martha raddatz, standing by tonight. >>> the manhunt in this country. the convicted killer, set free by accident. he's been on the run for five days now. >>> and the alarming headline about taking calcium. are the side effects worse than the help? dr. besser says women and men should take note tonight. >>> good evening. and we begin here with hurricane joaquin tonight. much of the east coast this evening bracing for a potential direct hit as this hurricane continues to strengthen. from the carolinas all the way up to new york city. and take a look at the new track tonight. just issued by the national hurricane center. 85-mile-an-hour winds. it could reach category 3 strength. right now, landfall this weekend. that cone from wilmington all the way up to new york. a state of emergency already declared in virginia. the satellite imagery there. and it comes after a dangerous 24 hours already. the other powerful storm from frederick, maryland, to chelsea, massachusetts. drivers there facing stretch treacherous commutes. we begin here with abc's gio benitez a

>> martha raddatz, thank you. >>> we turn now to breaking news out of malaysia. world of an arrest that could involve the personal information of u.s. service members. the department of justice tonight announcing a suspected hacker u uer arrest nowow for lping isis. authorities sayinin h h stole personal informati belonng to u.s. service members and federal employees. the u.s. now trying to extradite him back to america. >>> we turn now to the race for 2016 tonight, vice president joe biden asked point blank today, can you just tell us when you'll decide? the clock, of course, ticking for the vice president, as today, a prominent democrat who once said he should follow his heart is now saying, it's time to decide. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl with how biden answered today. >> reporter: joe biden was in full vp mode today. at the president's side in the morning, and then, awaiting the president of south korea in the afternoon. but what about the big question? >> are you running for president? >> i will answer in coreykorean. >> are you made

>> all right, martha raddatz with us again tonight. martha, thank you. >>> and martha, as you are aware, we have another developing story. this one from afghanistan. a u.s. defense official tonight confirming that an american c-130 military airplane crashed near the airport in jalalabad. no word on casualties or whether enemy fire is to blame. we'll stay on this story, as well. >>> we move on tonight, the race for 2016. new revelations about hillary clinton's e-mails. word that russian-based hackers tried to infiltrate her private server at least five times. part of a wide-spread phishing scam. critics say a sign of just how insecure that server was. tonight, the clinton campaign, though, saying there is no evidence she opened any of those infected e-mails. >>> meantime, on the republican front, donald trump on a new tear over two of his rivals tonight, jeb bush and marco rubio. language we can't use here. he's taking aim at the friendship between the two men and abc's tom llamas on the campaign trail tonight. >> reporter: it's a stunni

as the flew season ramps up they're with abc chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz talking family life and politics onscreen and off. >> the world is about to end and we're standing around talking! >> reporter: her meltdowns on "homeland" are epic. >> no, david, that chart is very important! it is very meaningful! >> what is wrong with her? >> reporter: claire danes is carrie matheson, the cia of a certificate trying to keep america safe while struggling with bipolar disorder. >> thank god. my green pen is dry! i've asked, four, five, six times for a new one but there's no understanding! >> reporter: to danes' surprise, things seem to be looking up for the "homeland," heroine this season. >> carrie has morphed into a happy person. >> impossible. >> yeah. she's just, you know, fully surrendered to domesticity and having a great time with it -- for about five minutes. i personally, the person playing her, a little relief at some point. it's -- yeah. i don't know if she'll ever get it, though. >> reporter: the show's fifth season was filmed almost entirely in germany, and dane

`as the flew season ramps up `they're with abc chief global `affairs correspondent martha `raddatz talking family life and `politics onscreen and off. `>> the world is about to end and `we're standing around talking! `>> reporter: her meltdowns on `"homeland" are epic. `>> no, david, that chart is very `important! `it is very meaningful! `>> what is wrong with her? `>> reporter: claire danes is `carrie matheson, the cia of a `certificate trying to keep `america safe while struggling `with bipolar disorder. `>> thank god. `my green pen is dry! `i've asked, four, five, six `times for a new one but there's `no understanding! `>> reporter: to danes' surprise, `things seem to be looking up for `the "homeland," heroine this `season. `>> carrie has morphed into a `happy person. `>> impossible. `>> yeah. `pigs are flying. `she's just, you know, fully `surrendered to domesticity and `having a great time with it -- `for about five minutes. `i personally, the person playing `her, a little relief at some `point. `it's -- yeah. `i don't know if she'll ever get `it, though. `>> reporter: the show's fift

