to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer on the story, what about it, ellie? we heard all these stories about this pond. then not one but two letters emerged, detailing an alleged party late that night when haleigh went missing, a party fueled by drugs. there was an allegation little haleigh accidentally ingested oxycontin at that party, that she died, and that her body was disposed of in that pond. do i believe it? no. simply because, ellie, you know a bunch of people at a party are not going to keep their yaps shut. >> right. >> all right? that's the only reason i don't believe that story. go ahead, ellie. >> well, police won't say that the letter was the cause of the search. they said they already knew about this pond, they'd searched around it in the past and that they'd planned to do a more thorough search. so they won't say there's a cause and effect between that jailhouse letter and the pond being searched. >> out to the lines. portia in florida, hi, portia. >> caller: hi, nancy. i'm actually calling from california. >> good to know. portia in californi

. >> i want to go to ellie jostad, nancy grace producer, joining us from the control room. ellie, when is the last time that misty croslin held a job and was making any kind of money? >> well, that's a good question, mike. we don't know of any jobs that she's held recently. and as we explained earlier, her family is out of jobs. ron cummings has lost his job because he's been looking for haleigh. i don't know where the money is coming from. >> ms. neves, how is your son, ronald, supporting himself, and how is misty supporting herself now and her son? >> ronald received unemployment from his time and misty, the friend that she's staying with tends to pay for everything. so. >> is she independently wealthy? >> i think maybe her husband is independently wealthy. >> okay. so ellie, is she staying with this woman in orlando, or is she staying at a disney hotel somewhere? >> you know, that's not really clear exactly where she's staying. now, the last time she was in orlando she was spotted at universal. apparently, she was taking in the sights there, but she did have on a "where

to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer on the story, what about it, ellie? we heard all these stories about this pond. then not one but two letters emerged, detailing an alleged party late that night when haleigh went missing, a party fueled by drugs. there was an allegation little haleigh accidentally ingested oxycontin at that party, that she died, and that her body was disposed of in that pond. do i believe it? no. simply because, ellie, you know a bunch of people at a party are not going to keep their yaps shut. >> right. >> all right? that's the only reason i don't believe that story. go ahead, ellie. >> well, police won't say that the letter was the cause of the search. they said they already knew about this pond, they'd searched around it in the past, and that they'd planned to do a more thorough search. so they won't say there's a cause and effect between that jailhouse letter and the pond being searched. >> out to the lines. porsche in florida. hi, porsche. >> caller: hi, nancy. i'm actually calling from california. >> good to know. porsche in calif

and think about it, ellie. if you're going to tell a big fat whopper lie to cops about your own sister to get out of jail, wouldn't it be something like she confessed she killed haleigh by accident? >> right. >> or she confessed she knew where the body was. why would it be i went to the house and knocked on the door and nobody came. who would make that story up? >> yeah, and her brother didn't go into any real detail about it. he said he went there, knocked on the door, hung out a little bit, the house was dark. he didn't say oh, and i went inside and she wasn't there. all he said is that he knocked and she didn't answer. of course misty croslin is saying i was there the whole time, i was asleep, i must not have heard him knocking. >> out to the lines. shirley in florida. hello, shirley. >> caller: hello, nancy. >> hi, dear. >> caller: hi. my question is have they put any comparison between misty and her actions and casey anthony? because it seems to me that she's acting like another casey anthony. >> huh. to m

what about it, ellie? >> well, nancy, we did hear reports the dumpster, there was a hit by the cadaver dogs on the dumpster. they apparently thoroughly checked out the dumpster. they weren't able to find anything there. any signs of dna, blood, anything like that. i believe they also went and checked the dump where that dumpster would be emptied and didn't find anything there either. >> i believe the dumpster had been emptied two days before? >> right. that sounds right. >> to mike brooks, mike, what do you make of the divorce and in your experience handling so many cases like that, how, if at all, will it effect the investigation? >> if at all, nancy, i think it could help the investigation because, you know, ronald, the whole relationship right from the very beginning has been tumultuous from the time the police report was taken. maybe now that, you know, ronald's not there to protect her, if you will, maybe she'll open up. instead of going up to the morning show and cbs and should have been with putnam

and think about it, ellie. if you're going to tell a big fat whopper lie to cops about your own sister to get out of jail, wouldn't it be something like she confessed she killed haleigh by accident? >> right. >> or she confessed she knew where the body was. why would it be i went to the house and knocked on the door and nobody came? who would make that story up? >> yeah, and her brother didn't go into any real detail about it. he said he went there, knocked on the door, hung out a little bit, the house was dark. he didn't say oh, and i went inside and she wasn't there. all he said is that he knocked and she didn't answer. now, of course, misty croslin is saying, oh, i was there the whole time. i was asleep, i must not have heard him knocking. >> out to the lines. shirley in florida. hello, shirley. >> caller: hello, nancy. >> hi, dear. >> caller: hi. my question is have they put any comparison between misty and her actions and casey anthony? because to me she seems like she's acting like another casey anthony.

