board has gotten caught up in the powerful storm and is lost at sea. abc's linzie janis has the very latest now from nassau in the bahamas. linzie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. that ship was last heard from 48 hours ago near crooked island in the southeastern bahamas just as the area was being battered by joaquin. this morning, the u.s. coast guard scouring more than 850 square nautical miles right in the middle of the hurricane's fury desperately searching for an american cargo ship lost at sea. >> this vessel is disabled basically right near the eye of hurricane joaquin right where the strongest winds are. >> reporter: the 33 crew members of "el faro," 28 of them americans were on their way from jacksonville, florida, to san juan, puerto rico when at 7:20 a.m. thursday morning the ship sent a distress notification saying the 735-foot vessel had lost propulsion and was listing at 15 degrees. they haven't been heard from since. at home in jacksonville, family members worried sick awaiting any sign. >> they don't know where the ship is. we just want our husband

. linzie janis has the story. >> reporter: firefighters breaking down the door of this chicago day care, desperately trying to reach a baby girl locked inside. her frantic father recording it all. >> journee? >> it was pitch black and, like, the police had the flashlight down and the only thing i could see was my baby crawling on the floor. [ crying ] >> reporter: 1-year-old journee's dad reportedly arriving 15 minutes before their doors locked. >> my heart dropped. i was just glad that she was okay. >> reporter: the center now authorities. we've seen it before. earlier this year, this houston father smashing a window at his son's day care. the 10-month-old left inside on his own. that center calling it a terrible accident. little journee's mom saying the daycare workers told her they mistook her child for a doll. the facility hasn't returned our calls for comment. ing. >> it's so upsetting for little kids. she's is 1-year-old. when they're left alone it's terrifying to be left alone in the dark but the fact she was there without anyone makes you rethink schools and daycares that i

vanishing in the storm a cargo ship, but this morning, a new clue. abc's linzie janis has the latest from nassau. >> reporter: good morning. improved weather conditions in this area have helped coast guard searchers find the first sign of the el faro in three days. overnight, in the stormy seas near the bahamas, the u.s. coast guard finding a life ring, the first of the el faro. the discovery validation they're searching in the right area. friends and family members holding on to hope the 33 crew members, including 28 americans, are still alive. >> i'm very hopeful. hopeful. >> reporter: rescue crews scouring 30,000 square nautical miles. mostly by air and in treacherous conditions. the el faro was traveling from jacksonville, florida, to san juan, puerto rico, when it was beset by joaquin. the ship sending a a distress at 8:00 a.m. on thursday. saying it had lost electricity, was taking on water. tote maritime, the company that owns the ship, saying the captain was aware of the hurricane's path. >> the captain in this case, had been monitoring the track of this tropical storm for a numbe

of ntsb investigators now on the scene and abc's linzie janis is in florida with the latest. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, robin. families of the crew have been gathering here at the seafarers union daily and the ntsb bringing a team dedicated to helping them through this investigation that's now under way alongside that search at sea. overnight the search for survivors of the "el faro" growing increasingly desperate. the coast guard discovering more debris including this container door but so far no new signs of the rest of the ship's 33 crew members since a body was discovered floating inside a survival suit three days ago. the ntsb now on the scene vowing to find out what happened. >> we hit the ground running. we leave no stone unturned. >> reporter: priority number one, finding the ship's voyage data recorder or its black box. it will begin pinging. and it has a battery life of 30 days. so far, no ping. and this morning, the big question for investigators, did mechanical problems slow down the "el faro" leaving it in joaquin's path? or did the hurricane its

