alston breaking free in this hospital parking lot yesterday morning.uards were transporting him to a medical appointment, his handcuffs and waist chain still on, but his leg restraints removed. the orange county sheriff saying he went to school with alston's father and has known the fugitive since birth. >> he's been involved in criminal activity since he was a juvenile. he's extremely cagey. he's extremely dangerous, and he has nothing to lose. >> reporter: alston was serving a life sentence for killing 1-year-old maleah williams in a random shooting in 2015. her family telling abc news they are "displeased with the department of public safety and their efforts to keep alston in custody, or lack thereof." and david, authorities say a hospital surveillance camera did capture part of alston's escape, but it wasn't enough to show exactly what happened, because the convicted killer was, quote, moving too quickly. david? >> david: faith abubey with us again tonight. thank you, faith. >>> one more note overseas, from russia tonight. reports another u.s. cit

today orange county sheriff charles blackwood saying he's known alston since he was born. >> he was a troubled child, and he's been involved in criminal activity since he was a juvenile. he's extremely cagey. he is extremely dangerous, and he has nothing to lose. >> reporter: authorities believe they're closing in. >> there are two leads we've got. i'm not going to say what they are that we feel are solid, rock solid, and that's a teaser to the folks out there that know what's going on and know that they were involved in it. we know you, and we're coming for you. >> reporter: priya sridhar, nbc news. >>> still ahead tonight, the new cdc warning, cases of a highly transmissible virus that can harm pregnant women on the rise. a mother's powerful warning tonight. we speak to her from the hospital. the hospital. beforewe my doctor and i chose breztri for my copd, i had bad days. [cough] flare-ups that could permanently damage my lungs. with breztri, things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing. starting within 5 minutes, i noticed my lung function improved. it helped improve my

>> hospital staff is on the line advising an inmate has just run from the hospital. >> reporter: alston was being transported to a routine medical appointment tuesday morning when he jumped out of a corrections van and took off into the woods, still in handcuffs and a waist chain according to officials. >> we feel pretty comfortable from a search standpoint that alston is not in the immediate vicinity. >> reporter: alston is serving a life sentence for killing a 1-year-old girl on christmas day in 2015. the sheriff saying he's known alston since he was born. >> he was a troubled child, and he's been involved in criminal activity since he was a juvenile. he's extremely cagey. he is extremely dangerous, and he has nothing to lose. >> reporter: authorities believe they're closing in. >> there are two leads we've got. i'm not going to say what they are that we feel are solid, rock solid, and that's a teaser to the folks out there that know what's going on and know that they were involved in it. we know you, and we're coming for you. >> reporter: priya sridhar, nbc news. >>> still ahead toni

ramon alston escaped custody on tuesday while being transported to a doctor's appoint atment ate unc medical center. the sheriff says he is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: a $35,000 reward for any information on the whereabouts of 30-year-old convicted felon, ramon alston. local, state and federal authorities launching a massive search after he escaped from armed guards. >> hospital staff is on the line advising an inmate has just ran from the hospital. >> reporter: alston was being transported to a routine medical appointment when he jumped out of a corrections van and took offer into the woods. still in handcuffs and a waist chain. >> we feel pretty confer rable from a search standpoint that is he not in the not in the immed enat immediate vicinity. >> reporter: he is in prison for shooting and killing a 1-year-old girl on christmas day in 2015. >> he's been involved in criminal activity since he was a juvenile. he's extremely cagey. extremely dangerous. and he has nothing to lose. >> reporter: authorities believe they're closing in. >> there are two leads i've got, we're not goi

