last i heard lindsay lohan isn't missing. if mitrice had been a star do you think that cops would have given her a ride home or put her in a cab or called a limo or called her family or done something to make sure this young woman got home safely? was the failure to do anything of that just a case of mean in malibu? a place where status is everything. did cops figure a woman who couldn't pay her dinner tab would simply not worth the trouble? i want to hear from you at home. first, straight out to my outstanding expert panel, former prosecutor robin balm. there she is lou poleome bow. elite intelligence and protective agency. forensic psychologist brian russel. and there is curtis sliwa and attorney for the richardson family at wabc talk show host. leo, you're the attorney for this frantic family. now, we're hearing a report from nbc in los angeles that the dad is saying he's being held -- she's being held against her will by a shady friend who's feeding her pot and he's now conducting his own investigation. this is a report j

laugh at lindsay lohan's partying ways. now she's regularly bringing her 15-year-old sister ali along with her to los angeles nightclubs. in fact, one witness claimed, quote, both of them were smoking like chimneys and dancing around. >>> well, not all celebrities are awful. at the premiere of his new film in toronto, ricky gervais praised jennifer garner as so inherently good she'll only say things like darn and dang when she's angry. garner's favorite swear word, according to him is rats. that's the worst, rats. >> i can do a lot worse than that, i think. good for her for some restraint. >> you and me both. >>> well, this comes from topeka, kansas, where in nearby fort riley, volunteers are turning apples into scholarships. for more than 25 years, people have pitched in for the annual apple day festival. hundreds work all week just to bake nearly 2,000 pies. that sounds good. 10,000 apples and 800 pounds of sugar go into these pies. what comes out, that's even sweeter. it's college scholarships. i guess you could actually

. >>> lindsay lohan may actually have a job, just not an acting job. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, hot off the presses and into local hands just one more time. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this wednesday morning. here's an impressive shot from space, hurricane jimena making landfall in the baja of california. strong category 2. thankfully this is a rural area and there won't be too much in the way of devastation and destruction. here's your forecast for wednesday. showers and storms, orlando, jacksonville, tampa to miami. but the rest of the eastern half of the nation is looking really nice from chicago to boston. enjoy a sunny, beautiful day. well, if you're watching wvit nbc 30 in gorgeous hartford, connecticut, examine the moon's ancient craters, venture into black holes, and catch glimpses of blazing supernovas at the exploring space exhibit. that's your eastern event of the day, christina. >> all right. thanks, bill. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in enter t

why would you hire lindsay lohan, who seems to get in trouble every other day? ifrlgts i think she has an eye for fashion. i think the business model of fashion today needs to address reaching out to the consumer directly. she's inspired me, because i've been seeing the fashion editors of major fashion magazines. >> what's she going to do for her? >> does she rep her generation fashionwise? >> and beyond. we're living in an ageless world today, and through her and her contribution to our fashion product -- >> how would you describe her fashion style? >> i think she's very modern. she dresses more for attitude rather than occasional dressing. today it's all about tight, and she's a walking, living advertising for the brand. >> that's true. >> she's always getting her picture taken. >> access hollywood every nigh, et cetera, et cetera. we've seen some big names go bust, have to file for bankruptcy. we're on the eve of fashion week here in new york. they are clearly desperate, this big party across new york city last night trying to get people to spend money. are y

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england sun reports producers of their version of big brother are actually talking to lindsay lohan about signing up for that show's final season. oh, my goodness. so much interesting stuff coming from reality tv. >> when you've already hit your peak at parent trap when you're young, reality tv makes sense. >> i guess so. we'll see, right? >>> well, this comes to us from ktiv for sue city, iowa where right down the road in south dakota's custer state park, it was a scene out of the wild west. cowboys work to corral buffalo in the annual buffalo roundup. it looked just as it did a century ago if you ignore all the trucks and thousands of tourists. these days the buffalo were driven into pens where they could be counted and vaccinated for the new year. >>> i'm christina brown, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> top of this wednesday morning. last day of september. as we enter october, we are. to be cooler than normal. this will be a transition day. an intense upper level over canada which is influencing our weather. it will give us a sli

