abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: a devastated new jersey family is planning a funeral thismorning for their 11-year-old daughter who was electrocuted in their backyard. >> female electrocuted unconscious, breathing. >> reporter: police say 11-year-old kayla matos and two of her friends were playing with an inflatable raft in a backyard lagoon saturday night and swimming near this metal boat lift when they touched it. electricity from the lift went soaring through the children and into the water. the day before, a similar heartbreaking tragedy, this time in ohio. a 19-year-old was electrocuted after he jumped in the water to save his dad and his dog. it's called electric shock drowning usually caused by a short in the wiring of a charging line or a power source at a dock, marina or boat. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> experts say you should inspect the electrical equipment at docks and marinas at least once a year, and we'll also take a closer look at the hidden electrical dangers in swimming pools coming up later this morning on "good morning america." >>> overseas t

abc's steve osunsami is there. >> reporter: they're giving it one last push tonight. >> good to see you. >> reporter: and new figures show that the pile of cash these two candidates have spent fighting each other is now larger than $50 million. the costliest congressional race ever. >> the same unhinged leftist cheering last week's shooting are all backing john. >> the gloves have been off for awhile, but this new ad from a fringe group, tying john osshoff to last week's shooting of republican lawmakers went low. what do you think about this ad, the ad that aired over the weekend, sort of tying this to the shooting? >> absolutely disgusting and beyond inappropriate. >> reporter: the president this evening is weighing in, pointing out that ossoff lives outside the sixth and can't vote in the district. republican karen handel says her opponent is only doing well because of all the money coming from out of state. >> a squirrel is going to get a pretty decent percentage of the vote if he has $30 million behind him. >> reporter: polls show this race is dead even. so, turnout will be key and

steve osunsami has the details. >> in this morning's gma first look, a devastated new jersey family ising a funeral this morning for their 11-year-old daughter who was electrocuted in their backyard. >> female electrocuted, unconscious, breathing. >> police say 11-year-old kayla and two of her friends were playing wn a inflatable raft in a backyard lagoon saturday night and swimming near his metal boat lift when they touched it. electristry faum the lift went soaring through the children and into the water. the day before, a similar heartbreaking tragedy, this time in ohio. a 19-year-old was electrocuting after he jumped in the water to save his dad and dog. it's called electric shock drowning. usually caused by a short in the wiring of a charging line or a power source at a dock, marina, or boat. and coming up at 7:00 a.m., how pools can be just as dangerous, with your gma first look, steve osunsami. >> a hum hold county mother is facing charges of beating her 11-year-old daughter in an attempt to perform an exorcism. kimberly felter shoved sand into the child's mouth at a secluded be

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: this is the picture police have wanted to see since tuesday. 43-year-oldonny rowe and 24-year-old ricky dubose in police handcuffs at a court appearance in tennessee, the escaped cellmates accused of murdering their prison guards, agreed to return to georgia without a fight. >> we're going to get georgia pick you up. >> reporter: they were captured after a high speed chase, where they were shooting at police. an elderly couple managed to break free and call 911. the two men stole their suv, crashed it, lost their guns in the wreck and ran to another home hoping to steal another car. but they ran into a homeowner with a gun. the reward, $130,000, authorities deciding how to split it up. >> thank you. >>> and still ahead, amazon buying a popular grocery store. >>> and the rip currents, the search for the missing tonight. ...this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain... ...and protect my joints from further damage. humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. humira works by targeting and helping to... ...block a specific source... ...

