>> i would like to address michaela. i'm hoping that she's out there alive and she's able to see me and able to hear my voice. i just want to tell her that there's nothing that could have happened over the last 20 years that could have changed my feelings for her. there's nothing that could have happened over the last 20 years that we cannot heal. and i am just begging her to break free and come home. if she's not willing to do it for herself, do it for me, please. because going through this and wondering where my daughter is and what she might be experiencing or what she might have experienced is really hard. and i just really long to have the experience that jaycee's mother has had of being reunited and being able to hold her in my arms again. i just want her to come home. >> sharon, we'll all pray for you. thank you. and katrina, thank you. we'll wrap it up after this. (announcer) take your time to find the right time with cialis for daily use... a clinically proven, low-dose tablet for erectile dysfunction you take e

sharon murch, the mother of michaela.praying for a miracle for you, sharon, and michaela. >>> more on the search of phillip garrido's home. ppp >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. i think a lot of people congressman joe wilson was way out of line, shouting at president obama "you lie" when he was giving his address to the nation. talking about people who oppose the president. here he is, talking to "nbc nightly news". >> an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward president barack obama is based on the fact that he is a black man. that he's african-american. >> everwheming portion. does it mean that those who passionately oppose the president, that a majority of those folks are racist? we're taking your calls. 1-877-tell-hln is the number. we welcome back roland martin, political analyst for our sister network, cnn. and republican strategist, tara. are you seeing that, a racist root to those who oppose president obama? >> no, what i'm seeing is the left using racism as a red herring to t

>> my wish is to find michaela alive., and i won't lose that hope until somebody can prove to me that she's not. my wish is that michaela would see me here on tv and that she would realize how much i miss her. i used to tell her when she was a child, be careful and take care of yourself because if anything happened to you, it would break my heart. i would just like her to see me and remember that and break free from wherever she's been and come home. >> one can only imagine what you have gone through. katie, you were raped, kidnapped by phillip garrido. have you been following all these developments? >> yes, i have, larry. with every piece of new evidence they find it sends me reeling with the thought of the atrocities this man may have committed. i just want to scream, i told you, i told you he was dangerous to the authorities, to the parole board. you know? it's terrifying. >> larry: do you believe in your heart he may have commit these other crimes? >> i believe he's capable of it, yes, absolutely. the man who had me t

that michaela is there. certainly, we hope you'll get an answer soon. >> thank you. >> you heard the website there. missingmichaela.com. if you have information, go to it. >>> let's go to sam and the weather. >> let's look at wsb's tower cam in atlanta. atlanta picked up a half inch of rain earlier this morning. heavier rain east of atlanta. they are about to get into several days of potentially heavy rain. they're part of this large area of rain. and "gma" storm site radar is the best to look at it. the showers run all the way up into nashville. huntsville, birmingham, you're involved in this. memphis, involved, as well. into arkansas, just north of little rock, which has had so much rain. all that rain seems to be collecting there. that will go for potentially two to three more days as the low doesn't move much at all. and the warmup in the southwest here. all of those temperatures continue to climb in southern california, particularly along the coastline. we'll drop cooler air in the northeast. this start

with the way michaela was abducted and the way jaycee was abducted? >> there are a lot of similarities between the cases. the girls looked very similar. they were both dragged into cars. the description of the cars is the same. there have been other occasions over the last 18 years where the cases have intersected and the investigations because of the similarities. >> have you talked to authorities since jaycee was found? >> oh, yes. michaela's case has remained very active. the detective continues to work it. we have maintained close contact all along. so at 6:30 in the morning, the day that i found out jaycee had been found, i called him on his cell phone. >> and again, your reaction -- so your reaction has been you haven't relived that moment but you've been energized, that's where you are right now? >> yes, because i have, over the last few years, come to believe that it's still possible that michaela is alive and that she can come home. this just proves that it's possible, even if the cases aren't related. but i do think that there's a possibilit

