but, again, the body found in the creek not that of lauren spierer. back to you guys.some new developments now on a federal gun-running program that allowed u.s. weapons to fall into the hands of mexican drug lords. some mexican lawmakers are now demanding u.s. officials be extradited to mexico to face trial. william la jeunesse traveled to mexico city, he has details for us. william? >> reporter: an embarrassment at home, a growing scandal abroad, jon, as mexico assesses the damage of fast and furious, the operation, of course, approved in the washington to flood mexico with guns. and even as casualties mounted, we refused to tell mexico what was happening. well, now many there feel it is time those involved pay the price. 21 dead in sonora, mexico. according to sources, the guns came complement of the u.s. government. >> we weren't giving guns to people who were hunting bear, we were giving guns to people who were killing other humans. [speaking spanish] >> translator: this program was a great mistake at its conception. it is just absurd. especially because human liv

the body recovered in indiana is not that of the college student that has been missing lauren spierersy performed today determined that the body is not lauren spierer and it is not the body of a 74 year-old missing woman either ... the search continues for survivors of a capsized boat off the coast of the baja peninsula ... five people are still missing one person an american was killed five people are missing in those pulled from the water aren't condition sexual assault charges against former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss- kahn could be trapped within the next couple of weeks the new york post reports prosecutors have doubts about the credibility of the new york hotel maid who accused him but another one is accusing strauss- kahn of attempted rape of a separate case in france writer actress don banon says he attacked her during and 200 andng a 2003 interview her mother french politician said she discursion daughter from 5 to police reports at the time for fear it would hurt her journalism career as a complex is being filed with prosecutors in france today ... t

could it be that of missing student lauren spierer? >>> also, will he or won't he? speculation is building over whether texas governor rick perry plans to run for president after a former newt gingrich staffer signed up to work for him. be right back. purina cat chow helps you well-being. we're all striving for it. nurture it in your cat with a full family of excellent nutrition and helpful resources. purina cat chow. share a better life. thankfully, there's new crest pro-health clinical gum protection toothpaste. it helps eliminate plaque at the gumline, helping prevent gingivitis. it's even clinically proven to help reverse it in just 4 weeks. new crest pro-health clinical toothpaste. life opens up when you do. >>> welcome back. at 15 minutes past the hour, president obama may be ready to make some big cuts to medicare and medicaid if republicans come to the negotiating table with an open mind on raising tax revenues. "the new york times" is reporting that money could be taken from providers. his proposal discussed by the biden commission that could also be sold t

alisyn: plus, could we find out what happened to missing college student lauren spierer?er parents awaiting word after a body was found in an indiana creek. here's lauren's mom getting emotional discussing an old voicemail from her daughter. >> even though i wasn't in the room with him, it was clear it was lauren. hi, dad, it's me. i just want to say: hi, lauren, it's mom. we love you. we're going nowhere. we're here for you. we just want you to come home. [ female announcer ] ever wish vegetables didn't taste so vegetably? well, v8 v-fusion juice gives you a full serving of vegetables, plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. and try our deliciously refreshing v8 v-fusion + tea. alisyn: senators are going head to head this morning over america's crushing debt. democrats are reportedly willing to cut tense -- tens of billions of dollars from medicaid, but they want something in return. rob portman of ohio is a member of the senate budget committee. good morning, senator. >> good morning, allison. thanks for having me on. alisyn: reportedly, the white h

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the student, lauren spierer, disappeared on june 3rd after a night of drinking. an autopsy is being performed today. >>> in health news a new study on autism suggests the disorder may result as much from environmental factors, including conditions in the mother's womb, as from genetics. the study involved nearly 200 sets of twins. at least one of which was autistic. further research is needed to determine what factors increase the risk. >>> another study raises new health questions about the popular anti-smoking drug chantix. it had already been linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts. but now the new finding suggests a higher risk of developing heart disease. dr. jon lapook has more. >> reporter: worrisome news for the more than 7 million americans who have taken chantix. a new analysis links the pill to a 72% increase in the risk of heart problems. johns hopkins dr. singh led the research. >> it is causing the same problems that we are trying to prevent, that's why it's not worth the risk. we need to prevent cardio disease among smokers, not increase.