. >> reporter: 30-year-old ramon alston described as dangerous with a violent criminal past. >> he's either within a seen urgently searching the hillsborough area. >> he's either within a five-mile radius or he's in the rest of the world. and we're searching both. >> reporter: authorities say two prison guards were transporting alston to a medical appointment at the hospital this morning when he broke free in the parking lot, pushing down at least one guard, then running into a densely wooded area, still handcuffed with a waist chain, but without the leg restraints he was put in before the ride. >> they are -- much like a handcuff puts pressure against your achilles, which slows you a good bit. it's uncomfortable. how he got them off, i don't know. >> reporter: the convicted felon was serving a life sentence for fatally shooting a 1-year-old. maleah williams, on christmas day in 2015. the child struck while in her mother's arms outside. and david, the orange county sheriff says the armed guards who were transporting alston did not have an opportunity to draw their weapons. as standar

alston checked into the hotel wednesday with a female companion.otel employee spotted him wearing a t-shirt and jeans. >> my shift was from 3 to 11. i seen him a few times. just nodded, said hello. they probably came, asked a couple of questions or something, towels or something. i didn't have any red flags or anything like that. >> reporter: alston and the woman checked out the next day. shortly after his arrest, alston's female acquaintance also arrested and now charged with felony aiding and abetting a fugitive. the escaped killer terrified the commune here for days, as law enforcement scours over 1,300 acres looking for him. he was serving a life sentence for killing a 1-year-old in a random shooting in 2015. and alston is also facing additional charges because of the escape. he's now being transferred to a high security prison to serve out his life sentence. linsey? >> linsey: i'm sure many relieved at his capture. faith, thank you. now the first case of the new, more dangerous strain of mpox formerly known as monkey pox found outside africa.

. >> reporter: authorities say two prison guards were transporting alston to a medical appointment at the hospital when he broke free in the parking lot, pushing down at least one guard. then running into a densely wooded area, still handcuffed with a waist chain. but without the leg restraints he was put in before the ride. >> they are -- much like a handcuff puts pressure against your achilles, which slows you a good bit. how he got them off, i don't know. >> reporter: the convicted felon was serving a life sentence for fatally shooting a 1-year-old. maleah williams back in 2015 on christmas day. the child shot while in her mother's arms outside. and david, the orange county sheriff says the armed guards who were transporting alston did not have an opportunity to draw their weapons. as standard procedure, their conduct is now being reviewed as part of this investigation. david? >> david: faith, thank you. >>> we turn now to the middle east and israel is on high alert tonight for a possible strike from iran or hezbollah that the white house believes could come at any time. and all of

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ramon alston was being transported to a hospital when he freed himself from leg restraints and fled into the woods still handcuffed. he is serving a life sentence for a shooting that left a 1-year-old girl dead. >>> turning to the caribbean, where tropical storm ernesto is churning. it's expected to strengthen to a hurricane this morning over the atlantic, as it passes north rip as much as 10 inches of rain. let's get to ryan hanrahan who's tracking the storm's path. good morning, ryan. >> hey, good morning, frances. the storm is just shy of hurricane strength. and portions of puerto rico getting hit pretty hard right now. winds of 70 miles per hour right now. the storm's location is 80 miles to the northwest of st. thomas, but lots of squally weather to the south of that, hitting the virgin islands this morning. and as we zoom in and give you a look at satellite and radar, you can see very heavy rain from san juan to the east. and portions of the virgin islands going to get hit hard. here's the expected track. er nece ernesto becoming a hurricane, and it could be up to a category 3. bac

ramone alston escaped from a prison van yesterday after arriving at a hospital in hillsborough for medicalatment. authorities say he broke free of his leg restraints and ran handcuffed into the woods. he is serving a life sentence for the murder of a 14-month-old girl during a drive-by shooting in 2015. >>> "the columbus dispatch" says a ohio officer was charged in the shooting of a black woman suspected of stealing alcohol. body cam video shows blendon township officer connor grubb approaching ta'kiya young in her car in a grocery store parking lot last year. another officer ordered young out of the car, but she rolled her car toward grubb who shot her in the chest. young and her unborn baby died. >>> and "the kansas city star" says a former kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper was charged with felony judicial interference. police raided the marion county record last year after an investigation into whether a reporter had to access driving records. prosecutors said the paper did not commit a crime. former police chief gideon cody is accused of persuading a potential witness t

