ayla was 20 months old when her dad told police she vanished.olice treating her disappearance as a crime. no one has been charged. while searchers found no signs of the little one, they made a discovery. they made the remains of a 53-year-old man, steven brandon, from the same town as ayla, waterville, reported missing back in 2004. foul play in his case is not suspected. >>> well, more than a year after a devastating earthquake and tsunami slammed into northern japan, a fishing boat swept away in that disaster has turned up near canada. here it is. officials in british columbia say they spotted the ship on a routine surveillance flight. it's about 160 miles offshore. they've identified it as coming from a city in northwestern japan, and figured out the boat drifted more than 4,000 miles. officials say they don't believe anybody was ever aboard. no word on what they plan to do with the ship once it reaches land, but in the meantime a maritime warning has been issued because this sort of thing could pose a navigational hazard if there are other s

. >> this is ayla. >> hi. i heard you were here. >> what's happening here? middle of a hairstyle. >> okay. and this is the flip tail. and all you do is on your last time when you're pulling the hair through you just don't pull it all the way through. a little knot. here we have another clip. >> so cute. >> yeah. >> do you like that, ayla? i can tell you do with your dimples and everything. >> bailey. >> bailey's in the house. what are we doing with bailey? >> this is actually the style of the moment. >> braids. >> braids are very, very popular. but loose braids and side braids are really popular. so what we did for her is just a very simple braid. but you could do a french braid, anything if you are a little bit more adept at it. but you don't have to. the beauty of the look now is it's loose and messy. >> so even if you don't know how to braid, you can do it and it's messy and it's fine. >> come on. >> you guys all did such a great job. >> thank you, everybody. >> thanks, bailey. thanks, cozy. >> coming up next, plug your ears. from attracting the opposite

they are looking for ayla reynolds in areas that were covered with snow.ues turned up today. she was 20 months old in december when her dad said she vanished. police treating her disappearance as a crime. no one was charged and they made a surprising discovery, they found remains of a 53 year old man steven brandon. he was from the same town as ayla. waterville. foul play in his case is not suspected. more than a year after a devastating earthquake. a fishing boat swept away turned up near canada. they spotted the ship on a routine surveillance flight. it is 160 miles off shore and identified it was from japan and the beat drifted 4,000 miles. they don't believe anybody was on board. no word on what they will do. a maritime warning was issued and there could be a navigational hazard if there is ships on the water. >> and scare square on the international space station. space junk got dangerously close to them. part of a russian rocket got within 9 miles of the iss. that may seem it is far away. but the station is 17,000 miles an hour. this will show you ho

blue-eyed face out there, and that's all i want right now. >> there will be another vigil for baby aylarthday, in fact. to date police have not named a suspect or even a person of interest in that case. >>> well, gusty winds are fueling several wildfires in the drought-stricken southern plains. a controlled burn in a pasture in northeastern oklahoma grew into this out-of-control fire as winds topped 40 miles an hour. dozens of firefighters managing to contain the blaze before it caused any injuries or damage to homes. so good that they were, you know, right there making sure that it was controlled and didn't spread into -- >> other residential areas. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> thank you. i need some coffee. >> it's hump day. >> maybe like some espresso too. >> here's your hump day weather now, everybody. fire danger does continue today. in fact with some high winds from nevada over to texas, some heavy snow meanwhile in the rockies. a wintry mix in denver, duluth, and fargo. on and off showers from minneapolis to dallas. an afternoon sprinkle in south florida but gorgeous across much of

. >> please in waterville, maine are relaunching their search for missing ayla reynolds.ppearance as a crime but haven't charged anyone. she turns 2 years old on april 4 4th. >> one nation but not under god is the message at an atheist rally today calling for an end to the stigma they say is against atheists. >> we've reached out to the panthers national leader and to get a comment directly from them. in the meantime, the ref right-hand al sharpton led one of the many national rallies calling for zimmermann's arrest. i'll don lemon. i'll see you back here at 7:00 p.m. eastern. make sure you join us and send your comments to

. >>> today police in maine are reissuing an expanded search for ayla reynolds.orted missing al her father says he found her bed empty. police have not made any arrests. >>> it's been almost 36 hours since "the hunger games" hit theaters. it's already making waves at the box office. the movie pulled in more than $19 million on midnight showings alone yesterday. that's good enough for a seventh all time. and presales for the movie were third all time behind "harry potter" and "twilight." forecasted to make $120 million this weekend. i want to see that. >> this could be a good weekend to go see that. >> indeed. foonlly a weekend more conducive to indoor activities than outdoor. but if you need a little sunshine in your life, i've got good news in the seven-day forecast. don't go away. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interes

volunteers are combing through parts of waterville, maine right now renewing the search for 20-month-old aylanolds. she's been missing since december 17th when her father told police he found her bed empty. >>> new video just in to cnn shows the chaotic scene inside the apartment where a french gunman made his final stand. mohammed merah who was shot dead by police was wanted for the killings of seven people including three children. his brother is currently being questioned by authorities. >>> pope benedict is making history this weekend as he begins a six-day trip that will take him to mexico for the first time. the vatican calls the event, quote, a journey of hope. the mexican government is sparing no expense to make the pope feel right at home. >> reporter: near a colonial city, and the historic architecture it is a project of celestial proportions. construction workers have labored for months to build an altar worthy of a pope in an outdoor venue that can accommodate 700,000 people. >> translator: we have already received people from states throughout mexico and also other countries as w

. >>> they're looking for any signs of a missing toddler, ayla reynolds.ssing from her father's home since december 17. they're searching places previously co lly covered by sn >>> and people in kentucky are cleaning up from a tornado that occurred on friday. the debris was scattered across this neighborhood in jefferson county. no injuries have been reported. that's the news. we now head back to bill on the plaza for a look at the weather. >>> well, good morning, everyone. we've had a lot of senior trips. i don't know if we have any smatter kids than those from st. joe. you have the "today" logo on it. your mom did this? >> yeah. >> good job, mom. we're going to show you pictures of a few toerntds. today a slight risk of severe storms along the carolina coastline. i don't think we're going to have a lot of tornados. mostly large hail and damaging winds. we're also going to be dealing with damp >> good morning. the view of the beach and boardwalk from the grand hotel and spa in ocean city this morning. a little cloud and overcast. rain chances down there a