moment, but first, nbc's john yang is in bloomington this morning with the latest. john, food morning. >> reporter: good morning. they're still in the information gathering stage in their investigation into what happened to lauren on her way back to her apartment building here. and her parents are issuing a direct challenge to anyone who knows the answer to that, to come forward. from lauren spierer's anguished mother -- >> what are you wait for? what are you waiting for? >> reporter: a desperate personal plea to anyone who could lead her and her husband to their daughter. >> what you know might help us, it might be the key today that's going to make the difference. >> reporter: the spierer's plea came as bloomington police  enhanced security camera video showing at least one car near where lauren was last seen about 4:30 the morning of june 3rd. >> this is not to be identified as a suspect vehicle or a vehicle of interest or anything at this point. i don't want us to make that leap. this is something that has caught our attention. >> reporter: on the ground and

is in bloomington with the lathest on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. it's day 11 since she disappeared on her way back to her apartment building after a night out with friends. still no suspects, no hard leads as to her where abouts. for a second week, volunteers from as far as florida lined up outside her apartment building to join the search for the missing 20-year-old. >> somebody out there knows something. >> reporter: this group hoping to find a clue to lead to her where abouts. >> it's frustrating. very sad. >> hoping for a miracle at this point. >> reporter: her case was featured on "america's most wanted" triggering 40 calls to the tip line. police say there's been no breakthrough. >> we are in the information gathering stage of this. certainly, there are individuals we want to speak with.

are taking to the streets in bloomington, indiana looking for a missing indiana university student. it's 20-year-old lauren aspira last seen walking back to her apartment early friday morning after a night out at a bar. she's 4'11", 100 pounds, has a heart defect and requires medication. spierer just finished her sophomore year at university. new video from hamburg, iowa where people are piling sandbags on a failing levee. they're trying to contain raging floodwaters from the missouri river. about half of the town's 1100 residents already forced out of their houses. look at that. if it doesn't work, parts of hamburg could be under eight feet of water for a month. >> now, let's talk about the caylee anthony case, the casey anthony case but the body of the 2-year-old caylee wasn't left in her mom casey's car. the inventer of a new technique

i would like to thank the people of bloomington. all of the volunteers.he merchants that have supported us with all of their time, unselfishly. we are hoping today to have a meeting with the mayor and the president of indiana university, to see how they can best provide resources to the bloomington police department, so that we can keep up this effort to find lauren. >> i'm glad you're getting the help. you're very welcome, sir. robert and charlene, take care. >>> let's go back outside to sam outside. >> hey, robin. can't imagine the strength they have to have this morning. we're going to start in minneapolis. we'll show you a sky shot. here's a little encouraging news. yesterday, 103 degrees there. today, 79. so, there is a sign that some cooler air is trying to break through and get into some areas that are getting so warm. d.c., today, a live shot there. will be about 96 degrees. you see the haze and the heat. one thing about d.c., is the humidity that comes up with the heat, makes it unbearable there. we said 96. san antonio, 92. chicago at 94. atlant

. >>> hundreds of volunteers are searching in and around bloomington, indiana for a missing indiana university student. 20-year-old lauren spierer hasn't been seen since she left a party alone early last saturday morning. the community and the university's head basketball coach joined the search. >> anytime you can do something to help people, that's what we're supposed to do. but most importantly, i just agonize over the fact that there's a mother and a father out there that have no idea where their daughter is. >> reporter: her parents say she has a heart condition and needs her medication. >>> finally this morning, medical researchers are reporting dramatic success in treating cancer by tailoring drugs to the genetic makeup of individual patients. we have more on that. >> reporter: in 2007, bill was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. seven different chemotherapies failed. he was told nothing more could be done. >> i basically was looking at going to go home and make arrangements is what the doctors basically told me to do. >> reporter: but he heard about something new, a experimental drug

