have turned him into a killer. 28-year-old matthew phelps is charged with murdering his wife, lauren. phelps called 9-1-1 early friday morning.. from his home in raleigh. phelps told the dispatcher.. he took cold medication the night before. he says he was stunned when he woke up and found his wife stabbed to death. lauren phelps was a sunday school teacher. the two were married for less scheduled to make his first court appearance tomorrow. in the day ahead, the u.s. coast guard "cutter eagle" is scheduled to arrive in old town alexandria at 8:30 a.m. this is the only active tall ship in the u.s. military services. the ship is used to train students at the coast guard academy in connecticut. free tours are being offered to the public today.. from one until seven p.m., and wednesday, from 10 a.m. until seven p.m. the ship will leave old town on friday. labor day is one of the busiest travel days of the year. and if you need to fly-- airlines are adding more tickets for deeply discounted seats. but will paying less, cost you more? consumer reporter john matarese looks takes a look, so you don

police found lauren phelps stabbed at their home. he told an emergency operator that he took more cold medicine than he should have. >> i had a dream and then i turned on the lights and she's dead on the floor. i have blood all over me and there's a bloody knife on the bed and i think i did it. >> phelps told the operator his wife didn't deserve this. she was buried yesterday. they had been married less than a year. >>> thousands of firefighters are battling wind driven wildfires across the west this morning. 77 large wildfires are burning in eight states including the largest ever to hit the city of los angeles. near portland oregon the eagle creek fire forced hundreds to evacuate. it started saturday and has burned over 3,000 acres. officials say a fireworks display probably sparked that fire. >> well, coming up on the morning news now, nurse arrest fallout. a utah hospital announces changes following the arrest caught on video. >>> and a smashing game for martinez who joins an elite club. this is the cbs morning news. il is more t

when police arrived they discovered lauren phelps dead from multiple stab wounds. a sunday school teacher and her husband was studying to become a pastor. >> hi, everybody, it's lauren. >> hours before the slaying, lauren posted this video on facebook. her facebook page is loaded with photos showing her looking happy at her wedding a mere 10 months ago. her husband sounded out of it when he called 911 and blamed what happened on his cold medicine. >> i took more medicine than i should have. >> what medicine did you take. >> i took coricidin cough and cold because i know it can make you feel good. so, a lot of times i can't sleep at night. >> coricidin is over the counter cold medicine made for patients with high blood pressure. we asked this doctor about possible side effects if you take too much. >> this medicine contains ingredients that could cause dell luis

lauren and matt phelps, newlyweds, married for barely ten months. lauren, 29, a sunday school teacher and auditor who ran an online business on the side. >> so thank you guys so much for watching, and i will talk to you guys later. bye. >> reporter: matt, 28, worked at a lawn service in north carolina and once attended a bible college. but that image of what seemed from the outside like the perfect all-american couple shattered as caught in a dramatic call to 911. >> where is the knife right now? >> reporter: matt phelps now stands accused of murdering his wife. he hasn't yet entered a plea, and what we don't know is whether or not cold medication he took will play a role in this case. >> sir, you could receive the death penalty or life without the possibility of parole. >> reporter: just after 1:00 a.m. on friday a man called authorities with this startling revelation. >> i had a dream, and then i turned on the lights and she's dead on the floor. >> how? how? >> i have blood all over me, and there's a bloody knife on the bed. and i think i did it. >

just after 1:15 a.m., officers arrived at the couple's raleigh townhome, discovering 29-year-old lauren phelpsstab wounds. >> he qualifies with yes, it looks like i did kill her. the knife is here. i have blood all over me. however, this medicine made me do it. it's not an uncommon way for the people in his position to respond. it's like, i've got to think of something immediately to sort of mitigate a really horrible situation. >> reporter: a close friend telling abc news lauren was a sunday school teacher. matthew studying to be a pastor. the two were married less than a year. >> the real key for law enforcement and the prous cuter is, what's the real motivation here? >> reporter: and police say while an investigation sunday way, they believe the crime was not a random act. right now, matthew phelps is being held without bond. he's due in court on tuesday. >> a horrifying story. thank you. >>> let's switch gears and get the weather. meteorologist cheryl scott from wls, our station in chicago, is in for rob. cheryl good morning once again. >> we're still talking about the remnants of harvey.

