transitional rather than transfor national pope which isn t it to say he didn t take some significant steps. for instance his outreach to the muslim world including a very symbolic visit to the famed blue mosque in turkey and according to greg tobin who has written several books on the catholic church, he also began the process of facing up to the sexual abuse scandal, even if he didn t do anywhere near enough in some people s eyes. listen. before he became pope he was aware of many of these cases. and he also engaged in a personal outreach to victims in a way that no one has, very few bishop notice world have done. he did that in the united states and australia and other place. so he will be remembered for that. it s not an unmixed bag, but he did more than anyone else. ironically, benedict s greatest legacy in the eyes of many experts may be the very way he left office, shep. shepard: some issuesen
the cops really didn t do much i didn t get amber alert or anything. they kept my baby s picture on the national missing thing for two years and they took it off o. shepard: took it off after two years. then cops closed the case and never told her. the mom says she had no idea of any new leads until she got this phone call that her son hadn t that the son she hadn t seen in eight years was alive david lee miller is following this in our new york newsroom tonight. shepard, although the boy had been secretly living in saint augustine, texas two hours drive from where he was abducted he was located in houston the very city which he vanished. tipped off by a sister of the alleged kidnapper. tonight he is living with a foster family and said to be in good shape. his mother and father were in court this afternoon, hoping to see their son. instead, the judge ruled no visitation or reunion of any
yet, terror experts say parts of our food supply could be vulnerable. here is more. very difficult to prevent because we don t have those kind of security procedures in place at places like restaurants and hotels. the heritage foundation reports that there have been 36 foiled or thwarted attacks on the u.s. homeland since 9/11. attorney general eric holder says the threat has changed from, quote, simply worrying about foreigners to worrying about people in the united states. american citizens raised here and born here. and, shep, over the past two years, the justice department says nearly 50 american citizens have been charged with the most serious terrorism offenses. shep? shepard: molly henneberg live in washington. molly, thanks. 22 years ago today, a bomb ripped through panam flight 103 over lockerbie scotland and killed 270 people. the majority of them americans. now, there is a brand new report from not one but four u.s. senators that claims officials in the united kingdom
okay? human life that we are talking about. we re not asking to have a bill passed to send us to disney land. we re not asking to have a pool put in all our backyards. we re asking to the right to live. why can t the senate help these men and women? i m not going away. i m not kidding. if i have to run for congress in two years and filibuster everything that you people do, i will do it. shepard: one republican says he has concerns about the plan. he is this man. is he vowing to delay the vote until next year. details live from d.c. and our top story at the bottom of the hour. that s coming up. first, only a few hours left for congress to avoid a government shutdown. today, the senate passed a bill to keep things running until march. now, the house has to do the same before the fed runs out of money about five hours from now. america might seem a little more crowded these days. and now we know why. just ahead, of the new census report that reveals just how many millions of people li
shep? shepard: shannon bream live in washington tonight. thanks. shoppers are buying gift cards in record numbers this holiday season. so reports the national retail federation. the problem is those cards often go to waste. apparently people lose them or forget about them or just don t get around to using them. analysts say that amounts to billions of dollars worth of unused gift cards and really wasted money. but now there is a way for consumers to cash in and it s created an entirely new market. david lee miller is live in wood bridge center mall tonight in a new jersey. david lee, how does this work? well, shepard, as the popularity of gift cards continues to increase, so too do the number of internet businesses that will allow people to buy and sell those cards but at a discount. for example, we took a look at one site called plastic jungle. it will pay an average of about 0 bucks for a $100 big chain gift card and then resale that card for about 90. the ceo says it s all about