i put michaela kind of in her shoes and imagined that it was michaela.rought back all these feelings of just excitement. little bit of guilt. sadness. >> almost 21 years later. but the memory of you as a 9-year-old girl in that parking lot with your friend is fresh. you remember what happened. >> yes. >> you came out of the store. you were looking for your scooters. just like any 9-year-olds out there, having fun. what happened when you turned to find your scooters? >> michaela discovered first that one of them was missing. and we kind of split up to look for them. and she let me know she had found it. as i bent down to pick up the other scooter, i heard screaming. and i looked up. i saw her being picked up by a man and shoved into the car that he was driving. and it all happened very quickly. but in my mind, it took ten minutes. it was just so slow-motion. but he pulled out of his parking spot. pulled out of the parking lot. by the time he got to the street, i became unfrozen. and decided to run in and tell somebody. that's when the clerk called 911. >>

and perhaps the older one that they saw might have been michaela. but there are other girls that were back there and we don't know who they were. >> well, we certainly hope for the best. and we thank you so much, sharon murch for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> still to come here on "the early show," a vicious beating on a school bus caught on tape. we'll find out what really happened and why. you're watching the "early show" on cbs. >>> this portion of the "early show" sponsored by "walmart." paying $8 a day for lunch can add up fast. so i'm packing my own lunch now-- for less than $3. thanks to walmart. just two times a week saves my family over $500 a year. save money. live better. walmart. just two times a week saves my family over $500 a year. ♪ ♪ i got troubles, oh ♪ but not today ♪ 'cause they're gonna wash away ♪ ♪ this old heart ♪ gonna take them away [ quacks ] is as easy as one, two, three. with covergirl trublend, if your liquid makeup is a two, then your concealer, powder and blush are too. we've got your n

. >> sharon, you believe it is possible that he kidnapped but did not kill michaela? as he is, so far, he hasn't been tried to any deaths. i know that there are a lot of indian remains that are found out in that area so we'll just have to wait and see what the evidence is and in the meantime i'm still hoping that michaela will break out of where she is or that somebody will come forward with information to tell us where she is. >> geraldo: sharon, i wish whatever you hope in this case. i want to go to katrina now, the girlfriend who witnessed the crime. she is joining us via skype. when you look at garrido's picture, do you think you recognize that guy? >> he had an uncanncanny resem resemblance to the man i remember. >> do you think he is the man ha snatched michaela? >> i think he looks remarkably like michaela's kidnapper, more so than any one else i have seen. >> that must creep you out. >> absolutely. i never had this feeling before. there were all these feelings. >> katrina, rodriguez, thank you. sharp ron, thansharon, i want s well. now, to the yale killing of

. >> sharon, you believe it is possible that he kidnapped but did not kill michaela? >> i think it is possible. as horrible as he is, so far, he hasn't been tried to any deaths. i know that there are a lot of indian remains that are found out in that area so we'll just have to wait and see what the evidence is and in the meantime i'm still hoping that michaela will break out of where she is or that somebody will come forward with information to tell us where she is. >> geraldo: sharon, i wish whatever you hope in this case. i want to go to katrina now, the girlfriend who witnessed the crime. she is joining us via skype. when you look at garrido's picture, do you think you recognize that guy? >> he had an uncanncanny resem resemblance to the man i remember. >> do you think he is the man ha snatched michaela? >> i think he looks remarkably like michaela's kidnapper, more so than any one else i have seen. >> that must creep you out. >> absolutely. i never had this feeling before. there were all these feelings. >> katrina, rodriguez, thank you. sharp ron, thansharon, i wa

michaela's case even before this came up. and he has been investigating possible connections between michaela's case and jaycee's case. >> reporter: phillip garrido and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges of abducting, raping and imprisoning jay s ining jay garrido's first wife calls him a violent man. appearing on "inside edition" she says he beat her at times and when she tried to get away -- >> he pulled up in front of me, he grabbed me, threw me. me in the car. >> reporter: in 1977, four years into the marriage, garrido was convicted of raping another woman, katherine callaway hall, who was on "larry king live" monday night. >> it's just there under the surface. >> reporter: she says he took her to a storage unit in reno, draped with carpets inside. >> it was like a maze. and in the back part of the mini warehouse where he had me, he had it set up to keep someone for a while. >> reporter: sort of like the warren of sheds behind garrido's house where jaycee dugard lived with the two children she allegedly had by hi

