal but it would help you and you would be in favor of it. thank you. i have to move on. we're getting a bunch of e-mails. thank you, both, by the way. diane says --

danielle agrees -- thank you, thank you everyone. tell us what you think. we want to hear from you throughout the day. is the federal government getting too soft on prosecuting drugs or the first step toward decriminalizing marijuana? call us and let us know what you think. 877-tell-hln. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. text us. the word views and comments and your name to hlntv. standard text rates apply.

police in nashville released text messages from the steve mcnair death investigation. they were sent between mcnair and his girlfriend just before authorities say she killed him in that murder/suicide. the girlfriend was talking here about how frustrated she was with their relationship and her money problems. so in this text exchange the day before their deaths, she told mcnair, baby i might have a breakdown. i'm so stressed. later mcnair texted back said i got the guy transferring the money. at about 4:00 p.m. on july 3rd, they texted each other until 1:15 in the morning on the 4th of july and then both found dead 12 hours later. a blood sucker helped police solve an 8-year-old crime. call it csi leech style. police in australia say a leech

yes, a leech, helped them catch a violent burglar. a 71-year-old woman was beat and robbed eight years ago and police found this blood filled leech at the crime scene. they extracted dna from it and recently the sample was matched to a 54-year-old drug suspect who pleaded guilty to the robbery yesterday. forensic experts say the leech case could lead to mosquitoes and spiders becoming crimesolvers since she suck blood as well. some criminals breaking ant inging and entering without a weapon. clark howard tells you why small businesses are the prime targets. a special warning for you if you own your own business. criminals have been frustrated trying to crack the computers at big companies. why? because usually big companies will have their own i.t. department and security personnel on staff. in a small business you might have a lot of money running

through your accounts especially on payroll days. so what criminals are doing is they are attacking the computer systems of small businesses with what are known as trojan programs they load on your computer and able to access your bank and brokerage account pass wards and when you have high balances, they go in swoop in take over your accounts and run off with the money. "usa today" had a great suggestion for small businesses. buy a new computer that you use only for banking and financial websites that you never use for anything else. i'm clark howard. for more ways to protect yourself go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> as always you can get great consumer advice from clark howard every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 eastern time. you can save more spend less and avoid getting ripped off. wholesale prices dropped

unexpectedly last month because of lower energy costs. the labor department says the consumer price index fell 0.6.

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so don't wait any longer call the scooter store today. i want you to take a good long look at this picture with me. a massive search is under way for this little girl from north florida. she's 7-year-old somer thompson and officials in clay county are asking everyone to be on the lookout. the second grader vanished walking home from school monday. officials say somer was with other kids but ran ahead of them because they were teasing her. the clay county sheriff is asking information about a blue sedan seen in that neighborhood about ten days ago. they say the two men and a woman in the car tried to lure a girl near the elementary school. they're not saying there's a connection here but they're looking into it. >> we're looking for a lost child. we don't know what happened. we don't know that this is a crime. we're assuming that it could possibly be. because a 7 year old -- it's been almost 24 hours -- will not wonder off.

she could have gotten locked in car or a trunk. she could be -- there's any number of things that could have happened. we're hoping for the best. we're working it as if it were a crime scene at this point right now. we don't have anything else. >> reporter: somer was last seen wearing a cranberry jump suit with pink striped sleeves. call authorities with any information. at 877-277-6191. nancy grace will have the latest at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern time tonight on hln. and virginia state police are also asking for the public's help in locating a virginia tech student. morgan harrington has not been heard from since she went to a concert on saturday night. police say that's where harrington somehow got separated from her group. her parents are pleading for her safe return.

>> i would like to say if morgan is out there and hears us please come home. if someone has morgan, please let her come home safely. morgan is a great kid. this is very atypical behavior. >> this is as beautiful inside as she is outside. she has family and friends that love her and miss her. if there's any information that anyone can offer that would help us find her we would appreciate you contacting the police. because as you can tell we're pretty distraught. >> they are distraught. they say they usually talk to her almost every day. they're very worried about her well-being. and a former yale university lab worker charged with killing of a grad student is now scheduled to appear in court in of a an hour. raymond clark's lawyer says he'll plead not guilty to

killing annie le last month. police say he strangled the 23 year old and hid her body behind a wall in that lab building where they were both working. le weighs le's body was found on what would have been her wedding day. a lawyer has come forward saying his client may be arrested soon in the killing of jasper howard. he was stabbed to death in a fight after a weekend dance on the uconn campus. the lawyer is not identifying his client but does say that he was involved in the fight. now he says the man did not stab howard. last night howard's teammates, friends and family placed flowers at the site where howard was killed. this morning uconn's head coach spoke about a meeting between the teammates and the victim's parents. >> the mother and the father went around and hugged those kids that were crying. let them know it is nobody's fault. there's nothing they could have

done. it was god's way of what he wanted to do. and then they spoke about jas. they spoke about jas' love for each of them. jas' love for the university. for life. and what jas would want them to do and how to carry on. it proceeded to where the mom anded and the dad went and hugged every kid. >> also on the uconn campus today, some students are joining in a day of silence to remember hip and a candlelight vigil is

being organized for tomorrow night. a former government scientists is due in court this afternoon to face espionage charges. stewart nozette is accused of trying to sell classified information to an fbi agent posing as an israeli intelligence official. the government is not accused of violating laws here but nozette was an aerospace center credited with discovering evidence of water on the moon while working at the energy department nozette had special security clearance that gave him access to atomic or nuclear related materials. twin terrorist attacks rip through a college campus in pakistan killing at least four people and wounding at least a dozen. one suicide bomber attacked a woman's cafeteria in islamabad's university. a second bomber hit the school's law department. the attacks just the latest in a string of militant violence all along pakistan. militants threaten even more

strikes withen a an assault on the tribal region last week. a presidential runoff election in afghanistan next month. arz karzai accepts the finding of u.n. backed panel finding evidence of fraud in the august election. a third of karzai's votes were thrown out. the afghan president will face his main rival november 7th. president obama praised president karzai for agreeing to take part in a revote saying it's an important precedent for afghanistan's new democracy. president obama says all u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq by next august. the president told iraqi's prime minister this morning that the u.s. stands by his withdraw plan. he wants more commercial investment now that violence in iraq is on the decline and iraqi

leaders are being pressed to get ready for the critical election in january. the u.s. is concerned that violence may return if that vote is delayed. president obama just honored a group of vietnam veterans with the presidential unit citation nearly 40 years after this exceptional act of bravery. >> to you and to those who served in vietnam, we thank you. we honor your service. america is forever grateful. today also reminds us of our obligations to all our veterans whether they took off the uniform decades ago or days ago to make sure that they and their families received the respect they deserve and the health care and treatment they need, the benefits they have earned, and all of the opportunities to live out their dreams. >> the u.s. army's alpha troop volunteered to rescue an infantry company surrounded by enemies forces along the

cambodian border. the company was running out of ammunition and couldn't move and were hours from being captured or killed. the alpha troop plowed through 2 1/2 miles of jungle to save them. richard heene allegedly wanted to be a big star on a big reality tv show. well, there was really nothing more real than a possible trip to jail here. the faa is confirming it is investigating last week's runaway balloon stunt that led authorities to believe heene's 6-year-old son floated away in this makeshift balloon. the heene's may have violated federal regulations barring people from flying balloons or kites within five miles of an airport. the balloon affected flights at denver international. in addition to the federal probe, the county sheriff says federal charges will likely be filed next week. those charges could include conspiracy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

a familiar adaptation of a children's classic rakes in big bucks over the weekend. why are parents not so wild about this one?

this story is creepy crawly but amazing. a blood sucker helped solve an 8-year-old crime. a leech helped police catch a violent burglar. a 71-year-old woman was beaten and robbed eight years ago and police found blood filled leech at the crime scene and extracted a dna sample. recently the dna sampled matched a 54-year-old man arrested on drug charges. pleaded guilty to the robbery on

tuesday. the leech case would bring mosquitoes and spiders on the crime solving team because they suck blood as well. it took the top spot at the box office last week. parents and kids familiar with classic "where the wild things are" aren't so wild about it. melissa long joins us with more. i read the book. i thought it was doing well at the box office but parents are walking out not pleased. >> doing well with box office receipts but parents said they weren't happy from the adaptation from the book and they thought it was abnormally sad and they weren't happy with the story lines on the big screen. this is a children's book. it's for young children. toddlers. 1 to 4 years of age. just 338 words in the book. it's been turned into a major motion picture. you had to fill in the blanks. it is a film with more mature

themes. many critics like the adaptation. i did an interview with a film critic who said it's lovely. they said it's not for children. it's adult themed. a heavy story. some parents said they thought the movie was boring some said not scary enough. here's what one of our i-reporters said after seeing the film. >> i know some parents found this movie to be a bit too scary for their kids. i have children ranging from ages 3 to 11. the great thing about the movie is anyone can sit down and watch it whether you're a child or an adult. there's something that applies to you in it. the other great thing about this movie is that it shows what can happen when you let your imagination run wild. >> some pretty adult themes. directly quote one of our other viewers as a parent that reads the book to the kids every day,

i want it to be a movie they could be thrilled but there wasn't enough of a fear element. it was number one at the box office this past weekend. i didn't have a chance to see it. did you? >> i haven't yet. it's on my list. >> it remains high on my list despite all of the criticism of the film. >> we'll form our own opinion and chat about it then. also, another story generating a lot of clicks is a story pertaining to ptsd. >> this is one of the most popular on our website today. it's a story about someone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder according to new research is more likely to die post-surgery within a year than those without the disease. this is regardless of how many years may have passed since they served in the military. the disease does affect many u.s. service men and women that struggle with the stress of wars. it's an anxiety disorder. one of the reasons according to

research that it may lead to more challenging recovery from major surgery since ptsd involves stress symptoms of the body. if you think you have ptsd, talk to a doctor especially if you're a veteran. go to the va hospital for help. you can read more about it on cnn.com. >> melissa long, thank you. a series of text messages between steve mcnair and his mistress. do they give any reasons for the murder/suicide?

