daniel randolph was the ship's 2nd mate. >> there is a hurricane out here. we are streding straight and forth. wind are super bad. love to everyone. >> the coast guard will give an update on the search at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> local and federal government are taking a precaution because of an unspecified college. it was serious enough to alert students of the content. philadelphia homes and several colleges and universities, including 10 temple and villanova. no colleges have been canceled. several have asked them to report any specific behavior. authorities in northern california say they have foiled a high skoolg school plot to kill as many students as possible. four main students at summerville high school were arrested. fellow students reported suspicious activity to staff. >> the suspect's plan was very detailed in nature and included fames of would be victims, locations, methods in which the plan would be carried out. >> they say they were in the process of securing weapons. no one was hurt. >>> the word comes on the heels of last week's shooting mas

and danielle randolph, 34, from maine. >> i'm very hopeful. until they find a reason for me not to be, i'm going to remain hopeful. >> reporter: as of sunset tonight, the coast guard has searched 70,000 square nautical miles of sea. and they'll be back at it at first light tomorrow. tom? >> family members still holding out hope. thank you. >>> and next to the mass shooting at a college campus in roseburg, oregon. stunning details of the heroes and those they saved in the mass shooting. prayer services. neal karlinsky is there. >> reporter: the pastor's prayers were answered even before he stepped into church today. >> she said, i began to pray. to die today. daughter lacy, one of the closest witnesses to survive unscathed. saved by a man that fell on top of her after he was shot, later dying. >> i believe in his last he had consciousness, he said, i am going to roll onto lacy. >> reporter: she laid under him, playing dead. mazesly, sitting next to lacy in church today, this man. the student they say was chosen directly by the gunman to live. >

. >> reporter: crew member daniell randolph last week e-mailed her mother, laurie bobillot. >> there's a hurricane out here it. winds are super bad and seas are not great. love to everyone. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board has ship and most of the evidence lies three miles underwater. no one knows what the engine trouble was or when it began, but, scott, it left the ship a sitting duck for a major hurricane. >> pelley: mark strassmann in jacksonville. mark, thanks. today in vermont, rocks tumbled off a ledge and into the path of an amtrak passenger train. seven people were hurt when the locomotive and one car of the vermonter skidded down an embankment. the governor called it "a freak of nature." an american airlines captain died today on a flight from phoenix to boston. the copilot landed the airbus a-320 in syracuse, new york. the captain hasn't been identified. no cause of death yet. it was a weekend of mourning in roseburg, oregon, for the nine people killed in the umpqua community college shooting, and john blackstone is there tonight. >> reporter: students an

danielle randolph is the ship's second mate. she sent an e-mail to her mom before the storm. >> there is a hurricane out here, and we are heading straight into it. winds are super bad. love to everyone. >> the coast guard will give an update on the search at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> law enforcement are taking added precautions because of an online threat to an unspecified area college. there is no threat to a specific institution, but it was serious enough to alert students. philadelphia is home to several colleges and universities, including penn, temple, drexel and villanova. no classes have been cancelled but several schools asked students to report suspicious behavior. >>> authorities in california say they foiled a high school plot to, quote, kill as many people as possible. four male students were arrested on friday. fellow students saw suspicious activities and reported them to school staff. >> the suspects plans were detailed in nature and included names of would be victims, methods in which the plan was to be carried out

it carried three other mainers including 34-year-old daniel randolph. 23-year-old third assistant engineer dylan mechaniclin of rockland and michael holland and questions still linger as to why the ship set sail with the threat of the storm landing in the caribbean. >> the captain knew the conditions he's very confident, the ship was doing well. >> now i can tell you at a news conference late tonightet to maritime the -- tote maritime the company that owns el farrow they say that their safety record is suburb. they also say that they are placing their faith in her captain. i'm crystal haynes, fox 25 news. >>> a new hampshire man is under arrest tonight after police say he injected heroin while in a mall parking lot in salem then caused a crash. an officer patrolling at the mall at rockingham park today noticed 28-year-old alexander dimaggio acting suspiciously in his car. when the officer walked up he noticed dimaggio was unconscious but had heroin dimaggio then came to and tried to get away but then rash crashed into a car then landed on top of a fire hydrant. >>> police train for worst c

