a badly decomposed body was found in a creek about 50 miles south of bloomington. the home of indiana university. the student, lauren spierer, disappeared on june 3rd after a night of drinking. an autopsy is being performed today. >>> in health news a new study on autism suggests the disorder may result as much from environmental factors, including conditions in the mother's womb, as from genetics. the study involved nearly 200 sets of twins. at least one of which was autistic. further research is needed to determine what factors increase the risk. >>> another study raises new health questions about the popular anti-smoking drug chantix. it had already been linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts. but now the new finding suggests a higher risk of developing heart disease. dr. jon lapook has more. >> reporter: worrisome news for the more than 7 million americans who have taken chantix. a new analysis links the pill to a 72% increase in the risk of heart problems. johns hopkins dr. singh led the research. >> it is causing the same problems that we are trying

long story short i was doing an intern for the mayor of bloomington, indiana.yor, a white male, caught me, found out that i'd been padding and cheating on my time card. i had worked three hours and write down four. worked four, write down six. i was working for $4 and $5. i'm just trying to get through and make whatever little money i can. i didn't see it as cheating. should i have, but i didn't. >> he caught me, called me into his office and read me the riot act and was about to pick up the phone to call the police department to come and arrest me. blessedly, the mayor who was a white female, walked in and said what's going on? i'm sitting there crying and boo hooing and begging him and trying to apologize and i'd do anything to do this. she says put the phone down, don't call the police department and tavist, come into my office and she looked at me as only a woman can, as only a mother can, who has that sensitivity. she said to me very simply, you let me down. you're not just stealing, tavist. you're stealing from the people. this is the people's money and t

now police in the nearby town of bloomington are waiting for word on identification. 20-year-old lauren spear disappeared from that town on june 3rd and she has not been seen since. >> we want to confirm the identity first. once we're able to do that then we'll be able to hopefully put the missing pieces together from some of these other missing cases or establish a brand new case. >> now police in the nearby town of noblesville have also been looking for 74-year-old dorothy herd. >>> execs son mobile will do whatever they need to to clean up the oil spill. damage was limited to a ten mile stretch of the river. now federal and state officials say oil damage is spread over dozens of miles and they are still taking air and water samples. >>> there's a new lawsuit over the amtrak train crash that killed six people in the nevada desert. amtrak attendants filed a suit against the trucking company involved in the crash as well as amtrak. now dickerson accuses the trucking company of negligence because one of its drivers failed to stop at a crossing and slammed into the train. she also says a

nbc's john yang has the latest from bloomington, indiana. >> reporter: bloomington police are awaiting identification of that badly decomposed body to see fit the latest chapter in the disappearance of lauren speier. lauren has been missing for more than a month. the 20-year-old fashion student disappeared june 3rd after a night partying with friends. her parents have pleaded with her friends to come forward with information they hope could lead them to their daughter. >> help them find their moral compass. they need your guidance and your strength to do the right thing. >> the window of opportunity in which lauren disappeared just these three short city blocks is so small that i think investigators would have to believe someone who had contact with her knows what happened to her that night. >> reporter: lauren shown here on a home video during a spring break trip to israel with her sister, who's reportedly last seen by a friend walking toward her apartment building at 4:30 in the morning. for weeks thousands of volunteers showed up to look for lauren. >> as far as i'm concerned it's n

she was last seen june 3 leaving a bloomington bar. they could not determine the race or age of the body. they are hoping forensics will yield some clues. >> propose new warning labels for cigarettes prepared to have some effect before they hit the cartons. incoming calls doubled a day before the labels were announce d. they will go on the cigarette packages next year. they have appeared on some media outlets. the pentagon seems to be big of the ipad. jane king has more in the bloomberg business report. >> if you are looking to apply for a lot for a new car or house, you may be in luck. the average credit score is at the highest it has been in four years. credit scores often seen as a predictor of the likelihood loans will be paid back. fuel efficiency becomes a priority as automakers rush to use more little room to make cars lighter. cutting the way to could be bad for the steel industry. we could see more expensive cars because little cost more than steel. a nice day of gains ahead of the fourth of july holiday. the bloomberg marylan

