but whether in newcastle, in sheffield, in leeds or indeed in every city in the uk. what matters most is that finally, they will be in the driving seat, instead of waiting for a handout from whitehall. local people, local power, local change. the same approach - financial freedom - is governing our relationship with scotland and wales, too. that's why we are taking forward the calman commission to give scotland real freedom and responsibility over its own money. and why, if the referendum for more devolution in wales is successful, we will take forward a similar process for the senedd. giving the nations of the uk the freedom they deserve. putting power in local hands is one of the many things labour never really understood. the labour leadership candidates are trying to rewrite history. but we remember. civil liberties destroyed on an industrial scale. a widening gap between rich and poor. failure to act on the environment. locking up more children than anywhere else in western europe. kowtowing to the banks. a foreign policy forged in george bush's white house. the

. >> reporter: in sheffield, a quiet vermont town of just 700, missing person signs are now posted whileildren cling to memories of an active senior who cherished her family. >> probably the time she spent with my children. her grandchildren were very important to her. >> reporter: police have spent days conducting interviews following up on leads, and they plan an aggressive search again today. >> we've been very busy. the public is continuing to give tips, and we're following up every lead we can. >> they're desperate to track down this well-known, well-liked widow. for "good morning america," jeremy hubbard, abc news. >> bizarre story. >>> let's take a look at the rest of the day's headlines now with ron claiborne. good morning again. >> good morning, again, dan and bianna. good morning, everyone. >>> in the news, president obama urged african-american voters, one of the most loyal blocks of democratic voters, to turn out in force for the november at the congressional black caucus, he wants them to do what's right politically instead of w. >>> allegations of fraud are being made about

. >> jon: police in the tiny town of sheffield believe 78-year-old pat owe hagin was abducted from herey are still hunting for clues and asking if anyone has any information on a local labor day event called field day where she volunteered. washington. a shooting in seattle leaves a family in shock after police say a grandmother killed her son-in-law and two granddaughter before taking her own life. >> kept telling us that there is four people dead and it's all my family. >> the accused shooter's daughter said to be in serious condition. the granddaughter's cousin reportedly says she suffered from mental problems. california, bulldozers beginning to clear what's left of a san bruno neighborhood. seven people were killed and 34 homes destroyed when a gas line exploded two weeks ago. we're told crews expecting the clean up to take a month. massachusetts. firefighters rescuing at least three people after a house fire near boston. the flames spreading to the building next door but first responders got everyone out alive, including this man and his cat. >> i feel okay now. >> the fire has l

. >> reporter: in sheffield, a quiet vermont town of 700, missing persons signs are posted.le owe hagan's children cling to memories of an active senior who cherished her family. >> it's very important to us. >> reporter: police have now spent days conducting interviews, following up on leads, and they plan an aggressive search again. >> we've been very busy. the public is continuing to give tips and we're following up every lead we can. >> reporter: they're desperate to track down this well-known, well-liked widow. jeremy hubbard, abc news. >> police in this case are now offering a $5,000 reward for any information. hopefully they can find this elderly woman. >> as jeremy mentioned she is completely mentally alert so this is a frightening situation for that huge family. >> weird what could have happened to her. >>> leave it to las vegas to set some interesting trends in entertainment. >> the party town is really making what, that's right, a splash hello, i'm alan mulally, president and ceo of the ford motor company. in an average week in the u.s., thousands of babies are bo

evacuated a dozen houses and made it the city and issued a sheltered place order for the area bounded by sheffieldd, and kaufman parkway. the elementary school was also evacuated it as a precaution. live in the near term kron 4 news. explains what all this will mean for parents. the attendance of the elementary school have been changed as the 1980's. the boundary didn't play a bigger on the past but with the new assignment system slated to begin next year they will. parents will get to choose what school their kid goes to rob of but for high demand elementary school where there are more students applying the spots available soon as will be placed using certain tiebreakers here's the order. a first if they have a sibling in a world in a school, if they live in the attendance area and would appreciate in that area, if they live in the area in the city with the lowest test score averages, if they live in the attendance area, if they live in attendance area that doesn't have enough space for all of its students. as we have a * attendance areas mentioned you concede it's a big factor. districts a drawi

laughter] >> in this morning's report, is he now prepared to apologize for the mistake he made about sheffield for a master's -- forgemasters and call for some funding for the project? >> as he knows, the regrettable reasons why the 80-million-pound loan that was announced by the previous government 11 working days before the general election to coincide with a nice boat -- a nice opportunity for the previous prime minister at forgemasters -- reason why that has not been able to proceed from this year's budget is that it is not affordable under this year's budget given that the structural deficit inherited was so much greater than we thought. in other words, it was a promise made without money available. it was a check written which the previous government knew would bounce. we have made it very clear that we'll continue to work with forgemasters to see how we can support them in the future once the budget situation becomes clearer after the comprehensive spending around. >> nick dakin. >> chinese lanterns pose a threat to farmers because of the fire risk and because of the wire frames a const

with the vice vermont state prison telling me divers are now searching a quarry in the tiny town of sheffieldators wanted to get into the water there, basically, to rule it out as a spot where someone may have left the 78-year-old grandmother. the search up to this point be, it's already been pretty thorough. the state police being joined, as you said, by the fbi. the national guard involved as well, volunteers also helping out as are pat hagen's family members. the search has been conducted from the ground and the air. an aerial search as well. police won't say why they believe it was an abduction, but sergeant thomas says they are sure that is the case. she was originally reported missing last saturday after a friend went to her house and she wasn't there. this is not your typical 78-year-old grandma, locals say she liked to camp, kayak, led a very active life and in past years pat has cooked for the annual church fundraiser in her town. that chicken pot pie dinner was held last night. it must have been difficult for people to think about anything but their missing friend. listen. >> we had