difficult questions to answer, but they are questions we will answer. >> reporter: on wednesday maddox's father ian ritchd cbs news the boy ran after a jogger at the park. he said maddox, who is autistic and nonverbal around strangers, then disappeared. dozens of searchers spent almost a week scouring thousands of acres as hundreds of tips came in. steve early lives near the creek where the body was eventually found and had these words for maddox's parents. >> we'll be praying for you. me and my wife is a praying family. we'll be praying for you. >> reporter: investigators say they would still like to speak with anyone else who was at this park at the time of the disappearance. they do not believe the body flowed from the park's lake into that creek, but said there is a pathway maddox could have taken. jeff? >> all right, manuel in gastonia, north carolina for us. thank you. >>> still ahead here tonight, the sec just slapped tesla's elon musk with a lawsuit for securities fraud. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about be

agents on the move from drainage pipes to manholes, the despite search expanded for 6-year-old maddox ritch. >> it's torture. it's torture. i just want my little boy back home. >> reporter: the boy's father ian ritch speaking for the first time, he said they were with a friend when he started running with a jogger. >> i couldn't catch up with him. i feel guilt for letting him get ahead of me. >> reporter: it was around 1:30 saturday afternoon when maddox vanished. his father did not call 911, a park employee did. >> got a missing kid. he's been missing probably the last 30, 40 minutes, hour maybe. >> reporter: that employee told the dispatcher the boy was wearing black shorts and a orange shirt that read yoi'm th man. he now tells nbc news he never saw the boy. >> we searched everywhere. >> reporter: by 2:33 officers began scouring the sprawling 250 acre property. >> i want my baby back in my arms. >> reporter: after this emotional plea from maddox's mother yesterday, tonight a growing mystery. >> i'm so worried because it's just been so long. >> reporter: police have been playing recording

. >> we're now hearing from the father of 6-year-old maddox ritch. he was with his son the day he disappeared. abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: the mother of this missing 6-year-old with special needs is coming forward begging any eyewitness to call police. >> maddox is my whole world and my reason for living. he's momma's boy. >> reporter: maddox ritch is autistic and nonverbal. police say he was with his father and an unidentified adult at this park east of charlotte saturday when the father says the boy ran off and couldn't be found. >> i could see him until a certain point. he got out of my view, and that's whenever i never seen him again. that's the last time i seen him. >> reporter: police say the dad is with the fbi retracing his steps. his son was wearing this orange t-shirt. >> i just want my baby home, please. >> reporter: the search led authorities to this landfill more than nine miles from the park where the child went missing. pictures like this one of police looking through dumpsters have been breaking the hearts of well-wish

the remains are believed to be those of maddox ritch, a young boy with autism, who disappeared wist weekend. here's manuel bojorquez. d in aboeer: the boy's body was away from the gastonia, north carolina, park, where six-year- old maddox ritch was reported missing last saturday. gastonia police chief robert helton choked back tears. >> i'm heartbroken today. our community's heartbroken. >> reporter: the f.b.i. said the discovery does not end its investigation. what is your investigation look looking to answer right now? >> effectively, where did he enter? how did he get there? what was the manner of death? what was the cause of death? was there any crime that was committed or are we simply looking at an accident? those are very difficult questions to answer, but they are questions we will answer. >> reporter: dozens of searchers spent almost a week scouring thousands of acres as hundreds of tips came in. steve early lives near the creek where the body was eventually found and had these words for maddox's parents: >> we'll be praying for you. me and my wife is a praying family. we'll be pra

maddox ritch was diagnosed with autism.ators at a police briefing and explained that his son is nonverbal to strangers. >> it's been torture. i'm not eating, not sleeping. i'm just worried about getting my little boy back. >> reporter: ian ritch says he lost the boy saturday at this park west of charlotte when he was there with a woman police are refusing to identify. he says his son went chasing after a jogger, and he couldn't catch him because of the medical condition that makes it difficult for him to run. >> i feel guilt for letting him get so far ahead of me before i started running after him. >> reporter: police are releasing the calls for help. >> it's been almost an hour now. we searched everywhere. >> reporter: the park employee who made that call says that when the boy's mother arrived, she was hysterical. >> she got out of the car and, you know, of course, one of the sheriffs had to come and calm her. >> reporter: he says the father was more quiet. >> he didn't act like a concerned parent like i would act or any

a body discovered in the creek on thursday is believed to be maddox ritch. he took off running last saturday on a walk with his father at a park in gastonia, north carolina. search crew found the body about a mile from the park. the local police chief says the community is heart broken. fbi investigators will try to determine the cause and manner of death as well as the boy's exact moments after move -- movements after he disappeared. excuse me. >>> after two decades off the air, "murphy brown" returned thursday. it featured a surprise cameo with hillary clinton keeping the original series traditional of the ever changing roster of secretaries. hillary clinton interviewed for the job. >> i assume you had previous secretary experience? >> absolutely. for four years i was a secretary -- a secretary of a very large organization. >> you have all of the requisite skills? computer? e-mail? >> e-mails. i do have experience with e-mails. >> brown says she is impressive, but overqualified for the job. clinton leaves her contact information. her e-mail hillary@youcoul

