the driver was michael elliott. she in custody. >> elliott escaped through a fence, it is supposed to carry an electric shock. that didn't happen in this case. they are trying to figure out how it filed. >> there's an ongoing investigation at that prison. there was a major sell-off on wall street on monday. the do you closed down 326 points, the biggest dip since last june. slow numbers in manufacturing industries has been blamed. weak factory activity has been recorded. jer jer jerry levy says it could represent an opportunity. >> i had a call interest my father asking if he should be jumping out of stocks. it's a time to reset, maybe buy more. look at your portfolios and investments, and make sure you are well diversified. for those not in the stock market. don't panic or freak out. it's a good time to buy stocks, at least over the long period of time. >> the next big test could come on friday, with the release of a january jobs report. >> recent security breaches at target and other retailers has americans concer

they caught 40-year-old michael elliott late last night but not before police say he abducted a woman and stole her jeep. he escaped unharmed when elliott stopped for gas. police say he stole another car and that lead to a police case. >> ic confirmed if he was the michael elliott we heard about throughout the day and he nodded his head that it was him. it was a sense of relief. i'm glad he's in custody and some people sleep better tonight knowing he is off the streets. >> elliott is being charged with car theft and resisting law enforcement but it's still unclear how he escaped from the michigan prison. he snuck past guards and got through two electric fences even equipped with motion sensors to alert guards. that investigation is obviously on going. elliott serving a life sentence for killing four people and setting their home on fire in 1993. >>> autopsy results are expected today for phillip seymour hoffman and there's new information on the hours that lead up to the actor's death. sources tell nbc news that 49 full bags of heroin were found at his new york apartment. at least 23

indiana state police caught 40-year-old michael elliott late last night, but not before police say he abducted a woman and stole her jeep. she escaped unharmed when elliott stopped for gas. police say he stole another car and that led to a police chase. >> i confirmed with him if he was the michael elliott that we heard about throughout the day. and he nodded his head it was him. and it was a sense of relief. i'm glad he's in custody and i'm glad that people can sleep better tonight knowing he's off the streets. >> indiana officials say yoelt is being charged with car theft and resisting law enforcement. officials also say he wore a white uniform to evade security and blend in with the snow. he snuck past guards and then made a hole in two electric fences. those fences equipped with motion sensors to alert guards. elliott is serving a life sentence for killing four people, and then setting their home on fire in 1993. >>> autopsy results are expected today for philip seymour hoffman. 49 full bags of heroin were found at hoffman's new york apartment. at least 23 of them were empty. and

." >>> convicted murderer michael david elliott is back behind bars after being on the loose for tencaped from. >>> new jersey governor chris christie takes to the air waives denying he knew anything about bridgegate as two dozen of his former are forced to produce documents. >> the wife of walter mondale died at age 83 after an undisclosed illness. president obama and the first lady praised mondale's passionate efforts to promote art and culture during her years in washington. >>> the dow drops to an eight-month low, with reports on sluggish manufacturing and auto sales and that sent the average 401(k) down 6% this year. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, february 4th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good tuesday morning, everybody. we'll get right to you it. we'll begin with a convicted murderer back in custody this morning. he will be extradited back to michigan, possibly as soon as today. >> michael david elliott escaped from the prison in michigan sunday night. he was recaptured in laporte, indiana. ben bradlee spoke to the officers who

michael david elliott was captured in indiana after spending a day on the run.broken out of prison in michigan, apparently after crawling underneath a fence, then carjacking a woman using a box cutter. police say he then stole four cars before sheriff's deputies caught up with him in indiana. what they did is they threw down tire deflation sticks, which forced him to crash into a snow bank. they then grabbed elliott as he tried to crawl out of a window. >> we took him out of the car and laid him on the ground and placed him in handcuffs and asked him his name, and he told me his name was michael elliott. i asked him if he was the michael elliott, and he said yes. >> like the most mild-mannered police officer ever after a giant manhunt. deputies say elliott looked tired, he was quiet and polite. he's serving five life sentences for the 1993 murders of four people. he insists that he is innocent. >>> breaking overnight. a former california educator has now been arrested after a former student went public on youtube with her allegations of sex abuse. 40-year-old an

