again, we thank michelle's fellow loved ones, the california community. the press, and the public for supporting us through this difficult time. your encouragement, prayers and kind words have touched us deeply. we ask that all please continue to help us in search for michelle's return. please go to our website www.michellelemissing.com for more information. and again thank you everyone for your support. please pray for her, thank you. >> you've been listening live to a member of michelle le's family. she's a nursing student who's been missing for over a week now. the police have said that this is now a homicide case. they say that they have numerous evidence pointing to the fact that michelle le is no longer alive but the family clearly does not believe that's the case. and they feel a lot more work needs to be done. they're asking for donations and support. they said there will be a candlelight vigil tomorrow. we'll continue to follow this and have more on our website and an update later tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> coming up, grave digge

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may be sarah palin, michele bachmann filled that void. >> will. >> i don't think michele bachmann made might soon. >> eroll. >> i think they will, especially among republicans. >> thanks, guy, gentlemen, appreciate your time, will, errol and robert. >> the pilot saved his passengers but killed in a goodyear blimp accident. he told four passengers to jump when the blimp was off the ground. it then shot up into the air and exploded before crashing into flames. (a federal judge could overturn a decision that the same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. that ruling coming from a judge who announced he's gay. >>> the army is replace their part of their uniform. troll cap is standard wear now. >>> it may be one of the biggest heists after the invasion of iraq. the u.s. followed up with plane load with plane load of cold, hard cash. that was meant to help iraq, but apparently billions of dollars have disappeared. here's brian todd. >> reporter: this the months after shock and awe. the mantra was spend and rebuild. at least that's what u.s. officials hoped. they air lifted billions of dollar

to look for michele alive. when they offered concrete proof that she is dead and we will continue to believe that she is alive and needs to be rescued. >> hayward police have stopped searching rural areas. they're looking in niles canyon. they may continue the search for michelle le late. >> the district attorney will announce the chargers against the 17 year-old who is accused of murdering a 3 month old baby. he was in his parents' car when two suspects came and started shooting into the family car. have two suspects but only one is in custody at this time >> i think the detectives and the chief will make a rock-solid case. >> justice will be served with three months old isaac. it. 16 and 17 year-old suspects. the district attorney will be making decisions in the next hour. if he will be charged as an adult and will be facing murder charges. the mother of the baby that was shot is not a full >> it is a tragedy that 16 and 17 year-old are involved with this and they will have to accept the concept questions of

. >> we are expecting to hear from michelle le's family this afternoon. kiet do reports on the evidence police say leads them to conclude she was murdered. >> reporter: after 10 days of searching everywhere for michelle le, the investigation came back to where it all began, here at the parking garage at kaiser hospital in hayward. police say there was some sort of confrontation here and this is where michelle what murdered. police have looked over surveillance video from the garage and confirmed the car was parked here the day she went missing may 27. but had after more than 25 interviews, five search warrants and cell phone records, hayward police say it was not a random homicide. >> the investigation is telling us that the person who did this intended to do this to michelle. >> reporter: michelle told her nursing classmates she was going back to her car to get something during a class break but never came back. the car was found locked on a rest tension street a block and a half away. they are now searching for the body. >> investigators continue to sea

because michelle had an affair with her ex.was a cause of grief for her. she didn't say grief but that's what i interpret. >> reporter: now, family and friends were distraught by the news yesterday, left the press conference last night in tears. on their website, michelle le missing.com, they say they plan to release statements later on today. at the bottom of the screen you should see a phone number by hayward police with a tip line. (510)293-5051. the reward is up to $65,000. back to you. >> thank you. >>> kiet do live in hayward, thank you. >>> and today sunnyvale police hope to identify the woman whose body was found stuffed in a trash bag and dumped on a street. an autopsy reveals the victim is a hispanic female. someone found the body on the sunday on ticonderoga drive. >>> a bay area mom is sharing a story of unimaginable grief. yvonne lopez's 3-month-old son was shot and killed right in front of her eyes. she and her husband were wounded when someone opened fire on the family in their car in east palo alto early sunday

that's been from the very onset, that we have to find michelle. we are still doing everything humanly possible to recover michelle, dead or alive. >> reporter: heyward police say, despite the reclassification of the michelle le missing person to a murder investigation, they are not letting up in the search for her and her killer. >> interviewing more witnesses, analyzing again, the evidence that we have, working with the alameda county lab, the fbi and evaluating the evidence. >> reporter: police did confirm on tuesday that blood evidence was found in le's car. they also say a second vehicle may have been involved in the murder and that video from the parking garage where they believe le has been killed has been useful. >> any time you get a victim vehicle leaving the garage, it puts a time stamp on it. it has a basis for us, something to carry out from there. >> reporter: monday night for the second time, police did search the union city home of esteban, a norm friend of le's, but they refused to say she is the subject of the investigation. polic