she disappeared in bloomington after partying with some friends. searchers include volunteers and even some members of the -- members of the state militia. >> they served us in the -- put us in the densewoods to search because a lot of us -- dense woods to search because a lot of us are military. >> so far no arrests have been made. >>> governor brown says there will be a budget vote on wednesday. that's the constitutional deadline for lawmakers to get a balanced budget on his desk. on a statement on youtube, the governor said he's frustrated that he's not been able to get the four republican votes needed to put the question of a tax extechtion on a special election ballot. >> i'm not asking the ledge lay tour to make -- legislature to make all these decisions. i'm asking for a vote of the people. >> democrats are trying to avoid having to close the remaining $9.6 billion budget deficit with more spending cuts. >>> the stage is now set for the next big hearing on the battle over same-sex marriage in california. the two sides are due in a san franci

. >> reporter: bloomington police say after a night of partying, lauren left her friend's house near 11th and college and started walking back to her apartment. investigators say she never made it back there. police said she had no shoes and no cell phone. >> go up to 11. start right back there. >> reporter: this was just one of several groups that walked around bloomington looking for lauren. amy thompson was part of this group. >> i work at iou. it's just the right thing to do. there's no doubt, this is what people should be doing. >> the search for lauren is bringing back bad memories for residents. it was 11 years ago another student went missing. her skeletal remains were found a few years later. >>> check in for wjz news at 6:00 for these stories and more. >> reporter: driving ends in disaster. how a bus ended up in a lake and how the driver is not the person being blamed. >> check on these stories and more breaking news coming up at 6:00. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. the oriole's home stand continues. >> the weather is heating up and the ,,,, beth! hi. loo

so anyone with information is urged to call bloomington police.regg. >> patti ann, thank you very much. jenna: a fragile ceasefire on the verge of unraveling in yemen. six people are dead after a battle erupts in the nation's capitol. that battle underscores a potential power vacuum since the country's wounded president left the country. greg palkot is live in london. what is the latest? >> reporter: they are still in fact dancing in the streets of san'a, yemen. those who have been pushing for saw law to leave celebrating the fact he is technically out of the country. he was targeted in an opposition attack on friday in his presidential palace. he went to riyadh, saudi arabia for treatment. in his place the vice president is sort of running things. his opponents supported him thinking he might be a bridge to a transitional government while at the same time as you note, jenna, they're fighting in the street with government forces which are very much out and apparent. >> sort of running things is never quite predictable, is it, greg. you've been to

. >> you don't expect something like that to happen around here in bloomington. such a friendly atmosphere. you don't expect things like this to happen. it's crazy. >> back here in her new york hometown, friends and family prayed for lauren's safe return. and we'll talk to her anguished parents coming up later on "good morning america." >>> searches resume for body near a long island beach. investigators scoured the area yesterday. ten sets of human remains have been found since december, possibly victims of more than one serial killer. >>> a college golfer from texas is taking tiger woods' place at next week's u.s. open. woods pulled out of the tournament yesterday because of continuing issues with his left knee and also left achilles tendon. it will be the first u.s. open that woods has missed since 1994. >>> for you nba fans you have something to watch on sunday night. it's called game six of the finals. it was made possible last night. >> cole wright here with your espn news update. let's head to dallas. game four, the nba finals. lebron james and his heat tr

>> all right, john yang for news bloomington. john, thank you very much. lauren's parents, robert and charlene spierer, are with us exclusively. thank you for joining us. i know this is a very difficult time for you. >> thank you for having us, matt. >> robert, let me start with you. the thing that jumped out for to me in that press briefing yesterday is the police saying about this vehicle. don't jump to conclusions, we're not calling it a suspect vehicle of vehicle of interest but they do want to know more about it and perhaps enhance that video. have they told you why they're curious about it? >> well, it's a vehicle that was in the vicinity close to the time that lauren was last seen. but we don't know if it's -- if it's meaningful in terms of any connection to the case. but it's just another lead that's being pursued, one of many, that have to be analyzed by the police and put together to evaluate how we're going to find lauren. >> are you both being kept fully abreast of this investigation? do you think you're getting all the information? are the pol