abc's martha raddatz has details >> reporter: it was an impressive display of firepower. that volley of 26 cruise missiles headed to syria. but we mou know some of those never made it. regional reports call them unidentified flying objects. u.s. officials say those where is four russian missiles crashing into iran. those that did strike syria say russia are hitting mostly isis targeted. but this video an aid group says shows the rescue of syrian children struck by the attacks launcheded largely against rebel forces opposing assad. u.s. defense secretary ash carter had strong words for russia. >> we've seen increasingly unprofessional behavior from russian forces. and i also expect that in the coming days the russians will begin to suffer casualties in syria. >> reporter: russia's involvement poses a danger to the u.s. as well. those air strikes are launched without warning meaning u.s. pilots have to do their best to stay out of the way. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> a delta flight that took off from seattle was forced to return to the airport after hitting a b

martha raddatz with a rare troops. >>> good morning. the presidential campaign with took a turn overnight, with donald trump raising questions about ben carson. carson demanding an apologize and donald trump is standing by live to respond. and bernie sanders sparks the sharpest contrast with hillary clinton. echoing the iowa speech that launched barack obama's launched barack obama's campaign eight years ago. good morning, david. >> good morning, george. bernie sanders never mentioned her by name. as he ticked down the issues, the environment, the iraq war, same-sex marriage, he made the case that his views haven't changed with the polls, sharp elbows there just as clinton was beginning to breathe easy. just 99 days until the iowa caucuses and hillary clinton is enjoying a comeback. fans and supporters gathered early, serenaded by pop star hillary clinton is the woman of the hour, but does she have the nomination locked down? got a warm reception last night. >> i'm not running for my husband's third term and i'm not running for barack o

here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the deadly roar of russian air power. images posted by syrian activists showing the sudden, dramatic escalation in russia's involvement. fear in the streets, chaos in the hospitals. the russians say the targets were isis fighters and command posts. but this is where the bombs hit. just outside of homs. there are no isis fighters here. >> it does appear that they were in areas where there were probably not isil forces, and that is precisely one of the problems with this whole approach. >> reporter: the target the russians more likely were going after? opposition forces, some backed by the u.s., here seen with an advanced tow missile, who are fighting against syria's brutal dictator, and america's enemy, bashar al assad. the other concern? russia gave the u.s. only a one-hour warning about the air strikes, putting u.s. pilots flying strike missions there in greater danger. >> putting lots of different airplanes in the same air space creates the potential for collision. >> martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> donald tru

>> all right, martha raddatz. thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, a breakthrough in the budget steal mate between congress and the white house. in one of speaker john boehner's final acts, cutting a spending deal to avoid a debt crisis and government shutdown. some conservatives unhappy tonight. the bill calls for $80 billion in increased spending. the final vote could hall tomorrow. >>> to the west tonight and to the stunning discovery in las vegas. the woman found frozen to death. after hours inside a controversial cryo-per therapy chamber. abc's clayton sandell with what we're learning about how this happened. >> reporter: this woman was alone, after hours, at this las vegas cold therapy salon. police say the 24-year-old manager stepped inside a cryo-therapy chamber last week, running as cold as minus 240 degrees, for a three-minute treatment. but her frozen body wasn't discovered until the next morning. >> i was told by the coroner that night that they wanted to reassure me and my family that she did not

martha raddatz on the tension. >> reporter: the deadly roar of russian air power. images posted by syrian activists showing the sudden, dramatic escalation in russia's involvement. fear in the streets, chaos in the hospitals. the russians say the targets were isis fighters and command posts. but this is where the bombs hit, just outside of homs. there are no isis fighters here. >> it does appear that they were in areas where there probably were not isil forces and that is precisely one of the problems with this whole approach. >> reporter: the target the russians more likely were going after? opposition forces, some backed by the u.s., here seen with an advanced tow missile, who are fighting against syria's brutal dictator and america's enemy, bashar al assad. the other concern? russia gave the u.s. only a one-hour warning about the air strikes, putting u.s. pilots flying strike missions there in greater danger. >> putting lots of different airplanes in the same air space creates the potential for collision. >> reporter: martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> an

