cbs's nikki dementri will start us off tonight with new details on how it all came together. vania. good evening, nikki. >> reporter: state police say once in motion the capture of danelo cavalcante today happened within five minutes. tonight he's in custody at s.c.i. phoenix, a maximum security prison northwest of philadelphia, to serve a life sentence for first-degree murder. >> the search for danelo cavalcante is over. the subject is now in custody. >> reporter: now police are revealing how the massive search came to a dramatic end. >> our nightmare is finally over, and the good guys won. >> reporter: police say a burglar alarm went off within their search perimeter just after midnight. about an hour later an aircraft using thermal technology picked up a signal. and just before 8:00 this morning tactical units surrounded cavalcante as he tried to escape with a stolen rifle. but law enforcement released a k9 to hold him. >> he continued to resist but was forcibly taken into custody. >> reporter: cavalcante was seen wearing a philadelphia eagles football sweatshirt, his face

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nikki dementri, thank you. >>> and we're following another urgent manhunt, this one right here in d.csuspect escaped police custody from george washington university hospital where he was being treated. christopher haynes was not handcuffed when he escaped. traffic near gw is gridlocked. university students were told to shelter in place. >>> well, now to the intense and record-breaking heat gripping major u.s. cities tonight across the south and all the way up to the east coast to new england. 160 million americans sweltered in temperatures in the 90s or above today. we get more now from cbs' kristina ruffini. >> reporter: for parents and kids already sweating the start of a new school year, the heat hasn't helped. >> the fact that they aren't really prepared for these kinds of incidents is a little ridiculous. >> reporter: with the heat index topping triple-digits in d.c., some kids at horace mann elementary are trying to learn their abcs without ac. complaining about the heat and noise from fans that didn't do much. finally after more than a week, temporary window units were install

as nikki dementri reports -- the images offer new information about the escapee. >> reporter: these arehe latest images of escaped killer danelo cavalcante captured by a trail camera overnight. outside the search zone where police thought they had him trapped. >> the photos confirm that cavalcante has not changed his appearance, but also that he has obtained a backpack, a duffel sling-type pack and a hooded sweatshirt. >> reporter: police were forced to widen their search perimeter which led to two school districts closing out of an abundance of caution. >> everyone is home today. but still it's not what we chose to be. >> reporter: cavalcante is believed to be within ten miles from the prison where he escaped last week. the police almost had him this weekend. he was spotted by a state trooper who gave chase but ultimately lost him in the woods. >> we had already requested and begun to mobilize resources from additional federal agencies last evening to include the fbi and u.s. customs and border patrol. >> reporter: cavalcante is serving a life sentence without parole for killing his ex

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norah. >> norah: nikki dementri, thank you.othering much of the nation. 156 million americans sweltered in hotter than normal conditions today with nearly half of the population experiencing temperatures in the 90s and above. cbs's omar villafranca now on how the dangerous heat is affecting schools. >> reporter: extreme heat is causing a back-to-school meltdown. in detroit, jemia bray and jaevon adams had to pick up their two sons three hours early after the mercury hit 91 degrees. >> i just found out yesterday at 7:00 p.m., yesterday, that they have a half a day today. >> reporter: and it's not just in michigan. schools across seven states either had early dismissals or were closed entirely because of the heat. including in philadelphia, where students from 78 public schools with no air conditioning were sent home early on the first day of classes. in washington, d.c., the swamp feeling like a swamp. public pools were set to close on labor day, but the 97 degrees temps are forcing city officials to keep some open until septemb

we get the latest from cbs's nikki dementri. >> reporter: these are the latest images of escaped killerby a trail camera overnight. outside the search zone where police thought they had him tracked. >> the photos confirm that cavalcante has not changed his appearance but also that he has obtained a backpack, a duffel sling-type pack, and a hooded sweatshirt. >> reporter: police were forced to widen their search perimeter today, which led to two school districts closing out of an abundance of caution. >> everyone is home today, but it's not what we chose to be. >> reporter: cavalcante is believed to be within ten miles of the prison where he escaped last week. he was spotted by a state trooper who gave chase but ultimately lost him in the woods. >> we had already requested and begun to mobilize resources from additional federal agencies last evening, to include the fbi and u.s. customs and border patrol. >> reporter: cavalcante is serving a life sentence without parole for killing his ex-girlfriend in front of her two small children. he's the second prisoner to escape from this prison th