>> 40-year-old michael elliott was apprehended by indiana authorities after 5:00 o'clock this evening. there was an alert that went out in the area about a vehicle being stolen while authorities eventually spotted elliott behind the wheel of that vehicle. when they went to try to stop him, like he has done in the past, elliott fled. it took authorities to deploy stop sticks to finally, arrest elliott. all of this started last night. >> that's when elliott broke out of a prison here in mid-michigan. shortly after breaking out of that prison, he abducted as well as car jacked a woman. they drove about 100 miles to the indiana/michigan border. it was there that that woman was able to get out once they stopped at a gas station. she got out and she called 9-1-1. thankfully, in that situation, she was unharmed but glenelle i don't want fled again. a couple of hours after that, earlier this afternoon, the vehicle that elliott had stolen was spotted and actually found abandoned in northern indiana and when authorities saw that, they immediately put a school district there on lockdown because

michael david elliott in custody after escaping from michigan prison during the super bowl. how he was caught in a live report. wall street showing green arrows at the dow plunged 300 points yesterday. why are investors so anxious in 2014? it says here that a won's sex drive increases at the age of 80. helps reduce the risk of heart disse. keep hrt-healthy. live long. eat the 100% goodness of post shreddedheat. doctorrecommend it. jenna: a quick look at what is still to come this hour of "happening now." a killer goes on the run. police have him in custody. we will try you how it all went down in a live report. sour news for any sugar lovers. what researchers found in a brand-new study. the doctor will be joining us to explain. and accused of taking part in the kidnapping and hostage plot, now police say they have audio recordings to prove he ordered a hit on the with mrs. in the case. more on that coming up. jon: the dow was up a teeny tiny bit today. all in all it has been a tough start to 2014 for stocks with the dow down more than 7% since 2014 began. why? let's bring in

he captured michael elliott as he sped off in a stolen car. 4:48.is we want to get back to our stormatch coverage. you can expect flights delayed. hundreds of flights were canceled at reagan national, dulles and b.w.i. reagan and dulles were shut down for part of the day. b.w.i. remained open but most flights were canceled there. some scary moments for a snowplow driver. the plow actually tipped over here. the weight to have snow collapsed a gas canopy in chester, virginia just outside of richmond. it buckled and fell to the ground there. also good news there. no one was hurt. >> so dangerous out there, though. >> 12-plus inches of snow, it has got to go somewhere. >> so heavy d wet and then rain on top of that. hardest packed snow. keep that in mind today, because it is still heavy and wet. we're going to show you a time lapse. it is sent from one of my twitter followers. >> it covered up all of the little figures they set out there. you can see the clock. >> looks like a doughnut. >> so much of that really came n the overnight hours. so 2-3 inches per hour at times. 0 in winchester

michael elliott broke out of a prison in ionia, michigan, last night. kidnapped a woman and drove off in her car. a security camera caught elliott when they stopped for glass in elk heart, indiana, the woman locked herself in the bathroom and called police. elliott fled in her car. it was found abandoned. we don't have details but understand he is now back in custody. one day your car could warn you when it's about to crash. that story is just ahead. turkey for breakfast. and sad or power up your lunch with antibiotic-free chicken and our flavorful cilantro jalapeno hummus. power bowls from panera bread - power up today. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ all aboard. why do people count on sunsweet pruneit's made only from prunes, the inothing else. it works, simple as that. it's a natural source of fiber and 5 essential vitamins. it's the smart choice for me. try sunsweet's amazing juices and new amazing prune light. i takbeca

