terrilynn monette was last seen at a bar with friends on march 2nd.as celebrating her nomination for teacher of the year. friends say the 26-year-old was drinking and went to take a nap in her car and instead she vanished. monette's mother spoke with cnn. >> it's very hard. i can't sleep at night. i can't sleep at night. i can't eat. i keep thinking about my child and where she could be. i just want her back. so please if you're listening and you're watching this, please bring terrilynn home. please. that's all i want. i want her home. >> a tearful plea from a mother. cnn's nick is live. >> reporter: breaking your hard every time. police have not released any new information so far. but there was a new development in the search. equisearch, you might remember them, the houston-based independent search and rescue team. they say local authorities called them to show up to search the local waterways and lagoons in the local park area. officials believe this is the path terrilynn monette took home from the bar. i'm going to get out of the way and see you

police say a witness saw monette in the parking lot talking with a man around 4:00 a.m.icers questioned him, but he has not been named a suspect and is not being held. her car, a 2012 black two-door honda accord, has not been found, either. and monette's mother believes foul play was involved. >> i really do believe someone took my daughter. someone literally got in her car, and took her. that's what i feel like. you know, i could be wrong, but that's how i feel. i don't think she's let someone into her car. if she did, it was someone that she knew. i don't think she would have let a stranger into her car. >> reporter: police are checking tips, revealing surveillance tapes from local businesses and searching local parks and waterways, for any clues in the teacher's disappearance. zoraida you may be asking yourself, why haven't authorities tried to check the cell phone. terrilynn's cell phone battery died just a few hours before she went missing so authorities have been unable to use that to try to ping her and her search. also worth pointing out, equusearch, the mounted

there are still no signs of terrilynn monette.as last seen on february 2nd celebrating her nomination for teacher of the year. nick valencia has the latest. >> reporter: a search team from the equusearch organization is trying to find a schoolteacher missing for nearly two weeks. >> i can't sleep at night. i can't sleep at night. i can't eat. i keep thinking about my child and where she could be. i just want her back. so please if you're listening and you're watching this, please bring terrilynn home. >> reporter: terrilynn monette's mother spoke from outside the popular bar where her daughter was last seen on march second. she went there with friends to celebrate her nomination as district teacher of the year. the search is focused on the waterways and canals around city park that would have been on her way home. equusearch helped in the high profile searches for natalee holway. she was in her first year of teaching second graders at woodland west. >> if you're a superhero in any way, she is the superest of superheroes because sh

police say a witness saw monette in the parking lot talking with a man around 4:00 a.m.icers questioned him, but he has not been named a suspect and is not being held. her car, a 2012 black two-door honda accord, has not been found, either. and monette's mother believes foul play was involved. >> i really do believe someone took my daughter. someone literally got in her car, and took her. that's what i feel like. you know, i could be wrong, but that's how i feel. i don't think she's let someone into her car. if she did, it was someone that she knew. i don't think she would have let a stranger into her car. >> reporter: police are checking tips, revealing surveillance tapes from local businesses and searching local parks and waterways, for any clues in the teacher's disappearance. soledad, new this morning, equusearch, that mounted search and rescue team from texas, they're expected to help out with the search today. they'll be searching lola goons and waterways looking for any signs of terrilynn monette. >> oh, my goodness what a terrible, terrible story. that poor mothe

monette and her car both are missing. you see it here, this is a black honda accord.t yesterday, the houston-based group called equusearch joined the hunt for monette. they are the ones that ride horseback. they have been looking in bayous and ponds nearby searching. on the phone with me from irvine, california, is terrilynn monette's sister, kandice enclade. kandice, before we get into what your mother talked about, of course, our thoughts are with you and your family. i know you have a 3-week-old at home. terrilynn is the good godmother. i assume she has yet to meet her. >> she hasn't. she was actually going to be coming down for easter to meet her god child. it's just really, really, really heartbreaking that this has happened. >> let me bring your mother back in, because she described what she thinks may have happened, and not happened, to your sister. here she was. >> i honestly think someone has taken her against her will. that's what i truly believe. there's no way she would have slept in her car, first of all. i find that very odd. terrilynn doesn't sleep in h