just released text messages reveals what was happening during steve mcnair's final hours. nashville police say the nfl star was killed by his mittstress in a murder-suicide over the fourth of july weekend. >> reporter: metro police released a summary of its investigation saying kazemi was responsible for the murder suicide and released text

messages hours before the murder. the day before the murder at 2:00 a.m. on july 3rd she texts, do you love me? he texts, i love you, baby. and then at 10:05 a.m. she texts, i might have a breakdown. i'm so stressed. she later asked mcnair to transfer money into her account to pay bills. he says he will. then she texts i have to be with you tonight. i don't care where. mcnair says he's with his family. at 10:45 p.m. kazemi says she's going to his condo. police believe the murder happened just two hours later. >> somebody's been shot. i haven't checked vitals. >> reporter: the other interesting thing in the report is that when mcnair's friend first found their bodies on july 4th, he didn't first call police. instead he called judge casey mooreland which is why it took

44 minutes for 911 to be called. the report says the judge told neely to immediately call 911. >> and again that was ben reporting from our nashville affiliate affiliate. rick is now a tropical storm should be passing by the southern tip of baja, california, today and is starting to stir up the surf a bit. some people in its path choosing to get out of town while they can. rick is being blamed for two deaths at a baja resort. investigators in colorado say it may be days before they can can figure out what it was that caused that fire at the historic park theater mall. remember this from yesterday? the fire broke out around 6:00 a.m. local time yesterday. two i-reporters were there within minutes and captured these volunteer firefighters as they were battling the crazy

flames. huge flames bellowing from the building. >> right now, we're following all these firefighters that are just pouring tons of water. the denver media's all here. it's a sad day in estes park because so many business owners lost their businesses here. >> she says some store owners were in tears watching their family businesses just go up in flames. she says they are a close-knit community and that they will survive this. firefighters fought the fire for hours. authorities say it burned so intensely, that tests will need to be figured out where and how it got started. anytime you have pictures or great video of breaking news or just cool stories in your part of the world, go to ireport.com and click on the "upload now" link. marijuana supporters are praising a new administration

decision. a justice department memo released yesterday says u.s. attorneys shouldn't waste their time targeting people who use or sell medical marijuana in compliance with state laws. the same memo tells them to pursue marijuana cases which involve illegal guns, selling pot to minors and other crimes. here's our question to you is the federal government getting too soft on prosecuting drugs? or is this the first step toward decriminalizing marijuana? give us a call or e-mail us. or text us, text the word "views" plus your comments and your name to hlntv. experimental aids vaccine may only offer short-term production against hiv. scientists say blood samples from the trial could show

experts how to make a better vaccine. the findings indicate the vaccine may work better in the general population.

7-year-old somer thompson walked home from school monday. she never made it. now her desperate family is pleading for your help. a yale lab tech says he didn't do it. an update in the annie le murder case. is that a friend or a fraud on facebook? another internet scam you need to know about. this is hln "news and views." i'm richelle carey. hope you're having a good day so far. want to tell you about something right now. take a good look at this picture. a massive search is under way in north florida for somer thompson. officials in clay county are asking everyone to be on the lookout. this second-grader vanished walking home from school monday. officials say somer was with other kids. she ran ahead of them because they were teasing her. now the sheriff in clay county is asking for information about

a blue sedan seen in the neighborhood. there were two men and a woman in the car and tried to lure a girl in the car near somer's elementary school. they're not saying there's certain there's a connection. but they're certainly looking into that possibility. >> at this point right now we're looking for a lost child. we don't know what happened. we don't know that this is a crime. we're assuming that it could possibly be. because a 7-year-old it's almost been 24 hours is not going to wander off. but she could have gotten locked in a car, in a trunk, she could be -- there's any number of things that could have happened. we're hoping for the best. but we're working it as if it were a crime scene at this point right now. >> specifically this is in orange park, that is near jacksonville. somer thompson was last seen wearing a cranberry-colored jumpsuit with pink-striped sleeves. if you have any information about this case, thorts want you

to call this number, 877-227-6911. and police want your help in another case, virginia state police are asking for the public's help in finding a virginia tech student. morgan harrington hasn't been seen or heard from since she went to a metallica concert saturday night. that's where she got separated from her group of friends. >> she is currently listed as a missing person. however, there is some concern because morgan, out of character, has not contacted anyone since the night of the concert. >> and her parents say they usually talk to her pretty much every day. so obviously they are very, very concerned about where she is. . the former yale lab worker charged with killing a grad student is scheduled to appear in court this hour. raymond clark's lawyer says he'll plead not guilty to killing annie le last month.

police say he strangled the 24-year-old and hid her body behind a wall in the lab build wrg they both worked. cameras aren't allowed in the courtroom. so we can't bring you live pictures of this hearing. a lawyer has come forward to say his client may be arrested soon in the death of a uconn football player. the lawyer is not identifying his client but says he was involved in this fight. he says, however, he did not stab howard. last night teammate, friends and family placed candles and flowers at the spot where howard was killed. this morning, uconn head coach randy edsell, talked about an emotional meeting when howard's teammates and his parents. >> the mother and the father went around and hugged those kids that were crying and let them know that it's nobody's

fault. there's nothing that they could have done. it was god's way of what he wanted to do. and then they spoke and they spoke about jazz. they spoke about jazz's love for each of them, jazz's love for the university, for life and what jazz would want them to do and how to carry on. and it proceeded to where the mom and the dad went and hugged every kid, hugged every kid. >> on the uconn campus today, some students were joining in a

day of silence and a candlelight vigil is being organized for tomorrow night. police in nashville have released text messages from the steve mcnair murder investigation. they were sent between the nfl quarterback and his girlfriend just before authorities say she killed him in a murder/suicide. kazemi talked about how frustrated she was with the relationship and her money problems. in a text exchange before their death, she told mcnair, baby, i might have a breakdown i'm so stressed. later he texted her back. then at about 4:00 in the afternoon, kazemi sent this text. and they continued to text each other until about 1:15 the morning of july 4th. and both were found dead 12 hours later. a former government scientist is due in court this afternoon to face espionage charges. stewart nozette is accused of trying to sell classified

information to an fbi agent posing as an israeli intelligence official. the israeli government is not accused of violating any laws. nozette is an aerospace expert. he's credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon while working at the energy department. he had special security clearance that gave him access to atomic or nuclear-related materials. there will be a presidential runoff election in afghanistan next month. afghan president hkamid karzai endorsed this. they have been working on this for a while because the election was back in august. officials tossed out almost a third of karzai's votes. the afghan president will face his main rival, former foreign minister, abdullah abdullah. president obama praised karzai for agreeing to take part in a revote. he says this is an important

precedent for afghanistan's new democracy. and president obama says all u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq next august. he told iraq's prime minister this morning, the u.s. stands by its withdrawal plan. nuri al maliki wants more commercial investment now that violence in iraq is declining. the president is pressing iraqi leaders to do more to get ready for the critical election in january. the u.s. is concerned violence may return if the vote is delayed. a dog falls into a well and a small town's fire team just springs into action. wait until you see more of that rescue video.

richard heene supposedly wanted to star in a reality tv show. nothing's more real than possibly going to jail. the federal aviation administration confirms it is also investigating last week's runaway balloon stunt.

authorities were led to believe heene's 6-year-old son had flown away in that homemade jiffy pop looking thing. turns out the boy was never on. the heenes may have violated federal regulations barring people from flying balloons or kites within five miles of an airport. that balloon affected flights at denver international airport. so serious folks. in addition to the federal probe, the county sheriff says felony charges will likely be filed against richard and mayumi heene next week. john travolta's blackmail case in the bahamas could go to the jury as early as today. yesterday the prosecutor said the ambulance driver demanded money from the actor in exchange for a signed medical liability form. the defense called only one witness, an emt who was not at

the vacation home when 16-year-old jett died. the judge is expected to instruct the jury after the defense presents its closing today. some of your friends on twitter, facebook, some of the other social networking sites could be criminals in disguise. the fbi says cyber crooks are trolling the sites and hijacking people's profiles. you might get a message from someone posing as your friend asking them to wire you money or criminals might lure you to an official-looking site that tricks you into revealing passwords and some more of your private business. the fbi's advice always double-checks these sorts of requests in person. if your friend wants money tell them to ask you to your face. only the most energy efficient appliances are supposed to get the energy star label. that's not always what happens, though. allison is in the cnnmoney.com newsroom in new york. what do people need to know about that rating?

i gravitate to those things. most people do. >> reporter: exactly. think about it. when we shop for new appliance, it's not just the color or the brand that matter it's that little energy star sticker on the appliances. but problems with the program could wind up undermining that consumer confidence that we have in that little sticker. one red flag is that manufacturers test their own products. so some companies could put stickers on products that don't qualify and it's happened before. the report finds one refrigerator company snitched to the energy department about a competitor, independent testing confirmed that the model in question made by lg electronics actually used double the amount of energy it claimed. to keep this from happening more often, the inspector general is calling for third-party testing of all energy star products and improved oversight by the energy department. >> what else does the energy department have to say? how do we know we can trust any of these labels?

