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they're going to be found and they're going to be okay. >> reporter: kendis gibson abc news jupiter, pl. >>> the new york prison employee who helped two convicted murderers escape could spend seven years behind barpz joyce mitchell entered a plea deal yesterday admitting she smuggled chisels, a punch tool and screwdriver to the prisoners. she described a friendship with richard matt which turned sexual. she sent naked photos to the other inmate david sweat. >> she got into something she will never should have started but she did and she's paying the price. >> part of the plan was also to kill mitchell's husband on the day of the escape but she apparent got cold feet and never showed up. matt was kid while on the run. sweat back in custody now. >>> a florida man charged with an isis inspired plot to bomb a busy beach. authorities say har len suarez continue to the fbi's attention through his facebook post. he wanted to make a nail-filled backpack bomb and bury it on a beach in key west and detonate it remotely. >>> the spy at the center of the biggest sponge cases in recent american h

let's get the very latest from abc's kendis gibson. >> reporter: the coast guard scouring the ocean for austin steven knows and perry cohen. >> all hands on deck type effort. >> reporter: the best friends went out fishing friday on this boat and haven't been seen since. only the boat discovered, damaged and deserted. >> negative. >> just confirmed, nobody's on board. trying to find any other gear. >> obviously disappointed that the boys were not clinging to that boat. now we can recalculate some of the drift analysis that we were doing taking into account wind, seas, current. >> reporter: the search area covering more than 27,000 square nautical miles, about the size of west virginia. >> when a person is in the water, you're basically looking for the chest up. so it's a relatively small object. >> reporte their families riding an emotional roller coaster. >> we're experiencing an the same roller coaster of emotions. not even on an hourly basis. i think it can be minute by minute. >> reporter: members of the coast guard say they hope the boys have life jackets or something to keep them a

kendis gibson with more. >> reporter: the dramatic rescue unfolding on this steep malibu cliff in the middle of the day. watch as rescue crews struggle to pull 40-year-old jennifer duron from the embankment. the woman trapped inside her suv for two days and nights. the vehicle completely out of sight. airbags deployed. >> we go on numerous rescues and sadly a lot of times they don't turn out as well as today did. >> reporter: the terrifying ordeal started monday. her family called police reporting her missing. finally this morning a woman jogging along the road heard the screams coming from below. tonight she's hospitalized with moderate injuries but very fortunate to have been found alive. kendis gibson abc news los angeles. >> our thanks to ken disfor that. >>> the pilots fired, accused of risking passenger safety. the guest in the cockpit, the model taking selfies and a video that appears to show someone else using the controls. >>> the big change inside the white house tonight, the ban lifted for the first time in 40 years. >>> and team usa heading to the world cup final, the mome

abc's kendis gibson was right there. >> reporter: tonight exclusive video of the cave seconds before the deadly collapse. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> hi there was a avalanche down at the ice cave. >> reporter: 18-year-old chloe jakubowski, one of eight people inside when disaster struck. >> it was absolute a a war zone almost. i didn't know if those were going to be my last moments or not. >> reporter: the ice cave showing signs of trouble for sometime. this collapse caught on camera sunday, one day before the catastrophe. >> about 8, 9 subjects. uh, possible injuries. some subjects unconscious. >> reporter: one woman was killed, five others injured. the massive ice cave east of seattle is popular with hikers but in may officials posting these warnings. >> the caves have been very unstable this season with the very warm weather. >> reporter: tonight more rock and falling ice making it extremely difficult for officials to recover the body of the female victim. david? >> kendis gibson tonight, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the dangerous storms hitting tonight and the

