in. also, the storms moving in. the front set to collide with this record heat. tonight, severe thunderstorm watches in the northeast from washington, d.c., philadelphia, up through new york. damaging winds, large hail, lightning all possible. rob marciano standing by to time this out. news coming in, an eighth possible sighting now of this fugitive. the manhunt for an escaped killer, breaking free west of philadelphia, climbing up that wall with his hands and feet to get out. where they now believe he is. trevor ault on the ground. the emergency landing, the plane that took off from raleigh, headed to florida. the bird strike, losing an engine. the well-known actor, danny masterson from "that '70s show," tonight sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women. his victims confronting him in court, and what they said. the verdict late today. former trump aide peter navarro found guilty of contempt of congress. pierre thomas with late reporting. the american explorer now trapped more than 3,000 feet in an underground cave, suffering a medical emergency. the urgent effort to get to him. and the video message tonight from that american. in new york city, the mayor now warning the overflow of migrants from texas and florida will, quote, destroy the city. the white house responds tonight. we also have news on bruce springsteen, now postponing all of his concerts this month. his medical condition revealed. and tonight, jimmy buffett's daughter and her very moving and funny tribute to her father. you'll hear it right here tonight. good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. the well-known actor sentenced tonight to 30 years to life. also, the possible sighting of that convicted murderer, the fugitive in the northeast. but we do begin tonight with this monster hurricane undergoing rapid intensification, hurricane lee over the very warm waters of the atlantic. you can see the satellite tonight. in just six hours' time today going from a category 2 to a category 4 hurricane with winds 130 miles an hour already. this is expected to become a category 5 hurricane by later tonight. winds potentially reaching 160 miles per hour. growing in size, you can see the eye there clearly forming. the possible tracks tonight, take a look. what are called the spaghetti models, over the next several days here. right now, running parallel to the east coast, but as we always say, it is still very early. we are watching this closely. all of this as we watch this record heat, as well, and a front set to collide with these temperatures, bringing damaging storms to washington, d.c., philadelphia, up through new york. so, we're tracking the storms, we're tracking this hurricane, and of course, we bring in senior meteorologist rob marciano to lead us off tonight on all of this. hi, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. well, lee doing exactly as predicted. exploding in intensity in the past 24 hours with really nothing to stop it in the next 24. look at the satellite picture. you mentioned the eye becoming more distinct. clearing out. not over 20 miles across. a cat 4 storm forecast to track north of the islands, but explode to a cat 5 status tonight and kind of keep its strength north of puerto rico, which will have rip currents and surf right through the weekend. once it hits south of bermuda, that's when it stalls, it loses its steering currents and begins to drift north, hopefully picked up by that trough across the northeast. you see the longer-range models, some of them bring it dangerously close to new england. this forecast will change. all right, the storms over new england and the mid-atlantic right now. we had reports in d.c., eastern p.a., you see, that's where the action is. that watch is up until 9:00 tonight. that front doesn't really move much tomorrow. we'll see another batch fire up d.c., baltimore, philadelphia, all the way up through new england. damaging winds with destructive potentially storms firing up in the afternoon again. david? >> david: storms tonight and tomorrow. we're tracking this along with that hurricane. rob, thank you. we're also learning tonight about an eighth possible credible sighting of that convicted murderer who escaped the chester county prison west of philadelphia. it was one week ago, that stunning move caught on surveillance, using his hands and his feet there to scale those two walls and that narrow passageway to get to the roof and break free. tonight, authorities say the family of the ex-girlfriend he murdered is now terrified and under 24-hour surveillance. abc's trevor ault on the ground in pennsylvania. >> reporter: tonight, authorities investigating the eighth credible sighting of convicted killer danelo cavalcante. >> we're using people on foot, we have horses out there as well that are assisting with the search, tactical teams. >> reporter: it's now been one week since this remarkable moment -- surveillance video showing cavalcante using his hands and feet to crabwalk up that yard wall at pennsylvania's chester county prison. and since then, despite being spotted almost every day, he continues to slip out of investigators' grasp, and frustration is mounting. coni betzendahl lives in the same area cavalcante was spotted tuesday. her neighbors called police. >> i just don't understand. they were here two minutes after they called, so -- >> reporter: still got away? >> still got away. >> reporter: she says she pointed search teams to some of the paths through the heavy woods. >> i mean, he could be sitting right under there, all day long, nobody would find him. >> reporter: police say today's sighting near botanical site longwood gardens indicates cavalcante has been traveling back and forth, and is still contained in a search area of 8 to 10 square miles. >> i believe he becomes more desperate. he's already murdered two people, one in brazil, and one here in a very brutal manner. he's a very dangerous individual, and he