vallow were last seen, police say lori vallow lied to them about the children's whereabouts and then sappeared a day later. relatives say vallow met daybell before she was divorced. charles vallow filed for divorce in february 2019, concerned not only about his wife's radical behavior but also about seven- year-old j.j.'s safety. he said his wife made claims she was working to carry out "christ's second coming," and that "if he got in her way, she would murder him." just five months later, charles vallow was shot and killed by lori's brother, alex cox, who claimed self-defense. >> he came at me with a bat. >> reporter: this body camera video shows chandler, arizona police interviewing cox right after the shooting. three months later, in october, chad daybell's wife, tammy, mysteriously died in idaho. he married vallow about two weeks later. then in december, alex cox also died of unknown causes. j.j.'s grandparents, larry and kay woodcock, just want to know the kids are safe. >> bring the kids. that's it. bring them. that's all we need to know. >> show me they're alive. >> reporter: i

lori vallow and chad daybell who they say refuse to cooperate. lori knows either the location of the children or what has happened to them it is astonishing that rather than work with law enforcement to help us locate her own children, lori vallow has chosen instead to leave the state with her new husband. the couple married just weeks after chad daybell's former wife died under suspicious circumstances last fall, according to authorities. her body exhumed for an autopsy still pending. last summer vallow's former husband was shot to death by her brother, allegedly in self-defense according to police. the grandmother says she called police in november after not being able to reach 7-year-old joshua, who has autism, and was concerned about the couple's ties to an extremist religious group. police said, "this entire investigation could have been avoided if lori and chad had been honest with law enforcement." the couple's lawyer calls them loving and devoted parents who look forward to addressing allegations once they've moved beyond speculation and

>> reporter: "east idaho news" cameras catching lori vallow and husband chad daybell miles away in hawaii over the weekend, as police served them with a search warrant. >> did you do something to your children? are your children still alive? >> reporter: our cameras spotting them still on the island of kauai tuesday night. vallow's children haven't been seen since september. police believe they're in grave danger. family members believe lori joined a religious group founded by daybell, who has authored books about doomsday. >> ever since she's been involved in this doomsday cult, that is not the same lori that we knew for 13 years. >> reporter: and david, if the children are not produced, authorities tell us they will find lori in contempt of court and issue a bench warrant for her arrest. david? >> kayna whitworth tonight. thank you, kayna. >>> and we turn next tonight to the race for 2020, just four days now until the iowa caucuses. hard to believe. and polls tonight showing joe biden and bernie sanders in a close race, with pete buttigieg and elizabeth warren joining them near the top.

earlier this year lori vallow marred chad daybell after his wife tammy died. my daybell's death. chad and lori fled the state earlier this month after police found they had misled them about the children's whereabouts. lori allegedly lying to friends saying tylee had died over a year ago. investigators saying, we strongly believe that joshua and tylee's lives are in danger. >> i don't know why they're doing what they're doing. it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: lori's family believes she joined a religious group created by her husband chad. an attorney for chad and lori daybell say they are both loving parents and spouses and that they look forward to addressing the allegations once they've moved past speculation and rumor but police want the couple to come forward now. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to matt there. >>> the faa is just starting its investigation into a small plane crash near kansas city. two people on board were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a small airport. the wreckage you see there was engulf

earlier this year, lori vallow married chad daybell after his wife, tammy, died. police are now investigating tammy daybell's death. chad and lori fled the state earlier this month after police found they had misled them about the children's whereabouts. lori allegedly lying to friends, saying tylee had died over a year ago. tonight, investigators saying, "we strongly believe that joshua and tylee's lives are in danger." >> i don't know why they're doing what they're doing, it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: lori's family believes she joined a religious group created by her husband, chad. an attorney for chad and lori daybell says they are both loving parents and spouses. adding, "we look forward to addressing the allegations once they've moved past speculation and rumor." but police want them to come forward now. whit? >> matt gutman, thank you. >>> now, to the wildfire emergency in australia. massive fires destroying homes. firefighters driving through the flames there. sydney going ahead with its famous fireworks display, despite calls to cancel the event.