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but my comment is, i believe it's unfair to throw in brit me spears, lindsay lohan, anybody that's famous because you know, they have bodyguards, limos, they always have somebody there looking out for them. as an adult, you get arrested, the police do not -- they don't play taxi cab. i mean she should have made a phone call. >> hold on. debbie, i got debbie in california. >> look, there is -- >> okay, we have to go to the tease. i'm going to take leo terrell and the father in a moment. more on this mystery in malibu. >>> coming up, you've been asking so we're going to deliver a special report on the casey anthony and first tlc says bye-bye, jon. no more jon. it's just can the kate plus 8. >>> i ran upstairs and woke my husband up and we came and looked out the window and my husband said, are you okay? and she said i didn't know anyone was here, i'm just resting. we ran on to another window to see if anyone was with her and by then she's gone. >> that's an anonymous witness who believes she saw somebody who matches a description of mitrice richardson after mitrice left the sheriff's substa

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it's lindsay lohan.in addition to being addicted to a lot of things in the past is still severely addicted to drama. she creates it and is just engulfed in it. i just don't like that in my own life. i like talking about it when it's other people. >> did you get a lot of flak when you asked miss california that question? we talked about this before. there's a lot of legs to this story. let's start at the beginning. what made you decide to ask that very difficult question to answer. it's a controversial issue. >> i thought it was an easy question. >> why? >> because she could have -- >> what was the question again? >> it was about gay marriage and states had been passing it little by little. what her thoughts were on it. >> so it was an open-ended question? >> yeah, it was. she could have said, well, my personal opinions don't matter. miss usa should represent all americans. she could have given a bunch of different answers. >> but instead? >> she gave an answer that revealed her naivety, let's say, callin

contessa, i can tell you right now, if this person's name is lindsay lohan or britney spears, they haveve let her walk out at 12:30 without any form of transportation or means of communicating with the outside world. that area is high terrain, she got lost and the they ever cease department could have let her stay there. the mother called con ses that and told the sheriff's department prior to the departure she would pick her up. they said, okay. they could have said, hey, we are going to release your daughter and didn't do that, either, contessa. >> yeah. the other part of this that i have questions about is that they had detanned her apparently because she was they said drunk. but also, when they went and searched the car they found a small amount of marijuana they said. it seems to me like if you have the right to detain someone, to take them to your station, you'd also have the right the hold them. i heard of people kept in a cell until they sober up. >> you should be a lawyer. i've been saying the same thing. the basis for the detaining her or arresting her was the same exact reaso

lindsay lohan got paid $2 million to do a proactive commercial. >> for 2 million bucks, i will have leprosyanything on my face. >> that sparky commentary is the basis for his weekly show on e television called "the soup." >> of course anytime randy jackson calls someone a dog, ellen is going to adopt them. i am not giving that up, and i know that you were worried. so, lester, it's going to be okay. i will continue to be a glorified weather man. >> what are you doing? >> pierce! let's discuss this creepiness. >> in "community," mchale and chevy chase are part of an odd assortment of off-beat characters who have ended up in the same study group at the fictional greendale community college. >> you have been sexually harassing me sirs since the very first day of class. >> makes no sense to me. why would harass somebody who turns me off? >> tell me about this show, huge buzz, which is probably a double-edged sword in this business, isn't it? >> yes, it is. it's not going to be as funny as willard and al, but it'll be close. there's a guy trying out for the track team. he's kind of trucking. >> i

we had the high speed chase with, who was it, lindsay lohan, high speed chase down pch where they were pulling wheelies and it ended up they drove right into the santa monica police station. >> yeah. >> and you know, she wasn't let go in some godforsaken forest at 1:30 in the morning. >> jane, what the -- >> i think that what concerns me is actually what took place, because when you hear her family talk, they say this is so out of character for her, she would never do anything like that. and she looked disheveled and she was obviously impaired. so then the question is, what exactly was going on. >> all right. let me get to that right now. the restaurant manager said mitrice richardson was acting off the wall, possibly intoxicated. they claim that she said she was from mars and was speaking gibberish. her cousin said she took one look at her cousin's mug shot, maybe we can show it to you in a little bit -- there it is -- that's not the mug shots. i think the mug shot's on the left. but she knew, there it is. take a look at her eyes right there. she knew something was very wrong. listen

