tonight, where is 11-year-old lindsey baum?> a girl is missing and her father is supposed to head of to iraq in the coming weeks. >> my name is scott baum. i'm lindsey's father. >> mr. baum is in the national guard. he's with a unit in tennessee. >> i'm here today to tell everyone out there watching to please bring my daughter home. >> where is lindsey baum? >> she was taken just a short walk from a friend's house. she never made it. >> i'm not fixing to deploy to iraq. i would like nothing more than to see my daughter before i have to go. >> police haven't found evidence to explain her disappearance. >> nothing found on the computer or cell phone has led to anything definite. it has afforded us the opportunity to talk to more people but nothing specific about her disappearance. >> her dad is getting desperate. >> if you know anything, contact the hotlines or any 911 centers. please, bring my daughter home before i have to leave. i thank you. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. thank you for being with us. the mystery surrounding

are you sure they saw lindsey baum?ow of one. >> yes. >> and, yes, she -- she's actually someone i work with, so she knows lindsey quite well. >> and about what time was that, melissa? what time did the neighbor spot her. >> about 9:15. >> and out to ian cope, i was surprised. it was still daylight, wasn't it? >> yeah, 9:30 in the evening out here is still daylight. in late june. it was still relatively bright outside at the time she went missing. to marc klass, marc, what do you do when police say the leads are drying up? >> well, you know, this is an extremely small community. it is off the beaten track. you go from the point she was last seen and check with every neighbor between that point and the girl's home. i believe the answer to this particular situation probably lies somewhere within there. otherwise, if you the mom, you have to do everything you can to keep this as high profile as you can. you have to continue to work with the authorities to get the answer until you find the answer. >> everyone take a look at

where is lindsey baum? >> i'm lindsey's father.ould like nothing more than to see my daughter before i go. please bring my daughter home. >> vanished out of thin air is what it appears to be. there's nothing. >> it's frustrating because we're not able to rule anything out, because we have no evidence to point us in any specific direction. >> here's what detectives have to work with. 10-year-old lindsey baum was last seen walking home from a friend's house. she never made it the half mile to her house. >> we've activated a lot of search and rescue resources. we have between 50 and 60 searchers from counties throughout western washington. it's becoming highly unlikely that she is still in mccleary. the word is out throughout the country that we're looking for lindsey, and we're trying to keep her picture and her face in everybody's mind. >> the father of this missing girl, set to be deployed to iraq in just days. out to jacob jones with the daily world. what is the latest in the search for now, 11-year-old lindsey baum? >> considerin

are you sure they saw lindsey baum? >> i know of one. >> yes. >> and, yes, she -- she's actually someone i work with, so she knows lindsey quite well. >> and about what time was that, melissa? what time did the neighbor spot her. >> about 9:15. >> and out to ian cope, i was surprised. it was still daylight, wasn't around at this time at the age of 11 but it was still daylight, wasn't it? >> it was still daylight in late june and still relatively bright outside at the time she went missi missing. >> to mark, what do you say when police say the leads are drying up? >> well, you know, this is an extremely small community. it's off the beaten track. i think you go to the boinlt she was last seen, and the you start checking with every neighbor between that point and the girl's home and i believe the answer to this particular situation probably lies somewhere within there. otherwise if you're the mom, what you have to do is you have to do everything you can to keep this as high profile as you kchlt you have to continue to wor

what we saw today from lindsey graham was part one.er stuff, setting the ground for the other questions he is going to raise. i also think he set the ground for asking questions about the death penalty, how she feels about the death penalty. he is going to come back like the good lawyer that he is now that he has laid the ground work and you are going to see the questions get tougher on substance. >> she is going to be confirmed. we know that, barring some major bombshell. >> there were some very interesting legal discussions today. there will be more. on the political calculation, the democrats have 60 votes, which means she has to lose 10 to make it iffy. she will probably get a couple of republican votes, maybe 10 or 12. the first cal cculation, is she losing any democrats? if you ask the white house, they will tell you not one has come to them saying they are worried on how they vote on that one. >> 9:30 tomorrow morning, the questioning continues. all of us will be watching. thanks, guys. >>> let's check in with lou. he is watchin

