area and an 18-mile stretch to the ohio border. skelton initially told police he had left his boys with a woman named joann taylor friday morning. that was a lie. we ve continued to talk to virtually all parties involved in this investigation, including mr. skelton. statements that he s made to investigators could indicate it s not going to be a positive outcome. reporter: police are appealing for help from anyone who may have seen the boys, their father or skelton s blue van. they ve seized the vehicle but they re trying to find out what skelton did with the boys before he attempted to hang himself. the search for the boys has been a challenge as crews and volunteers have spent several days looking for any small scrap of evidence. in remote campgrounds, forests and fields. vinita and rob? the wisconsin teacher who kept her cool to say the least during that harrowing classroom hostage situation is releasing a statement today. valerie burd is being credited for putting the gunman
a gun held a class hostage at wisconsin s high school. moments ago, police described the scene when they broke down the door and the suspect shot himself. they approached the suspect to take him into custody and at that point, he raised a weapon and fired the weapon once causing a self-inflicted gunshot wound. no information is being released right now about the suspects condition. classes are canceled at that school for today. meantime, the search for three missing michigan boys back on this morning. police believe the children seen here, andrew 9, alexander, 7 and tanner 5 could be located somewhere south of their home across the ohio border. a search wrapped up late last night where the father admitted to leaving the boys on the side of the road. that dad, john kelton is going through a divorce and custody battle. he also recently attempted suicide. protests like this are about to get under way in italy at this
through the ohio and tennessee valley right now down through the gulf coast. next map shows you the current readings out of provo, utah right now it s only 7. 52 in raleigh. in the gulf coast, temperatures in the 70 s. later on today, next map will he so you what the high temperatures will be. and if you re lucky enough to be in florida today, temperatures for the most part in the 80 s. 70 s and 80 s through the mid atlantic and then the middle part of the country, 30 s and 40 s. up north, 29 in rapid city. it will be 41 today in chicago. and that s a quick look at your fox travelcast. election forecast. what election? all right. brian and gretchen, to you. good job with the trees, did a great job decorating. fantastic. i love the red and green. we re allowed to use those colors. 21 minutes before the top of the hour. here s what s straight ahead. the white house was forced to
desk. jon: right now, a news conference from michigan. police on the expanding search for those three young brothers, missing since thanksgiving day. good morning to you, i m jon scott. jenna: i m jenna lee. so good to have you here with us. you have police, scouring woods and fields along the michigan-ohio border, searching for tanner, alexander and andrew skelton. police say their father lied to investigators. john skelton telling police he left the boys with a woman he met on the internet before attempting suicide friday, now he s being held in an ohio hospital for mental health issues. we re going to update you with any developments as we get them for this very important story. jon: first, president obama is meeting right now with congressional leaders from both parties at the white house, their first sitdown since republicans swept the mid-term elections. extending the bush tax cuts
you ve got helicopters in the air, fixed-wing aircraft, you have 2-300 volunteers who have shown up to form search parties and they re combing this town in michigan which is just north of the ohio border, all of this after these little boys went missing. their father posted a message on facebook saying i love my wife very much, may god and tanya forgive me, then he attempted to kill himself by hanging. he failed in that attempt, called in an quaintance who took him to the hospital, where he s under observation. problem is, these children have not been seen or heard from since, all of this transpired. the police say these little boys are in extreme danger, martha. martha: the father s story that he called a woman to come pick up his children, police say that there are hole necessary that story. reporter: yeah, nothing really seems to add up for this story. the woman s name is joanne taylor who he says came up to pick up the children, who he says he met on the side of the road and main