. >> heartbreak for the family of a 6-year-old little by named maddox ritch. despite a massive search, sports think they have found his body. his father posted on facebook "today i found out i'm not a dad anymore." gabe gutierrez has more as the investigation continues. i.d. orter: the official of the body is pending from the medical examoler but pe believe it is that of 6-year-old maddox ritch. >> this is not the end we hoped for. >> his body was found partially submerged in a creek. the boy had autism and for day search teams had scoured the area in a desperate attempt to find him. more than 0 investigators were on the case. now the investigation is not over. there are still many unanswered questions about how the body ended ue. ther there are barriers along the way. local authorities say it is possible maddox could have walked to the creek itself. maddox's father had said that his son had ran ahead of him 25 to 30 feet chasing after a jogger and he just couldn't keep up with him.ni ovt maddox's father took to social media writing "for t rest of my life i wi

for answers following the tragic death of a young boy with autism in north carolina. 6-year-old maddox ritch gastonia on thursday. and now his loved ones mourn the loss, people hoping to retrace maddox's steps to determine how he died. jean casarez is live with more. this is tragic. >> reporter: it is terribly tragic. and a woman has stepped forward and we spoke with her this afternoon, her name brooke arrested. a -- shepard and she said that she was at the park and she and her mother saw little maddox. she said he was jumping around so lively, just as a little 6-year-old would do and her mother even asked him are you getting tired? they saw him run towards the park office and that was the last they saw of him. the fooib fbi has said that they believe the family's story and maybe this is why because she has spoken to the fbi. but law enforcement is saying they really want to know the facts. >> god bless the families -- >> reporter: the people of gastonia, north carolina are mourning the loss of one of their own. maddox ritch. a 6-year-old with autism. his body found thursday in a creek near

the body found in the creek is believed to be maddox ritch.is father at the park in gastonia, north carolina. the body was found a mile from the park. the community is heart broken. the investigators will try to determine the cause and manner of death and the boy's exact movements. >>> and president trump postponing the face-to-face meeting with the man who heads up the russia investigation. rod rosenstein. the deputy attorney general and the president spoke previously on thursday. press secretary sarah sanders says they agreed not to draw focus away from the kavanaugh hearings. and memoses cited in the "new york times" report suggesting that rosenstein wanted to remove president trump from office. he met with chief of staff john kelly on monday, but wasn't fired. >>> after two decades off the air, "murphy brown" premierprem. the cameo by hillary clinton with pant suit and all. keeping with the tradition of murphy's ever changing roster of secretaries, clinton interviews for the job. >> i also assume you had previous secretary experience? >> a

are searching for a 6-year-old boy in north carolina and we know the fbi joined this search for maddox ritch. this is a look at the picres of maddox. he is on the autism spectrum and is nonverbal. hear disappe at a park in gin georgia and community members came together to pray for the boy's return as they worked endlessl through the night trying to find maddox. authorities say his parents right now cooperating with the search. as we get more 'lformation, bring it to you. >> all right, angie, thank you. it's 4:51. a new hockey mascot is taking the internet by storm. >> last night the philadelphia flyers introduced their new mascot. take look here. this is gritty. it's a 7 foot creature with an oranbeard. he made his debut against the boston bruins. not everyone is a fan of gritty. the penguins tweeted and he fired back with this. >> sleep with one eye open tonight, bird. >> bet you he probably got booed. >> philly, they are so special fans. i'm just gng to p it that way. >> he looks like a creature that would come out from your closet or under youred and get you while you're hesleeping. >> n

the body they found is believed to be that of maddox ritch, the 6-year-old boy with autism who went missing from a north carolina park. why police are asking for the public's help. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." ok i'll admit. i didn't keep my place as clean as i would like 'cuz i'm way too busy. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i use heavy duty swiffer sweeper and dusters. for hard-to-reach places, duster makes it easy to clean. it captures dust in one swipe. ha! gotcha! and (new) sweeper heavy duty cloths lock away a twice as much dirt and dust. it gets stuff deep in the grooves other tools can miss. you know what? my place is a lot cleaner now. stop cleaning. start swiffering. ♪ cal: we saved our money and now, we get to spend it - our way. valerie: but we worry if we have enough to last. ♪ cal: ellen, our certified financial planner™ professional, helps us manage our cash flow and plan for the unexpected. valerie: her experience and training gave us the courage to go for it. it's our "confident forever plan"... cal: ...and it's all possible with a

maddox. ai reporter: despite the rain, the search continues right now. you know, ian ritch he feels like suspect number one, because he's the dad and he was the last person to see maddox alive. he said he's turned over his phone records. let police search his car and his house. and, jeff, the f.b.i. will not confirm this, but ian told us he has taken and passed two polygraphs. ph glor: good interview. david, thank you very much. when we come back here, flooding in the south turns deadly. in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. then there's medicare supplement insurance... ...more research. no big thing with this website. unitedhealthcare insurance company created aarpmedicaresupplement.com to give you answers about aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. with helpful guides, educational videos... and with just your zipcode rates for aarp medicare supplement plans in your area. get started today. (vo) living with ammonia odor? supplement pla