>> michele bachmann. guys.this debate and when the smoke clears she's going to be one of the last candidates standing, i think. >> john king? >> i agree. michele bachmann gained the most from the debate if you had to pick one winner i would say mitt romney. he's the frontrunner. he's way ahead here in new hampshire. i think he expected to get a little more roughed up. the other candidates thought it was sboeduction night so they were more timid. >> did tim pawlenty and many said he should have been more aggressive. do you think he was? >> it's tough to score. sunday he escalates by saying obamany care and then on monday with the others watching and he said "courage." he wouldn't look mitt romney in the eye and say it on stage. >> i don't know why you would start an attack and not follow through with it and i think that was a little -- >> who do you think won? >> i think mitt romney had a big target on his back and he escaped unscathed and the loser was tim pawlenty. >> i agree with gloria. romney the winner and

that has been from the very onset that we have to fly michelle. we are still doing everything humanly possible to recover michelle dead or alive. >> the hayward police say despite the reclassification of michelle le from a missing persons case to a murder investigation they're not letting up in their search for her and her killer. >> we are interviewing more witnesses, analyzing the evidence that we have, working with the county lap, the fbi, and evaluating evidence. >> the police confirmed on tuesday that blood evidence was found in her car, they said that a second vehicle may have been involved in the murder. they said that video from the parking garage where they believe she was killed has been useful. >> the deal was very helpful, anytime you get a vehicle especially in this case, the victims' vehicle was leaving the rise it puts a time stamp on it, something for us to follow up on and carry on from there. >> monday night for the second time, they searched the home of jazelle estabon a former friend of michelle le but they refuse to say if she

he talked to other members of michelle le's family. >> i want to look out right now. >> reporter: michelle le's brother says despite police investigators reclassifying the disappearance as a homicide case they believe she is still alive and now they want to get involved with searching for michelle le who has been messing for two weeks. he says police told them to hold off for now. >> friends wants to organize a large-scale search party. they advised against it. they didn't say much. but they said there will be a time but now is not the time. >> do you agree with that? >> um, i mean, i am not the police, i don't know how to do their job. for me, we don't care about a successful prosecution. we just want to find her. >>> the family refuses to give up hope on her being alive. >> she is out there. we need double efforts to find her. >> haaziq madyun kron 4 news. >> still with kron 4 news and www.kron.com for continuing coverage of michelle le. >>> we are going take a peak of what is -- peek of what is ahead to come. weekend a morning fog. highs to the 60s and 70s and a warm up in store for nex

we spoke to her neighbor who said she told him she had a falling out with michelle. >> michelle had an affair with her ex and that was the cause of grief for her. she didn't say grief, but that's what i interpret. >> he also said she didn't have anything to do with michelle's disappearance. other people say the police left today with a few grocery bags filled with items from her apartment. they came to the conclusion that michelle was murdered after looking at evidence collected from search warrants, video evidence from the kaiser permanente parking lot and michelle's cell phone records and the reward for any information leading to michelle's where abouts and information of where she is and what happened to her has increased to $65,000. ken. >> all right, we'll keep it out there. hopefully this thing will break. elizabeth cook in heyward. thank you elizabeth. >>> a good samaritan trying to break up an attack on a woman was attacked by her assailant. it happened in pittsburgh at the intersection of harbor street. juliette goodrich on how it went down. >> reporter: this is the trail in p