the michaela kidnapping, someone was able to provide that description.ot of people. i think we're going to have answers soon. >> what information can investigators get from the bones and how long does it take to know if they're human or animal? >> these bone also be studied by anthropologists and pathologists and they may be able to ascertain sex, race, get a very good tight range regarding age, and knowing when the girls disappeared, correlate that with that time. most importantly, if these are human, then they'll be able to get dna from the missing girl's mother. they will not have any dna of the girl herself. no reason why there would have been anything kept around that would have her dna. but it will be tight enough to establish a strong relationship. >> how long does it take to know whether it's animal or human bone? >> i would say if the physical forensic anthropologist is there, they themselves working with the appropriate experts will have an idea probably in a day or two, whether they're human and several more days to zero in on race, sex, and a

that's the only one i know of that would indicate michaela coming home alive after all this time. >>incident happened with you in reno, right? you were taken to reno, right? >> yes, i was taken to reno. >> larry: you would want to go visit the garrido house? >> not particularly, thank you anyway. i did go, however -- >> larry: i mean to look at where you might have wound up. >> no, thanks. i went this last week and looked at the warehouse with some people. and that was scary enough where he had me. >> larry: where you were raped? >> yes. that brought back a lot of bad memories. >> larry: it's still there? >> yes, it is. it's still there. >> larry: do you consider yourself lucky? >> absolutely. i feel extremely lucky. you know, i must have had an angel watching over me that night. because i have no doubt he would have killed me. i mean there's no way he could have let me go. and trust med to not tell on him. he would have had to kill me. so i feel very lucky, yes. >> larry: boy, you are. so, sharon, you are hoping beyond hope that those bones are not your daughter's naturally, right?

when i found that she was found alive, i first thought, please, let michaela be with her.partment is putting a lot of resources into investigating this. if it were not a good lead, they would not be doing that. my hopes are really t tandon a report that a neighbor made a few years ago who said that there were girls living in the backyard. she said there were five girls living in the backyard and other girls and other men who came and went. i believe that one of those girls could be my daughter. i'm hoping that we will be able to find her. shepard: looking at the picture of your daughter, these two girls are strikingly alike. >> yes. and i believe phillip garrido has written songs about blonde haired, blue-eyed girls. shepard: tell us about communications between you and your family and the police. >> we have been working closely with the police for a long time. this is an old case, but it was not a cold case, even before jaycee lee dugard was found, our police department actively investigated this. i remained in close contact with them. we have had conversations several ti

that leads me to hope one of them is michaela and she is still alive and we will find her. >> michaela's method of kidnapping was similar to jaycee's. both girls were grabbed in broad daylight by someone inside a car. >>> a community-based anti-poverty group is making some reforms after losing millions of dollars in government funding because of a hidden camera scandal. the group is called acorn. they have been given more than $50 million in federal housing funds over the past ten years to help low-income people get homes and better their communities, but they've been the target of conservatives who claim the group engages in shady practices. now acorn has fired several workers in four cities because of a series of videos that have shown up on youtube. in the latest, a conservative independent film maker and friend pose as a pimp and a prostitute and are told by an acorn worker how to evade the irs. in addition to the firing, acorn will begin an internal investigation, something the white house says is necessary. >> the conduct you see on those tapes is completely unacceptable. i think e

at this afternoon's briefing for the media at 4:30 p.m., sharon merch, the mother of michaela garrettbe on hand to answer questions. >> on january 30th of 1989, 13-year-old ileen micheloff never returned home from school. for 13 years we have been attempting to find out what happened to eileen micheloff. the dublin police services has pursued hundreds of leads into this investigation in an attempt to locate eileen and find out what happened to her. recently, the investigation and arrest of phillip and nancy garrido for the 1991 kidnapping of jaycee dugard came to light and our investigators immediately started looking into the possibility that the garr o garridos had some connection to the eileen micheloff disappearance. as a result of our investigation, we found enough similarities to obtain a search warrant for the walnut avenue property of the garrido's as well as a neighboring property. we based that on a vehicle that was seen by a witness at the time of eileen's disappearance, a witness reported seeing her get into it. that vehicle description is similar to a vehicle which has be

