[Baldwin:] Police in Britain are chasing new leads in the case of a 3- year-old girl who vanished six years ago while on vacation in Portugal. Remember Madeleine McCann? She disappeared from the bedroom she was sharing with two of her siblings. For a time investigators thought she might have been killed. Her parents were suspects before they were ultimately cleared. But today police said they want to speak to, they're very precise with this number, 38, 38 persons of interest based upon this new evidence. And their remains a chance little Madeleine McCann could be alive. CNN's Atika Shubert joins me from London. So what's the word, Atika, from Scotland Yard?
[Atika Shubert, Cnn International Correspondent:] Well, basically they're saying they're reopening this investigation. They want to talk to those 38 people across Europe, including 12 of them they believe are British nationals who were in Portugal at the time. This comes after a review of the case that police made 16 visits to Portugal, went through 30,000 documents. And what's interesting here is it's not just evidence from Portuguese and British police, but also from private investigators from seven different companies. They pulled all of this together, and they believe they have some new leads and evidence they want to pursue. Perhaps most importantly, the police have said they believe that Madeleine McCann may still be alive.
[Baldwin:] Which is wonderful for her family, but I have to, you know, just remind everyone, there have been unconfirmed sightings of Madeleine McCann for years. What's the possibility that this new lead is more promising than others in the past?
[Shubert:] We really don't know. They're not giving that many details. It seems to be the fact they've looked at all of the evidence from all of these different sources. It's not just one sighting here or there. It's sort of the totality of all the evidence they have. I do have to point out that Kate and Jerry McCann have really been tirelessly campaigning to keep the investigation open, to keep the search going. In fact, last year the police put out an age progressed photo to show what Madeleine McCann might look like. Again, they put it out today urging the public if they have seen this little girl to give them information. Also interesting to note, a lot of recent cases in the U.S. have given them hope. For example, the case in Cleveland, they say the younger a child is that's taken the greater the chances are that she may still be alive.
[Baldwin:] There is hope. We hope they find her. Atika Shubert, thank you, in London for us. Coming up in the next hour of CNN NEWSROOM, we will have special coverage of the wildfire tragedy in Arizona, remembering the Hotshots. Stephanie Elam will join me from Prescott, Arizona, as we look and we honor the lives of these 16 young men, forgive me, 19 young men, 19 heroes. That is at 3:30 p.m. Eastern only here on CNN.