michael david elliott was captured this evening in indiana.he escaped in michigan prize sunday night. he was serving several life sentences. new york officials are conducting an autopsy on oscar winning actor phillip seymour hoffman. he was found dead with a syringe in his arm. investigators believe he likely died of a drug overdose. envelopes at the scene containing what is believed to be heroin. police are looking for the dealer. in 2012, he entered rehab to treat a heroin addiction. law enforcement has been cracking down on heroin use. jonathan betz has that part of the story. >> heroin is certainly on the rise but it's not just celebrities like hoffman and cory mon teach fighting addiction. since 2007, the number of heroin users has jumped close to 67028 people today and users are getting younger. heroin is still less popular than cocaine and marijuana. over all, though, overdose deaths have tripled since 1990. much of america's heroin comes from mexico. it's the world's second largest supplier behind afghanistan. it's entering through tex

elliott told us his has to do with lighting. why are there so many lights out between 95 and 495, so we've been looking for some answers. by day elliott specializes in risk management. >> that one is totally out. >> which is why as he drives our local highways elliott's eye is drawn not to what he sees, but what he does not. >> on a night around 9:00, 10:00, you go around there, you see nothing till you're right up on it and if you get up early in the morning and it's foggy, you can forget it. you see nothing. >> because the light as top those highway poles are out -- lights atop those highway poles are out, specificallthis light off sandy spring road off i-95. elliott proceeds south on 95 toward the icc, a 2-mile drive. >> some of them on, some of them off. some only have one lamp on. >> then he takes us to the 95 and 495 interchange first heading west. >> if we go to the right, it will take you to 495 going west, a bunch of those are out. >> and then heading north on 95 off the beltway. >> when you have the exits where people

he escaped unharmed when elliott stopped for gas. police say he stole another car and that lead to a police case. >> ic confirmed if he was the michael elliott we heard about throughout the day and he nodded his head that it was him. it was a sense of relief. i'm glad he's in custody and some people sleep better tonight knowing he is off the streets. >> elliott is being charged with car theft and resisting law enforcement but it's still unclear how he escaped from the michigan prison. he snuck past guards and got through two electric fences even equipped with motion sensors to alert guards. that investigation is obviously on going. elliott serving a life sentence for killing four people and setting their home on fire in 1993. >>> autopsy results are expected today for phillip seymour hoffman and there's new information on the hours that lead up to the actor's death. sources tell nbc news that 49 full bags of heroin were found at his new york apartment. at least 23 of them were empty and four bags of white powder believed to contain c

the driver was michael elliott. she in custody. >> elliott escaped through a fence, it is supposed to carry an electric shock. that didn't happen in this case. they are trying to figure out how it filed. >> there's an ongoing investigation at that prison. there was a major sell-off on wall street on monday. the do you closed down 326 points, the biggest dip since last june. slow numbers in manufacturing industries has been blamed. weak factory activity has been recorded. jer jer jerry levy says it could represent an opportunity. >> i had a call interest my father asking if he should be jumping out of stocks. it's a time to reset, maybe buy more. look at your portfolios and investments, and make sure you are well diversified. for those not in the stock market. don't panic or freak out. it's a good time to buy stocks, at least over the long period of time. >> the next big test could come on friday, with the release of a january jobs report. >> recent security breaches at target and other retailers has americans concer

authorities arrested elliott in la port county, indiana at a traffic stop.y they stopped him, but he did take off. they had to pursue him, and eventually caught up with him. authorities here between michigan and indiana will decide where he will stay in the days ahead. for now, he's here in indiana, anderson. >> thanks. >>> now to two unsolved murders in east oakland california. deadly shootings aren't a new story, the victims are often young. two recent murders have put the epidemic in a stark new light. more than any one mom should have to bear. >> i've had to bury both my kids. >> dinyal new doesn't have the strength to finish the sentence, no mother could. >> emotionally it hasn't hit me yet. it hasn't hit me yet, but i know it will, because i keep thinking about them. >> your life changed in 19 days. >> her son lee, just 13 years old was walking home from the boys and girls club, the eighth greater was a few minutes from home, when he was shot 28 times. oakland's first murder of 2014. she buried her youngest. days after the funeral, the flowers of lee's