police are trying to determine if it may be the missing college student lauren spierer.ozens of searches and tips turned up no new leads. >>> and the secret service has now investigating that apparent hacking of fox news.com's twitter feed for political news. someone used the site yesterday to falsely announce that president obama had been killed. fox is also asking twitter for a detailed investigation. >>> well, they're being called nasa's final four. astronauts ready to lift off friday for the final shuttle mission, a cargo run to the international space station. the crew arrived yesterday at the kennedy space station in florida in two training jets. stay with cnn for live coverage this friday, july 8th. the launch expected at 11:26 a.m. i'm looking for that thing on the right side of the screen right here. is it going to happen? oh, already happened. apparently. i love that little launching rocket. >> yesterday we were calling for it like drunk with power. do it again. >> the space shuttle "atlantis" takes off for the last time. there we go. look at this. >> love it.

the coroner's office will perform an autopsy tomorrow. 20-year-old lauren spierer disappeared june 3rder a night spent partying with friends. >>> former president ronald reagan was honored today in london. a statue of mr. reagan was unveiled at the u.s. embassy. former secretary of state condoleezza rice was on hand for the ceremony. >> but i doubt very much that president reagan would have even imagined the world that we see today. a europe whole, free and at peace. a europe in which we enjoy friendship and alliance with the former captive states in the transatlantic alliance called nato. >>> the ten-foot-tall bronze statue is in honor of the president's birth. reagan would have been 100 years old in february. he died in 2004 at the age of 93. >>> when news4 at 4:00 continues, hard economic times force a popular destination to ration the bathroom tissue. >>> july 4th means it's time for the hot dog eating contest, and a local woman reign's supreme. >>> and a startling smoking study. a drug to stop you from smoking increases the chances dramatically of a heart attack or honey, why aren

investigators think she could be a missing indiana university student. 20-year-old lauren spierer wentssing a month ago after night of drinking with friends. right now authorities can't identify the body, but they hope the autopsy provides more information. >>> today, watch your speed if you're traveling through frederick, maryland. two speed cameras that prompted warning citations now mean a bona fide ticket. they're located at butterfly lane and mccain drive at mill crest elementary, and at north market street at governor thomas johnson high. people caught going 37 miles per hour or faster will get a $40 ticket. two other cameras will go active for warning tickets. one at possum town pike at fairfield drive and the other on westbound hayward road at monocacey elementary. >>> let's check on that forecast once again. here's tom kierein with the kilts. >> great beach and pool weather. a wonderful summer day underway on this 5th of july. there's the sky over fairfax county, in the distance, we can see tyson's corner there on the horizon. in the foreground is northwest washington. but tom

. >>> a baddy decomposed body pulled from a new york near indianapolis is not lauren spierer. that's the conclusion of a coroner's report released yesterday. the body was discovered on sunday and is believed to have been in the creek for weeks. 2-year-old speier has been leaving -- missing. -- has been missing since last night. >>> governor brown has to decide if he will sign a law that would change what's in textbooks. this would include the lesbians, gay, transgender people to be put in books in california. california would be the -- would be the first state to be included in that. >>> former san francisco mayor, gavin newsom, says it's time for his successor to philly announce whether his name will be on the ballot for november or not. some of ed lee's supporters are encouraging him to run. they've even opened a run, ed, run! campaign office. but lee would not prom police when he went over to fix up -- promised he would not -- promised he would not take over the position. >>> all right. 7:37. hey, sal, are you helping the folks around the toll plaza now? >> yeah. we -- we a