this is michael elliott. police told people to avoid the area where his car has been discovered. rea are now on lockdown. correction officials say elliott escaped in michigan last night. then he abducted a woman according to police and took her car. she managed to escape. she locked herself in the gas station bathroom and called police. elliott is serving not one, two, but four life sentences for killing four people in august of 1993. phillip seymour hoffman's career earned an oscar for playing tortured souls. now with his death, we are getting a richer picture of the addiction that gripped his life. two different law enforcement sources say the apartment where friends found hoffman sunday contained nearly 50 packets of heroin abled ace of spades and several empty pacts labeled ace of hearts and more than 20 used syringes and more. we have prescription drugs. all in his manhattan apartment. this appears that the 46-year-old father of three may not have had a prescription for all of those meds you see listed on your screen. in terms of his career, talk about a talent. he was in mor

authorities captured michael david elliott in indiana, he escaped last night from a michigan prison whererving a life sentence for killing four people and burning down a house. authorities say he carjacked a woman's jeep. they stopped to refuel. that's when his hostage made a move, calling 911 from a bathroom inside the gas station. george howell joins me with the latest. >> reporter: this was one of elliott's stop today in indiana. authorities tell us they arrested him in la port county indiana, not far from here after a heck of a 24 hours, after escaping prison, stealing two cars and kidnapping a woman who managed to break free. >> is this is an image of michael david elliott on the run since his escape from prison. he prepayed for gas in elkhart, indiana. at the same time outside, the woman elliott carjacked and kidnapped was secretly making a 911 call that may have saved her life. >> when and where did he pick you up? >> in ionia, michigan. >> he forced his way into your vehicle in ionia, michigan? >> yes. >> she asked for a break to go to the restroom. both were in the store at one p

. >> well, we know michael elliott, the prison escapee, is now in police custody.ails are few as it just happened in the past half hour, but police tell me they captured him after a short police pursuit. he was driving another vehicle. until then, the last place he had been seen was right here in shipshawana, indiana. he escaped from the correctional facility last night between 6:00 and 7:00 and was discovered missing when he wasn't accounted for at 9:15. at midnight police received a call from a woman who said elliott abducted her in her red jeep and drove to a gas station two hours away. the red jeep was discovered in this neighborhood around noon today. the woman said that when he abducted her, he had a hammer and a box cuter. elliott is serving four life sentences for the shooting murder of four different people in 1993. it is believed he changed into kitchen clothes and cut through two fences at the prison to escape. obviously tonight the main question is how could this breech of security happen? obviously people in all of these neighboring counties are reliev

michael david elliott used a box cutter to abduct a woman in indiana. they say elliott used the box cutter to escape prison by creating holes in fences. >> they are in custody. accused of shooting a police officer to death. >> police say some students were held hostages for awhile. no students were hurt. >> shooting was 800 miles away from sochi where there are concerns about terror attacks. no indications that the shooting is terror related or olympic related. >> they are getting ready are to the olympic games. many visitors are finding the hotels are not quite ready. it is playing down the delays. > >> everybody has the same quality and whenever there was a property. >> we reached our target. annually be ready. >> crews are putting up high signs telling them how to get to key locations. >> they began arriving last thursday. >>> an autopsy will be done on philip seymour hoffman. he was found dead in his manhattan apartment yesterday morning. he appears to have died from a drug overdose. he won an oscar for his role as trueman cap post tee in -- capote

michael elliott on the run for 24 hours before taken into custody last night.fter reporting a stolen car. now on sunday, elliott broke out of the prison where he is serving life for murdering four people in 1993. after escaping he car jacked a woman driving a vehicle. when they pulled over for gas, he sh, she called 911 from inside a bathroom. >> i'm being held, i'm hostage to an escaped convict. >> you're held hostage? >> yes. and he is in paying for goods. >> okay. >> michigan correction termses near toast where elliott broke out was unmanned at the time of the escape. it hasn't been jafed 24/7 in deblg aides. despite video cameras, an officer drove within 20 feet of elliott without noticing him. first off, i would say that woman who called from the bathroom was incredibly smart and what a cool customer. >> exactly. she seemed so cool, calm, collected. so apparently the deputy who caught him says this guy wasn't disruptive by any means when he approached him. the convict said, well, i guess i'm the guy everyone's looking for tp kept his cool. elliott stole as