is sparking out-of-control wildfires in california and that's where we begin tonight with abc's kendis gibson. >> reporter: firefighters working around the clock this holiday weekend battling dozens of fires including this one in the hills above oakland, california. >> a bunch of hikers told me to stop and turn around. they said there was a big fire that had just happened, they just witnessed some fireworks going off. >> reporter: investigators say that's what caused the blaze -- extinguished before it damaged homes. and this frightening scene unfolding in sacramento. >> that's my house! >> that's your house? >> yes! >> reporter: watch how quickly a single firework can spark an inferno. >> when did you guys notice that it started flaming up? >> somebody did fireworks, of course! >> wow! >> reporter: those trees igniting after someone threw a firework which landed in them. two homes damaged. the west is a tinderbox, the epic drought in its fourth year. >> we are in an extreme drought. the vegetation is even drier than it has been in the past years cause you can't water as much as you have in t

kendis gibson abc news miami. >> kendis thanks. >>> when we come back here tonight, the $100 millionlve the mystery, also the country music power couple the big decision they're sharing with their fans tonight. >>> then the surprise from another big name suddenly jumping occupien to the stage. can you imagine being in that crowd? we'll be right back. ...served my country... ...carried the weight of a family... ...and walked a daughter down the aisle. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. nerve damage from diabetes causes diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is fda-approved to treat this pain. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new, or worsening depression or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica.

abc's kendis gibson is there. >> reporter: severe weather turning deadly. >> they can't get out.to death. oh my god! >> reporter: in johnson county kentucky 4 inches of rain in a flash, wiping out dozens of homes, many with people still inside. >> jesus, please be with these people. >> reporter: those floating homes slamming right into this bridge. this is your brother's place. >> my brother's place. >> reporter: paul stapleton's family washing away with their home. he managed to rescue them with a boat the family clinging to a tree down river. >> it wasn't pretty. >> it wasn't pretty. >> it wasn't a pretty sight at all. nothing pretty about this. >> but at least they're alive. >> they're alive. >> reporter: washed-out roads and debris everywhere, making the search for survivors even harder. in the last 24 hours, nearly 500 reports of severe weather, a tornado touching down in hutchinson, kansas. the twister packing 165-mile-an-hour winds captured by a drone. many of the residents around here have lived in their homes for decades with the creek in their backyard. still, they stay

kendis gibson in glendale for us tonight. kendis, thank you. >>> and that record heat in the west is expected to continue at least through the middle of the week. let's bring in abc senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> it's been so hot there, tom. yesterday, july 4th, the hottest on record yesterday. it's a dry season after not much of a wet season. here's the drought. washington has seen it increase 20% in the last few weeks. into the 90s. heat advisories through wednesday for portland, 96 tomorrow. a mess across the southeast with heavy rain and thunderstorms. but the severe stuff is across the plains. nebraska in through parts of south dakota. severe watch and minnesota in the act. strong front coming through the midwest from wichita up through la crosse. this is usually not so strong. >> rob, thanks so much. >>> we turn to that deadly family vacation in north carolina that ended up with more than a dozen people rushed to the hospital. a deck collapsed at their beach house during a group photo. abc's phillip mena has the

here's kendis gibson. >> reporter: tonight, new images of that capsized boat belonging to two missing florida teenagers. a coast guard swimmer surveying the damage. >> that's a negative. we just confirmed nobody is on board. we are trying to find any other gear. >> reporter: the boat, located 67 nautical miles off central florida, found exactly two days after austin stephanos and perry cohen set out on a fishing trip. the boys bought $122 worth of fuel here before setting off on their trip. the last person to see them, telling me, they had a cooler and four fishing rods inside the boat. even at 14 years old, both are fully licensed to operate a boat on their own, posting on social media friday they were off to the bahamas. their families reporting them missing a few hours later. tonight, riding an emotional roller coaster. >> for me, when they told me the boat was found capsized, it was a relief in a way. and it was horribly scary. >> reporter: now, the coast guard and navy are looking as far north as georgia. a search area equivalent to the size of west virginia. >> is there hope the

