>> just drop her off somewhere. i don't care if you ever get in trouble. i just want my baby back. >> a florida mom's emotional appeal for the safe return of her daughter. we're getting more information here about the arrest of a terror suspect. what the government is saying about his alleged plan to attack a shopping mall. and pop singer rihanna is pushing a new single and the cover art for her cd definitely raising more than a few eyebrows. thanks for checking out hln on this wednesday. i'm brooke baldwin.

let's begin with the story we have been following for three days now. florida authorities are looking for a missing florida girl in a georgia landfill. somer thompson disappeared while walking home from school. investigators are checking the landfill near georgia. they're looking for her body. no word yet what led anymore the them there but somer's mom talked about the last time she set eyes on her daughter. >> i did her hair for her. i can't remember if i told her i loved her. i went to work and told them to have a good day. she wasn't feeling well. i told her just to try to go to school. if you need me, call me. can you imagine? officers have expanded their search in the orange park area near jacksonville. they say they have interviewed

dozens of known sex offenders in a five-mile radius of their home. volunteers scour the woods and officials say they need one single break in this case. they expect to update us later this afternoon on the search. we'll bring it live right here. keep it on hln. another story from another mom. the mother of missing virginia tech student morgan harrington said she was excited about going to see that concert in virginia. she helped her pick out her concert outfit. we're talking about 20-year-old harrington and some of her girlfriends went to see this heavy metal band. that was saturday night. the last time her friends saw her they said it was right around 8:40 p.m. local time. last night harrington's mother talked to our own nancy grace about the time she spent with her daughter just before she vanished. >> ms. harrington, thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much for letting us come on and put morgan's information out there. i appreciate your time so much.

>> i have a little girl. she's about to turn 2. i cannot imagine, ms. harrington, pouring my heart and soul into her and her brother and then somebody making off with her or her just vanishing like this. you were with her in the hours before she went to the concert. what was her frame of mind? what was she talking about? >> she was excited about the concert. she brought home three outfits she tried on for me. we chose one. she said, mama, it is a rock concert so this probably is not what you would choose. is this one okay? you know, it was cute. she was covered. i said that one will do fine. you know, we're pretty close. i was excited for her. you know, you have to give your kids wings. >> even the band metallica posted an appeal for information

for her on their own website. friends even fellow concert goers started facebook pages to try to find her. nancy grace will join us at the top of the hour to talk all about these late breaking developments in the search for both morgan harrington and little somer thompson. that's happening in less than an hour. 2:00 eastern time right here on hln "news and views." definitely stick around for that. also new here today, florida police say misty croslin was robbed monday night while she was trying to buy illegal drugs. she was baby sitting haleigh cummings the night the child disappeared back in february. croslin was one of the three people robbed at an apartment complex and one of the three told officers they had driven to the complex to buy illegal drugs. croslin and haleigh's dad divorced just last week a couple months after getting married. so many kids out there with flu like symptoms stayed out sick that a chicago area high school had to shut down. there are no confirmed cases of

swine flu but more than 900 kids stayed home yesterday. that is nearly half of the school's student body. the school in st. charles will not reopen until monday at the earliest. the high school held the homecoming game and dance last weekend and that's why officials think the illness spread to so many kids. working out can be a terrific way to stay close with your family. susan hendricks has more in today's health minute. >> reporter: when deana's doctor prescribed exercise to strengthen her bones, fitness is a family affair. she and her three children work out together burning calories and learning discipline of tae kwon do. she's noticed changes in her son and daughters. >> i believed it helped them tremendously physically and it

helped with self-confidence. >> reporter: and a time to bond with her children. >> several times i get teamed up with my children and we get a chance to laugh together and sweat together. >> reporter: what do children think about working out with mom? >> it's special because my mom is doing class with me. >> always there to motivate me. >> we helped each other throughout the journey to become a black belt. >> reporter: it's intense exercise as a personal trainer tells us. push-ups and crunches in addition to kicks, jump kicks. >> i feel like i have a whole new level of energy. >> reporter: her doctors say her family workouts have done what they're supposed to do, improved her bone density. for today's health minute, i'm susan hendricks. health insurance companies cancel coverage for people all of the time but you are about to hear this one story why one cancellation could literally mean life and death for this

man. what both sides are saying about the cancellation plus you, our viewers, weighing in on this current controversy.