a prison official says 40-year-old michael david elliott abducted a woman, but she was able to escapel police. elliott is serving life sentences for first degree murder and other crimes. >>> filmmaker woody allen released a statement denying allegations he sexually assaulted adopted daughter dylan farrow when she was 7 years old. farrow penned an open letter recounting the incident. >>> the nation's abortion rate is at its lowest level since the procedure became legal in 1973. new data says there was a 13% drop in abortions from 2008 to 2011. a decline some are attributing to more effective contraception methods. >>> the keystopresident obama w waiting to hear from the epa and other federal agencies before making any decisions. on sunday, white house chief of staff denis mcdonough said no time frame is in place for a decision. >>> and the winter games in sochi begin on thursday. but olympic organizers may not have gotten the memo. only six of the nine media hotels in the mountain area are fully operational with journalistes saying some rooms were still under construction and one was e

now investigators are trying to figure out how david michael elliott managed to break through two electric fences. >>> police releasing a 911 call from a woman he kidnapped after he escaped but listen to how calm she is. >> 911. >> [inaudible] -- in indiana. getting gas. i'm being held -- i'm hostage to an escaped convict. >> you're being held hostage? >> yes. he's paying for gas. >> imagine how calm that is. elliott is serving life in prisonut parole for murdering four people. >>> just a few hours from now autopsy results in the death of actor philip seymour hoffman will be released. this as we learn police found 70 bags of heroin inside his new york city apartment and 20 of them were empty. cops also turning up several bags filled with about 20 hypodermic needles, five bottles of prescription pills were also found at his apartment. one of them was a drug addicts take to help them kick the habit. >>> four people are dead but dozens more life possibly saved thanks to a hero pilot. he avoided a crowded building as his plane came crashing to the ground in nashville. listen to this. goodness.

michael david elliott was serving five life terms for murder and armed robbery when he escaped last nightmichigan prison. police say he then car-jacked a woman and drove her to elkhart, indiana, where she managed to free herself. they say elliott is considered armed and dangerous. >>> and there are fresh security concerns this morning over the upcoming winter olympics in sochi. less than a week before the opening ceremonies, russian officials have confirmed that only 6 of the 9 media hotels are fully operational. several tourist hotels are still under construction. it is raising more security worries as an expected 6,000 people, mostly media, pour into sochi today. >>> yesterday not only the super bowl. it was ground hog day. new york's new mayor, bill de blasio, fumbled the handoff. of the local rodent. meteorologists right there, helper, friend, staten island chuck. >> chuck not only saw his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter. you saw it. he saw a chance to escape. you might have noticed that the mayor is wearing heavy gloves. that is because chuck bit mayor bloomberg. >> forget a

. >> reporter: michael elliott told that woman he wanted to get as far away from michigan as possible. he abandoned the red jeep liberty shortly after that carjacking victim escaped, then stole a chevy monte carlo. sheriff's deputies spotted the monte carlo shortly after. >> he tried to roll the window down just enough so he could get himself out through the window. but he got halfway and we were right there the moment he came from behind and we pulled him out. >> reporter: he will face new charge for stealing the car and resisting arrest. the priority is to get him back to michigan where he will serve out multiple life sentences for those four murders. martha: how did he get out of prison? they are talking about four barbed wire fences? >> he used a white kitchen uniform to blend in with the snow. we are told he peeled back the wire fence with his bare hand. but it's supposed to be electrified and motion sensors to monitor his movements. bill: just when you thought you had seen enough snow, winter storm warnings in effect from oklahoma all the way to the northeast. a lot of this coul

michael david elliott serving life behind bars for four people. he used a kitchen uniform before his escape before kidnapping a woman. she managed to break free in a gas station in down down. >> the carjacking took the escapee south below the michigan state line. security camera captured these photos. at the time of his escape he wore a white kitchen uniform. he has a white turtleneck and black jacket. the woman got away and called 911. to the best of anyone's knowledge he did not get another car. it has decals of the tacmannian devil. it is in elhart county, down down. it got back on i- 90 direction unknown and able to it drive all night long. they believe he is long gone from elkhart county. he is armed and dangerous and his convention is a quad ruple murder and in a scheme to get drug money. and the bodies were burned. don't be a hero, fuspot anything call 911. >> how did he get out? michael? >> reporter: it was connected to the kitchen uniform. he didn't work in the kitchen but it gave him access to a port and the fence surrounding the prison.

