out to tiffany griffilgtith, wokv radio. tiffany, what can you tell he that prior attempt? >> what i can tell you about that prior attempt is that the mother of that child and also the person who acted as the good samaritan who clearly saw something was wrong and quickly acted to work in the best interest of that child made sure that that child got home safely and she said that she turned around and the vehicle that had apparently approached that other little girl had zipped off just as soon as she'd arrived on scene. investigators are telling us exactly as you said that it doesn't look like this has any connection to somer's disappearance. and that, yes, they also do have more questions and don't necessarily want to label that other incident as an abduction attempt. >> hm. elie jostad our chief editorial producer. i understand that police are looking at -- and also the answer to shanney in dploerda. how could this have happened without screaming. you could easily get kid in a car and nobody hears a thing. but what can you tell me about police looking at a vacantnous a park

back to tiffany griffith, wokv. i understand that in a couple of hours when it gets good and dark they're going to go out with an infrared helicopter? >> that's correct. and they said that this is going to be a 24-hour search. they're going to take those helicopters from overhead, search from overhead, heat seeking. they're also going to take their officers who are on the ground and keep searching through some very wooded areas within the area of this girl's home. >> we believe foul play is suspected due to the fact that the child's age, the size of the child, the cold weather last night, the fact that this is totally out of character for her, and we still haven't found her. that certainly is foul play. >>> every night hln's nancy grace brings you the real drama straight from the courtroom. >> every lawyer has a different version of what they would think justice is. >> tnt mondays, "raising the bar" is all new. >> to me justice is a jury rendering a verdict that speaks the truth. >> you trust him? because that's wha

two years ago, their mother tiffany, who is not in this picture -- that is his grandmother -- tiffany lost her life because she was uninsured, 27 years old. how did that happen? well, tiffany was a single mom who felt strongly about working to support her family, and she worked as an assistant manager at a fast food restaurant. she had health care coverage for her family. but in september, 2006, she got sick and missed some work. her employer gave her an ultimatum -- make up the lost time or lose your job. well, because she was so sick, she physically couldn't make up the time and she did lose her job. when she lost her job, she lost her health insurance. and without the coverage and care she needed, in june, 2007, tiffany lost her life. marcellus and his sisters lost their mom. our health care system is broken. it's broken for moms like tiffany who work to provide for their families and do the right thing and for men who lose their health care in this market we have today. it's broken for women we have heard about who have been denied coverage or charged more for pre-existing conditi

back to tiffany griffith, wokv.nderstand that in a couple of hours when it gets good and dark they're going to go out with an infrared helicopter? >> that's correct. and they said that this is going to be a 24-hour search. they're going to take those helicopters from overhead, search from overhead, heat seeking. they're also going to take their officers who are on the ground and keep searching through some very wooded areas within the area of this girl's home. >> we believe foul play is suspected due to the fact that the child's age, the size of the child, the cold weather last night, the fact that this is totally out of character for her, and we still haven't found her. that certainly is foul play. >>> 27 hours since little somer thompson was last seen. hundreds of police officers have joined clay county in the search. jso, fdle, and the fbi are here. they've gone door to door. they've combed nearby woods on foot, searched on horseback, and scoured the area from above. somer's grandmother, debbie bowling, has been

out to tiffany griffith, wokv radio. tiffany, what can you tell he that prior attempt? i can tell you about that prior attempt is that the mother of that child and also the person who acted as the good samaritan who clearly saw something was wrong and quickly acted to work in the best interest of that child made sure that that child got home safely and she said that she turned around and the vehicle that had apparently approached that other little girl had zipped off just as soon as she'd arrived on scene. investigators are telling us exactly as you said that it doesn't look like this has any connection to somer's disappearance. and that, yes, they also do have more questions and don't necessarily want to label that other incident as an abduction attempt. >> hm. elie jostad our chief editorial producer. i understand that police are looking at -- and also the answer to shanney in florida. how could this have happened without screaming. you could easily get kid in a car and nobody hears a thing. but what can you tell me about police looking at a vacant house in a park acr

tiffany o'donnell, our tiffany standard. thank you very much. >> you're very kind. >>> the supreme court is in session. the first monday in october and with a new lineup on the bench, the high court faces big decisions that involves freedom of speech and religion this country. that's next only on "andrea mitchell reports." you and your tasty whole grain. this can only end one way. (crunch) wheat thins. toasted. whole grain. crunch. have at it. when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance travelers. insurance for auto, home and business. >>> the supreme court is back in session today starting its first term with new justice sonia sotomayor on the bench, of course, they did have a september session, a rare one. but it is the first monday in october and court watchers will look closely at the upcoming decision on current campaign finance law, that's what they argued in september regulating corporate and union spending on political campaigns. other high-profile cases this session arguments on local and state g