remains so. >> reporter: the reward for information leading to his capture is now at $20,000. >> we want to end this as quickly as possible. we'll throw every available resource at it to do it. >> reporter: david, cavalcante was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend and her family, some of them still live in this area, you mentioned they're under 24-hour police detail. authorities say they are so terrified, they're barricaded inside their home, not leaving until he's captured. david? >> david: just awful. trevor ault with us again tonight. trevor, thank you. meantime, another escape, this time in washington, d.c. the manhunt there for a homicide suspect who escaped from custody at george washington university hospital yesterday afternoon. christopher haynes, charged with homicide, had been taken there for medical care. police say he slipped away from the emergency room because officers failed to secure him to a gurney as they changed his handcuffs. later releasing this photo of how he was last seen, adding he got away with those handcuffs around just one wrist. now to the scare onboard a passenger jet that took off from raleigh, on its way to fort lauderdale. the bird strike. the jet losing an engine. and the emergency landing that followed. here's whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: tonight, scary moments onboard a southwest flight after the pilot radioed the tower, declaring an emergency just after takeoff. >> we had a bird strike and we lost the number one engine. >> southwest 1954, roger. you want to come back around to land? >> affirmative. >> reporter: southwest flight 1954 had just departed raleigh-durham international airport bound for fort lauderdale, 144 passengers and five crew onboard. the plane turning around and landing safely. thankfully, no one was hurt. >> this is the reason that airline pilots are trained so extensively and continuously, because you don't want to have any question about what to do in a situation like this. >> reporter: the faa says bird strikes and other wildlife aircraft emergencies are on the increase in the u.s. and around the world. in june, a red-tailed hawk denting the nose of this southwest plane as it prepared to land at hollywood burbank airport in los angeles county. that plane also landing safely. and david, the raleigh-durham airport has had 62 bird strike incidents over the past year. that's an average of more than five per month. the faa is now investigating this one. david? >> david: yeah, that's an extraordinary number. whit johnson, thanks, as always. tonight, the well-known actor danny masterson from "that '70s show" sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after his conviction on two counts of rape. his victims confronting him in the courtroom, and what they said. here's abc's zohreen shah from california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the maximum penalty for danny masterson. a judge sentencing the actor to 30 years to life in prison for the rapes of two women two decades ago. what message does this sentencing send? >> i think it shows that there is justice. >> reporter: it was a stunning fall from grace for the one-time star of "that '70s show." >> i love camaros, zeppelin, and french fries, in that order. >> reporter: prosecutors painted a portrait of a predator who spiked the drinks of his two victims so he could rape them. the women and masterson were all members of the church of scientology at the time. jane doe one today saying through tears, "i wish i'd reported him sooner to the police." the women claimed the church harassed them after they reported the rapes, something the church has strongly denied. jane doe two today telling masterson, "you relish in hurting women. it is your addiction. it is without question your favorite thing to do." prosecutors today grateful for the testimony. >> i know these victims have been waiting a long time for this day. it's been a number of years getting here. they've been through a lot. >> reporter: the 47-year-old actor showed no emotion as he was sentenced. but his wife at times sobbing. actress bijou phillips, who has stood by masterson, waved to her husband as he blew her a kiss before being escorted from the courtroom. and david, the church of scientology denies ever harassing masterson's accusers. they say they have no policy discouraging members from reporting criminal conduct. instead, the church says its policy demands that scientologists abide by all laws of the land. david? >> david: zohreen shah in california tonight. zohreen, thank you. from washington, d.c. late today, the guilty verdict. former president trump's senior white house aide peter navarro found guilty of contempt of congress. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: tonight, a jury convicting former senior trump white house aide peter navarro of criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena from the january 6th committee. moments after the verdict, navarro outside of the courthouse, defiant. >> i said from the beginning, this is going to the supreme court. i said from the beginning, i am willing to go to prison to settle this issue. >> reporter: in the days leading up to the january 6th riot, navarro became a fixture on tv, spreading lies about the election. the committee wanted to know how that message may have inflamed trump supporters. but navarro refused to cooperate, saying former president trump had told him not to. the judge in this case determined there was no proof trump ever invoked executive privilege for navarro. and now he becomes the second ally of the former president convicted of criminal contempt of congress, following in the footsteps of trump's former top political adviser, steve bannon. when he's sentenced in january, navarro faces a maximum of up to two years in prison, and fines up to $200,000. he said today he will appeal his conviction. david? >> david: all right, pierre thomas live in