people living in towns nearby have been on lockdown and abc's linzie janis is in barrett, pennsylvania, with the very latest. linzie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. overnight dashed hopes and increased frustrations as another intense night of searching for eric frein apparently coming up cold. police even lifting their shelter in place order but still urging the 7,000 people who live here to lock their doors, stay away from windows and do not go into the woods. this morning the massive manhunt for eric frein focused in the fugitive's own backyard. tactical teams racing to the scene of potential sightings. police using everything in their arsenal from helicopters to thermal cameras and on foot, officers in full camouflage proceeding with extreme caution. >> the main thing he has in his favor is it's his backyard, not the police's backyard. >> reporter: cody lundin teaches outdoor survival skills and says there's no telling how long he'll be able to keep this up. >> i don't think anyone knows how this guy is feeding himself but clearly if this was a premeditated sho

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> what a mess. the weather system has already largely moved off to sea. another lined up behind it. >> that's right. more severe weather for parts of the midwest and plain states. accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the latest. jim? >> good morning and happy labor day, dan, brandi. heavy thunderstorms here across portions of the midwest. the plains. the cold front is tracking ahead of that. keeping it hot. many spots, easily in the triple digits. across texas. hot, humid to the eastern seaboard. into the northeast. these storms again will be quite strong. watching from detroit all the way back towards topeka, not quite tornado threat today as what we saw yesterday. storms capable of producing damaging wind. large hail, flooding rainfall. dan, brandi, back to you. >> jim, thank you for that. this morning, president obama's facing criticism and second guessing about his plan for syria. among his critics senator john mccain of arizona who says isis fighters need to be defeated because they represe

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> a bombshell rocking the nba tonight. one of the owners of the atlanta hawks announcing he's selling the interest in the team after an offensive e-mail emerged plunging basketball into a another controversy about race. here's abc now. >> atlanta hawks owner bruce lef venn son apologizing tonight for making offensive comments about race in this e-mail sent two years ago but seen by fans for the first time today. i want some white cheerleaders. i want the music to be music familiar to a 40-year-old white guy. he complained the kiss cam is too black. in a message to team management about how to sell more season tickets. and he voluntarily reported the e-mail this summer announcing today he will step down selling his ownership in the team just four months after publically criticizing donald sterling for his racist rant and refusal to apologize. >> donald sterling, what he said, i can't be partners with somebody who shares those views. >> reporter: why would he come out now two years after the e-mail went out? >> the nba is st

>> linzie janis, thank you. >>> and, to california now, an image of a home break-in and authorities say, a lesson for us all. this was incredible. a young woman crouched right there on her rooftop, outside her window and above her right there, the intruder, closing in. her split-second decisions may have saved her life. tonight, how she survived it all, and here's abc's aditi roy. >> reporter: it is a terrifying image. a woman, crouched on her roof, wearing only a flannel shirt and clutching her phone while a man hovers just above. authorities say he was an intruder, 29-year-old christian hicks. a homeless man. and had broken into melora rivera's home while she was in bed. rivera saying she called police before crawling out of her attic window 20 feet up. >> once i saw him in the house, i knew that we both couldn't president there. >> i have a suspect on gun point on the roof. >> reporter: two minutes later, authorities arrived. police talking hicks off the roof while firefighters rushed rivera down. so, was she right to act the way she did? >> she was. number one, you run, number two,

>> linzie janis again this evening. thank you. >>> and there are major developments tonight in the search for that missing college student, who vanished after that surveillance tape. tonight, officials are on the hunt for this man. the wanted poster, now revealing he's been charged with abduction. and this evening, many asking, if he was already questioned by investigators, how did they let him out of their sight? steve osunsami now. >> reporter: the big questions for virginia police tonight, where in the world is 32-year-old jesse matthew? now accused of kidnapping 18-year-old hannah graham. is she still alive? and why did police let him go when he walk into their headquarters this past weekend? tonight, matthew is wanted for abduction with intent to defile. a sex crime here in virginia. police aren't saying what, but they found something in his apartment or his car. >> so, what do they have in do they are clothing? bedding? torn clothing? blood? >> reporter: police may have let him looefl on purpose, to lead them to e