she said that michelle had an affair with her ex-husband. >> because michelle had an affair with her and that was a cause of grief for her. she didn't say grief, but that is what i interpret. >> reporter: he also said that giselle told him she didn't have anything to do with michelle's disappearance. other people in the area say the police left with a few grocery bags filled with items from her apartment. police won't go into any specifics, but they do say that they have come to the conclusion that michelle was murdered, after looking at evidence and materials from the the garage. and the reward from any information on the whereabouts of michelle has grown to $60,000. and in a facebook page, dedicated to finding michelle, le's family say they do believe she is still alive. >> all right, elizabeth cook in hayward thank you. >>> and there has been another violent attack on a popular walking and jogging trail. this time on a good samaritan who was trying to help a woman who was being bothered. it happened on the delta trail in pittsburgh. julia goodrich has more. >> reporter: this is th

again, they are looking for any personal items of michelle le's. she was last seen wearing white scrubs. family members were searching on friday in the nilea canyon area. again, the family says they've moved on and are focusing their effort here in hayward. >>> new this morning, oakland police are looking for suspects in the fatal shooting of a man on 19th street. police say the man was found with multiple gunshot wounds just after 10:00 last night. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead about 40 minutes later. so far, the motive for the shooting is unknown. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> police are searching for a man who attacked a jogger in runner park. the man grabbed her, slashed her face and arms with a box cutter, then ran off. he's described as white, in his 30s, 6'2" tall with a lean build. the victim was treated at a hospital and released. >>> two stranded hikers are safe this morning after being rescued near the big sur river. they were stuck about 300 feet above the river. the search and rescue t

>> and michelle obama is in the bay area this morning. we will tell you where and why coming up. >> a live picture in san jose as police are investigating an early morning, murder. we'll have details on the shooting. >> elementary school teacher who's behind bars charged with raping his develops the -- mentally challenged aid. >> the oracle team had a mishap on the water. we will explain what happened when the kron 4 morning news hapstarts, right now. >> today is going to be a good day to take a dish in the bay. louisa hodge has more on the heat that is coming up starting today. >> i am jealous of people who have swimming pools today. i wish i could be in one. 90s in some inland spots. it will feel like summer, we will see a lot of sunshine as we head towards the afternoon. more on summer temperatures straight ahead. >> despite light traffic we are looking at a back up that continues to grow. it is now between 80 and west grand. this incident free on the upper deck. this is a metering lights back up. >> a developing story in san jose, pol

the family of michele lee took notice of that case.ht the hayward police department was moving too slowly with the investigation which is why they demanded the fbi get involved in the hit or police department admits it will take a little more time for the forensic evidence to come back from the back seat of her car. initially, they could tell by looking at her white suv that there was no forced entry. whoever did this must have known her and most importantly she probably knew whoever did this. this was a surprise attack. >>, mistaken identity is to blame for the shooting that killed a 3 month old baby in east palo alto last sunday. craig skalar talks about the next step in the investigation. >> the next step for east palo alto police is to look into a possible gain connection. the 17 year-old boy arrested in the case may have been insulted by a gain back on may 31st and thought he was attackinher retag against his attackers. a $25,000 reward is being offered. >> the mother and father of the incident were wounded, their three-year-old w

but first, new details the michelle le case.y after investigators ruled that her disappearance was a homicide. we have team coverage of their reaction + where investigators plan on searching for the police body--4 her body despite the family's objections. >> we are joined live from hayward with the newest details. >> we are learning new details in this case. they have discovered blood evidence inside of michelle le's car. we are not sure she was murdered and 10 per vehicle, this after an investigator to redouble their efforts to try and birth. --to find her. >> although they believe that the evidence proves that this was a homicide they're not backing down from finding her. >> for us, it is the number-one goal to recover michelle. that is not from the very first that was our goal. we are doing everything humanly possible to recover michelle dead or alive query >> police say releasing specifics could compromise the case, but they did release some details of the investigation. for example, video taken from the kaiser parking lot w

michelle le was last seen on may 27th. she stepped out of a nursing class during a break and never returned. since then hundreds of volunteers have turned out over the weekend to try to find clues from their whereabouts. over the weekend they searched industrial parks and neighborhood neighborhoods in the hayward area. hayward police are investigating le's disappearance as a possible homicide. le's family says they have not seen any evidence of that. as they don't they will continue to search for her and hope for the best. they are hoping someone out there with information on their disappearance will be more inclined. more likely to come forward with that information for a private investigator verses the police. they point out this investigator is working completely independently of the police. >>> this morning oakland police are searching for suspects in a deadly shooting. that happened just before 6:00 last night near international boulevard in east oakland. the victim was shot several times in a drive-bay shooting. at t

michelle was last seen leaving on friday heading to her car. vick lee joins us with the latest on the investigation that involves two police agencies. >> we have new develop ams here as well abc7 learned that hayward police served a warrant at the home of a former friend of michelle. they arrested her and later released her. she told us that police seized her computer and her cell phone and other items as well and they told her that she is a person of interest. now police just confirmed all of this to me in the hayward police station. they say she definitely is a person of interest, that is all they would say for the moment. we talked to michelle's aunt who is totally puzzled by the disappearance. >> she never say anybody in this world. she sees no evil in the world.