danielle randolph was the second mate and sent an e-mail to her mom before the storm. >> there was a hurricane out here, and we are heading straight into it. winds are super bad and seas are not great. love to everyone. >> the coast guard will give an update on the search at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> president obama and u.s. defense secretary ash carter are promising a full investigation into a deadly bombing at a hospital in afghanistan. 22 patients and hospital staff were killed when the doctors without borders trauma center was hit by a coalition air strike. there are indications that u.s. fighter jets may have been responsible. >> this is a tragic loss of life. your hearts can only go out to innocent people who were caught up in this kind of violence. >> condolences and apologies aren't enough. we need to understand why this happened. >> right now, humanitarian hospital group is demanding an independent investigation saying this assault could amount to a war crime. >>> it is a tense morning in philadelphia, local and federal law enforcement are taking added precautions because of a

. >> reporter: the mother of crew member 34-year-old danielle randolph reading an e-mail her daughter sent the day they lost contact. >> we are heading straight into it, category 3. last we checked, winds are super bad and seas are not great. love to everyone. >> reporter: the ntsb heading here to florida to begin investigating what went wrong. linzie janis, abc news, miami. >> we turn our focus now to the other major story, the historic flood disaster in the carolinas. rivers still rising this morning after five straight days of soaking rain. the death toll has climbed to at least 13 and search teams in south carolina are still scouring submerged homes and apartment buildings for anyone who may still be trapped inside. hundreds of roads and bridges remain closed and 40,000 people have no drinking water. in the meantime, president obama has signed a disaster declaration for the most hard hit counties in south carolina clearing the way for federal aid to help in the recovery effort. fema has been rolling out trucks loaded with food, water, cots and blankets. the supplies were being kep

. >> just last week crew member daniel randolph e-mailed her mother. >> there was hurricane out here.nd we are heading straight into it. winds are super bad and seas are not great. love to everyone. >> the ntsb opened an investigation but the ship and most of the evidence lies 3 miles underwater. >>> the worst flooding on record in the carolinas has now killed 11 people. south carolina was hit especially hard by unprecedented rain. some towns are underwater tonight. there have been dozens of rescues across that state. more than 100 people have been plucked from flooded homes and stranded cars and cemeteries have been uprooted with caskets floafloatingfloating down stree. south carolina governor is telling people to stay home if possible until the high waters recede. take look at this down the shore. chopper three over home that washed into the bay in middle township, cape may county. no one was injured but the scene is proof of the tough weather the jersey shore has been getting for the past week. it was topped off this weekend by high tides and wind gusts of more than 50 miles an hou

. >> reporter: crew member daniell randolph last week e-mailed her mother, laurie bobillot. >> there's a hurricane out here and we're headed straight into e . winds are super bad and seas are not great. love to everyone. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board has opened an investigation, but the ship and most of the evidence lies three miles underwater. no one knows what the engine trouble was or when it began, but, scott, it left the ship a sitting duck for a major hurricane. >> pelley: mark strassmann in jacksonville. mark, thanks. allow the terminally ill to take their own lives. in signing the bill governor jerry brown wrote i do not know what i would do if i were dying in prolonged and wouldn't deny the right to others. president obama is going to oregon on friday to meet with families of the victims of the deadly shooting at umpqua community college. college campus today not for classes but for counseling >> reporter: students and staff returned to the community college campus today not for classes but for counseling and to retrieve things left behind in the rush t

danielle randolph and dillon mecklin. the families are gathering here once again tonight for an update from the ship's owners. they want answers. but they are still clinging to hope. david? >> linzie, thank you again tonight. >>> in the meantime, to yet another medical emergency in the cockpit. this time, during a flight from houston to san francisco. the second emergency in 24 hours. last night, we reported on that pilot who died mid-flight, the co-pilot landing the plane in syracuse. well tonight here, the new case. a united co. pilot losing consciousness. the other pilot landing the team. and we now know what caused this latest case. abc's david kerley tonight. >> reporter: for the second day in a row -- >> we have the airport in sight, united 1614. >> reporter: -- a jetliner with only one of the pilots at the controls. the united co-pilot had a seizure in flight, announced by the captain, according to a passenger. the co-pilot, as you can see, regained consciosness and walked down the stairs himself during the emergen