. >> reporter: just after 1:15 a.m., officers arrived at the raleigh town home discovering lauren phelps with stab wounds. >> he qualifies that yes, it does look like i killed her. the knife is here. i have blood all over me, however, this medicine made me do it. that's not an uncommon way for people in his position to respond. but it's like, i've got to think of something immediately to sort of mitigate a really horrible situation. >> reporter: a close friend telling abc news lauren was a sunday schoolteacher. matthew studying to be a pastor. the two were married less than a year. >> the real key for law enforcement and the prosecutor here is what is the motivation? >> reporter: erielle reshef, abc news, new york. >> scary story. >> horrifying. >>> coming up in our next half hour, gas prices are surging as millions of americans hit the roads this holiday weekend. so how high will those prices climb? >>> plus, venus williams is feeling right at home on one of sport's biggest stages. amazed by her own performance at the u.s. open. we'll hear from her next in sports. we'll hear from her ne

matthew phelps telling police in 911 call that he may have stabbed 29-year-old lauren phelps to deathcine. >> i had a dream and then i turned on the lights and she is dead on the floor. i have blood all over me and there is a bloody o knife on the bed, and i think did i it. >> phelps now being held without bail. a school is now apologizing after a georgia teacher tells students they can't wear make america great t-shirts. her exchange with them caught on camera. >> you cannot wear to school. jillian: several parents and students complaining after this video went viral for the make america great again school district. the cherokee school district outside of atlanta said the students did nothing wrong and the teacher acted inappropriately. unbelievable video burning fuel sent flying through a crowd. wow, the car doing burnouts during a drag race competition. 12 people injured one man in critical condition. organizers shutting down the event. the whole thing now as can you imagine under investigation. giants wide receiver odom beckham jr. might have a future in baby-sitting take a look a

lauren phelps was remembered yesterday. his husband is charged with murder. friday that he believed he killed his wife. he said he woke to find her stabbed to death. he blamed taking too much cough medicine. no word on what that medicine was. >>> and the washington post reports chemical companies released 1 million pounds of extra air pollute tants in the week after harvey hit. the company say thatar triggered flaring leaks and chemical discharges. >>> hurricane harvey left hundreds of communities in southeast texas without safe drinking water. at least 45 water systems are shut down. 171 areas currently have boil water notices, but the houston -- but houston itself is not on that list despite significant flooding at one of its water plants. >> to show us how houston keeps its water supply safe we want to welcome our new correspondent. houston is her hometown and she is there this morning. welcome to the team and i know this must be very personal for you. >> reporter: it is very personal for me. it's wonderful to be part of the team, gayle. good morning to yo

. >> reporter: matthew phelps and lauren hugelmaier married ten months ago. he was studying to be a minister. she taught sunday school. in a chilling 911 call this weekend, phelps, his voice altered by police, says he may have killed his new wife in their raleigh home. >> i have blood all over me and there's a bloody knife on the bed. and i think i did it. >> okay. do you think she's beyond any help? >> i don't know. i'm too scared to get too close to her. >> reporter: he claims to have woken from a dream to find his wife dead and blamed cold medicine. >> i took -- i took more medicine than i should have. >> reporter: he said to help him sleep. phelps now charged with murder made his first court appearance today. >> you could receive the death penalty or life without the possibility of parole. >> we have to ask everybody to withhold judgment in this particular case until we know more. >> reporter: it wouldn't be the first time cold medicine has been used as a defense for murder. lewis chen, a seattle doctor, tried it last year and got the maximum prison senten

. >> reporter: matthew phelps and lauren married just ten months ago, but in a harrowing 911 call thiseekend, phelps says he may have killed his new wife. >> i have blood all over me and there's a bloody knife on the bed. and i think i did it. >> okay, do you think she is beyond any help? >> i don't know. i'm too scared to get too close to her. >> reporter: raleigh police altered the caller's voice, department policy, but you can hear phelps explain he woke from a dream to find his wife dead. he blamed cold >> i took, i took more medicine than i should have. >> reporter: he said to help him sleep. phelps has no criminal record. he worked for a lawn service after graduating from bible college. >> she didn't deserve this. why? >> reporter: on monday lauren was remembered at a memorial service for her kind heart. her husband now charged with murder makes his first court appearance later this morning. for "early today," blake mccoy, nbc news. >> just ahead, the term watch dog just got taken to a whole new level. >>> plus what do you think is the most beautiful country in the world? a new l

