Page 50 - Mark Olson News Today

>> the detective began digging for any information on a missing mechanic. did any record of him exist? >> first, we were looking at the criminal end to see if maybe he had been stopped or maybe there might be a police report on him somewhere. and theres nothing. check the -- >> then i started looking in to see if there might be any indication of financial records that might indicate he was working somewhere and once again, we came into a dead end there. >> but the detective did discover one very...

>> ellen at some point comes up to my sister and asks about my fathers will and wanted to know if there was anything in the will provision for mikes daughter. >> shes asking about money? >> shes asking about money. >> the more she thought about it, the more terry had a sinking feeling that ellen knew something about mikes disappearance. >> she certainly wasnt acting like a woman who was trying to find the father of her child, and we could not understand why she didnt seem the least bit concerned...

Components to elle story that detective wilson wanted to check out. he says he asked ellen to come down to the police department and meet with him in person. only she wouldnt. >> she said he is not missing. he said, well, we want to find him, and even ask her to come in to help us find him. she would not come in. >> so ellen and detective wilson never did meet face-to-face. she claimed she was giving all the information she had. >> he wanted to meet with you. >> he never said that. >> he says he...

Infuriated ellen, also got ellens former neighbors talking about something they had seen years before. >> they had seen michael and ellen digging out behind the garage. digging a hole. >> when was that? >> around the time that michael went missing. the neighbors said she remembered seeing them out behind the garage with shovels. >> and that was pretty intriguing to the detective. it sounded like a viable lead, so in late spring 2006 with the current home owners permission, detective wilson broug...

And ellen obeyed them. >> you had a significant executive job at a big company. >> yes. >> so youre not some shrinking violet who is home cowering under her husbands direction. >> but when it came to be at home and opening that door, i was that shrinking violet. thats how things were. he ran the show. it was two different -- two different ellens. who different lives. >> detective wilson interviewed ellens old boss, a man named james cassel. he told the detective he remembered an incident when el...

Chance to reach out to ellen, she was calling him complaining about that article. >> she said where did you get this information? she was upset that it portrayed that he was just an innocent man, father, that had disappeared. >> the article didnt implicate you. >> yes, it did. >> i read it. it doesnt, like, lay the blame at your feet. >> yes, it does. >> she and michaeling had a heated discussion and that the next morning when she woke up, he was gone. he hadnt taken a vehicle. >> ellen told the...

If you have to stand still, you can bounce on your feet. we also learned how to make quincies which are the snow caves. >> yeah. very good. >> and noah, i understand you were out there, too, when it was 22 degrees below zero. what does that feel like? >> its really cold especially once your body hasnt started heating up. so you just got to wrap up in layers and in your sleeping bag and just hope you get warm and you will if youve done the right stuff. >> you got -- better hope youve done the rig...

That one guy. >> so far, none of the female members of congress have decided to do that, i dont think. >> well find out. peter will follow that. >> all right. maybe next week well find out more about that. lets go out to steve. >> thanks very much. im outside because theres a group of eight young boy scouts who braved below zero temperatures all day long to earn the ultimate scout prize, the zero hero award. to earn it, they had to spend 24 consecutive hours outside. they had to cook. they had t...

In large businesses 92% of the premium goes to cover the cost of health care, about 8% are administrative costs and things like that. now, in a small business, the cost, the actual money, the premium, $5,000 for an individual, $15,000 for an individual and their family, about 85% of that premium actually goes to the cost of health care, 15% goes to the cost of administration. the cost of administration for small businesses is higher than it is for big businesses. one big point to keep in mind is...

Passed on. >> its the way it works. >> yep. >> mark, thanks for your time and the great numbers that help us assess what is going on. mark olson is the principal actuary from towers watson. were going to take a break. were covering two big stories, health care and the jobs bill. ed henry has been on top of both pop hes in the rose garden at the white house and well check in with him about the briefing that just took place and find out what is happening with this health care bill when we come b...