. >>> plus, the search for baby lisa irwin. tomorrow marks three weeks since she disappeared from her family's home. the latest development, a police cadaver dog picked up a scent inside the bedroom. what do parents have to say? we'll talk to their attorney, live, just ahead. >>> the marriage of kate edwards. a bittersweet ceremony for the bride. her father, john edwards, walked her down the aisle. he's facing serious criminal charges and the wedding nearly a year after elizabeth edwards lost her battle to cancer. more on that coming up. >>> are you ever really too old to go back to school? if you're a football kicker, the answer is apparently no. fresh out of retirement, he is 61 years old, the guy sticking, the oldest player in history. i had a chance to spend time with him the last couple of weeks. we'll let you bb thknow about t coming up. >> i did i think i was watching the snoopy episode watching the ball. >> did i think i was going to need blamassive plastic surgery after that but i was okay. >>> let's begin with the dea

coming up, more information and more desperation it seems in the search for baby lisa irwin out in kansas city. the 10-month-old baby has been missing for almost two weeks now, and her family has released some home videos taken of her in the time period before she disappeared, this as authorities searched a rock quarry near her home. we'll have the latest on that investigation coming up. >> they say timing is everything and it turns out that's especially true when it comes to your health, where when to take your birth control pill to heart medication, even when you should fill your prescriptions. we'll tell you why timing can matter so much. >>> and what matters when you head to the store is all the stuff that they do to entice you to buy, you go in to buy one thing and come out with an armload, whether it's groceries or clothes. these retailers know how to lure you in using music, food displays, yummy scents to make you spend more of your dollars and cents. works like a charm. how to avoid the retail traps in "today's consumer. ". >>> natalie is at the news desk with the headlines. >> go

. >>> new developments in the misery of baby lisa irwin. a case that takes strange new turns. the little girl disappeared from her family's home back in early october. house has been searched by police. no suspects have been named. lisa turned 1 year old on friday. the latest on that story. >>> the new look for mariah carey. the figure showing off her new figure. lost 70 pounds after giving birth to twins. shed the weight and gained a big endorsement along the way. looks great. >> that's what you do. you lose weight and then you tell the world about it. >> but helped by a commercial endorsement, helps you keep it off i would think. >> let's hope. >>> let's begin with the penn state scandal a week after the shocking charges against the former defensive coordinator emerged. campus community gathered in stadium stands without legendary coach joe paterno on the sidelines and the sense this was much more than a game. ron mott live in state college to tell us more. good morning. >> reporter: hey, lester, good morning to you a lot of unknowns here ahead at penn state university. what

nbc news has learned that when jeremy irwin, lisa irwin's father, returned home monday night/tuesdaye found not just his daughter missing from her crib, he also found three cell phones were missing from the family's home. last night investigators scanned the area. they canvassed it, stopping every car that came through here looking for any evidence of their missing daughter. at the same time, jeremy irwin met with federal authorities providing the names of nine individuals that the family thought may have had something to do with their daughter's abduction. so far, no suspects and no strong leads. as investigators re-examined the irwin family home, a tearful public plea for the distraught parents of 10-month-old baby lisa. >> no questions asked. we just want her back home. >> we just want our baby back. please. bring her home. >> reporter: deborah bradley and jeremy irwin, mom holding her daughter's favorite stuffed animal, begged whoever has lisa to return her safely. >> just drop her off anywhere. we don't care. just somewhere safe where she can come home, please. >> reporter: they

you won't believe how close australia is to putting steve irwin on their money. that's just ahead in the morning juice. 12 today is back in 2 mintues. ###break######break### today.. the european union will meet for the first time without the united kingdom. they'll be discussing how to keep the alliance together and avoid another "brexit" situation. the e-u's 27 remaining nations will focus on issues such as migration.. terrorism and globalization. today oliver stone's "snowden" hits theaters.. the film is based on foer government employee edward snowden -- a man who exposed widespread wiretapping by the national security agency.. and became one of the most wanted fugitives in the world. the film is rated 'r'. television's biggest night is almost here. the 68-th annual emmy awards take place sunday night in los angeles. the red carpet was rolled out yesterday.. and today crews are taking care of any last-minute touches. n-b-c received 41 nominations -- the most of any broadcast emmys start sunday night at 5 o'clock. you've heard about.. and you've seen it -- now

