blees think breeann rodriguez was kidnapped, though there's no amber alert. >> we have certain criteria to be met to issue as amber alert. you want some type of suspect, whether a description of the suspect or vehicle. in this case we have neither, so an amber alert has not been issued, but i have to tell you, the law enforcement response is the same. >> nbc's janet sham blinn is there. >> reporter: that's what so baffling. you indicated it's a very small town, that is breeann's home over nigh how would. it's a dead-end street, a small neighborhood, everyone has lived here for years, the community is not easy to find, and there's no traces. it was saturday afternoon. she was on her bicycle with her 5-year-old brother. they never left this street. the brother went inside for a drink of water. the mom fix fixed lunch, no fray of breeann, no trace of the bike. these parents are understandably beside themselves, looking for their daughter, not knowing where she is. here's what they had to say. >> she's my life, and i'm always with her wherever she is, and i'm not going to give up looking fo

this is where breeann rodriguez went missing from. that's her home behind me. she was riding her little bicycle with training wheels with her 5-year-old brother. her brother goes inside the house for a drink of water and the mom comes out looking for breeann saying it's lunchtime and the little girl is nowhere to be found. she was only out here for a short time and this is a neighborhood filled with elderly and children, people around all day, and no one was seen anything. there is a $45,000 reward for information leading to her safe return, but there is no amber alert at this point which is confusing some people. they say why not? well, authorities have said the response is not diminished but because there's no indication of foul play at this time rather that that amber alert has not been issued. this community of about 2,000 people has rallied. they have been having vigils. the neighborhoods are blanketed in pink ribbons. they have been searching, and the police chief says they have not found one clue, not the bike, not an article of clothing, no witnesses, s

investigators remain hopeful that breeann rodriguez will be found alive.>> reporter: even in candlelight, at a vigil for their missing daughter, the anguish of these parents was plain. their tiny 3-year-old, the girl with those big, brown eyes, disappeared from outside their home saturday. breeann rodriguez, last seen riding her pink bicycle in t ts small missouri town, now an ominous break in the case. training wheels found in a field two miles away. >> these wheels are similar to the ones that was on the bicycle. >> reporter: her father told the fbi they are from breeann's bike. this week, billboards with breeann's picture went up in missouri and arkansas, offering a $45,000 reward. investigators, fearing the child was abducted, put out an alert for an older model white, cargo van, similar to these seen in the area. volunteers helped scour the neighborhood. they gathered in prayer to support the family. >> i think this is one of the greatest things that everybody pulled together to search for one child. >> i feel so sorry for her, her family. i just wish

the fbi says it has potential evidence in the case of missing 3-year-old breeann rodriguez.tigators in minnesota are searching for a white cargo van. >>> the u.s. coast guard rescued the crew of a marine corps fighter jet that crashed off the california coast. the two marines are in stable condition. >>> kolton harris moore, the barefoot bandit, just signed a $1 million plus movie deal. the money will go to pay the victims of his two year long crime spree. >>> according to a new poll, casey anthony is the most hated person in america. beating out reality star spencer pratt, octomom and o.j. simpson. >>> we just got in some political news now. nancy pelosi has just announced her super committee members, her choices to go in and try to tackle america's debt and spending. she announced that she's appointed here the assistant democratic leader, james clyburn, caucus chair xavier bucera and chris van hollen. let me bring in nbc's deputy political director, mark murray. there are the choices now, adding on to the ones we already knew from harry reid on the senate side. how are the

. >>> here are some stories to watch today on abc new, investigators looking for 3-year-old breeann rodriguez important new evidence just miles from the girl's home. police will not elaborate and the search continues today.. secretary of state hillary clinton addresses the humanitarian skries is in eastern africa today. that region is struggling with a severe drought and famine and eight gop presidential hopefuls debate in iowa just before that state's straw poll this weekend. >>> and finally this halflf hou the people of auburn, washington had a wild scene this week. it involves a low-speed police chase and a bull on the loose. >> that's right. a bull. the police couldn't quite get the job done themselves. they had to rope in a little help. >> there's a bull. you might want to run. it's coming this way, partner. run! >> reporter: and the race was on. the big black horned animal bolted down lee hill and into auburn, putting down a regular roadside rodeo. police in patrol cars were the big guy, show time side kicks as he darted in and out of the sidelines, here and there. >> do we have a plan