republicans like lindsey graham. he has suggested that if he gets answers he's looking for that perhaps he and other republicans may vote for her. >> orrin hatch is another and chuck grassley. they might in the end vote for her confirmation. let's bring in some of our analysts and reporters to assess what else to expect. gloria borger, john king, former clinton white house official bill bennett, candy crowley is here as is jeff toobin. gloria, when we look at today specifically, the republicans who are going to be asking questions starting with kyl. later lindsey graham, cornyn, coburn, so far, they haven't scored a lot of points in undermining her credibility. >> they haven't. she's done very well in not answering directly. but what they're trying to do is now is draw the lines in the sand about what's acceptable and not acceptable for them as republicans. this is a president who's probably going to have other supreme court nominations. as dana just said issues like gun control, land rights, abortion. also on this b

that's lindsey graham. i think you have seen a high level of cordiality from republicans who, of course, would like nothing more than to see this nomination crash and burn but are mindful of the fact that cordiality is very important for all the republicans th reasons that you mentioned on the political side of things. >> mike, i think you got it exactly right. the possibility of patronizing with the idea that lindsey graham is suggesting to this very accomplished judge that she needs to reflect on something as a result of this hearing. the blogs are already going crazy over this. >> it could be interpreted as taking a time-out like a child. cool out and clear your head and get your temperament together. again, we don't want to interpret what anybody has to say. i'm sure senator graham will explain his line of questioning. he did say she barring a meltdown would be confirmed and he was very cordial to her but certainly it takes one sentence to perk up ears and you have the ears now perked up. >> tamron, tha

they'll keep searching for evidence that will point to lindsey. has her, they need to let her go. >> just let her go. just give her a chance. let her come home. >> shannon walks her dog along maple street every night, except the night lindsey disappeared. >> i've had really bad feelings all weekend. if i had been walking, maybe it would have deterred if she was abducted. >> if somebody does have her, i wish they would just drop her off somewhere where she can get to a pay phone and call 911 or call home so we can come and get her. >> back out to mike brooks, former fed with the fbi. mike, what do you think? >> you know, nancy, it's a mystery. did she run away? apparently trfs nothing on her myspace, on her computer that indicate she would run away. just the normal mom/daughter kind of things. but 10 years old. it just looks like she's disappeared. and apparently the one place where she was supposed to go by, or had to walk by the shell station that has video surveillance, that's turned up negative, too, as of right now. >> back out to steve freedr

>> i think lindsey is wrong. i think lindsey is so talented he could make a mistake like that and much bigger mistakes, lots of mistakes, and still be elected in south carolina or anywhere. he's so talented. listen, gaffes are made by people all the time, and quality guys like lindsey graham outlive them and survive them. so had he made a statement like that, i think he'd still be a united states senator. >> let's get to a hot issue, affirmative action and the appropriate way the law should read on that right now. you're the expert on this. the whole question of the courts, you're an expert. let's go to this question. the ricci case up in new haven where the appellate court upheld the decision by the district court and said it's okay for the new haven city council to basically throw out a test because the results basically had no african-american passing the promotion exam. if you'd sat on that court, that appellate court, would you have given that narrow cursory decision or would you have acted in a way that mig

senator lindsey graham.e where he goes with this. >> the case is you have been involved with tv are left of center but not anything that jumps out at me, but the speech is really do. i mean, the speech you gave to the aclu about foreign law -- we will talk about that probably in the next round -- was pretty disturbing, and we keep talking about the speeches because -- and i listened to you today. i think i am listening to judge robert. i mean, i am listening to the construction this year, so we have to reconcile in our own minds to put the puzzle up -- i think i am listening to judge roberts. i mean, i am listening to a constructionist here. you have a judge has been on a circuit court. some things trouble me, generally left of center, but with in the mainstream, and then you have these speeches that just blows me away. do not become a speech writer if this law and does not work out, because the speech is really throw a wrinkle in everything, and that is what we are trying to figure out. who are we getting h