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and just moments ago, and hermann spoke with the family of michelle le. the hayward police headquarters with the reaction. >> pam, as you can imagine there are many tears among family members, michelle le her father was here. in addition to him, her brother and cousin were also here and a family friend. they met with police for about 90 minutes, you see them,uh uh and we can tell you that they did not have much to say. they are preparing a statement tomorrow. this is them uh pulling out. there was a family friend among them that was driving. as i said, the father, brother and cousin, a prepared statement will come tomorrow from the family. from now we just heard from the family friend and the father. >> she is not found yet, so, until we know otherwise. >> would you like to say anything at all? >> no, we want to have a statement by tomorrow. >> the hayward police headquarters again, the missing persons case has now turned into a murder investigation. the police say they have enough evidence, that evidence regarding her car, evidence concerning things in t

michelle is close to her brother michael. he helped to pass out leaflets and anding for the public's help. >> and her niece would never disappear like >> she never leave anywhere without telling michael. where she is going. it is not like michelle to leave and not tell anybody. >> in the meantime investigators in hayward are comparing notes with police in fairfield wonder figure an unsolved murder of a nurse there might provide leads. the 25 year old lee was found missing last year. her car was found in this parking lot. her body was discovered in napa. her murder is still unsolved. hayward police say there are obvious similarities to michelle's case. for one they drove white hondas. >> they have the same last name and nursing stunes - students and disappeared mysterously. >> the cases have disappearances. one car was unlocked. >> in our case the car was locked up. as if the last wanted to make sure the interior was protected. >> michelle was last seen friday night in a nurse mentoring program in hayward. a friend said she we

well, i know michelle bachmann. i have worked with michele bachmann.lle bachmann is a friend of mine, and i can tell you michele bachmann means what she says. [applause] she walks the walk. she talks the talk. whether fighting for students in her hometown of stillwater, fighting spending as a state senator, are standing up to the special interests in washington, d.c., as a member of congress, no one has the record to match their rhetoric like michele bachmann. nobody. so, my friends, this nation is at a tipping point, and is crying out for genuine leadership. that is why i am so proud today to introduce to you my comrade in arms, my congresswomen, my friend, and the next president of the united states, michele bachmann. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> good morning. good morning. is this is so great to be here in iowa this morning, and even better to be here in waterloo where i was born. [applause] i think it is entirely fitting that we are here today act the site that was once the waterloo women's club, so thank you for being here. my name is michele bachma

michelle le vanished two weeks ago and police believe she was murdered. >> forensic examination of michelle's car and the area of the parking structure where it was parked, information gleaned from multiple interviews, including those of interviews and friend and family and persons of interest. le was last seen in the kaiser hospital garage. she was making round in the the hospital and told friends she needed to get something out of her car and she never returned. her car was found half a mile away. investigators believe she was targeted and don't think it was a random attack. michelle le's brother said the family believed she is still alive and asked people not to give up hope. amy hollyfield, abc news. >> and the coroner is working to identify a woman whose remains were discovered in a trash bag. they found the bag near palm avenue yesterday. the coroner conducted an autopsy and said the woman was hispanic and had head trauma. they hope to use dental record and dna to figure out who she was and how she got there. >> east palo alto police said mistaken identity led to the taking of the life

