andrew rhiannon. >> andrew, thank you for that. we have an update on that daycare tragedy in new york that we first told you about on monday. a one year old boy died after allegedly being exposed to fentanyl. now federal charges have been filed against the daycare's owner. she and another man are accused of exposing four kids to the drug. police say a kilo of fentanyl was stored on top of children's play mats. that is enough to kill a half a million people. and they say the daycare owner tried to delete 20,000 text messages from her phone before being arrested because they were running a drug operation run from a daycare center, a daycare center, a place where children should be kept safe, not surrounded by a drug that could kill them in an instant. the daycare owner's husband is still on the run. >> president biden is calling for billions of additional us aid for the war in ukraine. but some lawmakers are saying not so fast. after addressing the un yesterday, ukraine's president now heads to washington, where he could face more op

andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with a possible new clue in the manhunt for a convicted killer who escaped from prison. >> authorities in pennsylvania have reported new sightings of the fugitive and the search area has expanded. here's abc's morgan norwood this morning. >> the urgent manhunt for escaped murderer danilo cavalcante entering its seventh day. the search zone expanding in a pennsylvania forest after new reports of footprints in the area. the possible clue just a few miles from where these trail cameras captured images of him in longwood gardens, a sprawling botanical attraction outside philadelphia. >> the photos confirmed that cavalcante has not changed his appearance, but also that he has obtained a backpack. >> police say cavalcante slipped through a nearby perimeter but believe he's still lurking nearby. >> we realized within just a few hours where he was, and so he's not had a tremendous amount of time to, uh, to move a long distance. >> we're learning more about how cavalcante may

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rhiannon andrew. >> derick thank you. now to the weather. the national hurricane center says a system in the mid-atlantic has a 100% chance of development if it reaches tropical storm strength, it will be called lee. computer models say a week from now it could be south of bermuda or heading toward the southeast coast. as for today, millions of children will be dismissed early from school because of extreme heat. cities from detroit to philadelphia say kids are being let out early with temperatures expected to be in the 90s. for many children, particularly in the northeast. they're going back to school amid the hottest condition days of the year. well it is time now for a look at your morning weather. >> good morning. we have a heatwave on our hands from the great lakes all the way to the east coast here. chicago to new york city. record highs are going to be challenged for the next couple of days. how about these record challenging highs today, this afternoon in baltimore, in d.c, the forecast calls for highs to be near 100 degrees. yeah, r

rhiannon ally. >> and i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with the new details about that deadly bus crash. a student band trip turning tragic north of new york city. >> that's right. more than 40 students were injured and two adults lost their lives overnight to massive tow trucks pulled that charter bus from a ravine. hours after it careened off a new york highway, killing two people. >> we're safe. thank god, but we're praying for the other families. >> she's safe, just devastated about the other kids the bus was carrying members of a marching band from long island to pennsylvania when it skidded off the highway, landing on its side and tumbling 50ft. >> imagine the fear, the screams . in the aftermath when these high school students were surrounded by this chaos. >> i woke up, i heard this really weird sound, and then i heard the bus, like, start to like, roll over the hill. >> 15 year old anthony eugenio recalls the bus rolling over several times. i heard him screaming and then, like i felt it as soon as i picked my head up the kid next to me was covered in blood, blood everywhere. two

andrew dymburt. good morning to you. >> i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin this morning with the dramatic new video showing how a convicted killer was able to escape from a pennsylvania prison. >> he escaped one week ago, climbing up a wall to the roof. we're now learning more about that prison and previous security concerns and even staffing issues. abc's m wynne is here now with the details. m good morning. >> good morning andrew with the escapee still at large residents in the surrounding philadelphia area remain on edge. police warning them to stay on high alert. out this morning, stunning new security footage shows convicted killer danilo carvalho crab walking up these prison walls to escape prison officials in chester county, pennsylvania, saying they had just added razor wire on the roof after another inmate escaped in almost the same way less than four months ago, pushed his way through razor wire, run across the roof, scale another fence and push his way through more razor wire, nearly an hour after he scaled the walls, prison offic

andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with a major development overnight in response to the migrant crisis at the southern border as border cities report a new surge of migrants even declaring an emergency, the biden administration is clearing the way for venezuelan migrants to get work permits. >> some of those migrants have been bussed to new york, where another protest was held last night. >> the new policy extending legal status for some venezuelans is just one new move that was announced last night by the homeland security department . this morning, the biden administration is announcing new policies to handle the surge of migrants crossing the southern border. and overwhelming cities across the country. >> there's no end in sight. we don't know, you know, when it's going to end. >> the administration will now send 800 defense department personnel to the border in addition to the 2500 national guard members already deployed to help customs and border protection. the administration is also expanding deportati

andrew dymburt. good morning. >> i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with eye-opening new allegations about the cia's investing nation into the origins of covid 19. >> abc news has confirmed the cia is now looking into accusations that some of its analysts were offered hush money to alter their conclusions about the virus. these claims came from a whistleblower and are coming to light as members of congress demand answers. abc's lionel moise has the details. >> this morning, the cia confirms it's looking into accusations that several members of an agency team tasked with covid pandemic analysis were paid significant hush money to shift their position regarding the origins of the virus. two republican lawmakers have sent a letter to cia director william burns claiming that a senior level current agency officer came forward alleging the payoff . they say, according to the whistleblower, the seven officers were assigned to the cia's covid discovery team and six of the seven members of the team believed the intelligence and science were su

andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with a major legal setback for donald trump. >> a new york judge has ruled that the former president committed years of financial fraud by inflating the value of his assets. the ruling could very much affect his ability to do business in new york. >> but overnight, trump speaking out, defending his company's practices. abc's em win is here now with details. m good morning, brianna. >> good morning. the judge determined the former president lied. hundreds of times for years about his net worth in order to dupe the banking and insurance systems. >> we are filing a lawsuit this morning. >> a big win for new york attorney general letitia james in her investigation into the trump organization after a judge ruled the ex-president and his company committed fraud by overstating the value of their assets by as much as $2.2 billion more than the actual amount the fraud was. so overwhelming and conclusive, the judge decided there was no need to hear testimony at a trial set to s

. >> i'm rhiannon ally and i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with the breaking news overnight. finally after five months, a deal to potentially end the writers strike in hollywood. but your favorite shows won't be returning just yet. >> i don't know. this morning they have a deal. >> my phone is blowing up with joy. people thanking each other. people that are so excited that they're going out right now after 146 days, the writers guild has reached a tentative agreement with studios to end the historic strike that has paralyzed hollywood and shut down production since may. >> the wga negotiating committee writing to its members, we can say with great pride that this deal is exceptional, with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. the three year contract still needs to be legally finalized before a vote by writers guild leadership is expected as early as tomorrow. once approved, the contract will be sent to union members for a ratify vote. >> i know they would not have told us the tentative deal was reached and told us that picketing is su

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andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with the mystery solved for the us military. >> a $100 million fighter jet went missing after the pilot ejected over south carolina on sunday and it's now been located . but the marines have grounded all aircraft following a string of mishaps. >> abc's justin finch is here now with new details. justin, good morning. >> rihanna and good morning. debris from that f 35 fighter jet now found after the us military launched an exhaustive search. even asking for the public's help in south carolina to a military mystery, investigators converging at a debris site with burn areas and downed trees that is presumed connected to the crash of that missing f-35 fighter jet. that jet among the most sophisticated on earth with the $100 million plus price tag was undetected for more than 24 hours. the officials say that f 35 vanished sunday afternoon. the pilot safely ejecting near joint base charleston after reports of an undisclosed mishap in the cockpit. the debris located in williamsburg c

andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with president biden stepping into the middle of a high stakes labor dispute in the us auto industry. today he'll make history joining workers on the picket lines in michigan one day before a scheduled visit by former president trump. >> both trying to appeal to working class voters. >> abc's ike ejiochi is here now with the preview. ike good morning. >> good morning, ryan and president biden is taking the extraordinary step of joining the picket line with striking uaw union members all at a time when ceo pay continues to skyrocket and the union we are the union. >> this morning, it's day 12 of the united auto workers union strike against the big three us car manufacturers. >> general motors, chrysler, stellantis and ford. in his strongest move of support yet, president biden planning to punctuate his vocal support for auto workers today in michigan by joining members on the picket line, a move many believe to be a first for a sitting president in living memory. >> think of e

andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with new details about the capture of a convicted killer who was on the run for nearly two weeks after escaping from a pennsylvania prison overnight. >> we learned how he was able to evade police for so long and just how close they came. on multiple occasions to catching him. this morning, the convicted murderer who escaped a pennsylvania prison is filling in the blanks, revealing how he avoided capture for two weeks. surviving on watermelon and drinking water from a stream while burying his bodily waste in the woods to avoid detection . >> the subject is in custody, confirmed subject is in custody. authorities say danilo cavalcante admitted during four hours of questioning that law enforcement got so close, officers almost stepped on him three times during the manhunt. >> he said on multiple occasions, law enforcement officers almost stepped to him. we were only 5 or 6ft away, and cavalcante revealing how he got that clean shaven look thanks to a backpack he stole. h

andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with a developing story, the search for a cold blooded killer of a sheriff's deputy in california. >> a $250,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to an arrest after what authorities describe as an ambush style attack. racy . hundreds of people gathered at the palmdale sheriff's station in southern california last night honoring ryan clincoln for. the los angeles county deputy shot and killed in an apparent ambush at a red light. >> there is a lot of anger in a lot of people. it's heartbreaking. >> the vigil coming after investigators revealed a new clue in their search for the deputies killer. they're calling this dark gray toyota corolla a vehicle of interest without warning. >> he was murdered while serving our community. >> this surveillance video obtained by our station, kabc, is now part of the investigation showing deputy clincoln bruner's patrol car at an intersection just seconds after he left the palmdale station, a dark colored vehicle slowly pull

andrew dymburt. good morning to you. >> i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with the us government on the verge of shutting down despite more votes overnight. >> there appears to be no new compromise on capitol hill to keep the government funded beyond saturday. in fact, the washington post reports some republicans are now plotting to replace house speaker kevin mccarthy with one of his deputies as soon as next week. >> in the meantime, the impacts of a shutdown would be far reaching everything from the military to the irs to child nutrition programs could be affected. >> abc's em win is here now with the very latest. em good morning . >> good morning, andrew. yeah, the government appears headed toward a shutdown this weekend, but there's apparently still some hope on capitol hill. house speaker kevin mccarthy appeared optimistic last night even as a government shutdown appeared imminent. >> here they will get it all done. >> lawmakers have until midnight tomorrow to pass new funding bills to keep the government running. the senate is moving ahead wi

andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with breaking news. the united auto workers are now on strike. >> they failed to reach a deal with the big three automakers before the contract deadline. so workers hit the picket lines at midnight outside three factories for now. >> the union is now demanding more benefits and a 36% pay increase. gm and ford are offering 20. still antis, 17. >> executives say the union's demands are not sustainable. the union says otherwise. for the first time ever, the united auto workers union is striking against all big three us car makers simultaneously. we are the union. the union overnight. the union said strikes began at factories in wentzville, missouri. toledo ohio. and wayne, michigan. a total of nearly 13,000 workers and more walkouts could soon be scheduled. >> we want fair, economic and social justice for our members. >> that's what this is all about. it's a shame on them and what they're saying is complete bs strikes at individual plants will be far less costly to the union, which pays $500 per week to str

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andrew. >> and i'm rhiannon ally. good morning to you. we begin with more help on the way for the people of morocco after that devastating earthquake. >> yeah, more than 2100 people are confirmed dead at this point. rescuers say the first 72 hours is crucial to finding more survivors. and that 72 hour window closes tonight. >> there have been moments like this, a survivor pulled from the rubble. but these moments are increasingly rare. and abc's em win is here now with the very latest. good morning. >> good morning. rhiannon yeah. thousands offered their assistance either with aid rescue or by donating blood. aftershocks continue to rattle nerves in morocco this morning. video shows the violent shakes from the deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake in morocco, sending people fleeing for their lives here. panic at a wedding ceremony. this man barely escaping the death toll still rising in morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than six decades. at least 2100 people killed, thousands more injured. rebecca tremblay visiting from los angeles. >> tha

