disappearance, right after this. >>> we're back now at 8:10, utah mother, susan powell, disappeared exactly four weeks ago today. police consider her husband, josh powell, a person of interest in that case. and so far, there have been no signs of susan. we'll talk to her best friend in a moment. but first, nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: for nearly the last decade, the powells have called west valley city home. and now friends who know the couple well say josh powell plans to move his family permanently to washington state, where he is from in the coming days. in the meantime, several detectives continue to work this case extremely hard. the search for susan powell continues. the vibrant young missing mother of two, who disappeared nearly a month ago. but as the police investigation moves forward, detectives are no closer to finding the 28-year-old than the day she vanished. there are leads, but her trail has gone cold. and privately, many question if she'll ever be found alive. still, charles cox believes his daughter will return home safe. >> i absolutely hold out hope

>> we're talking about a missing mom of two, there she is, susan powell. >> as the investigation continues that the hour, nancy, josh powell is name add person of interest. he is the sole person of interest at this time. also, nancy, law enforcement asking questions about a rental car josh powell had two days after his car had been searched. powell apparently driving the car several hundred miles according to law enforcement investigators and they want to know where in utah could you possibly drive several hundred miles in just a 24-hour time span. >> explain to me again, clark, the scenario of the evening she goes missing. >> it was december 6th, nancy, around 12:00 a.m. that night when josh powell says he took his two sons 4 and 2 out camping to test a generator. his wife susan, he claims, sleeping. the three of them left. they drove about an hour and a half away on the pony express trail and supposedly made s'mores and susan powell's friends and families couldn't get in contact with her for about 24 hours the next day. they finally got a hold of josh and he said i didn't know you were l

tonight, where is susan powell? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> do you have any idea what happened to her? >> no. thank you. any help to try to find her would be appreciated. >> west valley police say joshua powell remains their only person of interest in susan's disappearance. >> speculation comes from josh's story, that he took his 2 and 4-year-old sons camping in the freezing cold of the west deserts on the night susan disappeared from their west valley home. >> a lot of times i just go camping with my boys. i thought i'd just go overnight. and made s'mores and stuff like that. >> there was a huge effort out in the west desert looking for any sign of her. is that where you were camping? >> i just have to go get my boys. >> it was at the vigilance in their hometown that josh arrived with one of their sons. friends surprised he would leave utah during the investigation. >> i would like to hear a credible story. i'd like to know the facts, what happened, what does he know, what does he not know, and if it

for "good morning america," stephanie sy, abc news. >> joining us from utah is susan powell's best friend good morning. >> i understand you helped on friday pack things up. get susan's clothing and belongings together to help josh make the move. tell me what that was like for you. >> it was tough. i started in the kitchen. packed up her dishes and bread pans. i remembered the times we spent cooking together and eating together. i went to her bedroom and packed up her clothes. in her closet and her drawers. that was very, very hard. every item i put away, i could imagine her wearing it. >> i can imagine how hard that was. and josh, how is he? how is he acting? the children weren't there, i guess. how are they as well? >> they're in washington. i haven't seen them since before christmas. i hear they're doing okay. josh, he was at times he seemed okay, other times he got teary-eyed. especially when i was in the closet, and i was crying. it's hard on him, too. >> a lot of people wondering, this morning, you heard in the piece we just ran, wondering why he would move that the moment. it seems

finding my daughter. >> friends and family are planning a number of ways to widen the search for susan powellincluding using social network sites like facebook and twitter. there's even a designated channel for susan on youtube. and friends are asking purple ribbons, susan's favorite color. >>> officials in rural missouri are investigating the cause of a house fire that killed five people, including three children. the victims were all related and range in age from 24 years to 4 months. a plymouth county official said two people escaped from the home and that an unattended fireplace may be to blame. >>> two men in san francisco are facing charges after passing out in a car in the middle of a highway. i guess they partied just a little too hard on new year's eve because the passenger was so out of it, an officer had to carry him to the police cruiser. both men were then arrested. >>> all across the u.s. today, lots of new laws to abide by. those laws taking effect at the stroke of midnight january 1st, right when the world was celebrating the new year. how will the new laws impact your life in

finding my daughter. >> friends and family are planning a number of ways to widen the search for susan powell using social network sites like facebook and twitter. there's a designated channel for susan on youtube. and friends are asking supporters to wear purple ribbons, which is susan's favorite color. >>> two men in san francisco are facing charges after passing out in a car right in the middle of a highway. i guess they partied a little too hard on new year's eve. one of the passengers was so out of it, an officer had to carry him to the police cruiser. both men were then arrested. >>> retailers are hopeful for 2010, especially after a new report by mastercard saying retail sales were up 3.6% for the 2009 holiday shopping season. joining me now, rick newman, chief business correspondent with "u.s. news & world report." hey, rick. >> hi, chris. >> i don't want to ring on anybody's parade but it's up from what was a dismal year the year before, right? >> right. that's just by one measure. we will get more numbers over the next couple of weeks over a couple of different sources and those mig