she was last seen june 3rd near her apartment in bloomington.ith us now forensic pathologist and fox news contributor, dr. michael baden. when the body was first found yesterday they weren't able to say officially if it was female. they have determined that it was a woman. >> reporter: oh, yes. jon: you say they have determined whether it's lauren or not. >> reporter: they found her sunday evening. by monday, yesterday they had determined who it was, because if it's lauren the police had obtained the dental records right at the beginning of the missing report, and the quickest way to identify somebody is from comparing dental records with the individual that is found. and if it's lauren they knew that yesterday, and it depends on when they want to give that information out. they tell the family first. jon: of course when i first heard about it i thought, well it has to be lauren, how many other women could go missing but it turns out there is another woman missing in that general area, a much older woman, a grandmother, but based on the state of

bill: we are waiting from word out of bloomington, as you are as well. what's next?lisyn: well, did it stimulate the economy or our debt? new information our government may not want you to hear. how many jobs did the stimulus create, and how much did each job cost? the details may make your jaw drop. bill: also, we may find out the fate of casey anthony any moment now. the jury behind closed doors in that hallway hashing out all the testimony in this case. did the defense cast doubt in the hides of those -- in the minds of those 12 men and women? dr. keith ablow will examine. >> if you hate her, if you think she's a lying, no-good slut, then you'll start to look at this evidence in a different light. you'll start to, oh, wait a minute. maybe i'm seeing something that's not there. alisyn: rising waters now complicating efforts by exxonmobil to clean up an oil spill along the yellowstone river. melting mountain snow is swelling the waterway, and it's making it harder for the oil giant to get to areas damaged by the spill. on friday a 12-inch pipeline burst upstream fro

. >> host: theresa e-mails from bloomington, indiana are you familiar with helen hunt jackson's ratingis and what is your opinion of those ridings? >> guest: she makes pretty strong statements that were important at the time that she wrote. on the other hand i looked at her journals at the college library and she didn't have a lot of experience with native people but she still really wanted justice. >> host: you write about how your childhood was a childhood of solitude. does that affect how you right? does that make you a writer? >> guest: i don't think so. i don't think so. i had a quiet life. i didn't have a family that yelled. i didn't have -- it was just a very different kind of life than what most american people have. i don't think it made me a brighter. to school i . beauty opener or, you know -- operator or, you know, like going, becoming something else that was where i could actually make a living. [laughter] >> host: are your parents still alive? is. >> guest: no, they're not. >> host: just recently passed? >> guest: no, it's been a while now. >> host: and here is a picture

she disappeared while walking back to her apartment in bloomington.ial stays body belongs to a young african-american woman but they are unable to identify those remains. >>> the prominent former head of the imf is facing another sexual assault complaint. this time, the complaint against dominique strauss-kahn comes from a woman in france. >> reporter: a criminal complaint filed against dominique strauss-kahn. she says strauss-kahn tried to rape her during an interview. banan who was 22 at the time talked about it on french tv four years ago, but the producers beeped out the alleged attacker's name. banan says she never pressed charges because her mother convinced her not to go to authorities. banan's lawyers says it was attempted rape and that prosecutors will determine if there is enough evidence to file charges. the former imf chief has always called banan's story imaginary and promises to sue for slander. this all comes as the sexual assault case against strauss- kahn appears to be falling apart. prosecutors are questioning the credibility of the

charlene, rebecca and i and all our family back home are eternally grateful to how the people in bloomingtonwn us compassion and caring, given us their prayers and good wishes. >> that was just moments ago. the parents of a missing university of indiana student offer heart-felt thanks to find their daughter. she disappeared a month ago after partying with friends. they continue to be baffled. most of her friends didn't come forward. more than 100 people attended a prayer service last night. i'm joined by michelle. in the press conference, the father was asking, appealing for the friends to come forward saying use your moral compass. a lot of the friends lawyered up, the ones of interest to the police. they haven't been informative. at least five of lauren's friends who are considered persons of interest in this are the ones that are hired personal attorneys, including her boyfriend. based on your reporting, do you think they know more about what happened to lauren spur? >> i think anything is possible. possibly some of the friends that were with her in the last few hours before she went miss