>>> developing story tonight in the search for missing nursing student michelle lee. >> we have conclusively to homicide. >> the 26-year-old has not been seen since may 27th when she took a break from her shift from kaiser medical center. family and friends have handed out flyers, held vigils and posted billboards for lee. today the reward for information in the case increased to $65,000. >> we begin our coverage of tonight's developing story on michelle lee's homicide investigation with dan. >> dan. >> based on compelling evidence that we have recovered during the course throughout the week, the police department has now officially classifying this case as a homicide. >> reporter: tragic new from hayward police monday night they still haven't found michelle lee. they detailed in general terms numerous pieces of evidence that suggest the missing nursing student was murdered. >> the result of forensic examination of michelle's car in the area of the parking structure where it was parked, information gleaned from multiple interviews, including those of friends, family, and of persons of intere

she was a friend of michelle. arizona was less important in this case than the reno lead they received where local police gave investigators what he said was usable information. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an east bay teenager buried at life at a santa cruise county beach remains in critical condition but ryan buchanan's family had some hopeful news. his doctors have weekend him off the drugs that kept him sedated and the 17-year-old is now functioning on his own. last saturday the teenager got trapped under 7 feet of sand for 15 minutes after a cave he had been digging with friends collapsed. nightly prayer vigils continue at the teen aiminger's church in alamo. >>> the city of alameda has brought in a retired state fire marshal to investigate the controversial drowning of a suicidal man at crown beach. ruben grahalva has a web site offering public safety reports. he will issue a report on the much criticized responses in the case of the suicidal man. crews did not go into the water b

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revealing about where michelle le may have been murdered. specthe search for a missing nursing student now a homicide case. what evidence reveals about where michelle le may have been murdered. >> remembering their sacrifice. the special tributes planned tonight for those two fallen san francisco firefighters and the accident that may have sparked the flames. >> good morning, it is tuesday, june 7. i'm sydnie kohara. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. time now 5:00 straight up. good morning. let's get a look at traffic and weather. it was all about the rain last week, all about the sunshine this week. >> yes. we are keeping our fingers crossed that this forecast holds. it's looking good, folks. low clouds and fog out there right now but by the afternoon, here comes that sunshine. 73 degrees in santa rosa, 72 and sunny in livermore, 69 in mountain view and 71 degrees in san jose. temperatures warming up over the next few days. details on that in a moment. elizabeth has traffic. >> we have a photographer standing by now showing us a live l

jonathon bloom followed them today. >> determined not to give up hope, michelle le's family gathered a handful of supporters to meet in a hayward parking lot. with them, new boxes of fliers touting the $65,000 reward they are offering for michelle's safe return. >> it is not over for us. >> not over even though police say they are convinced michelle le was murdered as authorities search for her body, family members launched their own search for clues that could bring the 26-year-old nursing student home alive. >> check the ditches and storm drains. >> blanketing the area where michelle's car was found after she disappeared, they went door-to-door asking for help. >> i was wondering if you have seen anything suspicious on the night of the 27th. >> they came up light on information, but neighbors' hearts were heavy with simpathy. >> i have been asking around and i am really sorry you haven't found her yet. >> by the time friends and family were finished, cars were displaying this flier with michelle's picture and the $65,000 reward. with police no longer expecting to find michelle aliv

. >> first lady michelle obama michelle le, is going to be in the bay area today. we're taking all look at the behind-the-scenes work that is being done to host mrs. obama. >> this is the carriage entrance where first lady michelle obama obama walt enter. and before she walked up the stairs that they will rollout red carpet. they even checked the internet to be shored dad and her favorite flowers. >> it's very organic in nature and they are going to leave with their stomachs a full. i heard the governor of california may be here today week is not confirmed >> congressman anthony is facing more pressure amid the scandal of of sending glued photos. many from both political parties are saying that is not enough. >> last week anthony wiener apologize for his actions with women on line. the latest total was wiener shirtless in the congressional jim. white house officials are saying this is now as scandal. bois >> if it was main i would resign. >> wiener and went to an undisclosed location for treatment. >> some of his skin a constituency demanded he stepped down by his

at 8:00 this morning michelle le's family and friends will meet here on cypress street. it's a mile from the hayward police station. michelle's family and friends fanned out promoting the search effort to get maximum turnout. today saturday and sunday volunteers will look for the missing nursing student. the area of searching is not going to be released. the police department and the family held a news conference. >> you know if it was your daughter and your sister, your cousin, you know your friend you wouldn't give up hope until she was found. >> reporter: le was last seen on may 27th at kaiser hospital. she is a nursing student and was at the hospital to take a class. last week police concluded that le is dead. they based that conclusion on evidence that cannot be shared with the public. >> sit frustrate something it is. it's an intense investigation. we have not lowered our intensity and vigor. we will continue with that until we bring michelle home. >> reporter: based on what police said last week when they said bring michelle home it means something very different

