. >> iona and her daughter emily were the two who had gone missing in times square.now we're finding out that the reason they went off the grid an ex-conson-in-law that she has, that she's afraid might come after her and her daughter. >> the prom season the graduation and summer months are upon us. folks at linden high school want to make sure students especially their seniors aware of the drunk driving problems. they had the grim reaper indicating they would be one of the stits iks. they staged an accident for all the students to see. >> it wasn't the actual dream reaper? >> no. he had another engagement. >> you don't think this high school like the high school locker. >> you're chasing an inspirational story of a woman with cerebral palsy who became valedictorian in her class. when she was eight years old she had to use a walker and she had a surgery that went wrong and since then she's been wheelchair bound. >> i use my wheelchair for longer distances. >> reporter: she has every excuse in the world not to achieve, yet she manages to regardless. >> my mom passed aw

is underway after a new york mother and young daughter vanished nearly three weeks ago. 51-year-old iona costello and her daughter took a trip to manhattan. she is a widow in a dispute with the adult children from the previous marriage over a will. >>> domestic airfare will fall a whole amount of 2.01 on average. lucky us, ticket prices are down internationally in the first few months of the year. that could continue, but it depend on where you're flying. >>> shoppers fled to target to get their hands on the limited edition of lilly pulitzer cloths. many stores sold out in minutes. >>> right now futures point to a possible triple digit gain on the dow at the opening bell. bmw hassen unveiled hitech glasses for minory cars they give drivers an heads up on traffic hazard and blind spots in the car. >> another police encounter turns deadly a maryland man dies after being arrested in baltimore. >> we have details on the investigation. >> footage shows two police officers rushing to remove an unconscious woman from her vehicle right before it burst into flames. more of this when we come right

police say 51-year-old iona costello and her daughter emily disappearing after taking a trip to manhattanrom their home in greenport, long island. the pair last seen at a parking garage on march 30th. family members say the mother and daughter were supposed to spend a week in manhattan, watching some shows here in the theater district. police say they discovered costello's car in the nearby garage. it appeared untouched. the family, now worried. their calls to costello, unanswered. emily not showing up at the exclusive ross school, the private school she attends in east hampton, long island. costello's sister-in-law posting a plea for information on her facebook page, adding prayers are welcome. >> you go through phone records, texting records, e-mails, credit card accounts. and we haven't had any luck. >> reporter: costello's mother telling abc news she hopes they've gone off somewhere and are well. costello, a widow, is involved in a dispute with her husband's adult children from a previous marriage over his will. she runs a farm in greenport, a town now abuzz over this deepening myster

. >> iona costello and her daughter emily were last seen at the manhattan parking inging garage. had driven from their home on long island planning to plan a week in the city. costello had been battling with her late husband's older children over his will. >>> a man was streaming live video on the internet a police s.w.a.t. arrived at his house, they had gotten anonymous report of a stabbing. there have been several of these hoax calls in the area in the past few weeks. >>> dr. oz is fighting back against charges by some of his colleagues who say he promotes quack treatments. the top doctors say members of the public are being mislead and that oz is motivated by financial claim. >>> batman star ben affleck asked producer ss not to reveal that some of his ancestors owned slaves. the information did not air, but producers said that was because there was more interesting stories to tell. other guests include aroundnderson cooper were revealed to be descent ent of slaves. >>> tim tebow expected to a sign one-year contract with the philadelphia eagles. he hasn't played in the nfl sinc

. >> i spoke to the journalist iona craig. she spent years working in sanaa. told me food could start entering yemen pretty much more easily pretty soon. >> the naval blockade has stretched from aden and we know aid has been crucial but yemen imports 90% of its food. >> food hasn't been coming in because of the naval blockade. they will now search any approaching ships. does that search they are going to allow cargo supplies, i.e. wheat, rice which is very much needed on the ground in yemen as we know there is also a food shortage. people are struggle to go get hold of basic food stuffs. so, it's kind of crucial that that happens almost immediately now and so if those searches go ahead, perhaps they will start letting food in for the yemeni people. >> saudi arabia says it has the support of yemen's tribes and will provide them with ground support to confront the houthi rebels. >> there has been considerable interaction with the yemeni tribes. they have declared their loyalty to the sovereignty and president hadi and to defend yemeni resources and preventing ho

. >> thank you iona craig, a journalling journalist based in yemen talking to us about the saudi saudi-led airstrikes. >> one person hadv been killed. hundreds have been hurt in a stamp ped in the kenyan capitol, nairobi. it went into what appeared to be a panic after an electricity transformer exploded tig tigering fears of an attack by al shabaab after fighters stormed the university in the north of the country killing 148 students. people living in kenya's daadab refugee camp are calling on their government to reconsider the decision to close the camp. one of the world's biggest sheltering about half a million somalian refugees. the government has issued an ultimatum through the u.n. saying you have three months to relocate the camp kick out the people from kenya. after that university attack it says members of al shabaab are hiding in dadaab. let's hear from mohammed adow. he went to the camp. he sent this. >> home to up to half a million somali refugees. some have been living here for the past 25 years. the first batch of refugees came to dadaab and were put in this camp in 1991. they