michael david elliott broke out of prison sunday then abducted a woman.hey say he drove her to a gas station about a hundred miles away. [ technical difficulties ] >> reporter: now this caps an end to a massive manhunt that sparked off a nation-wide alert. this all started last night when el lee at broke out of a prison in michigan. he dug underneath a fence to escape. the carjacked and abducted a woman, they drove to the border to a gas station. when elliot went inside the gas station, the woman managed to escape and call 911. but by the time authorities got there, elliot was gone again. around 2:00 they recovered his stolen vehicle, but he was still nowhere to be found. authorities had dogs out searching for elliot, and they eventually got their man, and we were told by prison officials that elliot who was serving life in prison for killing four people in the early '90s, that he didn't cause any problems in prison until now. >> do we know whether he had any help? anything like that? >> reporter: well, i can tell you, that authorities spent a lot of time

michael david elliott. here is his picture now. take a close look. and then drove to indiana. when he stopped for gas along the way, that woman was able to get away. prison officials have no clue how elliott escaped. that search goes on at this hour. >>> she was not drunk when after church she backed her suv into a group of elderly people, leaving three of them dead and four of them seriously injured. cops say the 79-year-old driver just didn't realize that the car was in reverse when she stepped on the gas. she plowed into a crowd near tampa, florida. she is not being charged. >>> opponents of the keystone pipeline holding vigils today to stop that project. if that project is approved, activists say they have 75,000 people ready to block construction trucks on the highway to prevent this thing from going forward. this after new state department report found the project poses very little threat to the environment. the white house, though, still not giving the green light to the pipeline. >> we have one department with us. now other expert agencies, t

michael david elliott broke out of a prison in michigan, wearing a kitchen uniform.e managed to break free when they stopped for gas. elliot was serving life for the murders of four people. he escaped through a hole in a prison fence. as news becomes available, we'll have it for you. >>> a developing story that could affect people who stayed at marriott, share on the hotels. a third party is investigating now a reported data breech that exposed some hotel guests, credit and debit card information. the hackers apparently struck around the same time of that credit breech at target. >>> ginger has been saying yet again, the northeast getting slammed yet again by yet another storm. up to 8 inches of snow possible in new york, while thousands of flights are cancelled or delayed already. remember, many super bowl fans's travel plans from in flux. >>> and a crucial day in the scandal plaguing governor chris christie. a committee investigating the lane closures on the george washington bridge is expected to receive new subpoenaed documents today. a top staffer has resigned.

police say michael david elliott abducted a woman. she was able to escape, though. police say they've now found the jeep that was hijacked by elliott, but still no sign of him. he was last seen wearing a white turtleneck and jacket. they're now looking at schools where they say that car was found. people in that indiana area and surrounding areas also being told to lock their doors, stay inside and only answer your door for law enforcement. >>> if the meantime, lawyers for amanda knox and her former boyfriend are now threatening legal action against the judge who presided over last week's guilty verdict in the slaying of knox's roommate. that's after the judge spoke about the case to an italian newspaper. defense attorneys say the comments show prejudice. >>> and a japanese whaling ship collides with an anti-whaling boat. both are blaming each other for that crash. >>> triple threat of snowstorms slamming across a lot of the united states today. the snow already forcing the cancellation of about 1500 flights nationwide. schools closed in states in the northeast, mid