michaela garrett abducted in 1988. katrina rodriguez was the only witness. told abc she was shocked when she saw garrido's face and car on television. >> i have not seen a photo that looks more like michaela's kidnapper than his. put a pit right in my stomach. i called michaela's mother right away and told her, you know, this could be the car. >> here is the very sketch katrina helped police draw in 1988. there's garrido's mug shot from the time with the long hair. pat brown, the resemblance is bone chilling. >> and not surprising. because i don't think this just started -- we know it didn't start with jaycee. there's always a long, long, long history of this. it's pretty sad, but i don't think they'll find a good ending with it. >> well, they've got at least one bone that they say is probably human, drew findling. now they're digging up for other bones, finding other bones, having them tested to see if they're human or animal. then we heard cadaver dogs hit on a location and those cadaver dogs hit when they spot human decomposition. >> listen, i may be a cr

the second case, michaela who was 9 when she was abducted.lice say jaycee dugard was held captive about two decades, she and michaela look like each other and about the same age. the second is this. police say a composite sketch of the suspect in the garrett case bears a striking resemblance to phillip garrido. police say they seem to look like each other. listen to the mother of michaela garrett who is hoping the search will yield answers. >> i am hoping that this will lead to a resolution and i'm hoping that it will lead to a positive resolution. i know that if jaycee dugard can be found alive and come home after 18 years, then my daughter can be found alive and come home after 18 years. >> reporter: police say the search will continue through at least the rest of the week. one of the things they are using while doing the search is some ground penetrating radar equipment to look for anything that might be buried beneath the ground including bodies. back to you. >> dan simon for us. thanks very much. from one dan to another. dan brown's late

investigators are looking into clues in investigations of michaela garecht and ilene misheloff in the 1980's because there are similarities with the jaycee lee dugard kidnapping. the mother of one missing girl says the debris on the property may be helpful. >> investigators have told me phillip garrido was someone who hoarded things. something might still be there from my daughter. >> dwi's search dogs zeroed in on the same area of the property. police hope to discover evidence of other possible victims. thousands took to the streets in iran today. the opposition held protests there competing with government sponsored rallies. opposition protesters clashed with security forces, throwing bricks and stones. the government rallies were to mark the day iranian sympathy with palestine. president obama is using the jewish holid rosh hashana to renew his calls for mideast peace. on the white house website mr. obama acknowledged the start of the jewish new year and called for peace between israel and arab neighbors. the holiday begins at sundown. his decision to shift strategy on missile defe

in some photos, jaycee dugard and michaela garecht bear an uncanny resemblance, and the sketch of michaela's6 photograph of phillip garrido. police can see they have yet to turn up any evidenc so far linking the garridos to these old cases. >> this is where we're at a really tough part of the operation here, because we didn't find anything of significance that's helped us solve the case thus far. >> reporter: in the jaycee dugard kidnapping, the garridos have pled not guilty to all the charges. so, in questioning jaycee, have police asked her if she ever saw the other girls? >> i can tell you that the people that interviewed her had our cases in mind and that she didn't provide any specific information that assisted us with our cases. >> reporter: michaela's mother showed up at the garrido house to thank investigators but said the lack of any concrete evidence about her daughter's fate is frustrating. >> it's been very stressful. you know, today, knowing what's going on here, it -- i've had a very hard day. i haven't been feeling very well. >> reporter: ts as the digging continues. police sa