what about it, ellie? >> well, nancy, we did hear reports the dumpster -- there was a hit by the cadaver dogs on the dumpster. they apparently thoroughly checked out the dumpster. they weren't able to find anything there. any signs of dna, blood, anything like that. i believe they also went and checked the dump where that dumpster would be emptied and didn't find anything there either. >> i believe the dumpster had been emptied, like, two days before? >> right, that sounds right. >> to mike brooks, mike, what do you make of the divorce and in your experience handling so many cases like that, how, if at all, will it effect the investigation? >> you know, if at all, nancy, i think it could help the investigation because, you know, ronald, the whole relationship right from the very beginning has been tumultuous from the time that he was -- the police report was taken. maybe now that, you know, ronald's not there to protect her, if you will, maybe she'll open up. instead of going up to the morning show at cbs

to our chief editorial producer, ellie jostad, ellie, what more can you add? >> well, nancy, listening to this incident report, it sounds like something out of "cops". when they finally get croslin and the driver of the car to pull over at a mobile gas station, not only are the seminole county sheriff's deputy there is, so are the lake mary police. they approach the car with their guns drawn. they cuff both croslin and the driver and search the car for a weapon, but when they don't find one, both of them are released. >> to former nassau county police investigator, now private investigator, that is exactly what the police should have done. that was not an overreaction. for all they knew, lou, there was a weapon in that car. >> yeah, that may very well have been the case. but, heidi, i want to wish my wife, julie, a happy anniversary. >> and i would like to tell her congratulations. okay, go ahead. >> thank you. i think the police acted consistently with this problem that they were brought into. based on the 911 tape, obviously, there was a high cause for alarm

to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer on the story, what about it, ellie?d all these stories about this pond. then not one but two letters emerged, detailing an alleged party late that night when haleigh went missing, a party fueled by drugs. there was an allegation little haleigh accidentally ingested oxycontin at that party, that she died, and that her body was disposed of in that pond. do i believe it? no. simply because, ellie, you know a bunch of people at a party are not going to keep their yaps shut. >> right. >> all right? that's the only reason i don't believe that story. go ahead, ellie. >> well, police won't say that the letter was the cause of the search. they said they already knew about this pond, they'd searched around it in the past and that they'd planned to do a more thorough search. so they won't say there's a cause and effect between that jailhouse letter and the pond being searched. >> out to the lines. portia in florida, hi, portia. >> caller: hi, nancy. i'm actually calling from california. >> good to know. portia in california. thank

. >> i want to go to ellie jostad, "nancy grace" producer joining us from the control room.ie, when is the last time that misty croslin held a job and was making any kind of money? >> well, that's a good question, mike. we don't know of any jobs that she's held recently. and as we explained earlier, her family is out of jobs. ron cummings has lost his job because he's been looking for haleigh. i don't know where the money is coming from. >> miss neves, how is your son, ronald, supporting himself, and how is misty supporting herself now, you know, and her son? >> ronald received unemployment from his time and misty, the friend that she's staying with tends to pay for everything. so. >> is she independently wealthy? >> i think maybe her husband is independently wealthy. >> okay. so ellie, is she staying with this woman in orlando, or is she staying at a disney hotel somewhere? >> you know, that's not really clear exactly where she's staying. now, the last time she was in orlando she was spotted at universal. apparently, she was taking in the sights there, but she did have on a

ellie jostad, what can you tell me? >> nancy, they have issued a community alert for jennifer jones, but police have released very little information, as kathy chaney mentioned. we don't know if she had a cell phone with her, if she did have one, if it's been used, if any bank cards were used. we're looking for information on this girl. >> tip line, 312-747-8274. we will stay on the story. >>> let's stop and remember army staff sergeant carletta davis, 34, anchorage, alaska, killed, iraq. on a third tour, awarded several medals, the purple heart, a bronze star, a combat medic. she hoped to open a nursing home. leaves behind mother, father, and three sons. carletta davis, american hero. thanks to our guests and especially to you. and happy birthday to my cajun friend of the show, mary! >>> everyone, i'll see you tomorrow, 8:00 sharp, eastern. and until then, good night, friend. vk -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm richelle carey. this is your hln "prime news" break. the nation's education secretary and attorn

