father... rob tibbetts says he is still optimistic that the case will end with mollie coming home. lieves it's only a matter of time before someone comes forward with information. her boyfriend, dalton jack, says he is trying to stay busy and leave the work to ( james ) the reward for bringing mollie tibbetts home is now more than 300-thousand dollars. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... an oakland coach is murdered and this morning we have new details on the case to find his killer. ( darya ) and a warning as you and your kids get ready for back to school shopping. a popular school supply could contain asbestos. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the

but with no signs of foul play, mollie tibbetts' loved ones are hopeful she will be found safe and sound. chantelle navarro talks to her father and boyfriend. robher"a lot of what i think is what a distraught father with too much time and too much imagination, but i don't think anyone set out to harm mollie." rob tibbetts says he still remains optimistic that his daughter's disappearance will end on a happy note.rob tibbetts/father"i think there's genuinely a logical way home for mollie. i really do."and whoever does has her is confused at this point, as the investigation has escalated to a national level. rob tibbetts/father"doesn't mean to harm mollie, but doesn't know how to end this situation. doesn't know how to extricate themselves from this. is fearful of the consequences."mollie's boyfriend, dalton jack says he's trying to stay busy and leave the work to the authorities.dalton jack/boyfriend"thinking about her, it's not about me. my feelings don't matter, it's all about her"and even if there's another scenario like someone's out there that knows what happened, rob says it's only a matter of time.rob tibbetts/father"it's a little town. w

(pkg) rob tibbetts/father"a lot of what i think is what a distraught father with too much time and too much imagination, but i don't think anyone set out to harm mollie." rob tibbetts says he still remains optimistic that his daughter's disappearance will end on a happy note.rob tibbetts/father"i think there's genuinely a logical way home for mollie. i really do."and whoever does has her is confused at this point, as the investigation has escalated to a national level. rob tibbetts/father"doesn't mean to harm mollie, but doesn't know how to end this situation. doesn't know how to extricate themselves from this. is fearful of the consequences."mollie's boyfriend, dalton jack says he's trying to stay busy and leave the work to the authorities.dalton jack/boyfriend"thinking about her, it's not about me. my feelings don't matter, it's all about her"and even if there's another scenario like someone's out there that knows what happened, rob says it's only a matter of time.rob tibbetts/father"it's a little town. we're all from iowa. we all know what a small town is like. someone knows exactly

rob tibbetts/father: "well, we are fighting. that's all we can do."s - rob tibbetts stands in front of a missing poster with his daughter's picture.mollie tibbetts' photo is plastered everywhere around brooklyn.rob tibbetts/father: "she is a real person, not a missing girl on a poster."tibbetts lives in california, but dropped everything when he got the call his daughter was missing.rob tibbetts/father: "nobody has any idea why. why? how this could happen in a place like brooklyn, iowa?"fbi agents are still in brooklyn. authorities say there is nothing new to report publicly on the search for the missing 20-year-old.but they are still hard at work.rob tibbetts/father: "what they have told us is their search is significant and aggressive. it's nationwide."it's unclear if mollie returned to her boyfriend's house after her jog on july 18th.investigators don't want to reveal what they call a "solid timeline" they've pieced together.rob tibbetts/father: "they don't want to give anybody an advantage who might be involved in this."laura terrell/reporting: "f

rob tibbetts/ father:"we call her pie.vestigators have interviewed more than 200 people as they search for tibbetts. they have also been searching nearby fields and lakes for any sign of the 20 year old. you might call him a swimming phenom. meet the ten year old californian who just shattered... one of michael phelps' records. live look outside... san francisco international airport. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) ( marty )greatness comes in all shapes and sizes ... and a pint-sized swimmer is turning heads after breaking a long-time record. this 10-year-old swimmer in california is making headlines for breaking a record set by michael phelps. his name is clark kent -- he is from monterey county and yes, they call him "superman" on july 29, he broke phelps' longest-standing record at the far west international championship. clark also took first in every event at the championship.(sot) <"it was the 100 meter butterfly. and i broke a michael phelps record of 1:10:48. i won a time of 1:09:38""always have fun and never give up on