here's a story we want to talk to you about. a 37-year-old man with muscular dystrophy is appealing a ruling that allows his insurance company to cancel the coverage that's keeping him alive. here he is. ian pearl uses his wheelchair and needs a breathing tube to survive. his medical treatment costs $1 million every year. his father's policy with guardian insurance included home nursing care for life. in a money saving move here, guardian decided to discontinue coverage against plans where claims were the highest. most costly. plans the company referred to as

dogs. pearl sued to keep his coverage but lost that fight that means come december 1st he'll lose his benefits, something he calls a death sentence. >> people ask why, why do i need this sort of coverage? why do i need this sort of assistance? they do for me what i cannot do for myself, which is everything. >> guardian reported $447 millions in profits last year. investment income more than $1.5 billion. this brings us to our views question of the day. want to start with e-mails and then go to callers. james sent an e-mail that said --

let's go to the phones now and start with kimberly. what's your view? >> caller: if they don't want to sell anymore policies like that, then grandfather the ones that have them but do not cancel. that's not right. >> you say he should be grandfathered in. i got it. what do you think about guardian? >> caller: he should be grandfathered in. if he already had the policy and they knew he had this conditions, why discontinue his service knowing this is a life threatening illness that he has. >> what would you do if you were him? >> caller: i would continue to pursue it as hard as i can and try to find another means of getting help. >> it's tough. thank you for calling. want to go to one more e-mail here from may i want to read to you.

gretchen says -- thank you. thank you, all of you for writing in and calling us. the question we're asking today is should health insurance companies have the right to make any business decisions that affect their bottom line or is this just a heartless move on the part of guardian insurance? there's the phone number. call us. 877-tell-hln. send us an e-mail at cnn.com/hln. text us with the word views and

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in boston federal authorities say they uncovered a terrorist plot. a 24-year-old massachusetts man arrested last year in connection with this very probe now faces even more serious charges. his name is tarek mehanna accused of conspireing to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people in foreign countries that includes u.s. military personnel in iraq. prosecutors say the plot didn't get very far thankfully. >> alleged following the events of september 11, 2001, this group believed that carrying out attacks in areas like pakistan was not feasible for them and travel there had become more difficult. it's alleged that mehanna was involved in exploring other options like shooting or killing

one or two specific members of the executive branch of the united states government. >> prosecutors say mehanna and his conspirators plans to attack a mall were foiled when they wouldn't buy automatic weapons. police say they may have stopped a columbine like attack. a 15-year-old new york boy is in a psychiatric hospital for allegedly plotting to attack his former high school. investigators found gasoline, fuses and a machete and he tried to buy an assault rifle. >> parents don't know what's going on in that child's room unfortunately. >> he must be very troubled. >> police say he planned the attack for next april 20th exactly 11 years after the columbine high school killings in colorado. here's something you probably didn't know so i'll tell you. health insurance companies are exempt from federal antitrust laws but if top senate democrats get their way, they may not be much longer. senate democrat leaders announce

a bill that would revoke the industry's exemption. it would mean greater federal regulation for the health insurance industry. insurers trade group calls it a political ploy to distract attention from the issue of rising health care costs. a little girl speaking of health care denied health insurance for being too little. the her parents told affiliate kmgh in denver that she's perfectly healthy. here she is. she's 2 years of age. she weighs 22 pounds. united health care says she doesn't weigh enough. it says most insurers have guidelines and standards are based upon the cdc and other medical sources but her parents were floored. >> just because a child is above the 95th percentile or below the 5th percentile doesn't mean they're unhealthy. it means they're a different body type. >> what we want to see is insurance companies have legitimate reasons for denying coverage.