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breeann rodriguez was last seen saturday outside her home riding a bicycle.reporter: yeah. i've just gotten off the phone in the last couple of minutes with the fbi in missouri, and they are throwing a lot of resources at this. they've got the fbi task force, the senath police department in the southeast corner of missouri. there are only about 1600 people that live there. and the county sheriff's department. little 3-year-old breeann rodriguez was playing out front on her little bicycle with her 5-year-old brother on saturday at about 12:30 p.m. the little boy got thirsty and reports that he went into the house to get something to drink, and when he came back, little breeann was gone. they have not found her bike, but in the last short while they have found the training wheels on that bicycle. also reports and an admission, at least from her father, that there have been some polygraph tests that may not have been passed by the parents. no word on where this investigation is focused right now. the fbi wouldn't tell me that, but they say they're throwing a lot

. >>> police in missouri are stepping up their efforts to find a missing 3-year-old girl, breeann rodriguezhed friday while bike riding outside of her home. now police say they have found some clues that could help them in their search. michelle sigona joining us with more on the case. have you learned anything new? >> within the last ten minutes i spoke with rebecca from the fbi and what she said is that she can tell me is that there was in fact evidence found about two miles away from where breeann went missing but she would not go into the particular items. last night the police chief spoke out and said that those items may in fact yield some sort of dna, but again, they're not going to into the specifics to help protect the integrity of the case. >> in the meantime, they're looking for a white van who may or may not have had this running ladder in the back. what can you tell us about this vehicle? >> i can tell you that this vehicle was in fact spotted about 24 hours before she went missing in the area. but again, we don't want to have tunnel vision, sort of like with the sniper case an

. >>> the search is intensifying for a missing 3-year-old girl breeann rodriguez has been missing sinceoid app stores vital information about your kids in case you need to get it quickly to authorities. ed smart, good to see you. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> what do you think about this app, is it kind of a no brainer? >> i really think it's a no-brainer. every parent out there should get one of these, get a picture, get the other information, it's just a simple piece of -- it's like your insurance policy, it's something that you hope you'll never use, but it's easy to update, it's easy to send off, it's really a no-brainer and the fbi have done a great job in putting this together and they have worked with the american football coach's association on child id for a number of years and i think this is just a wonderful application, every parent should have. when you think of the value of this, you think of an amber alert going out or in many states they have an endangered missing person advisory. and in both situations, this is a great tool to be able to send directly to law

bill: new evidence this morning in the search for missing 3-year-old breeann rodriguez.ared last saturday while riding her bike outside of her home in southern missouri. police picked up this latest clue about two miles away. her parents say they are optimistic that police will find her and bring her home soon. >> i feel like anytime they're going to come and tell me that they've found her. >> i feel somebody's taking care of my daughter, and they're just scared the turn her in. bill: there's a $45,000 reward in that case, and the fbi is asking anyone with information, call the number on your screen right now. 314-791-1205. you talked to the father yesterday. broken up. alisyn: yes, they really are. let's hope something happens today for a break in this case. >>> well, she say she's not a candidate for the gop presidential nomination yet, but sarah palin's tour bus is heading for iowa. she says she's accepting an invitation to meet folks at the iowa state fair in des moines. that's just 30 miles up the road from ames, iowa. that, of course, is where a -- eight republican

bri breeann rodriguez was seen riding on a pink bike when she vanished.45,000 reward is being offered. dennis baker is the special agent in charge of the fbi st. louis division and joins us by phone. agent baker, you put up digital billboards with her image. are there any new leads on her disappearance? >> yes, there are. we have several leads we are pursuing. we've had a lot of publicity about this. that has generated a ton of leads. i can say that -- i don't know that we're on a particular path right now, but we're on leads, and hopefully that leads you onto the right path. >> does the fact that maybe her bike disappeared with her point that this is an abduction? >> absolutely. this is a small child, 3 years old, she only weighs about po poun30 pounds. this was not a small bike. there's no way she could have gotten far with that bike if she just wandered off with it. >> and breeann lives in a very small town, what, like 1600 total? >> 1600 residents. >> so how wide is the search? >> we have a radius of about five miles from her residence we are searchin