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raleigh police charging matthew phelps with murder shortly after he made that call. his wife laurenm multiple stab wounds. dr. keith ablow, we were all creeped out by the story this morning but is it possible to have there have been other cases like this? he said he took cold medicine. >> well you know here's the thing. cold medicine are not in frankly that could complicate matters. the most comprehensive study shows 8.4 million americans have slept to walk at least once a year for some number of years. .4 million americans so it's very common. sleep violence is not that uncommon. there have been other cases and there have been cases adjudicated for the defense that folks have done horrific things while quote unquote sleep or half awake in a semi-awake state so not always people who are dreaming by the way through some of them what is called sleep arousal disorder with a kind of half awaken and they do things they would never otherwise do. i can't say if mr. phelps is one of these people that police are going to have to look at the motive. they are going to have to look at forensic

. >> matthew phelps called police after waking up and finding his wife lauren stabbed to death in heir yesterday. flames shoot out of the engine of packed passenger plane moments after takeoff. pilots on the airlines jet say a bird got sucked into the left engine. the plane with nearly 250 people on board was heading to new york. the aircraft turning around safely making an emergency landing back in tokyo. no one was hurt. be on time or pay a fine. that's the new policy for students at a utah high school. get this, a first offense gets them a warning. if students are late to class a second time, this have to pay a $3 fine. after that it goes up to 5 bucks. if they can't pay, they can take a detention instead. the money collected will go toward a school fund that will go directly back to the students. interesting. and this is going to blow your mind. it did for me. iconic video game character, mario, guess what, he is no longer a plumber. >> woo hooh ♪ according to his new nintendo profile mario worked as a plumber, quote, a long time ago. he now focuses on sports and racing. fans on tw

. >> matthew phelps told police he found his wife lauren stabbed multiple times friday morning and in frantic 911 call he tells the dispatcher he dreamed that he killed her after taking too much cold medicine. >> i have blood all over me and there's a bloody knife on the bed and i think i did it. i can't believe this. >> what medicine did you take? >> i took [ muted ]. so a lot of times i can't sleep at night. she's not moving. oh, my god. she didn't deserve this. >> now, the couple married in november. police say matthew phelps has no prior criminal record. he'll make his first court appearance tomorrow. >>> and instagram is warning a recent hack affecting high-profile accounts may have been larger than original thought. the social media site says as many as 6 million user accounts may have been compromised. the latest breach targeted stars such as selena gomez and justin bieber. reports say there's now a website with a searchable database of some instagram users' personal information. >>> and the summer movie season is ending the way it started with some disappointing box office ret

. >> matthew phelps called police after finding his wife lauren stabbed to death, she was laid to restce running rampant in chicago, 42 people shot, five were killed, 2500 people have been shot, only 350 less than in 2016. we are not even close to the end of the year. a historically busy year for shootings and homicides in chicago. flames shooting out of a packed passenger jet moments after takeoff, pilots on the japan airlines flight say got sucked into the left engine, 250 people on board, was heading to new york. the aircraft turning around and safely making an emergency landing in tokyo. thankfully nobody was hurt. heather: help is on the way for stressed-out college students in texas. buddy the poodle will be on the campus of the university of north texas three times a week for students to hug as part of a workshop called dog breath. another workshop invites students to hang out with therapy dogs while offering the is watching the office, the tv show that helps with coping skills. apparently that is a real story. rob: i like dogs should be on time or pay a fine, a new policy for o