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here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: georgia authorities tonight tell that the inmates who got away after murdering two prison guards are out running around with 40-caliber glocks and could kill again. >> they need to surrender before we find 'em. i saw two brutally murdered what ico secaw. i have their blood on my shoes. >> reporter: putnam coty r pothese two fugitives -- 43-year-old donnie rowe and 24-year-old ricky dubose, both say one of them is a member of the ghost faced gangsters, a white supremacist prison gang. >> there's a deputy on the i'ene. >> reporter: the bus ride, from where they escaped earlynds hias moving 33 inmates from one prison to another. police say the two men broke through a locked barrier in back, and attacked prison transfer sergeants, christopher monica and curtis billue. dasta families tonight. they were killed with one of their own guns. >> be advised, they carjacked a white male in a n eegra ndho >> reporter: police are looking for this green honda. late this afternoon, they believe theykee ro bd o chnt ia clothes. david. >> steve, thank you. >>> and

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: georgia authorities tonight tell us they're stepping it up. >> they need to surrender before we find 'em. i saw two brutally murdered corrections officers. that's what i saw. i have their blood on my shoes. >> reporter: police are desperately searching for these two fugitives -- 43-year-old donnie rowe and 24 year old ricky dubose, both are career criminals who were serving hard time, and police say one of them is a member of the ghost faced gangsters, a white supremacist prison gang. >> there's a deputy on the scene. i'm assuming that the shooters have escaped. >> reporter: the bus ride, where they escaped early this morning was unscheduled, and was moving 33 inmates from one prison to another. police say the two men broke through a locked barrier in back, and attacked prison transfer sergeants, christopher lamonica and curtis billue. they were killed with one of their own guns. >> be advised, just been they carjacked a white male in a graygreen honda automobile. >> reporter: police are looking for this green honda. late this afternoon, they

our steve osunsami is there. >> behind me is what used to be an oil service station. you can see the winds were strong enough to basically tear this place in two. this was part of a wall. >> reporter: in dayton, ohio, a heavy rain at a thunderbirds airshow possibly contributing to an f-16 flipping on a runway. the two passengers taken to the hospital. >> they had been coming in and executed a missed approach because of the visibility and rain. >> reporter: in perry county, illinois, up to five inches of rain swamped vehicles, big and small. this road in mid land, michigan, has a river running through it. and west of pittsburgh, a man trying to clear debris from a drainage pipe was pulled under. he did not survive. and david, here in the northeast, we're expefkting rounds of heavy rain tomorronig into tomorrow. david? >> gio, thank you. let's get right to ginger zee. she's tracking it for us tonight. ginger? >> reporter: and david, there is a severe thunderstorm less than 90 miles southwest of us right here and we are not alone. it feels down right tropical for a reaso

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: this is the picture police have wanted to see since tuesday. 43-year-oldonny rowe and 24-year-old ricky dubose in police handcuffs tonight. at a court appearance in tennessee, the escaped cellmates accused of murdering their prison guards, agreed to return to georgia without a fight. >> we're going to let georgia pick you up. >> reporter: they were captured after a high speed chase, where they were shooting at police. >> they got a subject in the back. >> reporter: they had just finished tying up an elderly couple who broke free and called 911. you can hear the trauma in their voices. >> you survived. you did a good job. come here and let me hold you. it was just so close. please get the police out here as soon as you can. >> reporter: the two men stole their suv, crashed it, lost their guns in the wreck and ran to another home hoping to steal another car. but this time the homeowner had a gun. >> i prayed like i had never prayed before. >> reporter: now there's the issue of the reward. $130,000, authorities deciding how to split it up. david? >> steve, th

abc's steve osunsami north of atlanta tonight. >> reporter: tornado watches are up tonight from the tropical storm pouring in from the gulf. and there are twisters in the areas of alabama. >> it just hit here in fairfield. it was big, guys. it was really big. >> reporter: just outside birmingham, a tornado hit in fairfield, alabama. with 120-mile-per-hour winds. from a mile away, people recording on their phones could see the debris. authorities say three or four people are hurt. there's damage to three businesses. 12,000 people lost power. >> it lasted three or four minutes enter it was gone. >> we want to make sure everybody's okay right. >> reporter: north of atlanta tonight, forecasters are warning more than a million people here to watch out. tropical storm cindy made land fall near the texas/louisiana border over night, and it was a soaker on the gulf coast. more than 10 inches of rain. and the fire ants trying to escape. eva pilgrim is there. >> basically a river that is where a road should be. the water, surrounding the houses. >> reporter: we are learning more tonight about the boy