michael david elliott tore holes in two fences sunday night to escape from a michigan prison. once out elliott kidnapped a woman and stole her car. she escaped and called police. later the car was spotted at an indiana gas station. that's where police tracked him and eventually arrested him. >>> today in the prince george's county, closing arguments in the trial against brian mahiew. he faces murder charges in the death of his uncle niko. the timing of the closing arguments depends if the defense presents a case. >>> now to the search for a missing police reservist. kevin quick has been missing since friday last spotted at his mother's home in nelson county three hours southwest of d.c. near charlottesville. authorities became concerned for the 45-year-old when only his silver suv was spotted in the background of some atm surveillance footage 100 miles from where he was last seen with him nowhere in sight. >> spotted by a deputy within the sheriff's county office. it was abandoned and obviously we were on the scene. and we are currently examining that vehicle as evidence. >> f

michael david elliott got away last night and abducted a woman and drove her car to a gauging stationshe wasability escape and call 9-1-1. he was convicted in 1993 of murdering four people. the stockmarket dropped 326 points today. it's worse hit since june. analysts blame it on a disappointing factory activity report. manufacturing was at its slowest level in eight months. thousands of flights had been cancelled after a major winter storm hit the east coast from boston to washington, d.c. chris christie has declared a state of emergency. more storms are expected this week. the trial of michael dunn, accused of killing 17-year-old jordan davis in a dispute over loud music. dunn says he was acting in self defense. the case has drawn compare songs to the death of tray von martin. >> the government says it will require cars to talk to each other. the department of transportation says the vehicle to vehicle technology is being developed so it will improve safety. it will allow cars to change speed and position to avoid crashes. those are the headlines. i am richelle carey. i will see you

say they have found the suv, 40-year-old michael david elliott carjacked from a woman after slipping under a prison fence in michigan last night. the woman managed to escape. she called police. when they pulled over to get gas, elliott was convicted of murdering as mentioned four people in 1993. authorities in indiana, michigan, and tennessee have been warned to look out for him. and at least earlier, as mentioned there was a town lockdown a number of schools affected by this manhunt for this individual. the 40-year-old who was convicted of murdering four people and is now on the run. let's go back to the weather that we told you about. joining me now is weather channel's alex wilson at laguardia airport. we can see it's coming down and it's been doing that like the super bowl ended and this awful weather rolled in. quite a few delays that folks are dealing with trying to get out of town after the big game. >> reporter: oh, yeah, the delay and cancellation board filled with those words, not many flights if at all actually at the latest check there were no flights on time. so everybod

michael david elliott found in indiana after a sheriff's deputy spotted the suspect's stolen car.ing four people in 1993 escaped by going through a hole and two fences with his hands. and facebook turns 10 today in an exclusive interview with "today" this morning company founder and ceo mark zuckerberg says thinking ahead of the competition is what made facebook rise to the top. >> i've spent a lot of late nights pacing around my living room, you know, with teammates just trying to plot out what our next move can be in order to keep pushing forward on this mission but there's always a next move. >> still ahead, she's in. we have an update on sandra and her possible run for office. plus another congressman announces his resignation, this time a 12-year veteran at the center of an ethics investigation, one of the things we thought you should know. like the "news nation" on facebook. facebook.com/newsnation. tell us what you were doing ten years ago. that would be almost pre-facebook. hi. jessica, you said in a focus group, you'd like to have a product oh! that eliminates odors and d

are searching for a dangerous inmate who escaped from a michigan prison on sunday. 48-year-old michael elliottng a box cutter and had her drive him to indiana. she escaped when they pulled over for gas. >> remember the target hacking and people are like i'm wondering if this is going to happen again. it has. another massive security breach has exposed the personal information of thousands of people. guests at big brand name hotels like marriott, sheraton, westin, reportedly had debit and credit information stole last year through a hotel operator called white lodging. christine romans, help me understand this. they lost the information at the hotel but it was through another operator? >> another operator who manages the franchises. it is the wild west with your information out there. thousands of guests found their credit and debit card information had been stolen and used. the same security researchers uncovered the argue et hack brings attention to this one. chicago, l.a., boston, denver, louisville and tampa managed by white lodging and they say, yes, they can inp infer a destination is in