abc's martha raddatz explains. >> reporter: it was an extraordinary show of russian force. more than 25 cruise missiles fired from 900 miles away into syria. vladimir putin says the target was isis, but there's no evidence the terrorist group was hit. putin has been targeting opposition forces, some of them u.s.-backed, who are fighting syrian dictator assad. the russian aerial assault coincided with a syrian ground assault aimed at those rebel positions. all creating a dangerous situation for u.s. aircraft, which have had unexpectedly close encounters with russian war planes. a few of which came within miles of a u.s. drone and at least one case where a u.s. war plane changed course because a russian jet was too close. the u.s. is still trying to get russia to talk about coordinating that air space, but until they do, u.s. war planes are trying to stay at least 20 miles away from where the russians are operating. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> and this morning, the search for the crew of the u.s. cargo ship that sank near the bahamas has been called off. the coa

abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz reporting from the region tonight. >> reporter: it was a daring mission as bold as it was complicated, saving dozens of those isis hostages facing imminent mass execution. under cover of darkness, five american helicopters ferry kurdish special forces and 30 u.s. advisers to a prison camp in hawijah, not far from the isis stronghold of mosul. u.s. airstrikes cleared roads and surrounding buildings to prevent isis reinforcements. on the ground, rescuers expected to find just 20 hostages but were stunned to come across 70. an intense firefight erupted and while the americans were not there in a combat role, they were forced to jump in as the battle raged. as many as 20 isis fighters were killed, but an american service member was wounded and later died. the first u.s. combat death since the fight against isis began last year. and david, the pentagon says today's tragic loss will not change the basic mission in iraq. no ground combat unless u.s. forces are protecting iraqi forces and their lives are in danger. david? >> martha raddat

>> martha raddatz reporting in from overseas tonight. >>> there are major new developments tonight after that road rage case in new mexico. a father had just picked up his children from school, another driver opening fire. authorities say the suspect reportedly confessing now, a bullet hole in that back window. a 4-year-old girl, lilly garcia, was killed. and tonight, the stunning development about the shooter's past. abc's ryan owens in new mexico. >> do you have any questions about anything i've said? >> no, sir. >> reporter: those are the only two words uttered by the accused killer of 4-year-old lilly garcia, but the judge had plenty to say to tony torrez. >> this is possibly one of the most wanted and atrocious acts as alleged, i think, in the history of this city. prosecutors detailed torrez's violent criminal history, which includes another arrest for road rage. court documents show he pulled a gun on a driver in 2006. that case was dismissed. >> the daughter is not conscious. >> reporter: the criminal complaint details how prosecutors believe the accused murderer cut off the fami

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> a deadly crash last night on an eastern pennsylvania highway involving a bus filled with college students. eyewitnesses say the bus carrying the lehigh university crew team was rear-ended by a car. it lost control, flipped over several times before landing on its roof. none of the students had serious injuries, but the driver of the car was killed. >>> former house speaker dennis hastert is expected to plaid guilty today as part of a deal to avoid a trial. investigators say hastert sexually abused several teenage boys and then a few years ago started to pay one of them more than a million dollars in hush money. there's a good chance hastert will have to serve time as part of the deal, though sentencing is not expected in the chicago courtroom today. >>> former rap mogul suge knight and comedian kat williams have pleaded not guilty to robbery charges. they appeared before a los angeles judge accused of stealing a celebrity photographer's camera last year. knight remains jailed in a separate murder case that was filed after he ran over two men ou

>> martha raddatz with us again tonight. martha, thank you. >>> tonight, president obama formally apologizing now for that deadly u.s. air strike on a hospital in afghanistan, killing doctors, nurses, children. president obama calling the president of afghanistan and the head of doctors without borders. the white house saying, quote, when the u.s. makes a mistake, we own up to it, we apologize. >>> now, to a troubling new video from a courtroom in florida. a judge appearing to berate a domestic violence victim after she failed to appear in court and testify against her alleged abuser. here's abc's linsey davis. >> you disobeyed a court order. >> reporter: this florida judge is on the hot seat tonight, accused of revictimizing a victim of domestic abuse. >> i'm just -- my anxiety is like -- and this is every day for me. >> you think you're going to have anxiety now? you haven't even seen anxiety. >> reporter: tense exchanges during this contempt of court hearing in july from a woman who failed to show up to testify against he