. >> in the battleground state of ohio, volunteer monette richards is making calls for state and local democratic candidates. she wants to encourage liberal voters, and especially those who support abortion rights, to get out to the polls next month. >> we get the government that we deserve because we get the government that we vote for. and right now it's not good enough for me. >> richards is part of a growing force on the political scene -- the 46 million americans who say they are not affiliated with a religion. their numbers have been rising rapidly, and they are heavily democratic. >> something like a quarter of people who identify with the democrats or lean towards the democratic party are in this unaffiliated category. that's a lot of votes. that's a major group. >> professor john green directs the bliss institute at the university of akron and has long studied the relationship between religion and politics. >> religious affiliation has often beenlosely associated with the major party coalitions, with the democrats and the republicans each drawing on different religious communi

monette was last seen march 2nd.ar in a quiet new orleans neighborhood after celebrating her nomination as district teacher of the year. we'll keep you posted on what we learn. >>> well, of course, it's march 17th, which means it's st. patrick's day. the city of chicago celebrating today with an annual tradition. yes, dyeing the chicago river green. there they go. more on the holiday, but later in the show, including top irish dancers with a bit of history on the dance for you. >>> residents northwest of denver can go back home now after an early season wildfire prompted evacuations. now, this fire is largely contained at this point, but if the winds pick up, again, more evacuations. meanwhile, another round of winter weather is shaping up in the central part of the country. want to go to alexandra steele for a look at your sunday forecast. i had a lot of people tweet me and message me on facebook saying, hey, we have st. patrick's day parades today. how is it going to be for folks? >> a lot of the big ones were actu

on exactly if these cars, they're not related at all to terrilyn monette's vehicle.ore on the industrial canal, it's completely unrelated with the terrilyn monette investigation. we're waiting to hear more details but so far, no new leads in this investigation and this family is desperately clinging to hope, they have no answers right now. >> nick valencia, thanks for that report. >>> lawmakers in north dakota passed what could be some of the strictest abortion laws in the nation if they are signed into law. one bill bans abortions after a heartbeat is detected, the onl exception if the pregnancy endangers the mother's life, no exception for rape or incest, another bans it based on gender or genetic defects. >>> listen up you tech fans, samsung's new galaxy s4 is finally here, it could be the next big thing to dethrone the iphone from its reign. maybe so. maybe not. we'll walk you through all the cool features. follow, but at xerox we've embraced a new role. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits an

in less than 24 hours it will be two weeks since terrilynn monette disappeared. last seen at the parlay's bar in the lakeview area of new orleans. yesterday about 75 people showed up to a very solemn prayer vigil hoping to bring attention to this case. organizers passed out these fliers and buttons. and at least in the area where she went missing, fred, these fliers are everywhere. now, in terms of the search, the search resumed earlier this morning. teams are back out searching the bayous and waterways for any signs of terrilynn or her car. so far that search -- those searches have not come to fruition. now, equusearch, that independent search and rescue team based in texas, they came out here earlier this week. they're using a sonar device to comb the waterways. on sunday they're expected to bring in a higher powered, higher resolution sonar device. now, they found a handful of cars in the bayou, but none of which have matched the description of terrilynn monette's vehicle. also, fred, state police and u.s. customs have provided helicopters for aerial searches

our hearts with that family. >>> also missing is monette's 2012 black honda accord.nyone with information on this should contact new orleans police right away. >>> about 30 miles south of new orleans, two members of a tugboat crew were rushed to the hospital when their oil barge struck a natural gas pipeline. flames shot up into the air about 1,000 feet. the coast guard is letting the flaming tug and barge and pipeline burn themselves out at this point. >>> h&r block software glitch is delaying some 600,000 tax refunds up to six weeks. you're affected if you claimed education credits using form 8863. they say you're okay if you filed after february 22nd. the problem is fixed now. it is working with the irs to get people their money as fast as they possibly can. >>> a 16-year-old allegedly rained by two star high school football players in ohio town in shock and outrage as the trial opens. next, the latest from steubenville and we will hear from our legal experts. stay with us. [ male announcer ] if she keeps serving up sneezes... [ sneezing ] she may be muddling thro

it has been two excruciating weeks for a family of a missing louisiana woman. 26-year-old terilynn monetteas last seen outside a new orleans bar celebrating her teacher of the year nomination. investigators have come up empty but her mother is still clinging to hope. >> because i know my daughter is still here. she's still here. i can't think about her not being here, not seeing her face ever again. i can't see that. no, i can't. i'm not thinking about that. i'm saying that someone's going to find her and bring her back to me. >> more sophisticated sonar equipment is now being brought in so crews can better search bodies of water in that area. >>> sarah palin brings down the house at cpac. >> so this go-round, he's got the rifle, i got the rack. >> her take on guns, mayor bloomberg and the gop, straight ahead. ggles and curling irons. for the little mishaps you feel, use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster neosporin. also try neosporin eczema essentials. [ sneezing ] she may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec®. powerful allergy relief for adults a