earlier this year lori vallow marred chad daybell after his wife tammy died. my daybell's death. chad and lori fled the state earlier this month after police found they had misled them about the children's whereabouts. lori allegedly lying to friends saying tylee had died over a year ago. investigators saying, we strongly believe that joshua and tylee's lives are in danger. >> i don't know why they're doing what they're doing. it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: lori's family believes she joined a religious group created by her husband chad. an attorney for chad and lori daybell say they are both loving parents and spouses and that they look forward to addressing the allegations once they've moved past speculation and rumor but police want the couple to come forward now. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to matt there. >>> the faa is just starting its investigation into a small plane crash near kansas city. two people on board were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a small airport. the wreckage you see there was engulf

lori vallow failed to produce her 17-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son who have been missing since september. she and her new husband chad daybell were seen in hawaii this week. family members believe vallow joined a religious group founded by daybell who has written books about doomsday. they say they're not surprised vallow missed thursday's deadline. >> how do you not know where your child is, number one, so she says, and how do you not have them for four months? what kind of mother does that? the only word that has come into my mind right now is a monster. >> lori vallow could now face civil or criminal contempt of court charges. >>> overseas a man has been convicted of trying to steal an original copy of the magna carta. he used a hammer to smash the case housing the document inside a cathedral in england causing $18,000 in damage. the magazine magna carta dates back to 1215 and lays the framework for modern democracy. thankfully the parchment was not damaged. >>> how about jeff bezos, he's already the world's richest man, and he's coming off a massive payday. the amazon found

east idaho news cameras there as police searched their vehicle for any signs of lori's two children, 7-year-old j. j.j. vallow and 17-year-old tylee ryan. they haven't been seen since september. police believe the children are in danger and that lori knows what happened to them and is refusing to help. lori and chad, married last year, fled idaho a day after police conducted a welfare check, looking for the kids. family members believe lori joined a religious group founded by daybell, who has authored books about doomsday. police serving lori are a court order to produce the children by thursday. j.j.'s grandparents pleading for any sign their grandson is okay. >> show me that you respect us and just let us see him. >> reporter: lori seen on police bodycam last july after her then-husband was shot dead by her brother in her home. >> how long have you lived here? >> like three weeks. >> oh, geez. >> reporter: and now, authorities investigating deaths of several relatives of lori and chad. and police say they found no evidence that tylee or j.j. were with the couple and no evidence the kids were ever even in ha

>> reporter: a reporter with eastidahonews.com caught up with lori vallow and her new husband in kauaiolice searched her car and served her with a court order to physically produce her two kids by thursday. lori's children, 17-year-old tylee ryan and 7-year-old j.j. haven't been seen since september. they strongly believe the children are in danger and that vallow and her husbandd ha daybell know where they are. >> just show me that you love him. show me that you care for him, show me that you respect us, and just let us see him. >> reporter: and now authorities are looking at the deaths of several other family members. in july vallow's brother alex cox shot and killed her previous husband. police are treating it as self-defense but keeping the case open. as for alex cox, mystery also surrounds his death in december. an investigation under way. police are wait awaiting toxicology reports. the remainders of chad's previous wife were exhumed. fry believe are natural causes and now they're taking a second look at the case. >> we're suspicious that that death was not natural, but we're wai

an idaho reporter was at a kauai resort when police caught up with lori vallow and chad daybell on sundayinvestigators searched the resort and the couple's rental car was seized. in september, 17-year-old tylee ryan and 17-year-old joshua "jj" vallow disappeared. the couple did not report them missing and have been reportedly unwilling to cooperate with authorities. >> they've been on kauai for some time that we're aware of. and the mother has spent time here over the years, both here and i think other islands. >> police are also investigating the deaths of the couple's former spouses. neither vallow or daybell have been charged with a crime. >>> "the birmingham news" reports a search for more victims after a dock fire killed at least eight in alabama. the fire which broke out yesterday morning consumed the dock while people were sleeping. many were living on houseboats. the fire destroyed nearly three dozen boats. people dove into the water to escape the flames. seven were rescued. >> screaming, just people screaming, "help," and there was nothing anybody could do. >> an investigation is

