mr. richardson, thank you for joining us. >> caller: thank you for having me. >> what are your concerns, and what are your theories tonight as to what happened to your precious daughter? >> caller: my concern is she needs to be back home with her mother and father. my theory is i just really feel like the system in which we trust so much and put our trust in with the sheriff's department has let us down and failed miserably. >> well, i understand that there was some communication, that the family was aware that she'd been arrested and they were under the impressionu were under the impression, the family -- that she was going to spend the night at sheriff's station and you would pick her hunt in morning. how did this communication gap come about? >> caller: well, basically, when this first initially happened, she passed a field sobriety test. so that means that she was not drunk. she later was sti had been in a manner in which they felt was concerned. so they took her to jail based on that. but what should have happened based on that is they should have done a behavioral health assessment

mr. richardson, please stay on the phone, sir. your daughter's missing, we want do everything we can to find her. back in just a couple of seconds. we're going to talk more about this missing woman in malibu. is it madness in malibu? it is mean in malibu? i want to hear what you have to say. 1-877-586-7297. 1-877-jvm-says. coming up, what will jon gosselin do now that he's unemployed and first a missing girl's dad points finger at authority, are they responsible for his precious daughter's disappearance. >> will not give me a tape, they will not give me a tape. nobody will give me a report. nobody's doing nothing. >>> we don't know the person that's in that booking report. something happened. what? that's why we're here today. what and where is she? we want her home. >> that was mitrice richardson's cousin, the 24-year-old woman has been missing since the night of september 17th. that's about 12 days ago when she walked out of a sheriff's station in the middle of the night, 1:30 a.m., no phone, no car. they'd impounded her car. no

mr. richardson, was targeted for an unknown reason. >> we walked from the house all the way up to 193. >> reporter: at a community meeting attended by more than 100 residents, investigators revealed new information about the richardson murder. they said the suspects apparently knew the victim to some degree. they said mr. richardson's mercedes did he san, stolen by the three sus detectives, has been recovered in the district and they confirmed detectives have found three or four items the suspects discarded as they drove away but would not say what those items are. relieved by the information the murder was not believed to be random, residents talked about ways to use new-found community closeness to prevent crime. >> what our neighbors did, we made a pact we're going to exchange cell phones so if you're home throughout the day, i can give you a call and say, hey, an alarm is going off or someone is walking on your home so we made a pact to get to know each other. >> reporter: one of the suspects was armed with an assault-type rifle. another had a handgun. >> jackie, ben sen reporting fro

mr. richardson, was targeted for an unknown reason. >> police think the three suspects partly knew richardsonomehow. officers later recovered his stolen mercedes in the district. police say they also found several items the intrude ers discarded as they drove away. officers aren't saying what those items are. >>> happening today here in washington, hundreds of experts will gather to talk about distracted driving and what should be done about it. distracted driving is now thought to be responsible for a fourth of all traffic accidents. more than half of those involve teenagers. that's why the ford motor company and the governor's highway safety association held a seminar at rfk stadium yesterday. teenagers were put behind the wheel to see how well they could deal with distracts distractions. >> driving is something serious. it's not an everyday thing and a joke. it's life or death. >> there's no way to be safe while you're texting, none. it's too big a distraction. >> it's also not just texting. experts say even hands-free devices can put drivers at risk because they take attention off of the

mr. richardson quote, we don't run a babysitting operation here. and that shows you the state of mind of that department, because they didn't understand the magnitude of the issue involving mitrice. she had issues. >> what issues did she have, leo? >> she had mental issues which were demonstrated at joffrey's, demonstrated by her request to sit with strangers, about her coming from a different planet. >> jane -- >> those were the issues. >> jane, to protect against corporate liability here, you would really think that any organization would say well, you know, we are the ones who removed her from the street, not before we put her back on to the street, what are we looking at doing here in terms of our danger to protect and serve? >> hold on. i don't understand something. lou, richardson is not a criminal. she's a cal state fullerton graduate, she passed the test to be a substitute teacher. she works as an executive assistant for a freight company. she lives with her great-grandmother who says she's responsible and does volunteer work. how can she b

mr. richardson. >> i have a couple of short questions that i want to preface with an observation being here at howard university, this is the first day or week of school for many kids, kindergarten through 12th grade, college, and i think it's important to recognize the reality is we do have good schools in the country and thousands of hard- working, dedicated teachers and educators who are a research -- to our resources rest to keep in mind as we think about strategies we need to engage in and improved. to recognize that fact and be appreciative of their hard work. the reality is note child left behind has had some great successes and some great flaws. we are here to learn from that experience and make it stronger and better. particularly on the school turnaround strategies. i was struck by the commission's findings to years ago that of the millions of children's eligible to participate in the school choice aspects of no child left behind, 38,000 took advantage out of millions. i support school choice, but that is a failed policy in my view. with that level of participation, more recently,