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to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer on the story, what about it, ellie?d all these stories about this pond. then not one but two letters emerged, detailing an alleged party late that night when haleigh went missing, a party fueled by drugs. there was an allegation little haleigh accidentally ingested oxycontin at that party, that she died, and that her body was disposed of in that pond. do i believe it? no. simply because, ellie, you know a bunch of people at a party are not going to keep their yaps shut. >> right. >> all right? that's the only reason i don't believe that story. go ahead, ellie. >> well, police won't say that the letter was the cause of the search. they said they already knew about this pond, they'd searched around it in the past and that they'd planned to do a more thorough search. so they won't say there's a cause and effect between that jailhouse letter and the pond being searched. >> out to the lines. portia in florida, hi, portia. >> caller: hi, nancy. i'm actually calling from california. >> good to know. portia in california. thank

what about it, ellie? >> well, nancy, we did hear reports the dumpster, there was a hit by the cadaver dogs on the dumpster. they apparently thoroughly checked out the dumpster. they weren't able to find anything there. any signs of dna, blood, anything like that. i believe they also went and checked the dump where that dumpster would be emptied and didn't find anything there either. >> i believe the dumpster had been emptied two days before? >> right. that sounds right. >> to mike brooks, mike, what do you make of the divorce and in your experience handling so many cases like that, how, if at all, will it effect the investigation? >> if at all, nancy, i think it could help the investigation because, you know, ronald, the whole relationship right from the very beginning has been tumultuous from the time the police report was taken. maybe now that, you know, ronald's not there to protect her, if you will, maybe she'll open up. instead of going up to the morning show and cbs and should have been with putnam

and think about it, ellie. whopper lie to cops about your own sister to get out of jail, wouldn't it be something like she confessed she killed haleigh by accident? >> right. >> or she confessed she knew where the body was. why would it be i went to the house and knocked on the door and nobody came? who would make that story up? >> yeah, and her brother didn't go into any real detail about it. he said he went there, knocked on the door, hung out a little bit, the house was dark. he didn't say oh, and i went inside and she wasn't there. all he said is that he knocked and she didn't answer. now, of course, misty croslin is saying, oh, i was there the whole time. i was asleep, i must not have heard him knocking. >> out to the lines. shirley in florida. hello, shirley. >> caller: hello, nancy. >> hi, dear. >> caller: hi. my question is have they put any comparison between misty and her actions and casey anthony? because to me she seems like she's acting like another casey anthony. >> huh. to marc klaas, president a

. >> i want to go to ellie jostad, "nancy grace" producer joining us from the control room.e last time that misty croslin held a job and was making any kind of money? >> well, that's a good question, mike. we don't know of any jobs that she's held recently. and as we explained earlier, her family is out of jobs. ron cummings has lost his job because he's been looking for haleigh. i don't know where the money is coming from. >> miss neves, how is your son, ronald, supporting himself, and how is misty supporting herself now, you know, and her son? >> ronald received unemployment from his time and misty, the friend that she's staying with tends to pay for everything. >> is she independently wealthy? >> i think maybe her husband is independently wealthy. >> okay. so ellie, is she staying with this woman in orlando, or is she staying at a disney hotel somewhere? >> you know, that's not really clear exactly where she's staying. now, the last time she was in orlando she was spotted at universal. apparently, she was taking in the sights there, but she did have on a "where is haleigh

for "today," rehema ellis, nbc news. >> now eight minutes past the hour.'ll get a check of the rest of this morning's top headlines. >> we'll turn it over to trish regan at the news desk. >> we begin with the case of the newborn baby found friday after being abducted in tennessee. on saturday the baby boy was briefly returned with his mother. he was then taken into state custody along with his three siblings for what authorities are calling safety reasons. this new twist comes as new details emerge about the suspect. nbc's ron mott has more. >> reporter: the 9 day old baby missing since tuesday was found at this home in alabama late friday night. tammy renee silas is under arrest and charges are pending for kidnapping the newborn and attack on the mother. >> translator: she said she was an immigration officer and there to arrest me. >> reporter: the woman stabbed her eight times. when she ran to get help, the woman took her baby. silas took the baby to her home. she told friends she adopted the baby from texas. >> translator: she said it was okay and had l