if you spot michael david elliott, do not try to be a hero. convicted in 1993 of killing four people in attempt to steal drug money and then burning the body. he is considered armed and dangerous. if you spot anything, notify the authorities. bill: what more do you know about how he was able to escape? reporter: the authorities, they discovered two holes in the perimeter fence. he cut the holes or discovered the holes and was able to climb out. his 5'8", 165 pounds. 40 years old. the remainder of the inmates are accounted for. a press conference underway right now. more information as it becomes available. bill: thank you, mike, we will be back with you. martha: a fox news alert on this, new problems with the obamacare website. word now thousands of appeals from people who experience problems are now being completely ignored. stuart varney on the fox business network, good morning to you, stuart. what is going on here? >> according to the "washington post," if you signed up for obamacare and a mistake was made commimade, he cannot get that me

authority say that michael david elliott was captured monday night, a day after he escaped.rs say that he abducted a woman and stole her jeep. he got about 100 mi. south into indiana before the woman fled. he made his way to another indiana community and stolen a car. a sheriff's deputy quickly spotted the stolen car. no one was injured. >> coming up on kron 4 news. hypodermic and syringe: words from a police report hypodermic and syringe: words from a police report on the death t's y no. too-so hypodermic and syringe: words from a police report on the death and rn oa faet oidea t's ck..this thi trthat les so it her sa it ere. th, les ju in. th bh fe. let'do ts. mo savg. re dng. that theowerf e ho dep. rit no fi a gat seleion nity sttingt 79 bks. onlyor alimid ti. ? ♪ wita da of lt, th mwone loveou mt ♪ >> welcome back. it is a cold start to your tuesday. the temperatures in the south bay are 34 degrees. this is just above the freezing mark and mountain view. you should grab a jacket. i will talk about what to expect this afternoon. i will look at rain chance of coming up.

michael david elliott recaptured in indiana. >>> governor christie is sticking to his story that he had no prior knowledge of the bridge scandal. >> did i have any knowledge of it beforehand? the answer is the same, unequivocally, no. >> children 4 and 6 found unconscious in one of the pools on the nor weenlgen brenorweiga. the 4-year-old died. >>> we've got to show everybody exactly what you did. >> who is the star here? >> and they win! >> and all that matters. >> a store owner $7 million. if the seahawks won, anyone who bought $6,000 worth of furniture would get a complete refund. >> no stroke from the stress. >> thank you, jay leno. i'll do my best to make you proud every single night. >> it's jay leno's last week and also the wintstart of the winte olympics, two event that is happen every four years. >> announcer: today's eye opener brought to you by. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning, norah. >> good morning to you, charlie. >> we begin again with the weather. many of you are waking up to a chilly morning in the west. about half the country faces more

they caught 40-year-old michael elliot last night. she escaped when elliott stopped for gas. police say he stole another car and that led to a police chase. >> i confirmed with him if he was the michael elliot that we heard about through the day and he nodded his head. it was a sense of relief. i'm glad he's in custody and i'm glad people will sleep better knowing that he's off the sleep. >> indiana officials say elliot is being charged with car theft and it's still unclear how he escaped from the michigan prison. he snuck past guards and got past two electric fences. that investigation is, as you can imagine, still ongoing. elliot is serving a life sentence for killing four people and then setting their home on fire in 1993. >>> autopsy results are expected today for philip seymour hoffman, and there is new information this morning on the hours that led up to the actor's death. sources tell nbc news that 49 full bags of heroin were found at hoffman's new york apartment. at least 23 of them were empty and four baggies of a white powder believed to contain cocaine in what appea