abc's linzie janis in pennsylvania tonight.e1 >> reporter: tonight, a window into the strange world of's most wanted men. >> my name's eric frein. >> reporter: documentary footage showing the accused cop killer participating in a vietnam war re-enactment.xd >> about teaching the public and showing the equipment that was used, talking about the history of it all. gypsies and crowds. he has a phobia of crowds. >> reporter: the re-enactors lp spending days in the woods, reliving long ago-fought battles. back then, frein seems to know it's all a game. >> it's not vietnam. we're in the middle of the pennsylvania. we're in aÓvolutionary war t( fort. it's not a place to really try to re-enact a battle. >> reporter: but now, police say the fugitive has blurred the line between fantasy and reality. they believe he's hiding out in the woods. today, driving towards the search area, we saw law enforcement officers lining the roads.c kent van horn lives just inside that search zone. kent, you've had the officers searching in your house and in your yard? >> yeah, they walked through the house, they

linzie janis, thank you. meteorologist jeff smith of our new york station, wabc is here. jeff, where should we look for that severe weather? >> we are tracking a couple zones. one of which is over the plains from kansas up through nebraska, iowa, up through minneapolis. we're talking strong winds, large hail, potential for tornadoes in that orange zone. a small area from washington d.c. to new york city. strong winds and flash flooding the main threats. a lot of destabilization occurred in the atmosphere during the day. tomorrow that shifts kansas city up to peoria, chicago and detroit. another situation where you could have strong winds and large hail. >> when it comes to labor day monday forecast, it's a tale of two countries. >> it's a dichotomy between east coast and west coast. check out the weather across the west, nearly perfect. the only fly in the ointment a couple showers. otherwise sunny and nice. again, severe weather over the midwest. just general showers and thunderstorms up and down the east coast. >> hoping they can make the best of it. jeff smith, thank y

abc's linzie janis back on the story for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight, law enforecment revealing new evidence in their hunt for fugitive eric frein. >> we located two pipe bombs, which were fully functional and capable of being deployed. >> reporter: authorities say the bombs were found in a place the survivalist had been using to sleep, and left behind, apparently in a hurry, as he runs from the more than 1,000 officers searching for him. >> there's actually a cord that be stretched out and used as a trip wire. >> reporter: officials say they've spotted the alleged cop killer and military re-enactor in the last 24 hours, appearing just out of range and then vanishing. >> i am calling on you, eric, to surrender. you are clearly stressed. you are making significant mistakes. >> reporter: for more than two weeks, this quiet part of northeastern pennsylvania has been under siege. the manhunt, bringing s.w.a.t. teams into backyards. >> there was just guys everywhere. it was surreal. it was like a war zone. >> reporter: law enforcement also scouring hundreds of vacant cab buns and pla

here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: a potentially deadly mystery virus spreading across the country. the respiratory illness with symptoms that mimic a common cold hasn't been identified. but doctors at the cdc suspect a rare virus, human entrovirus 68. >> my lungs started sort of closing up. >> 13-year-old will corneho had to be rushed to a hospital. >> white as a ghost. blue lips. he passed out. >> doctors say children like will who have asthma and those under 5 are most vulnerable. >> it can start just like a cold. runny nose, sneezing, coughs but wheezing you have to watch for. >> reporter: in colorado at one hospital alone, doctors have seen more than 900 children with symptoms and at a hospital in kansas city, missouri, over 300 kids also reporting symptoms. >> it is going to be across the country. so if your state doesn't have it now. watch for it. it is coming. >> reporter: there is no vaccine for the virus. will's mom and dad say they're sharing their story to help other parents spot the signs. >> linzie janis, abc new, new york. >>> well, search is underway for a mountain

linzie janis reports from pennsylvania's pocono mountains. >> reporter: pennsylvania state police say they are hot on the trail of fugitive eric frein. >> we have strong reason to believe we're in the right area right now. >> reporter: revealing evidence they found in the woods during the search for their outdoor survivalist. an ak-47 clips, a kalashnikov-style rifle and more. >> it's clear he's been planning this for some time. >> reporter: he hasn't been spotted, but police believe he's nearby. >> i know how many people we've put into that area. i know the kinds of sweeps and things we've been doing. no doubt we're pushing him hard. >> reporter: thousands of residents still being told to lock doors and windows keeping outdoor lights on throughout the night. jane is keeping her children and grandchildren inside almost 24/7. >> we're doing finger painting. we're doing lots of board games. >> reporter: checking her yard daily for any signs of frein. >> every day i come out and make sure, was it picked? i take this and i take it. you can tell if somebody has broken in. >> reporter: thou