now police in the nearby town of bloomington are waiting for word of identification. 20-year-old lauren spear disappeared from that town on june 3rd. she has not been seen since. >>> right now 6:37. sal's following a few things this morning. sal. >>> yeah, we are looking at the video that we just got in from news chopper 2. we were over this car -- these cars that were torched earlier in the backyard of some homes. it looked like a yard where they had a bunch of old cars and some cars that weren't running anymore and some of these cars were on fire. a couple tow trucks in the area. this is on 45th avenue near international boulevard. and it did send up smoke in the area briefly closing we are national above for firefighters to use as a staging area. let's go out to live pictures now. westbound bay bridge getting a bit of a back up about 15 minute delay here. and no problems this morning on northbound 87 or 101 but we are seeing some slow traffic in the south bay. 6:38. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. well, lots of sunshine inland. it will still be warm to hot. fog has taken a tur

>> within the last hour, i spoke with a captain from bloomington police department over e-mail. and he says that possibly could possibly be later on today that they may release some information, if they have that information available from the autopsy. so that's something that we're waiting for right now. and if not today, then most likely tomorrow. >> lauren's parents have appealed for a lot of lauren's friends who were with her the night she disappeared to come forward, talk more to the police. could this discovery of a body compel more of them to talk openly with police? i know it's been a source of contention. >> it has been a source of contention. it could prompt someone to come forward, or it could make them shy off even more. you know, this has been a very sticky situation for a lot of them. i think most of her friends are confused. they're sad. they're overwhelmed. they have just such a mixed sense of emotion. that are going on here. especially since she's been missing since june the 3rd. and some of them have lawyered up. so at this point, if it is possibly lauren's bod

now police in the nearby town of bloomington are just waiting for word on identification. they've been searching for 20- year-old lauren spear for the past month. police in the nearby town of noblesville have also been looking for 74-year-old dorothy murder. >> too early to determine if any of those missing cases are related to this case. >> the remains are said to be so badly decomposed the authorities can't even determine the age or race. >>> well, today is the first full day of jury deliberations in the casey anthony murder trial in florida. our reporter jessica stone is in orlando now with more on the charges this jury is debating about. good morning, jessica. >> reporter: good morning, dave. and there are seven charges in all but a complex web of things for these jurors to consider. they just got back into the courtroom in the last 30 minutes. more than 400 pieces of evidence and casey anthony's life is in their hands. final words for the jury who will decide a florida mom's fate. casey anthony charged with her 2-year-old daughter caylee's murder. >> you should use yo

on thursday i received this e-mail from a man in bloomington. he writes, "i am a small business man in the middle of a fund-raising effort. the concern over the debt ceiling has caused all the angle investors to put off any discussion of investment until they know what is going to happen. this has stopped my ability to raise funds which will lead to a new -- two new high-quality jobs in minnesota. i support a simple bill that increases the debt limit to get us through the 2012 elections as has been done hundreds of times before." yesterday i received an e-mail from a couple also. "we are retired small business owners who are watching our very, very conservative retirement account drop and plunge due to the inability of congress to come up with a plan for the debt ceiling. we trust your judgment as a senator, but plead with congress and the senate to come up with a solution. we absolutely cannot afford to see our retirement savings sink again like they did in 2008." and it's not just individual citizens. i received a letter from dakota county's a

bloomington, illinois.st of all, i just want to respond to the caller that the military saved muslims in southeast europe in kosovo. here is my question regarding europe. are there any elements in the arab spring in north africa that wants to integrate with europe? maybe in the future join the european union? at one time, the mediterranean was under the rule of wrong. -- rule of rome. i just wonder what kind of relations there can be in the long term if the people of africa look north instead of south or east towards the middle east. host: interesting question. guest: the idea of political unification is off of the table, but as the caller points to come to the major trading relationships and cultural relationships or with europe. there is something called the euro-mediterranean partnership. because of the history of colonialism, looking at paris from consul lanka -- casablanca, algiers, that is the direction many people look. there is has been a great deal of emigration. if you look at the number of north