maddox ritch. the body was discovered in a creek more than a mile from where he went missing. his fathe says his son ran away from him during a walk. there's still many unanswered questions and the investigation a not over. >>ington memorial bridge will be closed for a major constructi project. starting tonight at 7:00, crews plan to close lanes in both directions. it's beenal delayed sev times and this weekend you won't ble o walk or bike over the bridge either. it's the start ofil a $200on project to repair the aginggr . you can expect the left lane in both directions to be csed all day. >> this morning, anoer bridge across the potomac river. they narrowed down a few locations they say a bridge would work. a bridge thatonnects places like route 28 and the loudoun county parkway would be but some want to protect agricultural lan on the maryland side of the river. it could require regional approval and funding. >> it's now 4:37. coming up, it is a hang out fit for harry potter but you don't have to go to londono seehow. how you can pay a visit to this wiza. wonder land >> you'

maddox ritch is autistic and was at a park this weekend with his. fath we're told maddox chased after a runner in the park and resappeared. hu of officers have searched that park, but no sign of maddox. >> giving him just a little leeway, freedom. he likes playing outside. heenjoys theoutdoors. i just wanted him to have fun. >> i want my bab back in my arms. >> maddox is nonverbal. police are usingec rordings of his parents' voices to get his attention if he's lost in the woods. the fbi says maddox's father is cooperating and retraced steps where maddox was last seen. >>> happening today in pennsylvania, a fternity member from penn state will be sentenced for charges relating to a hazing death. joseph ennis pleaded guilt to hazing and two alcohol-related charges after a student was hurt at a fraternity event i01 timothy piazza, a fraternity pledge, fell down the anstairs, fraternity members failed to call 911 for nearly 12 hours. he died in the hospital almost two days later. >>> nbc's premier week continues tonight with a two-hour season premiere fo

yesterday, crews found the body of a boy they believe is maddox ritch. the six-year-old disappeared saturday. >>> investigators are trying to see how a young autistic boy died in north carolina. he disappeared on saturday, and hundreds of people searched the area for days. investigators say that his body fm his hometo. >> i seen his picture. it's heart breaking for anybody. >> i was so hoping that they would find him alive. he poor momma. >> an autopsy is being performed to see how maddox died. >>> thousands of trees will have to be cut down in northern california this morning. reporting on how the utility company is planning to prevent the wildfires by cutting the landscape. >> and that's the response and bottles and work and that's not a response and there's a fire. >> this is the new normal and the extreme climate. it's that the staging areas where a dozen of and that's removed the trees along the thousands of miles. there's going to apply the down toy. >> those that come to the camper and there's a certified and that's around the power lines. >> repo

maddox ritch disappeared while at a park with his father. maddox has autism and does not speak had the his mother says she is desperate to have her son back. >> i would appreciate it if you were at the park saturday and saw maddox to please urgently please call the tip line, please. >> investigators say his father was the last person to see maddox. a $10,000 reward is being offered. >>> and coming up on the morning news now, new allegations against the fema chief. an investigation reveals how much brock long spent on travel expenses. >>> and, flooding disaster. heavy rain leaves dozens of workers stranded. this is the "cbs morning news." of worke workers stranded. this is the "cbs morning news." dark chocolate is important to me so father being diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer made me think of all the things that i wanted to teach my kids. (avo) another tru story with keytruda. (roger) my doctor said i could start on keytruda so i did. with each scan things just got better. (avo) in a clinical study, keytruda offered patient

. >> reporter: tonight, an emotional plea from maddox ritch's mother, carrie. >> i would appreciate itthe park saturday and saw maddox to please, urgently please call the tip line, please. >> reporter: today, just a few miles from where maddox was last seen, investigators searched a landfill. yesterday, they were looking through dumpsters. gastonia police chief robert helton. >> we have followed more than .50 leads, conducted hundreds of interviews, gathered surveillance video from stores all over the area, searched thousands of acres of land on foot, with a.t.v., and by boat. but we haven't found maddox. >> reporter: investigators say maddox's father was the last person to see him. they were together at this park on saturday. the father told police that maddox wandered off while walking around this lake, and ilw investigators are draining that lake. maddox has autism, according to tis family, and is nonverbal. he was last seen wearing an orange t-shirt with the words, w'm the man," written on it. >> maddox is my whole world, and f reason for living. continue praying for him because i

police have found the body of 6-year-old maddox ritch in a creek. vastated community held a vigil for the little boy last night. maddox had autism and was nonverbal. >> authorities searched for him for nearly a week. they're now trying to determine the cause of death. abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: we are outside the park where police were looking for 6-year-old maddox ritch. he is the boy who was diagnosed with autism who went missing saturday after his father lost track of him in the park behind me that is still sealed off. police made an unfortunate discovery, they found his body in a creek that is about a mile from this location we are at right now, and the creek leads from the park. police are saying that it's entirely possible that he walked from the park to the creek. he was found submerged in the water, but they at this point are not ruling out the possibility of foul play. the parents have been notified, the medical examiner is now going to take over this case. police say the investigation continues. steve osunsami, abc news, ga

