there is videotape, surveillance tape of steven sanders buying ammunition at a walmart, and the bulletst with the weapon that was used to kill lexi. sanders was arrested in gulfport, mississippi without incident. she just talked to the sheriff in tkpwul port. we asked him how in the world can somebody be dead for 16 years and go on a crime spree and go state to state to state and nobody notices the guy? the answer was, well they do have a national crime database but apparently we do not have a national death certificate base. so he went to all these different states unnoticed. and the fbi in fact, until he became a person of interest in this case, didn't even know that he was declared dead in 1994 before they started investigating him for this case. and now, shannon, he is the prime suspect in the death of 12-year-old lexi. shannon: absolutely astonishing. trace, thank you very much. >> reporter: okay. shannon: again we are awaiting a news conference any moment now on a strange story unfolding in ohio. a young girl found bound and gagged in a basement. her family still missing, and now

police believe thomas steven sanders kidnapped lexis roberts a few months ago, then killed her and her mother, sue ellen roberts. police are looking into how a man believed to be dead for so long but living openly can go unnoticed for so long. >> thank you, laura. >>> cruising into a bout of rain morning afternoon and evening rush. >> i think both will be impacted. i think it will be a little wetter for the evening rush, but there will be some rain around in the morning. to the east you might not even have much rain and a little wetter to the west. depending where you live your commute will be impacted and even when the roads are just wet, it's impacted. look at the capitol tonight shrouded in a little bit of light fog as the rain continues to come down lightly. so wave one has already begun and we will have periods of rain during the day tomorrow. we start with radar tonight. you can see that while it hasn't quite worked its way all the way up top maryland, it's in the process of doing that and in a few spots like closer to leesburg and front royal we have a few moderate downpours, bu

thomas steven sanders kidnapped 12-year-old lexis.er mother is still missing. >>> and shocking pictures of a 28-story high-rise fire apartment in china. 42 people dead. another 90 injured. witnesses say the building was being renovated and scaffolding caught fire. >>> and rolls-royce will temporarily replace engines. leaking oil caused fire on qantas airline flight. >> still ahead, bill clinton's big screen cam ya. the former president's knew movie roll. here's a hint "hangover." first there's a lot going on today, here tr things we thought you should know. cindy mccain is back pedalling her criticism of the military's ban of publicly serving openly after speaking out. she tweeted i standby my husband's stance on dadt. senator mccain says now is not the time to repeal don't ask, don't tell. >>> and this is cool. a new ipad app reveals a new look into jfk's presidency. the publishers created the new app called jfk 50 days. it features rare nbc news archive footage of his historic speeches and personal family moments. >>> and you might

go years old thomas stevens sanders was arrested n connection with the kidnapping death of a 12 yearsaaed dead back in 1994. since then he changed his identity several times. authorities linked sanders to the girl's death after the bulletbullets he purchased matcd those used in the crime. >>> the california man wrote will you marry me on the window of his car? but police a after the woman said no, he flipped out and dried to run her over with the same car he wrote that proposal on. police say he blew out two tires whhle chasing the woman down the street barely missing her and another person. >> she looks like she frantically sccred for her life. >> police say the suspect then ditched the car and tried to ú%cape on foot. when police finally caught up to him, he was walking down the street carrying a bouquet of flowers. the man is arrested and being held on $30,000 bail. >>> testimony resumes in the3ú abduction case of elizabeth smart. smart was 14 years old at the time of theekidnapping. she was held captive for 9 months. brian david mitchell stands charged in the 2002 kidnapping. if c