. >> reporter: finding solace with the mother of 34-year-old danielle randolph, so proud of her job as second mate of the el faro. >> you've got to be strong and believe in god and that was what was designated to happen. >> reporter: some families don't want searchers to stop. like jackie jones sr., whose son is among the missing. >> bring some of them home, that's left of him, so i can give him a proper burial. >> reporter: tonight, the focus now shifting to finding the el faro's voyage data recorder, or black box, attached to the ship's bridge. >> i want the families to really know how committed we were to finding their loved ones. >> reporter: david, tonight, the ntsb vowing to find that recorder and to find answers for these families who desperately want to know what went wrong. david? >> linzie, thank you. >>> we have major new developments tonight in the race for 2016. hillary clinton a short time ago, making news, breaking with president obama on a controversial issue. this is now the fourth time in just weeks she's drawn a line with the president, as she battles to hold onto he

. >> reporter: the mother of 34-year-old crew member danielle randolph reading an e-mail her daughter sent the day they lost contact. >> we are headed straight into it. category 3. winds are super bad and seas are not great. love to everyone. >> reporter: david, the family members still clinging to hope. also tonight, the ntsb heading to florida begin to investigating what went wong. david? >> linzie, thank you. >>> we are going to turn to the deadly storms in the south. the numbers simply staggering tonight. two feet of rain in two days. at least ten dead in south carolina, at least two in north carolina. flooding all the way up to new jersey. some of the images from columbia tonight, the pickup truck swept away. the driver trapped inside. and this evening, you can see the good samaritan swimming to save him. so many roadways collapsing under the weight of the rushing waters. alex perez is in south carolina. >> reporter: tonight, the already inundated southeast is bracing for more rain and the governor, a warning. >> just because the rain stops does not mean we are out of the woods.

sailors from maine are believed to be among the 33 crew members onboard, including 34-year-old daniel randolph and 25-year-old mike holland. the cargo ship had two large life rafts onboard capable of carrying the crew. >> dramatic rescues in south carolina as the national guard was called in for historic flooding. a mother and her baby were pulled to safety. let's go to chris anderson. these are more rescues we were telling you about. flooding is so severe, columbia's fire chief says they have too many to count at this point. yesterday a man was trapped in his truck. that's the video we were showing you. it was being swept away by the raging floodwaters. rescuers swimming over to not just safe him but another good samaritan who tried to rescue that man initially and got stuck. the good news is both men were brought to shore safely. you can see here more of the rushing water going through the streets overnight. a dawn-to-dusk curfew was in effect to keep people off the roadways and out of harm's way. forecasters say at some point the rains should begin to ease up but first responders are warnin

it carried three other mainers including 34-year-old daniel randolph of rockport, 23-year-old third assistant engineer dylan mecklin of rocklin and michael holland. family and friends hoping for their safe return. >> you just got a sick feeling in your stomach then immediately thoughts and prayers going out to the family. >> i hope everyone on the ship is all right. >> reporter: now the coast guard will continue their search throughout the night. at a news conference late tonight just a few hours ago tote maritime says their safety record is suburb and that ship is well made. they also say they place their faith in her captain. coming up at 11:00 more on this discovery of the debris field why the coast guard says the retrieval of a life ring from elfarrow elevated their search process. for now i'm crystal haynes, fox 25 news. >>> tonight the father of the plan who police say went on a deadly shooting rampage on a college campus in oregon is speaking out. ian mercer said he had a good relationship with his son. police say harper mercer shot and killed nine people at umpqua community college an

daniel randolph is the ship's second mate. frank hamm is a husband and father of five. >> he's strong. he better be strong, because i just pray everything is okay. >> reporter: his daughter desiree and wife rachelle don't allow themselves to think the worst. >> i know he's coming home. i'm waiting for the phone call. i don't know if i have to fly to puerto rico or where i need to be, but i'll be there. >> reporter: for those that know the crew, hope is very much alive. >> fight, fight and fight some more. because you know you can make it. >> reporter: kenneth worked on the el faro last week. he knows the crew, the training and the equipment on board. like neoprene survival suits like this one. >> once you put the suit on and expose yourself to the water, you'll float. if you're unconscious, you'll >> reporter: they've searched 31,000 square miles but this find narrows they're focused. they're up flying now. >> thank you. >>> turning now to oregon, where a tragedy is uniting a community devastated by the loss of nine people kil