>> the girl is now insured through a government program and united health care says besides height and weight guidelines it looks at medical treatments and in this case here the girl is being treated for an active gag reflex. united health care also says they reconsider cases if the child shows steady growth after treatment. did you eat breakfast this morning? like the sugary cereal? how does a box of sugary cereal end up with label calling it a smart choice? fda officials say they will crackdown on misleading food labels. the food industry started putting smart choice labels on that may not be nutritious. the fda is developing nutritional standards and says products would have to meet its standards before labeled as healthy or smart choices. take a close look at this video with me. this is video of a man -- there he went thank goodness. nearly flattened by a bus in

russia. he sprints for his life after that bus nearly misses him. it hit about 14 more cars before it came to a stop. there were some minor injuries. bus officials think the brakes failed. unbelievable. if you are an attractive man looking for your pick of the ladies, they say head to el paso, texas. a poll on total beaut.com is claiming that el paso, sorry guys is thing ye ing yoing ye i country. many there disagree. >> they say we have the ugliest guys. >> that might be right. >> you could find them anywhere you go. >> i don't think we're that ugly here. >> not true. >> you're a good looking guy. that offends you? >> are you serious? maybe because i'm not from here. >> they don't take care of themselves as much. >> that's what they say. >> there are some. sorry, el paso. >> that's terrible. i have seen plenty of good

looking men. >> el paso followed by hagerstown, maryland, miami, greensboro, north carolina and a tie between mobile, alabama and hu huntington, west virginia. the poll was based on obesitobe smoking and bad teeth. paying bills with auto pay can help avoid late fees that we hate them but hln money expert clark howard warns it can put a dent in your wallet. >> do you ever allow anyone to just scarf your money right out of your account? you know what i mean? you set up automatic draft of your account. mortgage company comes and takes the money from your checking account. maybe you let a car company that you did an auto loan with or bank you did an auto loan with automatically come in and take the payments from you? or utility company or health club or a burglar alarm company. the number of people who do that has steadily grown. but it's dangerous.

once you give someone permission to take money from your account, even when you're not doing business with them anymore, many times they'll still keep taking the money. and then you have to fight to get your own money back while bills are bouncing. what should you do instead? you want convenience of paying electrical electronically, you control payments and stop them when you're done with them. you don't have to worry about them taking money they're not entitled to i'm clark howard. with more ways to protect yourself, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> you can get more great consumer advice from clark every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln "news and views." clark will help you save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off. do religion and the new york subway system mix? a new ad campaign about to start in a dozen subway stations r s

promote i promoting aitism. you know rihanna. a new album "rated r." judging by the cover of her first single she has the pictures to prove that.

authorities are looking for signs of a missing florida girl in a georgia landfill. here she is. she disappeared monday while walking home from school. a florida tv station is reporting investigators are searching through the landfill near georgia. they are looking for a body. no word as to what led them there but this morning her mom and dad issued a very emotional message to somer and to those helping to look for her. >> first thing i want to say to everyone that's come out and looked for my baby, thank you.

for everybody who has stopped by who has passed out flyers, who brought me food to my work and my friends and my family and if anybody can help me find her, i just want to say thank you to everybody. and just bring her home to me. i love you. i just want you to come home. i just want you to come home. >> for anybody that's taken my daughter, i would just beg them and plead to their sense of humanity that they would let my daughter come home. i forgive you. jesus name i forgive you. just let my child come home. please. >> definitely tune in 5:00 today because somer's family, sam

thompson, he'll be on "prime news" at 5:00 eastern here on hln. meanwhile, officers have expanded their search in the orange park area near jacksonville, florida. they have interviewed dozens of known sex offenders in a five-mile radius. volunteers are also scouring those woods. officials say they need one single break in the case. she will update us about the search later this afternoon and we'll bring that to you live here on hln. morgan harrington's mother says her daughter was excited about going to see metallica in concert. the two even picked out her outfit together for the show. harrington and some of her girlfriends went to see the band at john paul jones arena in charlottesville but she disappeared around 8:40 p.m. local time. last night harrington's mother spoke with our own nancy grace and why it took so long for the friends to raise a red flag. >> to morgan's mom joining us

live tonight taking your calls. jill, it was 16 hours later. why didn't the friends bother to call and let you know? >> you know, morgan has this group of good friends and she doesn't have any biological sisters but these girls are kind of her chosen sisters and they do cover her back and they all would do anything for each other. >> wait a minute. ms. harrington, that doesn't make sense to me. if they're covering her back, why didn't they -- why weren't she concerned she was missing unless they think she was somewhere else? >> i think the disconnect is children think they are invincible. i think that was the disconnect. they're good kids. they've been in and out of my home since they were young. they're holding a vigil for her on thursday. there was no wrongdoing on