starting tomorrow, people looking for susan powell will begin a three-day blitz on twitter and youtubenizers are asking facebook users to turn their profile pictures to a purple ribbon. powell went missing on december 7th, and police have focused on her husband, although he is not officially a suspect in her disappearance. he says he was camping with the couple's young sons at the time his wife went missing. >>> one of the two nba players who reportedly drew a gun in a team locker room is talking to the media. gilbert arenas spoke to reporters yesterday, but really didn't get into too many details about the alleged incident with teammate javaris crittenton. arenas was very careful with his words saying he used bad judgment in bringing guns into the wizards locker room. arenas also said that he does not gamble, and there are misconceptions in the various reports about the dispute between himself and teammate javaris crittenton. he did tell reporters he has a meeting with law enforcement authorities tomorrow. >> the perception that things went wrong here, that someone pulled a gun inside

. >>> family an friends go on the offensive to help find susan powell. the utah mother who has been missing for nearly a month. we'll talk to one of her closest friends about the desperate search. >>> and the world's tallest skyscraper opens for business early this monday morning january 4th, 2010. early this monday morning january 4th, 2010. frs frs captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. i'm harry smith. >> and i'm maggie rodriguez. happy new year. first monday of 2010. how was your holiday? >> really good. and you? >> very good. >> good to have you back. >> thanks. i missed you. >> much on our plate this morning including talking about the story in the nba still unfolding. gilbert arenas, one of the stars of the league, allegedly drew a gun on one his teammates in the locker room. it wasn't loaded. he's going to face law enforcement authorities today. but this is a bad and volatile mix, professional athletes and gruns. >>> also this morning, in health watch wil tell you why one of your and especially your teenager's new year's resolutions should to

starting tomorrow, people looking for susan powell will begin a three-day blitz on twitter and youtube. organizers are asking facebook users to turn their profile pictures to a purple ribbon. powell went missing december 7th and police have focused on her husband. although he's not officially a suspect in her disappearance. he says he was camping with the couple's young sons at the time his wife went missing. >>> a delta flight from boston to new york returned to logan international airport when a pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. a delta spokesman says the pilot turned back eight minutes into the flight. the odor was gone by the time the plane landed back in boston and all of the passengers were rebooked on a later flight. delta is investigating the cause of the smoke smell. >>> the fire's finally out at an oil well near austin, texas, but it wasn't easy to do. the fire started yesterday afternoon with two 500-barrel tanks. crews moved in but had to pull back because it was too dangerous. the flames spread to a few other tanks but the were finally extinguished by early evening. abou

susan powell has disappeared almost a month ago.ew searches on the internet and twitter to help for search. >> reporter: where is susan powell? in the salt lake city suburbs, neighbors cannot believe her husband took a 900-mile trip with his wife still missing. >> if it were me and my husband were missing i would not have left at all. my family would have come to me. >> reporter: husband joshua is now in washington state with his two boys visiting families. over the holidays, he attended a candlelight vigil for his missing wife and permitted his 2 and 4-year-old boys to visit with susan's parents who also live there. investigators have questions about why he took a camp trip just before his wife went reported missing. >> what time did you take your camp trip? >> you know, i got off to a late start. >> 9-ish? >> no, it was later. a lot of times i go camping with my boys. not a big thing. overnight. we do s'mores and stuffs like that. >> reporter: investigators have also uncovered e-mail from susan in which she writes friends she's in

susan powell disappeared last month. josh powell says he left her at home while he took their young children camping, although it was the middle of the night and there were freezing temperatures outside. police are calling josh powell a person of interest in his wife's disappearance, but he has not been named a suspect. >>> an oregon man faces federal charges after disrupting a hawaiian airlines flight that was headed to hawaii. joe johnson is accused of interfering with the performance and duties of a flight crew. investigators say before the maui-bound flight took off last week, johnson refused to store his carry-on bag. and later into the flight, the 56-year-old handed a comment card to a flight attendant. it read, in part, what if the plane ripped apart in midflight and we plummeted to earth? the pilot decided, for safety, to return back to portland and two s-15 fighter jets escorted that flight. >> the plane or the passengers or the crew could be in a dangerous situation with this particular passenger. so we take th