. >>> missing for days, the police in bloomington, indiana are searching for a missing college student. she was seen friday morning walking to her apartment. her friends and family say it's out of the ordinary for her not to be in contact with them. >>> electricity is restored to most of umbc. andrea fujii explains, not all is up and running. >> reporter: the failure of a power substation switch caused this fire. it left the entire campus in the dark until sunday night. now, summer classes are back in session. >> everything's good now. nothing is surprising. >> reporter: accept for the dorms evacuated because of the outage. monday morning, they didn't have electricity. that didn't stop this student from moving in. >> i was hoping when they said that campus would be up and running, that it would be from morning. i don't think it will be back until later. >> reporter: the students were moved to another on campus facility. that didn't please everyone. >> without any apologies, they say, well, these things happenful these explode and we have problems. >> reporter: the school intalled -- in

john yang is in bloomington, indiana, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. this is lauren's apartment building where she was headed when she was last seen friday morning. it's also become the center of the search for her. they have been searching for 20-year-old indiana university student lauren spear around the clock since she was reported missing. her parents rob and charlene are frantic. >> there is only one focus and that's finding lauren. >> i'm just praying that we find her and i can't let myself go to a place other than being hopeful and positive. >> reporter: spear, a fashion student, had just completed her sophomore year, but she was staying to take a summer class before heading home to new york for an internship. friends describe spear as a petite woman with an infectious smile. >> every time i see her i have the biggest smile. she gives that to everyone. >> reporter: she was last seen around 4:30 friday morning. she'd been to a bar with an outside sand area and was barefoot. at her apartment compl

. >> reporter: hundreds of volunteers spent yesterday searching downtown bloomington near spire's apartmentin the woods, construction sites, and around lakes in the area, including her own family who traveled over the weekend from their home in westchester in here, in new york, to join in the search. her dad says that he and his wife usually get a phone call from her every day and adds his daughter also has a medical condition, making the days looking for her especially stressful. at just 4-foot, 11, and 90 pounds, lauren has a heart defect that can cause dangerous arrhythmias, her father says it's every parent's nightmare as he made this plea for the public's help. >> we'd like anyone who has seen her to please contact the bloomington police immediately. she does have a heart condition. she takes medicine daily. so it's important that we get ahold of her as soon as possible. >> reporter: lauren's dad said his daughter is a compassionate and loving person very close to her mother, her classmates describe her as a promising and smart person who would never put herself in a dangerous situatio

university student. 20-year-old lauren speierer was last seen heading for her apartment near the bloomington campus five dais ago. it happened after a night of partying with some friends. her parents traveled from their home in new york to join the search. >> i just agonize over the fact that there's a mother and a father out there that have no idea where their daughter is. >> she does have a heart condition. she takes medicine daily. so it's important that we get ahold of her as soon as possible. >> now police found speierer's wallet and cell phone. but she is still missing. >>> one of the worst wild fires in arizona history is now threatening parts of new mexico. overnight the weather gave firefighters a round springerville a break. now the winds are making the wallow fire worse. some flights are being diverted because of the smoke and there's an air quality alert across the new mexico border. about 2500 firefighters are working there to try and contain those flames. i guess around here, it is really going to start heating up tomorrow. >> yeah, we have our own air quality alert as well, le

she's a 20-year-old indiana university student last seen leaving a bar in bloomington.d lauren day with hundreds of volunteers fanning out in the area that she was last seen. >>> so what had been planned as an extended weekend of testimony in the casey anthony murder trial ended before it even began saturday morning. after meeting with attorneys from both sides yesterday, the judge abruptly recessed the trial citing an unspecified legal issue. >> as both sides concur that a legal issue has arisen unrelated to the issue that we talked about first thing this morning dealing with the doctor, that would necessitate us recessing for today. >> yesterday i talked with our legal guys. i asked them why they thought the judge, judge perry, decided to cancel saturday's session. >> that's is $64,000 question. my belief is there was certain evidence that the prosecution could have turned over. it goes to a material question of what the expert was about to say. and, therefore, because it's a legal issue, we'll never know until the case goes to an appeal which it will. the bottom line