linzie janis has the latest and joins us now from miami. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, robin. overnight the families of the crew were briefed by the u.s. coast guard and the company that owns the "el faro" for 3 1/2 hours. many of them are feeling angry, but mostly they are clinging to hope that somehow their loved ones are still alive. overnight the coast guard desperately searching for survivors of the "el faro," their focus now on two giant debris fields near where they believe the cargo ship sank in 15,000 feet of water. >> we've modified our search efforts to focus more on potential people in the water. >> reporter: "el faro's" last known position 35 miles off crooked island in the bahamas, crews already finding one of the ship's two lifeboats. empty and barely afloat as well as several survival suits, one containing the body of a crew member. but with ocean currents quickly pushing the debris further north away from land, searchers unable to take the time to recover the remains. >> when we have reports of other life raft boats we need to get out there. be

abc's linzie janis is in nassau this morning for us. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, robin. hurricane-force winds are battering the bahamas right here in nassau it's expected to get much worse over the next 24 to 48 hours. life-threatening storm surges headed this way up to eight-foot wave, also up to 20 inches of rain in some parts. the government telling people and tourists here to take precautions and cruise lines are diverted away from the islands. robin. >> all right, thank you. >> everyone getting prepared. we turn now to the dramatic escalation of the war in syria. russia launching its first air strikes there. they claim isis is the target but the evidence suggests they may really be defending the assad regime. martha raddatz tracking this dangerous development. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. there are reports out of syria this morning that russia launched dozens more air strikes all in areas where isis does not operate. the russians have been saying the reason they're getting involved in this conflict is to target isis. but senior u.

able to escape the sack then flips to it janis, who cuts back to the middle and is taken down at the 20. phil: you get a free runner at the cornerback and he gets away. this side, unblocked. aaron rodgers. sees robinson last second and makes the move to get outside. jim: well, jeff janis has caught a couple of balls today. both of them big. one for 46 and this one for 33. phil: the third shovel pass of aaron rodgers today. jim: the first one went for the touchdown on the packers' opening drive to starks, who carries it here, plowing ahead to the 15. you're looking here about how you can hold them to a field goal. you have three time-outs left. phil: this is a must. exactly what mike mccoy is doing, looking up at the play clock, seeing the time and realizing that aaron rodgers is doing a good job taking time off the clock before he breaks a the huddle. jim: second and 5. rodgers. look at that pass. lofts it. just over the outstretched arms of starks. rodgers a little upset at himself because he expects to make every throw. phil: yeah, he had it. conner on starks. quite honestly, stark

category 4 storm at its peak. winds topping 150 miles an hour. linzie janis has the latest from miami. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, george. the ship was going from jacksonville to puerto rico. this morning, many families of the crew wondering why it ended up in the middle of the hurricane. the company that owns the "el faro" saying the captain was very experienced and wouldn't put the crew at risk. whatever the reason, right now the search is on for survivors. this morning, exclusive video inside the desperate search for the crew of the "el faro." abc news flying with the coast guard. sunday, rescuers honing in on a 225-mile stretch. >> we found there was thousands of pieces of debris. >> reporter: the coast guard also uncovering a container and oil sheen believed to be from the vanished cargo ship. and this life ring confirmed to be from the "el faro." the multiagency search for the 33 missing crew members now spanning 70,000 square nautical miles. roughly the size of michigan. on board the vessel, 28 americans, 5 poles, 391 containers carrying about 300 trailers

with a lot right now. hurricane joaquin may miss us but it is hitting the caribbekc hard. linzie janis on the scene in nassau. >> hurricane joaquin has been battering the eastern and central bahamas for the last 24 hours and no let up for at least the next 24 small thinly populated islands getting lashed with 130 mile per hour winds. 30 foot waves and two feet of rain. homes are flooded. streets are flood. widespread power outages and phone lines down. people are worried sick about their relatives there. george and robin. >> another major headline. a military plane crash. that story in just 30 seconds. >> six american service members have been killed in the crash of a c-130 cargo plane in afghanistan. the taliban claiming responsibility. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz in washington with the details. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. this happened just after midnight at the jalalabad airfield near the border with pakistan. on board the big turboprop aircraft not only the six-person crew but five contractors supporting the u.s. military who