michaela garecht abducted in 1988, katrina rodriguez was the only witness.n. >> i have not seen a photo that looks more like michaela's kidnapper than his. put a pit right in my stomach. i called michaela's mother right away and i told her, you know, this could be the car. >> here is the very sketch katrina helped police draw in 1988 and there's garrido's mugshot from the time with the long hair. pat brown, the resemblance is bone-chilling. >> not surprising because i don't think this just started. we know it doesn't start with jaycee. there's always a long, long history of this and it's pretty sad but i don't think they are going to find a good ending with it. >> yeah. well, they've got at least one bone that they say is probably human, drew findling, and now digging up for other bones, finding other bones and having them tested to see if they are human or animal. but then we heard cadaver dogs hit on a location and those cadaver dogs hit when they spot human decompensation. >> listen, i may be a criminal defense attorney but i have spent more than half my

michaela garecht's mom, talked about being relieved.she's waiting here, yes, she wants answers, 0 years after a little girl goes missing. what is she going through? >> imagine the emotional work of a mother who hast lost a child. anyone who has lost someone close -- she was snapped back into bartering maybe if we search this house, maybe then she'll leave. she's going to be doing that work of mourning all over again. and every time there is a glimmer of hope, people with missing children have to work through those same feelings of loss again. it's a very, very difficult road to walk. >> yeah. but, i mean, i spoke to her and she, you know, she's not backing away from the hope and the faith that michaela -- who can blame her. she is clinging to hope. >> listen, one of the things the example of elizabeth smart taught us all is to keep our eyes open and to continue to hope, you know, it's only when the hope and feelings of loss and depression make you dysfunctional in your life and unable to care for and be connected with the other people y

the mother of michaela garecht, one of the mothers kidnapped was here yesterday to thank police for theirit's very frustrating not having any new information about the fate of her daughter. >> it's been very stressful. today, knowing what is going on here, i had a very hard day. have not been feeling very well. >> reporter: contessa, you can imagine what is going through her mind. if jaycee dugard was found alive, maybe her daughter was found alive. but there is a disappointment that the police have not found any evidence tying garrido to her disappearance. >>> well, a healthy fund-raiser has been indicted for running a ponzi scheme, starting back in 1998. he is accused of fusing fake documents and signatures to get millions in loans from banks. he is under house arrest as part of a $25 million bail package. >>> after $14 trillion in taxpayer bailouts, word the banks may come to the rescue of the government. "the new york times" reports the fdic is considering having the healthy banks lend millions to bank depositors. and the fund is quickly running out of money. and check out this video.

she's doing everything she can to keep michaela's face and story out there, hoping, again, if this isn'tg out there that knows where she might be and can help us find her and solve this case. >> we spoke with the micheleoff family yesterday as i explained earlier in this operation. they're currently out of state on a family emergency. but they are very supportive of our efforts here, and they appreciate very much the media coverage that this is getting, because it is putting the message out, putting eileen's picture out to the public, again, in the hopes that if this operation does not develop a substantial lead, that hopefully somebody will see this and come forward with some information that will help us bring a resolution to this case. right here. >> have you been getting anything at all from phillip garrido? is he saying anything whatsoever, yes or no, about any of the cases you're looking at? >> hayward police department has still not had contact with phillip garrido. >> and nor has the dublin police department. >> and over here. >> currently he is in custody, and we have not made a

jaycee dugard's 1991 kidnapping had similarities to the disappearance of michaela garecht in 1988 androm antioch. not only that, a sketch of the suspect in garecht's abduction resembles pictures of phillip garrido at the time. police say there were also similarities in the getaway vehicle in both garecht and misheloff's cases and a car found on garrido's property. >>> police in antioch say there has been a shooting near a high school. they say a male was shot multiple times near deer valley high school. this is in antioch, california. the victim has been transported to a hospital by helicopter. the question is still unknown. police said there was an exchange of words between the group of males, the victim was with and another group in a car. shots were fired from the vehicle which fled and the victim was hit. >>> a judge in virginia set november 10th as the execution date for convicted d.c. sniper john allen muhammad. prosecutors requested muhammad be put to death the day before, a monday, but the judge wanted to make sure government offices would all be open the day before the execut