abc's linzie janis in new york at the temple emanuel where the funeral will be held. >> reporter: ithas emerged that joan rivers went in for what was supposed to be a routine diagnostic procedure when something went badly wrong and this morning a close friend of rivers telling us the family still want to know exactly what happened. overnight, abc news has learned joan rivers was concerned about a raspiness in her voice. when doctors at an outpatient clinic put the comedy icon under anesthesia so they could drop a small camera into her throat. but the 81-year-old went into cardiac arrest. deborah norville visited her at the hospital. >> this was to look in there and see why her voice had gotten raspy. it shouldn't have happened. it shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: also this morning friends and family of rivers confirming there was a call to 911 at 9:39 a.m. thursday. but by 10:08 when rivers arrived at the hospital she was already on life support. the state health department this week launching a full investigation. it says as a matter of protocol, but norville says the family wa

linzie janis has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. and those people have been allowed to go back to their homes. this after what police called a credible lead turned into a dead end. for residents here, it's meant spending another night scared. and this is one of the many schools staying closed for a third day. overnight, police racing toward an area near the pennsylvania home where fugitive eric frein had been living with his parents. closing roads and forcing local residents to head to an emergency shelter. >> when i got here, the state troopers were flying out of here. >> reporter: authorities are were acting on a tip that the 31-year-old survivalist and alleged cop killer was nearby. >> we have reason to believe he's in the area. cover every base. can't let him get out of the area, he would be a danger to law enforcement as well as society. >> reporter: but after hours of intense searching, nothing. residents in the area forced to go to bed for another night, afraid. their doors and windows locked. >> it was scary. i hope they fin

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> that is a mess. >> it is.t to know, no one is discussing how do you make $5 billion in a hedge fund. can you learn to do it over a summer? >> got to find out. >> apparently, pretty serious stuff. she wants to move the kids from chicago to new york. they say when you have a prenup, both sides should have their own attorneys. i didn't realize is the case. >> you do it in advance. >> coming up one of a kind talent we lost yesterday. joan rivers remembered by the comic she inspired and befriended. >> their reactions this morning to her passing next on "world news now." ♪ ♪ >> as we mourn the loss of joan rivers this morning. we remember her rise as a stand-up comic. one of her true loves. being on stage, performing right up into her unexpected death. >> she paved the way for women in comedy. kabc's reporter reports that the jokes turned to tears at hollywood's laugh factory. >> reporter: the passing of joan rivers another tough blow to the world of comedy. after robin williams passed a little more than three weeks

linzie janis on the ground. >> reporter: tonight, this community on lockdown. schools closed, soccer practice cancelled. football games rescheduled, as people stick close to home and to each other. choppers hovering overhead. police sweeping these dense woods for any sign of eric frein. last night, racing toward potential sightings, closing roads. even evacuating homes. and today, this image giving us a sense of why police and neighbors are so afraid. the 31-year-old in military gear, aiming a machine gun. an expert marksman who participated in war games like these seen on youtube. people we met, trying to retain a sense of normalcy. but clearly on edge. dough feel like a hostage in your own home? >> i just can't. i refuse to feel like that. >> reporter: have you thought about what you would do if you saw him? >> i have a machete right by the door. >> reporter: taking us inside to see it. that makes me want to back up. fred and cat say they're also armed. fred's gun today, in his back pocket. >> i don't know how to say this, but we sleep with our guns. >> repor

linzie janis is right there. >> reporter: law enforcement scouring dense rocky terrain with dogs and helicopters. on the hunt for fugitive eric frein. tonight, police say their efforts are paying off. authorities following all leads including the discovery of a kalishnikov style rifle and two ak-47 clips, they say left in the woods by the 31-year-old accused of assassinating one state trooper and wounding another. >> continue to use common sense. this is a very dangerous situation. >> reporter: nearby schools remain closed. the manhunt has police scanners crackling. >> do not leave your vehicle. stay covered and stay by your vehicle. >> reporter: police using the latest technology in the search. helicopters equipped with thermal cameras that detect body heat. the same technology used to net one of the alleged boston bombers, this dark image in the back of a boat, 19-year-old dzhokar tsarnaev. where could frein be? local hunters wonder if he may be able to evade law enforcement with a tool like this, a mylar blanket. so if he is under this, you're saying helicopters won't be able to p

linzi janis has more important. >> reporter: please are searching this resort. scouring it room by room. they say eric frein had been there before and may go there again. >> eric, you are a coward. we are not intimidated. we will not leave. >> reporter: authorities with a search of a computer hard drive, proving he had prepared for this moment for years. >> the search of the hard drive indicates extensive internet research on how to avoid police man hunts. >> erin: also tonight, frein may have made a critical mistake, trying to call his family. his cell phone signal allowing police to narrow the search zone. they think he traveled and is now hiding out in the five-square mile terrain in dense woodlands. we spoke with melissa frein married to his brother. are you cooperating? >> absolutely. we are praying that he surrenders and nobody else gets hurt. >> reporter: local residents growing increasingly frustrated. joyce says she won't go outside without her gun. have you thought about what you would do if you see him in your backyard? >> i don't think he stands a ch