an officer drove within 20 feet of elliott without noticing him.> she seemed so calm, cool, collected. apparently, the deputy who caught him says this guy wasn't disruptive by any means when he approached him. the convict said, well, i guess i'm the guy everyone is looking for and kept his cool. police say in less than 24 hours on the run, elliott stole as many as four vehicles. >> no kidding. the spokesman for michigan department of corrections said had that tower been manned, he still doesn't think it would have made a difference. this guy just got lucky and avoided detection. >> incredible. >> he's back. >>> moving on now. the east coast is digging out from yet another snowstorm that closed schools from maryland to new england. a thick blanket of heavy, wet snow came down so fast, new york plows had a tough time keeping up with it. new jersey declared a state of emergency. thousands of flights were canceled or delayed, creating a nightmare for super bowl fans trying to make their way back home. and two more storms are still on the way. >>> as th

she escaped unharmed when elliott stopped for gas. police say he stole another car and that led to a police chase. >> i confirmed with him if he was the michael elliott that we heard about throughout the day. and he nodded his head it was him. and it was a sense of relief. i'm glad he's in custody and i'm glad that people can sleep better tonight knowing he's off the streets. >> indiana officials say yoelt is being charged with car theft and resisting law enforcement. officials also say he wore a white uniform to evade security and blend in with the snow. he snuck past guards and then made a hole in two electric fences. those fences equipped with motion sensors to alert guards. elliott is serving a life sentence for killing four people, and then setting their home on fire in 1993. >>> autopsy results are expected today for philip seymour hoffman. 49 full bags of heroin were found at hoffman's new york apartment. at least 23 of them were empty. and four baggies of a white powder believed to contain cocaine were found in what appears to

elliott from prince george's county who did not want to us use his last name told us his commuter peteeve has to do with the overhead lights. why are there so many of them out along i-95 and the beltway? we went out in search of answers. not only on the why, but when the lights might be back on. by day elliott specializes in risk management. >> like that one is totally out. >> which is why as he drives our local highways, elliott's eye is drawn not to what he sees, but what he does not. >> around 9:00, 10:00 at night, you go around and you see nothing unless you're right up on it. early in the morning if it's foggy, you can forget it, then. you see nothing. >> reporter: because the light as top those highway poles are out. specifically this ramp off sandy spring road onto southbound i-95 elliott points out. >> there's about three or four points down there all in one mile. >> reporter: elliott proceeds south on i-95 for 2 miles. >> we got one lamp on. >> reporter: then he takes us to the 95 and 495 interchange. first hang west. >> if you go to the right, take you 495 going west. >> rep

elliott hosts is great, great radio show, elliot in the morning. i listened to it every morning on the way to work can you capital. one morning i am in california and i get a phone call at 6:00 -- 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning california time. i pick up the phone and they see elliot is breaking into your house. apparently what they're doing is they set one of the comic guys on the show and said anyone out there know brad elster? i like his books. i want to find out where he lives. and of course washing mess with ethical people, every contractor who's ever worked a house calls a radio show and gives them are addressed. my wife gets a phone call like they're breaking into our house here cheats that work, i'm not home. he's got to call into the station. i can hear when they put you on hold you can have it's been said on the air. i hear unlucky not his apartment. a pretty okay tv, not that nice. describing the house and like they really are at our house or the woman comes on the phone and she says how do we know it is you? it's me. i don't know how to pr

elliott gotkine has the details. is looking at hunters. >> first, italy's democratic party leader will meet with the italian president in what could be the first steps towards a new government in italy. hans nichols joins us with the details. of last week in italy following this story. what are the first hurdles for moscow renzi? >> perhaps the biggest hurdle is the senate. this happens if president napolitano asks renzi to form a cabinet. that is what we expect. he would be the youngest prime minister in the history of postwar italy.

elliott gotkine has the details. is looking at hunters. >> first, italy's democratic party leader will meet with the italian president in what could be the first steps towards a new government in italy. hans nichols joins us with the details. of last week in italy following this story. what are the first hurdles for moscow renzi? >> perhaps the biggest hurdle is the senate. this happens if president napolitano asks renzi to form a cabinet. that is what we expect. he would be the youngest prime minister in the history of postwar italy. first he has to cobble together a cabinet. then he faces votes of confidence in both houses of congress. it is the upper chamber where we expect him to have more of a problem simply because of the way the coalitions are aligned. that is what he has been doing the last 48 hours, trying to put together a program that will satisfy all parties. this is not just about the personnel. if you cannot put together a new cabinet on his own, then he faces snap elections. toledano and renzi have ind