cbs's nikki dementri will start us off tonight with new details on how it all came together. . >> reporter: state police say once in motion, the capture of danelo cavalcante today happened within 5 minutes. tonight, he is in custody at sei phoenix, a maximum-security prison northwest of philadelphia to serve a life sentence for first-degree murder. >> the search for danelo cavalcante is over. the subject is now in custody. >> reporter: now, police are revealing how the massive search came to a dramatic end. >> our nightmare is finally over, and the good guys won. >> reporter: police say a burglar alarm went off within their search perimeter just after midnight. about an hour later, an aircraft using thermal technology picked up a signal. and just before 8:00 this morning, tactical units surrounded cavalcante as he tried to escape with a stolen rifle, but law enforcement released a k-9 to hold him. >> he continued to resist, but was forcibly taken into custody. >> reporter: cavalcante was seen wearing a philadelphia eagles football sweatshirt, his face bloodied from a dog bite

nikki dementri, thank you very much.rential downpours lead to communities across new england overnight, stranding drivers and homeowners after nearly a foot of rain fell in some areas. the state of emergency was declared in leominster, massachusetts, that is about 40 miles northwest of boston after catastrophic flooding washed away roads and forced evacuations. new england and much of the east coast could get soaked as hurricane lee makes its way north across the atlantic, as a powerful category 3 storm. meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel is following this latest track just in. but he, chris. >> good evening, norah, we are tracking the heavy rain and possible flood threat with lee and where it goes could make a big difference in who gets what. at this point, boston and the cape now out of the cone, but not necessarily out of the woods just yet. a farther west track would mean some heavy rain, strong winds, also the coastal flooding and some very large waves, so if it goes over here, a bet

norah. >> norah: nikki dementri with those new updates, thank you.amid an uptick in cases and hospitalizations. the fda approved updated covid vaccines made by pfizer and moderna. the boosters are designed to target the new dominant variant. if the cdc signs off as early as tomorrow, the new shots could roll out later this week. tonight one of the highest paid college football coaches is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal. michigan state university he suspended coach mel tucker after a report that he sexually harassed a rape survivor. a note of caution, some of the details are disturbing. here's cbs's jericka duncan. >> reporter: michigan state university head football coach mel tucker wrote to an investigator back in march that he "did not engage in misconduct by any definition." that's according to an investigative "usa today" report, but his accuser brenda tracy says "that's not true." >> we are focused on prevention work with men. >> reporter: tracy is the founder of a nonprofit organization hired by msu to speak to the football team about

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nikki dementri, thank you. and we are following another urgent manhunt, this one right here in d.c.ice custody from george washington university hospital, where he was being treated. christopher haynes was not handcuffed when he escaped. traffic near g.w. is gridlocked. university students were told to shelter in place. now to breaking news concerning hunter biden. federal prosecutors revealing in a court filing today that they will seek to indict the president's son before the end of this month. we get the new details from cbs's catherine herridge. >> reporter: the prosecutor's status report is the strongest indication that charges are looming in the hunter biden case. the president's son had previously reached a deal for alleged gun possession by a drug user that avoided prosecution if he abided by the terms for two years. but in july, a plea agreement for misdemeanor tax charges collapsed, leaving the future of the gun deal in question, and hunter biden facing legal jeopardy. today, special counsel david weiss revealed his plans, telling the court, "the government intends to seek

cbs's nikki dementri has a new details.% >> this has taken a change in direction. >> today authoritieso cavalcante's arrest at $25,000 hoping it will convince someone to come forward with information. >> now he is in an urban. >> new surfaced images were taken saturday from a doorbell camera as he unsuccessfully tried to seek help from two former coworkers. looking different, clean-shaven and wearing a green hoodie and nearly 50 minutes away from where police have been searching. state police have concerned 12 sightings in chester county that spanned 750 square miles, but now say they don't have a defined search area. >> i don't believe he has the resources to get out of pennsylvania, and other pieces of information that we have generated within this investigation lead me to believe that he is still here. >> investigators believe that he search through the search parameter over the weekend, and had keys in sight after abandon after it ran out of gas. making the daring escape from prison a broad daylight after being sentenced to life for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in front of he