the fbi joining police searching for 6-year-old maddox ritch, who was last seen in this park saturday with his father and another adult. his father says the boy took off running and disappeared into the woods. >> we still want to do everything possible to find maddox. and we're hopeful that we'll be able to do that. >> reporter: more than 100 authorities searching 1,400 acres by air, boat and on the ground, using canines, officers even looking in dumpsters for any sign of the child. police say they are not releasing the names of the privacy. >> well, his mother and father have been very cooperative with us as we're trying to find their son. >> reporter: the 6-year-old was last seen wearing an orange shirt with the words "i'm the man" and black shorts with a white stripe. david, maddox is nonverbal. they are playing recordings of his parents' voices in the park in hopes that he'll respond. david? >> eva, thank you. >>> we are also following severe weather on the move at this hour. storms in the midwest moving into the northeast. we have the track. and now ten days after hurricane flore

police believe they have found the body of maddox ritch in a creek, about one mile from where he vanishedtate park on saturday. tonight, they tell us the investigation continues. >>> when we come back tonight, what happened today as millions were watching the hearings right here. the number tonight that caught our eye. ♪ this is loma linda, a place with one of the highest life expectancies in the country. you see so many people walking around here in their hundreds. so how do you stay financially well for all those extra years? well, you have to start planning as early as possible. we all need to plan, for 18 years or more, of retirement. i don't have a whole lot saved up, but i'm working on it now. i will do whatever i need to do. ♪ plan your financial life with prudential. bring your challenges. little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe 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. ote

. >> reporter: maddox ritch is autistic and nonverbal.olice say he was with his father and an unidentified adult at this park east of charlotte saturday, when the father says the boy ran off and couldn't be found. police say the dad is with the fbi tonight retracing his steps. his son was wearing this orange t-shirt. >> i just want my baby home, please. >> reporter: the search today led authorities to this landfill, more than nine miles from the park where the child went missing. pictures like this one, of police looking through dumpsters, have been breaking the hearts of well-wishers across the world. >> i want him to be alive. just be alive. please be alive. >> reporter: searchers on foot have been using loudspeakers and the recorded voices of his parents to call for him. investigators here say they are now looking for a jogger and a photographer who were here at the park and may have seen the boy run away. david? >> that mother's pain today. all right, steve, thank you. >>> and when we come back here tonight, the major change coming to

authorities in north carolina have expanded the search for a missing boy with autism. 6-year-old maddox ritch was last seen saturday at a park in gastonia after running off. the fbi has joined in the search and recovered his parents' voices, and they're playing back those voice recordings in the woods hoping to get maddox to come out if he is hiding. >>> getting help after you dial 911 could take longer as call centers face a growing labor shortage. "usa today" reports many 911 dispatch centers are short-staffed. they're having trouble hiring operators because of the booming economy and tight job market, and that is slowing down response times. offering higher salaries doesn't seem to solve the problem. >>> there's a new warning about a scam targeting your paycheck. the fbi says hackers are posing as human resource employees. they're sending out links asking you to update your credentials for direct deposit. once the hackers gain access, they're redirecting the deposits to an account they control. the fbi warns that you should make sure you verify any emails claiming to be from your hr depart

now, neighbors and friends held a vigil late last night for maddox ritch. the little boy had autism and was nonverbal with strangers. he was found about one mile from where he was last seen saturday in a state park. investigators are now working to confirm the cause of death. >>> the federal government wants to pull the plug on elon musk and remove him as chairman of tesla. the s.e.c. is suing musk accusing him of stock fraud. in a tweet last month he claimed that he might take tesla private. the s.e.c. says that comment hurt investors who bought tesla's stock after the price went up. musk calls the s.e.c.'s action unjustified. >>> all right, so we're getting our first look at the amazing transformation of the actor tom hanks into tv icon mister rogers. hanks stepped out of his trailer on the set of the still untitled movie wearing that classic red sweater and blue sneakers. the film is based on the real-life friendship between fred rogers and the journal tom juno. it's due out in october of next year. he kind of looked a little like forrest gump in red. do

maddox ritch was diagnosed with autism. his father today joined investigators at a police briefing and explained that his son is nonverbal to strangers. >> it's been torture. i'm not eating, not sleeping. i'm just worried about getting my little boy back. >> reporter: ian ritch says he lost the boy saturday at this park west of charlotte, when he was there with a woman police are refusing to identify. he says his son went chasing after a jogger and he couldn't catch him because of a medical condition that makes it difficult for him to run. >> i feel guilt for letting him get so far ahead of me before i started running after him. >> reporter: police are releasing the calls for help. >> it's been almost an hour now. we searched everywhere. >> reporter: the fbi has now brought out a special dive team to now search the lake. david? >> steve osunsami tonight. steve, thank you. >>> when we come back here tonight, we are tracking severe thunderstorms on the move at this hour, from d.c. up through philly, new york to boston. travel