elliott was on the loose for about 24 hours before being caught. the officers who arrested him said elliott surrendered peacefully. >> he wasn't disrespectful by any means. he was fairly polite actually. >> and said, hey, i'm the guy everyone is looking for? >> he didn't try to give any false names or send us off the path. we asked him his name, and he told us who he was. >> prison officials will now try to determine how elliott escaped when cameras observed him trying to get through two fences. an officer was said to be monitoring those cameras. he also eluded an officer in a vehicle who at one point was just about 20 feet away. >>> joan mondale, the wife of former vice president walter mondale, is being remembered by president obama. mondale died yesterday in minneapolis surrounded by her husband and sons. her family did not discuss her illness. a statement from the president praised mondale's passionate efforts to promote arts and culture during her years in washington referring to her nickname, joan of art. mondale was 83 years old. >>> new jer

michael elliott on the run for 24 hours before taken into custody last night.fter reporting a stolen car. now on sunday, elliott broke out of the prison where he is serving life for murdering four people in 1993. after escaping he car jacked a woman driving a vehicle. when they pulled over for gas, he sh, she called 911 from inside a bathroom. >> i'm being held, i'm hostage to an escaped convict. >> you're held hostage? >> yes. and he is in paying for goods. >> okay. >> michigan correction termses near toast where elliott broke out was unmanned at the time of the escape. it hasn't been jafed 24/7 in deblg aides. despite video cameras, an officer drove within 20 feet of elliott without noticing him. first off, i would say that woman who called from the bathroom was incredibly smart and what a cool customer. >> exactly. she seemed so cool, calm, collected. so apparently the deputy who caught him says this guy wasn't disruptive by any means when he approached him. the convict said, well, i guess i'm the guy everyone's looking for tp kept his cool. elliott stole as

deputies say elliott looked tired, he was quiet and polite.rving five life sentences for the 1993 murders of four people. he insists that he is innocent. >>> breaking overnight. a former california educator has now been arrested after a former student went public on youtube with her allegations of sex abuse. 40-year-old andrea cardosa now faces 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault involving two underage victims. jamie coreo made her allegations public last month, posting an emotional phone call with the woman she says began assaulting her when she was just 12 years old. she says she's gratified now by this arrest. >>> this morning, a possible clue to the whereabouts of a missing virginia police officer. waynesboro reserve captain kevin quick disappeared last friday. state police investigators say they have now located his vehicles and they're searching it for clues. police also have photographs of two men they believe may have information about quick's disappearance. authorities have expressed grave concern, grave concern for the officer's s

when elliott went to knock on the door, she said i need more time. i want you to listen to a bit of the audio. >> he didn't say where exactly, he just said somewhere far? >> yeah. occupied. yeah. in a little bit. sorry. taking me longer than i thought. >> is that him? >> yes. >> he's knocking on the bathroom door saying let's go? >> we understand that she is back there. that is good news. the neighborhood being told to stay alert. also we learned that a bolo has been put out in the state of tennessee. we heard earlier he could have contacts in tennessee and a bolo has been placed in that state. we will stay in touch with authorities as they search for elliott. >> the woman is lucky he left her in the car. thank you so much. coming up next, woody allen is denying the round of accusations that he molested his adopted daughter years ago. the accusations are coming straight from her and dylan f r farrow is calling out other celebrities. i'm randy, and i quit smoking with chantix. as a police officer, i've helped many people in the last 23 years, but i ne

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the main figure in this movement was charles elliott, president of harvard. he was probably the single most important person in history the history of higher education united states. to think of harvard is a great american university. a lot of that goes back to charles elliott of what he did over the 40 years when he was president of the college. he went to harvard but at former wives to the heritage foundation you might say. he was president for 40 years longer than anybody before or since any radically rearrange the harvard educates young people. he introduced elective courses, start a professional schools, eliminated compulsory worship. he also hated team sports. what bothered him most as competition and how it debated players to conduct themselves in ways he considered unbecoming of gentlemen. if baseball and football were honorable pastimes, why did they require umpires and referees? again that needs to be watched is not fit for genuine sport. eliot thought that if baseball pitcher who throws a curveball engaged in the active deception, which was treache

michael david elliott used a box cutter to abduct a woman in indiana. they say elliott used the box cutter to escape prison by creating holes in fences. >> they are in custody. accused of shooting a police officer to death. >> police say some students were held hostages for awhile. no students were hurt. >> shooting was 800 miles away from sochi where there are concerns about terror attacks. no indications that the shooting is terror related or olympic related. >> they are getting ready are to the olympic games. many visitors are finding the hotels are not quite ready. it is playing down the delays. > >> everybody has the same quality and whenever there was a property. >> we reached our target. annually be ready. >> crews are putting up high signs telling them how to get to key locations. >> they began arriving last thursday. >>> an autopsy will be done on philip seymour hoffman. he was found dead in his manhattan apartment yesterday morning. he appears to have died from a drug overdose. he won an oscar for his role as trueman cap post tee in -- capote