abc's steve osunsami is following it all for us in alpharetta, georgia, for us this morning. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. that sound you're hearing is the sound of i told you sos from conservatives who never thought the outside attention that would give this seat to a democrat. karen handel whose campaign headquarters are behind me is now the congressman-elect. this morning the career politician who was vastly outspent by her opponent and didn't get half of his adulation is heading to washington. >> thank you for believing in me. as we prepare to send georgia's first republican woman to congress. jon ossoff from flipping the 6th, a seat held by republicans since 1979 staying red. >> this is not the outcome any of us were hoping for. but this is the beginning of something much bigger than us. >> if this was, indeed, a vote of confidence on president trump then he won. celebrating in a text message to supporters. congrats to karen handel on a huge win in georgia. democrats lose again, 0-4. total disarray. the make america great again mandate is s

abc's steve osunsami is on the scene. e. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. police here don't believe that williams acted recklessly or did anything terribly wrong, but someone here died. florida police this morning underline that it was an accident but say they believe that tennis superstar venus williams is at fault for the june 9th crash that caused the death of 78-year-old jerome barson and seriously injured his wife linda. the accident happened just days after the seven-time grand slam champion was eliminated from the french open driving to her palm beach gardens home, jerome barson died from his injuries two weeks after the crash. according to the police report, williams was driving a sequoia and had a green light when traffic forced her to stop in the middle of an intersection. another driver who witnessed the accident says that williams' light turned red with her suv still in the middle of that intersection and when she was able to drive forward she stepped right in the way of an oncoming hyundai accent. lin

steve osunsami is on the ground in hard hit fairfield, alabama, with more. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. i'm standing in front of what's left of a state liquor store that took a direct hit. there's at whiskey aisle right there. the j & b and dewers are still standing on the shelf. look, what happened to the bourbon torn apart. all of this is a total loss. this town was caught by surprise by the storm. there were people inside these businesses at the time. this is what's left of an oil service station. as you can see, the walls were torn apart by the high winds. for many this was a rough night of wild weather across the south. >> it just hit here in fairfield. it was big, guys. it was really big. >> reporter: a confirmed ef-2 tornado came tearing through the small town just outside birmingham terrorizing families and destroying their businesses. four people were hurt. the only thing left standing here, these two shelves. >> it lasted about two or three minutes and it was gone. >> reporter: even from a distance you could see the

abc's steve osunsami is at a lake in georgia this morning with more details. steve. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it's a very hard thing to do, but experts say, if you see someone being electrocuted in the water the first thing you should do is cut off the power. you could save your life and a person you're trying to help. a devastated new jersey family is planning a funeral this morning for their 11-year-old daughter who was electrocuted over the weekend while swimming in their backyard. >> female, electrocuted. unconscious, breathing. >> reporter: 11-year-old kayla matos and two of her friends were playing on an inflatable raft in a backyard lagoon saturday night and swimming near this metal boat lift when they touched it. electricity from the lift went soaring through the children and into the water. the 11-year-old died at the hospital. her friends were shocked but not seriously hurt. >> i'll go cpr now. >> get a backboard and stretcher out to the back. >> reporter: the day before a similar heartbreaking tragedy. this time in ohio, a 19-year-old was el

tuesday finally captured in tennessee taken into custody after a chase with police and abc's steve osunsami this morning where the prisoners were last spotted before they were caught. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, david. the fbi mobile command center is behind me along with law enforcement officers from three states all celebrating the capture. police hope they can have the two fugitives back home as soon as today. caught and headed back to prison this morning, the cell mate, fugitives and now accused murderers seen here in handcuffs in tennessee. the small town georgia sheriff who led the manhunt hopes to have them back in his county today. >> if they waive extradition we'll -- i'll go up to get them. >> reporter: their run from the law came to an end after police say they broke into an elderly couple's home thursday, held them at gunpoint and then drove off in their suv. >> the couple had the wherewithal to break free and notify authorities. >> reporter: the authorities came running. the high-speed chase lasted for ten miles on interstate 24. >> moving in and out of traf