a utah woman and her child who had been held captive for five days. erica carver says she snuck a computer into a closet and posted a message for help on christmas eve. police arrested her boyfriend. presidential hopeful rick perry just filed a lawsuit in virginia after failing to get enough signatures to qualify for the march primary. perry, claiming the state s requirements, violate his rights, and shoppers feeling etter about opening their wallets this month. they have in a long time. consumer confidence indeeks soaring to an eight-month high. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. there s at least one segment of the population that doesn t seem to be suffering in rough economic times. members of congress. in the past 2 1/2 decades, the median net worth of a member of the house of representatives more than doubled, according to analysis by the washington
on top. you re hearing more and more about ron paul s fringe supporters and more about what he really thinks of gays and israel. meanwhile, on the under card, while no one was watching, rick santorum has been making a move. could it be that he s the tortoise raising in a pack of hares? plus, it turns out it s not just the rich that get richer. so do those getting elected to congress. why has the personal net worth of the body gone up so much while everybody else has gone down? and almost every american has seen this photo. it s the photo of elizabeth eckford trying to enter high school in little rock, arkansas, in 1957, after it was ordered to resegregate. but what most of us don t know is the fascinating story behind that picture and how she and the white girl screaming at her eventually became friends. we ll have that story for you later. and let me finish with why conservative republican voters in iowa can rally cannot rally around a champion to face obama. we star
about ron paul s fringe supporters and more about what he really thinks of gays and israel. meanwhile, on the under card, while no one was watching, rick santorum has been making a move. could it be that he s the tortoise raising in a pack of hares? plus, it turns out it s not just the rich that get richer. so do those getting elected to congress. why has the personal net worth of the body gone up so much while everybody else has gone down? and almost every american has seen this photo. it s the photo of elizabeth eckford trying to enter high school in little rock, arkansas, in 1957, after it was ordered to resegregate. but what most of us don t know is the fascinating story behind that picture and how she and the white girl screaming at her eventually became friends. we ll have that story for you later. and let me finish with why conservative republican voters in iowa can rally cannot rally around a champion to face obama. we start with newt gingrich and the explaini
under arrest after police were called to his home. it was the woman s friends along with posting on the popular media website that led them to her. ben winslow has more from utah. reporter: police say it was smart thinking by the woman to post on facebook but she had no other way to really communicate with the outside world. just didn t seem right. reporter: erica carver spotted this message on facebook for a woman she s only known online. the woman posted, hello is anybody out there? i am having a serious problem, and me and my son will be dead lie morning. all these people were saying, what is wrong, what is wrong. reporter: erica and others started coordinating to find out where the woman was. they contacted the police who sent officers to her home. they were met at the door by the suspect in this case. he was uncooperative initially in allowing the officers to speak to the female. after some persuading he allowed
facebook is helping to free a utah woman and child who were held against their will on five days. erica carver managed to sneak a computer into a closet and posted a message begging for help. replies went unanswered, but a friend offered up her address. police say they arrived to find an uncooperative troy krichfield. he was arrested in a similar kidnapping last year. an armed man trying to rob a cash for gold store. check this out. friday night instead of the clerk giving up the cold hard cash, surveillance video showing that same clerk knocking the would be robber unconscious with a cold clock to the face. when he comes to, the clerk makes a suspect clean up his own blood. the man has been identified as 25-year-old hindy charged with