our middle east editor elliott gotkine has more.ompany based here in israel, this used to be the there isarket but now more and brazil. there is an increasing number 140 out ofg cars but 10,000 cars in brazil are stolen , 40% more than the next worst country in terms of car theft, south africa. i've been speaking with the chief executive and i will tell you what he told me and bring you the information and half an hours time. >> we're talking volatility in emerging markets. our next guest says some are stronger than others. ♪ >> time for today's company news. credit suisse helping american companies hide up to 10 billion dollars in assets from the internal revenue service and this report and the justice department failed to use all of the legal tools in the pursuit of credit suisse. they have agreed to access at least $5 billion of argentina appropriation unit. argentina will issue as much as $6 billion in bonds and they can sell or hold until maturity. it still requires shareholder approval. he said he would eventually consider spe

elliott was serving five life sentences for a 1994 conviction for killing four people.ood prisoner. police were able to make that arrest after a high speed chase that ended in a snow bank. we also understand that elliott is being held here in la port county in the jail on a range of felony charges, everything from possession of stolen property to resisting law enforcement. >> george, a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief he has been recaptured. thanks for that report. >>> let's look at top headlines thousand. we're getting a clear picture of how often nsa asks tech companies for user datas. in a six month period, google and microsoft were forced to turn over information on up to 10,000 customer accounts. during the same time, yahoo turned over 40,000. the company says a small number of customers were targeted in the intelligence probes. >>> breaking overnight, the educator accused of sexual abuse from in the youtube video is now under arrest. jamie confronted the woman she says began abusing her when she was 12 years old. andrea faces 16 felony counts of sexual abu

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elliott left the woman and ditched her deep 20 miles away in shipshewana, indiana.iction for killing four people. up until now, he was known as a good prisoner. >> reporter: so possession of stolen property to resisting law enforcement, felony charges, elliott will we main here in the jail in la port. authorities will speak to officials in michigan about where he'll serve the life sen ta tense. >> thanks so much. >>> chris christie is stepping to the mic and denying involvement. >> the question is did i know anything about the plan to close these lanes? did i authorize it? know about it? approve it or have any knowledge of it beforehand? the answer is still the same. it's unequivocally no. >> today there are new signs he's losing ground among republican voters. we'll tell you who is taking his place, next. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in f

a prison official says 40-year-old michael david elliott abducted a woman, but she was able to escapel police. elliott is serving life sentences for first degree murder and other crimes. >>> filmmaker woody allen released a statement denying allegations he sexually assaulted adopted daughter dylan farrow when she was 7 years old. farrow penned an open letter recounting the incident. >>> the nation's abortion rate is at its lowest level since the procedure became legal in 1973. new data says there was a 13% drop in abortions from 2008 to 2011. a decline some are attributing to more effective contraception methods. >>> the keystopresident obama w waiting to hear from the epa and other federal agencies before making any decisions. on sunday, white house chief of staff denis mcdonough said no time frame is in place for a decision. >>> and the winter games in sochi begin on thursday. but olympic organizers may not have gotten the memo. only six of the nine media hotels in the mountain area are fully operational with journalistes saying some rooms were still under construction and one was e

saying he had absolute palin his hands and absolute responsibility for what happened in the ukraine elliott klitschko joined a protest march in munich by hundreds of the exiled ukrainians. he expressed his confidence the opposition would eventually get its way when ukraine itself tensions remain high with many people have ranged as is the apparent toll jumped from a position to the steam cruel blood cells hussein's he was abducted and tortured for several days is currently receiving medical treatment for his injuries the government meanwhile has accused opposition groups of committing abuse against police officers but the ukrainian security forces have themselves gained a reputation for using heavy handed tactics as we see him swim pool. the hospital with meat of the crop is undergoing treatment. he will be left in the ukraine if you want. but supporters say that's a little help at the moment. stitch the new recruits for who he is. this work. it's a sport that's the word go. the doctor so that its success was his kitchen the system. doctors as well. sadly injured in a village outside kiev o