anybody's part. i don't really know how the crowds work never having been to a concert like that. i think people do get lost. >> did they all just go on home without her? >> i think they waited for a long time and were not able to hear from her or get her by phone. >> even metallica are lending an open hand for morgan or their own website. a fellow concertgoer started facebook pages to help find her. nancy grace will join us at the top of the hour to talk about late breaking developments in the search for morgan harrington and somer thompson. that's at the top of the hour here on hln "news and views." we have just now learned here that a 13-year-old boy accused of helping set another teen on fire is competent to

stand trial. a psychologist evaluated jeremy jarvis and told a judge the boy is mentally fit. he's charged with attempted murder in the attack that left michael brewer burned over three-quarters of his body. four other teen boys are charged with aggravated assault in the same case. brewer is still listed in critical condition. florida police say misty croslin was robbed monday night while trying to buy illegal drugs. she was baby sitting haleigh cummings when she disappeared in february. one of the three at the complex told they drove to the complex to buy illegal drugs. croslin and haleigh's dad divorced just last week just a few months after getting married. and federal authorities in boston say they have uncovered a frightening terror plot that involved attacks on malls and prominent politicians. a 27-year-old massachusetts man arrested last year in connection with this probe now faces even

more serious charges. he's tarek mehanna accused of conspireing to kill people in foreign countries but that includes military u.s. personnel serving in iraq. >> mehanna along with his co-conspirators decided to take further action in the name of jihad. they took step in furtherance up and support of terrorism including trips overseas to join training camps and fight and kill american soldiers. efforts to find and obtain automatic weapons to kill americans in shopping malls in the united states and viewing of jihad films showing killing of americans. >> the plans to attack the mall were foiled when they couldn't get automatic weapons. police may have stopped another columbine like attack. a 15-year-old new york boy is in a psychiatric hospital for allegedly plotting to attack his former high school. investigators say they found

gasoline, fuses and even a machete and he tried to buy an assault rifle. >> we don't know what's going on in that child's room unfortunately. >> he must be troubled. >> police say he planned the attack for next april 20th, 11 years to the day after the columbine killings in colorado. and for anyone that thought walking required just a bit too much energy, this advice might be for you.

do you have a hard time sleeping? the government is being urged it screen pilots, truck drivers and others for sleep apnea.

the problem causes interruptions in breathing that can increase fatigue during the day. the ntsb says sleep apnea has been found to be a factor in accidents. the fda and other transportation agencies say they are working on discussing fatigue problems. a jet coming into atlanta landed on a taxiway instead of a runway monday night. if another plane had been there, a crash could have been catastrophic. the faa is investigating this. the delta flight was carrying 194 people and declared a medical emergency and was given permission to land on a different runway but it landed on a taxiway that runs parallel to a runway. delta says both pilots have been removed from flight duty until the investigation is complete. a man who relies on a service dog to get around is running into trouble here. arthur schwartz is an iraq war veteran with no car and every time he boards a bus he is bracing for a fight. this is one of the stories that's getting a lot of

attention on our website, cnn.com. let's talk to melissa long about that. i thought if you have a need for a service dog it shouldn't be a problem. >> whether or not it's a visible need is the issue. the fight you mention that this gentleman gets involved in every day is all around his dog. the name pearl. his 3-year-old boxer. he relies on this boxer to help with his disability. his disability is post-traumatic stress disorder. you can't see this disability. service dogs are allowed on miami-dade buses but he has trouble boarding because his disability isn't a visible one. he suffers from ptsb. one of his duties was to identify american bodies. his anxiety is part of the reason he doesn't drive and relies on public transit. bus drivers make it very difficult to hop on board. >> got on a bus to go to the va,

first thing i got on and i got confrontation about i can't have a dog on the bus. if i'm not blind and if i don't explain what my disability is. i said i'm not going to do that. they stopped. shut off the bus. get on their phone. we go around and around until someone decides we'll get on and drive the bus away. that's what i have most of the time. >> mr. schwartz served in the military for 20 years. more and more soldiers are given psychiatric service dogs specifically trained to calm anxiety. miami-dade transit said it should be allowed and have apologized but not every driver knows this dog and gentleman are allowed onboard. >> we talked about ptsd yesterday as we see increased incidents of this and people need to be aware. also, we're talking about something that's a segue/unicycle. i'm sure you look hip riding this thing.