on thursday i received this e-mail from a man in bloomington. he writes, "i am a small business man in the middle of a fund-raising effort. the concern over the debt ceiling has caused all the angle investors to put off any discussion of investment until they know what is going to happen. this has stopped my ability to raise funds which will lead to a new -- two new high-quality jobs in minnesota. i support a simple bill that increases the debt limit to get us through the 2012 elections as has been done hundreds of times before." yesterday i received an e-mail from a couple also. "we are

on thursday i received this e-mail from a man in bloomington. he writes, "i am a small business man in the middle of a fund-raising effort. the concern over the debt ceiling has caused all the angle investors to put off any discussion of investment until they know what is going to happen. this has stopped my ability to raise funds which will lead to a new -- two new high-quality jobs in minnesota. i support a simple bill that increases the debt limit to get us through the 2012 elections as has been done hundreds of times before." yesterday i received an e-mail from a couple also. "we are retired small business owners who are watching our very, very conservative retirement account drop and plunge due to the inability of congress to come up with a plan for the debt ceiling. we trust your judgment as a senator, but plead with congress and the senate to come up with a solution. we absolutely cannot afford to see our retirement savings sink again like they did in 2008." and it's not just individual citizens. i received a letter from dakota county's a

on thursday i received this e-mail from a man in bloomington. he writes, "i am a small business man in the middle of a fund-raising effort. the concern over the debt ceiling has caused all the angle investors to put off any discussion of investment until they know what is going to happen. this has stopped my ability to raise funds which will lead to a new -- two new high-quality jobs in minnesota. i support a simple bill that increases the debt limit to get us through the 2012 elections as has been done hundreds of times before." yesterday i received an e-mail from a couple also. "we are retired small business owners who are watching our very, very conservative retirement account drop and plunge due to the inability of congress to come up with a plan for the debt ceiling. we trust your judgment as a senator, but plead with congress and the senate to come up with a solution. we absolutely cannot afford to see our retirement savings sink again like they did in 2008." and it's not just individual citizens. i received a letter from dakota county's a

she was last seen more than a month ago near the campus in bloomington, 50 miles south of indianapolisl spill on the yellowstone river. melting snow will send river waters gushing. today expected to peak in billings. on friday a pipeline ruptured sending over 42,000 galness of crude downstream. >>> inside a hindu temple built in the 16th century, but they just found it. increase was increased after they looked at sacks of gold statues studded with jewels stored in secret vaults. officials say the treasure inside that temple is worth $22 billion. yeah. >>> 11 minutes past the hour. scott pelly has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. they helped win the race to space, but now they're losing their jobs. the final flight of the space shuttle means an end of a career for many nasa workers from astronauts to mechanics. where do they go from here? find out tonight on the "cbs evening news." now back to the "early show." >> and now over to marysol castro who has a check of weather. >> we want to show you some footage out of >>> this weather report sponsored by aveeno. d

on thursday i received this e-mail from a man in bloomington. he writes, "i am a small business man in the middle of a fund-raising effort. the concern over the debt ceiling has caused all the angle investors to put off any discussion of investment until they know what is going to happen. this has stopped my ability to raise funds which will lead to a new -- two new high-quality jobs in minnesota. i support a simple bill that increases the debt limit to get us through the 2012 elections as has been done hundreds of times before." yesterday i received an e-mail from a couple also. "we are retired small business owners who are watching our very, very conservative retirement account drop and plunge due to the inability of congress to come up with a plan for the debt ceiling. we trust your judgment as a senator, but plead with congress and the senate to come up with a solution. we absolutely cannot afford to see our retirement savings sink again like they did in 2008." and it's not just individual citizens. i received a letter from dakota county's a

bloomington, illinois.r: first of all, i just want to respond to the caller that the military saved muslims in southeast europe in kosovo. here is my question regarding europe. are there any elements in the arab spring in north africa that wants to integrate with europe? maybe in the future join the european union? at one time, the mediterranean was under the rule of wrong. -- rule of rome. i just wonder what kind of relations there can be in the long term if the people of africa look north instead of south or east towards the middle east. host: interesting question. guest: the idea of political unification is off of the table, but as the caller points to come to the major trading relationships and cultural relationships or with europe. there is something called the euro-mediterranean partnership. because of the history of colonialism, looking at paris from consul lanka -- casablanca, algiers, that is the direction many people look. there is has been a great deal of emigration. if you look at the number of