>> reporter: 1-year-old elliott and his 3.5-year-old evan are used to eating whole grains and vegetablestheir mother makes sure what she is cooking up is good for them. >> you really want to strive to feed them in a healthy way. i know i have kind of backed down from the more processed stuff. >> reporter: that's why kate stopped giving her boys kraft cheese slices. >> it is because of the ingredients. there's just too many. it's not natural. >> reporter: but tonight, kate is happy to hear that kraft has removed artificial preservatives from its popular individually wrapped cheese slices in the full fat american and white american varieties. sorbic acid is being replaced by a natural mold inhibitedder. >> moms today want to be healthier. we are demanding this and they are listening. >> reporter: last october, kraft announced that it was removing artificial coloring from several mac and cheese varieties. the company says these changes come in response to the growing number of consumers who want more natural food. a kraft development manager says the cheese change took about five years to p

josh elliott, abc news, new york. >>> and a reminder, josh and our robin roberts will co-host a countdown the oscars tonight at 8:00 eastern time. and the oscars live right here on abc on sunday. >>> thank you for watching. stay in touch with us at abcnews.com. "nightline," later. and i'll see you tomorrow. good night. wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of america's game -- pat sajak and vanna white!

michael david elliott was serving five life terms for murder and armed robbery when he escaped last nightmichigan prison. police say he then car-jacked a woman and drove her to elkhart, indiana, where she managed to free herself. they say elliott is considered armed and dangerous. >>> and there are fresh security concerns this morning over the upcoming winter olympics in sochi. less than a week before the opening ceremonies, russian officials have confirmed that only 6 of the 9 media hotels are fully operational. several tourist hotels are still under construction. it is raising more security worries as an expected 6,000 people, mostly media, pour into sochi today. >>> yesterday not only the super bowl. it was ground hog day. new york's new mayor, bill de blasio, fumbled the handoff. of the local rodent. meteorologists right there, helper, friend, staten island chuck. >> chuck not only saw his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter. you saw it. he saw a chance to escape. you might have noticed that the mayor is wearing heavy gloves. that is because chuck bit mayor bloomberg. >> forget a

and abc's josh elliott, brings us the actor and the veterans who are "america strong." >> run, forrestun. >> reporter: it is a true classic. the tale of a lovable, if naive hero. >> stupid is as stupid does. >> reporter: who embarks on an unforgettable decades' long and singularly american journey. >> my momma always said life is like a box of chocolates. >> reporter: a journey that continues, still, for the movie's oscar-nominated actor, gary sinise. >> try not to do anything stupid. >> reporter: a.k.a., disgruntled amputee, lieutenant dan. >> who would have thought that 20 years later, lieutenant dan would play a part in my life. the veterans in my family and what happened to them after they came home from war. i just felt such compassion for them. >> reporter: he formed the gary sinise foundation in their honor. and this month, took 50 gravely wounded warriors from their hospital rooms. and with a private charter, on an all-expenses-paid trip to where it all began for lieutenant dan, hollywood. men and women, such as bryan anderson, who lost his arm and both of his legs in iraq. >>

the convict was mickal elliott.life sentence for murdering four peopleÀ years ago and then burned their house down. prison officials in michigan said he made holes in not one but two fences at a ma.asus security lockup and his white kitchen uniform may have helped him hide inçó the snowfall polie say he used a knife or box cutter to kidnap a woman and steal her car. he drove more thanñr 100 miles before stopping in indiana to get gas. that's when the woman, who he was holding hostage, called 9-1-1 from a cell phone she kept hidden. then she made a run for it. locked herself in the gas station restroom until the police showed up to rescue her. by then the convict was gone. just about an hour ago, a big development.Ñi police say they found the car in indiana, short drive from the gas station where the woman got away. she told police he wanted to get as far away from michigan as possible. that has officials warning police across the nation that the killer could be just about anywhere. moch tobini is working this one a

elliott barbour said he loves his you wife despite the claims she killed more than 21 people.ow with susan who was on the other end of that call. what happened? >> i was surprised when the phone rang. after all on the other end of the line was a man accused of murdering someone himself. i was trying to get a conversation started. he was calling me to see about arranging a meeting in person. i asked questions. he said he was limited about with what he could say because his lawyer advised him about lying low now. i asked him about his wife and her claims she was evolved in killing at least 22 other people. he told me in his words, everyone wants to know about her credibility. with everything she said so far, she pretty much nailed herself to a cross. he said, i do still love her. i wanted to ask more about that. he said i really can't comment now other than to say the fbi is expected to visit me in the next couple of weeks, and i'll speaking to them. i came back and said what has she told you about these other alleged killings? did she participate? where? how many? he said let m