six years after irwin's tragic death. we're going to catch up with him and the rest of the irwin family coming up later. >> he's definitely in the family business. >>> and we'll show you how a school bus driver turns the tide on another driver who kept using the sidewalk to get around his bus as it picked up children. you'll want to see that. >>> but we're going to begin this half hour with more on facebook. with 1 billion users worldwide, matt recently sat down with the social network's creator and ceo mark zuckerberg for a rare, revealing and exclusive interview. >> three years ago, we sat down in the studio, you were at 175 million users, three years later, 1 billion. that's with a "b." what does it mean to you? not to a company, to you personally? >> there's no way when we were getting started with this i would have ever thought that, myself or any of the people around me would be able to be a part of something like this. it's incredible. >> reporter: what's also incredible is that mark zuckerberg has changed the way

. >>> the desperate search for 10-month-old lisa irwin. police spoke with her parents again this weekend, as investigators scoured the family's home for more clues. nbc's peter alexander is in kansas city with the latest. peter good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. another very busy weekend at the home of baby lisa irwin. investigators now have at least 250 tips, some from as far away as california and while they've largely scaled back their ground search for this 10-month-old baby they have picked up efforts here at the home of lisa irwin looking for any new evidence that can lead them to clues of where to find this missing baby girl. one week later and still no answers in the case of baby lisa irwin. sunday night, a candlelight vigil for the 10-month-old affectionately called pumpkin pie. at the irwin home this weekend, investigators tried to recreate how an abductor might have gotten inside as the parents have suggested, crawling through a window over and over, recording the entire thing. sunday, investigators also went

teri irwin is here with robert, ngbindi. go mor irwins. >> good morning.he is so cut so little avril is gorgeous. possums.ur we don't have them in australia. so we feel very lucky to have them here at the moment. you are a wildlife warrior. you are wearing your gro proud >> i knew you were coming. the possum can play dead,ht r . so she will, if she is scared of e she has been run pen her mouth over by a car. and then i whatever after her goes, oh well, that's not much fun, and moves on. it's a great defense. she is our only pouched mammal. so in australia, a pouch.ing has but here we've just got the d she is a fheend ever garden because she loves to eat slugs and snails. >> oh? >> they are very specia so sweet. by the way, i don't know if anyoneouas ever told this, you look and sound like your fathn that before? >> yeah, i have, actually. for me that is the biggest complime i could receive. we're really passionate about is continug his legacy and his wildlife work. tell me about the new show. what's it going toe like? >> we are so excited. crickey, it's ,

now donnie irwin's family finally has answers. using a drone, an amateur investigation team found his vehicle submerged in a pond. mara barrett spoke with the drone pilot who helped bring closure. >> this is the pond. >> reporter: this is the remarkable moment a youtuber broke open a case that had been unsolved for a decade. there in the water, a car belonging to 59-year-old donaldedonald irwin. what went through your mind? >> i went through all the mosts. but at the same time, i flew i h knew i /* knew knewly had a job to do. >> reporter: he and his team used a drone for the aerial search hingele taking out his kayak >> i have sonar equipment mounted. and that sonar equipment allows us to see when's actually down inside the water. >> it is confirmed it is a vehicle. >> reporter: after identifying the hyundai elantra as a match, the camden county, missouri sheriff's office and cadaver dogs found remains in the pond along with an artificial hip consistent with the one irwin had. >> the land oern had just baled up hay around this po

. >>> first of all the latest from kansas city, missouri, police return to the home where lisa irwin was last seen and they are searching the garage and a drainage ditch. are detectives any closer to finding a suspect? coming up we'll talk about where the police investigation is headed. >>> learning more about the dramatic rescue of a family whose boat capsized off the coast of florida, forcing them to tread water for 20 hours. a 4-year-old girl was in this group and survived using a cooler as a makeshift lifeboat. the latest on that story coming up as well. >>> the new nbc news/marist poll out this morning. chuck todd joins us, good morning. >> good morning, ann. the republican presidential primary campaign may seem like a national contest sometimes but remember it's a state by state contest and while mitt romney is ahead, there are a lot of red flags. warming up for tonight's debate, mitt romney spent columbus day campaigning on virtually his home turf of new hampshire. >>. >> you'd look good in air force one. >> reporter: his new stand something underscored by the marist poll wher