michele lee has not been seen since friday may 27th. now, her disappearance has changed from a search and now classified by police as a homicide. will tran is live in front of hayward police headquarters with the latest. >> police are saying that this attack on michele planned to do this, that it is not random. the key scene is kaiser hospital back on may 27th she told classmates, that she was taking a break, she was going to be back, she grabbed her cell phone and keys and went to the parking garage. the hayward police believe there was a confrontation that took place. or surveillance video from the grosz shows a wide as you the beating that area but they cannot say with certainty that michele lee was in fact the driver. her car was found several blocks away about one day as they had all investigators on the case, they called in the fbi. for 10 days and they have been searching and last night this case was changed from made missing persons case to a murder case. here is the captain of the police department to explain the change in clas

. >> michelle le was last seen in hayward may 27th. searches are going on right now in niles canyon. we want to show you video of sky 7. this is the first of three-day search for le. they have reclassified the case as a murder investigation. terry mcsweeney has more. >> reporter: one of those search teams took off about an hour ago here into niles canyon road. they are looking for something, anything to shed light on the disappearance of michelle le but before that crew or any other crew went anywhere, they got a crash course about finding missing persons. >> 70 volunteers turned out this friday morning to learn the basics of searching and apply those lessons to michelle le. she was last seen on may 27th in hayward. some searchers know her from a hospital and others know her another way. >> you feel that bond. >> for some volunteers there was no direct connection to michelle le? >> i wanted so see if she is alive. i think the family should know that. >> they are investigating it as an homicide but family members aren't look at it that

we will have more on the visual michelle the tonight at 8:00 p.m..Ñj >> new d. tells tonight, two men convicted of murdering a journalist chauncey bailey. they found yusuf bey iv the fourth and antoine mackey guilty and the death of daily and two other men in 2007. this is police surveillance footage of bay and the others, he was working on a new story about the bakery's finances as it descended toward bankruptcy. the man that confessed to killing bailey was the prosecutors key witness and testified that her bey ordered her murder. now this video was shot by the victim in this case, she was using her cellphone showing the alleged suspect in the case that police say burglarize the victim's house. she walked in and found the men still in her things. as you can see, his hands are full of items. she said demand came back later and raped her. we visited the neighborhood and our reactions from the residence. >> this cellphone video was taken moments before this man sexually assaulting a 28 year-old woman. she was alone tuesday morning inside of her home. a

michelle le begins this morning in hayward.sing >>> in the headlines, a three- day search for michelle le begins this morning at hayward. volunteers will look for the missing nursing student in undisclosed locations in the east bay. le disappeared three weeks ago. >>> 20-year-old deshon marmon will find out this morning if he will be charged with various crimes or if he will be released. he has been in the san mateo county jail since wednesday when a u.s. airways pilot had him removed from a plane for refusing to pull up his saggy pants. >>> homeowners are already lining up this morning outside mcenery convention center in downtown san jose. many are desperate to get free help with their mortgages. the event begins at 8:00 this morning and it runs through wednesday. >>> all right, friday, time to start thinking weekend. i think the weekend weather will be nice especially on father's day. mostly clear inland. patchy fog beginning to develop inside the bay and at the coast. more fog a sign of cooler temperatures but not bad towar

it was - - michelle le. it was a very difficult father's day for the father of michelle le. >> reporter: armed with bug spray, and sung le was going with them. >> the only present i want for father's day today is michelle le. >> reporter: she went missing three weeks ago. police are investigating her case as a homicide. but her father's determination does not waiver. >> we just have to keep going. because in our heart we believe michelle is still alive. she needs to be rescued, that's why we're here. >> reporter: since friday more than 400 people have volunteered to help with the search and the le family says they are moved and overwhelmed by the turn out. >> you can feel the support. it's-- you can't touch it, you can't see it but you feel it. >> reporter: police warn the family not to publicize exact search locations. they were afraid someone might plant false evidence. volunteers combed through several square miles of land this weekend. >> they've eliminated a lot of area that michelle is not in. and that