ma you phelps kept his head down as he entered a rally courtroom tuesday charged with stabbing his wife laurendo you think she's beyond help? >> i don't know. i'm too scared to get close to her. >> reporter: the 28-year-old called for help in the middle of the night but they altered the voice as required by state law. >> i had a dream, i turn on the lights and she's dead on the floor. >> how? how? >> caller: >> i have blood all over me and there's a bloody knife on the bed and i think i did it. >> reporter: phelps said he took too much cough medicine. >> i took cough medicine. i know it can help you feel good. sometimes i can't sleep at night. >> we've been using this cough and cold medicine for 50-plus years. this is not a reaction i've ever heard of in an incident like this. >> in a statement bayer said patient safety is our top priority. there's no evidence that core seeden causes violent behavior. lauren helps youth in church. she celebrated her six-month anniversary writing on together and wouldn't take it back for anything. >> she didn't deserve this. why? >> it's a very tragic situation

may have killed his wife in his sleep. 28-year-old matthew phelps is behind bars charged with murder in the death of his wife 10 months, laurendo you mean by what happened? >> found stabbed to death at the couple's raleigh home. he told the 911 operator he took over the counter medication to sleep hours before. >> how many did you take? because i rtacedin need help sleeping at night. 6- >> the makers continually look at adverse effects and there's no evidence to suggest it's behavior. dan abrams weighs in live with your first look. abc news, new york. throughout history, the one meal when we come together, break bread, share our day and connect as a family. [ bloop, clicking ] and connect, as a family. just, uh one second voice guy. [ bloop ] huh? hey? i paused it. bam, family time. so how is everyone? find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. z2gv6z zi0z y2gv6y yi0y went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a chi

may have killed his wife in his sleep. 28-year-old matthew phelps is behind bars charged with murder in the death of his wife of ten months, lauren. >> i think i killed my -- >> what do you mean fwha? what happened. >> lauren was found stabbed to death at the couple's raleigh home on friday morning. they say he took over the count at the med stoin sleep just the night before. >> what medicine did you take. >> i took core seed dinry mow it can make you feel good so a lot of times i can't sleep at night. >> the maker of core seed din tells abc news it continually monitors adverse effects regarding all of our products and there's no evidence to suggest that it is associated with violent behavior. and coming up at 7:00 a.m., dan abrams weighs in live. abc news, new york. >>> happening today, the united nations is honoring the 20th anniversary of the death of mother teresa and they're deds ig nating september 5th as the international dave charity. mother teresa founded the order of missionaries charity and devoted her live to people living in the slums of calcutta. she was canon nized last year. the u.n. general assembly recognizes th

reporter: this morning 28-year-old matthew phelps is behind bars arrested and charged with murder in connection to the death of his wife of ten months, laurennk i killed my -- >> what do you mean by that? >> reporter: lauren was found stabbed to death at their home friday morning after this shocking call to 911 in the middle of the night. >> i had a dream and turned on the lights and she's dead on the floor. >> reporter: the caller, saying he took over-the-counter medication to help sleep just hours before. >> what medicine did you take? >> i took corps seedicidicorici. a lot of types i can't sleep at night. she's not moving. oh, my god. >> reporter: the makers of coricidin telling abc news it continually monitors adverse events regarding all of our products and that there is no evidence to suggest that coricidin is associated with violent behavior. now phelps, a former bible college student waits to be arraigned in court. a community coming to grips with the loss of a woman they describe as vibrant and gone too soon. >> she's going to be terribly missed. this is a tragic situation. we'll keep her in our hearts forever. >> now phelps is bei

he is charged with the first degree murder of his wife, lauren phelps and what happened when he calls>> it was less than a year ago matthew phelps exchanged vows with his wife, lauren. now, he could face the death penalty if convicted of her murder. phelps appears to have confessed to the crime during a 911 call. matthew phelps kept his head down as he entered a raleigh courtroom tuesday charged with stabbing his wife, lauren, to death. >> do you think she is beyond any help? >> i don't know. i'm too scared to get too close to her. >> the 28-year-old called 911 in the middle of the night. police released the call but altered the voice as required by state law. >> i had a dream and then i turned on the lights and she's dead on the floor. >> how? how? how? >> i'm -- i have blood all over me and there's a bloody knife on the bed. and i think i did it. >> reporter: phelps said he took too much cough medicine. >> i took coricidin cough and cold because i know it can make you feel good so a lot of times i can't sleep at night and i took some. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. ag