. >> reporter: police in bloomington, indiana are stepping up their efforts, setting up road blocks,s if they noticed anything out of the ordinary. >> we wanted to set that up to see if anybody is anybody who comes through there regularly and may have seen something. >> reporter: lauren spear vanished a week ago after spending the night partying with friends. >> lauren left this apartment around 4:30 in the morning and a friend said he watched her walk down to the corner. she hasn't been seen since. >> reporter: police say a surveillance video they confiscated from earlier in the evening shows an altercation outside lauren's apartment. and while she was not involved, the person she was with, cory rossman was. rossman's lawyer tells nbc news that his client was hit in the face, so hard apparently that he cannot remember anything that happened that night. >> injury to his head significantly affected his memory. >> reporter: friday afternoon rossman provided to the police station to provide them with a dna sample. police say some ten people are considered persons of interest in the case

for "good morning america," barbara pinto, abc news, bloomington, indiana. >>> well, it's time now to get a check of the other headlines this morning. for that we're going to turn to ron claiborne. good to see you, ron. >> good morning, dan, bianna, good morning, everyone. >> syria is stepping up its brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters. thousands of syrians are fleeing to neighboring turkey this morning as troops have sealed a town near the border. 36 people reportedly killed on friday when syrian security forces opened fire during demonstrations across that country. >>> and in afghanistan, a roadside bomb hit a bus in the southern part of the country this morning. at least 16 people have been killed including 8 children. >>> and survivors of last month's massive tornado in joplin are facing a new threat, disease. some have developed a fungal infection. three people who were hospitalized with the infection has died. >>> growing jitters at the economic recovery has stalled since stocks tumbled friday. the dow closed below 12,000 for the first time since march. the benchmark

hundreds today turned out in bloomington, indiana, for a "find lauren day."sing 20-year-old indiana university student who hasn't been seen since june 3rd. but this search isn't just about boots on the ground. this is different. i want to bring in tech reporter katie, how is social networking playing a role in the search for lauren? >> hi, don. we know hundreds did show up today in finding lauren day physically. for those that couldn't there be they're turning towards the power of social networking. places like facebook and twitter and her personal website. so i want to give you a number of different ways that you can stay connected with finding lauren and also donate to search efforts or just plain support the cause. there was a facebook and twitter account which went fairly viral with over 20,000 users in less than a month. also findlauren.com you can donate resources in the search and rescue efforts. also there's a tips and anonymous hotline and a gmail account if you have any information. the remarkable part about this is 20 years ago, we were using milk

bloomington police say she was last seen walking to her apartment at 4:30 friday morning after a night out at a nearby bar. her keys were found a block away from her building. police say they don't think spierer ran away and no suspects have been named. >>> vandals spray painting the number 68 on cars all over loudoun county appear have to have struck again. the loudoun county sheriff's office tells us roughly a dozen cars in sterling were vandalized late monday night and early this morning. some of the previous incidents took place in ashburn. police say more than 40 cars 4 have been spray painted with the mysterious number, but they still don't know what it means or who is responsible. >>> when school is out later this month at clifton elementary in virginia, the doors will shut for good. the state supreme court has upheld last summer's decision to close the building. the county says enrollment is dropping and it would require expensive repairs and safety improvements to keep it open. parents appealed the decision in court but lost. last day of july, juschool, jun. >>> one local scho

she was last seen leaving a friend's apartment in bloomington.police in the fbi are hopeful the crime show will generate more tips and leads in this show for speier. >>> and chile's volcanic ash cloud is affecting air travel in new zealand. quantity yas airways has canceled flights, and new zealand has had to adjust flight routes and altitudes to fly around that ash. >>> the horse with a 24-1 long shot, ruler on ice, ruled the soggy track at the belmont stacks. animal kingdom had a disasterous start, and in the final turn ruler on ice overtook preakness winner shackleford to cross the finish line in a stunner. the winning jockey said in the final seconds, all he could think was, oh, my god, i'm going to win the belmont. now back to news. scott, if we had only put down that $20 bet. >> that was just the first time in six years that a preakness winner and a derby winner were both together at the same race in the belmont, and neither won the rubber match. bet you didn't know that. >>> scott is back now. thank you, richard, with another check of the