the hand off goes to lynch and he's close to the 40 yard line before shaun ellis and company can make the tackle. >> dan: go back to the first half after great start by trent edwards completing all five of his passes. he gets hit right here and suffered a concussion. had to leave the field and he will not return. when he will be back in the line up, fitzpatrick doing solid job filling in for him. >> dick: here is lynch, stays on his feet, nice piece of running out to the 47. right at the yardstick. we'll see if he picks up the first down, david harris and revis make the tackle. >> dan: you wonder what goes through a running back's mind when he's trying to make decision where to cut. lynch has about ten choices here, nope, not there. not there. break that tackle. get inside there. stay inbounds pick up first down. great run, a lot of decisions for marshawn lynch. >> dick: out to the 47 yard line. the bills with ten points in the third quarter, 10:43 left. fitzpatrick, incomplete. there's the wind, you throw it easily or don't throw it hard in to the flat with this wind. it will get tak

ellie jostad, all-time low. the hand off somebody that gave a beer bottle to lucy or john david. to suck on. or a cigar for pete's sake. >> yep. well, this is another video allegedly of the heene family. in this video you see the oldest boy, bradford, then just a baby. he is propped up on a couch. richard heene is trying to pose him with a cigar, putting it in his hand, in his little mouth. you see him right there sucking on the beer bottle. >> let's go to the defense attorneys. rene rock fell, you're a defense attorney. has your client lost his mind? the more these people are out there, the more surfaces. it gets worse and worse and worse. >> talking about losing his mind, that's not going to rise to any level of a mental defense. he's got much bigger problems than this, nancy. how about little bit of conspiracy or contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, having those children lie like he did? >> let me remind you, ms. rockwell, you're asking as the defense attorney. very quickly, we are taking your call

ellie jostad, all-time low.hand off somebody that gave a beer bottle to lucy or john david. to suck on. or a cigar for pete's sake. >> yep. well, this is another video allegedly of the heene family. in this video you see the oldest boy, bradford, then just a baby. he is propped up on a couch. richard heene is trying to pose him with a cigar, putting it in his hand, in his little mouth. you see him right there sucking on the beer bottle. >> let's go to the defense attorneys. renee rockwell, you're a defense attorney. has your client lost his mind? the more these people are out there, the more surfaces. it gets worse and worse and worse. >> talking about losing his mind, that's not going to rise to any level of a mental defense. he's got much bigger problems than this, nancy. how about little bit of conspiracy or contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, having those children lie like he did? >> let me remind you, ms. rockwell, you're asking as the defense attorney. very quickly, we are taking your calls live

and cb richard ellis and holmes, nabors industries. i don't know where they're at. dte energy. . >> we're seeing that a lot today, as a matter of fact. well, all week here "power lunch" has been taking a look at women and power, and today we have a leader whose views influence the allocation of trillions of dollars in assets. we're joined once again by jing. she was just named one of fortune's 50 most powerful global businesswomen in business. welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> the view of china, we're recovering in the u.s. we've watched kai na as they've recovered. how do you view them. our dollar is suffering. >> you know, the chinese economy has staged a very strong rebound since the first quarter of 2009. as a matter of fact, the pace of recovery has surpassed even the most optimistic forecasts. the chinese yen has been pegged to it. but the underlying economy very strong and we expect that momentum to continue. maybe in the next few months the. >> rob: the r & b is going to appreciate again. >> give us more on what the chinese are thinking when it comes

to our chief editorial producer, ellie jostad, ellie, what more can you add?ll, nancy, listening to this incident report, it sounds like something out of "cops". when they finally get croslin and the driver of the car to pull over at a mobile gas station, not only are the seminole county sheriff's deputy there, but also the lake mary police. they approach the car with their guns drawn. they cuff both croslin and the driver and search the car for a weapon, but when they don't find one, both of them are released. >> to former nassau county police investigator, now private investigator, that is exactly what the police should have done. that was not an overreaction. for all they knew, lou, there was a weapon in that car. >> yeah, that may very well have been the case. but, heidi, i want to wish my wife, julie, a happy anniversary. now to respond to that -- >> and i would like to tell her congratulations. okay, go ahead. >> thank you. i think the police acted consistently with this problem that they were brought into. based on the 911 tape, obviously, there was a h

to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer. ellie, what can you tell me about an alleged kidnap attempt just one week before, not far away? that little victim was about 5 years old. >> right, nancy. this was one block away from where somer went missing. it was ten days ago. apparently, this little girl, a little 5-year-old girl, riding her bike after school is approached by a woman driving some type of blue sedan. it might have been a nissan. the woman says "your mother told me to give you a ride. get in the car." the little girl doesn't want to do it. there are also two men in the car. luckily, a good samaritan happened by while this was happening, saw the little girl trying to take off on her bike, the little girl is crying. the woman pulled over and said do you know these people? the girl said no. at that point the car sped away, once they realized this other woman had intervened. and it was a near miss for this other little girl. >> and that was a hispanic female with two men in the back seat? >> yeah. two men in the car. n