. >> reporter: the mother of 6-year-old maddox ritch with a desperate plea. want my son back, please. maddox is my whole world and my reason for living. he's mama's bo maddox was at the park. he loved bouncy balland he loves his teddy bear. >> reporter: since maddox is nonverbal, police have been playing recordings of his parents' voices, hoping that would draw him out. the fbi sd his father has now joined search teams in charlotte, retracing their steps. that's whene tells police he and another adult were walking with maddox when he took off ahead. they'rerying to talk with a professional photographer and a nearby.who may have been >> persons o interests can help us with the timeline. >> specialized drones and choppers fly overhead. this community is reeling. >> i hope they find him and i hope they find him alive.te >> rep hoping the young boy last seen wearing a " will be "i'm the man back with his family soon. >> thank you all for your love and support. arms.t my baby back in my >> reporter: this park behind me is sprawling. authorities have expanded this

maddox ritch has autism and went missing saturday. his son ran away from him during a walk in gastonia. a body w discovered in a creek on saturday more than a mile of where heent missing. >> students are upset after messages of hate surfaced the latest was on wednesday. police say it's the fifth alleged hate crime at the university this month. they're asking anyone with information to contact them. >> this weekend you will not be across arlington memoriabr ge. crews plan to close both lanes in both directions. you won't be able to walk or bike over the bridge either. bike over the bridge either. it is fit for harry i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, sworked across party line to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahe

wanted to happen to this sweet little boy, police fighting back tears after a 6-day search for maddox ritchnded in tragedy. >> our communities are heartbroken, searchers, investigators, this is not the end we hoped-for. heather: the boy's body found in a creek off a north carolina hwy.. the last person to see him writing on facebook, quote, for the rest of my life i will live with the guilt of not being there to save my son. rod rosenstein's job is safe for now. donald trump postponing his meeting, we talked about the possibility with rod rosenstein with supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's hearing, and bob goodlatte issuing a subpoena for fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. rod rosenstein suggested reporting donald trump in a meeting with mccabe and others in the fbi. we are hours away from the senate committee vote on brett kavanaugh. what happens if he doesn't get confirmed? a personal friend of brett kavanaugh, why he says anyone who votes against him is complicit in one of the greatest shams in modern-day politics. you might want medicare supplement insurance, too. uh oh, more resear

six- year-old maddox ritch has been missing since he ran off from his father and another adult at a parkturday in north carolina . hundreds of searchers have been looking for the boy, who is autistic and non-verbal. authorities are using dogs, drones and even recordings of his parents' voices .... to try to draw the child out of the woods.his mother is heartbroken that he has not been found. "continue praying for him because i just want my baby home, please. whatever you can do. maddox is my whole world and my reason for living. he's mama's boy. maddox loves the park, he loves bouncy balls and he loves his teddy bear. his smile is so contagious and his laughter is so precious." (pam)(pam)authorities (pam) (pam) precious." (pam)authorities are also draining water from the park's 80- acre lake to get a better look at the shoreline.police are reviewing surveillance video from businesses close to the park for clues. (catherine) students voted for it and now it's here. a 45- hundred square foot universal locker room opens tomorrow at the u-c berkely campus.. in 2015, cal students voted to pay

we start your 4 things to know with theh sea for maddox ritch.s last seen with his father and another adult at the park. he is on the autism spec trump and doeseaot >>> a female prosecutor out of arizona will take the lead for senate republicans during tomorrow's hearing. rachael mitchell will question supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the first woman o accused him of sexual misconduct. find out more about her coming up o the "toda show. >> the candidates for virginia's u.s. senate seat will b here. julie kerry and i are on the panel a chuck todd wil moderate. the debate begins live at 7:00 p.m. >>> today crews will continue working to fix the road after massive sinkhole opened up int. southeas a water main break caused this chaotic scene. we have information about metro bus detours in the nbc washington app. >>> and tilaybe dry until about 2:00, 3:00.m storms moving into the west and the dc metro area until 5 or 6:00. some can be strong. >>>reminder, 270 hyatts town, we are shut down because of a trk that lostts load. just getting by on