serious story, possibly some new clues in the investigation into the disappearance of 10-month-old lisa irwin, that baby girl in kansas city. an fbi cadaver dog hit on the scent of human decomposition in the bedroom where the parents slept and we also get a tour of that home now, courtesy of peter alexander. much more on that story in just a couple of minutes. >> and then on a completely different note, the old saying goes, if something's too good to be true, it usually is, and that's going to be the case here from the grocery store to the dollar store. we'll help you recognize a so-called bargain that really isn't worth it, and the tricks retailers use to make you think you're getting a good deal. >>> then have you ever imagined what it would be like to grow up with martha stewart, famously a perfectionist? her daughter, alexis stewart is out with a new book and dishes a little bit on her mom, for example says she grew up with a glue gun to her head. we'll talk about that, being a daughter of a domestic goddess, she's here, stuck around. >> stuck around. glue gun! ha, ha, ha! >> totally unin

we have not heard from lisa irwin's parents in more than a week until now. they speak to nbc news and say the awful experience brought them closer together than ever before. they are hopeful, they say, that they will have their daughter home safely soon. during our 45-minute interview they revealed the fact that mom was drinking that night. she said she also thinks she will be arrested for her daughter's disappearance. >> reporter: nearly two weeks have passed since deborah bradley and jeremy irwin say their infant daughter, seen here in home video shot this year, vanished from her crib. just before 5:00 on the night lisa disappeared, 25-year-old deborah was spotted on tape with her brother at a grocery store buying baby supplies and boxed wine. now for the first time deborah admits she was drinking at home in the hours before she says lisa vanished. were you drinking that night? >> yes. >> reporter: how much? >> enough to be drunk. >> reporter: so you were drunk? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: a lot of people will say you were drunk that night, is there any chance

anyway, my sister is here with some of her friends. >> irwin. >> irwin's in the house. >> hi, sweetie've come to see new york. we're happy that they are all with us. >> actually, they came to see if history is going to be made and bud selig at the major league baseball is going to suspend ten players today. maybe a-rod for lifetime but they're saying maybe -- >> here's the headline in new york. you guys, this is all you really need to know. new yorkers are over it. they are over him. here's the thing. major league baseball, today, at noon eastern time is going to announce what everyone expects to be the suspension of alex rodriguez. the weird thing is immediately when they -- if they suspend him, as people are speculating, he will file an appeal and that means -- >> it's ready to go. >> he can immediately play tonight against the white sox. >> he can play as long as the appeal is in process. >> that means he can play for a little bit. >> which means he can get paid. >> poor baby. >> if he -- >> let's talk about what he's getting paid. >> yeah. this is unbelievable. >> he signed in 200

another busy weekend out here at the home of lisa irwin. investigators tried to recreate how an abductor could get into the home. it was not easy and quiet, to try to drum up new clues and information to find the 10-month-old baby girl, more than 250 tips in total, some as far away as california but no suspects and no solid leads. we saw what may be a break, investigators going door to door speaking about a handyman neighbors told has a trimmal history and not been seen since baby lisa disappeared a full week ago. we did not hear from lisa's parents this weekend, they did not speak publicly but did once again speak to investigators and one unique piece of information we learned, lisa irwin's mother who lived her at the home with lisa's mother is still married to another man, the irwin family tells us that couple could not afford to get a divorce. natalie? >> peter alexander with the latest, thank you. >>> good newspapers at the pump. gas prices dropped 13 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, down 25 cents over the last month, the average

. >>> police search an abandoned home just blocks from lisa irwin's family home.get the latest in morning. >>> we'll check up with a young woman we have come to call the bionic bride. she needed a heart pump just to walk down the aisle but earlier this year her pump or heart failed landing her in a coma. she's thriving once again thanks to a donor heart. coming up we'll talk to her for the first type since what really was life saving surgery. >> how great does she look? >>> also looking great, linda evans a new memoir, details her reluctant stars in acting and famous loves, and what joan collins was really like on the set of "dynasty," here to tell us all about that, an icon of the '80s in our studiostudio, h is that? >>> in the trial of michael jackson's doctor, more of the interview with police. jeff rossen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. when you listen to those audio tapes it is heartbreaking to picture the scene at ucla medical center in california the moment michael jackson died, his kids all gathered around crying, even asking to see their