while hope remained she'd be found safe,<rob tibbetts/father> let's keep at it. let's go get her."her father flew out from the bay area to lead the searchnats confirmation of her death has left the community with a legacy of fear for their children.smebody's got to be there 24/7 now. they can't ride their bikes. they even stopped movies in the park at night now. (catherine) investigators say tibbets' body was identified through her clothes and rivera's statements.an autopsy is set for tomorrow. vicki and grant? (vicki) and kron4 first told you about the arrest through a push notification. make sure you download the kron4 mobile app to always get the latest breaking news alerts. (grant) developing news tonight... president trump's former personal attorney, michael cohen, said in federal court that he violated campaign laws and broke the law at the "direction" of trump. cohen pleaded guilty today to eight criminal counts, including campaign finance violations, tax fraud, and making false statements to a bank. as part of the plea deal, cohen admits to arranging payments to two women w

while hope remained she'd be found safe,<rob tibbetts/father> let's keep at it. let's go get her."her father flew out from the bay area to lead the searchnats confirmation of her death has left the community with a legacy of fear for their children.smebody's got to be there 24/7 now. they can't ride their bikes. they even stopped movies in the park at night now. night now.in the park at stopped movies they even ride their bikes. now. they can't ride their bikes. they even stopped movies in the park at night now. (ken) we have team coverage tonight on the mollie tibbetts case -- our michelle kingston is live outside mollie's former church and elementary school in piedmont.(vicki)mollie attended corpus christi until she moved to iowa in third grade.michelle -- i understand you spoke to some friends of hers tonight? mollie left the bay area when she was in third grade -- but people here still remember her ... many people kept in touch ... and everyone at corpus christi is now praying for mollie's family. a few friends and members a few friends and members of the church met here today

rob tibbetts is mollie's father. >> this is another tool in our arsenal. we're providing this fund to provide some financial incentive for someone who is otherwise reluctant to come forward. >> reporter: tibbetts was dog sitting at her boyfriend's house the last day she was seen. he was out of town and is not a suspect. the family believes she's still alive and may have been abducted. and today, her boyfriend pleaded for her safe return. >> everybody has a mollie in their life, a person that has affected them in a way that she affected everybody standing up here right now. imagine if this was you, somebody had taken your mollie. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents have also joined in the search and are analyzing location data from her fitbit and cell phone. and while the investigation continues in brooklyn, iowa, tibbetts' family wants the so search to go nationwide. >> everybody in the country has adopted mollie. so let's keep at it. let's go get her. >> reporter: police have already investigated roughly 200 tips, including a sighting of someone who looked like tib

rob tibbetts, the father, is from california it was here on the ground for more than 30 days pleading for information. he returned to california just a few days ago, per the advice of authorities who told him to get back to his daily life in california and his job. just a few short days after returning to california, he got the awful call that his daughter was found dead. >> what can you tell us about the reaction? people have been searching for mollie tibbetts for so many weeks now. this case has generated a high- profile level. it has been attracting national attention. what are people talking about now that we have all learned? that the suspect is for mexico and living in the u.s. illegally. >> well, here on the ground, there were a lot of friends gathered, a lot of what looked like classmates. afterwards, they were crying in tears. the mother who has been on the ground here for quite some time who lives in the area, we saw her looking like she could not just handle much more and kind of just bolted inside the police station after the press conference. this area was gripped by this

tibbetts continues today. she was last seen on july 18th jogs. she was living in brooklyn, iowa. the reward for finding her is now $300,000. her father robbetts joins us now. thank you for taking the time to be with us. we can only imagine what a living held the past few weeks have been for you and your family. have the police shared with you any of their theories on what happened? >> no, they haven't, and we have an agreement with them from the outset that all of that information would be kept to law enforcement for two reasons. they don't want to compromise the search and they don't want to endanger molly. >> i know you have your own theory, your speculation, your intuition is that she is with someone she knows. can you expound on that? >> well, i do want to point out that it really is just speculation on a father's part that has lots of time an imagination, and i'm looking for a logical way to bring mollly home, so it is just that and it has taken on a bit of a life of it's own in the last few days, but it is not inconceivable that she left with someone that she knows and that person or persons are with her now. >> was she last seen j