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the search goes on. 40-year-old michael david elliott escaped from the correctional facility.ction officials think he may have carjacked a woman and made it as far as indiana. that carjacking victim escaped from elliott at a gas station in indiana and called the police. again, elliott was convicted of killing four people in 1993. >>> we have developing news in morning. russian authorities trying to minimize the threats of the olympics by putting certain people on house arrest. ktvu's kyla campbell joining us live in washington, d.c. to explain what they are doing to keep person athletes and the tourists safe. kyla? >> reporter: dave, cnn reports that russian authorities have dozens of people on house arrest in the russian province to militant groups. suicide bombers who killed 30 people in late december were from that area. cnn says authorities are keeping several women on house arrest because their husbands or fathers or sons have been killed for suspected extremist activity and those woman could be black widows and carry out twist attacks. what president obama has to say abo

authorities spotted michael david elliott during the traffic stop in la port county, indiana after he run from a michigan prison. >> he ran over a couple sets of stop sticks our sergeants laid out. his tires were going flat. he lost control of the vehicle, came to an intersection and slid into the snow bank. he wasn't able to move further. >> reporter: sunday night prison guards discovered elliott missing from his cell. it's unclear how he managed to escape. once outside, he pulled back the fencing of security barriers and crawled underneath. his escape took a dramatic turn when he abducted a woman forcing his way into her car and forced her to drive across to indiana. >> he has a hammer and box cutter. >> surveillance footage shows elliott on the run, inside a store paying for gas. while there, his hostage was able to lock herself in the restroom and make this desperate 911 call, her abductor lurking outside the door. >> yes. occupied. sorry. it's taking me longer than i thought. >> is that him? >> yes. >> he's knocking on the bath room door saying let's go. >> her employ worked. ell

officers say michael david elliott escaped by peeling a hole in a fence with his bare hands. he abducted a woman and stole her jeep outside of the prison. when the two stopped for gas, the woman managed to call 911 for help. >> i said, you need to figure out somehow how to fet into the gas station -- get into the gas station. i said tell him you need to use the restroom. he said do not hang up the phone with me. >> officers were able to track them down and elliott was arrested. officials are now looking at the fences at the facility. they think a motion sensor and shock system may have failed during his escape. >>> more innocent prisoners are going free thanks to a push by prosecutors to take a closer look at questionable convictions. according to the national registry of exxonerations in 2013, 87 people were found to have been wrongly convicted. of that number, one in five pleaded guilty to the charges against them in order to get a plea bargain. the registry found that some of the exonerations involved dna evidence. the rest were brought about by police and prosecutors conc

quadruple murderer michael david elliott escaped from a maximum prison sunday but was recaptured in indianat in sochi targeting austria's olympic team. a letter warned two athletes would be kidnapped during the sochi games. >> a number five, president barack obama meeting with defense officials today. the focus, how to deal with afghanistan. he's been pressing the afghan president for months to sign the security agreement to keep the scaled back u.s. presence there. we always update five things to know. visit cnn.com for the latest. >>> january was one for the books when it comes to weather impacting air travel. an astonishing 40,000 flights cancelled last month. add to that delays and other issues you had to deal with. that doesn't include the 2,000 cancelled flights monday. with multiple storms in the forecast this week, it could be another travel nightmare. rene marsh has been looking into this. it begs the question, has this be the worst travel period yet? >> reporter: kate, it has been pretty bad for travelers when you look at prior years, recent years. a lot of analysts say yeah, just

michael david elliot was recaptured last night in northern indiana. police tracked him down after receiving a report of a stolen car. elliott was on the loose for about 24 hours before being caught. the officers who arrested him said elliott surrendered peacefully. >> he wasn't disrespectful by any means. he was fairly polite actually. >> and said, hey, i'm the guy everyone is looking for? >> he didn't try to give any false names or send us off the path. we asked him his name, and he told us who he was. >> prison officials will now try to determine how elliott escaped when cameras observed him trying to get through two fences. an officer was said to be monitoring those cameras. he also eluded an officer in a vehicle who at one point was just about 20 feet away. >>> joan mondale, the wife of former vice president walter mondale, is being remembered by president obama. mondale died yesterday in minneapolis surrounded by her husband and sons. her family did not discuss her illness. a statement from the president praised mondale's passionate efforts to promote arts and culture during her years in washington referring to her nic