. >> first concert i ever saw was u2 in dublin so this is their first concert. >> reporter: fans wereimated at more than 80,000, comparable to a skins home game. fans came from as far away as ireland to see the band. >> we're from dublin, ireland, and we came over especially to see the u2 concert. we've seen, this is our fourth concert of the tour. >> reporter: the concert started at 7:00. many arrived hours early to mak sure they didn't miss a minute. tailgating in the parking lot resembled a football sunday at fedex field. >> just one of the greatest fans ever for like theast 30 years, so it's my husband and my first time seeing them and some of the rest of our crew have seen them quite a few times. so, yeah, we're just super excited to see them live. >> reporter: concert and commuter traffic jammed the roads surrounding the stadium during the afternoon rush but there was plenty of traffic control and help with parking. >> it wasn't bad at all. it took us probably about 40 minutes about the time it would take normally from our house in huntingtown. >> reporter: it appears that the c

you're with edge in a studio in dublin alone where they write their songs.s called "get on your boots." he's there in the early music of this. >> do you think having watched the three of them so closely, is it just like a god-given talent, something they're born with? >> i used to think these guys are rock gods. and they're sprinkled with magic rock god dust. when you meet they will, jimmy was a kid in london in the '50s. jack was the kid in detroit. he was an upholsterer, upholstering couches. they needed to say something. as artists they needed to find a voice. and u2 and dublin, they said we do not like the music we are hearing and we are going to become u2. they write these amazing songs. when they come together, you realize there's a thread between them. like every generation passes the thread to somebody else. >> as we said earlier, you directed "an inconvenient truth." how do you go from global warming to rock 'n' roll? you were dieing to do a rock 'n' roll documentary or not? >> there's no glaciers melting, no co2 rising. there is the challenge of te

dublin has been making it since 1981. other colas are catching on. limited edition real sugar version this year and coke's sugar only kosher version is a fast seller around passover time. >>> tiger woods and 29 other golfers will tee off for a shot at $10 million. i want to jump in on that but i'd have no shot. here's rafer weigel with more. >>> this is golf's last pga tournament of the year and the winner of this -- the winner of it all will win $10 million. if you win the fedex cup. now that is good news for the golfers and people living in the atlanta area. east lake country club, there it is, drying off. tiger woods took in practice wednesday. he leads in the point standings coming in. he's had a wild year. he didn't win a major. winning this would be a good way to cap off the year. bob says it will rain saturday and sunday. we'll see. speaking of golf, four pennsylvania men are celebrating their 40th straight year of golfing together at myrtle beach in south carolina. they started going there once a year in 1970. back then it was $25 a day for e

back to you, from dublin. >> said news, the death of a french football player. >> earlier this tuesday he died in a belgrade clinic. he was in a bar with other travelers on the 17th when hooligans attacked them with our bars and baseball bats. -- amrmored bars and baseball bats. the latest reaction from the french sports minister. >> we told them not to let the murderers go without punishment. right now the first feeling is the emotion here in france. this morning fans started to gather in front of a group house. right now they got together, morning, -- mourning. >> today the spanish media is reporting that the country's first and only world champion will be in a ferrari. there will be as -- five-year contract. the man that he will be replacing it is jimmy wright. >> a lot of money. thank you. nell, a summary of the main stories. -- now, a summary of the main stories. nato's secretary general said that the president of the united states should set aside the commitment of that -- commitment of other members of nato to afghanistan. we have more of the speech on the web site. bbc.com. >>

the dublin police department has followed up on literally thousands of leads over the course of morery: is this one of the strangest suspects in your history, lieutenant? >> he is absolutely a strange and awful predatory person, no doubt. >> larry: thank you both very much. sharon murch will remain with us sharon murch will remain with us and will be callaway who was recently on this show who was kidnapped and raped by garrido in 1976. we'll be back after this. you get a low price, but only if you make a ton of trades. at td ameritrade, every online stock trade is just $9.99. period. no matter how often you trade. no matter how much money you have in the account. i hate those hidden fees buried in the fine print. surprise! it's a maintenance fee! i hate surprises. at td ameritrade, you never pay a maintenance fee. you get low, straightforward pricing, so you always know exactly what you're paying. hey, that works for me. are you ready to declare your independence? independence is the spirit that drives america's most successful investors. announcer: trade commission-free for 30 days