>>reporter: mother of crew member 34-year-old daniel randolph reading an e-mail the daughter sent the they lost contact. >> we are heading state into it category 3. last we checked wednesday are super bad and sea are not great. love to everyone. >> the family members still clinging to hope. meanwhile the ntsb heading here to florida to begin investigate what wept wrong. helped what wept wrong. helped situation abc news miami. >> edward snowden offered to return to the u.s. and go to jail for leaking details of nsa program. former nsa contractor flew to moscow 2 years ago after revealing information about the agency secret eavesdropping power. he faces charms that could land him in prison for up to 30 years. he told the bbc he has volunteered to good to prop with the government many times but he hadn't received a formal plea deal offer. >> south korea government says student from new york university has been released by north korea. 21-year-old moon was detained after he illegally crossed the border earlier this year. relowesed at the border of north south korea this morning. south kor

. >> the mother of the el faro's second mate, danielle randolph tries to stay optimistic. >> she alwaysd to me, if i die out at sea, mom, it's okay. i died doing what i wanted to do. >> mark barger, nbc news. >>> a developing story out now, a pilot got sick and died. the co-pilot took control of the plane and made an emergency landing in syracuse. a replacement crew then took the passengers on to boston. officials are looking into the cause of the pilot's death. >>> and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >>> after ten consecutive days of mostly cloudy to overcast skies. the sun has come out and for the most part we're looking at plenty of sun shooen for the remainder of the workweek. in addition to that, warm days and chilly nights this kind of weather is ideal for getting beautiful color to come out on the leaves and hopefully the rain we've had and now the weather this week will provide beautiful fall foliage for this season. our next chance of rain arrives late friday night and most of the weekend is looking mainly dry and the best chance of rain over the weekend does seem to be saturd

the mother of danielle randolph says she got an email from her daughter before that ship disappeared. >> there was a hurricane out here and we are heading straight into it, love to everyone. >> she always said to me if anything happens to me out at sea, mom, it's okay. i died doing what i want to do. >> the coast guard says the debris field from that spans 225 square miles. >>> we've seen a lot of significant weather over the past week with hurricane joaquin and major flooding toward the carolinas and with the nor'easter all up and down the coast to maine and a lot of coastal flooding could be the concern tonight in parts of our area and let's take a look at the radar and this is over the last 48 hours and look at the rain and this is a tropical moisture feed coming through charleston and columbia, south carolina and it just sits there for two days and this was forecast and the national weather service put out forecasts of upward of 20 to 25 inches and that's exactly what they got here. here it is today and this was early this morning and it was still coming down heavily into portions

>>reporter: also danielle randolph of rockland also from maine. the ship left jacksonville and was supposed to be in san juan by friday. go to sea given the building hurricane. >> the captain knew the conditions and communicated back to headquarters the conditions were, as he saw them, favorable and he's very confident. the ship was doing well. >> the life ring was found about 75 miles north east of the ship's last location. the search teams are taking chances flying as low as 500 feet above the ocean surface. conditions for them are treacherous as well. >>> new developments this morning in a violent carjacking case. boston police have released surveillance pictures of a person wanted in connection with the crime. a 26-year-old nurse had finished her night shift when a man forced his way into her car. she did manage to get away, but so did the suspect. police found her car a short time later. it had been set on fire. if you recognize the man in these photo, you're asked to department. >>> the names of two airmen who died in a plane crash in afghan

danielle randolph is the ship's second mate. >> he's strong. he better be strong because i just pray everything is okay. >> reporter: his daughter dez ree and wife rochelle don't allow themselves to think the worst. >> oh, i know he's coming home. and i'm just waiting for the phone call. i don't know if i got to the fly to puerto rico or where i need to be, but i'm going to be right there. >> reporter: for those that know the crew, hope is still very much alive. >> fight, fight, and fight some more because you know you can make it. >> reporter: kenneth benton worked on the ship just last week. he knows the crew, the training, and the equipment on board. like neoprene survival suits >> once you put the suit on and expose yourself to the water, you're going to float. if you're unconscious, you're going to float upright. >> reporter: they've now searched some 31,000 square miles, but this find really does narrow their focus, and they are back up there flying now, craig. >> kristen dahlgren for us this morning. thank you. >>> turning now to oregon,