>> reporter: exactly. the department says it agrees with the report's findings and plans to do more independent testing and policing. it also says when companies misuse the logo, like the refrigerator example that we talked about the department does take action and it says it stands by the program. listen to this. >> there are 60 products that have the energy star logo and we have every bit of confidence when consumer s goshopping and by an energy star product compared to one that doesn't have the logo that it will save them money and help the environment. >> reporter: so the epa says if you buy energy star appliance, they'll wind up paying for themselves within five years and save the average home $75 a year. and we could see a lot more people shopping for them in the coming months thanks to the stimulus bill. $300 million worth of federal rebates will be available on many energy star product, up to $200 rebates on some appliances out there. we'll see if this report gets people to do a little more

homework before they shop. >> thank you for the heads-up. the family of this missing 7-year-old we've been talking about, somer thompson. this is like a bad dream, they say. a massive search is under way in orange park near jacksonville for somer. officials in clay county are something everyone to be on the lookout. the second-grader vanished walking home from school yesterday. officials say she was with other kids. she ran ahead of them. and her grandmother says she can't believe this is happening. listen to this. >> she's just a very very sweet child, very innocent. >> [ inaudible ]. >> everything. it's just been a roller coaster. we keep holding out and hoping that we hear something and someone will let us know. they're not telling us much

whanchts sort of things did she like? is she a barbie person? >> not really a barbie person. she hangs around inside a lot. she doesn't even play outside very much. >> how's mom doing? >> mom is not doing very well. as each hour goes by she gets less and less hopeful. >> what did she about her dream -- >> she keeps saying that she wished she could wake up and it would have all just been a terrible dream. >> can you put into words your feeling for your granddaughter? >> you know, you think about this and you think, this can't be happening to me this can't be happening to my family. but it is, and it's very hard. that's all i can do. >> that is 7-year-old somer

thompson's grandmother. and this is the number authorities want you to call if you know anything about what has happened to her. she was last seen yesterday after school. the number is 1-877-227-6911. somer thompson. first carrie prejean lost her title as miss california usa. then she sued pageant officials. now they're countersuing. wait until you hear what the suit is demanding and what "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson is saying about it.

former miss california usa, carrie prejean, is getting sued over her breast implants. the company that paid for them

wants not the breast implants back. they want the money back. "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson is in l.a. all right, brooke. this is actually a countersuit. first of all, missed you while you were gone on maternity leave. happy to see you. >> thank you. let's dive in. my first story back with you richelle, and here we are talking about breast implants. it is a cross complaint. it is 45 pages long. so that is really just indicative of how much intense dislike there is between these two parties. former miss california usa carrie prejean, stripped of her title in june after she made that controversial pageant answer gave that controversial answer to the question on same-sex marriage. say they she was stripped of her title for other reasons, though. now here is this countersuit after carrie prejean had initially basically sued the miss california usa pageant

board for what she says is slander, libel, public disclosure of private facts, emotional distress t list goes on and on. in this cross complaint, they want their boobs back, you know not specifically -- she can keep the breast implants. but they do want the money back that they gave her for the surgery, the production company involved with the board says that it was her idea to get the surgery and they agreed to give her a loan of the money. she agreed to repay them. carrie prejean does not have a statement on this at this time. but, richelle, i don't know what you think. but to me this all seems pretty darn juvenile that they've sunk this low that now they're fighting over breast implants. >> it does seem a bit ridiculous. almost seems like a judge might go tell them both, you all need to go somewhere and work this out and you both need to drop your lawsuits. that's what it seems like this is headed to, to me. i like how you broke it down and

you stop with the niceties and you just said boobs, good for you. >> richelle, i'm a nursing mother, so i speak freely about them right now. but, yes breast implants is probably the politically correct way to say it. >> no, this story deserves boobs for so many reasons. >> you're right. >> let's talk about george clooney, i don't know if he's just getting older and decides i'm going to put my personal business out there. but he's really opening up, isn't he? >> yeah, just laying it all out there about relationship challenges he's had in the past. >> i will add he seems pretty happy right now with 30-year-old elizabeta. >> i like to look at him too.

>> who doesn't? >> thanks, brooke.

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the family of a missing 7-year-old florida girl says this whole thing is like a bad dream. there is a massive search under

way right now in orange park. this is near jacksonville florida, for this little girl right here. this is somer thompson. officials in clay county are asking everyone to be on the lookout for her. she's in second grade. she was walking home from school yesterday. she vanished. she was with other kids at first. she ran ahead of them because they were teasing her. no one has seen her since. the grandmother broke down in tears when she was talking to reporters. she says she can't believe this is happening. >> she's just a very, very sweet child, very innocent. >> [ inaudible ]. >> everything. it's just been a roller coaster. we keep holding out and hoping that we hear something and somebody will let us know. they're not telling us much. >> what sort of things did she like? is she a barbie person or was

she -- >> no not really a barbie person. she just -- just, i don't know. she hangs around inside a lot. she doesn't even play outside very much. >> how's mom doing? >> mom is not doing very well. as each hour goes by, she gets less andless less hopeful. >> what did she say about a dream? >> she keeps saying she wishes she could wake up and it would have all just been a terrible dream. >> can you put into words your feelings for your granddaughter? >> you know, you think about this and you think, this can't be happening to me. this can't be happening to my family. but it is. and it's very hard. that's all i can do. >> authorities say they have gotten hundreds of tips. they want more.

they are asking for you to call 1-877-227-6911 if you have any information in this case. police need your help with something else as well. virginia state police are asking for your help in finding this young woman. she's a virginia tech student. her name is morgan harrington and she hasn't been heard from, hasn't been seen since she was with her friends. they went to a metallica concert saturday night at the university of virginia. police say that's where she got separated from the group. her parents are pleading for her safe return. >> i'd like to say if morgan is out there and hears us please come home. if someone has morgan, please let her go and come home safely. morgan's a great kid. and this is very atypical behavior. >> she is as beautiful inside as she is outside.

she has family and friends that love her and miss her. if there's any information that anyone can offer that would help us find her, we would appreciate you contacting the police because as you can tell we're pretty distraught. >> and her parents say they usually talk to her pretty much every day. so obviously that's why they're worried about her. the former yale lab worker charged with killing a grad student is scheduled to appear in court at this hour. raymond clark's lawyer says he'll plead not guilty to killing annie le last month. police say he strangled the 24-year-old and hid her body behind a wall in the lab building where they both worked. cameras are not allowed in the courtroom so we will not be able to bring you any live pictures. a lawyer has come forward to say his client may be arrested soon in the killing of a star university of connecticut football player. jasper howard was stabbed to death in a fight after a weekend dance on the campus. the lawyer is not identifying

his client but says he was involved in the fight but he did not stab howard. last night teammates friends and family placed candles and flowers at the spot where howard was killed. some students are joining in a day of silence to remember him and the black student association has asked everyone on campus to wear dark colors. a candlelight vigil is being organized for tomorrow night. a former government scientist just appeared in federal court to face espionage charges. stewart nozette is accused of trying to sell classified information to an fbi agent posing as an israeli intelligence official. the israeli government is not accused of violating any laws. nozette is an aerospace expert who's credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon while working at the energy department. he had special security clearance that gave him access to atomic or nuclear-related materials. two terrorist attacks ripped through a college campus in pakistan killing at least four people and wounding more than a

dozen. one suicide bomber attacked the women's cafeteria at the university. a second bomber struck the school's law department. the attacks are the latest in a string of militant violence around pakistan. militants are threatening more strikes in rl talluation for the government's assault on the country's southern tribal region last week. there will be a presidential runoff election in afghanistan next month. afghan president hamid karzai endorsed this at a news conference he held this morning and says he accepts the findings of a u.n.-backed panel which found clear evidence of fraud in the august election. officials tossed out almost a third of karzai's votes. the afghan president will face his main rival, former foreign minister abdullah abdullah, on november 7th. president obama praised karzai for taking part in a revote. president obama says all

u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq by next august. he told iraq's prime minister this morning the u.s. stands by its withdrawal plan. nuri al maliki wants more commercial investment now that violence in iraq is declining. the president is pressing iraqi leaders to do more to get ready for the critical election in january. the u.s. is concerned violence may return if the vote is delayed. president obama honored a group of vietnam veterans today with the presidential unit citation nearly 40 years after their exceptional act of bravery. >> to you and all those who served in vietnam, we thank you. we honor your service and america is forever grateful. today also reminds us of our obligations to all of veterans whether they took off the uniform decades ago or days ago to make sure that they and their families receive the respect they deserve and the health care and treatment they need the benefits they have earned and

all the opportunities to live out their dreams. >> what they did is just unbelievable. this is the u.s. army's alpha troop alpha squadran. the alpha troop plowed throw 2 1/2 miles of jungle risking ambush and land mines to save people. a film adaptation of a children's classic rakes in big bucks at the box office over the weekend. why are parents not so wild about it?

a recent study finds shocking racial disparities in heart health. african-americans develop heart failure at rates substantially higher than whites. in this week's health minute, melissa long looks at one doctor's creative attempt to reverse that trend. >> reporter: dr. ronnie whitfield isn't your typical physician. when he's not seeing patients he's doing this -- ♪ if you eat healthy there will be less for me to visit ♪ >> reporter: teaching young african-americans about stroke and heart disease. dr. whitfield also known as the hip-hop doc says he's being creative because traditional messages just aren't working and the grim statistics speak to those points.

experts cite factors like genetics and family history but don't know why the rates are so high. that's why dr. whitfield is being proactive offering a musical message for the heart. for health minute, i'm melissa long. it took the top spot at the box office last weekend. parents and kids family with maurice sendak's classic "where the wild things are" aren't so wild about this film. reggie aqui joins us with more. a friend of mine took her daughter to see it. and i saw her facebook status a little while later and she says, i'm having second thoughts. what's the problem? >> reporter: your friend is one

of the people of many who have gone to twitter or facebook and they have noted that they aren't so pleased with the movie. this is especially parents who are seeing the movie. they say either their kids were bored or it was a little too dark for their kids. the book is usually read by really young kids. and this adaptation is definitely aimed at an older age group, maybe more of an adult age group than a kid age group. one parent said the movie was joyless, his kids enjoyed about 15 minutes of the whole thing. another said her 4-year-old turned around and asked, why is this movie so sad? you'll remember the original book is only 338 words. and it only takes five minutes to read. obviously the director and the writer had to do a lot more in this movie, they had to fill in the blanks. and for some parent that wasn't what they wanted to see. they wanted, i guess the warm fuzzies and walked away with either being bored or scared.