washington. thank you, pierre. we're also following tonight a potentially dire situation unfolding for an american explorer now trapped more than 3,000 feet in an underground cave. the american suffering a medical emergency in that cave in turkey. tonight, that american's video message, and the precarious effort now to get him out. here's abc's marcus moore. >> reporter: tonight, the urgent international rescue mission. elite teams rappelling more than 3,000 feet down into one of turkey's deepest caves to save an american explorer, trapped and ailing. mark dickey, a highly trained caver from new jersey, part of an expedition to map the morca cave saturday, when he suddenly became critically ill, suffering stomach bleeding, more than half a mile down. rescuers from across europe finally reaching dickey at a basecamp, bringing six pints of blood, providing life-saving medical care. the 40-year-old emotional, seen in this new video, thanking authorities. >> i was very close to the edge. the quick response of the turkish government to get the medical supplies that i needed, in my opinion, saved my life. >> reporter: but now the hard part -- that treacherous journey up and out of the cave. >> i'm up, i'm alert, i'm talking. but i'm not healed on the inside yet, so i'm going to need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: tonight, dickey's friend and rescue expert carl heitmeyer describing the dangerous conditions rescuers face. >> it involves crawling through squeezes, turning your body sideways. then there's water passages. it's muddy, it's wet, it's cold. and there's nothing soft around. everything is hard rock. it's exhausting. >> reporter: david, this could be far from over. we're told that experienced cavers can complete this journey in about 15 hours, but because of dickey's condition, officials say it could take them several days to bring him back to the surface. david? >> david: all right, marcus moore, i know you'll continue to follow it for us. thanks, marcus. now, to the war in ukraine tonight. russia claiming it shot down another wave of ukrainian drones inside russia. video tonight capturing the powerful explosion in central rostov, home to its military headquarters. it comes as secretary of state antony blinken, on the second day of his trip to ukraine, visited a border guard facility, where he met soldiers and was shown equipment provided by the united states. meantime, back here in the u.s. tonight, and the migrant crisis far from the border. here in new york city tonight, the mayor, eric adams, now warning that the overflow of migrants from texas and florida will, quote, destroy the city. the white house responding tonight. and here's our senior investigative reporter aaron katersky now. >> reporter: tonight, on the first day of school, the population of the nation's largest public school system is soaring, adding nearly 20,000 students -- the children of migrant families shipped north on buses provided by texas and florida. more than 110,000 migrants have arrived in new york, and now a dire warning from democratic mayor eric adams. >> we're getting no support on this national crisis. i don't see an ending to this. i don't see an ending to this. this issue will destroy new york city. destroy new york city. >> reporter: an already overtaxed school system is racing to find more desks and more teachers. and the city is struggling to house migrant families, trying to make space in hotels by moving single adults into a new tent shelter. today, new york's democratic governor appealing directly to the white house. >> we have to focus not on the politics of this, but focus on doing what's right, and the answer falls with washington. >> reporter: a similar plea is coming from other cities, including los angeles and chicago, where migrants have been sleeping on police station floors. back here in new york, the mayor says the cost is too much to bear. >> every community in this city is going to be impacted. every service in this city is going to be impacted. all of us. >> reporter: the white house insists tonight it is providing money, and working to do more. administration officials spoke with the governor of new york and called that call destructive. but ultimately, david, the white house says only congress can reform our broken immigration system, and there's no sign that's happening. david? >> david: aaron katersky live in new york. thanks, aaron. overseas tonight, and north korea revealing new images of what it says is its first tactical attack nuclear submarine. north korean media at this hour claiming the sub can launch a nuclear attack from underwater. kim jong-un attending the launch ceremony. south korea sanctioning five north koreans involved in the financing and building of that submarine. late today, president biden the president now leaving for the g20 summit in india, aiming to rally support for ukraine. and to counter china's reach around the world. for the first time in his decade in power, china's president xi has decided not to go. president biden says he's disappointed. analysts believe xi's absence could give the u.s. and its allies an opportunity to convince developing nations they are better partners than china on economic development. when we come back here tonight, the news coming in this evening on bruce springsteen. all of his concerts this month now postponed, and what he's revealing about his medical condition. and later tonight here, jimmy buffett's daughter, and her moving and funny tribute. these hands used to hold me as a little girl. would comfort me. but now, they've become aggressive. this mouth used to sing me lullabies. now, it's unrecognizable. if your loved one with alzheimer's dementia has become agitated, it's not their fault. they could have agitation in alzheimer's dementia, which can cause behavior beyond their control. help your loved one. learn more at agitationinalz.com. 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