is lieutenant chris olray of the hayward police department, and lieutenant curt vaughn sav "of the dublinrtment. he has been charting the 13-year-old missing girl who was abducted in 1989. sharon, what were the circumstances of your daughter's going missing? >> my daughter went to the local market on a saturday morning with her best friend. they road scooters up there and left them by the side of the door when they went into the store. when they came out, one of the sdooters was messing. mick aila spotted it in the parking lot. she went to get it, and when she did, a man jumped out of the car and grabbed her from behind, threw her in his car, and took off with her. >> larry: she would be 31 years old now, right? >> she would be 30 years old. >> larry: 30 years old. now, lieutenant olray, you have worked on this case, is that correct? >> yes, larry. i have. >> larry: were there any leads along the way in these past years? >> we've investigated over 13,000 leads on this case. we pursued all of them, but we feel like this is one of the strongest leads that has come in on this case. >> larry:

in light of the recent arrest of them for the 1991 kidnapping of jaycee dugard, the dublin police asust heard has been monitoring that investigation, now trying to determine if there could be a connection between the garridos and the 19-year-old disappearance of 13-year-old eileen micheloff. at this point the police have not been able to eliminate the garri garrido's in her disappearance. and now just looking at the case of jaycee dugard, the age, the description, when it all happened, matching up when garrido was in and out of prison, they know think that possible the garridos could be responsible for her disappearance. you also heard the hayward police department obtained a search warrant as well to come out and look at the property. they are now saying a possible link between the garridos and the november 1988 abduction of michaela garrett. we have a skep of her going back to 1988. so two more cases possibly being linked to fill lyphillip and na garrido and as you heard from the hayward police department, they're going to be bringing in some special equipment to survey the backyar

mark simpson, bbc news, dublin. >> a year ago, the national oil company of china became the sole provider of a production deal with the iraqi government. the project is being seen as a test bed has prepared -- that has prepared iraqis. many iraqis have remained opposed. >> they called it america's war for oil, but this, the first new well since the u.s. invasion, is chinese. just a year after signing the deal, they are already pumping oil. it may not look like it, but this could be the beginning of a new oil rush in iraq, with the chinese as pioneers. but as the oil starts to flow, it is also becoming a source of tension. just outside is the home of this man, who complains the chinese company is drilling on his land. >> they did not ask permission. they brought their equipment and put it on my land. when i protested, they said they would pay compensation, but i have received nothing. >> in this forgotten corner of iraq, expectations were high when the chinese arrived. with no electricity, most of the day, ice has to be delivered to keep food fresh. so far, a handful of villagers have been

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i'm with the lieutenant from the dublin police department and lieutenant from the hayward police departmentre missing from your area. >> my kayla was abducted on november 18th, 1988. saturday morning, broad daylight. her and a young friend went to a local north get candy. she was grabbed and thrown into a car and driven which aby a suspect, never to be seen again. >> and then the case of alien. >> on january 30th, 1989. eileen had left school at 2:30 in the afternoon, walking home where she was scheduled to be picked up by the ice skating coach. apparently she never made it to her house. >> both girls lived within an hour drive to this house of horrors where jaycee was held captive for 18 years. >> phil garrido got out in august of '88 and they are all within months of each other. >> are looking for any clues to link garrido to the girls. >> one of the things you would look forward to would be statements coming from jaycee dugard to help. >> there is the hope that she can provide some information that may connect the garridos to eileen and mickala's diseye disappearance. neighbors say the 5

i'm with the lieutenant from the dublin police department and lieutenant from the hayward police department. tell us about the girls that are missing from your area. >> my kayla was abducted on november 18th, 1988. saturday morning, broad daylight. her and a young friend went to a local north get candy. she was grabbed and thrown into a car and driven which aby a suspect, never to be seen again. >> and then the case of alien. >> on january 30th, 1989. eileen had left school at 2:30 in the afternoon, walking home where she was scheduled to be picked up by the ice skating coach. apparently she never made it to her house. >> both girls lived within an hour drive to this house of horrors where jaycee was held captive for 18 years. >> phil garrido got out in august of '88 and they are all within months of each other. >> are looking for any clues to link garrido to the girls. >> one of the things you would look forward to would be statements coming from jaycee dugard to help. >> there is the hope that she can provide some information that may connect the garridos to eileen and mickala's diseye di