>> this is a new vehicle. not the kind you can pack the fam in and go to the pumpkin patch. this new invention unveiled yesterday. it was unveiled in asia. it's kind of like a segue controlled by the way the driver leans. it detects shifts in movement and weighs 20 pounds. it's a robotic unicycle. honda is pursuing the concept of harmony with people. the target audience may be nobody. again, this is a new device unveiled in asia by honda. >> it's interesting looking. i wonder what the price tag may be. >> i don't have that answer. >> interesting. we'll check it out. thank you. a health insurance company cancel coverage for people all the time but you're about to hear why one cancellation could

mean life or death for this man. what both sides have to say.

i'm jane arraf. a young woman out and about not hurting anyone. morgan harrington was last seen at a concert. appeared to be another abduction. are women safe anywhere in this country? recently a woman from georgia was walking near her parents' home when she was abducted on a country road. there is an epidemic of female abductions. it's happening everywhere. not only do we need to find criminals responsible but we need to address the big issue. why are we producing a society that makes it unsafe for women to live their daily lives? we're losing the war on women. and nothing is being done to stop it. why? i'm jane velez-mitchell. that's my "issue." you can find out what else jane has on her mind by watching "issues with jane velez-mitchell" weevery night a 7:00 eastern on hln. a 37-year-old man has muscular dystrophy appealing a

ruling that allows his insurance company to cancel coverage that keeps him alive chb. he's ian pearl and needs a breathing tube to survive. his treatment costs $1 million every year and his policy with guardian insurance company included care for life. guardian decided to discontinue coverage against plans where the claims were the highest. now guardian has responded saying this. it is an unfortunate choice of words. we don't condone it and it doesn't represent this company. guardian acted legally, appropriately and in full compliance of state laws. pearl has sued to keep his coverage but he lost. come december 1st he'll lose his benefits something he calls a death sentence. people ask why, why do i need this sort of coverage? why do i need this sort of assistance? they do for me what i cannot do

for myself which is everything. >> guardian reported $437 million in profits last year. the investment income totalled $1.5 billion. the health and human services department is investigating this case. so speaking of health care here, here's our question for you. should health insurance companies have the right to make any business decisions that affect their bottom line or is this just really a heartless move on the part of guardian insurance? give us a call. we would love to hear from you. 877-tell-hln. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. text us the words view and comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates do apply. looking forward to hearing from you. there are new details in the beating death of a chicago honor student. murder charges were dropped against one of those four teens accused of killing 16-year-old derrion albert. the state attorney's office is now saying new information led it to dismiss charges against eugene bailey. he was in custody for three

weeks before his release yesterday. >> it was shocking being in there with murderers and rapeisrapisists and all of that. >> my baby is 17 years old. you messed up his life. >> he's free but he got to go back out here in this world. you know what i'm saying. when he saw his face in school, he'll be looked upon differently. whatever school he gone to, everything done changed now. everything. >> the beating death happened at a school bus and was caught on the cell phone video. albert was killed in a fight after school last month. three teens are charged in his death. they are due in court on friday. a u.s. navy team found four tons of hash. the haul is worth $28 million. the navy says money from the sales of those drugs could have

ended up in the hands of terrorists possibly in afghanistan. you have seen her as a judge on popular show "so you think you can dance." now mary murphy is speaking out about the abuse she said she suffered during her violent you about the abuse she experienced in her violent marriage. she decided to go public after seeing the pictures of the battered pop star rihanna. >> we had terrible fights. i didn't want to have sex he literally had to rape me. >> you said neighbors called the cops? >> yes. >> you were bruised and hit. >> the policemen came in, his sense of entitlement. i was in the bedroom hiding. they said we want to talk to her. he said, no, she's my wife.

from that moment on i felt like this is something he felt entitled to. i didn't know my own rights at the time. i was so young and scared of him when the police officer said no, we want to see her now and when i came out of the other room they looked at me and said would you like to press charges right now. i looked at him and with the look on his face i said absolutely not, went back in my room and laid there and cried. >> king talked to murphy's ex-husband. he strongly denied ever having raped her. he denied abusing her physically or emotionally. he said if any of these allegations were true murphy could have him deported. do religion and the new york subway mix? posters will be promoting atheism. one of the organizers say they

are not attacking religion in any way and they don't expect backlash over the campaign. we were talking about singer rihanna. she is coming out with a new album titled "rated r" and she has the pictures to prove it.