mr. richardson quote, we don't run a babysitting operation here. and that shows you the state of mind of that department, because they didn't understand the magnitude of the issue involving mitrice. she had issues. >> what issues did she have, leo? >> she had mental issues which were demonstrated at joffrey's, demonstrated by her request to sit with strangers, about her coming from a different planet. >> jane -- >> those were the issues. >> jane, to protect against corporate liability here, you would really think that any organization would say well, you know, we are the ones who removed her from the street, not before we put her back on to the street, what are we looking at doing here in terms of our danger to protect and serve? >> hold on. i don't understand something. lou, richardson is not a criminal. she's a cal state fullerton graduate, she passed the test to be a substitute teacher. she works as an executive assistant for a freight company. she lives with her great-grandmother who says she's responsible and does volunteer work. how can she b

mr. richardson quote, we don't run a babysitting operation here. and that shows you the state of mind of that department, because they didn't understand the magnitude of the issue involving mitrice. she had issues. >> what issues did she have, leo? >> she had mental issues which were demonstrated at joffrey's, demonstrated by her request to sit with strangers, about her coming from a different planet. >> jane -- >> those were the issues. >> jane, to protect against corporate liability here, you would really think that any organization would say well, you know, we are the ones who removed her from the street, not before we put her back on to the street, what are we looking at doing here in terms of our danger to protect and serve? >> hold on. i don't understand something. lou, richardson is not a criminal. she's a cal state fullerton graduate, she passed the test to be a substitute teacher. she works as an executive assistant for a freight company. she lives with her great-grandmother who says she's responsible and does volunteer work. how can she b

mr. richardson. >> i have a couple of short questions that i want to preface with an observation being hereat howard university, thi is the first day or week of school for many kids, kindergarten through 12th grade, college, and i think it's important to recognize the reality is we d have good schools in the country and thousands of hard- working, dedicated teachers and educators who are a research -- to our resources rest to keep in mind as we think about strategies we need to engage in and improved. to recognize that fact and be appreciative of their hard work. the reality is note child left behind has had some great successes and some great flaws. we are here to learn from that experience and make it stronger and better. particularly on the school turnaround strategies. i was struck by the commission's findings to years ago that of the millions of children's eligible to participate in the school choice aspects of no child left behind, 38,000 took advantage out of millions. iupport school choice, but that is a failed policy in my view. with that level of participation, more recently, the

mr. roker? >> that's right. and we've got these nice ladies. 100 years of friendship? what are your names? >> tavina hughes. >> linda jones. >> jackie richardsonm? >> mississippi. >> mississippi. >> st. louis, missouri. >> m&m, mississippi and missouri. 100 years. you could be on a smucker's jar as well. let's check your weather, show you what's happening. boise, idaho, nbc 7. they're looking at hot temperatures, they'll be in the 90s. let's check your weekend, see what we've got for you. and we've got sunny but cool conditions in the northeast. it's going to be hot out west. we are talking toasty. unfortunately, heavy rain working its way down through the gulf coast. then on sunday, sunday, things clear out. we've only got some showers in new england and maybe along the northeast coast. sizzling weather continues through the southwe. and we've got, let's see, grandma, mom and where's your granddaughter? >> she left. >> she left? where'd she go? >> she's cold. >>ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç#ç# >>> good morning. we have had some passing light showers for the last few hours. it may continue another couple of hours moving west to east this morning

mr. clean magic eraser. ♪ welcome to comcast local edition. i am donna richardsonhnson iv superintendent of the maryland natural resources police. colonel, thank you for joining me. >> great to be here with you. >> in addition to being with the maryland natural resources you are president of the maryland police chief association, and who in addition to chief are your members? and who is working with you? >> it is comprised mostly of chief of police from all over the state and state government and law enforcement chiefs and county and municipalities that exist in all of the state of maryland. >> i know as a group i know there are several initiatives taking place. there is a new one. checkpoint strike force. >> yes, it is a research based-multi-state situation where we pick and we go out there and we look for drivers that are impaired and work to get them off of the road and we do that through our sobriarity checkpoints and our saturation patrols. >> and so, which jerse - jurisdiction, one specific area or all of the jurisdictions now involved? >> all throughout mary