also believes a video that surfaced on social media earlier this month may have prompted ethan couch to go on the run. the video seems to show couch at a party playing beer pong, even though he had been instructed to stay away from alcohol. the fbi and the u.s. marshals are also helping search for couch and his mother, carol. so, where s the father? well, the dad authorities say they re talking to the dad. they talked to him just a few days after they got that detention order. the sheriff says he told them he hadn t heard from ethan or his mother in the past two weeks. they say he was polite and cooperative but didn t really have any information that was helpful to the investigation. alina machado reporting live for us this morning, thank you. good morning. i m carol costello. thank you for joining me. any moment now a judge in nevada will review police evidence
a small school in miami. he had just graduated from high school in may. listen to what the family had to say. you can be sitting here saying, he ll come here and just bring that joy in the house with him. it s a hard pill to swallow, you know. you don t want to bury a child, a sibling, period. especially when they try to do everything right. you don t understand why somebody do something like this, you know. reporter: we don t know if taylor was the intended target of the shooting. we re hoping, again, to get an update from police at some point today. hopefully his family will get some of the answers they re looking for. carol? alina machado reporting live for us this morning. still to come in the newsroom, a fiancee calls off the wedding just days before the big day. you will not believe what the jilted bride s family decided to do next. i brought in some proten to get us moving. i m new ensure active high protein. i help you recharge with nutritious energy and strength. i
experienced boaters. i think a lot of people think about, but the boys are only 14 years old, what were they doing out on a boat? we live in a boating community and this is part of the lifestyle here. reporter: the coast guard says right now the good conditions could work in austin and perry s favor saying a person could survive in these warm waters for four to five days. the boys are raised on the water. they re raised on boats. so really is second nature to them. they re going to be okay. reporter: the perry and austin rescue fund has been established to help pay for private searches for the missing teens. so far they ve raised more than $58,000. carol? alina machado reporting live from jupiter, florida, this morning. still to come in the newsroom, unanswered questions remain about the arrest and death of sandra bland. now there s a push to bring in the u.s. justice department. prep trauma unit 5. what ve we got?
in court, it was through a v the detention center and it was for his bond hearing on june 19th. you may remember that several family members of the victims had an opportunity to speak during that hearing. it s unclear at this point if any of them will be at today s hearing. authorities in charleston have remained tight-lipped about what we can expect today but they have said they do not believe roof will be entering a plea today. roof as you mentioned, according to law enforcement officials, has confessed to the killings carol. alina machado reporting live for us this morning. with me is danny sacevallos. thanks for being here. this indictment roof will likely not please guiltd guilty. he will plead not guilty. but he confessed. that s what a lot of members of the public say. there s so much overwhelming evidence why doesn t he just plead guilty at the outset.
drain that carried him under. we suspect that he drowned. got caught in the storm drain itself. it s something i ll have to live with for the rest of my life. we could see several more inches of rain in this area sometime today. the ground is already saturated so that could spell some big trouble for the people who are trying to recover from this flood, carol. all right, alina machado reporting live for us this morning. to find out how you could help those affected by flooding in texas and oklahoma visit cnn.com/impact. syria is striking back. we learned it has launched at least 15 air strikes on the militants who control the city of palmyra. according to a watch dog group of activists some of the bombings have been near the ancient sites we ve been talking about. the united nations is calling for isis to spare the ruins that date back to roman times. there are also new tales of horror and brutally. isis militants are blamed for