just drop her off somewhere. i don't care if you ever get in trouble. i just want my baby back. >> a florida mom's emotional plea for the safe return of her child. as police reveal the newest details on the the search somer thompson. a man is in danger of losing his health insurance because he costs too much for the company. one poll says the men in twoun are so ugly we can't show their faces. what in the world? find out what cities men have been beaten with the ugly stick.

here is the latest from hln news and views. i'm richelle carey. we are going to get to the case of somer thompson. three days after this 7-year-old child disappeared in florida, she was walking home from school, still no solid leads. her distraught mother is pleading for her daughter's return. >> i did her hair for her in the morning, put it up in a pony tail. i can't even remember if i told her i loved her. i went to work and told them to have a good day. she wasn't feeling well. i told her just try to go to school. if you need me, call me. >> now officers have expanded their search in the orange park area near jacksonville, florida. they have interviewed dozens of known sex offenders in a five mile radius. volunteers are scouring the

woods. officials say they just need a break. they want one break in this case. they are expected to update us on the search later this afternoon. we will carry it live. keep it tuned to hln. the mother of missing virginia tech student morgan harrington said she was excited about going to see metallica in concert. she helped her daughter pick out an outfit. morgan harrington and some friends went to john paul jones arena. her friends say the last time they saw her was 8:40 p.m. metallica put an appeal on their website. friends have started facebook pages to try to find morgan. both of these cases are getting a lot of attention. nancy grace will join us to talk about the latest developments in the search for morgan harrington and somer thompson.

federal authorities in boston have uncovered a frightening terror thought including attacks on malls and prominent politicians. a massachusetts man arrested in connection with this probe faces more serious charges. tarek mehanna is charged with conspireing to kill people. the plot didn't get very far. >> it is alleged following the events of september 11, 2001, this group believed that carrying out attacks in pakistan was not feasible for them as travel there had become more difficult. it is alleged that mehanna was involved in exploring other options, killing and shooting one or two members of the executive branch of the united states government. >> they planned to attack a mall. they were foiled when they couldn't get automatic weapons. if you are planning to get

the swine flu vaccine you may have to wait. the cdc says production is behind schedule. you probably won't get it until mid november. you should take precautions to prevent spreading h1n1. the latest information on swine flu is it is hitting kids and young adults the hardest. more than half of the hospitalizations were people 24 and younger. deaths from swine flu seem to be concentrated among the young. >> this is dramatically different than what we see with seasonal flu. with seasonal flu 90% of fatalities occur in people 65 and over. it is reversed here. nearly 90% of our fatal kis are occurring in people under 65. this is a chicago area high school. they had to shutd the school

down. no actual confirmed cases of swine flu throw. not yet. more than 900 kids stayed home yesterday. that is nearly half the student body. this school in st. charles is not going to reopen until monday at the earliest. the high school held its homecoming game and dance last weekend and officials think that is why this illness spread to so many kids. back to our top stories. two missing girls, two desperate heartbroken families. their parents have been making impassioned pleas hoping someone will help them find their children. nancy grace is following both of these cases. she joins us now. nancy, thank you for following this with us. we are going to start with 7-year-old somer thompson. she has been missing three days now. they are searching a land fill now. what do you know about that? >> they are richelle.

they are searching a land fill near folkstown, georgia. i know that is another state. somer went missing in florida. it is 55 miles to the north of where somer went missing. police want everyone to know they are searching there not because of a tip or a hit by a cadaver dog but because that is typically where the trash in somer's area is taken. they are going there. also at this hour, teams of volunteers are walking arm in arm through the area, through the woods looking for little somer. just 7 years old. she was doing everything right. >> she was with friends, nancy. >> with a group. broad daylight, 2:45 in the afternoon. like a lot of working moms, mom calls home at 3:05 and finds

somer is not there. mom races home and counters a sheriff's deputy en route and reports the child missing and the search kicks off. that is an advantage not a lot of missing children have. that the search kicked off so quickly. we hear delays of days on end before the child is reported missing. this is what i find extremely interesting, richelle. a few days before somer goes missing another girl age 5 from the same neighborhood, there is an attempted abduction on her. she is riding her bike. she's alone. a hispanic female with two males in the back seat try to lure her into the car. your mommy sent me to come get you. she wants me to give you a ride home. they have to be connected, richelle. >> they haven't officially said that, though, right, nancy? they might just be holding back that information? >> i don't have to see the thunderstorm to know it has