. >> well, we know michael elliott, the prison escapee, is now in police custody.ails are few as it just happened in the past half hour, but police tell me they captured him after a short police pursuit. he was driving another vehicle. until then, the last place he had been seen was right here in shipshawana, indiana. he escaped from the correctional facility last night between 6:00 and 7:00 and was discovered missing when he wasn't accounted for at 9:15. at midnight police received a call from a woman who said elliott abducted her in her red jeep and drove to a gas station two hours away. the red jeep was discovered in this neighborhood around noon today. the woman said that when he abducted her, he had a hammer and a box cuter. elliott is serving four life sentences for the shooting murder of four different people in 1993. it is believed he changed into kitchen clothes and cut through two fences at the prison to escape. obviously tonight the main question is how could this breech of security happen? obviously people in all of these neighboring counties are reliev

abc's josh elliott charts that amazing coincidence and journey of discovery it sparked. >> reporter: at the age of 4 months. like most, her entire sense of family was shaped by those immediately around her. >> i never felt like i was missing anything. >> reporter: one day, a random facebook message arrived, sent by a stranger living 5,000 miles away. >> hey, my name is annise. i'm french and live in lon do. >> reporter: a french fashion designer who had also been adopted. >> this is my brother. >> reporter: had seen samantha in a youtube clip. my friend was watching a video and saw you and thought we looked really similar. >> reporter: the two discovered they were born in the same korean city on the very same day. so a relationship born on social media moved to skype. >> this is a really weird experience. >> this is so weird. >> welcome to london heathrow airport. >> reporter: that first meeting, three months later in london. >> first things that you said? >> reporter: i poked her head. >> to make sure she was real? >> reporter: they found they shared not just a birthday, but a laugh

elliott gotkine with the latest on egypt.lowing the ukraine and hans nichols is following italy. >> that is it for "the pulse." "surveillance" is up next with tom keene and his team. ♪ >> there is a manhunt for the former president of ukraine. after sochi, putin and russia assessed their relationship with the west. jeffrey sachs of columbia university joins us for the entire hour. mobile technology leaders meet in barcelona and ask what is up. good morning, everyone. this is bloomberg "surveilla nce." is monday, february 24. i am tom keene. with us is adam johnson and scarlet fu. the ecb president mario draghi said policy makers ready to add stimulus if the race in -- deflation risk rises. yesterday german business confidence unexpectedly climbed to the strongest level in two point five years. chinese stocks fell the most in seven weeks. in china.m economic data and the u.s., the chicago fed national activity index. the dallas fed manufacturi

let's bring in elliott gotkine.at soda stream might be obliged to the world's biggest maker of soft drinks. the default position seems to be taking flight, most notably in the super bowl ads complete with exploding coke and pepsi bottles. this time, things might be different. ever since coca-cola bought a 10% stake in green mountain coffee roasters, shares in soda stream have begun to rise. at the same time, bets against soda stream shares, short-sellers of soda stream stocks have declined. they are about one third of soda stream's earnings at the beginning of the year. now it is round about 1/5. some investors and analysts think that coca-cola buying into green mountain which has a do it yourself home soft drink machine , is a validation of that model. others having one and one together may be making 2.5, maybe making 3. it follows that pepsi must be interested in buying a stake in soda stream. either way, shares in soda stream up about 15%. they did fall a little bit yesterday. previously we have seen takeover rum

michael david elliott serving life behind bars for four people. he used a kitchen uniform before his escape before kidnapping a woman. she managed to break free in a gas station in down down. >> the carjacking took the escapee south below the michigan state line. security camera captured these photos. at the time of his escape he wore a white kitchen uniform. he has a white turtleneck and black jacket. the woman got away and called 911. to the best of anyone's knowledge he did not get another car. it has decals of the tacmannian devil. it is in elhart county, down down. it got back on i- 90 direction unknown and able to it drive all night long. they believe he is long gone from elkhart county. he is armed and dangerous and his convention is a quad ruple murder and in a scheme to get drug money. and the bodies were burned. don't be a hero, fuspot anything call 911. >> how did he get out? michael? >> reporter: it was connected to the kitchen uniform. he didn't work in the kitchen but it gave him access to a port and the fence surrounding the prison.