panic gave way to a mystery -- why was it leaking fuel? our linzie janis reports the investigation has already begun. >> reporter: the ntsb and faa are expected on scene to try to answer some of those questions. they'll be looking at the 5-year-old airline's maintenance record. the plane is still on the tarmac. it's filled with so much fuel, they had to shut down the airport for a couple of hours. >> reporter: one of the keys to the investigation will be where that fuel was leaking out of the plane. >> it sounds very much to me like the culprit may be a fuel line in the engine, as fuel was seen spilling out of the engine. >> reporter: whatever the cause, the apparent quick and correct action by both the flight cruel and the ground crews kept this from being a much more cease use incident. >> david kerley with us live tonight, and to linzie janis on the scene for us. we move onto another story breaking at this hour. a manhunt under way across kentucky and tennessee, and there is late word coming in of a possible sighting. the urgent hunt for a felon, a convicted rapist considered ar

pay him alimony and linzie janis here with the story. >> reporter: kaley cuoco is wildly successful and worth considerably more than her husband and after a very brief marriage he's looking for spousal support. >> you are so funny. >> reporter: this morning, "big ba bang" star kaley cuoco's life might get more complicated. according to court documents obtained by abc news, her husband ryan sweeting is seeking spousal support from the actress after just 21 months of marriage. >> ryan has asked the court to allow him to receive spousal support from kaley and he's also requested that any requests from kaley for spousal support be denied. >> reporter: cuoco spied for divorce in september citing irreconcilable differences. a seemingly abrupt ending to their whirlwind romance. >> i'm getting married! >> reporter: the duo tying the knot after just three months of dating. the couple having a fairy tale wedding on new year's eve of 2013. the bride even wearing this much talked about pink gown. >> i feel unbelievable. this is my custom gown that i wanted to wear pink. >> reporter: cuoco is sa

hard battering the bahamas with extreme wind and rain and linzie janis on the scene in nassau. good morning. >> reporter: hurricane joaquin has been battering the central and eastern bahamas for the last 24 hours and it looks like it'll be at least another 12 before there is any letup. the small thinly populated islands getting lashed with 130-mile-per-hour winds, 30-foot waves and 2 feet of water in ared frommed. there are widespread power down. people here in nassau say they are worried sick about their george and robin. >> thank you. military plane crash. six american service members have been killed in the crash of a c-130 cargo plane in afghanistan. the taliban claiming responsibility. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz in washington with the details. good morning, martha. george. this happened just after midnight at the jalalabad pakistan. on board the big turboprop aircraft not only the six-person crew but five contractors supporting the u.s. military who were also killed. the military says the c-130 went down just after takeoff and that all of the wrecka

those dramatic 911 calls. abc's linzie janis is here with that. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: the two sisters had just said good night to each other. the house completely dark when the man climbed in through an open window. both women calling 911 during the attack managing only to scream out their address. >> help us. help us please. >> reporter: their terrifying pleas for help. >> stop it, stop it please. >> reporter: two sisters fighting for their lives calling 911 while begging their attacker to leave. >> what do you want? >> hello. >> i'll give you anything you want. what do you want? >> hello. >> reporter: a knife-wielding intruder creeping into their home in the dead of night climbing in through 28-year-old bre lasly's bedroom window. her instincts kicking in. >> we were each throwing punches. he actually put his left hand over my mouth and said cooperate with me and i said i'm not cooperating with you. you're not going to get what you want. >> reporter: for the next 15 minutes a desperate struggle. the sisters trying to fight off the suspect. 48-year-old robert berger who m

tried out the new system, and brings us this report. >> reporter: janis scott starts almost every morning on this corner at the bus stop near her home on the east side of houston. even though she knows how to drive, she prefers the bus. she rides the bus so often, she's known as the bus lady. >> i tell people if you can't remember my name, say "hey, miss bus lady!" i said i'll turn around, i'll answer! >> reporter: two months ago, the bus routes janis had taken for the last 30 years changed overnight. houston's transit authority, known as metro, revamped the entire bus system to make the routes simpler and faster with better connections, at almost no extra cost. >> good morning! hi, how you doing? >> reporter: our first bus arrives, the number 30. in the past, buses ran infrequently, and many didn't run after 5:00 p.m. or on weekends. >> so, essentially we've had a long-term decline in bus ridership. >> reporter: christof spieler is one of the architects behind the new system. he's an urban planner and sits on metro's board. >> so we just asked a question, what would this bus syst