also a new twist in the case of that missing utah mother who disappeared last month, susan powell still has not been found. this latest news, though, has to do with her husband, who is, police say, the only person of interest in this case. jane: the u.s. marshal service has confirmed that the nigerian suspect in the christmas day attempted terror attack has now arrived at the courthouse in detroit for a hearing, set to begin in a few hours. we're told that he was driven in a dark chevy suburban, they went to an underground area of the courthouse and it was led about police cars and flashing light the. as soon as we get a picture in the newsroom, we'll bring it to you. ears going to be hearing the charges against him dark the most serious, carries up to life in prison, the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. he of course is the one accused of having explosives in his under aware. we will continue to bring you more as we get it. jon most of the country feeling the deep freeze, in some places the temperature is measured in negative numbers, in the south, drivers in atlanta faced

susan powell disappeared december 7 under what police say were suspicious circumstances. cops say it looks like relatives are helping her husband, josh powell, prepare for a move to washington state. hundreds of miles away from the home he shared with his wife just outside salt lake city. he told police that around the time his wife went missing, he took the children on a midnight camping trip in the freezing cold weather. the three-year-old and the one-year-old in the middle of the night. beware of soda from fountain machines we're told, the kind in cafeterias. 30 such machines were tested and found many of the drinks that came out were contaminated with bacteria. thanks. according to the study, one particular bacteria was found in nearly half of the drinks and potentially deadly e.coli discovered in one out of ten. the researchers say the tainted drinks could be very dangerous to people with compromising immune systems. to be safe, stick with canned or bottled sodas. >>> top stories updated now. the suspects in the failed christmas day bombing of northwest flight 253, s

susan powell disappeared exactly four weeks ago today. police are now offering a $100,000 reward for information on her whereabouts. starting today, for three days, her friends are using facebook, twitter, and youtube to spread pictures and information about her over the internet. >> i would like them to download fliers, take them around where they live, just to keep their eyes open and really be familiar with susan's face and her story so if they see anything or remember something unusual maybe they saw a couple of weeks ago, they can call the police and we can find her. >> police say there are no major leads in this case, but they consider her husband, josh powell, a person of interest. he has taken their two sons to an unknown location away from the media and investigators. >>> if you're driving to prince george's county today, keep a close eye on your speed. 50 speed cameras are now up near school zones throughout the county. drivers who get caught can expect a $40 ticket. you will not, however, get any points on your license. and you

susan powell disappeared last month.ll said he left her at home whilee took his young children camping. it was in the middle of the night and freezing temperatures. police are calling him a person of interest. but he has not been named a suspect. >>> next up on nbc 4 is the "the today show." it starts right her at 8:00. lester holt is joining us live from new york with a preview. good morning, lester. >> kimberly, good sunday morning. coming up complete coverage of the deep freeze that continues to grip the country. now parts of europe will find out when it will end. also the latest on that 8-month-old baby missing since the day after christmas. police this week named two people of interest who they believe know more than they are telling. we'll talk to that couple in an exclusive interview. some rare never before seen footage we take you inside the den of a hibernating bear. the he decade. why today's leading men are living mid life with more ankiety. and why food labels may be misleading you. >> hibernating sounds good

powell's wife, susan, vanished december 7 after he says he ok his 2 and 4-year-old sons camping in the snowy mountains overnight. powell is a person of interest in the case but has not been named a suspect. >>> virginia governor tim kaine has met for the final time with the families of the victims at virginia tech. the governor called it more of the social meeting at the governor's mansion in richmond today. this meeting was part of a legal settlement in which the families agreed not to sue after the massacre april 16,2007 that killed 33 people, including the gunman. governor-elect bob mcdonald's chief of staff also attended today's gathering. >>> a virginia man is charged with stealing a jar full of donations meant for a family's funeral expenses but bill packard says it's all a big misunderstanding. he said he was trying to give the jar to the family. in fact, he said he was worried someone would steal the jar so he was trying to do the family a favor. the family ever got the money. >> i thought i was doing the right thing. i signed my name at the store. i didn't steal anything. i sa

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josh powell is take his two sons to washington state where they have relatives. his wife susannished more than four weeks ago after he says he took his two young sons camping in the snowy mountains overnight. powell is a person of interest in the case but not been named a suspect. >>> virginia governor tim kaine met with the family of the victims at virginia tech. he called it a social meeting at the governor's mansion. it is part of a legal settlement in which the families agreed to the no s after the 2007 massacre. governor elect also attending the meeting into a virginia man is charged with stealing a jar full of donation meant for a family funeral expense but bill packard said it's a misunderstanding. he says he was trying to give the jar to the family. and he said he was worried someone would steal the jar so he was trying to do the family a favor but the family never got the money. >> i thought i was doing the right thing. i signed my name at this store. didn't steal anything. i told them i can go up the road and get a check or i can go get the can with the moy in it and