she hopped in the car with us and we drove down to bloomington. during the course of that trip, we got to know her even better and like her even more. she told us how much she loved politics and government and that she was soon going to graduate from illinois wesleyan university. and so we said to her -- i said to her why don't you call me sometime. maybe you could be an intern in my office, and she agreed to do that. she was not only an intern, she was one of the best, and as a result, as soon as she graduated from college, we hired her. she went to work as a caseworker herself, did a lot of work on immigration and citizenship and did a great job and then there was an opportunity for her to work as my deputy director for the entire down state portion of illinois. this was in 2006. so sara nelson took off and became my representative, going all over the state and speaking for me at meetings and representing me and working on projects, projects as important as the new courthouse in rockford, illinois, and the new bridge across the mississippi river

bloomington police say they have a video of her in an alley. they won't say if she's alone or not in that tape. barbara pinto has the latest. >> reporter: days into the search of her missing daughter, lauren spierer's mother made an emotional plea. >> the first thing is to say to the person that has lauren or that has harmed lauren, shame on you. shame on you. i beg you to come forward. >> reporter: lauren, a fashion student with a dangerous heart condition, disappeared walking home from a night out partying with friends. a massive search and a $100,000 reward has turned up little. saturday, "america's most wanted" broadcast lauren's story, generating dozens of new tips. >> we were all very hopeful that there would be that one nugget of information or that one phone call that would lead us to lauren. >> reporter: police are looking at ten person of interests. among them, lauren's boyfriend, jesse wolff, and the friend she was out with that night, corey rossman. rossman's lawyer says he suffered memory lost after being punched in the head and ca

interesting to see what he will giving up the search for a missing in moving on, now, who vanished from bloomington. >> dive crews searched lake monroe for any sign of lauren spierer, the girl's family announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to her safe return. last seen walking alone after a night of partying with friends one week ago this morning. >>> jurors in the casey anthony murder trial were sent home early yesterday after anthony herself became ill. >> it came after the prosecution started presenting some of the most intense evidence so far. diana alvear is joining us with more details. diana. >> reporter: peggy, daniel, good morning. by far the toughest day of trial yet. especially when prosecutors began showing pictures of caylee's remains. those pictures had a very profound effect on casey anthony. >> in this photo you can see the -- the multiple strands of hair that go over the top of the skull. >> reporter: casey anthony could not bring herself to look as prosecutors showed t cou several he daughte' sk >> that would be the front of the skull. with duct tape. >> reporter: in

and support has sustained me and kept me grounded since the day we first met on a blind date in bloomingtonl walk out of my office for the last time as defense secretary. it's empty of all of my personal items and mementos, but we'll still have looming over my desk the portraits of two of my heroes and role models, generals dwight d. eisenhower and george c. marshall. it is from mafr shal that i take a closing thought, first delivered more than six decades ago during the opening years of the cold war. addressing new university graduates, marshall extolled what he considered the great musts of that generation. they were, he said, the development of a sense of responsibility for world order and security, the development of a sense of the overwhelming importance of the country's acts and failures to act. now, as when marshall first uttered those words, a sense of america's global responsibilities and what we do and do not do remain the great musts of this dangerous new century. it is the sacred duty and thust to all of us proven to serve in it duties of leadership and responsibility. a duty we