>> reporter: first of all, i thought that was vintage lindsey graham.beat of his own drummer. he's an attorney, a lawyer in the military in the reserve. i think he's achieved a rank of colonel at this point, and it seems to me he was coming at her -- i don't want to say attacking her, but at least probing her from so many different directions in that 30 minutes that he had. i thought it was very interesting, and frankly a little bit surprising in the manner in which he approached b

lindsey never showed. >> she wouldn't stay out that late after dark. herself. >> volunteers passed out fliers while other teams searched the neighborhoods. police scoured mccleary, three times over, and crisscrossed the surrounding woods. even tracking dogs failed to pick up her scent. >> they want to think that everything is okay. there is a part of me that thinks the worst. >> to steven frederick with the daily world, tracking dogs could not pick up her scent? and this is after a neighbor that knew her observed her about three blocks from her home? >> yeah, that's about right. at this point, the sheriff's office says that -- they scaled down the number of people that are out there looking for her. from about 45 actual search-and-rescue experts down to about 23. and they're going into targeted areas where they have gone and just "hey this is an area where children like to hang out." by the creek, the mill, that sort of thing. >> to mike brooks, something is not right. because if the child was actually on that street, a tracker dog would have picked up

greta: center lindsey graham joins us in washington. that last one, meeting with the chinese -- senator lindsey graham joins us. they should buy more of our debt, unless we raise the interest rates through the sky -- >> that was a very good point. we sell treasury notes, and they are bought by the chinese and other countries, and they will eventually stop buying our treasury notes. greta: and then we are cooked. >> we are all going to be california. you want to know where america is going to go, you look at california. some people believe that democracies failed because a week, the people, never say no to ourselves -- some people believe that democracies failed because -- fail because we, the people, never say no to ourselves. i never thought i would see our government like this. greta: i am thinking to myself, when he sees these numbers, is he free to? if he has got a solution, i would like to hear it -- is he freaked? >> a health care system with a government that as $1 trillion more in debt. greta: forget health care. we still have $

one is the lindsey graham, orrin hatch view, which is elections have consequences and the president, by and large, gets the benefit of the doubt. the other view is actually shared by two unlikely fellows. senator obama and senator sessions. both of whom say ideology matters. that i am going to vote against someone who ideology i don't share. and i think that's really what the republicans who are the votes in play here are going to have to decide. is it the differential to the president's standard embraced by mccain, john mccain and lindsey graham or is it the lindsey graham, jeff sessions standard which is, we just don't approve of your ideology, you won't get our vote. >> it's an important, important issue as you take a look at what's going on. jeff, are there going to be any more surprises or basically what we've seen so far is what we're going to get. >> i think this is it. when senator specter was asking questions, he raised an issue that i don't think a lot of people know about outside of supreme court nerds which is that the united states supreme court has gone through an extra

lindsey did not want to see her ex-husband in person in wichita. she watched the hearing on the internet with me in the kansas city area where she lived. >> not a nightmare. it's life. it's true. >> reporter: over the years lindsey said she saw her once stable husband become increasingly unglued, fanatical about religion and abortion. she filed for divorce after ten years. they stayed in touch because of their son nicolas, who is now 22. over a decade ago, when roader was stopped about explosives in his car, lindsey said she warned investigators he was dangerous. she was horrified, but not shocked when her ex-husband was arrested for the murder of dr. george tiller. no hi heart goes out to the tiller family. >> two weeks after the murder linds lindsey roader received this letter from her ex-husband in jail. >> my guess is that i'll never hear back from you because that would keep in character with being the grown-up spoiled brat that you are, but my true concern is with our son, nicolas. i'm afraid he is becoming or already become a spoiled brat su

