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Alexis murphy was last seen at a gas station in virginia on august 13. that was 13 days ago if youre counting. but her hair, at least a small part of it was found in a mans camper. that man, her alleged abductor is randy taylor. and he was arrested. thats a picture of randy taylor. mr. taylor is telling an alleged tale saying she wanted to buy marijuana. and alexis said that she could help him out. and alexis and a mystery drug dealer went to his camper and left in separate cars. taylor says tha...

Doesnt talk anything about the economy. take look. lets put it up on the big screen. going to talk about obamacare august 4. immigration on august 5. climate change on august 13. and hes going to talk about gun control on august 21. nary a word, according to ofa, about the economy. >> brian: whats he talk being? with his economy when it comes to the hour speech, he had two ideas. i need $50 billion to rebuild the nations roads and bridges. okay. youre not going to get that and you already had th...

For august 13. would tropical storms to watch over, dorian in the atlantic and flossy in the pacific. andrew peterson is tracking both storms. good morning. >> good news with dorian. we have a lot of weakening going on. lot of dry air ahead of the system. tearing the structure of the sky apart and theres still more dry air ahead of and it thats the good news. could it continue to weaken. bad news is the latest track has moved farther down to the south. if it holds together once it pushes past ...

You hunt, have your guide set up all the paperwork. >>gregg: good to see you. jonathan, jake carney was oblivious this was happening. you would think the we commander in chief would know about a war hero, two wars and it appears that jake carney knew nothing about it. >>jonathan: you have to ask, what do u.s. officials owe the heros? there is another marine, former marine, who is 31, he has been missing in syria, and he is now a journalist, freelancing for the "washington post" among others, mis...

News. but there is a print journalist who has not been heard from since august 13. his name is austin ties. a former marine, went to syria to report for the mckarachi news service. had an article published in the "washington post." his parents are desperate for news from him. they simply do not know who is holding him, although the suspicion is that he is being held by pro-government militia. worth remembering as well that there are syrian civilians dying every day during all of this. >> shepard...

We very happy to be out. we are very happy to be back in turkey. we love being here. we love this country. we appreciate all the help. the last five days are days we would rather forget. >>jonathan: as we know from talking to other whose have been through similar spents, forgetting is a very difficult thing to do. >>shepard: he has been an outstanding count, and a great guy, too. >> another journalist is still missing. >>jonathan: richard engel is well-known and appears on nbc nightly news all t...

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Can conservative voters rally around someone and something bold, bigger message? and i dont know this is big and bold enough with the challenges we face as a country, but i do think its something that will energize conservative voters. >> claire mccaskill in missouri obviously doesnt want anybody talking about this, bob casey in pennsylvania, but even john kerry in massachusetts saying lets work a deal. >> this reminds me, carter had the majority of born again voters in 1976. he lost them when t...

thanks so much. just hours from now, eight presidential candidates will square off in tampa, florida. rick perry the front-runner and also the main target of his fellow republicans. and perry may have made the bulls-eye even bigger by attacking social security, a program considered sacred by millions of older americans. jim accosta is in tampa. and lets begin with word of a new endorsement were hearing about this morning. >> reporter: thats right. if mitt romney was looking for a spark...

Them to a rebel-held hotel where they reunited with colleagues. joining me now, missy ryan, thank you for joining me, missy, missy, at what point did you realize you were being held captive? >> well, thank you for having me. it was sort of an odd situation, because to begin with as a reporter in gadhafis tripoli, we didnt have very much freedom even before the sort of climax of the military campaign over the past few days. we were generally kept from reporting freely, we were only allowed out on...