the police department says their mother, lori vallow daybell, has refused to work with law enforcement. investigators have pleaded with the mother and husband to come forward with information.ry hd provide and come up with the evidence that is necessary to take care of this. and one way or the other, come to a conclusion. either find somebody innocent of all of these accusations or if guilty, then proceed accordingly. >> the couple is being called persons of interest in the disappearance of the children but have not been charged. they released a statement last week saying they love their son and daughter and look forward to addressing the allegations against them. >>> cbs philadelphia station kyw reports a group from the city's traditional new year's day mummers parade was disqualified after two members wore blackface. the men say they wore blackface as part of a costume celebrating the philadelphia flyers' mascot gritty, an inflatable that hung outside the group's club in philadelphia. the two men told the reporter it was not racist. >> why the blackface? >> because i like it. >>h, wh

the whereabouts of the parents are unknown, but investigators believe mother lori vallow knows where the children are or what happened to them. police are now looking into three deaths. vallow's brother, along with the couple's former spouses. even exhuming the body of husband chad daybell's first wife. >> there was a number of issues that just didn't look right. >> reporter: 17-year-old tylee and 7-year-old j.j. last seen in september. their grandmother is worried sick. >> what kind of mother won't cooperate with the authorities? >> reporter: brandon boudreau married into the family and believes lori joined a religious group founded by daybell, who has authored books about doomsday. >> i don't know why they're doing what they're doing. it doesn't make any sense. i don't know what happened to those kids. but i know there are people who do who are not talking. >> reporter: boudreau says he was almost killed in a drive-by shooting. police confirm they are investigating that incident, too. whit, there are now investigations into those missing children and those three mysterious deaths i

light were coming towards my body and latching on to me. >> reporter: last february lori's then-husband charles vallowments obtained by abc news, charles alleged that lori had recently become infatuated and at times obsessive about near death experiences and spiritual visions. in the document he also said lori claimed she was a god assigned to carry out christ's second coming and would murder him if he got in the way of her mission. vallow and daybell have not been charged and no arrest warrants have been issued for them in hawaii. the children were not with vallow or daybell and there's no evidence the kids were ever in hawaii. police say they believe the children's lives are in danger but authorities would not tell abc news what happens next citing child privacy laws. >> man, what a horrible story. >> this is just so bizarre. >> a head scratcher. it is. >> so sad. >> going to keep going. we'll find out what happens. >> thank you, will. >>> coming up, amy's exclusive with ted bundy's girlfriend and her daughter. what life was like and the red flags. what life was like and the red flags. and the red f

>> reporter: lori vallow and her husband refused to answer. >> reporter: you have nothing to say? >> reporter: she was ordered to present her children to authorities by today. her adopted son and grandparents arrived in idaho falls last night. >> bring the kids, that's it. bring them. that all i need to know. i don't care. >> show me they're alive. >> that's it. >> i beg the d.a., fbi, everybody involved in this, please help us find j.j., help us find tylee. i can't ask more or beg more. authorities sailor ri met vallow before she was divorced. and he filed for divorce in 2019 and concerned about lori vallow's behavior and the children's safety and worried she was making claims to carry out christ's second coming and if he got in the way she would kill him. just days later he was killed by her brother who claimed self-defense. >> he came at me with a bat. >> reporter: this video shows him in a video. >> i shot him to stop him. >> reporter: three days later, chad's wife, tammy mysteriously died. and a week later, alex cox also died of unknown causes. >> there's multiple deaths with

pointing to her newfound religious beliefs and the court documents say charles claims lori told him she could not trust vallownd that she would not only kill him but would destroy him financially. five months later he was killed shot by lori's brother in a dispute still being investigated and that brother who shot vallow's ex-husband also died last month. this as police are also investigating the death of lori's new husband's previous wife. it's all a lot to follow but, of course, the big question right now is where are these kids and it doesn't seem anyone has an answer to that. >> cannot lose sight of that. cannot. diane, thank you. >>> coming up our exclusive with pat sajak and his daughter maggie. she was at his side when he collapsed in pain and she filled in on "wheel of fortune" last night. going to hear from both of them next. next. l. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with... .