in the small town in missouri say they have found what they believe are the remains of little breeann rodriguez. police say a neighbor, 43 years old shawn morgan has admitted to suffocating her after finding her near his pool. morgan faces first degree murder charges. >>> aruban authorities are planning an extensive search for missing maryland woman robyn gardner. aruban prosecutors say the man she was traveling with had a travel insurance policy that covered garner. at this point it's not clear whether it covered accident death. giordano is being held while police investigate what they say are, quote, serious inconsistencies with his story. >>> will the texas governor's tough talk get him in trouble? is that forcing republicans to quietly look for someone else to run? we'll talk about that on the other side of this brake. it comr that shows you all your finances at once. it lets you know when your money's going out. and when it's coming in. it even tells you when you're running low. we call that danger days. it's built to help you see your money in a whole new light. experience everything virt

remains believed to be the body of a 3-year-old breeann rodriguez had a van found near a series of ditchesguez's neighbors are accused of dumping her bod they after suffocating her with a plastic bag. eight people have been wounded after a lightning strike at seaworld in florida. three guests and five employees were in a patio arabia in a nearby cabana when they were injured by the lightning. other guests were evacuated. >> we were actually outside, but they made us go under the bathroom, made us go in there. >> ail eight of those wound have had been released from the hospital. >>> tobacco companies are filing suit against new federal warning labels that are now required on cigarette packs. four of the five largest companies in the country have sued the federal government saying the warnings violate the right to free speech. they say these graphic labels, including a sewn-up corpse of a smokers and pictures of diseased lungs keep adults away from their products. >>> now to a medical breakthrough for those suffering from one of the deadliest forms of cancer. the u.s. food and drug administr

breeann rodriguez was discovered in a floodway drainage ditch where shawn morgan, the man who admits ng her, told them to look. morgan made his first court appearance yesterday. he confessed to suffocating breeann the day she is disappeared. morgan is the father of three and lived just a few houses from breeann's family. >>> we now turn to a very scary story. those violent flash mobs converging in an instant in cities across the country. police are struggling to get a handle on these throngs of folks, they are out of control, teens taking part in looting, and attacks that are fueled, actually, by social media. here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: police described it as 60 seconds of anarchy. a so-called flash mob. more than two dozen people invaded a 7-eleven convenience store this past weekend in suburban washington and stole anything they could get their hands on. it is the latest example of what police and retailers around the country say is a growing and troubling trend. >> these incidents can turn violent. they can injure customers. they can damage the store. and then there's th

investigators say that shawn morgan, a 43-year-old neighbor suffocated breeann rodriguez and dispose, and researchers are still looking for her body right now. >>> and now from the right, there are converts who are attacking the right, and among the converts are high profile figures in the african-american community including dr. cornel west, and dr. smiley who are taking their arguments to the street. joining me is allison who is a writer for "newsweek" and start with this. west, among other things has called obama a black mascot of wall street oligarchs, and what basically does he want the president to do? >> focus on the poor, and people who are unemployed which is certainly a lot of people, but hit the african-american community really hard and home foreclosures, and dr. west and tavist smiley feel that president obama has not done his share and followed the promises he said he would keep to sort of look out for people, the least of these which is what dr. west calls them. >> and so, do they want then voters, black voters if the president does not address that group and concerns

authorities have been searching for breeann rodriguez.iding her bike outside of her home. joining me from washington investigative crime reporter michelle segona. with a good morning to you. michelle, what's the latest on this investigation? >> well, right now i did get an e-mail from the fbi this morning, and they said had he did, in fact, make an arrest. this is not someone from the family, but it is someone from the community. the fbi is not seeing that suspect's name yet, and so the prosecution get all the charges in order, and then the search is continuing at this point for little breeann's body. the investigation from that standpoint will move forward in a recovery effort. >> okay. when you say recovery effort, there is no hope that she remains alive? >> you know, it's -- again, this is just based off of the preliminary information that they have, and the information that they're going on, and so at this point, of course, we can just try to keep hope alive until we know differently, but at this time the investigation is moving forwa