senator, you just heard lindsey graham.e aba, ranking. why did you vote against? >> well, nobody -- nobody is going to disagree with the fact that she's qualified and got a good academic background. in fact, you know, it was a tough vote for me, because this is the first time in 29 years that i voted against a republican or democrat nominee to the supreme court. but i did it this time, and so then to answer your question, because all of these good qualifications are very basic. but we want somebody on the supreme court that's going to interrupt law and not make law. and let me explain that it's my job to make law, because you can vote me out of office if you don't like the law that i make. but judges should be restricted to interpreting the law to the reason that they have a lifetime appointment. in other words, that means that she has to keep her personal biases out of it. and you have to realize, over the course of 15 years as a judge, she's made a lot of statements that have raised a lot of concerns about whether she can

i'm lindsey mastis, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> now, lindsey talked to dc councilman jack evans aboutfrontation with the real world production crew. he says they can ask people to move if they need to film on the street or sidewalk but shouldn't have blocked lindsey's filming. somebody in the crowd reported the confrontation between lindsey than crew. it is on youtube and you can get a link at our website, wusa9.com. click on district news to find it. >> what did we do before youtube. >> i know. and i know we are all over reality tv but i saw the story on-line over the weekend and twittered it and got retweeted by so many followers. it is something people want. >> viral video. >> exactly. >> let's talk about the box office. >> let's do it. i have a list of what is hot and i tell you we had a tie. this doesn't happen often but first and second place, here they are. let's put it up for you. ice age, dawn of the dinosaurs at 42.5 million and transformers revenge of the fallen 42.5 million. rounding up the next three, public enemy third, then the proposal. a lot of guys, even a guy in my

wound up in lindsey graham having to rehabilitate him and saying are you a bigot, sir? and mrs. alito was crying in the background and judge alito, now justice said, of course i'm not. lindsey graham said of course you're not. that was a theme of that man's confirmation hearings. he was a part of the group and barely remembered it. she was on the board of this organization for 12 years, so is this hypocritical? >> not at all. i think there is a difference there. i think there has got to be a higher standard for whites in the majority in an and a lead institution like princeton when you have people acting to somehow say the introduction of women or minorties, blacks, puerto ricans, hispanics, whoever, is somehow not going to be accepted or somehow acting against that, given the history of the country, and i think that is obvious to me. >> two different groups and one deals with whites and the other deals with minorties and it's not hypocritical to focus on one because it deals with white membership and the other because it is minority membership? >> yes. if you're asking me in a

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we're talking about lindsey graham. >> absolutely. i think if you had to look in your crystal ball from what we've heard today, you probably are going to get a couple republican votes out of this, probably lindsey graham, orrin hatch. i think graham summed it up saying unless there's a meltdown, you will get confirmed. so you will hear this nice but tough look at what kind of judgment she's made and what they say about her judicial philosophy. she will have to repeat that phrase about 1,000 times between now and the end of these hearings but i think we know what the end is. we'll see what we're going to do in the middle. >> jessica yellin is inside the senate hart office building, where this judiciary committee hearing has been going on. we have a picture of the back heads of patrick leahy on the right, chuck schumer right there in the sort of -- well, a little off screen right now. but he got very emotional, chuck schumer, jessica yellin. when he was introducing her, his lips were trembling a little, he got choked up. he got very emo

i'm lindsey czarniak, have a great day. >>> what do you know?'s the end of july and it's humid this weekend. >> i know. it feels like it. it's about time. quite warm out there today. mperatures in the 90s, low 90s. it will be a bit humid as well. otherwise mostly sunny. there is a storm headed our way. that storm could bring us active weather heading into tomorrow. but today, lots of sunshine, warm, a bit humid. >> no need for an umbrella today. >> not today. >> good news. "the today show" is next. we'll be back in about 25 minutes for a local update and at 9:00, the latest local news, sports and weather. until then, have a good morning.