. >>> marcus, we're just off highway 101 northbound at irwin street in san rafael. as you can see the road is closed here. it has been closed for several hours now with trees down all along irwin street here. pg&e worker on the scene as we drove up this morning warned us not to get any closer saying the lines on the ground, some still across the road here, especially at irwin street and bell avenue may still be hot. there were more than 80,000 customers without power as laura was just saying but that's now down to just over 35,000 across the bay area. about half of them, though, up here in the north bay. nearly 17,000 customers. it has been more of the same across the bay area. always a danger up here. the high winds like we had overnight. the top of a large tree down the street here, we saw it broke off here on irwin just missing a home, a car, and more power lines. and as you get up and get around this morning, you're going to want to be careful because we've noticed a lot of that as we drove around. not just the big trees coming down on power lines, but as kris w

did investigators hit on something that could lead them to lisa irwin? we'll have details from the scene and talk to the private investigator who is now working with the family. >>> also, just this morning french president nicolas sarkozy is confirming his wife carla brunei gave birth to a baby girl last night. he didn't want to announce the name. he said he wants to give his wife that pleasure. >> a smart idea. let's begin with the dangerous animal roundup out in ohio. stephanie gosk is in zanesville this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the numbers are shocking. 18 bengal tigers, 17 lions, six black bears. people in this community have been complaining about terry thompson's farm for years, but this issue of exotic pets, they are on the rise across the u.s. today because of this incident those laws are under very, very close scrutiny. just a bit of a warning. as you mentioned, these images you are about to see are very disturbing. warnings went out early. big, wild animals that have no business roaming rural ohio were on the loos

. >> and then back home we're going to have new developments in the mystery of baby lisa irwin. it's the case that continues to take strange new turns. the little girl disappeared from her family's home back in early october. the house has been searched by police, but no suspects have been named. lisa turns 1 year old on friday. we'll have the latest on that story. >>> then, it's a new look for mariah carrie. she says she lost 70 pounds after giving birth to twins. she shed the weight, but gained a big endorsement along the way. we'll talk more about that. she looks great. >> that's what you do. you lose weight, and then you tell the world about it. >> then it helps by a commercial endorsement to help you keep it off. >> let's hope. >> we have a lot to talk about. let's begin with the penn state scandal. a week after the shocking charges against the former defensive coordinator emerged, the campus community gathered in the stadium stands saturday without legendary coach joe paterno on the side looilines a with a sense that this was much more than a game. ron mott is in state col

lisa's parents, jeremy irwin, and deborah bradley remained in seclusion wednesday.irwins met again with reporters. >> i'll ask everyone else to understand the pressure the family is under. >> reporter: bill stanton says he is lining up a team of his own investigators and says he is being paid by a wealthy, unnamed benefactor who is close to the irwin family. surveillance tape first obtained by nbc news that appeared promising at first may in fact be another dead end. an irwin family member says the unidentified man seen with lisa's mother buying boxed wine and baby wipes the day lisa vanished is deborah bradley's 20-year-old brother who drove bradley to the store because according to the relative she doesn't have a driver's license. police confirmed the tape provided no new leads. meanwhile, detectives continued canvasing the area, asking about a man neighbors say investigators described as a handyman who has not been seen since lisa disappeared. a chicago based attorney who spoke with lisa's parents last week is now speaking publicly about the case. >> this child w

. >>> new details tied to the disappearance of 11-month-old lisa irwin. peter alexander is in kansas city this morning, where he was given a tour of the irwin family home. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. it's been exactly three weeks to the day since jeremy bradley and deborah said their baby disappeared from their home. the fbi cadaver dog had a positive hint on a dead body inside that home. overnight the irwin family allowed us in the home, they insist they have done nothing wrong and have nothing to hide. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: sunday night, baby lisa's parents, deborah bradley and jeremy irwin returned to the home where they say their daughter disappeared for a candlelight vigil. neither deborah nor jeremy said a word but they were both in tears as jeremy's father, lisa's grandfather offered an emotional prayer. >> please keep her safe and bring her home to us as soon as possible. >> reporter: after the vigil, the irwin family invited nbc news inside the home. this is baby lisa's bedroom that you've heard