>> linzie janis, thank you. >>> now, to another search under way tonight, officials on the hunt for thesuspects in a harrowing kidnapping. two girls, police say they were snatched from the street at knifepoint. tonight, new 911 calls taking us inside the moment of crisis, and we should warn you, some of what you're about to hear can be upsetting. abc's nall carleal karlinsky in lake city this evening. >> they took us. somebody took us. >> reporter: two teenage girls, hysterical, on the phone with 911 just minutes after escaping what police call a random and terrifying kidnapping. >> they took us in their car. >> are you still in the car? >> no, we got out of the car. >> reporter: the 16 and 17-year-olds told police that it began when they snuck out at 2:00 a.m. during a sleepover and were approached by a red suv. two men and a woman inside, offering them a ride. the girls declined and say that's when they were forced in at knifepoint. the mother of one of the victims agreed to speak if her identity was hidden. >> every time they moved or whimpered or anything, they would punch them or m

will's mom and dad say they're sharing their story to help other parents spot the signs. >> linzie janis >> well search is under way for a mountain lie yn that attacked a boy in northern california. the 6-year-old hiking near a winery in cupertino, the lion got ahold of him and dragged him into the bushes. he suffered puncture wounds and scratches. the family managed to fight the animal off. >> the man came down out of the trail carrying his son. it looked like he had a laceration on the back of his neck. and bleeding, pretty heavily all over. >> reporter: the boy is in fair condition expected to survive. investigators are looking into the circumstances of the attack. they say mountain lions tend to aindividual people. and attacks are rare. >> a fast moving fire is burning inside yosemite national park this morning. it roared back to life sunday in the back country area near half dome peak. the flames forced campers to evacuate and trapped hikers many of thousand of feet up on the trails. helicopters arrived to rescue 100 visitors. crews are now battling the fire on the ground an in the

abc's linzie janis is right there again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, heavily-armed s.w.a.t. teams swarming the woods. guns at the ready. dogs casing every inch of this ground. police say they've spotted eric frein in the last 24 hours. and they say the fugitive is toying with them. >> some of this is a game to him. >> reporter: a game where police say frein makes himself visible from a distance and then vanishes. >> we believe that frein has prepared and planned extensively for months or maybe years for this attack and his efforts to avoid apprehension. >> reporter: investigators following a trail of clues. >> some of those items include serbian cigarettes and soiled diapers that we have found in the area. >> reporter: searchers even using high tech military vehicles. this demonstration showing how they can lift s.w.a.t. teams high above the ground. 1,000 officers descending on this area. here we are in the heart of the search area. we just passed a home that's been surrounded by law enforcement. aaron poster had his cell phone rolling when he looked out the window. >> every

abc linzie janis has that story. >> reporter: california mom julie harper returns to court this morningial for murdering her husband. prosecutors say she shot and killed jason harper, a popular high school math teacher and volley ball coach two years ago while arguing in their bedroom. >> the kids say between 8:00 or 9:00, they were downstairs watching cartoons when they heard a thud and they heard their dad yell, ah. and then a thump on the floor. >> reporter: prosecutors say the stay at home mom told the children everything was fine before taking off with them and a getaway bag. driving around town before turning herself in 16 days later. and prosecutors say she filed for divorce, even allegedly withdrawing nearly $20,000 in savings. prosecutors painting a picture of a wife unhappy with her husband, and allegedly addicted to painkillers. but mrs. harper's defense attorneys argue she's the victim of domestic abuse. shooting her husband in self-defense. her lawyer reading from the divorce document in court. >> he becomes violent, pushing me, shoving me, grabbing my arm and twisting my w