center lindsey graham said it would take a complete meltdown to stop perk -- senator lindsey graham said that. -- a complete meltdown to stop her. as a senator joins us. in your introductory remarks, you said the following -- a senator joins us. you said she may allow or embrace decision making based on your biases and prejudices. if you believe that on the supreme court, she would act with bias and prejudice, could you vote for her? >> no, and that is part of the reason to suggest that she will have to address that -- she has already given your testimony, but in answers to questions. stuart: do you think she has a history of acting on bias and prejudice? >> it is not clear. even in the firefighters' case, the supreme court reversed the decision, suggesting that perhaps she believes in racial preferences and applied a standard there that all nine supreme court justices rejected, as a matter of fact, and that is more about her speeches and how she would approach judging better decisions that she has made while on the bench. stuart: obviously, politics has a lot to do with this. a large hi

here's lindsey czarniak. >> hey there, good morning, everybody.ay morning begins with the nationals. when the two worst teams in baseball get together, somebody's got to lose. last night it wasn't the padres. the nationals could not make the most of opportunities. they struggled at the plate. they committed four errors for the third time this season. the nationals fall 6-2. we're down at nationals park. the bottom of the first. they trail 2-0. here's guzman at the plate trying to make something happen. he gets ahold of one. and this ball just kept carrying and carrying, over the wall in center field. a so lo home run. just the fourth homer for guzy this season. this cut the lead to 1. padres lead 3-1, garrett mock, with the bases loaded. he had a heck of a night. singles to right. a 5-1 game. rodriguez went 2 for 4 with three rbi. bottom seven, nats down 6-2. guzman with a chance to change that, with the bases loaded. he goes down swinging to end it. jim rigleman very disappointed with his team. >> you try not to look for the silver lining too muc

lindsey graham left some seeds, planted some seeds.ps affirmative action. he is a potential yes vote. he, like senator hatch, is among those that say even if i disagree with you, the president gets to make the pick. elections have consequences. he indicated he is inclined to vote for her. >> i would say pretty strong signals from him outside the hearing room saying, as you know shall as he said before, i think when a president is elected, they should pick a nominee and should get that nominee if they are qualified. oh, by the way, it doesn't change the balance of the court. >> do you think anybody's mind has been changed here? >> i don't think anybody's mind has been changed. i think they are laying out the reasons for why they are going to vote the way they are going to vote. one interesting thank lindsey graham said, her speeches outside the courtroom are edgy. the reason they are important is she tells us how she really feels when there is no precedence to follow. >> they would like more republican votes but they have enough to get

. >> lindsey mastis has been talking to people down at the mall. has this become a teaching moment? >> reporter: well, many have said there is a lot to be learned by this, and by having the officer and gates at the white house, is it going to resolve the issue? people along the national mall have mixed feelings. >> there are a lot of bigger issues to be worried about than something trivial like this. i would think we should get beyond it. >> i think it will let both sides to get to the understand how to get to the point. >> they don't really want to talk to each other. i think it was good for president obama to try to figure this whole thing out. >> i think it's bringing more attention to a story than it deserves. i don't think the story is as big a deal as people are making it to be. >> reporter: some people say this has been overdebated in the media. but other people i talked to had not even heard about what happened. there's no doubt, bruce, this is still a hot issue. i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now & 9news.com. >> thank you. >>> that first debate of the upcoming virginia gubernato

you can see the apology and lindsey's report at metro mix.com. click on the real world story. >>> we were talking about cnn, money magazine the list of the richest single men and where to find them. now forbes has the richest hollywood men. a list today. and topping the list george lucas, $170 million. >> a down year. >> a down year for him. >> steven spielberg, $150 million and jerry bruckheimer who has dark blue on cable and maybe um up for nominations. seinfeld in the fourth place and dr. phil, the doctor is in and cashing in, he is number five on the list. >> they are all so hot. >> yeah, right. >> they didn't say hot just said richest. >> i do like jerry. >> he he makes good movies and tv. >> let's talk weather. while it is quiet it is muggy. this afternoon we will be talking thunderstorms some of which could be strong to severe. the satellite and radar image. watching storms not only kentucky on the big side but in southwestern virginia seeing new ones pop up in the last 60 minutes or so and some of those will be tracking to us later this m