over the past week hayward and dublin have seized reams and reams of writings and documents.ether or not they make sense remains to be seen. and whether or not they are of any evidenceary value is another matter. keep in mind we've heard from his songs. we've seen things on the internet, his blog. a lot of it seems to be the ravings, per se, of a religious fanatic, or deep down in mental illness. >> henry, john, wendy, we appreciate it. >>> coming up, a glimpse of how precious life can be. we talked to you about the flooding in georgia. some heart-wrenching stories for you coming up. this is one way of getting vitamins and minerals. this is another. new total blueberry pomegranate cereal gives you 100% of the daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. plus the bold new taste of blueberries and pomegranate with crispy whole grain flakes and crunchy oat clusters. total, a truly delicious way to get vitamins and minerals. how are you getting 100%? visit totalcereal.com and get a free sample. and we want to make sure that we enable our customers to be successful homeowner

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you aware of studies i societies whereeople didn't have the meanso buy aot m this stuff, like in dublin and thempact of the incidence of cancer for instance? are you aware of those? >> what i talk about book is unfortunately becausef the way the mostersistent glutens buber around in t agreement and move around in aon fighter pare fehrman the places that ven't been exposed so it almost like hean't find a clean sample, and yeah that is the an unfortunate effect that i don't think anybody anticipated when we started down this path. >> but presumably there is the difference with close contact with families like pltic ware and things like that force something that people, people don't have access to that. >> right, ieally couldn't answer that but it is very good question. >> i wanted to ask what is the relative hazards associated with these chemical issues, relative to say automobiles killing 40,000 year just in this country and how many people were affected by these chemicals and what is the impact relative to otr hazards? >> sur we' coee again we are at a point where research is indicating

however, it was just this afternoon that she was released from the santa rita jail in dublin on lackevidence. >> out to john burris, famed defense attorney out of oakland, california. practices throughout the california area and across the country. he's been an adviser to louis ross and jennifer campbell, the foster mother and father, and he has now decided to come off the case. he will no longer be representing them. john, i do not -- welcome. i do not believe the police have any physical evidence right now. but don't you find it coincidental that they take these two into custody and by the time they finish talking to them, they have decided this is a homicide case? >> well, it is surprising that that's the route they took. i believe that they believed there was a homicide case for a long time, but i don't think they have any evidence whatsoever to support that. i think they just adopted that position because they were not able to corroborate any of the statements in their own mind that mr. ross has said. i was pretty much shocked that they in fact arrested either one of them, parti

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dubliners play a big role in that. that matters in washington. this is all taking place in the middle of what is turning into a volatile political environment and a really difficult economic environment as well. i don't know why any one -- i don't know why anyone would want to be governor. they have had to cut their budget and has not had headline that says gov. x forced to do something that is uncomfortable. tried to run in this environment is going to be very difficult. there many years where people is to be santa claus, tax cuts and more money for schools. this is not one of those years, obviously. you are running for reelection or running for no conceit and it is a fascinating test. you might give us some ideas for how we will seize some of the canada is as they talk about this in their campaigns. these two are responsible for doing a lot of these races. that puts a serious change -- and by change, i mean cash -- already these two campaign committees have invested in virginia and new jersey. we will talk a lot more about that in a few minutes

our operation today is being conducted jointly with the dublin police department with the assistance is to methodically, systemically and very thoroughly search the properties with our own cases in mind knowing knowing what we're looking for in our cases. the original agency that's were on the property searching were not familiar with our cases. so we're taking another shot at the property to see what we can find. i'd like to thank the agencies involved in this separation. we could not do it alone. hayward is a medium sized police organization. and it's only with the resources offal meeta county sheriff, contra costa sheriff and the fbi that we're able to take on such a huge undertaking. we understand that there's a lot of debris and property to go through on these two properties. we expect the operation to take days -- >> you've been listening to an update from antioch, california. police returned to the home of philip and nancy garrido. they're accused of the kidnapping of jaycee dugard. this is about the abduction of mikayla garret in 1988. we'll continue to keep an ear to that pr