plus, david muir with barrier-breaking first lady michelle obama in south africa. at the side of nelson mandela. she invokes both countries' struggles for racial equality. >> you can not imagine how important your legacy is to who i am, to who my husband is. i just said thank you. >> announcer: live from the newseum in washington, "this week" with christiane amanpour, starts right now. >> welcome to the program. senator mitch mcconnell joins me in just a moment. but first some news since your morning papers. in north dakota the swollen souris river is cresting at this hour and 17 feet above flood level. lower than expected but high enough to swam 4,000 homes and force 11,000 residents to evacuate. the epic flooding is the worst the region has seen since 1881. in new york, more than half a million jubilant gays and lesbians expected at this year's pride parade, the oldest in the country, and this year's march is a victory rally, as new york backs the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage. and in iowa, the presidential race comes into sharp focus with the first

of course, there is a $65,000 reward out for the return of michelle le. and they are planning another big search this weekend here in the bay area. grace? >> all right, anne makovec in hayward, thank you. >>> today is the last day for dozens of laid-off city workers in san jose as the new fiscal year begins tomorrow, including 70 police officers who will be out of work and a few dozen others who are retiring or transferring to other departments. it's all part of the budget plan approved by mayor reed afternoon city council to reduce the -- and the city council to reduce the city's budget deficit. in all 654 city workers are losing their jobs. >>> city council is scrambling to come up with a budget plan before the 2012 fiscal year begins. the council will be in special session this afternoon following a four-hour hearing last tuesday. then councilmembers discussed three separate budget proposals but were too divided to settle on one of them. oakland is trying to close a $58 million budget deficit. >>> an internet giant is saying no to california's new budg

. >> michelle le was last seen in hayward may 27th. searches are going on right now in niles canyon. we want to show you video of sky 7. this is the first of three-day search for le. they have reclassified the case as a murder investigation. terry mcsweeney has more. >> reporter: one of those search teams took off about an hour ago here into niles canyon road. they are looking for something, anything to shed light on the disappearance of michelle le but before that crew or any other crew went anywhere, they got a crash course about finding missing persons. >> 70 volunteers turned out this friday morning to learn the basics of searching and apply those lessons to michelle le. she was last seen on may 27th in hayward. some searchers know her from a hospital and others know another way. >> you feel that bond. >> for some volunteers there was no direct connection to michelle le? >> i wanted so see if she is alive. i think the family should know that. >> they are investigating it as an homicide but family members aren't look at it that way.

that michelle le's missing person case is now a murder vision. the pain we feel is indescribable. they called michelle, energetic and compassionate. >> police are behind closed doors with investigators and yesterday their actions said a lot. they revisited the home of le's friend gizelle esteban. they already searched her home butthey went back for more evidence. she has told "abc 7 news" she openly hates michelle for stealing her husband but she has nothing to do with the disappearance. they have named her as a suspect but have said they believe le was murdered. >> forensic examination of the car and the parking structure where it was parked, information gleaned from multiple interviews including those of friends, family and of persons of interest. >>> le was last seen two weeks at kaiser hospital where she was working. she said she was going out to the garage to get things out of her car. her car was found half a mile away. they say they don't think it was a random attack, they believe someone that knows her killed her. they plan to search for

. >> a michael is michelle le's kid brother . when they learned michelle was missing they couldn't believe it. no, there is no way. there has to be another explanation. but the reasonable explanation start to dry up. christine said michelle was a role model and her disappearance took a terrible toil on the family. >> we want to spend another holiday with her. >> last time anyone saw michelle le was friday night in hayward where the student nurse was enrolled in a mentoring program. she went to a parked car and her honda was found half a mile away. >> her brother said michelle was too responsible to leave without telling him. in fact she was looking forward to a great vacation. >> she had plans to go to reno with friends. she was looking forward to it and posted on facebook twice about it. >> police are looking at security camera videos and tracking her cell phone which stopped working on saturday and they have a person of interest. police searched the apartment of her former close friend gisle esban. they arrested her and she was

that michelle le's missing person case is now a murder vision. the pain we feel is indescribable. they called michelle, energetic and compassionate. >> police are behind closed doors with investigators and yesterday their actions said a lot. they revisited the home of le's friend gizelle esteban. they already searched her home butthey went back for more evidence. she has told "abc 7 news" she openly hates michelle for stealing her husband but she has nothing to do with the disappearance. they have named her as a suspect but have said they believe le was murdered. >> forensic examination of the car and the parking structure where it was parked, information gleaned from multiple interviews including those of friends, family and of persons of interest. >>> le was last seen two weeks at kaiser hospital where she was working. she said she was going out to the garage to get things out of her car. her car was found half a mile away. they say they don't think it was a random attack, they believe someone that knows her killed her. they plan to search for