still no sign of lori vallow's missing children and no word from her husband, chad daybell.is case, ten days before daybell's former wife, tammy, died in october, she filed a police report seeing a man in a mask approached her in her driveway and dry-fired a paintball gun as at her as she was unloading groceries. she died in her sleep on octobe. a coroner's dominic initially said she died of natural causes, but police have more questions. >> the more we looked, the more it looks like something that needed to be investigated further. >> investigators say weeks after tammy's death, chad daybell married lori vallow. also contact donna contact my word family members tammy's buddy was exhumed in utah for an autopsy, then lori's brother died mysteriously. he shot and killed lori's former husband, charles vallow, in july. the brother claim self-defense. police are investigating that case, as well. >> it's hard to come up with evidence that is necessary to take care of this, and one way or the other come to conclusion. >> the search continues for lori vallow's children, 7-year-old j

the mom lori vallow and her husband chad daybell skipped town after police came looking for her missingallow, the idaho mother whose children have been missing for months, searching her car and serving her with a court order to physically produce her two kids and take them to officials immediately. >> where are your children? >> reporter: vallow's children, 17-year-old tylee ryan and 7-year-old j.j. haven't been seen since september. police doubling down previously saying they strongly believe the children are in danger and that vallow either knows what happened to them or where they are and is refusing to help. >> to see her with the attitude that she displayed in that video is totally beyond disgusting. >> reporter: lori and her husband chad daybell left idaho in november just one day after police conducted a welfare check looking for the kids. police tracking them down in hawaii this weekend. thousands of miles away from their home in idaho serving them with the order and searching the vehicle. east idaho news was there. >> can you tell me where your kids are? where are your kids? >>

>> reporter: cameras there as police searched their vehicle for any signs of lori's children, 7-year-old j.j. vallowelieve the children are in danger and that lori knows what happened to them and is refusing to help. lori and chad married last year, fled idaho a day after police conducted a welfare check looking for the kids. family members believe lori joined a religious group founded by daybell, who has authored books about doomsday. police serving lori with a court order to produce the children by thursday. j.j.'s grandparents pleading for any sign their grandson is okay. >> show me that you respect us and just let us see them. >> reporter: lori seen on police body cam last july after her then husband was shot dead by her brother in her home. >> how long have you lived here? >> three weeks. >> reporter: now authorities investigating the deaths of several relatives of lori and chad. police found no evidence that tylee or j.j. were with the couple and found no evidence the kids were ever even in hawaii at all. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >>> when we come back, the casting call for the o

today is the day, lori vallow facing a deadline this morning to physically produce her missing kids andhem to authorities. >> where are your children? >> reporter: vallow and her husband chad daybell were last seen wednesday in hawaii, thousands of miles away from their home in idaho. police tracking them down this weekend, serving them with a court order, believing the kids are in grave danger and that vallow either knows where her children 17-year-old and 7-year-old are or what happened to them. the police searching their car while cameras from east idaho news rolled. >> can you tell me where your kids are? where are your kids? >> no comment. >> no comment? they've been missing for four months. you have nothing to say? >> reporter: vallow's children haven't been seen since september. she and her husband left idaho under suspicious circumstances, bolting one day after authorities conducted a welfare check looking for the kids. after other family members contacted authorities concerned they hadn't heard from them. death has surrounded vallow and daybell who were married last year shortl

sothing that was used in her death tammy's husband about remarried weeksafter tammy's death to lori vallow lorries children 7 year-old shua vallow and 17 year-old tylee ryan had been missing since septemb those are the 2 pieces of this. and how they're related we' not quite sure we do believe they are relate fremont county sheriff. len humphries says tammy step is now suspicus. her body was in utah, but he says they're still weeks out from seeing autopsy results chad d lori had disappeared and refused to coerate we do think that left idaho print. that's about all chads adult children who share country says live at this home also haven't talked to them. they didn't have any comment when we knocked on the door friday night. alright fremont county will work on figuring out w tammy died while rexburg police contino look for the children and hopefully get answers to how this is all related. and if the ds are ok. y-high agedy in santa clarita the pilot of a home built plane killed in an early morni crash. >>the single engine aircraft went down about 5 miles north of the van noise aiort. 14 freew