kendis gibson with the warnings about how dangerous these explosives could be. >> reporter: firefighters on the front lines across eight western states. and tonight the fear of new fires sparked by celebration. >> i'm not really happy about having firewk sales right now at this moment. people lost their homes. >> reporter: in the grips of an epic drought, california is seeing its worst fire conditions on record. which is why so many communities are canceling their public fireworks this 4th. bass lake trading its 75-year tradition for a laser light show. >> i'm excited to see something different. a laser show will be great. >> reporter: fireworks sparking 18,000 fires every year in this country. despite the danger, and many communities canceling their public displays, individuals can still buy fireworks in many california towns. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: but a reminder of just how explosive they can be. this box van full of fireworks somehow caught fire on a california highway this week, setting off sparks and explosions. experts say there are ways to play it safe if your community

kendis gibson abc news miami. >>> there's word of a hugen drug bust in columbia.ice seized more than 1700 pounds of cocaine worth $240 million roughly. the stash hidden in a tanker truck on the outskirts of the capital of bogota and most likely belonged to the most notorious drug trafficking gang in the country. >>> "the washington post" is asking the united nations to intervene on behalf of its reporter being held prisoner iran. it was a year ago that that reporter and his wife were arrested. she was eventually released on bail. he is still being held in solitary confinement accused of spying and distributing propaganda. his family and the post deny that. >>> things could get interesting in the texas border town of laredo today. donald trump making a stop there. he called mexicans coming across the boarders rapists and murderers. the population is more than 90% hispanic. back in washington more fallout from the trump's campaign tactics. here is jon karl. >> reporter: it's come to this lindsey graham doing to his cell phone what many republicans would like to do t

kendis gibson, abc news, johnson county, kentucky. >> there's more heavy rain in today's forecast.e rockies to the great plains. a cold front from canada brings thunderstorms and heavy rain from new england to the mid-atlantic. heat advisories posted in texas and the mid south. >> 90s in dallas, new orleans and memphis. 80s in minneapolis and new york. 70s in l.a., chicago and boston. some sunny skies possibly thought to return for struggling ice cream maker blue bell. the company stopped production and recalled products in april after the ice cream was linked to listeria illnesses and at least three people died. now blue bell has received a big investment from a prominent texas businessman which the company says will ensure its return to shelves. no date has been given just yet. >> anyone who's been married knows a groom and a bride can't control everything or everybody on your wedding day. case in point, what happened to a group of bridesmaids in wales. >> some variables always. this is a fun shot. isn't it? here are the bridesmaids hitchhiking trying to get to the wedding. why?

kendis gibson with the story. >> reporter: tonight, an ominous clue in the search for two missing florida teenagers. the coast guard confirming a boat discovered overturned and damaged 67 nautical miles off the coast of central florida, is the same single engine vessel the teens set out on two days ago. but no signs still of austin stephanos and perry cohen. >> it's unimaginable for any parent to have to be faced with not knowing where your child is. >> reporter: the 14-year-olds left their home in jupiter, florida, friday morning to go fishing in a nearby inlet. but by midday the duo was text messaging friends, and posting on snapchat, saying they were heading to the bahamas. at least 75 miles away. they have no gps aboard their boat. >> we will do anything to get our children back. >> reporter: the boys last spotted buying $100 of fuel at this marina. their panicked parents calling authorities. joined today by friend and neighbor, hall-of-famer joe namath, who has helped the family, raising a $100,000 reward for their safe return. local boaters on the lookout. today's discovery, nearly

abc's kendis gibson reports. >> reporter: star spangled danger at this colorado fireworks show. up to 20,000 spectators gathered for the annual avon holiday display last night when this happens. >> is that, like, supposed to happen? >> reporter: the rockets shooting toward the crowd instead of the sky, after a rack of shells tipped over during the show. at least nine people injured. a similar incident two years ago north of l.a., injuring 36 people. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the fireworks hitting spectators like shrapnel. it's the nightmare expert h. hanson is hoping to avoid tonight, as he makes safety checks ahead of the rose bowl celebration. >> well obviously it's fairly disastrous for the whole industry you know we all suffer when there's a tragic accident like that. >> reporter: it's not just big displays. individual fireworks causing serious damage, as well. most injuries occurring to the hands and facial area. eye injuries have even doubled in the last few years. >> it's the one day a year that adults, we watch them hand a sparkler that can reach 1,200 degrees to a you