. >> they believe missing nursing student michelle le was murdered. she was last seen kaiser hospital in hayward. vic lee reports on the evidence and exclusive details on a person of interest whose home was searched for a second time. >> after breaking the sad news to michelle le's family members, a captain told reporters police will now investigate le's disappearance as homicide. >> we realize this is the worst possible news that michelle's family and friends and everyone who has been looking for her would want to hear. >> they believe she was murdered in the kaiser hospital garage where her car was parked on friday. they say it was not a random answering that the killer targeted her. her honda was found half a mile away. police say there is compelling evidence that leads to a homicide. >> forensic examination of the car in the area of the parking struck where it was parked, information gleaned from multiple interviews including those of friends, family and of persons of interest. >> investigators were searching the apartment of one person of interes

we saw michelle bachmann rising.ich gracrashin over and over and we saw tim pawlenty wandering aimlessly and mitt romney hovering above the fray. what does it tell you about the republican party. you're in that camp. give us your best shot. >> i think it's very encouraging. a republican party abandoned issues that were not constructive and moving the party forward growing its base. you see them connecting with a lot of american voters. i was actually very pleasantly prized by the debate. it was a big improvement over the first one and we'll see more improvements to come. >> i think there are two republican races going on right now. one of them features a small field. it's the race to be sort of the establishment favorite on on republican side. default choice for people in the party that decide six or nine months from now they want to win in 2012. that's a competition between mitt romney and tim pawlenty and maybe john huntsman if and when he gets into the race. among them mitt romney clearly had the better debate. th

congresswoman michele bachmann is promising she's the bold choice to lead the republican ticket. kicking off her campaign in waterloo, iowa, the tea party's favorite is quickly moving up the polls. what are her chances of defeating the rest of the field and taking on president obama next fall? for answers we turn now to our national political report are for "the washington post." thank you very much indeed for joining us. now, if you were a betting woman, how likely is it that michele bachmann will be the next president? >> you know, i think at this point it is probably pretty unlikely that she will be the next president. but what is very likely is that her entry into this republican field is going to sort of change the dynamic of the republican field. traditionally republican nomination races have been sort of orderly processes. the establishment settles on a candidate pretty early, there's always a challenge, but that establishment candidate ultimately gets the nod. this time around, a lot of people think it may not work that way in part because the field itself has been so big

of course, there is a $65,000 reward out for the return of michelle le. and they are planning another big search this weekend here in the bay area. >> any idea why hayward police wouldn't confirm or deny this new information? did they say it's critical to the case? >> yeah. they don't like to reveal a lot of the finer points of the investigation. i mean, there's also some fear about the fact that whoever the murderer is, if there is indeed a murderer in this case, which the police believe there is, they believe that le was murdered, they are afraid that the murderer basically could get spooked and go further into hiding. so there's a lot of reasons you don't want to reveal a lot of the information that they are gathering. also, that eventually that could help lead to a conviction if there is some information that a murderer knows that the general public doesn't that obviously points to that person's guilt. >> got it. >> all right, anne makovec in hayward, thank you. >>> the berkeley unified school board is considering several options in hopes of reducing

from tonight's vigil for michelle le. plus the update on her disappearance. >>> a firefighter remains in critical condition tonight as the department remembers another firefighter who died battling the fire yesterday. we have team coverage of the tragedy including the new momen. >> clark was down. kerman has the newest details at our top story at 11. >> reporter: at san fransisco general hospital, a grim report from doctors about the condition of firefighter tony valerio. >> the firefighter upstairs is critically ill and fighting for his life. >> reporter: he was injured and another firefighter was killed battling a blaze in diamond heights on thursday. >> they're keeping him medically paralyzed in order to help his breathing. if he moves a little bit it will injury his breathing. they put him in a bed turned him facing the floor to relieve the pressure on his lungs. >> reporter: he received burns mostly on the arms and legs. >> everybody is trying to stay upbeat even though the news is dire right now. we still have no id