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ellie, hasn't she now said, yeah, it was all a hoax? >> right.arch warrant affidavit was released. there's a confession ey talked couple days after it happened. she said the release was intentional. they knew, all along falcon was hiding in the house. they did it to make themselves more marketable. they planned it for about two weeks. they built the flying saucer for the purpose of carrying out this hoax. >> sounds like game, set and match to me. but, i want to bring back our attorneys. penny, what about in colorado, if she is to testify possibly against her husband, what about marital privilege here? >> she would be an accessory. there's a little change in that in colorado. if they work to plan a crime together, she could be forced to testify. anything else regard iing the crime, she is not forced to testify unless she chooses to testify. that's the issue, whether she chooses to testify in this case. >> paul, i would say that putting all this together and the charges they are facing, possibly they were -- this could be called planning a crime? >

to our chief editorial producer, ellie jostad, ellie, what more can you add?nancy, listening to this incident report, it sounds like something out of "cops". when they finally get croslin and the driver of the car to pull over at a mobile gas station, not only are the seminole county sheriff's deputy there, but also the lake mary police. they approach the car with their guns drawn. they cuff both croslin and the driver and search the car for a weapon, but when they don't find one, both of them are released. >> to former nassau county police investigator, now private investigator, that is exactly what the police should have done. that was not an overreaction. for all they knew, lou, there was a weapon in that car. >> yeah, that may very well have been the case. but, heidi, i want to wish my wife, julie, a happy anniversary. now to respond to that -- >> and i would like to tell her congratulations. okay, go ahead. >> thank you. i think the police acted consistently with this problem that they were brought into. based on the 911 tape, obviously, there was a high

. >> ellie jostad, what more can you tell me?y did find a bottle of pills at the scene. that was taken into evidence. we may find out from that what drugs they were trying to purchase. misty and her friend had their purses taken. misty had her cell phone taken. misty called 911 saying her arm hurts, her leg hurts, she was injured in this incident. >> okay. art harris, what's to be done about it? what, if anything, how does it affect the investigation? does it seem more possible that misty croslin was using drugs that night or was not in the home? >> nancy, there's lots of speculation. this report was forwarded to detectives with the putnam county sheriff's department that were investigating the haleigh cummings case. the pollack police are not involved in that, but this shows misty cast adrift. she's living with girlfriends. who were also teenagers. she hasn't gone home yet. although i hear that may happen. she's out there and anything can happen with misty. >> i want to go to dr. marty ma carey, physician and professor at john's

what about it, ellie?ncy, we did hear reports the dumpster, there was a hit by the cadaver dogs on the dumpster. they apparently thoroughly checked out the dumpster. they weren't able to find anything there. any signs of dna, blood, anything like that. i believe they also went and checked the dump where that dumpster would be emptied and didn't find anything there either. >> i believe the dumpster had been emptied two days before? >> right. that sounds right. >> to mike brooks, mike, what do you make of the divorce and in your experience handling so many cases like that, how, if at all, will it effect the investigation? >> if at all, nancy, i think it could help the investigation because, you know, ronald, the whole relationship right from the very beginning has been tumultuous from the time the police report was taken. maybe now that, you know, ronald's not there to protect her, if you will, maybe she'll open up. instead of going up to the morning show and cbs and should have been with putnam county sheri

good to see you, miss ellis. thanks for joining us. >> thank you.t's great to be back on "power lunch." >> how significant is this announcement when it comes to getting money into red, 1% of bugaboo and why the change in model versus what you've done with other companies? >> every one of our companies has a slightly different model from the other, so the exciting thing about bugaboo was they not only wanted to create red-branded products where money would go to the global fund, but they're so committed that -- >> these are bugaboo products we're showing people right now. >> they're beautiful. they're incredibly beautiful and very innovative. i think they feel you can buy these products. they'll give 1% of revenue to the global fund, and that will buy life-saving medicine for mothers and children in africa and buy medicine to prevent women who are pregnant from giving hiv aids to their babies. >> consumer spending has pulled back so much over the past years. these strollers are quite expensive. hundreds of dollars, top of the line, how much is bugabo

rehema ellis has details. good morning. >>> good morning, amy. 40-year-old michael barrett will be in a chicago courtroom today to face charges of interstate stalking. he was arrested friday at chicago's o'hare airport. barrett's accused of secretly shooting video of espn's sideline reporter, as you point out, erin andrews, while she was alone in hotel rooms. he allegedly then posted the video on the internet. so, how did he get the video? authorities say he requested a hotel room next to hers, then he rigged the door peephole. according to the complaint against him, this happened at hotels in nashville, tennessee, last september and began on milwaukee. appearing on "oprah" last month, andrews said she thought her career was over after the videos started circumstance lating over the internet. today, she issues a statement. >> authorities said they were led to barrett after he tried to sell the videos to tmz. an employee there contacted andrews' attorney, who contacted police, and then they tracked barrett back