lindsey graham -- >> i gladly give her my vote. america has changed for the better with her selection. >>> some moderate republicans are already on record saying they do plan to support sotomayor when the full senate votes next week. >>> judge roy peerson has lost another ran in court. he was the pants lawsuit guy. he sued a dry cleaners for $54 million over lost pants. he lost that case and then he sued again over losing his job. a judge threw that out. he says he was vilified by the media and lost his job. >>> tony, another pretty humid day out there. >> yeah, no doubt. feels a little thick. the humidity has been high. the temperature up near 90. the heat index was in the low to. id in the heat and humid we've e nisis not a whole wlot of tithdermrsuns tone i.unwh seelere things are quiet. i ink seit will r most mo st of let's switch it to the weather. i think that we'll bump that up to a 50% or 60% chance for weather. keep that in mind. when we come back we'll detail the seven-day forecast going into the weekend. for now we'll se

lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> 5:36. now here's a look at when's happening today, jewel 10th, 2009. >>> the baltimore autism summit kicks off at 9:30. governor o'mally is expected to be there. high school students come together to tidy up the barclay community beginning at 9:00. >>> counting calories can be a challenging task. new research says the benefits of counting fewer. >>> the zoo gives a warm welcome to two of its warmest little creatures. >>> the commute is a good one out there right now if your ride is on light rail or the metro subway. both are operating on time. out there on the buses, number 22 with construction on the scene. the number 17 working with a diversion at nursery and winterson also construction related. if your ride is on the m.a.r.c. train system, on time service. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. lookmarsallows! ( talking excitedly ) now we put in exactly 6 cups. help me pour. now we can pour it in the bowl. try g it thiw ♪ everybody likes a little taste... pa down. at's so good. happy

that is south carolina's lindsey graham. his republican colleagues do not believe she will be able to set aside personal biases and prejudices to decide cases impartially. sonia sotomayor is expected to easily win confirmation by the full senate. >>> also in the senate, secret talks on health care reform are now public. a bipartisan group admits it's been working behind closed doors trying to come up with a compromise bill. the associated press says the deal would not require large employers to offer insurance and would not be a government insurance option. however, there would be a tax on health benefits. it would stop insurance campaigns from denies new coverage. what will it take to present a consensus bill before the congressional recess? with me now is role call newspaper's erin billings. thank you for being with us. we heard a little bit of the details but this with max bauc auction us coming out and telling us about a bipartisan secret meeting. who is involved? >> there are six negotiators. they are all on the finance

lindsey graham breaking ranks and speaking up. ountry, discover card customers are getting 5% cashback bonus at the pump. now more than ever, it pays to discover. >>> look at that. you might think it's a horrible act of terrorism but it's not. it's actually meant to prevent attackers from bring bombs on planes. our homeland security correspondent is over at a special government lab in atlantic city, new jersey. >> reporter: airplanes, blown to bits all in the name of science and security. but, wait. this story really begins at the transportation's security laboratory in atlantic city. where patrick o'connor builds bombs for the government. >> this is a real explosive that i have here in my hand. >> o'connor has built hundreds of improvised explosive devices disguised as electronics, footwear and a in a stack of dvds. the design is evolved based on intelligence act the bombs that terrorists are building. >> use a thief to catch a thief and that's what we do here. >> some of the bombs are detonated in old planes to test whether a si

. >>> lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina is getting ready to make his opening statement right now. it's going to be significant to hear whether he will confirm or reject this nominee. >> an immigrant that came to this as a teenager and graduated in harvard in 1986 and a stellar background like yours. that's just the way it was. he never had a chance to have these hearings. he was nominated by president bush to the d.c. circuit court of appeals, which some people will agree that that's probably the highest court in the land. and he never had this day. so the hispanic element of this hearing is important but i don't want it to be lost that this is mostly about politics more than anything else and having said that there is some of my colleagues on the other side that voted for judge roberts and alito knowing that they would not have chosen either one of those. and i will remember that. now, unless you have a complete melt down, you're going to get confirmed. and the drama is being created here is interesting and my republican colleagues who vote against you, i assure you, c