(pam) new at ten: crews in north carolina spent the day searching for maddox ritch.(catherine) the six-year-old boy with autism disappeared over the weekend. grant lodes is here with details on the agencythat's now joining the search.. grant? (grant)pam, catherine.. the fbi is now looking for maddox, looking for maddox, the 6 year-old can't speak..and has autism. while authorities are not allowing the public to help in the search --- many gathered for a vigil tonight to show their support.afternoon. after running away from his father and another adult at a north carolina park. authorities are using helicopters, drones, dogs and.....recordings of his mother's voice. as you can imagine...the heart broken family is praying he'll be found alive. continue praying for him because i just want my baby home, please. whatever you can do. maddox is my whole world and my reason for living." "we search the park completely every day. and a different team will come in the next day and re-search it."(grant) kayakers also searched the lake around the park. officials say they've recei

the police chief fighting back tears after the 6-day search for maddox ritch ended in tragedy. >> ourty is heartbroken. our searchers, investigators. this is not the end we hoped-for. rob: the little boy's body found in a creek off the highway. maddox's father, the last person to see him writing on facebook, quote, for the rest of my life i will live with the guilt of not being there to save my son. heartbreaking. jillian: jared goff keeps the los angeles rams unbeaten. >> la going for the whole thing. touchdown. la. jillian: a career-high 5 touchdown in 38-31 win over the minnesota vikings. the rams improving to tweefour-0 in the first thursday night football game on fox. jillian: a lot of folks don't know they have a team. the eagles went with carson because it was artie taken but we did research on boston, took a while to get the swing going in the league. rob: are you from philly? jillian: i am but the 4-0 is crazy. you go, los angeles, you go. we are hours away from the senate committee vote on brett kavanaugh but what happens if he doesn't get confirmed? who could be next in lin

the fbi this morning says there are lots of unanswered questions about the death of six-year-old maddox ritcho be that of the missing boy who had autism. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from gastonia, north carolina, with the latest on the investigation. gabe, what do we know? >> caller: craig, good morning. the official id is pending from the medical examiner, but, as you said, police believe it is the body of six-year-old maddox ritch who was found partially submerged thursday afternoon in a creek about a mile from the park from where the boy who had autism went missing. now, for days search teams had scoured the area, more than 300 investigators on the case, but authorities say that investigation is not over. there are still many unanswered questions about how the body ended up there. now, the creek does extend to the lake and the park, but there are barriers along the way. local authorities, however, say it is possible that the boy could have walked to the creek itself. now, maddox's father had said that his son had chased after a jogger in the park and so far police say that the family has

maddox's ritch's father, ian, said he had lost sight of his son when he took off running in rankin lake park about 1:30 in the afternoon saturday.it was not clear where or how maddox may have entered the water. officials were emotional as they announced the news today. sot robert helton, gastonia police chief"our community is heartbroken. our searchers. our investigators. this is not the end we had hoped for.""our support this week has been phenomenal. i've lost a lot of sleep this week worrying about maddox. but i've not lost any with what we've been doing on our side. we were doing everything we could. i've never seen a larger response in my 32 years in this business." business." (grant)officials say identification of the remains will be done by the medical examiner's office and should be released in a few days. getting detentions for wearing atheltic shorts. and you have to serve it. it would have someone to blame, blame the girls because they pretty much ruin everything ruin everything (pam) bold statements made by a high school assistant prinicpal , sparking outrage across the coun

maddox ritch who is autistic went missing saturday at rankin lake park, in gastonia. his father and another adult at the time... when his father says, maddox ran off into the woods in a busy park and he could not find him. search crews have disappeared. his parents know a body was found. authorities are still investigating what (catherine) a north carolina woman who sheltered animals during hurricane florence-- is now free from charges. the local d-a's office is dropping all charges against tammie hedges. tammie took in 27 cats and dogs during the storm...and sometimes gave them antibiotics and pain medication. she was accused of running an illegal veterinary operation and faced 13 counts. but when the story drewnational attention - thousands of people signed petitions in her support.. she's since surrendered all the animals that didn't belong to her. they've been checked by a licensed vet and some have been reunited with their owners. (catherine) now to our four zone forecast. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge.(pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence ka

>>> the fbi is joining local authorities in the search for a missing six-year-old autistic boy maddox ritchy after a trip with his father to a park in gastonia which is north of charlotte in north carolina. police extended their search in the ground and in the air to two miles outside the park to use trained dogs to cover part of the terrain. they're looking -- if you have any information on this young boy, please call the fbi or local police. >>> john, imagine this, you are taking a ride, a relaxing ride on the water when your canoe gets stuck on something. it's a giant alligator's back. a company in st. petersburg, florida, called see through canoes hosted this video so its instagram company. the man in the canoe who is a supervisor at gator world says the alligator dragged the canoe several feet before backing away slowly. >> you will need a bigger boat and that is a huge head, that's not a small head. >> i'd like to know what the rules are for when that happens. i mean, what exactly -- >> how loud you're supposed to scream? really loud. >> i don't think you're supposed to hit them with

maddox ritch was diagnosed with autism.ed about getting my little boy back. >> reporter: ian ritch says he lost the boy saturday at this park west of charlotte when he was there with a woman police are refusing to identify. he says his son went chasing after a jogger and he couldn't catch him because of a medical condition. >> i feel guilty for letting him get so far ahead of me before i started running after him. >> reporter: police are releasing the calls for help. >> it's been almost an hour now. we searched everywhere. >> reporter: the fbi has now brought out a special dive team to search the lake. steve osunsami, abc news, gastonia, north carolina. >>> health concerns surrounding boy scout clothing have prompted an unusual safety recall. the slides scouts wear violate lead standards. the problem is in the colored enamel in those slides. lead can cause health issues for children if it's ingested. if you have one of the slides, you're urged to return it to the boy scouts. interesting. >> good they caught that in time. >>