we had the high speed chase with, who was it, lindsay lohan, high speed chase down pch where they were pulling wheelies and it ended up they drove right into the santa monica police station. >> yeah. >> and you know, she wasn't let go in some godforsaken forest at 1:30 in the morning. >> jane, what the -- >> i think that what concerns me is actually what took place, because when you hear her family talk, they say this is so out of character for her, she would never do anything like that. and she looked disheveled and she was obviously impaired. so then the question is, what exactly was going on. >> all right. let me get to that right now. the restaurant manager said mitrice richardson was acting off the wall, possibly intoxicated. they claim that she said she was from mars and was speaking gibberish. her cousin said she took one look at her cousin's mug shot, maybe we can show it to you in a little bit -- there it is -- that's not the mug shots. i think the mug shot's on the left. but she knew, there it is. take a look at her eyes right there. she knew something was very wrong. listen

we had the high speed chase with, who was it, lindsay lohan, high speed chase down pch where they were pulling wheelies and it ended up they drove right into the santa monica police station. >> yeah. >> and you know, she wasn't let go in some godforsaken forest at 1:30 in the morning. >> jane, what the -- >> i think that what concerns me is actually what took place, because when you hear her family talk, they say this is so out of character for her, she would never do anything like that. and she looked disheveled and she was obviously impaired. so then the question is, what exactly was going on. >> all right. let me get to that right now. the restaurant manager said mitrice richardson was acting off the wall, possibly intoxicated. they claim that she said she was from mars and was speaking gibberish. her cousin said she took one look at her cousin's mug shot, maybe we can show it to you in a little bit -- there it is -- that's not the mug shots. i think the mug shot's on the left. but she knew, there it is. take a look at her eyes right there. she knew something was very wrong. listen

where was lindsay lohan? just kidding. >> all right, jen. what have you you got here? this whole thing is counterintuitive, right? something about the economy not doing so hot? >> yeah. that you would get healthy during a recession? i think that would be the opposite of what you would think. i think we think about financial stress, that it would be bad for your health. but researchers at the university of michigan say they studied the great depression, and life expectancy rose during that time by more than six years. i was real surprised to hear that this morning here you can see the difference. what the researchers said is that when people were working less, back then work was a lot more physical, so there was a lot less physical demand on their bodies. plus, they slept more since they weren't working as much. it also said they had less money to spend on alcohol and tobacco that can get you in trouble health-wise and it said they spent more time with family and friends, which apparently as rafer joked with me before -- >> for me, that would be more stress. >> but for

. >> reporter: in the works now, a reality show with lindsay lohan's father, michael, and kevin federlineled "boys club." >> what impression will people get from that? >> it doesn't matter. i can't get a job at home depot. it doesn't work that way. if tv's it, that's the way it is. >> reporter: jon may not actually be able to participate in that show because of contractual obligations. there's new reports overnight that he has asked an arbitrator to suspend the divorce. but he told chris in the interview, he will never get back together with kate. it's simply a move to improve their relationship for the sake of the children. >> the timing is suspect with that. >> it is. kate also just announced she has a new show coming out next year. >> oh, the plot thickens. andrea, thanks so much. good times. >>> coming up next, the driver who walked away from this. he tells us what happened in his own words. he tells us what happened in his own words. how he's doi but what we can do is arm ourselves... for the ones we love with a flu shot from walgreens. ♪ ( coughs ) ♪ ( sneezes ) we're making it easy

legendary fashion house ungaro has put panties in a bundle throughout the fashion world by hiring lindsay lohano have fashion experience beyond shopping? >> no. >> does she have fashion cred? when the house's previous designer was asked to have l.l. as his collaborator, he quit. >> multiple people not qualified doing really fun jobs. >> exactly. >> maybe myself included. so, who am i to judge? thank you very much. >>> we're going to take a break. still ahead, the morning meeting, the full panel. we haven't heard as much as we have from esra. savannah guthrie, lobbyists, pollsteres, you name t we're back after this. (mom) he needed everything for college: towels, sheets and then there was the stuff he wanted... like a new microwave. and because of walmart's unbeatable prices, we were able to get it all. ...and then some. set them up for success-- for less. save money. live better. walmart. i just want fewer pills and relief that lasts all day. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 hours?!? taking 8 pills a day... and if i take it for 10 days -- that's 80 pills. just 2 aleve can last all day

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