. >> lori vallow had until 5:00 p.m. ear-old j.j.vallow. the pair hasn't been seen since september. the order came after lori and husband chad daybell were discovered in hawaii. their grandparents worry they will never see the children again. >> how do not know where your children are? how do you not see them for four months? the word coming to mind is monster. >> if she loved them let's say 10, 12 months ago go, those children would be with her. and ever since she's been involved in this doomsday cult, that is not the same lori that we knew for 13 years. >> it's now up to a judge whether vallow will be held in contempt of court. >>> a man has been found guilty of trying to steal a copy of the magna carta from the british royal cathedral. >> he used a hammer to try to smash the case. parts of u.s. constitution were influenced by the magna carta. royden later told police he thought it was a fake. he was arrested after being chased by a group of visitors to the cathedral, including american tourists. he's scheduled for sent

lori vallow-daybell is a loving mother and resents assertions to the contrary." or of a series of self-published apocalyptic novels. lori daybell, according to court documents filed in a previous divorce case, believes she is eternally married to the mormon prophet eyed. local media in idaho have reported that the two maybe part of a fringe religious cult. the two children are still missing and police say they don't know if those two are dead or alive. ville? >> bill: thank you, jonathan. "the best. >> sandra: john bolton saying he is willing to testify at a senate impeachment trial if he is indeed subpoenaed. will that happen? plus, the u.s. bracing for any retaliation from iran. what could that look like? we get into all of this with a senate armed services commander joni ernst. she will join us next. speak at the top that off can we know killed one of their major generals. i think it is the death of diplomacy, and i see no way to get it back started again until the revenge dog revenge of the iranian people are somehow sated. i hate that this is where we are goi

him, well, the father was killed, charles was shot did by lori's brother who said it was all in self-defense, a neighbor remembers seeing vallow brother packing up a truck two days before thanksgiving and thought the family was going out for the holidays. >> the question is where did they go and i have no idea. next morning, boom, they are gone. >> and still searching for them, get this 3 weeks after that, vallow's brother the one who shot the husband also died, police are not saying now, though, now we have 3 deaths, two missing children and a couple on the run as investigators race really to try to piece what the heck happened here. jillian: wow. rob: appreciate it. jillian: new images from ideas jeffrey epstein's prison cell, 60 minutes obtaining the photos from the new york city medical examiner's office after death last august, no images of epstein were taken inside his cell, a note complaining of prison conditions including him being locked in shower stall for more than an hour and being served burnt food were also found, the medical examiner's office calls epstein's death a suicide, inindependent investigator hired by e

vallow, are in danger. they believe their mother is refusing to help find them. they were last seen in september in idaho. police say they have information indicating their mother, loriither the location of the children or what has happened to them and that despite having this knowledge, she has refused to work with law enforcement to help us resolve this matter. j.j.'s grandmother says she hasn't heard from him in months. >> it was a 35-second facetime. he's 7. he's autistic. he'll call you 50 times but he never called back this time. >> reporter: in november after receiving calls from concerned family members, police conducted a welfare check. they say lori and her husband said that j.j. who was adopted and has special needs was staying with a friend in arizona. police say they later learned that was a lie. authorities say lori also told witnesses her daughter had died a year ago. one day later, police say lori and her husband left the state. earlier this year she married chad daybell after his wife tammy died and now police are investigating tammy's death. this is her talking about religion in a podcast. >> if you did something bad yesterday, the lord wants you to

lori. steve: his new wife. >> his ex-wife died three weeks before they got married. disappearance of her two children. 7-year-old joshua valu vallowhe first ever coordinator for child exploitation prevention and train addiction francey hakes joins us today from atlanta. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: puzzling case because now the fbi apparently is looking at it because the kids are missing and he married this other woman weeks after his first wife now mysteriously died, right? >> yeah, steve and ainsley. this is a really strange case. i fear for these children tylee and joshua. there is an awful lot of murder and mysterious death here. this cult is obvious of a concern. but i think what worries me more is the fact that vallow married daybell shortly after the last time anyone saw these two children. and the timing reminds me very much of case like casey anthony and susan smith where it appeared, anyway, that they were concerned about having new potential suiters ormates or husbands who didn't want the children they already had and they felt free to discard those children in horrific ways. i hope the children are okay