. >> reporter: 30-year-old ramon alston, described as dangerous, with a violent criminal past.eral and local agencies including the u.s. marshal fugitive task force seen urgently searching the hillsborough area. >> he's either within a five-mile radius or he's in the rest of the world, and we're searching both. >> reporter: authorities say two prison guards were could go him to a medical appointment in the hospital when he broke free in the parking lot, pushing down at least one guard, then running into a densely wooded area. still handcuffed with a waist chain. but without the leg restraints he was put in before the ride. >> they are -- they're much like a handcuff. puts pressure against your achilles, which slows you a good bit. it's uncomfortable. how he got them off, i don't know. >> reporter: the convicted felon was serving a life sentence for fatally shooting a 1-year-old, malia williams, on christmas day in 2015. the child struck while in her mother's arms outside. >> juju: our thanks to faith. >>> we turn now to teachers finding a new way to pay bills. some discovering

reward is being offered in the search for an escaped killer in north carolina. 30 year old ramon alston escaped from armed guards in a hospital parking lot outside of durham. he is serving life for killing a baby back in 2015. >> well, now to florida and the woman on trial for the fatal shooting of her neighbor, all allegedly after a racially charged confrontation with children. here's abc's lionel muniz. >> this morning. potentially explosive testimony at the trial of susan lawrence. the florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor, a gk owens, in front of one of owens children last summer. officials say owens knocked on lawrence door after lawrence had confronted a group of kids playing nearby, allegedly calling the victim's children racial slurs. in opening statements, the defense argued lawrence fired the single gunshot through her locked door because she felt threatened by owens. she was watching tv and all of a sudden she hears pounding on that. but prosecutors pointed to inconsistencies in lawrence's story and behavior. the 911 call that day was played in court. lawrenc

authorities say ramone alston was being transported to a hospital in hillsboro when he freed himself from his leg restraints, then jumped from the van and fled into the woods still handcuffed. he is serving a life sentence for a shooting that left a 1-year-old girl dead. >>> the fate of abortion rights will soon be in the hands of voters in a growing number of states as we get a clearer idea about the impact of the fall of roe v. wade is having on pregnant women. here is laura jarrett. >> reporter: a constitutional amendment in missouri that would wipe out the state's near total ban on abortion now set to appear on the ballot this november, while abortion rights organizers in the swing state of arizona shattered records with more than half a million signatures to get their proposed amendment added. >> this initiative has made the ballot. >> reporter: tonight arizona and missouri joining a growing list of states all with similar ballot measures that would create a new right to abortion up to around to the point a fetus can survive around 24 weeks, something opponents say goes too far.

this morning the reward for information leading to the capture of ramone alston increasing to $35,000ound operation now called off. >> we feel pretty comfortable that he is not in the immediate vicinity. >> reporter: after deploying 335 people from 19 agencies to scour over 1,300 acres in the first 24 hours, investigators are shifting course. >> there's two leads we got. that's a teaser to the folks that know what's going on and know that they were involved in it. we know you. we're coming for you. >> reporter: austin escaped tuesday morning from a transport vehicle on the way to a medical appointment. the two accompanying guards now being questioned while alston may have slipped his leg restraints, his handcuffs and waist cuffs were still on. >> an inmate just ran from the hospital. >> reporter: alston was moving too quickly to know what happened. the sheriff has known him since birth. >> he's extremely cagey and dangerous and he has nothing to lose. >> reporter: he was serving a life sentence for killing a 1-year-old in a random shooting in 2015. and the orange county sheriff doesn'