this morning the mother of 6-ye maddox ritch with a despplea. j my baby home, carrie ritch her silence. i maddox my whole world and reason for living. he isma 's boy. maddox was the park. he loved bouncy balls and he loves his teddy bear. police have been playg recordings of his pant voices hoping that drs him out if he is lost in the woods. the fbi says hisather has join searc teams at the park wher missing near char hend another adult were walkg wit maddox when his son took off running ahead. author hope someo at the busy park that day may hold a clue talk with a profes and a jagg who may have been nearby. a specific ti li boats and sonar have been brought in to search a lake. specia choppers fly over held. i hope they find him ali hoping that the young boy last see wearing a t-shirt that says i'm the man will beis back with family soon. thank all for your love my baby back in myust want to arms. my gosh, so sad hearing from the mom. , as you mentioned, it's been four days since maddox disapp s going from the of offi hi there, hoda. authors b

and now the f-b-i is offering a 10-thousand dollar reward for his return. 6-year-old maddox ritch hashe ran away from his father and another adult at a park saturday in north carolina. hundreds of searchers have been looking for the boy who has autism and non-verbal. authorities are using dogs... drones and even recordings of his parents' voices... to try to draw the child out of the woods. <"continue praying for him because i just want my baby home, please. whatever you can do. maddox is my whole world and my reason for living. he's mama's boy. maddox loves the park, he loves bouncy balls and he loves his teddy bear. his smile is so contagious and his laughter is so precious."> ( darya ) authorities are also draining water from the park's lake to get a better look at the shoreline. police are reviewing surveillance video from nearby businesses for clues. ( james ) in the south bay... santa clara county supervisors will accept a bid to demolish the old city hall building in san jose. but there will be áno transitional housing for the homeless. that's what advocates had been pushing fo

is morning th desperate search for maddox ritch is expanding >> it torture. >> report: theboy's father says he was with a friend saturday wg through this 250 acre pk haot when his son, who has autism, started running after a jogger. him.couldn catch up with i feel guilt for letting him get ahead of me before i started running after him. >> reportee e h diabetes a nerve damage so it as tough to keep up. >> we wersei. i had park staff helping the search, too. i felt like we could have fnd him. >> poeeventually, a park employeele wha a missing kid. he has bee missing the last 30, minutes, hour maybe. >> reporte tplee tells nbc news ethbo do you havy to ub the fa's story? >> i would say thator weed very hard with him and-- th maddox's and we feel confidentt lot of the informatiothy oved is accurate. amazing grace. >> reporte vigil held for the h 6-year-old who captured the community's heart. >> you s his face in all the children. iuld be anybody's child. >> repord after this emotionalfrmaddox's mother, n his father is begging te c for help. >> i am so worried. it's been so lon hehadn't had

this mor on many of the > the fbi thig says there e lots of unanswered quess a the death of 6-ye maddox ritch be that of the missg boy who had autism. gutierrez joins us from c gaston,olina, with , what do we know?investigati craig, goo morn official i.d. is pending from the medical examiner, but as you said, police believe it ishe bod of 6-year-old maddox h who was found partiallyft submd thuy in a creek about a mile from the park from where the boy who had auti went missing. now, for days search teams had scoure the area. more than 300 investin the case. bututhorities say that invee still many unanswered questi abo how the body ended up there. now, the creek does extend to e lake inhe park, but there e barriers along the way. local authorities, however, s it is possible that the boy could hav walked the creek maddox's father has said that his son had chased after a jogg in the park and so f po sayhat the family has been cooperative and whatd they ha tuthoriti has been accu. overni the father took to soci, writing in par for the rest of my life i w of g there to save my son. breaki craig, a

. >> reporter: maddox ritch who has autism and is nonverbal was last wring this orange t-shirt at thisark in st tonia, north caroli, ofnaeaceh h s rans the b unidentified adultih off into the woods and couldn't be found. the boy's fair, ian ritch, is speaking exclusively this morning to abc news. >> i wouldn't have let him got again. away from me.cod see hiih everybody looks mo 've but this child doesn't speak and searchers have been using loudspeeesd anf s his pathreren call for him. >> it's been hard to sleep. bed d -- i feel guilty because doa wn in an >> reporter: the missing boy's mother is begging for help.>>le please. i just want my baby home, please. >> reporter: the search has led fbi agents to this landfill more than nine miles north of the po dumpsters, chased more than 150 leads, and are even draining this lake. last night the fbi had the father out here at the park whic shortly behind me ish directly mind me retracing his steps, trying to see ifcae h me them. -- peceop sleay have been calling in. they've been looking for a photognd aere ogfb j ai has r s reward for anyra i

