zara baker and today the local police chief had a tough time delivering an update in this case. the amber alert on zara baker was canceled today and the decision to focus this investigation from a missing child or abducted child will town into a homicide investigation. >> the step mother of the young girl admitted she did, indeed, write a fake ransom note and she claimed that a fake kidnapping asking for $1 million. police arrested that step mother on a dozen charges over the weekend after a fire at home. there is word today that wall street workers will, are on track to receive record payouts yet again this year. according to a report in the wall street journal dozens of top bankers and investment firms are expected to dole out $144 billion in compensation and benefits over the year 2010. the report indicates that $5 billion more than the record firms paid out last year. keep in mind here that this comes at a time of near double digit unemployment and concerns that the economy's shaky recovery could be losing ground. and jonathan hunt, that is a lot? than salary and bonuses and

hoping for the best, but they are now prepared for the worst in the disappearance of 10-year-old zara bakerw, for the past five days, authorities have been searching a remote piece of property in north carolina for that little girl. police were drawn to that site because her dad had access to some of the equipment in the area. he hasn't been charged, but authorities have now ruled him out as a suspect either. >> that access, equipment had access to the prompt. the goal was to leave -- prompt. the goal was to -- property. the goal was to leave here and make sure she wasn't there. >> the mom wrote the ransom note found inside the home when they began investigating her disappearance. >>> every one of us looking for ways to cut some calories in today's health conscience age, but sometimes that goes out the window when you pull up a seat at the bar. >> reporter: the evening cocktail. to some it celebrates the end to a hard day or countless other occasions. but that adult beverage of choice can be a mischief maker, not to mention a diet buster. >> if someone has a glass of wine with dinner on the

police detected the smell of human remains on two cars at her family's home. >> reporter: zara bakerle girl who's overcome enormous challenges, diagnosed with bone cancer she beat the disease but lost her left leg and her hearing in the process. this is her back in may receiving hearing aids from a local charity. >> better than without them. so i can actually hear more than without my hearing aids. >> reporter: the 10-year-old's father and step-mother reported her missing on saturday afternoon. they say they last saw her asleep in her bed around 2:30 in the morning. when they checked on her the next day, her room was empty, her prosthesis was gone, but her hearing aids were left behind. police immediately issued an amber alert and have been searching the neighborhood and surrounding woods. >> the longer that we go without knowing where she is, the less of a chance that she is going to have to survive. we need to do all we can to find her as soon as possible. >> reporter: people who live here say the family is new to the neighborhood. this little boy asked the question everyone wants

if convicted of obstruction of justice charges, baker could be sentenced to two years in prison. police say zaray killed. vic? >>> relatives say baker physically abused zara who used hearing aids and a prosthetic leg because of bone cancer. >>> the federal trial has begun. plea officials are charged on several counts including endangering the safety of an aircraft. the plane failed to take off in a new jersey airport smashing into a warehouse. three other company officials already pled guilty. >>> well, once you become an adult, everyone wants to look younger, right? some try everything from over- the-counter products to dermatological procedures. kathryn brown talks about a simple, cost-effective way to fight aging. >> reporter: one look at 22- year-old alley's face and her dermatologist says he can tell she had a great summer. >> brown discoloration. >> reporter: the telltale sign, sun daniel, including a broken capillary on her nose. he also found damage beneath the surface of the skin using this blue light. >> do you see this freckling across the bridge of your nose? >> yes. >> reporter: it'

investigators are having trouble finding new leads to help find a missing girl who is disabled. 10-year-old zara baker has two hearing haaids and a prosthetic leg. the girl's father said his wife told him she saw zara sleeping in her bed at about 2:30 a.m. sunday morning. her father says it is possible that lisa baker could have been involved with the appearance. she has been arrested and charged with a dozen of and related crimes. -- of on related crimes. >> the scandal at the opera winfrey's will happen soon after opening the school. prosecutors accused the defendant tried to kiss and fondles six girls at the school in 2007. >> a man landed in a tree more than 50 feet in the air and was stuck there for about two hours before he was rescued. it was not his first jump, either, although, it appears he was ok. that is not a good day. >> that is why do not get too far off the ground. are serving to fall already. >> they are starting to change color. maybe we will get a brighter, more vibrant fall here. but if they fall off, they will not change color anymore. it definitely felt like summer today. this on

. -- how long zara baker has truly been missing.taken a grim turn. >> the decision to focus this investigation from an abducted child to a homicide investigation. >> police say her stepmother admitted to writing a $1 million ransom note, which investigators found on the family property. on sunday, she was arrested on more than one dozen unrelated charges. she is now being charged with felony obstruction of justice. police also seized their cars and cadaver? found the remains of it -- found and cadaver dogs found evidence of human moraines in both. -- human remains in both. >> [unintelligible] >> the 10-year-old is a two-time cancer survivor who lost a leg and her hearing battling the disease. her stepmother had recently stopped sending her to school, choosing to home school her instead. >> i think there was more behind closed doors than anybody knew. >> sheet -- you think she was being abused? >> yes. >> like his wife, adam baker has outstanding warrants for writing bad checks. police say he is cooperating, so for now they are not e

verdicts now believe someone killed 10-year-old zara baker, who wore hearing aids and had bone cancer>>> a man dies while working in a water tank in texas. oxygen was sent down to a diver. and a dive team tried to rescue him. when they teached the bottom, they discover said him unresponsive with his mask off. >>> in healthwatch report, doctors say drugs like fossa max may be problems. the fda says patients should continue taking the treatment, unless directed to stop by their doctor. >>> katie couric has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> you've heard from the politicians, the polls and the pundits. but what about the people? before americans go to vote on november 2nd, some will have their say. we'll go straight to voters in our special series, american voices. tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> thanks, katie. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? bec