lisa irwin did not look behind her home because she was afraid of what she might find.rom one standpoint you could understand emotionally why she would feel that way but could you also understand it might arouse suspicious if she's desperately looking for her child why she wouldn't look behind the home? >> no, she didn't say. see, this is where -- what you don't have there is a sworn statement. that's a rendition of some investigator. what deborah bradley was doing when they called 911 was in a heap on the floor of the house trembling uncontrollably because of the disappearance of her daughter and what she said was she was afraid to go outside and look for anything. she was afraid what she would find. because she was trembling and afraid. she didn't say she didn't want to look behind the house. even if you wanted to attach some sinister motive to that comment, that wouldn't make sense, what, she'd kill the baby, put the baby behind the house and say i don't want to look, i'm afraid what i might find? instead of focusing on the salacious details is what i just heard and

lisa's parents, deborah bailey and jeremy irwin, are with us now. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i have to say that unfortunately i have covered way too many of these cases over the years of missing children, abducted children, children who have gone missing for one reason or another and i have rarely seen the police come out and make a statement like the one they made yesterday, saying the parents have stopped cooperating, without having a reason to do so. so why do you think they've made this statement? >> we were at the station yesterday, being interviewed again, and i just had reached my, i just had reached my boiling point and i asked them, i said, guys, i can't do this anymore today. i need a break. i can't answer any more questions. then we asked to leave, and then the next thing we knew, it was the press conference yesterday evening, so it was -- >> well talk to -- >> completely -- >> let's back up an hour. how would you describe the demeanor of the police prior to you reaching your breaking point and boili

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they haven't spoken publicly in exactly one week. >> look at that messy baby. >> reporter: the irwin hopes sharing the new video also return the spotlight to their infant daughter and help bring her home. investigators tell nbc news they have received now more than 500 useful tips. they have checked out almost all of them and matt still no strong leads. >> peter alexander in kansas city for us this morning, peter, thank you very much. >> all right, now let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories from natalie morales. >>> trouble in the sky as a government watchdog reports a sharp uptick in errors by air traffic controllers in recent years. mistakes at radar facilities within 30 miles of an airport have doubled. runway incursions increased about the same amount since 2008. the federal aviation administration chalked up the increases to better error reporting. >>> it was a soggy night in our nation's capital but even theçó rain couldn't dampen the pomp of a white house state dinner in honor of south korea's president. they toasted the passage of a trade deal that could p

the late crocodile hunter steve irwin clutching his baby boy as he went face to face with predators. that baby boy is now 8 years old. robert irwin fed a crock himself for the very first time at the family zoo. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dough closed at 13,494. s&p was up 5 and the nasdaq gained 15. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 77 points while in hong kong the hang seng rose 19. >>> well, a mixed bag of news for wall street sent hp shares plunging to a nine year low. after sending up a big caution flag over next year's earnings. but the service sector grew at its fastest pace in six months in september while a dp reported the private sector reported they added 162,000 new jobs. >>> according to "usa today" six big changes are hiring upwards of 300,000 holiday workers. facebook is about to test whether users will pay to promote their posts on their friends' news feed. be sure to watch matt lauer's one on one interview with mark zuckerberg on "the today show." >>> chick-fil-a supported

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the irwin family has released these videos.u note the irwin family released these home videos hoping they can generate new leads into the case. they show her at 2 and 3 months old, already appearing to have a personality of her own. this as investigators in the case appear to be stumped. >> hi, pumpkin pie. >> reporter: they are cherished home videos of little lisa irwin. >> drink your baba. >> reporter: cooing at her mother, smiling, making precious baby talk. >> what are you doing? >> reporter: in this youtube clip seen with the words "daddy loves me" on her bib. these-just released videos all taken between january and march of this year show an adorable little girl who turned 11 months old this week. but is still the focus of an exhaustive 11-day search. teams of investigators once again hiked through a heavily wooded area, roughly a half mile from the irwin family home thursday. another painstaking hunt for clues in the increasingly mysterious disappearance of baby lisa. an fbi evidence truck was seen leaving the site of a

. >>> the search for the missing baby lisa irwin is entering its fourth week and this morning for the first time we'll hear for the man who is still married to lisa's mother. peter alexander is in kansas city with the details. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. we will hear from sean bradley in a moment. he says he and deborah bradley, baby lisa irwin's mother are still married because they simply can't afford to get a divorce. police say they have no suspects, they have made no new progress here but we are learning the new details about deborah bradley's personal family history. while baby lisa's parents, deborah bradley and jeremy irwin live together, she's still married to another man who we're now hearing from, for the first time. sean bradley who has a 5-year-old son with his estranged wife, deborah, and didn't want to go on nbc news tells "she's always been a good mom." he says "i'm still confused by what's going on. this is craziness to me." bradley an army reservist, interviewed by the fbi, says he hasn't spoken to deborah or seen their son in two

