michael elliot, walshea mitchel, and williette ridge escaped. one of them is armed but all are considered dangerous. >>> hundreds gathered to mourn the death of two nunss the district attorney says she'll consider the facts of the case and the wishes of the families before making a final decision. rodney sanders is facing several charges including two counts of capital murder. >>> and the sister of a new york college student is speaking out about his murder. he was stabbed to death during a brawl at cornell university over the weekend. the 19-year-old was a sophomore at police have not revealed what started the fight, but there are details about what led to his death. >> his friend bumped a girl by accident, and he apologized. the both of them apologized. even my brother apologized and he didn't bump the girl. and she said what the [ bleep ] apologized for. you already bumped me. >>> there's another victim who was stabbed but was treated and released from the hospital. the investigators say someone may have captured the murder on video. >>> pope

willie etheridge, michael elliot and walshay mitchell may be traveling in this, well similar to this, a stolen white ford f250 pickup truck. that was stolen from a work site hours after the escape in louisiana. the two men scaled -- the three men scaled two razor wire fences at nakatosh parish detention center after serving time for murder. elliot and mitchell for armed robbery. >>> to extreme weather now, a tropical storm warning now in effect for parts of north carolina. residents brace for impact. a tropical depression slowly creeping closer to shore. it is expected to hit the coast as early as tonight. another storm brewing off the gulf coast taking aim at florida. the tropical depression likely to strengthen into a tropical storm today. residents are warned to have a few weeks you have supplies. massive hail storm making august look more like february in colorado springs. >> rain and hail dumping huge chunks of ice. some piles up to 2 feet deep forcing street crews to use snowplows and residents digging out their shovels. firefighters jumping into action after flash flooding. the

the felons have been identified as 24-year-old michael elliot, 35-year-old wall shea mitchell, serving time for amendment robbery, and 34-year-old willie ethridge, convicted of attempted murder. two of the men were wearing black sweatpants and sweatshirts. their clothing may have helped them scale the razor wire. none of the inmates was armed at the time of the escape. but clearly that could change. either way, police say they should be considered very dangerous. the sheriff's department continues following up new leads. they believe the escapees are still in north west louisiana, although they won't say why they believe that. if you spot the men, they say, do not confront them, simply call 911. the natchitoches prison has 550 inmates and they did have another escape back in january, but that inmate was quickly apprehended. updates on the search as they come in. >> considered armed and dangerous. trace, thank you. >>> a fox extreme weather alert. we're tracking two storm systems, both gaining strength. one moving into the gulf of mexico, the other passing close to the outer banks of no

officers say two men were tried to sell heroin on elliot street cash. michael sanchez of salem and 28- year-old jeffrey deleon are now facing charges. they are expected in court next week. >>> this morning two austin harbor cruise ships are out service and passengers have quite a frightening story to tell. the coast guard says a boston harbor cruise ship ended up hitting three other vessels. this video shows smoke coming from one of the boats with passengers aboard. wbz paul burton reports a blame. >> reporter: passengers on board the regency a boston harbor cruise ship experienced a jolt as the ship returned. one witness says it came in too fast and too hard hitting two other vessels at the pier. >> one of the operator tried tie sure the passengers on the top deck of the regency to calm down and they were up on their feet looked like they were feeling a little uncomfortable. >> reporter: see the shattered regency water line. coast guard investigators say it was due to a mechanical error. bhc says the forward propulsion system failed. >> the rear of the regency

michael phelps in this event. >> i apologize, i got my lanes mixed up. >> oh, that's elliot freedman mistaking phelps for lochte.e said i'm sorry, i blew it, no excuses. >> you're allowed to make mistakes. >> he owned to up it. >> jerry sandusky headed back to court, coming up next tell you what you can expected to. >> also ahead, another child injured on amusement park ride. we'll tell you what happened on a roller coaster in pennsylvania, that sent a three year old to the hospital. >> plus it could spell trouble for donald trump's campaign. we'll show you why he could lose some very important >> ♪ >> ♪ >> we have more exciting moment from the summer olympics in rio coming up this morning. stay with us. >> ♪ >> ♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly

officers say two men were trying to sell heroin on elliot street and had a sizeable 21-year-old michael sanchez and 28-year-old are now facing charges. they are expected in court next week. >>> retailers are hoping shoppers will still be in the mood despite the cancellation of the usual sales tax holiday. this weekend could have been a tax free weekend but state lawmakers axed bt idea. many retailers are offering discounts equal or double olympics and at the halfway point, coming into tonight the united states is doing really well with a massachusetts native contributing to the medal count last night. she's coming home a siller medalist in the women's singles competition. finished a little more than second behind the reigning race, michael fell temperatures went out a champ. he swam the men's medley. it's his 23rd olympic gold medal. that gives the u.s. 24 gold medals as well as 18 silver and one bronze. that leads the olympic total. china in second place with 41 medals and grea 30. >>> passengers aboard a boston harbor cruise are shaken up after several shipped hit each other. coming u

michael phelps expressed frustration by the lack of progress in stopping doping. he said he doesn't know if he's, quote, ever competed in a clean sport. >>> well, it's time for your exclusive cbs 2 forecast. john elliot is out in columbus circle with the mobile weather lab. good afternoon to you, john. oh, looking good. >> like the shades. >> tell you what, look this is almost as beautiful as the weather. so, look, i'm going to be honest with you guys. i'm going to make a confession right now. i'm a car guy. i like cars, i like trucks. i want to show you just one feature on this truck. now, this is four inches higher than the standard suburban which allows us to put these babies on it. these are off-road rims, and these are wide track tires and these are deep tread tires. now you think, what does that have to do with anything? it lets us get through flooding waters, and i know you don't through snow. so we don't have any snow in the forecast. you thought i was going there. but i want to show you -- i don't know if matt can see that. it's the low silver monitor. that's actually an air quality monitor we've added to the new mobile weather lab. that's going to get a workout later in the week because we

michael phelps earns his 19th gold medal. what was it for exactly? more olympic coverage coming up. >>> 6:02 now. vanessa murdock is in for john elliot this morning. >> yes, the start of the day is stunning. take a look at this live picture. the sun officially rose above the horizon at 6:00. we're just two minutes past that point and it is beautiful. 71 degrees, mostly clear, northeast winds at 3 miles per your relative humidity just 63 percent. humidity levels remain low today with lots of sunshine. note, there are more clouds to the south of the city. that will be the general trend for today. but generally speaking, it's mostly sunny and warm today. by noon, 83. by 2:00, a high of 85 degrees. by 5:03, back down to 84. time for the time saver drank. >>> here's alex denis. >> thank you, vanessa. extensive delays with an overturned tractor-trailer. all eastbound lanes are blocked. it's at exit 26. miles of traffic now extends back to the belt merge. you can stick to 3rd avenue as an alternate. again, that's slower than normal, as well. give yourself plenty of time going through the area. tow trucks on scene. we will tell you when it c