expected later today could shed some light on the case of missing indiana university student lauren spierernducted on a female body that was found in a creek north of indianapolis. police have been searching for spierer since june 2nd when she was last seen leaving a sports bar in the city after a night out with friends. later on, we could know whether or not it's her. >> and freedom is reportedly a few days away for dominique strauss-khan, a top investigator told "the new york post" that charges against the former imf chief could be dropped any time now. he faces charges for sexual assault of a new york hotel maid. however, the accuser's credibility has recently come into question. the investigator says dismissal is a certainty. his next appearance in court is two weeks away. >> shocking new study shows that environmental factors may be a bigger predictor in determining whether a child will develop autism. the new stanford study contradicts decades of prior research which is generally found that genes are mainly a determining factor. the environmental factors in the study includes infectio

today to determine if a body that's been found is that of missing indiana university student lauren spierere was last seen more than a month ago near the campus in bloomington, 50 miles south of indianapolis. rising water might complicate efforts to clean up the oil spill on the yellowstone river. melting snow will send river waters gushing. today expected to peak in billings. on friday a pipeline ruptured sending over 42,000 galness of crude downstream. >>> inside a hindu temple built in the 16th century, but they just found it. increase was increased after they looked at sacks of gold statues studded with jewels stored in secret vaults. officials say the treasure inside that temple is worth $22 billion. yeah. >>> 11 minutes past the hour. scott pelly has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> good morning. they helped win the race to space, but now they're losing their jobs. the final flight of the space shuttle means an end of a career for many nasa workers from astronauts to mechanics. where do they go from here? find out tonight on the "cbs evening news." now back to the "early

the creek, only 50 miles from where lauren spierer vanished a month ago after a night out with friends. >>> the secret service is now investigating a cyberattack on the political twitter account of fox news. hackers posted six fake tweets claiming that president obama had been assassinated. those twtwts, again, were just a hoax. >>> and finally, an attempted prison break in mexico that you have to see to believe. after visiting her boyfriend in prison for a conjugal visit, look what the woman tried to sneak out of prison. the boyfriend. >> what? >> in a suitcase and it almost workrk. it was this close. >> how big was he? >> by this close, i mean not at all. he is certainly big enough to not fit in a suitcase. guards apparently got a littttl suspicious and was bulky and respirating. she is been arrested s s maybe those visits will be much easier. >> i can't believe he c cld cram his body into that little small space. >> dreadful is what it was. >> real sheini skills but didn't get away. sam, how was your fourth? >> very nice. good morning, everybody. let's deal with the summertime heat,

breaking news in the search for missing college student lauren spierer. what just happened that is giving her parents some new hope at this hour. we'll be right back. >> even though i wasn't in the room with him it was clear it was lauren. hi dad, it's me. i just want to say, hi, lauren it's mom. we love you, we are going nowhere. we are here for you. we just want you to come home. sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. carol. fiber makes me sad. oh common. and how can you talk to me about fiber while you are eating a candy bar? you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a siness. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ shapiro ] we created legalzoom to he

lauren spiere referen s. it is not yet identified, but it definitely not spierer. >>> with the shuttle program about to come totough times for? john glenn, first american to orbit the earth. we heard tough talk from him on what this era means. that, and more, when we see you tonight. natalie, back to up. >>> a look at what's trending today. a quick roundup of what has you talking online. web traffic surged tuesday as the casey anthony verdict was read. news websites saw a jump of 2 million views per minute to 3.3 million views per minute. meantime, kim kardashian sending her shocked tweet about the acquittal. others shot back at the reality tv star, whose late father was an attorney for o.j. simpson. kim said she's allowed to have her own opinion about casey anthony. >>> president obama hosts his first-ever twitter town hall meeting. he's not limited to 140 character responses. instead, he'll give verbal answers in front of a live audience at the white house. >>> and friends don't let friends buy puppies drunk. facebook users are talking about this. a new york pet store says the adorable puppies in their windo