the father rob tibbetts admitted it was just speculation but held onto the belief throughout this processs still alive. he just a short time ago as well as two law enforcement sources confirmed to us the body found is indeed that of mollie tibbetts. the search for the missing student investigators are tight lipped. the only information we have that foul play was involved is crimestoppers. they now say the $400,000 reward has now become a reward for information that captures her killer. she vanished on july 18th after going for jog. the next day her boyfriend texted her and didn't receive a response. when she failed to show up for work he reported her missing. the boyfriend was quickly cleared in the case as he was away on a job. information later was developed that she had returned to the house where she was staying after her jog. nearby hog farm was searched, owner questioned, investigators knew she wore a fit bit and cell phone. they remained missing. we don't know if those items were found with the body. we simply have information from investigators that her body was found in a rural p

i extend my sincerest condolences and sympathies to rob tibbett, mollie's father and law -- laura calderwood, mollie's mother. they spent the last month and a half searching the state for their missing daughter. rob and laura traveled across the state, raised awareness on tv and handed out buttons, t-shirts and missing person fliers at the iowa state fair. both rob and laura showed remarkable bravery in the face of the tragedy. know our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this time. for those of us in washington, we ought to try and learn something from mollie's character and the example that she set. as mollie's boyfriend, dalton jack, said, quote, she's not just a missing person flier, end the quote, mollie was an after individual reader who enjoyed the choir, theater and writing. mollie loved her friends and had natural ability working with children. her friends say she had a gift to make everyone feel like the most important person in the room. no doubt her nurturing character and her ability to be everyone's counselor, as a friend put it, led her to the university o

she was set to return to the university of iowa as a sophomore, her father rob tibbetts was on the grounde pleading for information leading to the arrest or conviction of anyone involved in the disappearance of his daughter. he went to the university -- he went to the iowa state fair to hand out fliers begging for information. after 30-plus days he's learned that his daughter has been found dead. tucker? >> tucker: thank you, matt. as with the kate steinle case a young american might still be alive if the country were willing to enforce its own federal laws. luis er luiser if nan da injoining us. >> thank you. >> tucker: the line that the rest of us are willing to accept, all immigrants are great people, better than us, if we su expect otherwise we're bad peepful we point to evidence proving otherwise then we're bigots and should be quiet. why don't americans have a quite to police their own borders and say if you aren't here legally you have to leave now. >> i'm glad that you're giving us an opportunity to have this discussion. democrats, republicans, independent interests, immigrants an

know as a family held out hope that somehow mollie tibbetts will be found alive, their worst fears have been realized. the father of mollie tibbetts, rob tibbets, is 1 of 3 sources confirming to fox fox news thae body found in rural poweshiek county is that of the missing university of iowa student. investigators have not given us specifics about the location of the body, however a local television station is reporting that her remains were found about 10 miles away from brooklyn, iowa, which is where she disappeared. the medical examiner was seen leaving that area. the strongest indication we have a foul play comes from crime stoppers which changed the $400,000 reward for information about her location to now a reward for information that captures her killer. 20 years old, and petite, she was last seen going for a jog near her hometown of brooklyn, iowa, july 18. the next day, her boyfriend dawson jack texted her and he did not receive a response. when she failed to show up at work he reported her missing. the boyfriend was cleared of suspicion as he was away at a job. she just disappeared apparently into thin air at the time. a nearb

. >> reporter: tibbetts' father, rob, begged the public to send tips which can be done anonymously throughstoppers. >> this is a fight for our daughter. we are told very little by the authorities for very good reason. they don't need to share information with someone who might be implicated in this. >> reporter: on thursday, investigators went back to an area they previously searched near brooklyn, iowa, where the 20-year-old vanished more than two weeks ago. wayne, who lives near the search area, told the local station he was questioned for two hours by investigators. yesterday, police ruled that out a possible sighting of tibbetts at a missouri truck stop. police in iowa also questioned a man spotted taking photos of female joggers from his car. >> a lot of sex offenses, they just don't happen. there is a period of surveillance. there's no indication there was criminal misconduct but we still have not cleared the individual. >> reporter: so far, there have been no suspects or arrests in the disappearance of the university of iowa sophomore. >> everybody has a mollie in their life. >> rep

rob: the family of a missing college student has faith they will bring her home. mollie tibbetts's father totally speculation on my part, but i think mollie tibbetts is with someone she knows that is in over their head. the longer we go about finding a body the more hopeful we are that she is alive somewhere and going through something that she can survive. rob: the 20-year-old disappeared july 18th after going for a jog. investigators have not named any suspects. the reward leading to mollie tibbetts being found is $277,000. the gas tanker exploded into flames at the height of rush hour. the incredible blast caught on camera in italy. that looks like a movie. a giant fireball erupting on the movie, i think career and a stopped truck. at least three people i did. as many as 70 hurt. the blast collapsing part of the highway. keeping our secrets a secret, the pentagon banning personnel from using fitness trackers and smart phones for geolocation tracking after it was revealed that a fitness tracking apps revealed the locations of security forces around the world. responsible for making sure

mollie tibbett's father has take an break from the search heading back home to fresno. robibbett's says it wasn't his choice. law enforcement told family members they should return to their day-to-day lives as the investigation continues. it's been over a month since mollie was last seen. >>> two north bay cities are no longer using roundup weed killer. a jury awarded a former groundskeeper with terminal cancer $289.2 million. abc 7 news reporter katie utehs has more on the organic approach. >> reporter: these small faces are a huge motivation for novato's mayor josh fryday. >> a saying you put your money behind your values and in our community we value the environment, we value protecting our children. >> reporter: the city will no longer use the weed killer roundup or products containing the chemical glyphosate. >> the world health organization did declare roundup carcinogenic quite a while ago. >> reporter: it's a victory for groups like sustainable novato that have advocated against potentially dangerous chemicals for years. >> the truth is you can't put a price tag on

with us today her father, rob tibbetts and her boyfriend, dalton jack.best to you and all the searchers out there and let's hope we can do some good today. listening to the press conference yesterday there seemed to be very little new information. and i don't know what you are hearing behind is scenes. what does that tell us or the public when we're trying to figure this out with you? >> well, i know it's frustrating for the public. it is frustrating for the family but also the right thing to do. the authorities don't want to jeopardize the integrity of the investigation and search for mollie. they don't want to put mollie in danger by sharing information that whoever might be involved in this could use. >> julie: rob, i want to play part of a news conference from the special agent iowa division of criminal investigation rick ron talking more about the investigation itself and where they are one month after her disappearance. let's play that. >> i can tell you that as an investigative team we've conducted over 500 plus interviews in this investigation th

rob: the family of a missing college student state they will bring her home. mollie tibbetts's fathershe is still alive. >> totally speculation on my part, but i think she is with someone she knows who is over their head, the more hopeful we are that she is alive somewhere and going through something that she can survive. todd: the 20-year-old went for a jog and then disappeared. investigators of not named any suspects. information leading to mollie tibbetts is $277,000. jillian: two hundred brave soldiers joining the largest wildfire ever, the army deploying active-duty troops to battle several major blazes across the state. the mendocino complex fire is the largest in california history. 14,000 firefighters are battling fires across the state, army engineers are expected on the ground early next week. todd: a moving tribute to following k9 offices, placing american flags at the graves in the state of florida -- georgia. jillian: he took a photo. officers are not sure who placed the flags but say they are thankful for the show of respect. it is 9 minutes after the hour. voters in 5 s

. >>> a funeral was held for mollie tibbetts, the 20-year-old college student who went missing in july. her father rob asked the more than thousand people at his daughter's funeral to remember her by celebrating something wonderful instead of focusing on the way she died. mollie tibbetts was abducted and stabbed out on a run. her killer faces life without parole. i'm lauren green, now back to "life, liberty & levin." . mark: candace, you mentioned president trump a few times. >> i have. mark: in a very excited, positive way, tell me why? >> i absolutely love this president. i think what he did in this country was the most necessary thing, by killing political correctness. we were losing this country and everybody was too politically correct to tell us that we were losing this country. he stood up on a platform and started telling the truth. it was timely, because when you look at what's happening in europe, i think we would have suffered some of the same consequences that they're suffering, if we hadn't had somebody who was tough and willing to take the hits from the media. mark: in this respect you'r

tibbetts. rob: there was so much hope she might be found alive. her father dashed with the discovery of her body. thanks, appreciate it. jillian: sarah sanders praising her boss and ice for a job well done, the press secretary tweeting for many years a nazi forced labor camp guard was living in new york, terrible injustice. past administrations failed to deport him, donald trump got the job done. ice has removed this despicable nazi from our great country, ice has deported him to germany, the last known nazi collaborator in the us. a hard-working father breaking down in tears as a judge raise charges against his son-in-law accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters, indicating christopher watts may have killed his kids before his wife came home from a trip, her body found buried in the colorado oil field. watts claims his wife strangled the girls after asking for divorce and he killed her out of rage. he has not entered a plea and could face the death penalty if convicted. rob: a police helicopter crashes and breaks apart trying to take off in

mollie tibbett's father is taking a break from the search heading back home to fresno. rob tibbett's says it wasn't his choice. law enforcement told family members they should return to their day-to-day lives as the investigation continues. it's been over a month since mollie was last seen. >>> two bay area cities are no longer using roundup weed killer. earlier this month a jury awarded a former groundskeeper with terminal cancer $289.2 million. he sprayed the weed killer in bulk 30 times a year. novato and benicia will no longer use roundup or products containing the chemical in roundup. >> there's a saying that you put your money behind your values and in our community we value the environment, we value protecting our children and animals and so for us, this was a priority. this wasn't part of the ruling but because of the ruling, that our community knew that we are taking these steps. >> novato is looking for volunteers to help public works groundskeepers pull weeds. >>> measles cases are on the rise. the state is seeing more cases this year than last year. the departme

mollie tibbetts was set to return to the university of iowa is a sophomore this year and her father, robibbets was on the ground here for 30 days pleading for information leading to the arrest or conviction of anyone involved in the disappearance of his daughter. he even went to the iowa state fair to hand out flyers, begging for information. after 30 plus days he has now learned that his daughter has been found, dead. tucker? >> tucker: thank you. as with the kate steinle case, it looks like a young american might still be alive if the country were willing to simply enforce its own federal laws. luis miranda is joining us tonight. so, the line where the rest of us are kind of forced to accept is, all immigrants are great people, better than us in fact. and if we suspect otherwise, we are bad people. if we point to evidence proving otherwise than we are flat out bigots and we should be quiet. why don't americans have a right to police their own borders and say, if you are not here legally, you have to leave now? >> i'm glad that you are giving us the opportunity to have this discussion b

james ) the father of missing iowa student moillie tibbetts say he met with vice president mike pence this week. tibbetts who grew up in the bay area... has been missing for four weeks. robbetts and mollie's boyfriend dalton jack spoke with pence for about 20 minutes about the search efforts. tips have been pouring in ever since officials launched a website to aid in the efforts. officials say they are now focusing on five locations in the small town of brooklyn iowa. ( darya ) an investigation is underway into a kidnapping scam. a woman in san diego county paid 14-hundred dollars to a caller ... who claimed he had kidnapped her mother. the sheriff's office said the scammers used a spoofing device to make it look like the phone call was made from the mother's phone. then to really sell it ... the scammers called lauren kennedy in the middle of the fake ransom call.they got her mother worked up ... by saying they had lauren. <"i heard her in the background and i thought for sure that they had taken her." but, all i heard was her saying my name, and, yeah, i still can't believe it." >( darya ) the scammers ordered lauren to give them her credit card information ... and to

( marty ) the father of missing iowa student mollie tibbetts says he met with vice president mike pence last week. tibbetts who grew up in the bay area... has been missing for a month. robd mollie's boyfriend dalton jack spoke with the vice president for about 20 minutes about the search efforts. tips have been pouring in ever since officials launched a website to aid in the search for molly. officials say they are now focusing on five locations in the small town of brooklyn, iowa. ( marty )a california woman is demanding answers after she says ice authorities detained her husband. it happened as he was trying to take her to the hospital to give birth. chris holmstrom reports. maria del carmen venegas holding back the tears.maria del carmen venegas:"(spanish)." she says she's doing bad at this moment and that's when you most need your husband.the mother of five just gave birth 2 days ago ... the same day her husband, joel arrona, was detained by ice agents.it was wednesday afternoon.venegas was on the way to the hospital with her husband.she was heading there for a pre- planned c-section.surveillance video shows them at the gas station when two cars surround her vehicle

father of mollie tibbetts making a new plea to bring her home. >> she lived on those platforms. she was constantly on it, you need that information. robave information sternly investigation around. jillian: who is the favor to make a run for the white house in 2020? follow the money. stay right there. ♪ take the money and run ♪ with liberty mutual new car replacement we'll replace the full value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. rob: nancy pelosi says vote for democrats is the only way to give leverage to illegal immigrants. >> we can't get it done under republican leadership. we will have leverage in the assembly. giving leverage to every family, every mom, to escape. jillian: the house minority leader making those comments in el paso discussing her opposition to donald trump's 0-tolerance immigration policy. jillian: if money can talk it would say, harris could be the next democratic presidential n

rob tibbets:"the authorities now are being much more specific in what we should be looking for." mollie tibbetts father these 5 spots on a map-- locations linked to the disappearance of his daughter, says investigators.nats of trucks visiting brooklyn, we took a look at each, starting here at interstate 80, the ta truckstop.this major hub for travelers never seems still and sits just a couple driving from ta just behind the first intersection is the d&m carwash.it's quiet and sits at the residential area. neighbors say they think investigators have highlighted it, in part, because of its surveillance cameras -- one of the few in town.investigators say:mitch mortvedt:"unexpected or intensive cleaning of a vehicle, possibly at an unusual time of day or night." we saw a dci team canvassing homes behind it.then there's 380 fifth avenue-- a familiar spot, the home of tibbits' boyfriend dalton jack, and where she was dog sitting the day she disappeared.the fourth and fifth locations can be reached by gravel roads.one is east of town marked by rolling hills-- the other can be reached by driving south past the

tibbetts opening up about a meeting with mike pence. >> it was general and real and touching, it was not a politician at all but another father. who will provide molly's story. robving through a nightmare. the vice president prayed for the family. molly has been missing for more than a month. there were 200 tips this week. ♪ respect ♪ that is what it means to me ♪ respect ♪ jillian: aretha franklin has died. with those 7 letters she made her mark in music history. >> laura angle looks back at her legacy. >> reporter: aretha franklin was born on october 5, 1942, in memphis, tennessee to a baptist preacher father and gospel singer mother, franklin was one of five children following parent separation to detroit, michigan. regarded as child prodigy, her traveling revival show, it was there she honed her musical skills. she was only 18 when she signed a record deal releasing the great aretha franklin, she had the top 10, and a new label in 1967 to crossover to the pop charts. the release of the album i never loved a man the way i love you is viewed one of her most popular songs ever earning her respect worldwide. >> respect was on the charts. >> and and some for wome

gma" first look, 20-year-old mollie tibbetts laid to rest as hundreds gather in the small iowa town for the funeral service at the high school including her father robing his daughter's whole life was about serving her family and friends and sharing that when he re 3years there the brooklyn, wasn't a hispanic community and iowa is now better for it adding they have great values and beliefs and i have grateful for them. his comment in stark opposition to political attacks over immigration policy after cristhian rivera was charged with her murder. the high school football team is honoring her memory wearing their initials on her helmets and jerseys. a live report at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look i'm alex perez, brooklyn, iowa. >>> playwright neil simon who dominated broadway for decades has died. he passed away at a hospital in manhattan. he suffered complications from pneumonia. in a second half of the 20th century, simon was the american theater's most successful and prolific playwright chronicling fears. his odd couple play ran more than 900 performances before becoming a hit movie and also beloved tv series. simon was the recipient of four

james ) the father of missing iowa student moillie tibbetts say he met with vice president mike pence this week. tibbetts who grew up in the bay area... has been missing for four weeks. robie's boyfriend dalton jack spoke with pence for about 20 minutes on wednesday about the search efforts. tips have been pouring in ever since officials launched a website to aid in the efforts. officials say they are now focusing on five locations in the small town of brooklyn iowa. ( james ) san francisco police are investigating a stabbing on a muni bus. the stabbing happened near market street and van ness avenue. a 37-year-old man was sitting on the bus when another man tried to take his bag. the attacker then pulled out a knife and stabed the victim in his stomach.. the victim is in the hospital. officers were unable to locate the attacker. ( darya ) tributes are tributes are pouring in for the queen of soul -- aretha franklin. fans gathered outside the apollo theater in harlem last night... dancing to her music. ( darya ) a grammy award winning producer here in the bay area worked with franklin for decades... starting in the 80's. narada michael walden pro

tibbetts and her funeral yesterday. cheryl casone has the details. >> that's right father of molly tibbetts urging people at his daughter's funeral to remember her passion for life and desire to help others. robibbetts said, quote, today we turn the page at the end of a long ordeal. but we need to turn towards life. molly's life because mollie is nobody's victim mollie is my hero. mollie tibbetts her found in a cornfield 24-year-old man who was living in the u.s. illegally has been charged with first-degree murder in her death. headline we're following tesla making a big u-turn with elon musk saying his company is going to remain public afterall. the news coming just over two weeks after musk sent shockwaves through wall street and tweeted he was considering taking tesla patriot and would be biggest buyout ever and sharing opposition to his proposal edition to his own about the plan. paying a look at trends this morning a lot of pressure on stock actually down 5% in the premarket. with, it was another impressive weekend for crazy rich asians at box office. >> meeting with parents and he has to send them money. [inaudible conversations] afford this so your family is rich. or comfortable that i

tibbetts' father says he believes his daughter is still alive. >> i think the longer this goes on, the absence of finding her, that she could be someplace where we can still get her back. >> rob tibbetts says he believes his daughter may have gone willingly with someone she knew. his daughter was last seen taking a jog three weeks ago. wayne chaney, who lives near the search area, has been questioned by the fbi. he told "the des moines register" he has refused to take a polygraph, saying "i have nothing to hide." he has not been charged in connection with this case. mollie's father, rob, will join us on cnn's "new day" at 7:30 a.m. eastern time. >> definitely tune in for that. i think the reward's $300,000 right now? >>> the city of chicago vowing to put hundreds of additional police officers on the streets, the move coming after 66 people were shot over the weekend. of those, 12 people died. chicago's police chief says 430 officers are being put on street duty while 200 more will be on patrol over the weekend. some officers will have their hours extended or vacations canceled. officials say others are also being reassigned from other duties. >>> a fighter jet launches a miss

tibbetts disappeared. her father has told the media he has made the decision to head back to california. those outlets report he has come back home. he was in fresh fresno. and robtips in their search to find her. a reward to bring molly home safely is at more than $36 6,000. >>> dozens of people turned out for a barbecue, but it was a bittersweet day for many. the annual event at gilman park was origin lily put together -- originally put together as the organization was aimed at creating positive role models and celebrating pacific islander culture. he died of cancer in june. now, the community has also been rocked by the shooting of another member of the community last week. >> and he is family to a lot of folks here, a lot of these brothers here, he is family with my husband. he is definitely in our prayers. it is heavy on our hearts. after this a lot of us are going to go back to the hospital. >> friends visiting in the hospital say he is making progress and they also say he is a strong man and everyone is pulling for him. >>> well, tomorrow is the first day of school for the san francisco unified students, but student whose might take city buses may not get

tibbetts says he believes his father is still alive. >> the longer we do without finding mollie's body, the more hopeful we are she's alive somewhere and going through something that very can survive. >> robhis 20-year-old daughter is with someone she knows two weeks after vanishing from the small town of brooklyn, iowa. >> it's totally speculation on my part, but i think mollie is with someone she knows, that is in over their head. there was some independent could of misunderstanding about the nature of that relationship. at this point they don't know how to get out from under this. they don't know how to resolve this. they are probably terrified. >> those words setting a different tone from mollie's mother who told nbc news she believes mollie was abducted while on her nightly run and police found a computer, wallet and drmivers license at her boyfriend's house where she was staying. still not found her iphone, fitbit and earbuds. mollie was last seen on that jog and disappeared from the neighborhood she was staying on the night of july 18th. searches of corn fields and pig farms have so far turned up no sign of the missing college student. police had been focusing last week on wayne ch

eric: that's the father of mollie tibbetts making the very difficult decision to head home to california after an excruciating month trying to find his missing 20-year-old daughter. robnd media and law enforcement for helping with the search. he says the family is trying to get back to their lives but they do hold out hope that authorities will be able to bring their daughter back safely. that reward for information currently stands at $400,000. >> if you look at these districts, if you look at what we can do in the grassroots basis. if you look at the underlying belief in what president trump has accomplished, if you just focus on this i happen to believe we'll lose less than net 15 seats. he'll hold the house of representatives. pick up two or three seats in the senate and more impetus in 2020. >> sandra: he says the key is to rally behind president trump in the mid-term elections or risk losing its hold by the majority of congress. let's bring in the a-team, noah rothman commentary magazine. marc lotter former press second tra*ek to vice president mikes pence and mary anne marsh former senior advisor to john kerry. marc, to you first. bannon suggests the gop would