to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer on the story.me what you know about the circumstances surrounding jennifer's disappearance, ellie. >> right, nancy. well, jennifer left her home early in the morning. she was supposed to be headed to school. she apparently never showed up there. she was last seen at the corner of 76th street and racine avenue there on the south side of chicago. no one has seen her since. her mother reported her missing. and there have been no leads or sightings since then. >> so she was on her way to school? >> we believe so, yes. >> and where exactly is that in the city, kathy chaney? racine and what? 72? >> 76th and racine is near the auburn-gresham area. it's also near the inglewood area, which is -- >> what does that mean? >> it's kind of bad. it's a low-income neighborhood. it has its crime woes. >> now, just because it's low-income doesn't mean it's bad. all right? but you say the crime rate -- >> well, i'm very familiar with the area. >> so you say the crime rate is bad? >> around that area, yes. i'm very fa

this year he taught 7th grade social studies at ellis middle.riff said he taught at wayne county and before that in ohio. they're afraid there may be dozens more victims than they know of now. >> the parents suspect that their children have been in contact with this man, that they contact us as soon as possible. we need all the information on this man that we can find. >> that was news from winston salem, north carolina. >>> a rising star in alabama court system, a circuit judge preparing for his own trial. he's accused of offering leniency to male inmates in exchange for sex. the details quite sore did. herman thomas resigned two years ago after accusations he had defendants strip in his office so he could paddle them. he faces a long list of charges including kidnapping, sex abuse, and extortion involving 15 current and former inmates. the judge's attorney said the inmates are trying to ruin his outstanding legal career. >>> for almost 20 years, alan greenspan ran the country's finances as chairman of the fed, until 2006, anyway. now he has a

rehema ellis joins us with the latest developments. what is the latest? >> reporter: the suspect behind bars this morning after the first court appearance this weekend. in a chicago courtroom, 48-year-old michael barrett an insurance executive dressed in an orange jump suit. the court ordered the illinois residents to be returned to california to face federal interstate stalking charges. outside the courthouse, barrett's lawyer and long-time friend called his client a good man. >> i've gotten calls from 30 or of his friends in the last 10 hours all willing to give their support to him if anything's needed. >> reporter: barrett accused of secretly taking nude videos of espn reporter erin andrews while she was alone in at least two hotel rooms. >> 55-1, home record here. >> reporter: according to the criminal complaint, barrett traveled to cities where andrews was working, called hotels to find out where she was staying and when he made his reservations, barrett asked specifically for a room next to andrews, identified in the complaint as individual a. auth

ellie, hasn't she now said, yeah, it was all a hoax? >> right.davit was released. there's a confession by mayumi. they got her separated from richard so they could talk to her alone a couple days after it happened. she said the release was intentional. they knew, all along falcon was hiding in the house. they did it to make themselves more marketable for future media interests. they planned it for about two weeks. they built the flying saucer for the purpose of carrying out this hoax. >> sounds like game, set and match to me. but, i want to bring back our attorneys. penny, what about in colorado, if she is to testify possibly against her husband, what about marital privilege here? >> she would be an accessory. there's a little change in that in colorado. if they work to plan a crime together, she could be forced to testify. anything else regarding the crime, she is not forced to testify unless she chooses to testify. that's the issue, whether she chooses to testify in this case. >> paul, i would say that putting all this together and the charges

>> do i like ellie the best? i love them best. they're all my girls. >> how do you feel about the fact barbara walters is considered a living legend and you're not? >> because she's lived longer than me? oh. hey, hey. don't ever tell barbara that. >> no, no. she's not watching. >> wait a minute. barbara walters is a true icon if you want to call anybody an icon. no, honest to god, she blazed a lot of trails in this business for women, for people -- >> she's a pioneer. we wanted to get her a stagecoach recently. >> thank you. no, but she's great. i don't consider myself in her league to tell you the truth. >> why not? you're on icon on television also. >> no, i'm not. >> she could interview fidel castro, you could interview who? newt gingrich. >> i never interviewed him. >> you don't do that? you don't like politics? >> i really -- as a matter of fact i don't like politics. i really don't. it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line. >> what about when fdr was in office? >> then i interviewed him. >> let me ask you

