people like marcello virgil. >> if i lose my benefits, it's going to be rough. three kids to take care of here. i have five kids total. if i don't find work soon, i have no idea what i'm going to do. >> reporter: he lost his job at a hospital last year. his wife has been out of work for more than two years. virgil found work as a landscaper over the summer. but the project lasted just two months. his state unemployment benefits will run out in february. the federal government supplements the 26 weeks of benefits provided by most states, allowing people up to 99 weeks of aid, as long as they're looking for work. the average weekly benefit is about $300. under current law, people must file for extended benefits by the end of the year. president obama wants to push back that deadline for another year. >> congress needs to renew unemployment insurance for americans who are still out there pounding the pavement looking for work. >> reporter: without an extension, an estimated 1.8 million people will lose their benefits in january alone. and more than 5 million will l

. >> four decades, the only thing that stood a chance about shining elizabeth taylor was virgil's. >> $10,500,000. >> stunning because she wore them. >> we don't even know where to begin. >> christie's is auctioning the gems. >> we wanted to let the market decide what premium it would pay over the value of the stone or the value of the jewels. >> where we begin this? $40,000. >> bidding on the the bracelet rose at $20,000 of the time it takes to say "elizabeth taylor." this rain -- these hearings, $1.7 million. this pearl necklace from richard burton was once part of the crown jewels of spain, valued at $3 million. >> $4 million. $5 million. the highest bidder paid nearly four times that. the diamond he bought in 1968 sold for $8.8 million. >> if anyone asks whether diamonds are a good investment, the answer is yes. >> for one more night, elizabeth taylor's star power proved unsurpassed. >> pretty impressive. >>> coming up next -- >> protesters set their lines on newt gingrich. he's seeing a big drop one very important category. i will explain, coming up next. >>> a california congres

sensibility, miss lane, marks you out as a soul capable of appreciating literary epics, such as homer, virgilander pope-- ladies, forgive me. you do not imagine that i have been appointed to judge the poetry competition? i can assure you i have not. come, come, miss lane. your denial only confirms your election. i do hope no more of my neighbors believe that i am to judge them. well, if not you, miss lane... then who on earth is to be the adjudicator? please excuse me, ladies. thomas will be with you shortly. gabriel? you look so distracted. may i confide in you, miss lane? i can promise you complete discretion. when i visited the cemetery last night, as i approached my wife's grave, there was a man standing over it. when he saw me, he ran off. i imagine it was a passerby-- i asked the graveyard keeper, who told me that the same man attended my wife's grave at night, two or three times every week. perhaps it is... some relative of hers who wishes to grieve privately. but why did he run? i have decided i must discover who this man is. i will conceal myself each night in the graveyard until he

his wife has been out of work for more than two virgil found work as a landscaper but just for two monthsits run out in february. federal government supplements the 26 weeks of benefits provided by most states. allowing people up to 99 weeks of aid, as long as they are looking for work. the average weekly benefit is about $300. under current law people must file for extended benefits by the end of the year. president obama wants to push back that deadline for another year. >> congress needs to renew unemployment insurance for americans who are still out there pounding the pavement looking for work. >> reporter: without an extension, an estimated 1.8 million people will lose their benefits in january alone. and more than 5 million will lose them over the course of 2012. that could be a blow to america's economy. >> many economists say that unemployment benefits are one of the most stimulative type of government aid that you can give because the people who receive it spend it right away because it is the only money they have in many cases. >> reporter: with the unemployment rate at 8.6%, la

friends, family and strangers wearing green ribbons for her daughter, kristin and her parents held a virgiller she calls love bug. >> her father put her to bed wearing green polka dot pjs bearing the words daddy's princess. the next morning, she was gone. and whoever has my granddaughter out there, whoever knows something, bring her home. >> police says an early morning snowfall slowed down their search efforts friday. while later in the day, an evidence van pulled into the driveway of the home where ayla was last seen. thursday, it was busier at the hot house. investigators called top investigators and set up a demand post. >> this is still a missing child investigation. that home was the last place ayla was reported to be. >> reporter: police have no suspects and say both parents have cooperated with the investigation. depietro hasn't been seen publicly since his daughter's disappearance, but he released a statement saying, i have no idea what happened to ayla o. one day before her disappearance, reynolds went to court to file for full custody. >> i just want it all to end, all of it. i w