rained. if i go outside and women are running by with their raincoats on and men are putting away their umbrellas. i know it has rained. please, richelle, this was a couple of days before somer goes missing. one block away. a 5-year-old girl similar to somer attempted abduction. a good samaritan intervened and saved that little girl's life. >> nancy, we have been paying close attention to what somer's mother is going through. i want to play some of that now. >> i did her hair for her in the morning, put it up in a pony tail. i can't even remember if i told her i loved her. i went to work and told them to have a good day. she wasn't feeling well and i told her just try to go to school. if you need me, call me. >> wow, nancy.

that brings this home for people that might not pay tension, they might think this is another missing kid. you have to stop and pay attention to what this is doing to families. look at her. >> it is tearing them up. as a victim of violent crime myself it brings back horrible, horrible memories of those first minutes and hours when you learn something has gone terribly wrong with the one that you love the most. this mother is in hell. police, sheriff, volunteers, everyone has joined together to find this child. i have to give you the horrible statistic. that most abducted children are dead within hours. and, yes, richelle, there are exceptions. elizabeth smart just to name one. there are many, many exceptions to that rule. but they are the exception. >> you reached out to another mother as well.

you have spoken to the mother of 20-year-old morgan harrington, this virginia tech student. she went to a concert with her friends. young people do this all the time on the university of virginia campus. talk to us about what this was like speaking to her mother who is also pleading for help to find her child. >> well, i've got to tell you, it was very heart wrenching for me to talk to the mother especially now i'm a mother myself, praise the lord. she was reliving the last moment she shad with morgan harrington. she's just 20 years old. she looks like a fairy princess. she has been looking forward to this concert for months. she had the tickets taped up on the refrigerator for six months. for some reason just before metallica hit the stands, this arena holdings 60,000. you tell me nobody saw anything,

bs. she goes outside and is never seen alive again. before the concert she bought outfits and asked her mother which one she should wear. there are very few 20-year-olds who give a fig about what their mother thinks they should wear. >> that is how her parents knew something was wrong. we talk to our child every day. she is not like most 20-year-olds. >> i tell you where i think things went awry, not only with her going outside the stadium alone or going anywhere like that alone in that environment. her little friends, she was with a group of her very close friend. they left. they couldn't find her. they didn't want to bust her. what if she was out with a

boyfriend. they told no one. it was 16 hours later the father finally calls them and went, where is she then they had to come clean. it was 16 vital crucial hours that are gone. >> all right. nancy, i know you will have the late-breaking developments tonight. thank you for your time. she is going to continue to search for answers in the hunt of somer thompson and morgan harrington. thank you, nancy. somer's dad is on prime news with mike galanos.

>>. >> wait until you see video of this man who nearly gets flattened by a bus in russia. walking across the street. that bus barely missed him. it missed him. it hit 14 more cars before it came to a stop.

just minor injuries. bus officials think the brakes were the problem, not the bus driver. >>. >> an african-american violinist is the force behind an organization that introduces new faces to orchestras around the country. robin meade has this story in "leaders with heart." >> al: aaron dworkin remembers playing the violin before he could read. it's what got him through the tough times. >> i have no doubt whatsoever that the violin saved my life. i was adopted when i was two weeks old. i was a young black kid with white parents who played the violin with a big afro. it was my outlet. >> reporter: he saw a need to make classical music more accessible to minority students. >> my whole life i didn't know

there were any minority composers. what can i do? >> reporter: what started as a competition with 12 students inspired a movement that touched 85,000 american students. through programs and scholarships, professional opportunities and free violins and lessons for at-risk youth -- >> no one can attest the impact of minorities and classical music. this is what i have to do. it's my life's work. >> how about that. singer rihanna's new cd is titled "rated r." judging by the cover, she has the pictures to prove it.