>> do i like ellie the best? i love them best. they're all my girls. >> how do you feel about the fact barbara walters is considered a living legend and you're not? >> because she's lived longer than me? oh. hey, hey. don't ever tell barbara that. >> no, no. she's not watching. >> wait a minute. barbara walters is a true icon if you want to call anybody an icon. no, honest to god, she blazed a lot of trails in this business for women, for people -- >> she's a pioneer. we wanted to get her a stagecoach recently. >> thank you. no, but she's great. i don't consider myself in her league to tell you the truth. >> why not? you're on icon on television also. >> no, i'm not. >> she could interview fidel castro, you could interview who? newt gingrich. >> i never interviewed him. >> you don't do that? you don't like politics? >> i really -- as a matter of fact i don't like politics. i really don't. it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line. >> what about when fdr was in office? >> then i interviewed him. >> let me ask you

. >> reporter: all right, thank you, officer elly lawson, we appreciate your time. allison, tony, that's the story here. the green belt police crime scene investigation on the scene. about 7:30, once again, two people shot at, one person hit in a local hospital this morning. now back to you guys. >> thank you very mh. obviously we'll bring you mor information as it comes in and certainly later today and the 5:00 news. >>> in the meantime let's check in with tucker for a look at the day's weather. >> good morning, guys. clouds. clouds to start the day. cool temperatures once again. back in the 50s ovnight. if you hang in there, we'll be in the 70s this afternoon. it will be a warm day but the clouds will stick around for much of the afternoon. 58 at reagan national. your humidity is up 78%. the winds are light out of the north, shifting out of the south during the course of the day. you'll notice they'll be out of the south at 10 miles an hour and that will start to pump in the warmer air from the south. we've had a warm front start to move through the area. that's b

starting to emerge about david letterman and his affair, let's go right now, joining me here, rehema ellisnd good morning to you. what's the latest on all this? >> as you point out, the 51-year-old robert halderman, he did post bail, $200,000, and then he left the courthouse without talking to reporters. he left it for his attorney to do the talking for him. >> this story is far more complicated than what you heard this afternoon. this story is far more complicated than that two-minute statement by the assistant district attorney, but, again, it's not time to discuss it. there is noir side to the story. i'm not telling it today. there is another side to the story. it's not the open and shut case that you just heard about. >> now, his client, halderman, charged with a messy and bizarre effort to blackmail david letterman for $2 million. the case forced the late night host to make an awkward on-air confession that he had had sex with women on his staff and the "new york times" is reporting representatives of the show say that one of the women is letterman's longtime personal assistant stepha

joining me live is ra hey ma ellis. good morning. >> let's talk about the letterman and the man accused of trying to blackmail him. >> there appears according to the "new york times" one of the women was a personal assistant of david letterman, appeared on the show and had a relationship with him. that relationship ended at some point and struck up a relationship it appears with robert halderman, the man accused in the alleged extortion plot. according to the paper she was living with him in connecticut until last month. the d.a.'s office says halderman in an attempt to get $2 million from letterman, sent the "late night" host a package of information that included photographs, letters and a page out of burkett's personal diary that presumably revealed knowledge about letterman's affairs with women and would reveal those unless letterman gave him $2 million. >> what do we know about the other women who letterman has admitted to having sex with? >> according to the reports, in the times today, the cbs authorities are say

joining me live nbc's rehema ellis. good morning to you. get to the latest on all of this. >> alex, we can tell you that robert joe halderman, a prominent producer for cbs's "48 hours" program, entered a not guilty plea and then put up the money necessary to get out of jail. he left the courthouse without talking to reporters and he left his attorney to do the talking for him. >> he has an impeccable reputation. he was a producer at cbs for 27 years. he's 52 years old. he was a responsible member of the community. his roots are deeply placed in the tri-state area. he's a responsible person. >> his client halderman is charged with a messy and bizarre effort to blackmail doifds letterman for $2 million. the case forced him to issue an awkward confession that he had sex with women on his staff. reports say one is stephanie burkett who also appeared on the air and now it's reported that the connection here between letterman and halderman is burkett, that she was until last month recently living with halderman. the paper says according to execut