they believe that this might have been the path that monette took home.ck here. there's a lot of information. a lot on this story, i should, people are talking about it all. prayer vigil, organizers were passing out these signs and at least in the area she went missing, susan, these signs are everywhere. people are talking here locally. >> yeah. i understand, her students are upset too. we are thinking of her family. thank you. >>> american catholics are speensing more changes in their church than just a new pope. what will those changes mean for the new future? >>> and a reminder for you now to watch cnn's new show "the lead" with jake tapper starts monday afternoon 4:00 eastern. mn to taste great. she was a picky eater. well now i'm her dietitian and last year, she wasn't eating so well. so i recommended boost complete nutritional drink to help her get the nutrition she was missing. and now she drinks it every day. well, it tastes great! [ male announcer ] boost has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bo

near three weeks after carolyn monett walked out of a bar and vanished, the mystery deepens.hey've scoured nearby surveillance cameras and even take a look at the traffic lights. cnn's nick valencia is in new orleans. did they manage to find any clue, though? >> not yet, carol. good morning. we're at bayou st. john, and this is where investigators will resume their search this morning. right now divers are getting their equipment ready. but i want to share with you a new development and cnn learned yesterday. for the first time publicly, the new orleans police department acknowledged that surveillance cameras and red light cameras caught missing teacher terrilynn monett at a red light. we've been here since last week, and investigators have been very tight-lipped about the information they've obtained so far. >> searchers will be using that new equipment that you mentioned. tell us more about that. >> reporter: on saturday, we were there when equusearch, that's that independent search and rescue team based in texas, that came out last week to help local authorities with their

trouble is, none of those cars belonged to the missing teacher terrilynn monette.n hundreds have been scouring the waters looking for this woman. she's a teacher of the year nominee and she hasn't been seen since march 2nd. >>> in her six weeks on the witness stand, there has been a theme until jodi arias' testimony. again and again and again. she tells the jury, i just don't remember. especially all those inconvenient details about the day that she admittedly killed her boyfriend violently and viciously. and yesterday, her psychologist testified as to why she may be so foggy in those areas. >> people who suffer from stress-producing trauma will frequently not recall for a certain period, starting at the beginning of the trauma until sometime thereafter which can be measured in even hours or even days or even weeks. >> well, it seems awfully plausible, but will a jury who is seemingly fed up with all of her lying, will they buy that? and will they agree with that expert? in her 18th and last day on the stand, a woman who simply had an answer for everything, and qui

terrilyn monette went missing march 2nd. her mother spoke earlier with cnn's soledad o'brien.body kidnapped her daughter. >> i can't sleep at night. i can't sleep at night. i can't eat. i keep thinking about my child and where she could be. i just want her back. so please, if you're listening and you're watching this, please bring terrilyn home. please. that's all i want. i want her home. >> oh. her daughter terrilyn was last seen at a bar in a quiet neighborhood. she was celebrating her nomination as district teacher of the year. >>> a 30-foot wide ribbon of burned oil is streaming out of a barge off the coast of louisiana after the vessel's tug hit a petroleum pipeline last night and burst into flames. the coast guard is letting the fire on the tug and barge burn itself out. it's also launching a cleanup effort. cnn spoke earlier with the coast guard, the captain of the coast guard, peter goshay. >> we've mobilized 6,000 feet of containment boom on scene, we've got another 10,000 feet that's on its way and will be there shortly as well as a couple swimmers and we're going to

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round that detonated inside >> and still no leads in the search for new orleans teacher terrilynn monetteers as you see there, have brought in advanced sonar equipment in help in the search for the 26-year-old teacher. she was last seen drinking in this bar, where she was celebrating her teacher of the year nomination. >>> and senate majority leader harry reid is pulling a proposed ban on assault weapons from new gun legislation that he will go to the full senate with for consideration. now, reid says that keeping that assault weapons ban in place in this legislation would have guaranteed a republican filibuster to the measure. >> i'm not going to try to put something on the floor that won't -- i think the worst of all worlds would be to bring something to the floor and it dies there. >> reid says senator dianne feinstein that was her proposal that assault weapons ban could still get a vote on still get a vote it would have to be introduced as an amendment to the new gun legislation. >> malala yousafzai, the pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban, look at her. she is headed back t