accused of using a fake ransom note to try to throw investigators off the trail of 10-year-old zara bakerpolice continued to look for the child in a wooded area where her father works. at this point, she is just a person of interest. police say they can't find anyone who has seen the child alive in the last month. >>> a woman says she got a call from the man she turned in. and while he was in the car, he read the woman's information on a deputy's computer screen that was in the front seat and memorized that information. police are warning officers to keep their computers closed. >>> a driver dies while working in a watering tape. they had been working in the tank. oxygen was sent down to the bottom. and a dive team tried to rescue him. when they reached the bottom, they discovered the man unresponsive. >>> a man is rescued after he sips from his harness and gets swept away from the sewer. the worker was discovered nearly a mile away from where he originally fell. fire crews were called in to the scene. the man was transported by helicopter to a local hospital. his injuries are said to be

what happened to 10-year-old zara baker?y heads to washington help hoping to get get help for the people of sudan. >>> general petraeus is ordering an investigation into the death of an aide worker. nato initially reported she was killed by her taliban captors during a rescue attempt friday night. now officials say she may have been killed by the team sent there to rescue her. we are joined live from the pentagon with the latest details. what do you have for us? >> well, shortly after this british aide worker was killed, it was reported by special operation forces that it appeared one of the captors detonated a suicide vest he was wearing, and that was what apparently killed her. subsequently when the investigation was launched, they found one of the special operations forces was wearing a video camera on top of his helmet. and the video from that appeared to show that one of the special operations through a grenade in her vicinity. so at that point, senior official david petraeus in afghanistan said stop everything. let's l

police and the fbi are still trying to peace -- peace together what happened to 10-year-old zara claire baker. around 2:00 p.m. saturday, her dad, adam baker, called police to report his daughter missing. he also said his wife last saw zara asleep in her bed 12 hours earlier. zara suffers from bone cancer, a disease that has left her with hearing aids in both ears and a prosthetic leg. both hearing aids were found in the home. neighbors say they hadn't seen the girl outside the home in weeks. a ransom note addressed to her father was found in the house. police now say the stepmother confessed she wrote it. we have your daughter and your son is next unless you do what is asked. 1 million unmarked will be in touch soon. >> we are questioning the note. no further demands have been made from the note. >> reporter: on sunday night, a search warrant shows that police dogs found indications of human remains in two of the bakers' cars. >> i hope and i pray that we'll find her and that she'll be okay. because that youngun was the best youngun you could ever ask for. >> reporter: investigators have det

police say zara clare baker was last seen sleeping in her bedroom in the town of hickory, 2:30 a.m., is hearing impaired, anyone with information should call 911 for local authorities. right now, nato supply trucks finally going through a key pakistan border crossing. earlier this morning, pakistani officials opened the passage to afghanistan which they closed 11 days ago in retaliation for a nato chopper attack that mistakenly killed pakistani troops and a suspected u.s. missile strike killed at least 8 people in northwestern pakistan, near the afghan border. mexican officials have reportedly identified two brothers they believe are suspects in the pirate attack on an american couple, tiffany and david hartley were jet skiing ner the border and were ambushed and david was reportedly shot in the head and some suggested tiffany may have been involved in his shooting but she stood by her story last night on geraldo. >> and they say you would like -- anything you wants to do to amend the story you have told so far? >> i stand on what i told you, everything i said is 110% true. there is

zara claire baker has been missing since october 9th. >>> new figures show intensifying foreclosure crisis in the united states. melissa lee is here with more. >> unfortunately, the hardest hit areas are still feeling the pain. realtytrac reporting that california, arizona, nevada, and florida all have a metro areas seeing 19 of the top 20 foreclosure rates across the country. all 65 areas tracked by realtytrac have seen increases year-over-year in foreclosure activity and the hardest hit city out of them all, seattle, tacoma, bellevue in washington state. that saw 71% increase in foreclosures. ann? >> melissa lee, thank you so much for that report. >>> and the san francisco giants have taken game one of the world series. last night they beat the texas rangers, 11-7. game two two is tonight. it is now 7:04. >> thank you very much. >> cliff lee. got to him quickly. mr. roker? >> we have some bad weather in the pacific northwest where we don't normally see it. big storm system coming onshore. it's bringing with it a lot of wind, a lot of rain stretching from just north of san francisco all o

investigators are out in teams trying to develop what happened or what zara's life looked like prior to her disappearance. >> lisa bakerpolice custody charged in half a dozen unrelated crimes. >>> in washington state police are trying to figure out what got dozens of central washington university students sick at an off campus party. as many as 50 underaged people were found sick or unconscious at the party friday night. in fact, 12 had to be treated at the hospital. authorities are waiting for toxicology results. police think someone spiked drinks with a date rape drug. >>> the faa is investigating why a pilot landed a small aircraft in a portland, oregon, school field last night. the pilot wasn't hurt. fire officials say he ran out of gas and looked for a safe place to land. and the schoolyard was it. he was the only person onboard. >>> light at the end of the tunnel for the 33 chilean miners who may be just days away from freedom, fame and perhaps fortune. this morning engineers finished reinforcing an escape shaft more than 2,000 feet long. and now the difficult ascent stands in the way possibly as early as wednesd