. abc's linzie janis on the ground in nassau. >> joaquin is wreaking havoc. right now, the eye of the storm battering the islands to the south and east of here, with wind gusts up to 130 miles per hour. people here are worried sick about their loved ones. >> reporter: as the storm unleashes its fury there, here in the u.s., the east coast is battening down the hatches. in north carolina, virginia, maryland and new jersey. all fearing the storm could strike anywhere. >> now is the time for you to begin to prepare for hunkering down and dealing with the storm. >> reporter: nearly every coastal state reeling from the last 24 hours of severe weather, even before joaquin comes near. at least one dead in south carolina. and rainfall records broken in massachusetts and maine. here in new jersey, residents are thinking about those devastating images seen after sandy hit in 2012. >> i'm very nervous. >> reporter: homeowner judy lamastr a's home, shredded by sandy. she just finished repairs weeks ago. this took such an emotional toll on you. >> very much so. everybody in town. we're still t

into hurricane waters at all. linzie janis tonight. >> reporter: tonight new images of this empty lifeboat with a giant hole in it belonging to the el faro. the coast guard saying today the cargo ship sank but they are still searching for survivors. >> so we are not looking for the vessel any longer. we modified our search to focus more on potential people in the water, life boats and life rafts. also spotted a life ring and several emergency survival suits. >> in one of the survival suits, we did identify human remains. >> reporter: an abc news crew was on board this c-130 flight as searchers discover a 300 square mile area of debris the ship making a distress call 4 1/2 days ago as it was getting battered by hurricane joaquin. the ship equipped with two life boats and survival suits for all 33 crew members like this one dubbed "gumby suits." >> the insulate you they keep your body temperature in tact for an extended period. >> reporter: the families wondering why the ship was in the pilot tried to bypass it. >> he suffered a problem with the main propulsion system. >> reporter:

moment. first, linzie janis with the new guidelines. >> reporter: tonight, the american cancer society now saying women should start having mammograms at the age of 45. five years later than its previous recommendation of 40. so, women between the ages of 45 and 54, who have an average risk of developing breast cancer, should have a mammogram once a year. but after 55, a mammogram every other year, as long as the patient is healthy. the new guidelines based on increasing evidence that mammography often produces "false positives" in younger women, results that lead to additional testing and surgery, often unnecessary. but at least one other influential group still recommends starting at 40. another says mammograms aren't necessary until 50. >> i can't believe that. >> yeah, i don't think that's right. >> these are the new guidelines. >> it's wrong. i hope the insurance companies are still going to pay for it if you want it. >> reporter: the american cancer society also dropping its previous recommendation that women have a manual exam so doctors can feel for abnormalities, becau

this evening. abc's linzie janis, though, with new questions about the history of that ship. >> reporter: tonight, crew members' families receiving the news they were dreading. >> it's been six long days of hoping and praying. >> reporter: the exhaustive search for the 33 on board the el faro called off by the u.s. coast guard. >> any decision to suspend a search is painful. >> reporter: 25-year-old michael holland's mother thankful for the camaraderie of life at sea. >> if they can't be with this family -- >> yeah. >> then they're with their family. >> reporter: finding solace with the mother of 34-year-old danielle randolph, so proud of her job as second mate of the el faro. >> you've got to be strong and believe in god and that was what was designated to happen. >> reporter: some families don't want searchers to stop. like jackie jones sr., whose son is among the missing. >> bring some of them home, that's left of him, so i can give him a proper burial. >> reporter: tonight, the focus now shifting to finding the el faro's voyage data recorder, or black box, attached to th

