french people can make a judgment on him. amex. he will have more time with the media and more time in the courtroom. annabelle roberts, thank you so much. the mother of a missing college student sends a letter to the person who knows what happened to her daughter, we ll show you what she wrote. sarah palin launches new attacks aimed at the republican presidential field. how long can she sit on the sidelines without alienating supporters? and a little survivor born in the storm. here on msnbc sunday. free access to chase atm s wherever you are. that s a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide.
formy weekend. a lightning strike forces the evacuation of a football stadium, while residents of new orleans are forced to evacuate after tropical storm lee hits the louisiana coast. economic storm clouds. president obama looking to answer the jobs puzzle and jump start the u.s. economy. what can we expect from this big speech this week? she s been missing three months. this morning, an open letter from the mother of lauren spierer, to the person who knows what happened to her daughter. heart-breaking excerpts ahead. and back at home, the former head of the imf gets on a plane and returns home to paris, his legal problems may be far from over. good morning, everyone. alex witt, welcome to msnbc sunday. a weekend of wild weather. incredible pictures to show you. indiana, a massive bolt of lightning appeared to hit notre dame stadium. that storm unleashed brutal rains during the home opener. the stadium was evacuated twice, once during halftime and once during the four
she can barely see the road. but this toddler is driving down the highway, and becoming an internet sensation along the way. today, saturday, september way. today, saturday, september 3rd, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a saturday, i m lester holt. and i m amy robach. it s hard to believe labor day weekend s already here. it s the unofficial end of summer. but alone the gulf coast, it is not going to be a relaxing couple of days. no picnics or barbecues certainly in that region. bracing for tropical storm lee. a powerful weathermaker already bringing heavy rains and the threat of coastal flooding from texas all the way to the florida panhandle. louisiana, and the city of new orleans, have declared states of emergency. some residents are being asked to evacuate low-lying areas. we re going to get a live report from new orleans in just a minute and see how they re preparing there. also the latest set
in providing any information that they have. because they re the last ones to have seen her. so it s critical that we get everything we can in terms of information from those people. bill: we put the telephone number on the screen several times. thank you. bill: charlene, i want to ask you one more time, how are you keeping it together during this? we have a tremendous support group here, the people of bloomington, the bloomington police department, our friends that have come from new york, new jersey, and people are coming from all over the place. but which is a tremendous support group for us, and my biggest support is lauren. you know, i m determined, we re determined, to find her, and that s what keeps us going, every single day that we get up, you know, she s our key focus. i was going to say, i would like to add that
another man and opening fire, the victim takes off, running down the road of a tire shop. incredibly, he gets away. the shooter, though d. not. police caught up tom and killed him in a shootout. investigators later finding suicide notes at the man s home. volunteers now pour going indiana, not giving up on the search for missing college student lauren spierer spierer. police are ruling out two major leads that had seemed promising, including this one. they believed this truck spotted near her apartment had nothing to do with her appearance. so what now? her parents are back with me, robert and charlene spierer. you ve been so strong throughout all of this. we want to welcome you back to we can get the word out to as many as possible. two of the apparently best leads a. bag of clothes in her apartment, apparently that s been ruled out as being considered suspicious,