because the bloomington, ill., to a republican.hat you think about these proposals and how would you like to see the republican party compromise? caller: the most important thing is jobs, jobs, jobs. everyone should examine both programs and determine which one produces the most jobs. every morning when the senate opens, the democrats always say, you have not done anything about jobs, jobs, jobs. that is all that i have to say. host: speaking of jobs, the front page of the "york times -- "new york times." also inside the "washington post," they have a new poll vaulting president obama on jobs. let's go to georgia. caller: when president obama came out with a lot of his jobs proposals, the republicans voted against it. then they went on tv in a factory somewhere, saying that they were doing stuff for the small business, but they voted against the small business deals. i think boehner is a weak leader, because he had some things he wanted to do with obama, but when he took it back to the tea party, they told him what to do. it became

. >> host: teresa e-mails in from bloomington, indiana -- first of all, are you familiar with helen huntackson's writings, and -- >> guest: yes. >> host: question -- what's your opinions of those writings? >> guest: well, i this i she made some pretty strong statements that were important at the time that she wrote. on the other hand, i've looked at her journals at the colorado college library, and she didn't have a lot of experience with native people, but she still really wanted justice. >> host: linda hogan, you write about how your childhood was a childhood of solitude in many ways. does that affect how you write? does that, does that make you a writer? >> guest: no, i don't think. i don't think. i just, um, had a quiet life. you know, and i didn't have a family that yelled. i mean, i didn't have, you know, just -- it was just a very different kind of life than i think what most american people have. and i don't think it made me a writer. actually, when i decided to go to school, my mother couldn't figure out why i should go to school instead of becoming a beauty opener or, you know

johnson of alexandria, virginia, and kimberly joyce williams, who is married to john dillon of bloomington, minnesota. he has two beautiful granddaughters, mckenzie, who is 13, and madison, who is 7. for over 50 years as selma's premiere florist, fred williams shared his creative genius, creating exquisite floral arrangements, providing service to his customers and serving as an inspiration to all small businesses. fred williams is loved, admired and highly respected by the entire selma community, and i am honored to call him uncle fred. his retirement will be a great loss to the business community, but i know that his commitment to bettering selma will remain unwavering. on a personal note, i grew up in the williams household, and his daughter, kim, and i were childhood best friends. in fact, there is not a childhood memory that i have that does not include being with the williams family or being in my many visits to fred's florist. because of the closeness of my family that we shared with the williams family over these many years, i have always affectionately known him as uncle fred. thr

and support has sustained me and kept me grounded since the day we first met on a blind date in bloomingtonyears ago. i will shortly walk out of my office for the last time as defense secretary. it is empty of my personal items, but will still have over my desk portraits of my two and heroes and role models -- general dwight d. eisenhower and george c. marshall. it is from marshall that i take a closing thought, first delivered more than six decades ago in the opening years of the cold war. addressing new university graduates, he extolled what he considered the great musts of that generation. he said they were 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 he first uttered those words, a sense of america's exceptional global responsibilities and the importance of what we do or do not do remain the great musts of this dangerous new century. it is the sacred duty entrusted to all of us privileged to serve in positions of leadership and responsibility. i

another letter from scott in bloomington, illinois. dear senator, i thought i'd offer a real-life personal example of what you're doing to common americans by dragging out to the last minute the resolution of the federal debt limit. i have an account that includes a variety of investments not the least of which are equity mutual funds. fail thraour to provide leadership in congress along with the president and house leaders will probably cost me about $5,000 this year. i'll never see this money again. the recent fall in the equity markets is a direct result of the nervousness you are creating by failing to resolve the federal debt limit issue. playing the usual political games. i respectfully request that you share this message with all of your colleagues as a reality check. stop your games played for your own personal advantage and start thinking about the people you're supposed to be serving. a letter from david in casey, illinois. i'm retired and don't look forward to having my social security or veterans benefits cut. why is it the