michael david elliott in custody after escaping from michigan prison during the super bowl. how he was caught in a live report. wall street showing green arrows at the dow plunged 300 points yesterday. why are investors so anxious in 2014? it says here that a won's sex drive increases at the age of 80. helps reduce the risk of heart disse. keep hrt-healthy. live long. eat the 100% goodness of post shreddedheat. doctorrecommend it. jenna: a quick look at what is still to come this hour of "happening now." a killer goes on the run. police have him in custody. we will try you how it all went down in a live report. sour news for any sugar lovers. what researchers found in a brand-new study. the doctor will be joining us to explain. and accused of taking part in the kidnapping and hostage plot, now police say they have audio recordings to prove he ordered a hit on the with mrs. in the case. more on that coming up. jon: the dow was up a teeny tiny bit today. all in all it has been a tough start to 2014 for stocks with the dow down more than 7% since 2014 began. why? let's bring in

we'll te >>> city leaders in chicago are taking a shot at prohibition crime fighter elliott ness. a city council committee voted to send a full council to urge the senate to abandon a plan naming a building after ness. at a hearing today retired irs agents testified that ness did not deserve credit for putting al capone behind bars and said many other agents were more deserving of having a building named after them. >>> forget the oscars in hollywood. today the big winners were students from several local schools. >> yup. their performances took center stage at the first ever white house student film festival. a few months ago the white house challenged kids to create their own short films showcasing how technology is changing their classrooms. today the white house screened 16 entries. among them a film by seniors at where else? the mighty wilson high school. >> you're a little biased. >> where i went. their entries showed how technology helped them learn. 8th graders from longfellow middle school in falls church told how sister schools from different parts of the world can use t

elliott joins us. was this your super sleuthing that revealed his worth?was, but it was more prosaic. the company he listed on the netherlands stock market last week was worth 6 billion euros. he had a 70% stake. did the complicate math, turns out he is worth several billion euros. revealed he is worth 6.5 billion dollars, making him one of the top 10 richest people in the world. draghi comes across as affable, amiable, riding his bicycle. he says it is not about the money, he just ever since he was a boy wanted to be his own boss. >> my dream when i was very young and school to be the ceo of a worldwide company. dutch-based h aid group. after one year working there, i liked it very much, but i thought maybe not. therefore, i decided to be my own ceo, open my company when i was 29, and i had to survive. so i did. hard,lot of wish to work and now i'm happy to be the head of a big company. bit of a way to go before he is worth the same. altice is worth 6 billion. >> you mentioned the ipo of altice. fill us in on the background of that. >> a lot of people sug

elliott is serving life in prison without parole, a very dangerous guy. few hours now, autopsy results in the death of actor philip seymour hoffman will be released. this as we learn police found 70 bags of heroin inside his new york city apartment and 20 of them were empty. but the drug is not just the problem for the rich and famous. according to a government study, in roughly the last ten years, 21% of kids between the ages of 12 and 17 admitted that they had tried heroin at least once. listen to our guest from earlier in the show. >> the problem now we're seeing is that we've had so many people abusing prescription opiates, oxycontin and others and they're expensive. ten dollars to $80 a tablet and kids are now turning to much more powerful, easy to obtain, cheap heroin. >> parents really need to be on the lookout there. police also finding five bottles of prescription pills in hoffman's apartment. one is a drug that helps addicts kick the habit. >>> four people are dead this morning, but dozens more lives are saved thanks to a hero pilot. look at thi

prison officials have no clue how elliott escaped.k when after church she backed her suv into a group of elderly people, leaving three of them dead and four of them seriously injured. cops say the 79-year-old driver just didn't realize that the car was in reverse when she stepped on the gas. she plowed into a crowd near tampa, florida. she is not being charged. >>> opponents of the keystone pipeline holding vigils today to stop that project. if that project is approved, activists say they have 75,000 people ready to block construction trucks on the highway to prevent this thing from going forward. this after new state department report found the project poses very little threat to the environment. the white house, though, still not giving the green light to the pipeline. >> we have one department with us. now other expert agencies, the epa and many others who have an opportunity to look at this and make their determination. the president wants to protect their ability to do that, make this decision on the best analysis and most sound

. >> i'm elliott aker maup, a >> and welcome to the these are the top stories. efforts to break the cycle of violence. russia and the u.s. promise to unlock the deadlock talks in gene have. >> i hope that the united states will now begin to respect afghan. >> swipe at the u.s. as tension grows over the release of afghan prisoners. >>

michael david elliott broke out of a prison in michigan, wearing a kitchen uniform.e managed to break free when they stopped for gas. elliot was serving life for the murders of four people. he escaped through a hole in a prison fence. as news becomes available, we'll have it for you. >>> a developing story that could affect people who stayed at marriott, share on the hotels. a third party is investigating now a reported data breech that exposed some hotel guests, credit and debit card information. the hackers apparently struck around the same time of that credit breech at target. >>> ginger has been saying yet again, the northeast getting slammed yet again by yet another storm. up to 8 inches of snow possible in new york, while thousands of flights are cancelled or delayed already. remember, many super bowl fans's travel plans from in flux. >>> and a crucial day in the scandal plaguing governor chris christie. a committee investigating the lane closures on the george washington bridge is expected to receive new subpoenaed documents today. a top staffer has resigned.