kendis gibson with the story. >> reporter: tonight, an ominous clue in the search for two missing florida teenagers. the coast guard confirming a boat discovered overturned and damaged 67 miles off the coast of central florida, is the same single engine vessel the teens set out on two days ago. but no signs still of austin stephanos and perry cohen. >> it's unimaginable for any parent to have to be faced with not knowing where your child is. >> reporter: the 14-year-olds left their home in jupiter, florida, friday morning to go fishing in a nearby inlet. but by midday the duo was text messaging friends, and posting on snapchat, saying they were heading to the bahamas. at least 75 miles away. they have no gps aboard their boat. >> we will do anything to get our children back. >> reporter: the boys last spotted buying $110 of fuel at this marina. their panicked parents calling authorities. joined today by friend and neighbor, hall-of-famer joe namath, who has helped the family, raising a $100,000 reward for their safe return. local boaters on the lookout. today's discovery, more than 150 mi

kendis gibson with the latest. >> reporter: the frightening scene. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: as royal caribbean's "freedom of the seas" pulls into port in jamaica. >> the ship's on fire. >> reporter: fire in the ship's mechanical area resulting in thick black smoke billowing, spewing from the top of the 18-story vessel. sirens wailing on board, crew members going door to door to alert passengers. >> saw a lot of black smoke with debris in it. >> reporter: the 4,000-plus passengers frantically grab life jackets and head to emergency evacuation stations as crews quickly put out the fire. royal caribbean tweeting all guests and crew members are safe and accounted for, and one crew member was treated for a first degree burn. the cause of the that fire still under investigation but royal caribbean says the ship is safe to continue its week-long caribbean cruise and will be back in here florida this weekend. david? >> ken dis, thank you. >>> we have new reporting tonight after those marines and a a say lore were shot and killed. the victims, five lives cut short. tonight a citizen army stan

abc's kendis gibson in the flood zone with the pictures of those homes being washed away. >> reporter: tonight, severe weather turning deadly. >> they can't get out. oh you know they're scared to death. oh, my god. >> reporter: in johnson county, kentucky four inches of rain in a flash, wiping out dozens of homes. many with people still inside. >> jesus, pray for those people and us! >> reporter: those floating homes slamming right into this bridge. this is your brother's place? paul stapleton's family washing away with their home. he managed to rescue them with the boat. the family clinging to a tree downriver. >> it wasn't pretty. nothing pretty about this. >> reporter: at least they've alive. >> reporter: they're alive. >> reporter: washed out roads and debris everywhere making the search for survivors even harder. in the last 24 hours, nearly 500 reports of severe weather. a tornado touching down in hutchinson, kansas. the twister packing 165 165-mile-an-hour winds, captured by a drone. tonight, residents throughout this area are bracing for more storms and the possibility of more

kendis gibson reports. >> reporter: six days into the search for austin steven knows and perry cohennd no letup in the effort. family members coordinating their own massive search effort in conjunction with the coast guard. more than two dozen private planes and many more boats pa troing the atlantic for the teens. ocean temperatures in the 80s helping their survival chances. a carolina boater rescued this year after 66 days in the ocean. but unlike these boys he was able to stay in his disabled boat. the teens disappearing friday after going fishing on a boat given to austin only a month ago by his grandfather. >> i want him to show up. we all do. so we're trying like -- you know i can't, you know we're trying. >> reporter: the families have raised more than $100,000 to help with the search efforts. they say even if the court guard suspends its operations they plan to continue theirs. kendis gibson abc news jupiter, florida. >>> so heart breaking and such a vast stretch of area they've been searching for so long. the thing they're holding on to hope is they've been on the waters for