canine teams are tracking thick brush from the home of the breeann rodriguez who went missing over theeekend while riding her bike. the local police chief would not comment much on and the the potential lead, but he said that the items of interest were discovered in the area including an odor that caught his attention. reporter angie sandoval from telemundo is joining us from the area. tell us what the family is telling you regarding the search for this beautiful little girl. >> hi, tamron, and as you can imagine, it has been five agonizing days for the family of this child. authorities are still analyzing that potential evidence that you were talking about found a couple of miles, one or two miles southeast of the home. also, they are looking for a white van, older model with a ladder in the back. that vehicle was seen a couple of days before the girl disappeared. i spoke to the mother a few minutes ago, and amazingly, she is keeping hope that she will find her daughter alive. >> angie, regarding the authorities being tight-lipped on the information we know that they have increased th

. >>> and now police are trying to drudge a river today to find the body of breeann rodriguez who was riding her bike. police say that a neighbor admitted to suffocating the little girl with a plastic bag. the neighbor has been charged with first-degree murder. >>> and now people are questioning if officials did enough to prepare for the bad weather when high winds knocked over the stage that you see there killing five people at the state fair. they have not said if the rigging and the stage inspected before the show. and the fair reopened with a tribute to the victims.ó0@r(t&h% >>> and one teacher may be going to court instead of back to school. heather beerbaker said that her contract was not renewed because she needed time during her day to pump breast milk for the baby. the american civil liberties union is in the process of files suit against the rocky mountain river green, and joining me is heather wallace, and her attorney. now you say that first the school was okay with the arrangement to have somebody supervise the class while you pumped three times a week for about 20 minute

say if you don't have a pen just call 911 if you have any information on breeann, if you've seen anything that can help the rodriguezamily. sir, we are praying for you and we sure hope breeann will come home soon. >> we know she will. we know my daughter is just fine. our faith is still there, and we are praying and the whole community is praying for her. alisyn: edgar rodriguez, thank you so much. bill: you can hear the fear in his voice. bring her home safely and soon. take a look at this. look at the dow sinking like a ship. issues with europe today, some questions about france, i guess france has made loans to italy and france has made loans to greece. now there are questions of whether or not france can pay back its money. this after a whip saw yesterday with the fed late in the day. 10,842. alisyn: anything is possible. we have many, many pours to go before the closing bell, okay. bill: half full. alisyn: it's a good buying opportunity, bill. that's how i'm going to view this. bill: we'll be back after this. at exxon and mobil, we engineer smart gasoline that works at the molecular level to help your engine ru

charged with first degree murder in the case of three-year-old breeann rodriguez. s last seen riding bikes with her brother two weeks ago. in a court document, morgan tells police he saw breeann standing that very day on a ladder at his swimming pool, this ladder in fact. grabbed her, took her inside, suffocated her with a white trash bag. he goes on to tell police he placed her little body in the same trash bag and tossed it into this flood way. the question still remains, motive. why did he do this? this is a man, one neighbor describes as a loving father. his three kids played with the rodriguez's children. what happened to him? sheriff bob holder has been out and about searching with these teams for little breeann. he's kind enough to join me on the phone from missouri. any news today on breeann, sheriff? >> no. we began at 7:00 this morning. searches continue as we speak. >> i understand that you are searching and there are cadaver dogs searching by air, by land, by water. tell me about this community and the volunteers pouring out in support for this little gi