host: bloomington, ill., on airline for republicans, go ahead. caller: i would be interested in the author's comments as an historian who interviewed mr. ford with respect to being -- to the involvement of general alexander haig in the communications with president ford and/or his staff. they talk on behalf of president nixon. it has been suggested but not necessarily truthfully that general haig was possibly crossing illegally in those communications. my recollection is that president ford made it clear -- you have written many books and i am interested in your perspective of the comments that were made to him by gerald ford on that subject. guest: i did not talk to gerald ford exactly about that. we skirted the subject but i did have conversations with alexander haig. he was a great leader, a forceful leader. he seems to be running the white house at times. because of the destruction of this ongoing crisis, watergate, and all the little elements that lingered that were associated with watergate. having said that, i will correct this occasional

let's go to bud who is a republican calling from bloomington, illinois. joining the conversation. hi, bud. caller: hello. seems we have both parties in denial about the cause of job loss which is lopsided trading. an op-ed calls for even more free -- so-called free trade agreements to be approved and their solution to the job losses is training programs as if training somehow magically leads to job creation. the problem isn't trade. it's the basis of trade. we have trade partners to block our exports, and who manufacture under completely different rules than we do. >> bob greenstein, what do you think? guest: well, i'm going to keep the trade part to kevin who is much more of an expert on that than i, but let me talk about the job training part. the core is right. the job training in and of itself doesn't create jobs. however, where job training programs work well. some work well, some content. but they do two important things. they increase the skills of workers so they can be more productive workers, which is good for the workers in the economy. but they can also help in areas w

caller: [unintelligible] host: bloomington, delaware, daniel, a republican.r: my question is, i am not a union-redress because i am a republican -- i am not critical of the union because i am a republican. i was in the teamsters for 16 years. why is it so hard to get fired from that? it seemed like the employees could do anything they wanted. they have really port employees. and nobody could get fired. guest: you raise an interesting question. in the u.s. we have what is called employment at will. in the private sector, what that means is an employer can fire a worker any time for good cause, that cause, or no cause at all. some would also -- often say -- unions would say that is un- american because we are the only industrialized country in the world that can fire an employee for any reason. labor unions put in their bargaining contracts that you have to have just cause. and they have a grievance arbitration that goes before an arbitrator if they do not reach a mutual agreement. i happen to be a labor arbitrator and many cases involve discipline. in america,

as i travel my district in minnesota from bloomington, to coin rapids, i hear from minnesotans and small business owners understandably concerned. my constituents were told that $1 trillion stimulus package would keep unemployment below 8%. they were clearly sold a bill of goods as unemployment has now been above 8% for more than two years straight. house republicans have a plan to jump-start our economy and create jobs. our plan takes commonsense steps to reducing legislative burdens, regulatory burdens that will help small businesses, that will help entrepreneurs. actually takes common sense to fix an out-of-date tax code so our employers are more competitive around the world. we also take steps to pass three pending free trade agreements with colombia, panama, and south korea that would create up to 250,000 new jobs through new sales to new customers. and also we will maximize domestic energy production by reducing our dependence on foreign oil and also lowering gas prices. finally, mr. speaker, and most importantly, by paying down our unsustainable debt burden and starting to live wi

bloomington police say all of lauren's friends who have been interviewed have been cooperative. lauren's parents are not giving up. >> very tough stuff. peter alexander, thank you so much. >>> coming up, what are the cases now that casey anthony will take the stand. we're in court where the fallout happened to declare her incompetent. first, this is "today" on nbc. i have fallen in love with making bird houses. caw caw! [ director ]what is that? that's a horrible cr. here are some things that i'll make as little portals. honestly, i'd love to do this for the rest of my life so i've got to take care of my heart. for me, cheerios is a good place to start. [ male announcer ] got something you'll love to keep doing? take care of your heart. you can start with cheerios. the natural whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. brrrbb... makes you feel ageless. [ male announcer ] it's time. love your heart so you can do what you love. cheerios. [ bob ] squak. >>> just ahead, kate dazzles at wimbledon, and her dress sells out within minutes online. >> but first, your local news. it's go