if you spot michael david elliott, do not try to be a hero. convicted in 1993 of killing four people in attempt to steal drug money and then burning the body. he is considered armed and dangerous. if you spot anything, notify the authorities. bill: what more do you know about how he was able to escape? reporter: the authorities, they discovered two holes in the perimeter fence. he cut the holes or discovered the holes and was able to climb out. his 5'8", 165 pounds. 40 years old. the remainder of the inmates are accounted for. a press conference underway right now. more information as it becomes available. bill: thank you, mike, we will be back with you. martha: a fox news alert on this, new problems with the obamacare website. word now thousands of appeals from people who experience problems are now being completely ignored. stuart varney on the fox business network, good morning to you, stuart. what is going on here? >> according to the "washington post," if you signed up for obamacare and a mistake was made commimade, he cannot get that me

police say michael david elliott abducted a woman. she was able to escape, though. police say they've now found the jeep that was hijacked by elliott, but still no sign of him. he was last seen wearing a white turtleneck and jacket. they're now looking at schools where they say that car was found. people in that indiana area and surrounding areas also being told to lock their doors, stay inside and only answer your door for law enforcement. >>> if the meantime, lawyers for amanda knox and her former boyfriend are now threatening legal action against the judge who presided over last week's guilty verdict in the slaying of knox's roommate. that's after the judge spoke about the case to an italian newspaper. defense attorneys say the comments show prejudice. >>> and a japanese whaling ship collides with an anti-whaling boat. both are blaming each other for that crash. >>> triple threat of snowstorms slamming across a lot of the united states today. the snow already forcing the cancellation of about 1500 flights nationwide. schools closed in states in the northeast, mid

here is abc's josh elliott. >> reporter: this is samantha, who was adopted at the age of 4 months.ediately around her. >> i never felt like i was missing anything. >> reporter: one day, a random facebook message arrived, sent by a stranger, living 5,000 miles away. >> hi, my name is anna. i'm french and i live in london. >> reporter: a french fashion designer, who had also been adopted -- >> hey, this is my brother matt. >> reporter: -- had seen samantha in a youtube clip. >> my friend is watching one of your videos and saw you and thought we looked really similar. >> reporter: the two discovered they were both born in the same korean city on the very same day. so a relationship born on social media moved to skype. >> this is a really weird experience. >> so weird. >> we'll come to london's heathrow airport. >> reporter: that first meeting, three months later in london -- first things that you said? >> i poked her head. >> reporter: to make sure she was real. >> yeah. >> despite the inarguable resemblance, they wanted to be sure. so they had their dna tested. it was exactly the sam

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once out elliott kidnapped a woman and stole her car. she escaped and called police. later the car was spotted at an indiana gas station. that's where police tracked him and eventually arrested him. >>> today in the prince george's county, closing arguments in the trial against brian mahiew. he faces murder charges in the death of his uncle niko. the timing of the closing arguments depends if the defense presents a case. >>> now to the search for a missing police reservist. kevin quick has been missing since friday last spotted at his mother's home in nelson county three hours southwest of d.c. near charlottesville. authorities became concerned for the 45-year-old when only his silver suv was spotted in the background of some atm surveillance footage 100 miles from where he was last seen with him nowhere in sight. >> spotted by a deputy within the sheriff's county office. it was abandoned and obviously we were on the scene. and we are currently examining that vehicle as evidence. >> further clues as to quick's whereabouts include this man's picture. >>> mark seagree i

. >> let's bring in wendy elliott form -- from the world wildlife fund. she joins us from the world wide life -- world wildlife fund headquarters. is the message strong enough to stop the illegal ivory trade? >> i think the message is strong. i think the level of crime that we are seeking in the illegal ivory trade -- we need a lot more. france is making a lot of effort. looking to step up the efforts and crack down on this issue. , illegalountries trafficking is still considered ,ore of an environmental issue something that could be taken care of by the environment ministry. have -- we don't think this alone will cut it. >> this distraction in paris -- paris comesction in about -- comes ahead of a conference. what do you hope will come out of the conference? >> the political will to be generated in tackling this issue. it will be attended by u.k. prime minister david cameron and prince charles. and foreign state ministers from the most important countries where some of the key products are being invited. this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for world