investigators are now tearing this place apart, looking for clues to the disappearances of 9-year-old michaelaarecht in 1988, and 13-year-old ilene misheloff in 1989, whose kidnappings had similarities to do that dugard. garrido's own yard is the focus of attention. but also, to the neighboring property, where he's had access for 19 years. the clearing of both properties has exposed a gray shed in the yard, with bars over the window. but the attention might turn to the spot where the radar found a ground disturbance. >> if there were pits dug and soil thrown back in, then that creates a surface that's different. there's a difference in density. so, it's going to see that. >> reporter: it could mean something was buried there. but he cautions, it could be nothing more than tree roots. for "good morning america," brian rooney, antioch, california. >>> san francisco could soon become the nation's first city to fight obesity with a tax on soda. it's a controversial idea that's been tried before. has the strong backing of the public health community. but does it work? here's abc's linsey davis. >>

the first involved eileen misheloff and the second was michaela garecht abducted outside of a market.say that micheala and jaycee dugard, the victim held captive for about 20 year, dugard and garecht look similar in appearance and about the same age as well. police are saying a composite sketch of the suspect bears a striking resemblance to phillip garrido. >> i am hoping that this will lead to a resolution and i'm hoping that it will los angeles to a positive resolution. i know if jaycee dugard can be found alive and come home after 18 year, my daughter can be found alive and come home after 18 years. >> police say this search will continue for at least the rest of the week. back to you. >> live in contra costa county, thanks. i want to turn to you. dan mentioned the similarities of the girls at the time of their abductions. they looked alike and police were talking about a similar car was sighted. they are going to need more than that to make a concrete connection between the abductions. what do you think police are looking for, hoping to make that link? >> physical evidence. the ci

including three prostitutes whose body was dumped in a field where he once worked and there was one michaelaarrido was released from prison. she bears a striking resemblance to jaycee dugard. she was snatched off a street into broad daylight and the car sped away. they're looking at that and other kidnapping cases, as well as these unsolved murders to see if there's any tie in at all. >> george, any word phillip garrido is cooperating. right after his arrest he gave that interview that was widely played where he tried to explain the case of jaycee dugard, but is he cooperating at all? >> we have not heard whether he is being cooperative or noncooperative in that interview it was very long and incoherent and i suspect if he is cooperating with authorities, they are taking everything he said with a grain of salt. >> thank you, george, for the latest on that investigation. >>> and, you know, the movie "jerry mcgwire" show me the money, though them the money. republicans are getting support from former alaska governor sarah palin, money bags but now the federal election commission is saying, han

and then when my daughter was born, michaela, i was so determined that my children would not be raisedtrong and confident. and yet -- and she is, but yet i came to see those same fears and separation anxiety in her. >> well, the book is beautiful. and has obviously so much to say and so much for all of us to learn. thank you all for joining us. what a beautiful experience. >> thank you for having us. >> and you can read an excerpt from the book at todayshow.com. we're back in a moment. first this is "today" on nbc. explain. oh yea, well for 6 months, customers get all three: fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month. oh, all right, see... you're just moving your fingers aren't you? i've gotta cut my nails. (announcer) now get three amazing fios services for the price of two. tv, internet, and phone for only... plus a free multi-room dvr for three months. record shows in one room- watch in another. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at00.974.6006 tty/v before september 19th. and get fios tv - ranked highest in overall customer satisfaction by j.d. power an

looking for links between jaycee's accused kidnapper, phillip garrido, and the disappearance of michaela gar rekt and irene misheloff in the '80s. they are combing through items found ens his company on the particularly cluttered home. outside, they have knocked down sheds and cleared truckloads of garbage and debris. for investigators looking for two long hissing girls, finding nothing can actually be a good sign. >> it could dicate that they're alive somewhere, so it's really a mixed blessing either way. >> reporter: this neighborhood has become accustomed to police investigation get a tore and news crews. it seems all the more surprising that for years neighbors seemed to barely know what was happen manage this house. john blackstone, cbs news, antioch. >> and that's a look at your headlines. let's check your forecast and lonnie quinn. beautiful football weather. >> just perfect here in the northeast. it's the last summer weekend. this is it. then we sort of roll into you will fall come tuesday. the big weather story this low pressure system around the tennessee valley. the story is i