rhiannon ally. >> happy friday. i'm lionel moise, in for andrew. we begin this morning with a new sighting in the manhunt for convicted killer danilo cavalcanti escaped from a pennsylvania prison more than a week ago and police have said the search area is between 8 and 10mi■!s. >> and now our philadelph dia station w-p-t-v reports that cavalcanti has been seen on another trail camera. this time at a botanical garden. abc's m1 is tracking the search this morning. m good morning. >> good morning. rhiannon yeah. authorities say the fugitive is wanted for killing two people before he escaped from prison, one in the us and one in brazil. residents in the search area remain on edge this morning. the urgent manhunt for a convicted killer in pennsylvania now in its second week. authorities are investigating the eighth credible sighting of danilo cavalcanti. >> we are checking homes. we're talking to neighbors. we have horses out there as well that are assisting with the search tactical teams, sources tell our philadelphia station where cavalcanti was spot

andrew dymburt. >> happy labor day to you. i'm morgan norwood in for rhiannon. and we begin with the monsoon rains that are swamping the southwest and stranding 70,000 people in a muddy mess. >> a mass exodus from the burning man festival in the nevada desert could get underway this morning when the roads are expected to reopen and at least one person is dead after the heavy downpours left, the campgrounds covered in mud and forced revelers to shelter in place all weekend. >> and this morning, tens of thousands of people are trapped at burning man. officials telling those attending the annual county culture festival held in rural nevada 100 miles from the nearest airport sought to conserve food, water and gas after monsoon rains made roads out of the festival impassable. >> we're out here with a solid group of veteran burners and we've never seen anything like this. >> the local sheriff's office says it's investigate a death that occurred during the heavy rains, but no details have been given on this weather. making a mess across the state. in las vegas, at leas

andrew dymburt. >> good to be with you. i'm morgan norwood, in for rhiannon. and we begin with another weather threat just in time for the labor day weekend. >> millions are on alert for dangerous rip currents on the east coast. in the meantime, president biden is set to visit florida to see the devastation from hurricane italia. he's asking congress to set aside more money for disaster relief. just weeks after the fires in maui. and with three months left in hurricane season. >> abc's em nguyen has more. she's in saint petersburg, florida. and good morning. >> good morning, morgan. yeah, one family i talked to here in saint petersburg came back to a home full of water. they say they lost nearly everything, including the house this morning. the scale of idalia's destruction from florida to north carolina coming into clearer view in the big bend of florida where idalia made landfall, building after building destroyed by hurricane idalia made landfall right here in keaton beach, and she left her mark, you saw that house. >> there's all this debris going down the

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andrew. first, though, here's your latest news with rhiannon jones . with rhiannon jones. >> beth thank you.from the newsroom. the manhunt for a terror suspect who escaped from a wandsworth prison continues as concerns are raised about security at the jail . a former british army jail. a former british army soldier , daniel abbott, kalief soldier, daniel abbott, kalief was awaiting trial accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. it's believed he escaped from the prison kitchen by hiding under a food delivery van. security checks are being tightened at ports to prevent him from leaving the country . him from leaving the country. former met police detective peter bleksley told gb news it'll be much easier to find him if he acted alone. if he was an opportunist, opportunist and he planted his fan on the spur of the moment and he's on his own with no pre—planning, no resources , and living on his resources, and living on his wits , then i would suggest he'll wits, then i would suggest he'll be far easier to find because he would, for example, quite possibly be scavenging in bins for food

rhiannon. >> thank you . after 14 >> thank you. after 14 consecutive straight rises, the bank of england's monetary committee has voted 5 to 4 to hold the base interest rate at 5.25. >> yeah. governor andrew britons as well? joining us now for the latest on the bank's decision is jasmine birtles, financial journalist and founder of money magpie .com jasmine always a pleasure. so good news i guess for the blighted mortgage owners and property owners of britain . but property owners of britain. but do you think this is too little too late? well yes, frankly, i mean, i was one of those who said that we should put interest rates up much earlier than they did because they waited for so long. >> we've had this sort of continuous increase, basically over the last nearly two years, you know, month on month, increasing the rates which has just created more panic and definitely expense for borrowers, particularly mortgage borrowers, particularly mortgage borrowers , as . borrowers, as. >> so, jasmine, do you think this will be it now that interest rates will start to go down? >> oh, gosh, you know, the $64,000 question. >> i mean, in theory , yes, in >> i mean, in theory, yes, in theory, the bank o