here's abc's kendis gibson. >> reporter: tonight, it's a race against time. as new images emerge of the massive search effort for two missing florida teens. abc news on board this coast guard c-130, part of the fleet searching for the two 14-year-olds. their parents at home not giving up. >> i truly believe in my heart they're okay. they're both extremely strong young men. >> reporter: today, a brief glimmer of hope. a water cooler spotted 18 miles off the coast of georgia. turns out, not to be the same one the boys had on board their 19-foot boat. it's so difficult to find anything on the open watter. look at how hard it is to spot our orange life vest and water cooler located only 200 feet away. the teens leaving friday planning to go fishing in the call inland waters instead, taking this ten-minute trip to the atlantic as this powerful line of storms moved through. >> just confirmed, nobody is on board. >> reporter: their capsized boat discovered eded days later. >> just so long that most people can survive out there. >> reporter: they have experience on t

kendis gibson abc news glendale california. >> let's check our monday weather. hot again in the western fire zone unfortunately. showers for most of the eastern third of the country. severe storms extend from the great lakes across the lanes and into the rockies, thunderstorms in the southwest. >> still scorching in the northwest. seattle hits 91 102 in phoenix. 88 in chicago. memphis into the 80s. washington to boston, as well. and there's no weather that's going to ruin the day for the ladies of team usa following their world cup victory. the americans wasting no time against japan. this thing was never in question. they took the lead carli lloyd's first goal of the game. this came about three minutes in. moments later he she doubled the lead. lorn holiday added another score. lloyd completed her hat trick. we're going to see this. you see the that from midfield. she caught the goalie. japan made it interesting. scared me for a second it was 4-2 in the second half. jan started to look pretty good but there you go. one more goal ends up 5-2. carl i lloyd named

abc's kendis gibson with the latest developments. >> reporter: an ominous clue in the search for two missing florida teenagers, the coast guard confirming a boat discovered overturned and damaged 67 miles off the coast of central florida is the same single-engine vessel the teens set out on but no sign still of austin stephanos and perry cohen. >> it's unimaginable for any parent to have to be faced with not knowing where your child is. >> reporter: the 14-year-olds left their home in jupiter, florida, friday morning to go fishing in a nearby inlet, but by midday the duo was text messaging friends and posting on snapchat, saying they were heading to the bahamas, at least 75 miles away. they had no gps on board their boat. >> we'll do anything to get our children back. >> reporter: the boys last spotted buying $110 of fuel at this marine. their panicked parents calling authorities, joined by friend and neighbor hall of famer joe namath who has helped the family raising a $100,000 reward for their safe return. local boaters on the lookout. the discovery more than 150 miles north of whe

they don't have much food or water with them and abc's kendis gibson has the very latest from miami beach. kendis, good morning. >> reporter: things are calm right now on atlantic ocean. but within the last 48 hours we have experienced some intense rain and wind here in south florida, making conditions out there even worse. this morning, a frantic and increasingly desperate search for two boys missing off the high seas off the coast of florida. coast guards, helicopters and boats scanning more than 6,000 miles of the atlantic for the 14-year-olds. they vanished on their fishing trip, which was expected to last only a day. >> both boys have their boaters certification. he's been on a boat since he was 7. >> austin this is his fourth boat. he's been around boats before he could walk. we have been going to the bahamas since he was 8. >> reporter: both teens checking in with their parents by text. around noon, the pair snapchatting a photo of the boat with their fishing gear. last seen at 1:00 buying more than $100 of fuel at a jupiter marina. their destination, an island in the bahamas. pare

in sacramento however did not get that message, it sparked this massive house fire, and abc's kendis gibson joins us from los angeles with more on the drought this holiday weekend. good morning, kendis. >> reporter: good morning, paula, and this has been an incredibly restless night for fire crews. this engine is still warm to the touch. they have answered about twice as many calls this weekend as opposed to the last fourth of july, the reason for that, people setting off fireworks in these drought conditions. this morning, a shocking example of the dangers posed by fireworks. >> that's your house? >> yes. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: a sacramento neighborhood engulfed in flames after fourth of july festivities got out of hand. setting trees on fire. spreading to nearby homes. >> when did you guys notice it flaming? >> reporter: fire crews fair the combination of epic drought conditions and explosive fireworks could spell trouble. >> we're in an extreme drought. you can't water as much as you have in the past. >> reporter: and overnight, those conditions leading to a 320-acre wildfire. in a