out to tiffany griffith with wokv radio. tiffany, what are police trying to tell us about th killer? >> they're trying to give us a profile, who we should be aware of in our surroundings. like we heard from the sheriff giving those details of who this sheriff could be, just to make the public a lot more vigilant and aware of what happened that day, because we're still trying to track down who could have done this. >> well, pat brown, criminal profiler, author of "killing for sport," it all happened so quickly. i mean, she is walking home with her friends, her sister, her little twin brother. they're with the rest of the neighborhood friends. she runs ahead just for a few moments. she's never seen again. mom did everything right. she raced home from work 4:00, flagged down police, to no avail. so give me your deductions, pat brown. who do you think is responsible? use all that gray matter you've got up there and tell me what you think. >> well, i do agrees with the police that it is a local person. >> right there, why? >> abs

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a gold medallion and tiffany jewelry. they also confiscated a leafy substance in a bag, viles of liquid and needles. he says, quote there is a legitimate explanation and hopefully the truth will come out in court. the case against the drug detective comes about when an informant tells the fbi lunsford has given them money for information, then has taken back half in cash. >> 99.9% of law enforcement officers are just as outraged about these allegations as we are. >>> when talking about making raids on drug houses, lunsford said i ain't going into a [ bleep ] house if i ain't getting [ bleep ]. >>> some students show you are never too young to be a ravens fan. >> i think that's go ravens go, if i might have heard it correct. they already have their game faces on for the big match against the patriots. you can see the game exclusively right here. kick off at 1:00. >>> i guarantee that's the only time they tell them, yell as much as you want. >> that's right. that's right. >>> all right, let's take a look really quick at rad

a gold medallion and tiffany jewelry and they also county -- confiscated needles.ld us there's an explanation that doesn't involve illegal activity and the truth will come out in court. the case comes about when an informant tells them that the fed gives him information and taken back half in cash. and a wiretap shows him saying, we're the only ones that know about that, right. >> several are out raged about this. >> >> reporter: when talking about making raids on drug houses, he said, i'm not going into a. [ bleep ] house if i'm not getting something out of the. [ bleep ] . he's currently on home detention. >> >> if convicted, he faces 30 years in prison. >>> a man arrested has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. he pleaded guilty after he was found if 91-pounds of. cocaine in the back of his truck. he asked the judge for purse city and -- for mercy. >>> and more lay offs may be on the way for 600 workers at the steel mill. the company that owns the plant is restructuring. it affects a 1/3 of the work force. 500 jobs could be cut. meanwhile, 100 new jobs will be

dale archer, and on the phone, tiffany griffith. tiffany, what is the latest in terms of the investigation in defining whutd did this? >> we're hearing more interesting details about the home located at 1080 gano avenue. across the street from this house is actually a park. and in that park, a bag of evidence was taken from the restroom. we don't know what's inside of that bag of evidence. obviously, as the investigation continues, we'll ask more questions and try to find out if that has anything to do with somer's dish appearance. >> cops, we're asking why didn't they do this? why didn't they do that? but we have to say they in fact did a good job in solving this case in terms of finding this little girl's body and justifying her very quickly. she went missing monday, don clark, and it's thursday. and they have really made tremendous 4headway, although tragic headway. they deserve kudos for an idea they had to go and intercept the trash trucks that come from this neighborhood. tell us about that, don. >> they have done a tremendous

out to tiffany griffith with wokv radio.e trying to tell us about the killer? >> they're trying to give us a profile, who we should be aware of in our surroundings. like we heard from the sheriff giving those details of who this suspect could be, just to make the public a lot more vigilant and aware of what happened that day, because we're still trying to track down who could have done this. >> well, pat brown, criminal profiler, author of "killing for sport," it all happened so quickly. i mean, she is walking home with her friends, her sister, her little twin brother. they're with the rest of the neighborhood friends. she runs ahead just for a few moments. she's never seen again. mom did everything right. she raced home from work 4:00, flagged down police, to no avail. so give me your deductions, pat brown. who do you think is responsible? use all that gray matter you've got up there and tell me what you think. >> well, i do agrees with the police that it is a local person. >> right there, why? >> absolutely. because, first