any idea what lindsey graham said today? >> yes, after he said that.said if she will inspire young women, particularly latina women, this would be a good thing america has changed for the better with her selection. he also said he does not agree with the other republicans on the committee that she would let her own personal biases and prejudices influence her decision. that seemed to be what this debate or discussion was today as they voted, as you say, along a party line vote with one exception to confirm her or to send her confirmation to the full senate for a vote which will probably come next week. and then the question is how many republican senators will she get? five have already said she'll vote for her. it does seem quite clear she'll be confirmed. >> what are some of the other republicans saying, pete? >> i thought one of the most interesting comments came from charles grassley of kansas who said he voted for david suitor, the justice that she would replace. but he says he's always regretted that vote for suitor. he said during the hearing he

digital correspondent lindsey mastis talked to some of the people who are getting the pay hike and some of the people paying for it. >> half of the pls oyemeeatempl ge. re rae th te . the rate will go from 6.55 to 7:25 an hour. general manager clinton terry says that's fine. >> as everything goes up, the cost of living and such they need to make more money. >> reporter: this is the final wage increase approved by congress, raising the federal minimum wage from 5.85 over two years. at the time there was no recession. >> everybody is starting to feel the crunch and therefore everyone pays for it. >> reporter: terry says he won't be able to allow much overtime but most importantly is keeping menu prices the same. >> probably more absolve it. it will take six months before we figure out how many hit it will take. >> they say they knew the federal minimum wing was going up so they prepared. this bagel shop started to pay employees more a while ago. >> we knew at the end of the year about the minimum wage increase so we started to prepare and hire people at minimum wage already. >> and we are

but i tell you, in the end, lindsey graham is right, katie. it's going to be very hard for senators to vote against this wonderful life story that this woman has-- who was raised by a widowed mother and went on to be the first hispanic woman to be nominated. >> couric: and they want those hispanic voters, too. we can't forget that. bob, let's go back to our latest cbs poll. president obama's overall job approval rating is down six points since june. his approval rating for handling the economy is nine points. i'm curious, what do you think is behind these declining numbers. >> i think it's all about the economy, katie. one of the findings in our poll says nearly 70% of people in america are worried about losing their jobs, at least what somewhat worried. when people are in that kind of mood, the president's popularity is going to go down. they want to see some results. he's launched all these programs now they want to see that the programs are having some impact. >> couric: all right. bob schieffer in washington. bob, thank you. good to talk t

lindsey mastis talks to some of the folks getting a raise. >> reporter: people make minimum . people make minimutera w thrate go from 6.55 to 7.25 an hour. general manager clinton terry says that's fine. >> as everything goes up, the cost of living and such, they need to make more money. >> reporter: this is the final wage increase approved by congress. raising the federal minimum wage from 5.85 over two years. at the time there was no recession. >> everybody is starting to feel the crunch and therefore everyone kind of pays for it. >> reporter: he says he won't be able to allow much overtime but most importantly he is keeping menu prices the same. >> probably just more absolve it. it will take a good six months before you can figure it how much of a hit it takes. >> reporter: many business owners say they knew the federal minimum wage was going up so they prepare. george says they started paying employees more awhile ago. >> we knew at the beginning of the year about the minimum wage increase so basically what we did is started hiring people at minimum wage already. >> report

in fact, lindsey graham said that her judicial record is generally in the mainstream. said some things that just "bugged the hell out of me," those are his words, but he admitted he does not think she's an activist judge. senator cornyn from texas also agreeing that her judicial record was pretty much in the mainstream, but he said he couldn't reconcile these two sotomayors, the judicial record, and of course, the things that she has said in her speeches. and andrea, senator chuck grassley, the republican iowa. i spoke with him. i asked him, are you going to vote for her? could you vote for her? and he told me something pretty interesting. he said he has never voted against a supreme court nominee. in fact, he said he's voted yes, while he's been in the senate for eight of the current justices that are sitting on the supreme court, which i thought was sort of fascinating. so he said to vote against her would be a change for him, but he acknowledged that a lot of the responses he's getting from his constituents are running against sotomayor. so i think we could see some