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linzie janis is in manhattan where it happened. >> reporter: good morning, ameri america. this is the day she had to be put on life support, this is the clinic. and the main doctor was asked to step down, and the reason throwing up more questions than answers. in a dramatic turn, the doctor who performed a procedure on joan rivers the day she went into cardiac arrest has been forced to step down. in a statement the clinic saying that her gastroenterologist is not currently performing procedures nor is a medical director. the outpatient facility declined to give a reason. but cohen was asked to step down after he allegedly allowed an unauthorized physician, an ear, nose and throat specialist to treat rivers at the clinic. that specialist who has not been identified did not have privileges to work at the facility, but did so anyway, performing a secondary procedure on rivers. >> this does not look good, but does not mean any malpractice has been committed. this is a rule of that particular business. this man is medical director, head of that business and apparently broken hi

for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> time again for the weather.ou going to head down south? >> yes, that's start in daytona beach. it sounds nice. but going there or anywhere along the central coast of florida, rip currents today. we have rip current threats. daytona today to the mid to upper 80s. right along the stationary front, unsettled, but not too terrible until the rains of texas and beyond. birmingham, 86, atlanta, 83. charlestown, 83. it was a rough start to the week for sure. and then there's this, the warmup. so you get a little taste of summer again. especially in places like denver, close to 90, rapid city, right there, wichita, oklahoma city at 91. that heat is going to move east by the weekend. so a place like chicago that struggled to make it to 70 for over a week until yesterday, finally going to see 80 >> all that weather brought to you by target. and again, tomorrow morning, going to have to have the jackets out here in the northeast. >> okay. >> i was at the atl yesterday, beautiful. >> yes, that was nice. >>> coming up, a new

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and abc's linzie janis has the story. >> we find person overboard. this morning, joey trevino is recovering in his san antonio hometown after spending 30 hours adrift in the gulf of mexico. trevino was on a fishing trip with his uncle and two friends when their 25-foot boat sank in rocky waters. >> we never saw the water coming on board. and then the whole front of the boat started going up. >> reporter: all four wearing vests, but trevino drifted away from the other three, who were spotted by another vessel, thinking of his family to give him strength. >> i was talking to my wife and kids. hopefully, they felt me talking to them. >> reporter: amazingly, it was an encounter with a porpoise that kept him going. >> he bumped me and i rubbed him. and he kind of changed my attitude right there. he kind of gave me hope. >> reporter: the coast guard finally rescuing him by helicopter late sunday night. >> be advised, we have the survivor on board at this time. >> he seemed very aware of his surroundings. he was shaking. we were able to give him a blanket.

linzie janis is on the ground in hawley, pennsylvania. inzie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. there has been intense police activity all through the night. authorities focusing their efforts on one area. evacuating homes and telling residents it is not safe. >> shots were fired. repeating, shots were fired. >> reporter: this morning, police and federal agents concentrating their search for eric frein. now the second most wanted man in the nation. throughout the night, hundreds of officers swarming the area where the 31-year-old had been living with his family. >> secure the perimeter. >> reporter: scrambling to reports of shots fired. >> receiving multiple calls on this. possibly in the woodlands. all saying four gunshots. >> reporter: closing off roadways and evacuating homes. other residents told to stay inside with the doors locked. >> definitely knowing there's a killer running around in the woods doesn't make you sleep easy at night. >> reporter: the self-taught survivalist eluding capture for eight straight night

linz linzie janis is on the ground in hawley, pennsylvania. >> reporter: there has been intense movement going on overnight. evacuating homes and telling residents it is not safe. >> shots were fired. repeated, shots were fired. >> reporter: this morning, police and federal agents concentrating their search for eric frein. throughout the night, officers surrounding the area where he grew up. >> receiving multiple calls on this. possibly in the woodlands. all saying four gunshots. >> reporter: closing off road ways and evacuating homes. other residents told to stay inside with the doors locked. >> there's a killer running arnold in the woods, it doesn't make you sleep easy at night. >> reporter: the self-taught survivalist eluding capture for eight straight nights, since this police barracks came under attack. >> if he wants to kill cops, he wants them to come after him. he wants them to go into the woods. he knows enough on how to set up a trap. i think the national guard should go out there. he wants to kill cops. don't send him cops. >> reporter: for people here, an alleged cop killer

linzie janis has been following this every step of the way and has the latest from pennsylvania. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the evidence police continue to find in the woods has them convinced that eric frein is here. how can they be so sure? one new detail emerging overnight, frein tried to make a phone call. overnight, an army of law enforcement officers scouring a deserted resort in their hunt for eric frein. >> we will find you and we will bring you to justice. >> reporter: police say the fugitive has been to this abandoned inn. >> welcome to buck hill inn. >> reporter: where mtv once filmed its show named "fear," and they say he could return. officers going room by room, looking for booby traps. revealing frein experimented with bomb making. and they found information that proves he has been planning an attack for two years. >> extensive internet research on how to avoid policeman hundredths and skills for survival. >> reporter: and abc news learning how they tracked him. frein turning on his cell phone deep in the woods last week, police locating the sign