sean morgan told police he suffocated breeann rodriguez with a plastic bag after finding her standingof his backyard swimming pool. the 43-year-old, father of three, then admitted to throwing her tiny body into a ditch. residents of this tight-knit community are stunned. >> i was just shocked. i couldn't believe that somebody in this town, that i know practically everybody, could do something like that. >> breeann's a part of us. we've followed this story from the day she went missing. she'll always be a part of us. >> morgan has been charged with first degree murder and is being held without bond, and if convicted, he could face life in prison without parole. >>> in des moines, two siblings are happy to be back down to earth after getting stuck 95 feet in the air. the ejection seat ride at the iowa state fair malfunctioned yesterday, leaving 23-year-old jenny scooter and her 17-year-old brother stranded for 2 1/2 hours. rescuers used a crane and a basket to lower the siblings one at a time. they were a bit sunburned but otherwise okay. rough time for state fairs. >> hanging tough up

a $45,000 reward is being offered for information leading to breeann rodriguez's whereabouts. >>> meanwhileaylee's sixth birthday. george and cindy anthony led a walk in orlando, where they released balloons and a butterfly near the wooded area where her remains were found three years ago. >> just hard to come down here. so hard. >> very overwhelming. we really appreciate everything. >> we want the anthonys to know at we back them. we support them. and we feel the pain of losing little caylee. >> casey anthony did not attend the memorial. her whereabouts remain a mystery. >>> meanwhile, a camera rolling off martha's vineyard as three abandoned ship. their boat sinking in the water. waves swept over the boat, giving them only seconds to jump. thankfully a handheld radio floated up just a few feet from them allowing them to call for help. passing boater came to the rescue 15 minutes later. >>> finally, some new images showing the power of that tsunami that devastated japan in march. watch as it actually broke apart massive icebergs in antarctica. 8,000 miles away. even though the swells were

investigators have now found the body of breeann rodriguez. they found her in a ditch.s playing in front of her house when she disappeared more than a week ago. her neighbor and father of three, shawn morgan, has been charged with first degree murder. he confessed in this court document to suffocating her with this trash bag after he found her standing on a ladder near his pool. that's what he told police. he said he then stuffed her body into the bag, tossed it into a nearby waterway where it was found in a ditch after this intense search. the sheriff's office released a statement saying "we're saddened to confirm our fears but glad we're able to recover her remains for her parents." >>> after days of searching here, days and days, finally a break in the case of that missing maryland woman in aruba. according to police, the man detained is the only suspect in this case. took out a travel insurance policy on robyn gardner. no word yet as to how much the policy was worth and who was named as the beneficiary. also a judge ordering giordano to be remain in custody a couple

we told you about breeann rodriguez missing for more than a week. a neighbor confessed to suffocating her. and throwing her body in the water. he is the father of three and lived just a few houses down from breeann's family. >>> frightening moments at orlando's seaworld when lightning struck the discovery cove water park. eight people were hurt. no one, thankfully, took a direct hit. 19 people in the u.s. have died this year after being hit by lightning. >>> finally, well, another blunder on the campaign trail for michele bachmann. she rolled into south carolina to elvis' song "promise land" then took a moment to pay tribute to the king. >> before we get started, let's all say happy birthday to elvis presley today. >> bachmann actually had her dates mixed up. tuesday, was in fact the anniversary of elvis' death. she did later correct herself, however. >> her heart was in the right place. >> i suppose. i suppose. >> i love the smile she had as she was doing it. >>> let's get to melissa magee now from wpvi in philadelphia in for sam this morning. >> go

living every parent's nightmare, the heartbreaking waiting game after their 3-year-old daughter breeann rodriguezeir own street. in a rural missouri community they thought was the safest place on earth. >> this is good old america. children play on the streets here. it's not -- we're not in st. louis or memphis. i mean, children can still be children here, so we thought. >> reporter: the family says breeann was riding her bike with her 5-year-old brother saturday afternoon right here when he went inside for a drink. a few minutes later her mom came out to say lunch was ready and breeann, she says, was simply gone. >> i went outside and looked for her and she wasn't there no more. >> reporter: a search of the neighborhood turned up nothing. not even breeann's little pink bike with training wheels. >> everybody plays together. poof, the child's gone. it's just unbelievable. >> reporter: it's whatever thought. in a community of 2,000, more than 200 have turned out to look and pray for a little girl lost. >> man, this is awful. it's really awful. >> reporter: the neighborhood, now blanketed in pink r