it's thought that he was briefing mr alston on updates from the battlefield.mer us ambassador to ukraine. thanks very much forjoining us on the programme today. so on the programme today. 50 president zelensky�*s update on russian activity in ukraine this week, saying more than 400 missiles and drones have been used on ukraine, and he was saying that to make the argument for the use of weapons given by allies, but to use them in a new way to go deeper inside russia. now allies have been rather nervous about the prospect, do you think they'll be changing their mind and their view?— be changing their mind and their view? , . �* , their view? expect there'll be a chance their view? expect there'll be a change of — their view? expect there'll be a change of view, _ their view? expect there'll be a change of view, but - their view? expect there'll be a change of view, but not - their view? expect there'll be a change of view, but not sol a change of view, but not so much of the way of allies. the two big allies, meaning the united states and germany, have been over

defense secretary lloyd alston about military cooperation between the two countries.is working to bolster protection for u.s. forces regionwide. >> and to ensure that the united states is repaired to respond. >> the chances of a secluded war, airlines are canceling flights to israel and through irani and airspace, and cyprus says it is mobilizing its long-standing evacuation plan which allows nations to move their citizens through the mediterranean island. >> here on the ground in israel, there is not the feeling of panic, but there is preparation with people stocking up by buying more -- generator, some even leaving tel aviv as they see it as a potential likely threat, and some government officials reportedly have been given satellite phones overgrown concern of communications potentially going down. >> alex hogan live in tel aviv. thank you. next, the second athlete previously disqualified for not meeting gender criteria competes against a female competitor in olympic boxing. we will take you there. then come our "whatever happens to" report on the potential tiktok

, a manhunt is underway in north carolina for a convicted murderer of a one-year-old girl, remote alstonpolice van and when he was being taken to a medical appointment on tuesday, there's a $25,000 reward for information leading to his capture, capture, and people in the area are being hold. keep their doors, windows, and cars locked new jersey governor phil murphy plans to appoint his former chief of staff, george helmy, to replace democratic senator bob menendez, who is stepping down next week, last month, a jury found an nda is guilty a federal corruption charges, including bribery, extortion, and obstruction of justice. he is set to be sentenced in october. and a russian court just sentenced a russian american ballerina to 12 years in prison, all because of a $51 donation she made to a ukrainian charity because anya karelina pleaded guilty to treason after she was arrested in february, her boyfriend tell cnn he had bought her a ticket to visit russia as a birthday gift. her lawyer says he will appeal take the south carolina supreme court has now agreed to take up an appeal from convi

a brain injury a convicted murderer on the loose in north carolina, police say 30-year-old ramon alstonsday while he was being transported to receive care at a local hospital homes and businesses destroyed in greece's worst wildfire of the year. the wildfire impacted 156 square miles of land. firefighters are still working to try to put out some hotspots all right. time now for weather more than 100,000 customers without power in puerto rico as tropical storm ernesto makes its way across the region, the storm is just shy of a hurricane. it's getting stronger and it has the potential to hit bermuda later on this week, let's get to our meteorologist, derek van dam. derek, good morning. >> yeah. good morning. kasie, even though it's still a tropical storm, officially, it's behaving like a hurricane. look at this latest satellite loop starting to get its act together. the eye of ernesto just north of puerto rico, but there was a lot of rain associated with the system. so here's the latest radar. there's the british and us virgin islands. and then i want you to focus your attention on this b

. >> in north carolina, the manhunt is over for ramone alston. authorities captured him on friday after escaping from the medical appointment. police say he was taken in without incident. >> a 4.4 earthquake struck the los angeles area rattling millions. there were no significant injuries. >> this is a reminder that los angeles is earthquake country. we are also the best prepared city. >> after jordan chiles was stripped of the bronze medal in the floor exercise, the board of arbitration is denying her case. she is the only gymnast in history to lose a medal for an administrative error. chiles says this is devastating writing i have no words. this decision feels unjust and comes as a significant blow. she vowed to fight writing she will make every effort to ensure justice is done. >> there he is. >> a close encounter in the water after a great white shark surprised two kayakers in northern california's half moon bay a half mile out from shore. >> it was simply curious. it was just there because that's where it lives and we were in its, you know,