if you are a good-looking guy you might have your pick of ladies. in el paso, texas, there is a poll on totalbeauty.com. i'm having a hard time buying it, but i will deliver the news. according to this website el paso has the ugliest guys in the country. there are some people who don't buy this. >> they are saying we have the ugliest guys. >> no, we don't. >> well, maybe we do. >> it's not right. we are not that ugly here. >> not true. >> you are a good looking guy. does that offend you? >> are you serious? that's because i'm not here. >> they don't take care of themselves as much. there are some, though. >> that is terrible. i have seen plenty of

good-looking men. >> he's cute. he is funny. el paso followed by hagerstown, maryland, miami, florida, greensboro, north carolina, mobile, alabama, and huntington, west virginia. what is this based on? obesity, smoking, bad teeth. ever since chris brown beat rihanna in february everyone is wondering when they would get on with their careers. hearing from both of them on the same day. we have a.j. hammer in new york. you will be tackling the case of questionable timing. >> a strangely planned pr move or terrible timing. let's talk about rihanna first. she released her first single since she was brutally beaten by chris brown. it is called "russian roulette."

we got a look at the artwork. she is wearing nothing but barbed wire. maybe she is acting out. some say it might be inappropriate because of her young fan base. i say she has a right to express herself however she wants. will the fans follow? wait and see. so we have chris brown to talk about on the same day, richelle. >> it is supposed to be her day. >> he announced he is going to go on a fan appreciation tour to benefit charities that will shed light on domestic abuse. >> clearly a pr move. >> wow. he is doing this on the same day rihanna is releasing her new single. these two will be inextricably linked by a violent act. chris, you should have let her have her day.

you are not doing yourself or rihanna any service. we will talk about this and hulk hogan's suicide shocker. what drove him to think about committing suicide. we will see you kwr "showbiz tonight." >> looking forward to it, a.j. more to come.

we have just learned that authorities are looking for signs of a missing northern florida girl r in a land fill in georgia. 7-year-old somer thompson disappeared monday. she was just walking home from school. she was with other children. investigators are searching through this land fill near folkstown, georgia. where trash from somer's neighborhood is usually taken. this morning somer's mom talked about the last time she saw her daughter. >> i did her hair for her in the

morning, put it up in a pony tail. i can't remember if i told her i loved her. i went to work and told them to have a good day. she wasn't feeling well. i told her just try to go to school. i told her if you need me, call me. >> the land fill is 50 miles west of jacksonville. officers have expanded their search. they have interviewed dozens of known sex offenders. the officials are expected to update on this search later this afternoon. we will keep it live for you. the mother of morgan harrington says her daughter was excited about going to metallica. they picked out her outfit together. she went with friends to the university of virginia john paul jones arena. the last time her friends saw her was 8:40 local time.

harrington's mother talked about nancy grace about the last time she spent with her daughter just before she vanished. >> ms. harrington, thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much for letting us come on and putting morgan's information out there. i appreciate your time. >> i have a little girl. she is about to turn 2. i cannot imagine pouring my heart and soul into her and her brother and then somebody making off with her or her just vanishing like this. you were with her in the hours right before she went to the concert. what was her frame of mind? what she was talking about? >> i mean, she was excited about the concert. she brought home three outfits that she tried on for me. we chose one and she said mama, it is a rock concert so this is probably not what you would choose but is this one okay? it was okay and she was covered.

i said, yeah, that one will do fine. so we are pretty close and i was excited for her. you know, you have to give your kids wings. metallica has even posted an appeal for information on their website and some of morgan's friends and other people at the concert have gotten together starting facebook pages to find some information about where she is. somer thompson's dad will be on "prime news" with mike galanos at 5:00 eastern. tonight, nancy will talk to a colleague of the balloon boy's dad, richard henne. don't want to miss that. police may have stopped another columbine like attack.

a 16-year-old threatened to attack his high school. >> sometimes we just as parents just really don't know what is going on in that child's room. unfortunately. >> he must be very troubled. >> police say he planned to do this attack on april 20th, exactly 11 years after the columbine high school killings in colorado. if you are planning to get the swine flu vaccine for yourself, for your kids you may have to wait. the cdc says production is behind schedule. plan on getting it maybe mid november. until then you should take precautions to prevent spreading h1n1. it is hitting kids and young aadults the hardest. the cdc says more than half of hospitalizations were 24 and younger and deaths seem to be

concentrated among the young. >> this is different from what we see from seasonal flu. with seasonal flu 90% of fatalities occur in people 65 and over. it is nearly completely reversed. nearly all fatal kis are in people under 65. so many kids with flu like symptoms have