together for one event aimed at stomping out cancer. it s saturday, september 11th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television we begin this morning on what should be a somber and poignant day of remembrance. in fact, you re looking at video of ground zero where the twin towers stood. families will gather to remember loved ones lost on 9/11. for nearly a decade now this anniversary has been marked by a solemn reflection and a call to unity devoid the politics, but not this time. this year the controversy surrounding a proposed mosque near ground zero threatens to overshadow this day of mourning. last night the florida pastor who drew condemnation for threatening to burn the quran made his way to new york. we will talk to him exclusively about what he is doing here a little bit later. we re also going to talk with new york mayor michael bloomberg this morning about the anniversary, the progress that s been made at ground zero, and his take on all of these cont
and 12 million cancer survivors together for one event aimed at storming out cancer, today together for one event aimed at storming out cancer, today saturday, september 11th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this saturday morning. i m amy robach. and i m carl quintanilla. lester has the day off. we begin on what should be a somber day of remembrance. you re looking at a live picture of ground zero where the twin towers stood nine years ago today. and where families will gather again today to remember loved ones most on 9/11. for near lay decade now, this anniversary has been marked bia solemn reflection and a call to unity devoid of politics, but not that time. this year the controversy surrounding a proposed mosque near ground zero threatens to overshadow this day of mourning. and last night the florida pastor who drew worldwide condemnation for threatening to burn the koran made his way to new york. we will talk to him exclu
jenna: how often do the cases come back successfully, actually finding the person? it actually varies. we know that now, what the fbi really didn t realize then was that the first few hours after an abduction are the most important times in these types of investigations. obviously, we ve lost that, but one thing that we can do is what the gil family is doing and that s creating necessary media attention that hopefully somebody out there knows where elizabeth is and they can come forward with the information that they have. contacting the fbi would be an easy way to do that, or the cape girardo police department. jenna: final question here, how have you held on to hope over the last 45 years? well, at times, it s been very difficult. you just have to have trust and faith in god, and your friends and family, and in yourself. and you have to keep on going. at this point in time, one of my father s prayers is finally answered, and that s
together and said noticed elizabeth was missing. soon after that, they called the police, the police came, and from there, it was pretty much chaos. searchers went out looking for elizabeth, the police started developing leads, and the family waited. jenna: and somewhere along the path there, dan, the trail goes cold, 200 volunteers, spread out across the countryside trying to find this little girl. they weren t able to. but that was in 1965. why is the fbi getting involved now? i believe there are a number of reasons. first of all, there was never any indication that it was anything other than a kidnapping. we ve tried to do what we could through the years and followed leads on our own, and persisted law enforcement locally in keeping the case active. when the finding beth gil
questions in the neighborhood, and then lo and behold, he disappeared. rancho santa march rita is the area in which they live, they are now looking for both of these people, the forsbergs, where is marsha, where is her husband, richard. police say that so far, the only leads they have have been talking to the neighbors and trying to come up with maybe something that he had gotten himself into. he had been telling neighbors he was heavily into gambling all of the sudden. so now they re checking casinos all across the country to see if they can find mr. forsberg. back to you. tkpwrao ug gregg harris, thank you very much. jenna: another story we re watching, more violence erupting along our border with mexico, how it s spilling over into the u.s., and what washington is doing to try and stop the bloodshed. also an interesting story for you here, 45 years is a long time to hold out hope, but one family still believes this little girl may be alive. now, the fbi is reopening the case of el