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> you have to wonder why hotels were given out the information. >> you follow her from city to city and rig peep holes. >> the defense will introduce as evidence is willie staying in the hotel in nashville. >> i have stayed at that hotel. >> we need to bring a woman in on this. so when you had this problem last year, did you cut it off by calling the authorities or just calling mike barnicle's wife? >> it's when willie called hotels asking if he could have the room next to the brit. it's okay. we got over it. we dealt with it in a nice, mature friendly way. >> all right. still ahead, big story in "the new york times" this sunday. iran has the information to make an atomic bomb. coming up we'll talk to a reporter who broke the story and what happened if iran gets a bomb? we have "newsweek's" editor that explores worst case scenarios and a story in "newsweek" that's interesting. much more straight ahead on "morning joe." - ( funk music playing ) - let's put a few thousand kilowatts in a vise. squeeze some savings back into our budget. into our attics a

i'm very happy to have heather's dad with me today, reverend nathaniel ellis. welcome. how do you explain the two very different versions of what happened that day? your daughter's and the cops'? >> well, actually, it's a lie being told. my daughter was sent there to get a few items for my wife. the actual arrest said that she was cursing. she knowingly disturbed the peace of the night manager. it was not about an issue of cutting in line. first of all, my daughter is not known to be a curser, and previously, she had accepted christ as her savior, and she had been raised in a christian home and that's simply not true, and also, if they would release the tape from walmart, it would clear up the whole matter. >> you haven't seen the tape? >> they would not release it. walmart wouldn't release it. >> and this happened three years ago. >> yes, ma'am. >> wow. we spoke with a walmart representative to get the company's reaction but they have not provided us with a statement yet. please do. we want to hear your side, want to hear all sides of this story. we just want to get to

to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer on the story. what you know about the circumstances surrounding jennifer's disappearance, ellie. >> right, nancy. well, jennifer left her home early in the morning. she was supposed to be headed to school. she apparently never showed up there. she was last seen at the corner of 76th street and racine avenue there on the south side of chicago. no one has seen her since. her mother reported her missing. and there have been no leads or sightings since then. >> so she was on her way to school? >> we believe so, yes. >> and where exactly is that in the city, kathy chaney? racine and what? 72? >> 76th and racine is near the auburn-gresham area. it's also near the inglewood area, which is -- >> what does that mean? >> it's kind of bad. it's a low-income neighborhood. it has its crime woes. >> now, just because it's low-income doesn't mean it's bad. all right? but you say the crime rate -- >> well, i'm very familiar with the area. >> so you say the crime rate is bad? >> around that area, yes. i'm very fami

to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer, what can you tell me about reports of insiders with access>> right, nancy. well, that's tim miller. he's the founder of texas equusearch. he is saying that after being with misty croslin during that polygraph that he set up, after that layered voice analysis, he says that she keeps insisting that haleigh is alive, which makes him think that haleigh is actually dead and they're not going to find her. >> to marlaina schiavo, when she says that on the lie detector, that the child is alive, was that proven to be a lie? >> according to tim and his polygrapher, yes. i mean, they said that it was full of deceit, all of the answers that she was giving. but at the same time, nancy, we have to keep in mind that as much as tim miller doesn't have any evidence that she's still alive, he hasn't really given us much evidence that she is dead. >> absolutely correct. and that is the point made by grandmother teresa neves. i want to go to ron shindell, former nypd deputy inspector. what, if anything, can police do now? they seem to be at a dead end. >> nancy,

to ellie jostad, our chief editorial producer.ie, what can you tell me about an alleged kidnap attempt just one week before, not far away? that little victim was about 5 years old. >> right, nancy. this was one block away from where somer went missing. it was ten days ago. apparently, this little girl, a little 5-year-old girl, riding her bike after school is approached by a woman driving some type of blue sedan. it might have been a nissan. the woman says "your mother told me to give you a ride. get in the car." the little girl doesn't want to do it. there are also two men in the car. luckily, a good samaritan happened by while this was happening, saw the little girl trying to take off on her bike, the little girl is crying. the woman pulled over and said "do you know these people?" the girl said, "no." at that point the car sped away, once they realized this other woman had intervened. and it was a near miss for this other little girl. >> and that was a hispanic female with two men in the back seat? >> also -- yeah. two men in t

i want to go out to ellie jostad, nancy grace producer.are multiple crime scene investigations going on, tonight as we speak, in multiple states. explain that to us. >> that's right. in addition to the house on gano avenue, the vacant house where somer was last seen, there's an investigation going on right there right now. the florida department of investigation is combing through that house. while that's going on, we have 55 miles to the north at a landfill in georgia, we have a similar investigation where they are going through painstakingly 225 tons of trash to try to find any sort of evidence at that location where somer's body was found. >> i want to go out to a special guest, laura, the aunt of somer thompson. thank you for joining us under such a trying time, but a time that investigators are trying to find who murdered your beautiful, beautiful relative. when was the last time you spoke with somer? >> a few months ago. >> what did she say? >> over the phone. what? >> what did she say to you? >> she told me that she loved me and we