>> the studio is all they care about -- i shouldn't say that. >> reporter: we'll see what the second weekend looks like. >> another story that's getting a lot of buzz at dot-com is some news related to ptsd. what's going on there? >> reporter: yeah, posttraumatic stress disorder. a lot of the men and women who have come back from afghanistan or iraq are suffering with ptsd. there's a new study out now showing that people who undergo surgery, if they have ptsd, they are more likely to die within a year after that surgery than those who do not have ptsd. so this is a rather revealing look at an area of ptsd that i think a lot of us haven't seen. people develop this anxiety disorder in response to a traumatic event. the symptoms include intrusive memories, social withdrawal. and here's one reason. they say the condition itself

which definitely stresses the body leads to a worse recovery from major surgery. the condition has been correlated with increased risk for alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, obesity, diabetes and of course if you think you're suffering from ptsd it's important to try and get some help. this is a correlation, richelle, that i think we had not seen before, that someone would have trouble recovering from a surgery, which seems unrelated to the ptsd, because of those symptoms. >> but the key is even if you suspect, you have to get help because the help is there. >> reporter: another reason to go and do that. >> thanks, reggie. an american father who was in jail in japan for trying to bring his two children home he is now speaking out about his time behind bars. he is back in the states. but where are his children?

a tennessee dad is now talking publicly about the ordeal that landed him in jail in japan. christopher savoie is back home after a failed attempt to reclaim his son and daughter.

he says their mother abducted them. he sat down with our affiliate. >> i'm glad to be home. i'm very glad to be home. >> reporter: christopher savoie says the ordeal of more than two weeks in a japanese jail was bad enough, but coming home without his children now 9-year-old isaac and 6-year-old rebecca was excruciating. >> there are no words for it. there aren't any words for it. >> reporter: the tennessee man made international news when he picked up his kids as they walked to school with their mother hezis ex-wife abducted the children to japan back in august. but japan does not honor foreign custody agreements. so savoie took matters into his own hands. it wasn't a violent act? >> no no. >> reporter: you didn't hit your ex-wife or push her? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: finally rei need with the children he thought

he'd lost forever, savoie raced to the nearist u.s. consulate. did they know you were coming? >> yeah, they knew. we called them ahead of time. >> reporter: but his ex-wife alerted local police who were waiting outside with rebecca in his arms and isaac trailing behind savoie says he tried to race past the police barricade to get the children to u.s. soil. >> i did run with my daughter in my arms to the consulate door. there was a whole riot gear of police running after me with shields and batons. >> reporter: this really is like a scene from a movie. >> it felt like a movie. it was unreal for me. >> reporter: police arrested him and for 17 days, authorities held him here in this jail repeatedly interrogating him while they decided whether or not to indict him on kidnapping charges. >> everything that you're not supposed to do to a defendant, especially preindictment, they

did and a whole lot more. >> reporter: and you're arguing, these are my kids, i've got the right to my kids? >> absolutely. and they didn't disagree with me on that. they just said i'm not allowed to see them. >> reporter: then suddenly last week prosecutors let him go free with the stipulation that he leave the country and his kids. >> basically, i'm not allowed to see them. i'm not even allowed to call them, and i'm not even allowed to send them birthday presents. >> reporter: while japanese authorities say he can pursue custody of his children through japanese courts, savoie knows the odds are against him. against him. >> do you hope that one day isaac and rebecca look back on this and say that they're dad tried. >> i certainly hope so. they're going to find out who their dad is what he's all about and that he loves them.

if loving my kids so much that i want to be with them is a crime, well then i'm guilty. i'm guilty of loving my kids. >> thanks to phil williams for the report. he has an official japanese document that lists him as having joint custody. he says in the end japanese authorities don't seem to care. john travolta's blackmail case could go to the jury as soon as today. the prosecution argued an ambulance driver and his lawyer demanded $25 million from the actor in exchange for a signed medical liability form. they insist the actor tried to buy the document. they called one witness. they are expected to instruct the jury after they present the closing today.

carrie prejean is getting sued over her breast implants. the company behind the pageant wants the $5,200 paid back for her surgery. prejean sued the company claiming it engaged in slander and religious discrimination against her over her antigay marriage stance. she was making appearances without pageant officials. a dog falls into a well. and a small town fire team springs into action. wait until you see all of the rescue video. >> you're okay!

the fbi now joining the search in a north florida neighborhood as her desperate family is wondering where is 7-year-old somer thompson?

president obama says he intends to keep his word on pulling out u.s. troops for iraq. when he expects that will happen. and the justice department is backing off of medical pot users who comply with state laws. here's the question is the obama administration too mellow on medical marijuana? i'm brooke baldwin. we're hearg from a family member of a missing 7-year-old florida girl who says it is like a bad dream. a massive search is under way in o orange park for 7-year-old somer thompson. officials are asking everyone to be on the lookout. look at this picture with me. the 2nd grader vanished walking home from school yesterday. she was with other kids but ran ahead because they were teasing her. her grandmother broke into tears talking to reporters.

>> she's such a sweet child. she has never met a stranger. that's the hardest thing you know. to tell them there's dangers out there. she's just very sweet. just a very very sweet child. very innocent. everything. everything. it's been a roller coaster. we cope hoping to hear something. they're not telling us much. >> is she a barbie person? >> not really barbies. she just she hangs around inside. she doesn't play outside much. >> how is mom doing?

>> mom is not doing well. each hour that goes by she gets less and less hopeful. >> did she say she wished it were a dream? >> she keeps saying she wish she could wake up and it would all just be a terrible dream. >> can you put into words your feeling for your granddaughter? >> you think this can't be happening to me. this can want be happening to my family. but it is. it's very hard. just so worried about her. this is not like her. very loving child. very friendly. if anybody knows anything, please please contact us. call the police call the

sheriff. let us know something. thank you for the support. it's brought me to a different level. >> authorities have gotten hundreds of tips now. they along with grandmother you just heard her asking if you have any information call 1-877-227-6911. sla state police are asking for help in locating this young lady. she's not been heard from since she and her friends went to a concert saturday night at the university of virginia. police say that is where morgan somehow got separated from her group. >> she is currently listed as a missing person. however, there is concern, morgan out of character has not contacted anyone since the night of the concert. >> morgan's parents say they talk to her almost every day.

they are very concerned about her well being. president obama says all u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq by next august. this is what he told iraq's prime minister this morning. >> we are very interested both of us in making sure iraq has an election law that is completed on time so that elections can take place on time in january. that's consistent with the transition taking place. and my commitment to al maliki that we'll have our combat troops out of iraq by august of next year. and all of our troops out of iraq by 2011. the president is pressing iraqi leaders to do more to get ready

for the critical election that happens in january. the u.s. still concerned violence may be returned. this group of vietnam veterans being honored today. 40 years after their exceptional act of bravery. the u.s. army's alpha troop first squadron volunteered to rescue an infantry army surrounded along the cambodian border. they were hours from being killed or captured. they prowled through two inform miles of jungle risking ambush and land mines to safe them. and there will be a presidential runoff election in afgs next month. karzai endorsed in a news conference this morning. he also says he accepts the finding of this u.n. backed panel which found clear evidence of fraud in the august presidential election. officials tossed out about a third of karzai's vote.

the afghan president will be facing against his main rival abdullah on november 7th. president obama praised karzai for agreeing to take part in the revote. saying it's important precedent for afghan's new democracy. the suspect in annie le's brutal murder is not entering a plea during his court appearance today. he set a probable cause hearing for former yale lab worker raymond clark. they asked the court to keep the arrest and search warrants sealed. police say he strangled the 24-year-old and then hid her body behind a wall inside the lab building where they were both working. le's body was found on what would have been her wedding day. richard heene allegedly wanted to star in some kind of reality tv show. nothing morale than perhaps a trip to jail. now the feds are involved.

authorities were led to believe his 6-year-old son had flown away in the balloon. turns out the boy was never on it. officials say the heenes may have violated several federal regulations barring people from flying. either balloons or even kites within five miles of an airport. that balloon affected flights at denver international airport. the county sheriff says felon charges will be filed against richard and mayumi heene next week. for the first time in 34 years a rocket other than a space shuttle is getting set to launch on one of nasa's launching pads. it's set to launch on a test flight next week. it's supposed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon. however, the white house may be scrapping that plan.

327 feet tall. it's by contrast about 184 feet tall. tall. >> first she lost her title as miss california, usa. then she sued pageant officials.

>> lot of talk about marijuana today. marijuana supporters are praising the new obama legislation. obama administration policy i should say, that appears to ease up on federal prosecution of medical marijuana. the justice department memo released yesterday says u.s. attorneys should not waste their time targeting people who use or sell medical marijuana in compliance with state laws. . federal agents are also being

encouraged to buff dispensaries using medical marijuana as a front for traditional drug dealing. so -- this is our views question of the day. the vast majority of you are in favor of obama policy. this whole change on pot. we want to get both sides of the issue represented here. first an e-mail. the e-mail from diane. let me read it. it says -- thank you for that. another nurse here. but totally disagrees. two nurses there.

want to go to bob. calling in from montana where this is legal. bob, tell me your story. >> reporter: first of all, we love the obama family here. thank god, secondly that the state of montana has decriminalized it for medical use. this is a great step in the right direction for the federal government. and let's move swiftly and get it legalized. i am a disabled vietnam veteran who has used it for chronic pain and also 70% disabled from ptsd. >> you're growing the stuff legally in montana? >> caller: yes, i am. and i'm also an advocate trying to get the v.a. to begin issuing prescriptions for that. for treatment of post-traumatic stress. it works. trust me. >> you don't think it would lead to abuse of marijuana. >> caller: i have a 12-year-old in my house a 15-year-old, and a 16-year-old.

the only kids that don't use alcohol or drugs in their high school and junior high school and elementary school. >> bob thank you for calling in. danielle wrote they would have less prisoners in facilities by hundreds of thousands. it would help money-tightened states and benefit chronic illnesses such as cancer. it would benefit it more to legalize it then tax it like tobacco. thank you, everyone. really great to hear from you. medicinal marijuana. now the faces of hollywood changing. you may know andrea garcia from "the george lopez show." soledad o'brien is showing us how garcia is paving the way for future latino stars. >> no one looked like me when i was younger.

>> aimee. >> punky brewster had freckles. >> aimee garcia is part of a new generations of actors. >> i think everybody wants a latina on their show. we can play everything. hollywood is starting to catch up on that. >> i vnlt swunghaven't swung a golf club in 60 days. >> the national foundation celebrity golf club. >> keep your eye on the ball. you'll be all right. >> and take on new challenges like golf. >> what you lack in skill, you got to make up in style. >> aimee spicy chicken town. call if you want to see her. who did you send that to? >> every casting director in town the day i arrived. go big or go home was my motto. >> the plan paid off.

the half mexican, half puerto rican actress eventually landed a role on "the george lopez show." >> i feel very lucky that i can play veronica. a millionaire latina with no accent. >> to me the show did what the cosby show did. it was an all-american family who had the trials and tribulations and laughs and tiers that every other family had. >> aimee garcia doesn't quit. >> what kind of advice todo you give her about hollywood? >> there will always be bad parts. you don't have to take them. >> aimee is proud of her latest part as an helicopter pilot in "trauma." she continues to challenge people's perceptions and expand the definition of what it means to be latina.

>> i feel like i have won the lottery. i love it. you rarely find a role for a woman like that. much less a latina. we're sexy, but we're also smart. >> i thought you would understand. >> oh! >> soledad o'brien, cnn los angeles. >> to be sure to check out the new special "latino in america." how they're reshaping american politics business and neighborhoods.

john travolta's blackmail case in the bahamas could go to the jury as early as today. they argued the ambulance driver

and his attorney demanded $25 million from the actor in exchange for a signed medical liability form. the defendants insist the actor tried to buy the document. the defense called only one witness here an emt who was not at the travolta vacation home when 16-year-old jett died. the judge is expected to instruct the jury after defense presents its closing today. director roman polanski will stay in a swiss jail now that a swiss court has denied him bail. the court called the 76-year-old a high flight risk. polanski is planning extra diction here. he fled the u.s. back in 1978 before he was sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. former miss california usa getting sued over her breast implants. eonline is roring the company behind the pageant wants the $5,200 back it paid for the

surgery. she sued the company first she lost her title for making appearances without permission of pageant officials. her attorney says it's just another attempt to tarnish her good reputation and name. if you're a college student, no breaking news for you. tuition costs really on the rise. that jumps 6.5% to just over $7,000. that's according to the annual trends in college pricing report. the average price rose 4 hnt 4% to $22,600. these figures do not include room, board and other living expenses. other signals on another front. talking home construction. building of new homes edged up slightly last month.

wholesale prices dropped because of lower energy costs. the department -- the lay dor department says the producer price index fell 6/10 of a percent in december after a steep rise in august. the drop is another sign the recession kept a lid on inflation. wait until you check out this brawl. a man was put in a head lock. punches began flying.

♪ ♪ welcome to comcast local edition. i am donna richardson and my guest this hour is colonel george f. johnson iv superintendent of the maryland

natural resources police. colonel, thank you for joining me. >> great to be here with you. >> in addition to being with the maryland natural resources you are president of the maryland police chief association and who in addition to chief are your members? and who is working with you? >> it is comprised mostly of chief of police from all over the state and state government and law enforcement chiefs and county and municipalities that exist in all of the state of maryland. >> i know as a group i know there are several initiatives taking place. there is a new one. checkpoint strike force. >> yes it is a research based-multi-state situation where we pick and we go out there and we look for drivers that are impaired and work to get them off of the road and we do that through our sobriarity checkpoints and our saturation

patrols. >> and so, which jerse - jurisdiction, one specific area or all of the jurisdictions now involved? >> all throughout maryland, the chiefs of police have signed on. every jurisdiction signed on in some way shape or form to participate in the checkpoint strike force. >> and so do you find that the checkpoints are helpful in hopefully lowering traffic fatalities? >> absolutely. fatalities have been reduced 20 percent in the areas where we are doing the checkpoints . it proves to be extremely beneficial to us in many different ways. >> and do you find that the residents are supporting the checkpoints and do you have partner necessary this effort? >> yes we do. as you know, it is a powerful organization of mothers against drunk drivers. we work with them chosely in

this endeavor and other organizations. their surveys indicate 85 to 90 percent of the people they talked to support the checkpoints. >> do you do these at specific times of year or are the checkpoints ongoing initiative. >> they are ongoing initiatives. they will be taking place every week and everywhere and where you think that it is the best possible opportunity to deploy the work force and effective use knowledge of our people in this endeavor. >> as you are having the checkpoints and i know initially you are looking for impaired drivers but are you finding other things when you are pulling over the impaired drivers? >> oh, yes. people are very surprised what we run into on the checkpoints.

the main focus is to get the impaired drivers that use alcohol off of the streets and identify them. but we are running into people who have warrants on them. their licenses are suspended some people have drugs in the vehicle this we were able to detect and find. there is a whole gamut of things and seat belt usage. it helps us with the seat belt initiatives and child safety seat. we are able to make different observations and of course, we put a lot of emphasis on the seat belt usage and child safety seat as well >> i know some jurisdiction or most of the them there is zero tolerance if you don't have your seat belt on it is amazing that people are still driving without them. >> it is with the seat belt usage, if you are involved in an accident with the impaired drivers that use alcohol that gives you that much more of a chance to survive.

>> how can citizens assist with the checkpoint strike force? >> we need them to be our eyes and ears out there. as with many thing necessary law enforcement and we ask citizens to do. if they see a person driving erratically or aggressively and feel they are under the influence of alcohol. pick up the cell phone and dial the number 911 or what ever it is that they feel comfortable in using. >> thank you colonel for joining me. >> donna thank you for helping us. >> thank you for watching comcast local edition. i am donna richason.

the family of this missing 7-year-old florida girl says it's really just like a bad dream. just imagine here. a massive search is under way in orange park that's near jacksonville for this girl. this is summer thompson. officials there are asking everyone to be on the lookout.

the second grader vanished walking home from school yesterday. officials say she was walking with other kids. but she ran ahead of them because they had been teasing her. her grandmother, so compelling. her grandmother broke into tears here talking to a reporter. >> we're just so worried about her. this is not like her. she's a very, very loving little child. very friendly. if anybody knows anything, please contact us. call the police. call the sheriff. let us know something. i want to thank everybody for being so supportive. it is just -- just brought me to a different level. >> how is mom doing? >> mom is not doing very well. as each hour goes by she gets

less and less hopeful. >> what did she say about a dream? she wished it were a dream? >> yeah. she keeps saying she wish she could wake up and it would all just be a terrible dream. >> can you put into words your feeling for your granddaughter? >> you know, you think about this and you think this can't be happening to me. this can't be happening to my family. but it is. it is very hard. >> as the family is asking for your help authorities say they've gotten hundreds of tips. they, too, are asking you to call them if you have any information. here's the number. 1-877-227-6991. virginia state police are asking for your help in locating this virginia tech students. this is morgan herrington. she's not be heard from since they went to a concert saturday night at uva. police say that's where herrington got separated from

her group. her parents, as you can imagine pleading for her safe return. >> i would like to say if morgan is out there and hears us please come home. if someone has morgan, please let her come home safely. morgan is a great kid. this is very atypical behavior. >> she is as beautiful inside as she is outside. she has family and friends that love her and miss her. if there's any information that anyone can offer to help us find her, we would appreciate you contacting police. as you can tell, we're pretty distraught. >> her participantents say they talk to her almost tefr day. they're very worried about her well being. a suspect in annie le's new murder is not enter a plea today

during his court appearance. the judge set a probable cause hearing for november 13th for former yale lab worker raymond clark. they asked the court to keep the arrest and search warrants sealed. several newspapers want them made public. police say this man strangled the 24-year-old grad student and hid her body behind a in that lab building where they were working. le's body was found on what would have been her wedding day. and a lawyer has come forward to say his client may be arrested soon in the killing of a star university of connecticut football player. this is jasper howard. he was stabbed to death in a fight after a weekend dance on the campus. the lawyer -- he's not identifying his client -- but he does say he was involved in the fight. he says he did not stab howard. last night teammates, friends, family all placed candles and flowers at the spot where howard was killed. some are joining in a day of silence to remember him. the school's black student association has asked everyone at the campus to wear dark

colors. a candle light vigil is being held for tomorrow night. a presidential election next month. karzai has now endorsed it. he now says he accepts the findings that found clear evidence of fraud in the election. he will face his main rival. former minister abdul abdullah. he praised karzai for taking part in a revote saying it's an important precedent for afghanistan's new democracy. meanwhile president obama says all u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq by next august. he said the u.s. stands by the withdrawal plan. he wants more commercial investment now that violence in iraq is declining.

the president is pressing iraqi leaders to do more to get ready for the critical election that is in january. the u.s. is concerned the violence might return if the vote is at all delayed. special honor for a group of vietnam veterans. president obama recognized them with the presidential unit citation. nearly 40 years after an exceptional act of bravery. >> today also reminds us of our obligations to all our veterans. where they took off the uniform decades ago or days ago to make sure that they and their families receive the respect they deserve, and the health care and treatment they need. the benefits they have earned, and all the opportunities to live out their dreams. >> the u.s. army's alpha troop first squadron 11th armored calvary volunteered for a dangerous mission. they rescued a company along the cambodian border. they were running out of

ammunition. they couldn't move. just houring from being captured or killed. the troop plowed through two and a half miles of jungle risking ambush and land mines to save them. a former government scientist has appeared in federal court on espionage charges. stew ward nozette was accused of trying to sell documents. they say the scientist was working on the reagan administration's star wars missile shield program. while working at the energy department nozette had special security clearance that gave him access to atomic or nuclear-related materials. two terrorist attacks rip through a college campus in pakistan. it wounded more than a dozen others. one suicide bomber attacked the cafeteria there.

these are just the latest in a string of militant violence all around pakistan. mill substantiateitants are threatening more strikes. an i-reporter there in colorado says there's a colorado landmark that just won't up in flames. check out the rest of the footage.

investigators in colorado say it could be days before they can determine what caused the historic fire at the mall. fire broke out at 6:00 a.m.

local time. i-reporters christi and gary were there within moments and captured this amazing video. the volunteers firefighters battling the flames. hazelton says it was scary with thick smoke and huge flames. >> right now we're following the firefighters that are just pouring tons of water on it. the denver media is always there. this is a sad day. so many business owners lost their businesses here. >> as a result of that hazelton says store owners were tearing up watching their family business go up in flames. firefighters fought this for several hours. it burned so intensely tests will have to be performed to determine how and where it started. please send us an i-report.

go to ireport.com. click on upload now link. john travolta's blackmail case could go to the jury as early as today. in its closing yesterday the prosecution was arguing an ambulance driver and his lawyer demanded $25 million from the actor. all of this in exchange for a signed medical liability form. the defendants insist the actor tried to buy the documents. meantime the defense here called one witness and emt not at the vacation home when their 16-year-old son jett died. the judge is expected to instruct the jury after defense presents closing today. richard heene wanted to star in a reality tv show. nothing morale than a possible trip to jail here. the federal aviation administration is confirming it is investigating last week's runaway balloon stunt as well. the hoax led authorities to believe heene's 6-year-old son had flown away in this thing.

the boy was just hiding in the house. they want to bar people from flying balloons or kites within five miles of the airport. it affected flights at denver international. in addition to the federal probe, the account sheriff says felon charges will likely be filed against richard and mayumi heene next week. it could include conspiracy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. some criminals are breaking and entering without a weapon. hln money expert clark howard tells us why small businesses are the prime targets here. >> okay i got a special warning for you if you own your own business. criminals have been frustrated a lot trying to crack the computers at big companies? why? . they'll have their own it departments and security personnel on staff. in a small business your the

staff. you might have a lot of money running through your accounts. criminals are attacking the computer systems of small businesses with trojan programs that they load onto your computer. they can access your bank account password and then at key homes when you tend to have high balances they go in swoop in take over your account and run off with the money. buy a new computer only for banking and financial websites that you never use for anything else. i'm clark howard. for more ways to protect yourself, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> catch him every sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern time on news and views. an american father jailed in

japan for trying to bring home his two children he's speaking out about his time behind bars. he's back in the states. where are his kidsome

the tennessee man arrested in japan after trying to regain custody of his children is back home without his kids. he says his ex-wife abducted hi son and daughter and moved them to japan in august. that was in violation of their custody order. a tennessee court gave him full custody. when savoie went to japan tried to take home his kids, he was thrown in jail for 17 days. >> basically i'm not allowed to see them. i'm not allowed to call them. i'm not allowed to call them. i'm not even allowed to send them birthday presents. if loving my kids so much i want to be with them is a crime, then i'm guilty. >> japan does not honor custody

agreements. converting to catholosism. while they maintain their own spiritual traditions including having married priests. in the pasts these exceptions were only granted in in a couple cases in certain countries. they disagree with the election of women and gay bishops. maybe it was devine intervention after all. the robbery suspect turned himself into authorities. indianapolis police say this man robbed a cash advance store yesterday. eventually both of them ended up crying, praying and hugging. the whole scene caught on tape. the suspect took $20 and the woman's cell phone. a fake news release led to a

fik news conference. the false statement said they dropped a long standing opposition to new climate legislation. eventually someone tr the reel chamber of commerce showed up. >> if you have questions you're welcome to direct them to me. >> do you have you have a business card? >> i do. we can discuss it afterwards. >> okay. can i see your business card? >> can i see yours? >> are you hear representing the members of congress? >> i work here. you do not look familiar to me at all. >> the yes, man. pulled off the hoax. they think the chamber's opposition to climate change is backwards. they want a police investigation into the hoax. you know the energy star

label. that's not always what happens. alison kosik is in the cnnmoney.com newsroom. i know the sticker we're talking about. what do people need to know about the rating? >> think about it. when we shop for new appliances it's not just the color or brand. it's also the energy star sticker. but the inspector general says problems could undermine consumer confidence in the logo. some companies could put stickers on products that don't qualify. this happened before. one company snitched to the energy department about a a competitor. independent testing confirmed the model in question made by lg electronics actually used double the amount of energy it claimed. to keep this from happening more often now, the inspector general is calling for third party testing of all energy star products and improved oversight by the energy department. brooke? >> so alison, what is the energy department saying?

can we consumers trust the label? >> it says you can, and the department says it agrees with the report's findings and plans to do more independent testing and policing. it also says when companies misuse the logo like the refrigerator example we just talked about, the department does take action and it says it stands by the program. take a listen. >> there are 60 products that have the energy star logo now and we have every bit of confidence that when consumers go shopping and buy an energy star product, that it will save them money and help the environment. >> and the epa says if you buy energy star appliances they will pay for themselves within five years and save the average home 75 bucks a year and we could see a lot more people shopping for them in the coming months thanks to the stimulus bill. $300 million worth of federal rebates will be available on many energy star products. up to $200 rebates on some of the appliances. we'll see if this report gets people to do a little more

homework. >> like the sound of the rebates. alison, thank you very much. you can get more of today's business news. it's all at krun moneycnnmoney.com. i'll tell what you the dow is looking like. disappointing quarterly earnings from coca-cola and dupont coupled with a weaker than expected housing report weighing on wall street today. the dow is down 52 points but still above the 10,000 mark sitting at 10,040. two homeless men are getting ready for a road race after years of getting high. we'll tell you about their training and their climb back to a normal life.

it's just been a roller coaster. we keep hoping and hoping that we hear something, somebody will let us know. they're not telling us much. >> an emotional plea from the

grandmother of a missing 7-year-old child. this is somer thompson. we'll take you now to a press conference that's beginning in clay county florida for more on what's going on in the search for her. >> she met up with her sister -- somer then -- to walk home. they then walked out of sight. her two siblings arrived home at approximately 1505 hours at which time somer's mother's friend sean patton observed the two siblings come into the house and asked where somer was. they said she walked over. they searched for an hour. somer's mom called home and asked if all the kids made it home. mr. sumpatton advised somer had not

made it hope. the mother stopped by the clay county deputy and we began our investigation. a couple raw facts real quick like. today we've been concentrating on the wooded areas in this residential neighborhood. we've had horsebacks from the jacksonville sheriff's office. we've had k-9s from the florida department of corrections out of cross city, the st. john's county sheriff's office and jacksonville sheriff's office. as of 3:00 p.m. today we have received approximately 150 leads. we have followed up on approximately 80. here again our search is the primary focus today. we are following up on leads, but the search is the primary effort. to date we have completed 57 sexual predator offender verification interviews in a three-mile radius. currently as we speak we're extending that to 37 more in a five-mile radius which extends two miles into the jacksonville area and the jacksonville

sheriff's office is assisting us with that. the fbi and the florida department of law enforcement has teamed with us. we have activated our internal child abduction response team as well as team one child abduction response team for the florida department of law enforcement. we have moved into a 7:00 to 7:00 shift. we'll be operating on 12 hours and rotate on the 7s. we have had helicopters from the jacksonville sheriff office, game and fish, st. john's county sheriff's office. we've had dive teams from jacksonville sheriff's office and st. john's county. we had numerous retention ponds and a little small lake. they're assisting us with that. obviously we have numerous command centers here. at this time i'll take any questions. >> reporter: sergeant, you specifically -- in fact the sheriff said earlier there were very good leads. those are leads pointing to a person or a location? >> our leads right now are being followed up on.

we have some leads that we are concentrating on. however, we do not have a person of interest at all. >> do you believe she was abduct? >> at this time she's an endangered missing child. due to her age due to the climate conditions last night for a small child like that it would be very very tough for her to be out there. she's definitely endangered. we do suspect foul play. >> you're searching ponds and water. do you have any reason to believe she's there? something told you to search there? >> no, this is an all-out search. it's been go time for us all night last night, all day today. we're searching anything and everything that we possibly can. >> we were under the impression that she walked with her relatives from the school, but you're now saying she met them as opposed to leaving the elementary school with them? >> correct. she left the school at approximately 2:50 and she met up with her siblings about 1100 block of gaino avenue. obviously we expect foul play in the fact she did not come home last night. this is totally out of character for her and due to the climate

conditions and the age and the size of that child, it would be very, very tough for her to survive. [ inaudible question ] >> what has changed since 11:30? >> other than the raw information i just gave you, today's big focus has been to recover all of the areas that we searched last night utilizing the sunlight today. that's our primary focus is to continue to search. >> have you found any evidence that suggests foul play or is that just a suspicion? >> obviously we believe it's foul play due to the fact this she did not return home. >> how wide of a wooded area are you guys searching and how many different lakes ponds in this area? >> there is one retention pond and one small lake to the west of our location here. it would be just south of the victim's home residence. >> and in terms of last night and then today, are you any

closer in finding this little girl do you believe? >> we're just going to keep on trying. hopefully we'll have some good news. we're just going to keep trying and trying and trying. like i told you earlier, this is go time. this is -- this should be our finest hour where we have all of these investigative people here. we have all of these resources here and we're maximizing them to the max. >> anything you would tell the community and people who want to help? what do you encourage them to do? >> yes. tomorrow we're going to talk about volunteers and what they can do to help. so hopefully through our website or through the media we will address those and we have had several people last night that went out. they did a very good job. they kept us informed of anything they saw and certainly we encourage them to do that. >> at this point you're just encouraging them to search on their own. >> nothing organized yet. >> what about the fact that -- >> you've been listening to an update for the search of somer thompson. this is capping in clay county, florida. several frightening words coming

out of this press conference. they say they do suspect foul play. they use the words endangered missing child when referencing 7-year-old second grader somer thompson. they said this has been go time for them since 4:00 yesterday when they figured out this child was missing. they say that they have located, made contact with 57 sex offenders as they try to figure out where this child is within a three-mile radius of where she disappeared. they have now expanded the search into the jacksonville area because specifically where this happened is orange park. that's near jacksonville. they expanded the radius of the search well into jacksonville. they have dive teams. they've got helicopters. he repeatedly said this is an all-out search. go time as they try to figure out what happened to her. somer was walking home from her elementary school yesterday. she got separated from her friends. they say at some point she did make contact again with her siblings, but her siblings made it home and she did not make it home. a reporter spoke to her

grandmother earlier who understandably broke down in tears. listen to this. >> just so worried about her. this is not like her. very very loving like child and very friendly. if anybody knows anything please contact us. call the police, call the sheriff. let us know something. i want to thank everybody for being so supportive. it has just brought me to a different level. >> how is mom doing? >> mom is not doing very well. you know, as each hour goes by she gets less and less hopeful. >> what did she say about a dream? she wished it were a dream? >> she kept saying she wished she could wake up and it all

would have just been a terrible dream yoo. can you put dream. >> can you put into words your feelings for your granddaughter? >> you know, you think about this and you think this can't be happening to me. this can't be happening to my family, but it is, and it's very hard. that's all i can say. >> police have gotten 150 tips. they have gone over 80. they want more tips. they want answers. so this is the number you can call if you think you know something. it's 1-877-227-6911. nancy grace will have all the latest breaking 2k0e6789s ondevelopments ong the search for somer thompson. there are new guidelines when it comes to criminal activity and medical marijuana. the justice department says prosecutors can't go after patients and caregivers who comply with state laws. we'll have your views on that.

marijuana supporters are pleased with a new obama administration policy that eases up on federal prosecution of medical marijuana. a justice department memo released yesterday says u.s. attorneys shouldn't waste their time targeting people who use or sell medical marijuana in compliance with state laws. but the memo does tell them to pursue marijuana cases which involve illegal guns, violence, selling pot to minor, or involvement in other crimes. federal agents are also being encouraged to bust dispensaries that are using medical marijuana as a front for traditional drug dealing. this has been our "you're views" question of the day. most of our callers and e-mailers agree with the attorney general's decision, but we want to get both sides. you have been leaving a lot of comments on my facebook page all day. quite a few.

all right. kathy says legalize it. it is long overdue. this is a great leap in the right direction. lewis says it's a bad explanation. growing up in a drug infested neighborhood i know the dangers of marijuana use. i have watched dozens of my own family abuse marijuana for years. it's definitely a gateway drug to more dangerous drugs. even if users don't advance to more powerful drugs, they still end up abusing marijuana heavily. if the government chooses to go down this road, i hope they can deal with the medical and social fitfalls that come with it. it is really a sad state when our government feels it can't stop crime so they'll just legalize it instead. all right, lewis thanks. brian also left a comment. he says there's a major difference in between a casual smoker and being a dealer. a casual smoker isn't going to have 200 pounds of weed in their vehicle. will the government just do like mexico did and just go aefer the big dogs? i promise the first state that makes it legal will be a larger

tourist attraction than las vegas. and james sent us a text to hlntv. the most dangerous thing about marijuana use is being arrested. alcohol use is way more detrimental to your health, yet it's been legal since 1932. when is the government doing to learn that prohibition doesn't work? that's just a tiny sample of all the comments we got today. thank you for your comments and e-mails and phone calls. "prime news" starts in just a little bit. tonight joy behar has a special presentation, "divorce and america." she sits down with some well-known ex-wives for their perspective. get your nightly dose of joy. catch joy week nights at 9:00 eastern right here on hln. a blood sucker helped solve a cold case. how a leech helped catch a suspect more than seven years after the crime.

the suspect in annie le's brutal murder did not enter a plea during his court appearance. there were no cameras in the courtroom today. this is in new haven, connecticut. the judge set a probable cause hearing for november 3rd for former yale lab worker, raymond clark. police say he strangled the 24-year-old and hid her body behind a wall in the lab building where they both worked. at the hearing the defense and le's family asked the court to keep the arrest and search warrants sealed. several newspapers want them made public. a lawyer has come forward to say his client may be arrested soon in the killing of a star university of connecticut football player. jasper howard was stabbed to death in a fight after a weekend dance on the campus. the lawyer is not identifying his client but says he was involved in the fight. but he says he did not stab howard. last night teammates friends and family placed candles and flowers at the spot where howard was killed.

this morning youcuconn head coach talked about an emotional meeting when hourdsbetween howard's teammates and his parents. >> the mother and father went around and hugged those kids that were crying and let them know that it's nobody's fault. there's nothing that they could have done. it was god's way of what he wanted to do and then they spoke, and they spoke about jazz. they spoke about jazz's love for each of them, jazz's love for the university, for life, and what jazz would want them to do and how to carry on.

and it proceeded to where the mom and the dad went and hugged every kid, hugged every kid. >> on the uconn campus today some students are joining in a day of silence to remember him and a candlelight vigil is being organized for tomorrow night. former government scientist is due in court this afternoon to face espionage charges. stuart he's accused of trying to sell classified information to an fbi agent. the israeli government is not accused of violating any laws. he's an aerospace expert who is credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon. while working at the energy department, he had special security clearance that gave him access to atomic or nuclear-related materials. a blood sucker helped police solve an eight-year-old crime.

call it csi leech style. police in australia say a leech helped them catch a burglar a 71-year-old woman was beaten and robbed aits years ago. they found a blood-filled leech at the crime scene and extracted a dna sample. the sample was matched to a 54-year-old drug suspect who pleaded guilty to the robbery yesterday. forensic experts say the leech case could lead to mosquitoes and spiders becoming crime solvers since they suck blood, too. some of your friends on twitter, facebook and other social networking sites maybe could be criminals in disguise. the fbi says cyber crooks are patrolling those sites and hijacking people's profiles. you might get a message from somebody posing as your friend asking you to wire them money. you might also have friends who do ask you for money. criminals might lure you to an official looking site that tricks you into revealing pass words. the fbi's advice, always

double-check these sorts of requests in person. it was a big day for corporate earnings, but it was an economic report that sent the market lower today. alson kosik is at the business desk in new york with the trading details and a look at skyrocketing college costs. hello, alison. >> hello, richelle. you know, not even record-setting earnings from apple were enough to give stocks a boost today. investors were cautious following disappointing results from dupont and coca-cola and a weaker than expected report on the housing market. new home construction rose by half a percent last month. that's a step in the right direction but weaker than expected. permits for new building projects declined. the dow lost 50 points. the nasdaq sliding nearly two-thirds of 1%. college costs have increased dramatically over the past decade a new report showing they are now higher than ever. a survey released revealed

tuition and fees at four-year private schools rose almost 4.5% to more than $26,000. and public four-year universities saw charges spike 6% for both in-state and out of state students. unfortunately, the availability of financial aid isn't keeping up with the climbing costs getting even tougher to go to school. >> that's not a good thing. those poor kids and their parents. thanks alison. >> makes it tough. >> morgan harrington got separated from her friends after a metallica concert saturday night. the 20-year-old virginia tech student hasn't been seen or heard from since. jane velez-mitchell will take a closer look at this case.

a massive search is under way right now. this is happening in orange park, florida. that is near jacksonville. for that little girl, named somer thompson. that's in second grade. she vanished while walking home from school yesterday. police are calling her an endangered missing child. they say they do not have a person of interest in this case but listen. >> obviously, we suspect foul play in the fact that she did not come home last night. this is totally out of character for her. due to the climate conditions and the age and the size of that child, it would be very very tough for her to survive. as of 3:00 p.m. today, we have received approximately 150 leads. we have followed up on approximately 80. here again, our search is the

primary focus today. we are following up on leads but the search is the primary effort. to date we have completed 57 sexual predator offender verification interviews in a three-mile radius. currently as we speak, we're extending that to 37 more in a five-mile radius. >> somer's grandmother spoke to reporters earlier today about how hard this is on the family. listen to this. >> somer is such a sweet child. i mean she has never met a stranger. that's the hardest thing. you tell them there's dangers out there. she is just very sweet and loving. just very very sweet child,

very innocent. [ inaudible question ] >> everything. it's just been a roller coaster. we keep hoping and hoping that we hear something, that somebody will let us know. they're not telling us much. >> what sort of things did she like? is she a barbie person? >> no not really a barbie person. she just -- i don't know. she hangs around inside a lot. she doesn't even play outside very much. >> how is mom doing? >> mom is not doing very well. as each hour goes by she gets less and less hopeful. >> what did she say about her dream? she wished it were a dream. >> she kept saying she wished she could wake up and it would have all just have been a terrible dream. >> can you put into words your feelings for your granddaughter?

>> you know, you think about this, and you think this can't be happening to me. this can't be happening to my family, but it is, and it's very hard. just so worried about her. this is not like her. very very loving little child, and very friendly. if anybody knows anything please contact us, call the police call the sheriff. let us know something and i want to thank everybody for being so supportive. it has just brought me to a different level. >> she's asking for your help. so this is how you can help. if you know anything about what happened to somer, this is the number, 1-877-227-6911.

nancy grace will have all the latest breaking developments on the search for somer thompson at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern time tonight on hln. police need your help with something else. virginia state police are trying to find this virginia tech student. her name is morgan harrington. she hasn't been heard from hasn't been seen since she and her friends went to metallica concert on saturday night at the university of virginia. police say that's where she got separated from the group. >> she is currently listed as a missing person. however, there is some concern because morgan out of character has not contacted anyone since the night of the concert. >> her parents say they talked to her practically every day. so obviously, they are very worried about her. the suspect in annie le's brutal murder did not enter a plea during his court appearance

today. there weren't any cameras in the courtroom in new haven, connecticut. the judge set a probable cause hearing for november 3rd for former yale lab worker raymond clark. also today the defense and le's family asked the court to keep the search and arrest warrants sealed. several newspapers want them made public. the judge did not rule on that issue. the football coach for the university of connecticut randy edsall says his players might have engaged in some trash talking over the weekend, but he's not been told his players were fighting, and a lawyer has come forward to say his client may soon be arrested in last weekend's killing of a star uconn football player. police said jasper howard was stabbed to death in a fight after a weekend dance on the campus. the lawyer is not identifying his client but says he was involved in a fight. he says the man did not stab howard. last night teammates friends, and family placed candles and flowers at the spot where howard was killed. this morning the coach talked about an emotional meeting

between howard's teammates and his parents. >> the mother and father went around and hugged those kids that were crying and let them know that it's nobody's fault. there's nothing that they could have done. it was god's will -- it was god's way of what he wanted to do and then they spoke and they spoke about jazz. they spoke about jazz's love for each of them, jazz's love for the university for life and what jazz would want them to do and how to carry on. and it proceeded to where the

mom and the dad went and hugged every kid, hugged every kid. >> on the uconn campus today some students are joining in a ga of silence to remember him and a candlelight vigil is being organized for tomorrow night. the tennessee man arrested in japan after trying to regain custody of his children is back home without the kids. christopher savoie says his ex-wife abducted his son and daughter and moved them to japan in august in violation of their custody order. afterward a tennessee court awarded him full custody, but when he went to japan and tried to take the kids, he was thrown in jail for 17 days. japanese authorities released him on the condition he leave the country and leave the kids behind. >> basically i'm not allowed to see them. i'm not even allowed to call them, and i'm not even allowed

to send them birthday presents. if loving my kids so much that i really want to be with them is a crime, then, well, i'm guilty. i'm guilty of loving my kids. >> japan doesn't honor foreign custody agreements but authorities say savoie can try to pursue custody through japanese courts. there are new guidelines when it comes to criminal activity in medical marijuana. the justice department says prosecutors can't go after patients and caregivers who comply with state laws. we'll have your views.

there will be a presidential runoff election in afghanistan

next month. afghan president ma heedhamid karzai encoorsed it. he said he accepts the findings of the u.n. backed panel which found clear evidence of fraud in the august election. officials tossed out almost one-third of karzai's votes. the afghan president will face his main rainfall abdullah abdullah on november 7th. president obama praised karzai for agreeing to take part in this revote. and president obama says all u.s. combat troops will be out of iraq by next august. the president told iraq's prime minister this morning the u.s. stands by its withdrawal plan. nuri al maliki wants more commercial investment now that the violence in iraq is declining. the president is pressing iraqi leaders to do more to get ready for the critical election in january. the u.s. is concerned violence may return if the vote is delayed. the president took time today to honor a group of

vietnam veterans with the presidential unit citation nearly 40 years after their exceptional act of bravery. >> to you and all those who served in vietnam we thank you. we honor your service, and america is forever grateful. today also reminds us of our obligations to all our veterans whether they took off the uniform decades ago or days ago to make sure that they and their families receive the respect they deserve and the health care and treatment they need, the benefits they have earned, and all the opportunities to live out their dreams. >> what they did is unbelievable. first of all, it's the u.s. army's alpha troop first squadron, 11th armored cavalry regiment. they volunteered to rescue an infantry company surrounded by enemy forces. the trapped company was running out of ammunition, couldn't move, and was just hours from being captured or killed.

the alpha troop plowed through 2 1/2 miles of jungle risking ambush and land mines to save them. how about that? marijuana supporters are praising a new obama administration policy that eases up on federal prosecution of medical marijuana. a justice department memo released yesterday says u.s. attorneys shouldn't waste their time far getting people who use or sell medical marijuana in compliance with state laws but the memo does tell them to pursue marijuana cases which involve illegal guns violence, selling pot to minors, or involvement in other crimes. also, federal agents are being encouraged to bust dispensaries that are using medical marijuana as a front for traditional drug dealing. this has been the very popular "your views" question of the day. most of the calls and e-mails we've gotten agree with the attorney general's decision, but still want to be balanced here.

di di is a registered nurse. she says marijuana when smoked has studies that indicate more damage to the lungs than tobacco. i believe one marijuana cigarette equals several tobacco cigarettes. we're not absolutely certain of that. not for chronic pain management. vinnie in colorado says i am a medical marijuana user from colorado and i would like to comment on the naysayers that say smoking marijuana is bad for your lungs. they may not be aware that marijuana can also be eaten in the form of caplets or baked goods. i use a vaporizer that does not involve any burning of marijuana. it releases thc with warm, moist air. all the bad stuff is left behind. since using the vaporizer for pain i have not needed to take any asthma medications in three years. lots of comments on my facebook page. all day you have been really really fired up about this. this is what kathy says. she says legalize it. it is long overdue. this is a great leap in the right direction.

just a sample of what you had to say. you still want to debate, because a lot of you just like to debate things. "prime news" starts at the top of the hour. lots of topics you can continue to comment on. an i-reporter is there as a colorado landmark goes up in flames. see the rest of the amazing footage and find out the impact this fire right there is having on local businesses.

"prime news" is just a few minutes away. that's when i turn to my colleague mike galanos and see what's coming up at the top of the hour. i know you're going to continue to keep the word out there about morgan harrington. yesterday we saw her parents start with getting the word out there about where is their daughter. >> we'll be talking to her father live just to get the latest on that and help him get the word out. it's a frightening story. morgan harrington, this is someone who keeps in touch with mom and dad on a daily basis, which makes it all the more concerning for somebody who up and vanished like this. went to the metallica concert at

the university of virginia comp puce and hasn't been seen since. we will take your calls and questions and theories at 1-877-tell-hln. also this, we continue to follow the balloon boy hoax. police are again calling it a hoax. what kind of charges will the heene family face? we'll also learning more about reality show he pitched this theme song that's out there for richard heene. >> you want to sing it mike. >> richard heene science detective. you don't want to hear it because it will never leave your brain. call in. are you sick of the story? or do you still want more detail? 1-877-tell-hln. and christopher savoie is a dad whose children are with mom in japan. he goes to japan and tells a harrowing tale of how he tried to scoop up his kids, run to the u.s. consulate. the door was open but for some reason the gates wouldn't open. the kids are still with mom in japan. he's back home telling again a

harrowing story of really hell. 17 days in a japanese jail. we'll have that story for you. call us e-mail us or text us at hlntv. we're coming your way in about 11 minutes. >> i'm going to write a theme song for you. >> i need one. >> thank you, mike. all right. while you were talking got some information passed along to me we need to tell you about. a federal judge has revoked bail for former new york city police commissioner bernard care rick. the judge says he did this because carrick revealed sealed information to the trustee of his legal defense fund. the trustee then linked it to a newspaper, but the paper didn't publish the information. kerik says he thought he was allowed to share this information with the trustee because he had been hired as a lawyer. kerik is charged with accepting renovations from a construction company in exchange for recommending it for city contracts. his trial begins monday. a former government scientist appeared in court this

afternoon to face espionage charges. to face espionage charges, stewart nozette gave his name to the chuj but otherwise did not speak, jailed without bond yesterday accused of trying to sell classified agent to an agent posing as an israeli intelligence official. that government is not accused of violating laws. he an aerospace expert credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon. he had special security clearance that gave him access to atomic or nuclear-welted materials. investigators in estes park colorado say it may be days before they determine the cause of this fire which broke out about 6:00 a.m. yesterday and ireporters were there within moments and captured the volunteer firefighters trying to battle this fire. they say it was very scary with

thick smoke and huge flames bellowing from the building. >> right now we are following all these firefighters that are just pouring tons of water. the denver media is all here, a big day in estes park, actually a sad day because so many business owners lost their businesses here. >> she says some store owners were in tears watching their family businesses go up in flames. but, she says they are a close-knit community and will survive. this firefighters fought the fire for hours. authorities say it burned so intensely tests will be performed to figure out how and where it started. our thanks to them for that ireport. when you have images of breaking news go to ireport.com. a little girl's dog falls into a well and a small town just springs into action. and then you have to see the girl's reaction to the rescue.