. neighbors near janie, rather, jena and east tioga streets, tell "eyewitness news" somebody stuffed rags into the gas tanks of several cars and then lit the rags. neighbors saw it happen, and doused the flames with the garden hose. several vehicles were damaged. >> we're also seeing some dramatic video of yesterday's huge fire at the lulu country club in glennside montgomery county. this video comes from brian sullivan and shows giant flames there tearing through the clubhouse. it opened back in 1912. the structure was just destroyed. the fire schemes to have started in a lockerroom area, but the cause remains under investigation. >>> one of two men wanted in a deadly home invasion in dover, delaware saturday is in police custody. authorities say 23 year old matthew harrington turned himself in to buckingham township police in bucks county last night. he now awaits extra addition to face charges in delaware. a second suspect 21 year old saline shabaz of philadelphia is still at large. >> jury deliberations resume in the deadly center city building collapse trial. griffin campbell fa

linzie janis. >> reporter: firefighters breaking down the door of this chicago day care, desperately trying to reach a baby girl locked inside. r frantic father recording it all. >> journee? >> it was pitch black and, like, the police had the flashlight down and i could see my baby crawling on the floor. [ crying ] >> reporter: 1-yeyear-old journee's dad repordlyy arriving 15 minutes before their official closing, finding the doors locked. >> my heart dropped. i was just glad that she was okay. >> reporter: the center now being investigated by authorities. we've seen it before. earlrlier thi year, this houston father smashing a window at his son's day care. the 10-month-old left inside on his own. that center calling it a terrible accccident. david, little journee's mom saying the darey care wororkers say they mistook her child for doll. david? >> jus incredible. linzie janis tonight. thank you. >>> and up next here, the investigation. and we want you at home to answer this question. if you make a phone call while driving, even if it's hands free, how many seconds do you think itakes

`accused of stashing away cash `while filing for bankruptcy. `abc's linzie janis has that `story. `>> don't raise your kid to be a `sneak. `>> reporter: the tough talking `reality tv star who lays down `the law on "dance moms." `but this morning, dance coach `abby lee miller in real legal `drama of her own. `charged with fraud, concealing `assets and lying in bankruptcy `filings. `>> sometimes your best isn't `good enough anymore. `>> reporter: miller who owns `several dance studios filed for `bankruptcy back in 2010 just `four months before she started `shooting "dance moms" but `according to the indictment `instead of declaring her new `more than $750,000 in earnings `from her hit tv shows, seminars `and merchandise sales, in 2012 `and 2013. `>> there was a scheme to `defraud. `>> reporter: miller allegedly `sending an e-mail to a business `partner and her account `apartment with the subject line, `let's make money and keep me out `of jail. `instructing them not to raise `any red flags and don't put cash `in the bank. `overnight, miller did not `respond to our request for `comm

why it happened. abc's linzie janis is there. >> reporter: a routine takeoff, suddenly a scramble for survival after this dynamic airways jet burst into flames on the runway. >> i heard a loud bang, turned around, saw the lights, saw flames, ran to the front of the aircraft. >> reporter: passengers rushing for the emergency slides. but not all doors opened immediately. >> it was pretty nerve-racking to know that the door wasn't opening and know that something was on fire. >> reporter: the pilot of the boeing 767 didn't realize his plane was leaking fuel until another pilot alerted him. >> dynamic, out of the left engine, it looks like it's leaking a lot of, i don't know if it's fuel. it has fluid leaking. >> reporter: seconds later, that fuel catching fire. >> engine's on fire. >> like flames all over the turbine of the plane. >> people started freaking out. >> reporter: firefighters on scene within minutes, smothering the flames with foam. >> all passengers are off the aircraft and the engine fire is out. >> reporter: at least 21 injured. one seriously. >> a fuel line may have broken