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crime scene investigators returned to lisa irwin's home late saturday. for the second day in a row, scanning the yard with metal detectors, digging through leaves, sifting through bushes and moving inside the home for a closer look. detectives shifting kids' toys, taking boxes from shelves and focusing for several minutes on the front door. after more than an hour, firefighters joined in the search. providing ladders so investigators could climb through the roof to comb through storm gutters and peer into vents. police worked until late into the night. during what was by far the most intense and longest search since the 10-month-old was allegedly pulled from her crib. >> no tip led to this. we're doing everything we can. and any time another idea comes up, we'll give it a shot and this is a result of that. >> reporter: detectives did take at least one bag of evidence from the house. they won't say what they found, though the search apparently did reveal a shift in what police had called a strained relationship between investigators and lisa's parents. >>

remember, jeremy irwin says he found the door unlocked. investigators continue their frantic search thursday, lifting manhole covers and returning to this deadly wooded area near the irwins' home to make sure they didn't miss any possible evidence. early thursday i asked lisa's parents the question that haunts missing child cases, whether they had any involvement in their baby's disappearance. did you do anything with your daughter? >> god, no. >> reporter: jeremy? >> no. >> no. >> just need her back. >> please bring her home. >> reporter: police insist there are still no suspects in this case, but they have taken down the crime scene tape of the family's home and also shut down the mobile command center, maultd, that's only a short distance away from here. >> peter alexander, thank you. lisa's parents, deborah bailey and jeremy irwin, are with us now. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i have to say that unfortunately i have covered way too many of these cases over the years of missing children, abducted chi

the irwins took on a frightening task of wrangling a crocodile at their zoo in australia. wife terry, daughter bindi and son robert pounced to restrain the croc who is being moved to a new and warmer enclosure. the fearless family then showed off their catch. >>> well, thousands in hungary aren't afraid to get dirty in the name of some good fun. professional and amateur racing enthusiasts took part in the annual off-road festival. the location is key since it has the thickest mud in all of europe. that makes for a mess. and many of the cars actually fall apart. but participants are able to put them back together within hours to get back on track there. >>> well, getting in the record books is no small feat for one person in the philippines. a teenager was officially declared the world's shortest man by the guinness world records. measured at less than two feet tall, he was able to beat the previous record holder by about three inches. the official announcement came as he celebrated his 18th birthday. look at that little guy. his dad says that he stopped growing actually at

peter, good morning. >> reporter: lisa irwin's parents have been silent for more than a week. they tell nbc news this awful experience has brought them closer together and they are hopeful their baby daughter will be returned home safely. during our 45-minute interview deborah bradley, lisa's mother, reveals she was drinking that night and says she thinks she could be arrested because of her daughter's disappearance. i began by asking her why. >> i was the last one with her. judging on how the questioning went, that's kind of the feel that i have. the main fear is if they arrest me, people are going to stop looking for her and then i will never see her again. i will never know what happened. >> reporter: nearly two weeks have passed since deborah bradley and jeremy irwin say their infant daughter, seen here in home video shot this year, vanished from her crib. you told us the police accused you of killing your daughter. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: how has it been for authorities to focus on you at times? >> terrible. my daughter's missing. the last thing i want to have to worry ab

. >>> new twist in the search for 10-month-old lisa irwin. the parents scheduled a police interview with the baby's missing brothers and one of the lawyers for the family stops working on the case. >>> and bright lights, our holiday extravaganza kicks off. amy and i look for things that go bump in the night. what did we encoter? we'll tell you this coming what did we encoter? we'll tell you this coming saturday, october 29th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. boo. >> and i'm amy robach. didn't work. we felt at moments maybe we weren't alone in that prison. it was dark, it was creepy. i heard things. >> it was one of those what were we thinking things going into this darkened prison. we weren't alone. we were there with the folks from sci-fi's ghost hunter's program. they brought their van, their gear. we supplied plenty of the fear. and we're going to show you what happened. there were some things that kind of made you a little uneasy. >>