shortly before the ship went missing last thursday, second mate danielle randolph sent an e-mail to her mother. >> not sure if you've been following the weather at all but there is a hurricane out here and we are heading straight into it. winds are super bad and seas are not great. love to everyone. >> nbc's kristen dahlgren is in jacksonville, florida with the latest. obviously no you the search is on for survivors but you still have this investigation and many wonder about the decision made with so much information available regarding joaquin and its path. >> reporter: absolutely. the company that owns the ship is standing behind its captain saying he had a ton of experience and at the time when they left here in jacksonville on tuesday it was a tropical storm. it did blow up very quickly and they are maintaining that the problem is that the ship lost its forward propulsion and wasn't able to evade the storm as all as the storm was coming by. but really difficult to hear that e-mail to a mother. the question now becomes could there be any survivors. a few things from the coast guard r

earlier one of the mothers came out, danielle randolph.ther tells us she gotten a e-mail from her daughter and ed read about the storm that they were going directly into the hurricane, that the seas were rough. she also then went on to say that her daughter always told her if something happened to her while she was at sea she would have died doing what she loved. that said, her mother is holding on to hope, remaining positive. the families still believe that they are going to be found. they know these were experienced sailors. they know that they were led by a captain with more than 20 years experience so they are hopeful that search will find their loved ones. richard? >> this is a gargantuan ship. we've all seen them. the possibility of those syncing, giving the information that it may have been listing to and fro, what's the possibility of this happening? >> they were clearly having problems. the ship was listing 15 degrees, they reported that back before they lost communications. the crew had lost water. they were trying to troubleshoo

this vigil for two crew members who grew up on the same street in rockville, maine, 34-year-old danielle randolph and 23-year-old dylan mecklin. families are gathering once again here at the seafarers hall for an update from the ship's owners. they want answers but they're also still clinging to hope. linzie janis, abc news, jacksonville, florida. >> and just north of where linzie is the sun finally came out in south carolina but people across the state are still bracing for more historic flooding. nearly a dozen dams have failed and hundreds of roads remain closed. it could take days for some rising rivers to crest and overnight curfew remains effective in the state capital as residents assess damaged homes and toss out sopping wet belongings. >> at least i have -- some of my stuff is going to be saved. i don't know that some of these other people are going to be able to salvage anything. >> and this morning the storm is now being blamed for at least 17 deaths across the carolinas. crews are working through the night to block a hole in the canal that is threatening columbia's water supply. >>> n

and danielle randolph, 34, from maine. >> i'm very hopeful. until they find a reason for me not to be, i'm going to remain hopeful. >> reporter: the coast guard has now searched 70,000 square naught call miles and will be back at it the monday morning at first light. linzie janis, abc news, miami. >> college student being held north korea is expected to be released today. he was caught in april crossing from china, north korean officials released this video last month in which he told his parents that he was healthy. >>> pope francis has given a forceful defense of traditional marriage. a union between a man and a woman. but he also asked for acceptance and mercy. here's abc's terry moran >> reporter: pope francis speaking to bishops today, strongly reaffirmed traditional catholic teaching on marriage. an indoes soluble bond between man and woman but typically pope francis didn't stop there, insisting on acceptance and mercy for all, even those experiencing divorce. revelations about his american tour, the vatican now struggling to do damage c

. >> reporter: finding solace with the mother of 34-year-old danielle randolph, so proud of her job as second mate of the el faro. >> you've got to be strong and believe in god and that was what was designated to happen. >> reporter: some families don't want searchers to stop. like jackie jones sr., whose son is among the missing. >> bring some of him home, that's left of him, so i can >> reporter: the focus now shifting to finding the el faro's voyage data recorder, or black box, attached to the ship's bridge. the ntsb is vowing to find that recorder and to find answers for these families who desperately want to know what went wrong. linzie janis, abc news, jacksonville, florida. >> overseas the fbi has helped take down an international smuggling ring with links to russia, accused of trying to sell nuclear material to isis. the dramatic sting was captured on video here. criminals prepared to sell islamic terrorists radio active material to build a dirty bomb, caught instead selling to undercover agents. officials say that russia's unsecured nuclear stockpiles could create a potential