melissa, you first. >> i want lindsey to know that i love her more than anything in the world and thatgiving up on her. i will never stop looking for her. i will look for her until i have her in my arms again. >> scott? >> that i love her very much, and if she's watching, when you get a chance, please call your mom or call 911 so we can come get you. >> call 911 first. >> melissa, what does your gut tell you about where lindsey is and if she is okay? >> my heart tells me she's alive. i really don't doubt that. where, i would give anything if i had a clue as to where she was. >> well, my heart goes out to both of you. melissa and scott baum, chief crumb, we hope for the best. thank you all. >> thank you. >> for more on how you can help in the efforts to find lindsey, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. and now let's head back to new york and harry. >> thanks, julie. >>> up next, our exclusive conversation with sheryl crow on family, music, and her memories of michael jackson. we'll be right back. ♪ look at me ♪ see me go ♪ stronger ♪ let it show new sunnyd smoothies. as much calci

a statement by lindsey graham he'll probably vote for her. for republicans, it doesn't make sense to vote again. there's nothing she said that's going to leap out as being something unjudicial and if the republicans hope to dpan the white house again, they don't want to enable the democrats to oppose one of the republican candidates that would fit the mainstream or be another scalia here. i think they also see that some of the problems that confronted judge sotomayor were created by barack obama himself by voting against john roberts and samuel ali alito. and i think that every president is entitled to and the republicans don't want to imitate i would suggest, the president of the united states and create a problem for themselves when they regain the white house and send up a nominee who the democrats mayo pose. >> as far as the news, the nra, when it comes to second amendment testimony, the most striking testimony i saw was when judge sotomayor got into a case over none chucks and whether those can be moderated or there can be some control o

lindsey mastis asks travelers here to share their luggage stories ♪ [ music ] >> the song travelers can. & you broke it you should fix it ♪ [ music ] >> he has gotten a million hit hits on youtube in less than four days and it is easy to guess why it is so popular. >> it is frustrating. we have had lost luggage and damaged luggage. >> reporter: when people drop off their luggage it looks fine but by the time it comes out on the conveyer belt it looks like it has been put through a shredder. >> the case was ripped. >> reporter: others have had things stolen. >> somewhere there's an airline employee with some very nice waterford champagne flutes, that are now 20 years old. >> reporter: and many travelers have had to come up with creative ways to wear the same clothes and the same underwear for days at a time. >> you know, wash them in the sink, use regular soap, hung them on the shower line. it wasn't ideal but got the job done ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: and airlines aren't always helpful. >> reporter: that's why dave carroll ended up writing the song. >> i put it all behind me and i really

in the web center, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> he has to go through the new media team. >>> by the way, there are more than 700,000 people following the white house on twitter. >>> best buy is buying in northern virginia. today the electronic chain signed a lease for a building along highland vista drive in ash burn. best buy says it plans to use that space for administrative offices. the company has about 20 stores all around the region. >>> the federal minimum wage went up today. but those who live off tips are still only paid $2.13 an hour before as a base wage. and as digital correspondent jimmy tells us, there's a move to bring that wage up as well. >> i rely on my tips. on day when it's not very busy, we go home with very little money. >> reporter: the federal minimum wage is increased but federal tipped employees haven't seen much change. >> we make a living off our tips because most of our wages go to taxes on the our paychecks are usually he zero dollars. >> reporter: the wage for tipped employees have been frozen at $2.13 an hour since 1991. >> our custom

lindsey mastis with more on her new digs. >> she is going to rent a condo here?porter: the debate has begun. kate may soon call this home and it seems everyone has an opinion about it. >> i think it will be really, really cool. >> i think it will be scary. >> reporter: a few weeks ago kate was eating right here if she is indeed moving into a condo in the town square it would be the paladdian. the insides have hardwood floors and there is a large soaking tub and a gorgeous view. but what will the neighbors think? >> finally something that rockville residents have to look forward and i think it is even better if a celebrity is moving in. >> we can always use some added ambiance here in rockville. >> it is exciting. i can't wait to be here. >> reporter: but some not so much. >> i don't get what the hoopla is. i don't get why people are interested in her. >> stop trying to do your hair like rod stewart. >> ouch. >> i don't want her here. >> she will bring the cameras and paparazzi here. i don't want it disturbing our peace. >> reporter: i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now