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terry joins us from dublin, california. good morning. caller: mr.reen, i read recently in the "new york times" that the national debt of japan is about 1.5 times their gross domestic production. that was a staggering number to me. how does that -- what choose do as a drag on the -- what does that do as a drag on the japanese economy and how does it reflect in our present-day politics where we are really piling on enormous amounts of debt? guest: you are right. the japanese government since the economy started slowing down 15 years ago has enormous debt. the democratic party of japan, to system late the economy and win votes has promised to spend a lot of money over $3,000 a person on average, and create new entitlements and larger government role in social security which will drive the debt up turret. at some point this will cause inflation, weaken the yen and hurt the economy. that is one of the question marks about the new government. will is one important defense 2010 the japanese and ourselves. the japanese people have a very hey savings rate an

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later 13-year-old eileen misheloff was walking home from school alone when she was abducted in nearby dublin> i can't express how happy we are for jaycee's family. do we hope the same for ourselves? with every breath of every day i hope. >> joining us now from los angeles, cbs news legal analyst lisa bloom. good morning, lisa. >> good morning. >> as you know phillip garrido was convicted of rape and kidnap and sentenced to 50 years in prison got out after 11. when the victim of that crime was here this morning, she told me he got out because he was that model prisoner. are you surprised, lisa that at his own trial he admitted he couldn't control himself, that he leered at young girls got out so soon? >> absolutely maggie. he was sentenced to 50 years, he got out just short of 11 years. that is intolerable. the laws have changed over the last few years. i don't think that would happen now. but it is absolutely inexcusable given what he was convicted of. he wasn't just any sex offender. this is a man who kidnapped and violently raped a woman in a rape room that he had set up beforehand for thi

. >> and nor has the dublin police department. >> and over here. >> currently he is in custody, and weak with him. >> is that lack of evidence a source of frustration for your two agencies, all of the work that you are doing? >> i wouldn't say the lack of a key piece of evidence is a frustration for us, you know, we certainly hope to find more, but in a sense, it could indicate that they're alive somewhere, so it's really a mixed blessing either way. >> at this point you get the sense that investigators have just about everything that they need on the jaycee dugard case, but right now the investigation seems principally focused on -- on finding any evidence at all linking phillip and nancy garrido to other missing persons cases. and we will continue to follow developments there as we told you just a moment ago, a couple of searches going on of the properties today, an inside search of the home, a scan of the properties underground areas as well, and also debris removal on all of the properties taking place. and we will continue to follow developments in the story and give you the lates

terry joins us from dublin, california. good morning. caller: mr.reen, i read recently in the "new york times" that the national debt of japan is about 1.5 times their gross domestic production. that was a staggering number to me. how does that -- what choose do as a drag on the -- what does that do as a drag on the japanese economy and how does it reflect in our present-day politics where we are really piling on enormous amounts of debt? guest: you are right. the japanese government since the economy started slowing down 15 years ago has enormous debt. the democratic party of japan, to system late the economy and win votes has promised to spend a lot of money over $3,000 a person on average, and create new entitlements and larger government role in social security which will drive the debt up turret. at some point this will cause inflation, weaken the yen and hurt the economy. that is one of the question marks about the new government. will is one important defense 2010 the japanese and ourselves. the japanese people have a very hey savings rate an

as we walked about the streets of dublin or small towns nearby, he was so proud of his family's irish heritage, he never stopped smiling throughout his visit. on the day of his funeral, last week, marcel wore an irish pin we purchased with him in ireland. and i, of course, wore a green tie in his honor. and i watched his grandsons wearing some of the irish ties that harold had owned and i listened to his son a daughter and grandchildren talk about him, capturing him in his stories, in his nature. i think about the very last conversation i had with him, just weeks before he died. in all of these things he never asked for anything for himself. he always asked me to watch out for other people. he led by a quiet example of hard work, kindness and love. i, along with the state of vermont, and many across the united states and across the atlantic will miss harold. he was a dear friend, a truly great american. like all vermonters, i express my sympathy to his family and i say, good-bye, harold, my dear friend. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk