>> an amber alert has been issued for a 2-year-old girl in sanford, maine. police say 38-year-old gary traynham took his little girl hailey after a violent assault on her mother. police say the pair disappeared from sanford a little before noon and may be in the lakes region of new hampshire. traynham is believed to be driving a green 1998 dodge 1500 pickup truck with maine plates. >>> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. live, florida. exclusive enclave, ponte vedra coast. a high-powered money man comes home to find his wife, the mother of his two little girls, gone, vanished. left behind? a handwritten ransom note demanding $50,000. after the $50,000 paid in cold cash, the cops nab the alleged kidnapper and accomplice. kicker? it's mommy. mommy, herself, along with her brand new lover. that's right. they faked it. bye-bye, good times. hello, hard time, mommy. >> took me from my home. and that's all i have to say. i would never try to take money from my husband. >> if they just knew you were here by yourself all night long w

>> an amber alert has been issued for a 2-year-old girl in sanford, maine. police say 38-year-old gary trainem took his little girl hailey after a violent assault on her mother. police say the pair disappeared from sanford a little before noon and may be in the lakes region of new hampshire. trainem is believed to be driving a green 1998 dodge 1500 pickup truck with maine plates. >>> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. live, florida. exclusive enclave, ponte vedra coast. a high-powered money man comes home to find his wife, the mother of his two little girls, gone, vanished. left behind? a handwritten ransom note demanding $50,000. after the 50,000 paid in cold cash, the cops nab the alleged kidnapper and accomplice. kicker? it's mommy. mommy herself along with her brand new lover. that's right. they faked it. bye-bye, good times. hello, hard time, mommy. >> took me from my home. and that's all i have to say. i would never try to take money from my husband. >> if they just knew you were here by yourself all night long with a

>> to billy liggett with the "sanford herald," joining us there in sanford, north carolina. mr. liggett, thank you for being with us. what is the theory right now? i mean, he's only in the room with the child for an hour. that's time do plenty with a 5-year-old defenseless little girl. but where was he taking her? he's clammed up behind bars. did he hand her off to somebody else, or is the most obvious and simplest solution the answer, that he in fact is responsible for the murder? what is the thinking, billy liggett? >> he is really the only suspect other than the mother right now. the only video footage that's been released to the media shows him carrying the child, and it's really only two still photos. they haven't showed actual video to anybody. so they're not saying if there's anybody else of interest. mr. scott said earlier that the wood area where -- in lake county where the body was dumped would probably confirm that he knew the area well. and i kind of disagree with that because the wooded area is actually right off the main highway. and it's less than a mile off the m

>> to billy liggett with the "sanford herald," joining us there in sanford, north carolina. mr. liggett, thank you for being with us. >> good evening. >> what is the theory right now? i mean, he's only in the room with the child for an hour. that's time do plenty with a 5-year-old defenseless little girl. but where was he taking her? he's clammed up behind bars. did he hand her off to somebody else, or is the most obvious and simplest solution the answer, that he in fact is responsible for the murder? what is the thinking, billy liggett? >> he is really the only suspect other than the mother right now. the only video footage that's been released to the media shows him carrying the child, and it's really only two still photos. they haven't showed actual video to anybody. so they're not saying if there's anybody else of interest. mr. scott said earlier that the wooded area where -- in lake county where the body was dumped would probably confirm that he knew the area well. and i kind of disagree with that because the wooded area is actually right off the main highway. and it's less

north carolina police say they found shaniya's body yesterday off a dirt road in sanford.itnesses say her body was on the ground clothed only in a t-shirt. nearly 400 people attended a candlelight vigil for shaniya last night. her father had to be held up as he cried out in prayer. >> don't give up on me and don't give up on shaniya. just know my little baby is up there with you is making me comfort right now. >> police say evidence indicates shaniya was alive when she left the sanford hotel where she was last seen on surveillance video being carried by a man who's now charged in her kidnapping. shaniya's mother antoinette davis has also been charged with prostituting her daughter. shaniya's half sister told nancy grace she's stunned by the charges against davis. >> she just seemed like the sweetest woman. she didn't come from much and stuff. but her -- you just met her, she had the sweetest voice, the sweetest personality. especially towards me, i would never think that she would do anything like that. >> just to let you know, we are getting tape right now of the original

he lives in kennebunk, which is a town near sanford, with his parents.hild by a prior marriage who does not live with him and his parents. >> so he doesn't have -- whoa, whoa, did you say him and his parents? >> he lives with his parents in kennebunk. >> he's 38 years old and he lives with his parents? >> correct. >> okay. he does not have custody of either of the two children, and we know there was a brutal assault on little hailey's mother. and then he took the girl and left. out to marc klaas. he is the president and founder of klaaskids foundation. marc, what do you make of it? and why is it that when we have a so-called parental abduction it's taken less seriously than stranger on stranger abductions? >> well, it's not really taken less seriously, but it's thought that the children are not in nearly as much danger as they are in a stranger predatory type of a situation. but i have to say, nancy, that if this woman was violently beaten at 11:00 in the morning it makes no sense that they would wait almost six hours before activating the amber alert. t

he lives in kennebunk, which is a town near sanford, with his parents.rriage who does not live with him and his parents. >> so he doesn't have -- whoa, whoa, did you say him and his parents? >> he lives with his parents in kennebunk. >> he's 38 years old and he lives with his parents? >> correct. >> okay. he does not have custody of either of the two children, and we know there was a brutal assault on little hailey's mother. and then he took the girl and left. out to marc klaas. he is the president and founder of klaaskids foundation. marc, what do you make of it? and why is it that when we have a so-called parental abduction it's taken less seriously than stranger-on-stranger abductions? >> well, it's not really taken less seriously, but it's thought that the children are not in nearly as much danger as they are in a stranger predatory type of a situation. but i have to say, nancy, that if this woman was violently beaten at 11:00 in the morning it makes no sense that they would wait almost six hours before activating the amber alert. that tells me it's

sanford's attorney says they're just minor technical matters. questions about his travel came up after he admitted he was in argentina last june visiting his mistress. >>> hundreds of families can now visit their loved ones' graves for the first time in months at a cemetery that shut down because of a scandal. the burr oak cemetery reopens today. this is the cemetery where workers are accused of digging up graves to resell the plots. visitors for now need a ticket to get in there, shows where their loved ones are buried. >>> oh, those holidays are knocking on the door. a nonprofit safety group has released its annual ten worst toys list. jen westhoven is looking out for you. they say these toys could potentially be dangerous. >>> i want to you keep in mind this isn't the consumer products safety commission. this isn't a recall. this is nothing like this. this is just a watchdog group and this is their opinion, but they put this list out every year. the group is called w.a.t.c.h., the two most common worries are choking hazards and could cause ey

first on the phone with us, crime reporter for "the sanford herald." gordon, can you bring us up to date on the case? what's the latest? >> i returned from a press conference at the fayetteville police department where they said they have not made a positive i.d. on the body located around 1:00 p.m. today. that came as a surprise. everything that we had been told up to that point is they expected to have made positive i.d. by this point and now they're saying they have not and don't expect to tonight. >> this might not be shaniya's body? >> it's possible, but the an wajs that the police are using at this point seems to indicate that they're moving forward as though it's her. obviously they can't do anything as far as charging the -- moth e or mario mcneil until they make that determination. from the language they're using it sounds like they're working on the assumption it is her. >> the mother's been charged with human trafficking, correct? >> that's not something i have confi confirmed. the public information officer with fayetteville pd said if the

sanford siegal. creator of dr. siegel's cookie diet. welcome, dr., how are you? >> hello, highway. >> so tell me, how does the cookie diet work? >> what the dieter is required to do is to eat six cookies a day which helps suppress his or her hunger and then a meal at night. there's only one meal, and that's the evening meal. the cookies control the hunger during the day. the meal gives you real food at night. the total calorie count, 1,000 calories a day. i can tell you on 1,000 calories a day, you lose weight. everyone loses weight on 1,000 a day. there's no exception. >> that's not enough food for the average person. 1,000 calories a day. what is in the cookies, amphetamines? >> no, there are no drugs in the cookies. the cookies are strictly a food. however, you said that's not enough food for the average person. of course it's not. that's what we want. not enough food. >> yeah, but doctor, i could never sustain 1,000 calories a day. i'm too busy. i'm too active. >> the point is, i have had 500,000 patients over the last 34 years who were able to sustain it. th

police say evidence indicates shaniya was alive when she left that sanford hotel.hat's where she was seen on surveillance video carried by a man who's now charged in her killed knapping. shaniya's mother, an fwanet davis, arrested on charges she prostituted her daughter. she went to court yesterday and is held on $51,000 bond. shaniya's half sister told "nancy grace" she's stunned by the charges against davis. >> she just seemed like the sweetest woman. i mean, she didn't come from much and stuff, but her -- you just met her, she had the sweetest voice. she had the sweetest personality. and especially towards me. i would never think that she would do anything like that. >> 29-year-old mario mcneill you see here, charged with kidnapping in the case. investigators say he confessed to taking the girl but his attorney says he'll plead not guilty. a news conference scheduled at 4:30 p.m. eastern to update the public and we plan to bring that to you live when it happens. >>> breaking news tonight though. now that investigators have found shaniya davis' body, police begin

first on the phone from north carolina is gordon anderson, crime reporter for "the sanford herald." gordon, can you bring us up to date on the case? what's the latest? >> i returned from a press conference at the fayetteville police department where they said they have not made a positive i.d. on the body located around 1:00 p.m. today. that came as a surprise. everything that we had been told up to that point is they expected to have made positive i.d. by this point and now they're saying they have not and don't expect to tonight. >> this might not be shaniya's body? >> it's possible, but the language that the police are using at this point seems to indicate that they're moving forward as though it's her. obviously they can't do anything as far as charging the -- mother or mario mcneill until they make that determination. from the language they're using it sounds like they're working on the assumption it is her. >> the mother's been charged with human trafficking, correct? >> that's not something i have confirmed. the public information officer with fayetteville pd said if the body

. >> i couldn't help but think that during the sanford thing. those three days. >> we get one good story from a journalist who worked for the burbank daily news. it was all about how she first met governor palin when she was a candidate. governor palin was speaking. this journalist introduce herself as an aspiring journalists. i'm majoring in journalism. i just want to let you know. governor palin said i was a journalism major. i think you're going to be a journalist in a year or two. this is the perfect example of how she connects with people. i remember you. you journalists. i see you're working out. i told you would be a journalist. she said, i just not that was so cool. the retail politicking that you just can't teach someone, she is a natural for that in the same way that bill clinton was. >> and why she's so much wanted to come back and talk to the press. she wanted to come back and talk to us, but the mccain senior advisers did not want that. >> you right in the book. there is that question. you get the sense that her level of curiosity.

. >> shaniya davis' body was found last week dumped off a road near sanford, north carolina. her mother, antoinette davis, faces charges of human trafficking and child abuse in the case. authorities accuse her of selling her daughter into prostitution. >>> breaking news tonight, nancy grace investigates the death of shaniya davis and has all the breaking developments at 8 and 10 p.m. eastern right here on hln. >>> police investigating the killing of a 7-year-old florida girl say they have received more than 4200 tips, but so far they haven't named any suspects in summer thompson's murder. the second grader disappeared last month while walking home from school. her body was found in a landfill 50 miles away in georgia. her mother says she's still, as you can imagine, trying to come to grips with her daughter's death. >> it's been difficult, but i owe it to the other children and somer to get up every day and just continue to go on. >> a spokeswoman for the orange county sheriff's office says investigators are hopeful evidence now being processed will generate some strong leads

front of her mother's home the morning of november 10th and drove more than 30 miles to a hotel in sanfordrth carolina. now, surveillance video from that tuesday shows him carrying the 5-year-old into that building there. monday, her body was found six miles from the hotel. now, authorities believe shaniya was sexually assaulted and died of asphyxiation. her mother, antoinette davis is charged with trafficking her daughter in prostitution. so far she's not been charged with murder, but last night on nancy grace, a defense attorney explained why he thinks it may be harder for authorities to file those charges against her. >> the fact of the matter is maybe she didn't have ill intent. maybe it was not that, listen,, you know -- i mean, no -- she could be accused of bad judgment, her judgment was misplaced, she certainly's ignorant in doing anything like that, but to have the requisite intent and to suggest that she was giving her child and it was going to be -- it was a kidnapping and she's a murderer, i think that's misplaced. >> police are investigating whether davis gave her daughter to m

attorney general in south carolina, home of governor mark sanford, you know him, the guy's name is roland corning. he got fired after police discovered him at a cemetery with an 18-year-old stripper, a bag of sex toys and a bottle of viagra. to be fair, people do grieve differently, okay? okay. everybody grieves differently. some bring flowers, some -- you know, we all -- yes. we all grieve in our own way. >> that's pretty funny. as if this story couldn't get any tackier, there's another twist. the officer realized his wife worked with corning in the attorney general's office. so, hey, honey, he calls her from the scene. she spoke to her boss and allegedly told her husband, let him go. corning and the stripper then went on their merry way. was this an attempt to cover it up? corning was soon fired. police say they did nothing wrong. even though in some published reports this teenage stripper is being described as a prostitute. roland corning was a republican south carolina legislator in the '80s and '90s. what is it with the politicians and sex scandals. straight back out to my expert pan

sanford. what are you looking for today? caller: today you have a special subcommittee that is going to prepare an impeachment resolution against the governor. it looks to charge the governor with misconduct in office before going away and not telling any of his staff, going to argentina. we also have an ongoing ethics committee investigation, most of these related to the abuse of power and use of campaign funds. we are waiting on whether or not the commission finds him guilty and what the punishment is. host: the headline in your newspaper this morning, "family vacation is questioned, as is a hunting trip to ireland." the key to this is the attorney general in south carolina. what role will he ultimately play in deciding whether or not to proceed? caller: his name is henry mcmaster, he is a republican, like most folks in the state, and also a candidate for governor. early on there were talks that they did not like the idea of the impending governor and having a shot at the office early. he has received a copy of the ethics

to cover, they wished they could have done more -- >> i couldn't help think that that during the sanford thing -- >> we got one great story from a journalist who first met governor palin when she was a candidate, and she was a senior in college. and governor palin was speaking at fairbanks, at her school, and this journalist introduced herself, this aspiring journalist at the time and said, you know, i'm majoring in journalism, i just wanted to let you know, and governor palin said, oh, i was a journalism major, i think you're going to be a journalist in a year or two. and she got her first job at the fairbanks tv station and came back when palin was governor. this is a perfect example of how palin connects with people, she remembers everything. she went up to her immediately at a different event and said, oh, i remember you, and i see you're working now, and i told you you'd be a journalist. she said to us, you know, i just thought that was so cool. that's what save rah palin -- sarah palin does so good, the retail politicking, she's just a natural at that. >> and why she so much wanted

mario mcneil picked her up and drove more than 30 miles to a hotel in sanford, north carolina. surveillance video from that tuesday here showing him carrying the 5-year-old into that building. monday, her body was found six miles from the hotel. now authorities believe shaniya was sexually assaulted and died of asphyxiation. her mother antoinette davis is charged with trafficking her daughter, and child abuse involving prostitution. so far, she hasn't been charged with murder. last night nancy grace found out davis and her daughter were about to be evicted from their home. >> i filed eviction papers on miss davis. the decision had been made toward the end of october that she was going to be evicted. we were waiting to see if she was going to pay her rent or if we were going to have to cancel her lease. as it turned out, she did not pay her rent. >> what about the conditions the child was living in? >> pig sty. absolute pig sty. that is why the police would not let them go back into the home. >> police are investigating whether she gave her daughter to mcneill to settle a drug d

sanford. what are you looking for today? caller: today you have a special subcommittee that is going to prepare an impeachment resolution against the governor. it looks to charge the governor with misconduct in office before going away and not telling any of his staff, going to argentina. we also have an ongoing ethics committee investigation, most of these related to the abuse of power and use of campaign funds. we are waiting on whether or not the commission finds him guilty and what the punishment is. host: the headline in your newspaper this morning, "family vacation is questioned, as is a hunting trip to ireland." the key to this is the attorney general in south carolina. what role will he ultimately play in deciding whether or not to proceed? caller: his name is henry mcmaster, he is a republican, like most folks in the state, and also a candidate for governor. early on there were talks that they did not like the idea of the impending governor and having a shot at the office early. he has received a copy of the ethics

. >>> south carolina governor mark sanford will face charges that he violated state laws. a state ethics commission says he'll have a hearing early next year. they look at his use of private airplanes. there is no word on whether there will be charges and whether they will be civil or criminal. they're minor technical matters. that came up after he admitted he was in argentina last june visiting his mistress. >>> here's a way to put all your frequent flyer miles to work for you. they will let you trade your miles for breast implants, hair replacement or a face lift. you have to have the work done in a hospital in helsinki for breast implants. you have to have 3.18 million points, just to let you know. >> that's crazy! >> it hasn't flown over the united states yet. the roads will be more crowded for thanksgiving this year, because i guess, jen, folks are doing things dirchltly this time around. >> here's what to expect if your traveling. aaa says nearly 39 million americans are going to be on the move. it's a little more than last year, but it's nothing compared to recent y

shaniya davis' body was found last week dumped off a road near sanford, north carolina. her mother, antoinette davis, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. all the breaking news tonight, "nancy grace" investigates the death of shaniya davis. that's at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. >>> the center for health and human services is reassuring women and their doctors mammograms are still recommended starting at age 40. we have been kind of in an uproar for a few days now. a federal advisory panel says women under the age of 50 don't need to get mammograms, but secretary kathleen sebelius says the u.s. preventive services task force "does not set policy." on abc's "good morning morning," an agency member rejected suggestions it was aimed the cutting health care costs. >> costs are not considered at all. this is all about providing high-quality health care for individuals, allowing them to provide the information that they need to know to make a well-informed decision. we do not provide any or assess costs at all in

investigators do know for sure when shaniya left that hotel just outside -- actually in the town of sanford, north carolina, about 45 minutes away from where she was reported missing, that she was alive. what they're not saying is when they think that she was actually killed and then dumped off onto the side of the road about seven miles away from those surveillance pictures you see on your screen right now. that is from that hotel, that she was last seen with mario mcneill last week. >> so heartbreaking to see that. >> it is. >> let's listen to a little more of the 911 call. this is shaniya's mom talking about who was at home at the time. a point of contention, how many people lived there. here is antoinette davis again. >> are there anymore juveniles inside the home? >> my son, but he's here. >> and your door was not unlocked? that's what you're telling me? >> no. it was not unlocked. but i'm telling you she knows how to unlock it. i'm hoping she didn't unlock it and walk out. >> there you go. saying little shaniya walked out while she's facing charges that she gave her little girl up as

and there's a gentleman from florida, from sanford, florida, earl bean, who was interviewed this week, and he said, "i call about 15 doctors and was told repeatedly that they were not accepting medicare patients." they wouldn't even take his name when he called up. so what i'm worried about is that we're going to enter into a system where five years from now, ten years from now, when everybody in the country is basically on a government-run health care program, through medicare, medicaid or this new program, which, unfortunately, we all think will push the private insurers out of the business eventually and we'll all have government health care, is we're going to be going places there will be a hundred people waiting in the room, if we can get at doctor at all. they'll be rationing the care. they won't be providing mammograms like this recommendation came out this week from the government task force for women in their 40's, be discouraging self breast exams for women. and we'll all have very poor-quality health care unless you're wealthy. and what's already happening now is that those

there was talk of rick perry in texas, there was talk for a while of mark sanford in south carolina, although i think his shot is now gone. no one out there seems to be an exciting figure. no one like ronald reagan in 1980, or george bush even in 2000. palin, huckabee, those folks have strong support in small portions of the party. i think that date from -- mitt romney it cites no one. -- excites no one. i do not think anyone knows to tim pawlenty is outside of minnesota. host: next caller, good morning. caller: financing, what do you think? do you think that 3% government assured financing would help to stabilize the economy? are your guests for the war tax? guest: i do not have the expertise on the effect of 3% rates. in terms of a war tax, an interesting idea. ross perot floated it in 1992. it makes sense, right? if you are going to engage in a war, it must be paid for. if there is no draft, you want to make sure that people have some skin in the game. practically i do not know that it will make a lot of sense. i do not know that you want to raise taxes during a recession. i think