. >> reporter: 800 miles away in bloomington, indiana, friends, and family search for 20-year-old collegen spear who was partying with friend early friday morning and decided to go home. she never arrived. >> when somebody at 4:30 in the morning, no shoes, and has earlier been drinking goes out and just disappears off a street corner, and, you know we feel like that certainly could be foul play involved. >> a loving girl. very close with her mother. spoke to her mother every day. >> lauren's family came down immediately and has enlisted an army of friends to help search for her. >> lauren is a child and a person that is full of life, always on the go, fun to be with, had a very large circle of friends, both boys and girls. >> she could be anywhere. it's scary. >> reporter: family and friends and police say they will continue to search, but even they acknowledge now that as the days pass, so does hope of finding lauren alive. in scarsdale, new york, abc news, jim dolan. >> we'll continue to follow the story. all right. >>> libyan leader moammar gadhafi is as defiant as ever. even after hou

caller: [unintelligible] host: bloomington, delaware, daniel, a republican. caller: my question is, i am not a union-redress because i am a republican -- i am not critical of the union because i am a republican. i was in t teamsters for6 years. why is it so hard to g fired from that? it seemed like the employees could do anything they wanted. they have really port employees. and nobody could get fired. guest: you raise an interesting question. in the u.s. we have what is called eloyment at will. in the private sector, what that means is an employer can fire a worker any te for good cause, that cause, or no cause at all. some would also -- often say -- unions would say that is un- american because we are the only industrialized country in the world that can fire an employee for any reason. labor unions put in their bargaining contracts that you have to have just cause. and they have a grievance arbitration that goes before an arbitrator if they do not reach a mutual agreement. i happen to be a labor arbitrator and many cases involve discipline. in america, an

. >>> police in bloomington, indiana, have expanded their search for a 20-year-old indiana university student who has not been seen in nearly a week and we're learning more now about who she was with the night she disappeared. nbc's kevin tibbles is outside the woman's apartment with the latest on this story. kevin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. she had been out with friends early in the morning when she simply vanished. now the police are scouring surveillance video for clues. with each passing day further anguish for the parents of lauren spierer. she has been missing for almost a week now. >> we're still hopeful we can find her and when we find her, that she'll be all right. >> reporter: the 20-year-old university of indiana fashion student was last seen walking toward her apartment on campus about 5:30 in the morning last friday after spending a night out with friends. lauren's keys were found a block from the apartment. on tuesday night police used a battering ram to execute a search warrant at her apartment building. the apartment complex owners say there was no staff

kevin tibbles has the latest from bloomington, indiana. good morning to you. >> matt, police say there is an altercation on that video. while it did not involve the missing girl it involved someone she was with who now says he can't remember it. time is becoming critical but after a week of searching police and volunteers refuse to give up, looking for any sign of fashion student lauren spierer. >> just hoping she'll come home. >> reporter: an anonymous tip led police to nearby lake monroe. >> we'll have the dive team take a look at the area that was described with negative results. >> reporter: police pored over evidence taken from her apartment and are speaking to ten people described as persons of interest. the video shows an altercation about two hours before lauren went missing. >> all of our information including video and interviews indicates that lauren was not involved in any altercation. >> reporter: but cory rossman, the fellow university student lauren was with, was. >> he basically got his clock cleaned. >> reporter: his attor

let's go to bud who is a republican calling from bloomington, illinois. joining the conversation. hi, bud. caller: hello. seems we have both parties in denial about the cause of job loss which is lopsided trading. an op-ed calls for even more free -- so-called free trade agreements to be approved and their solution to the job losses is training programs as if training somehow magically leads to job creation. the problem isn't trade. it's the basis of trade. we have trade partners to block our exports, and who manufacture under completely different rules than we do. >> bob greenstein, what do you think? guest: well, i'm going to keep the trade part to kevin who is much more of an expert on that than i, but let me talk about the job training part. the core is right. the job training in and of itself doesn't create jobs. however, where job training programs work well. some work well, some content. but they do two important things. they increase the skills of workers so they can be more productive workers, which is good for the workers in the economy. but they can also help in areas w