you know what's going on with kohl's, target, tiffany at a new high.ave thought that 20 days ago? nordstrom and jcpenney. meantime, it's not getting a lot of play, but the energy stocks as we have seen oil hold up and the commodity plays do well. we're seeing some big oil service names like diamond offshore and some of the exploration and production guys like apache also setting new highs. scott, we came off our highs on the nasdaq, too. >> we did, bob. we're up just shy of 1%. we're still having a pretty good day. really want to stay on that theme of new highs. we are seeing new highs across the tech space today. among some of the most widely held stocks. that's why i want to bring them to you. apple is higher, google. amazon, probably on the back of that better than expected retail number up 2.5%. ebay, 2.5%. net app sees a new high. even starbucks just recently rolling out that new instant coffee. starbucks is up 1%. whole foods even is up 1% as well. so a number of new highs today. let me touch an adobe as well. a stand out up 3% on an upgrade. the

that's why we hear good things from ralph lauren, from tiffany. but then walmart gave a speech last night, said the u.s. is lethargic, no quick turn here, although india and china can move the needle for the world's largest retailer. we have an easy bull and an easy bear case. you can't do well if you overlook the negative, and you can't do well if you overlook the positive. one way to play this is the cramerican way, diversify. that's why i bought both home depot, a retailer that needs good home data, and altria, a tobacco company that could care less about new home data but has a yield so low it's terrific. these are polar opposites. i did it for my charitable trust, actionalertsplus.com today. sent out an e-mail saying i've got to play it both ways. that still doesn't help figure out where the market is going, though it does explain why it can be such a -- all right. let me just try it again. yo-yo. here's a little rule of thumb that can help us understand this market. when the fundamentals of the economy are pushed, the fundamentals of the mon

let's go straight out to tiffany griffith, reporter with wokv radio.test on this investigation? >> as you can see right now, we're gathered at one of the major malls in the area. folks are gathering for a rally in support of somer. they want to make sure it doesn't happen to another kid here in the orange park area but nowhere across the nation. here's the new information we know as of 4:00. all sex offenders have been interviewed and stories cleared. there are many in this area who are wondering who this could be connected to. there's a suspect out of jacksonville who apparently was questioned but no arrests have been made so far. they have 900 leads that have come in to their offices. 200 of them still need to be checked out. we are waiting to see if anything substantial comes out of there. they continue to analyze evidence from that gano avenue home. it's being processed by the florida deparent of law enforcement. no new details or anything substantial coming from there or the bag of trash that came from a bathroom at a nearby park. here's what's in

let's go straight out to tiffany griffith, reporter with wokv radio.test on this investigation? >> as you can see right now, we're gathered at one of the major malls in the area. folks are gathering for a rally in support of somer. they want to make sure it doesn't happen to another kid here in the orange park area but nowhere across the nation. here's the new information we know as of 4:00. all sex offenders have been interviewed and stories cleared. there are many in this area who are wondering who this could be connected to. there's a suspect out of jacksonville who apparently was questioned but no arrests have been made so far. they have 900 leads that have come in to their offices. 200 of them still need to be checked out. we are waiting to see if anything substantial comes out of there. they continue to analyze evidence from that gano avenue home. it's being processed by the florida deparent of law enforcement. no new details or anything substantial coming from there or the bag of trash that came from a bathroom at a nearby park. here's what's in

effie goodson, michelle beeker, karina roberts, tiffany hall, andrea dimament.he list goes on and on and on. violence inflicted by women to get babies. and to you, paul batista. you're saying you haven't met her, so you don't know what the defense is going to be. it's always insanity. come on, tell the truth. you've got eric peterson, the neighbor, she tries to run him down. he got a good look at her. the victim lived. i'm sure she regrets that, the perpetrator regrets that. everybody saw her. she has nowhere to go. so her defense cannot be not guilty unless it's not guilty by reason of insanity. >> well, nancy, obviously any competent lawyer who finally meets this client is going to have to really explore that defense. and it may be the only defense. >> put him back up on the screen. >> but it depends on what she is really like. >> she is really like? a kidnapper and a would-be murderer. that's what she's really like. >> the fact that it's a heinous crime does not mean necessarily, nancy, that she's insane within the meaning of the law. it has to be evaluated.

. >> reporter: the only formal charges against the former district employees involved the son of tiffany. her lawyer tells us other parents have since come forward saying their parents were abused in a great falls school, but according to tammy lacy no new allegations have come forward in the district involving any current school employees. in fact, lacy says the district has seen a great deal of support from parents. >> they have called to say the special ed program in great falls public schools changed their children's life for the best h a major impact on it and their children can have happy and productive lives because of our special ed programming, and so that's been a good thing to hear. that doesn't mean that we don't have other issues to address, and of course we will continue to work on those. >> among those issues schilling's concerns that the district doesn't have people in place to help her son heal. >> we have a variety of counselors, speech and language tharts. >> reporter: lacy says they also partner with the center for mental health. the idea of putting cameras in the cla