that missing north carolina boy with special needs, the body of what is believed to be 6-year-old maddox ritcha creek a mile from where he went missing. >>> elon musk in serious the s.sten qte, uing h accusing lse and misleading. the s.e.c. wants to bar him from running a public company. >>> as we said, testimony by christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh riveting the nation. americans reacting in realtime across the country on social media and we're still feeling the fallout this morning. hearing from two of judge kavanaugh's former yale classmates. paula faris is here with that side of the story. good morning, paula. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we'll all remember where we were during this nation. it riveted the nation. tvs were tuned in on the floor of the stock exchange, classrooms and airplanes. while some had their minds made up prior to testimony, it was enough to sway others. from coast to coast on college campuses in bars, office buildings and even at 10,000 feet, millions of americans glued to their televisions, riveted watching as dr. christine blasey ford spoke publicly for

the search continues for maddox ritch. saturday and he has autism and does not speak. yesterday his mom made her first public apeerns for his safe attorney. a $10,000 reward is offered. >>> the san francisco chronicle reports a crack in a steel support beam forced the city to shut down its brand-new $2 billion trand sit terminal. they discovered the crack under the public roof garden while they were replacing roofing tiles. the transit center opened just last month after nearly a decade of construction. there's no word on what caused the crack. >>> norah o'donnell is near the united nations in new york which is a heck of a thing with the traffic today. she's standing by to interview secretary of state mike pompeo. norah. >> that's right. i made it here, we're going to have a live interview with the secretary of state mike pompeo as president trump is set to chair the u.n. security council meeting today. we'll talk about north korea and iran. all that coming up here on "cbs this morning." how do you top mac & cheese? start

his name is maddox ritch. you see him right there. again, he has autism. he doesn't speak. on, with his father and another adult and his parents say he started running. when they ran after him they lost sight of him. more than 100 authorities are now searching. you see them right there, 1400 acres by air, boat and on the ground. now, police in the park are also playing recordings with the voices of his parents hoping maddox hears them. overnight, the boy's father actually sent a statement to local tv station wccb saying he thanks everyone for helping search for maddox and that the family is trying to help the police in any way possible. if you know where maddox is please call police, no clue is too small, cecilia. >> so true. thank you. >> i hope they find him soon. >>> coming up, we have that health alert. rapper drake sidelined by the flu and is it time to get your flu shot? dr. ashton is here to weigh in. >>> and guess what. it's not too soon to think about black friday shopping. some of the best deals right now, and we'll tell you how to shop the sales rack of the intern

maddox ritch -- who is autistic and can't speak -- was at a park on saturday with his father when hepeared. the fbi has now joined the investigation. police say the child's family has been interviewed and are cooperating with law enforcement. ( robin ) back here in the bay daylight... it happened in fairfield and police are still looking for the thief. kron4's michelle kingston has the details. (mk)michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"multiple security cameras and the ring doorbell didn't stop one brazen criminal from stealing donations for veterans."harry jackson, fairfield"we are an ex military family and we like to do what we can to give back."earlier this month -- the donations that harry jackson left outside his home for disabled american veterans charity were stolen ...watch as a man in a tan suv drives up to this fairfield home ... gets out of his car, and without any hesitation, takes a bag from the driveway and gets back in his car and takes off.harry jackson, fairfield "to stop and take those things knowing those individuals who have served so much and gave so much of themselve

. >> the search for 6-year-old maddox ritch in the 6, they hope for clues, offering a $10,000 rewardtroy clark put to death by lethal injection for brutally torturing and drowning his roommate in a bathtub before stuffing her body in a barrel. the 50 when-year-old laughed as he received the deadly drug complaining that it burned. daniel acker will be the second inmate executed in two days, he ran over and killed his girlfriend in a jealous rage in 2000. pete: another big story, donald trump is set to meet with rod rosenstein today. congressman jim jordan on that coming up next. >> live look at the dirksen office building where brett kavanaugh and his accuser christine ford in the hot seat testifying before the senate judiciary committee. what do lawmakers want to hear? jim jordan sits on the house judiciary committee and joins us from capitol hill. good morning to you. these are serious allegations doctor ford has made. democrats want the president to withdraw his name. republicans are feeling this is a partisan attack. >> the president is right and not withdrawing his name. i hope h

ritch spoke publicly for the first time. he said they were walking at a park when maddox took off. >> a jogger passed by, and as he was jogging past us, that's when maddox started to jog out behind him. so i usually just give him a little space and let him to do his thing. and once we got so far, he took off from me running. and i just never could catch up with him. >> he says that is he diabetic and suffers from neuropathy in his feet which makes it hard for him to run. he says it's probable that his son was kidnapped. >>> more rain is forecast for southeastern tennessee today. there are flood warnings and watches posted for the region. one person was killed yesterday in the area north of chattanooga. it's believed the elderly woman drowned in the rushing water yesterday. dozens of homes were flooded following downpours that dropped over 4 inches of rain over the past two days. many area schools are closed today. >>> and the centers for disease control says an estimated 80,000 people died from the flu and its complications last winter. that's the highest flu death toll in at least 40 years. experts say it was a very bad flu