iona costello and her 14-year-old daughter emily were found wandering around an uptown neighborhood thising. they planned to send a week in the city watching broadway shows. costello had been battling with her late husband's older children over his will. >>> and a s.w.a.t.'ing in new jersey was caught on camera. while a man was streaming live video on the internet, a police s.w.a.t. arrived at his house, they had gotten anonymous call of a stabbing and hostage situation. there have been several of these hoax calls in the area in the past few weeks. >>> dr. mehmet oz is fighting back against charges by some of his colleagues at columbia university who say he promotes quack treatments. this friday's episode of his tv show will be devoted to address addressing the allegations. the top doctors say members of the public are being misled and endangered and that oz is motivated by financial gain. >>> "batman" star ben affleck asked producers not to reveal that some of his ancestors owned slaves. that's according to e-mails released last week by wikileaks. the information did not air, but produc

iona jones in detroit. we have these things just bubbling up all over the place, and it is a historical reality for black and brown communities all across the country. and that's why the anger is palpable. that's why it's boiling over. one of the long-term civil rights leaders in the naacp, said in 1941 when he was born his mom enrolled him in the ney naacp and the number one issue was police brutality. of course, we should denounce all these troubling demonstrations of people's overflowing anger, fear and pain, but if we want to understand it so we can get some solutions, we can't speak in platitudes and we can't muddy the waters. the truth is the young people and the families are reacting in various forms of grief and outrage, because another young man in their community was mutilated, body was broken by the police department, and there continues to be no accountability in realtime. and that is the issue that we must keep our focus on or we will risk not solving the problem. >> finish it off for us. we ha

police say 51-year-old iona costello and her daughter emily disappearing after taking a trip to manhattantheir home in greenport, long island. the pair last seen at a parking garage march 30th. family members say the mother and daughter were supposed to spend a week in manhattan watching some shows here in the theater district. police say they discovered costello's car in a nearby garage. it appeared untouched. >> we're investigating all different angles but haven't come up with anything solid yet. >> reporter: the family now worried. their calls to costello unanswered. emily not showing up at the exclusive ross school, the private school she attends in east hampton, long island. costello's sister-in-law posting a plea for information on her facebook page adding prayers are welcome. >> you go through phone records, texting records, e-mails, credit card accounts, and we have not had any luck through any of those avenues. >> reporter: costello's mother telling abc news she hopes the two have just gone off somewhere and are happy and well. police say costello, a widow, is involved in a dispu

iown i iona and her daughter vanished three weeks ago. at least for some of the time. a worker at the hotel where they were staying recognized them and reported them to police. we still don't know what happened to them. no charges are expected, but glad they are okay this morning. >>> overseas now a migration crisis as countless people try to escape nations in chaos. this time 900 people are believed dead after a smuggler ship capsized in the mediterranean. one survivor claims hundreds were trapped behind locked doors with no chance of escaping. that boat was heading from libya to italy and flipped over when too many people crowded one side. two dozen bodies have been pulled from the water. >>> a veteran who posed for play boy was arrested this weekend after saving our flag while being trampled. this picture show students stomping on old glory. michelle stepped in to take away the flag. >> actually it is. actually it is. >> anytime it's been torn or ripped. it needs to be disposed o. this belongs to the entire united states. >> no, it's n

sunday police removing 51-year-old iona costello's car from this parking garage. the last place they had been seen. she tells the parking attend about they're standing staying at a nearby hotel. april 1st they don't return. april 14th emily misses school. family notice mys police they were missing. she runs a farm in long island new york. >> she went away for a week and i know you know somebody's going to watch her horses for a week. >> reporter: her husband had recently passed away she's currently involved in a legal dispute over the contents of his will his four adult children from avious marriage. they were interviewed by detectives. authorities tell abc news no charges are expected. >>> we're going to turn now to last night's emotional moment at the country music awards. abc's t.j. holmes with that. >> her mother spoke for several minutes, very intimately about her daughter. very passionate. revealing stories about a girl she called a tangled-hair little girl. it's my pleasure my joy to introduce my daughter taylor swift. star-studded performances one after an

sunday, police removing 51-year-old iona costello's car from this parking garage. the last place they had been seen. march 30 costello tells the parking attendant they're staying at a nearby hotel. and will be back to pick up the car in two days. april 1st they don't return. april 14th emily misses school. family notifies police they were missing. she runs a farm in long island, new york. her neighbors says she arranged for her horses to be taken care of. while she was in the city. >> she went away for a week and i know, you know, somebody's going to watch her horses for a week. >> reporter: her husband had recently passed away, she's currently involved in a legal dispute over the contents of his will with his four adult children from a previous marriage. >> they are reported to be in good condition and they were interviewed by detectives. authorities tell abc news no charges are expected. >>> we're going to turn now to last night's emotional moment at the country music awards. taylor swift's mom. abc's t.j. holmes with that. >> her mother spoke for several minutes

new york police say they have found both iona costello and her 14-year-old daughter emily in good health in manhattan. the mystery began last month when they took a short road trip in long island into new york city. when they didn't return their family filed a missing persons report. police did not file any further details. >>> it is race day in boston. some 30,000 runners are taking part in the 119th running of the famed boston marathon. it's the second race since the 2013 bombing. runners face increased security including more officers on bicycles and more fencing separating the racers from spectators. meantime the penalty phase gets underway tomorrow for dzhokhar tsarnaev. >>> two men on a moped walked away without serious injury after getting run over by a car in china. take a look. you can see the car ran into the back of the moped there sending both people flying as well as a huge bag full of cash. the men were on their way to the bank to make a deposit. they had $42,000 on them. thankfully they were okay and they did get all their money back too. >>> and a new species of frog has