muslims to christianity. u.s. government officials strongly deny the charges. these were selfless volunteers who devoted themselves to providing free andans theremo new connecticut governor jodi rell has day of remembrance today for plled tuesday s workplace rampage. hundreds of mourners paid their respects last night during a vigil in manchester. truck driver omar thornton shot eight co-workers to death at a beer distribution company before then turning the gun on himself. thornton had accused his employers of racism. a 14-year-old boy is under arrest accused of starting a brush fire north of los angeles. the fire spread across 40 acres and threatened about 50 homes before it was finally contained. police say the boy admitted dropping his lighter in a field while trying to light his marijuana pipe. the boy and a friend tried to put out the flames but they failed and then they ran. bp says the cement sealing its blown-out well in the gulf of mexico is solidly in place. pressure
the leak. crews will drill 30 feet at a time and say that work should be done by next weekend. the state of louisiana has set next monday as the official opening of the fall shrimp season. federal health authorities say they ll continue testing the safety of all seafood from the gulf but they insist all the samples they ve tested so far show no contamination. still, though, fishermen, vendors and restaurants say they re having trouble selling their products. first lady michelle obama and daughter sasha are back at the white house after their vacation in spain. while away the president invited an informal dream team of current and former nba players to the basketball court. here s david kerley. reporter: talk about a birthday dream. pause that. look at the president s smile. as he and his entourage head off to play a pickup basketball game with a dream team of nba superstars. we ve seen the president shoot hoops. this picture from the white house with mr. obama joking wi
up about eat, pray, love. the message that moved millions of women inspired her, too. will it create this summer s biggest hit? we hope you had a good weekend. robin is off this morning. but we re happy to welcome elizabeth vargas back. i hope robin is having a great vacation. she s earned it. it s great to be here. we re glad to have you. it is an anxious morning in the southwest as the search for two escaped convicts takes on new urgency. police say the fugitives hiding out in the vast yellowstone national park are, quote, very dangerous and very desperate, especially after one of the men was linked to the murder of a couple in new mexico last week. we re going to get the latest from investigators. some very tense moments near yellowstone this morning. and the first lady and daughter sasha are back home at the white house after the vacation in spain, but they re coming under some fire this morning for taking such a luxurious trip during the hard economic times.
could only watch in horror as the flames kept anyone from trying to save the child in time. devastating any time a child gets, any time a child gets burned. when you uh, you remember your family, it s a little hard to deal with. reporter: firefighters say they heard no smoke alarms when they arrived on the scene. they believe the house didn t have a working smoke detector. there s no word on what caused this fire. the search is on for two men and an accomplice who escaped from a private prison in arizona. now it s focusing on the yellowstone national park. abc2 news reporter says one is linked to a double murder in next. tracy province, john mccluskey and caslin welsh are on the run. investigators discovered the bodies of linda and gary haas wednesday. evidence appears to tie them to the crime. 500 miles away, july 30th, convicted felonies daniel renwick, john mccluskey and tracy province escaped from prison. as national attention increases, police points to mcclu
with a lot of sunshine. you ll feel the heat and add it humidity. code orange air quality. unhealthy for sensitive groups. tomorrow, near 100 degrees. let s get a look at traffic. making the jpra roundabout way, looking pretty good on the outer loop getting through college park. 270 heading to the hyattstown area will be slow. there are accidents in the outlying areas. 95 northbound, north of fredericksburg at centreport, accident on the shoulder. have been getting through that stretch. there was a crash on 50 north of frederick, all northbound lanes are blocked, one lane open southbound. on the bypass near leesburg, and accidents has been cleared out of the way. back to you. thank you. another day of dangerous and near record-breaking heat. george s will climb to the mid 90 s today before topping out near 100 towards the middle of the week. courtney robinson is live in northwest with how people are bracing. started to get a little warm out there already. mainly reall