michaela garect. she was 9, when he was snatched in broad daylight. both kidnaings taking months after garrido was placed on parole, for attacking another woman, who is speaking out this morning. you'll hear what she has to say in just a moment. but first, here's abc's mike von fremd. >> reporter: police say their investigation of phillip garrido, is far from over. saying they found a bone fragment, while searching a neighboring property garrido used. >> we don't know if it's human or animal. and we're going to take it back for further testing. >> reporter: investigators are still searching for evidence that may link garrido to a number of prostitutes, murdered in the 1990s. >> it's crazy. he's out of his head. >> reporter: and 33 years ago, garrido was accused of kidnapping katie callaway, outside of a market, handcuffing her and taping her mouth. driving her across the state line to reno, nevada, where he took four hits of lsd, and raped her in a rented storage unit, similar to this one. investigators called it a sex palace. boxes of china acted as

are looking for clues linking garrido to the kidnappings of eileen eileenyeileenne misheloff and michaelar rekt. they're using high-tech tools including ground penetrating radar to help find those answers. the photos inside were taken by county building inspectors who condemned the property as unsafe. if necessary they say they'll tear down the entire house to learn its secrets. john blackstone cbs news, answer antioch, california. >>> switching gear, president obama is feeling the heat after deciding to drop the missile defense plans if europe. republicans say the president's decision is naive while democrats say the new plans will do more for defense and did i proceed maes. joining us now michael crowley. good morning. let's go back to the bush administration asking poland and the czech republic to put a radar installation in one missiles in the other to protect from missiles coming from iran. this was a big deal because -- >> well, because russia hates it. they don't want us messing around. they consider that their backyard. former client states of the soviet union. what is america doi

. >> my first thought, when i heard that jaycee was found, was please, god, let michaela be with her.> reporter: in the other abduction, this 13-year-old has been missing since 1989. police say a car found on the garrido property in an earlier search is similar to one a witness described eileen getting into on the day she disappeared. >> have equated what they're working in back there to looking for evidence in a landfill. >> reporter: police say they expect the search will last for several more days. and they've raised the possibility that they'll demolish the garrido house. >> if we find anything to believe that we need to tear down the house, then we will certainly pursue that. >> reporter: the garridos remain in jail in the dugard case. they have pleaded guilty to more than two dozen charges including kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment. the prisoner in the case says it could be at least a year before they go on trial. as investigators search for links to other crimes. for "today," george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> today democratic senator max baucus releases his health

michaela spotted one of the scooters in a parking lot next to a car and went to get it. man jumped out of the car, grabbed her from behind, threw her into the car and took off with her. >> reporter: what you actually just heard from there is a mother of another child who had been missing, the mother of michaela garecht. she was 9 years old when she went missing back in the 1980s. police are seeing if possibly garrido could be tied to this. they're also looking at another case. we can tell you that they're looking at a string of murders that took place in the 1990s. many of these women were prostituted who were killed. their bodies were found close to a clark and garrido actually used to work nearby. so police taking a look at all of that as their investigation continues. >> kara, the reach of this investigation is unbelievable. i have a feeling that investigators almost have no idea where it might take them. kara, thank you. >>> people in illinois will have to pay extra to get a buzz or satisfy a sweet tooth. the state is imposing new taxes on anything from candy and sof

. >> investigators are looking into the disappearance of michaela garecht, 9 when snatched from outsideay. she'd been missing for five days. witnesses say several police offers are at the home of the yale animal research technician who apparently worked with her. police have a lot of evidence in this case and it is clear to them it's not a random act. they don't believe any students were involved. the building where le was killed is only accessible to yale students and yale employees. the school president is saying the police have narrowed the number of suspects because security systems who entered the building and at what time. hundreds of students at yale attended a candle light vigil last night in memory of le. a moment ago i spoke to a student about how people on campus are reacting to the case and also her thoughts on that vigil. >> it was very somber. at the same time it was beautiful. president levin spoke to us, the chaplain and one of her roommates. you're right. i don't know annie personally but i know that i definitely teared up and several people around me did as well. for m