. >> mcneil checked into the hotel in sanford with little shaniya after 6:11 a.m. tuesday.he time police arrived mcneil and the little girl was gone. >> with mcneil's arrest, kidnapping charges have been dropped against the man police arrested wednesday. police are looking for shaniya. her father just wants his little girl home safe. >> i miss you today. i miss you so much, honey. i'm waiting for you. i'm not going to give up. you don't give up, either, honey. >> astonishing images of this little girl in that man's arms. perhaps a little bit of hope that she is alive. it gives us something to believe in. gurnal scott, reporter from wptf radio. what is this man telling cops? >> right now, absolutely nothing. they have him in custody. they have been questioning him as you heard. when they took him in custody, they questioned him all night. he has not given up the location of little shaniya. police are frantically trying to search to find this little girl who looked in the pictures as we've all seen them, that she was in reasonably good health and was being taken care of. now

host: next up is matthew from sanford mandell, california. -- san fernando. caller: i am dealing with frustration towards the outcome for unemployment. your average selling living where they live -- your average civilian. my last job was in 2007. i have been constantly searching for employment but it is very difficult. as for the resources available, that is extremely difficult. the fact of getting unemployment and not having the record in the past to be qualified for unemployment benefits. and the same instance of having to file for gr pay and maybe food stamps, because that is the motion i had to take recently. this is the hardest time and i am only 27-years old. host: have you been applying for specific types of jobs, or anything you can find? caller: i am a small-business owner. i am struggling to get funded. it has to do with environmental agricultural. i am trying to put that out there and generate that on my own. as for general employment, i am currently seeking [unintelligible] i wish it would be easier to find some funding and make sure it gets to th

then they went there to discover but one of the things that really bothers me is this hotel is in sanford not far from where they found her body. they think she was alive when they left that hotel. what happened in the hours after they left that hotel and did she leave with him? did mcneill give her to someone else? we don't know. those are questions that need to be answered. >> breaking news tonight with nancy grace at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time here on hln "news and views." >>> attorney general eric holder is telling a senate committee why he's ordered five suspects from september 11th attacks to be prosecuted in federal courts. the suspects include the mastermind of the attacks, khalid shaikh mohammed, and four other men currently held at the guantanamo detention center. critics of the plan including republican leaders in congress claim the trial will pose a security threat to new york. holder says the federal courts know how to deal with dangerous defendants. >> there are more than 300 convicted international and domestic terrorists currently in bureau of prisons custody includi

to media reports and the associated press, her body was found near a north carolina road south of sanford. we are expecting a news conference this afternoon. we will bring that to you live when it happens. but here what happens we know. police have charged shaniya's 25-year-old mother with human trafficking and felony child abuse. antoinette davis is due in court this afternoon. police have filed kidnapping charges against 29-year-old mario mcneill, captured on camera last tuesday carrying shaniya into a hotel room 30 miles from her home. cops say he admitted to taking the girl. there he is. but his attorney says he will plead not guilty to the charge. again, awaiting a press conference and we'll bring that to you live when it happens. >>> what makes former child stars turn to addiction? in an appearance on issues with jane develvelez mitchell, jodie sweetin called it a vicious cycle. they feel bad about getting high so they keep using. danny bonaduce has come to terms with addiction in his own way, by falling off the wagon. >> what happens is this vicious cycle goes on and on with people

. >> mcneil checked into the hotel in sanford with little shaniya after 6:11 a.m. tuesday. hotel. by the time police arrived mcneil and the little girl was gone. >> with mcneil's arrest, kidnapping charges have been dropped against the man police arrested wednesday. police are looking for shaniya. her father just wants his little girl home safe. >> i miss you today. i miss you so much, honey. i'm waiting for you. i'm not going to give up. you don't give up, either, honey. >> astonishing images of this little girl in that man's arms. perhaps a little bit of hope that she is alive. it gives us something to believe in. gurnal scott, reporter from wptf radio. what is this man telling cops? >> right now, absolutely nothing. they have him in custody. they have been questioning him as you heard. when they took him in custody, they questioned him all night. he has not given up the location of little shaniya. police are frantically trying to search to find this little girl who looked in the pictures as we've all seen them, that she was in reasonably good health and was being taken c