Behind bars. The mistake he says he made that left him on the wrong side of the border and what will happen to him now. And blame jared . Police say this armed robber had a bizarre motive for hitting up a series of Subway Restaurants. The mistake he made that led to his arrest. Hey, good morning, everybody. And lets take a look at Virgin Galactics 500 million experimental spacecraft, the brainchild of the british billionaire Richard Branson. His dream is to take highincome passengers including celebrities like leo dicaprio and katy perry on a journey to the edge of space. But those alisters may want to reconsider when they see this. The debris field after the spaceship exploded killing one of the test pilots. Even more devastating, this is the second disaster to hit the private space industry this week alone after that rocket exploded on takeoff in virginia just a few days ago, and Abcs David Kerley is in washington with more. David. Reporter good morning, paula. This morning ntsb investigators and Richard Branson are set to arrive in mojave, california, trying to figure out what happened in this second private space accident this week. These photos capture the very end, the release from the mothership and moments later debris from spaceshiptwo. The craft starting to break up during its fourth powered flight all of that falling to earth, a parachute, scattered debris, one pilot severely injured carried to a helicopter. There was a second chute deployed. Reporter the second pilot died. Space is hard, and today was a tough day. Reporter this an earlier test flight. The mothership carries a spacecraft at 50,000 feet releases it and the craft fires its own rocket, all part of the dream of Richard Branson to take a half dozen passengers at a time to the edge of space. He has deposits already on 700 tickets including some of hollywoods elite, pitt, jolie, perry, dicaprio. In a statement he said traveling to mojave is one of the most difficult trips ive ever had to make, but he wants to be with the teams, quote, now in shock at this devastating loss. Observers say the rocket wasnt getting the craft high enough. This flight was the first to use a new fuel, which had only been tested on the ground. Obviously it failed spectacularly. Reporter Joelle Glen Brenner documented the predecessor of spaceshiptwo and knows many of those who work on the program. They were concerned about the pace of the program. Reporter this was the second serious setback this week for the commercial space industry. Tuesday a private cargo rocket exploded seconds after liftoff. After the failure of spaceshiptwo, what will those hollywood stars and hundreds of others this morning think about riding that rocket . Customers werent necessarily paying attention. I think this might have been a wakeup call to them. David, for decades the space race has been littered with mishaps and even deaths and yet we have persisted time and again. Do you think the private Space Exploration business can survive these twin disasters . Reporter experts say thats the way were headed dan. We will probably see more mishaps like this in the future because Rocket Science isnt easy, but this transition to commercial space travel is underway and probably will not be stopped. Too much momentum, david kerley, thank you. Were going to move now to a breaking weather story overnight. A major storm on the west coast creating dangerous mudslides, one person had to be rescued and our meteorologist rob marciano is on the story. Rob, good morning. Good morning, dramatic stuff. That person who was rescue had had to be cut out his house because the mud was banked up against his front door. 11 others evacuated. In camarillo. In some cases it was waist deep. The first major storm of the rainy season for california and socal and, remember, they have seen fires over the past couple of years and burn areas will let some of that mud go quickly and the rains will move inland today. It will be a stormy day for sure. Snow at the Higher Elevations but a rain event and in some parts of l. A. , a quarter to a half inch of rain on top of what weve already seen and in Orange County a fire earlier this year and evacuated some neighborhoods there near the Silver Canyon fire. Inland, well see 1 to 2 inches. Of course, theres also another big storm across the east coast and cover that in a few minutes. Paula, back to you. Now to the release overnight of a u. S. Marine who spent seven months behind bars in a mexican jail. He says it was all because he made a wrong turn on the highway and wound up south of the border. Politicians here taking up his cause to try to set him free and this morning, he is on his way home and abcs reena ninan is here with the story. Good morning. Good morning. Yeah, there were hearings on capitol hill about this, diplomatic efforts and even a former talk show host all eager to secure the release of this u. S. Marine. Overnight images of relief and joy. An American Veteran back on american soil at last, retired marine Sergeant Andrew tahmooressi, released from a mexican jail on friday after 214 days of captivity. A mexican judge freed tahmooressi citing his mental state. The retired marine has posttraumatic stress disorder. The mexicans made it very clear to us that they wanted their judicial process to conclude, and it did, and they made, i believe, the right choice. Reporter former talk show host Montel Williams also advocated for his release. This experience for him in the last seven months is in a lot of ways has retraumatized him and almost like lets call it prison tpsd. Reporter in san diego friday night returning to his hometown florida this morning. Tahmooressi originally detained for crossing the border with loaded guns telling a 911 operator that he took a wrong turn on a california freeway and ended up at the border where he couldnt turn around. I crossed the border by accident, and i have three guns in my truck, and theyre trying to possess, they are trying to take my guns from. So youre in mexico . Yes. Theres nothing i can help you with then, sir, i do apologize. Reporter once across the border, tahmooressi was detained. The state department, Even Congress begging a judge presiding over the case for leniency to no avail but this morning, tahmooressi is finally back in florida. And the 26yearold veteran will likely undergo treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder from his two tours in afghanistan, and despite his release, the mexican judge has yet to rule on the weapons charges. Well actually hear from tahmooressi this afternoon. Hes expected to hold a press conference. It will be interesting interesting to hear what he has to say. Reena, thank you. New details on the accused cop killer eric frein. Were learning a lot more about the planning that went into his alleged attack on a state police barracks. As he was brought into court, an extraordinary scene. Locals taunting frein whose weeks on the run in the local wilderness created pervasive fear in the surrounding communities. Abcs tom llamas was right there. Reporter this morning, abc news has learned new details about cop killer eric freins alleged plans for attack, police say made more than a year in advance of the ambush on Pennsylvania State police. According to Court Documents obtained by abc news, frein was making internet searches using the phrases can police track cell phone and how to escape a manhunt. On friday, the 31yearold faced a judge and the angry residents he allegedly terrorized while on the lam. You coward. Reporter for seven long weeks frein, an expert survivalist and military buff, allegedly held this community hostage while hiding out in the dense forest of the poconos. When you came out here and you laid eyes on him, what did you think . Awesome. I was really happy that they finally caught this guy. Reporter police say frein started his reign of terror by ambushing two Pennsylvania State troopers on september 12th. Hes accused of killing Corporal Bryon Dickson and then wounding trooper alex douglas before disappearing into the woods. I said, whats your name and he said frein. Reporter these are the u. S. Marshals that captured frein and showed us how they found him outside a hanger on the abandoned property of this poconos resort. Handcuffed him. Put him in custody. Reporter Authorities Say its still unclear why frein would have targeted those troopers. This morning hes charged with murder, and prosecutors will seek the death penalty. And the man who lived out in these vast woods for 48 days hiding from police now lives in a 5x8 cell at the pike county correctional facility. Dan and paula. Tom, thank you. Residents very, very relieved hes in custody this morning. Now to ebola and a victory for that nurse who defied a stateimposed quarantine. A judge in maine has ruled that despite coming into direct contact with ebola patients, kaci hickox is now a free woman ending a tense standoff and abcs linzie janis has the very latest from hickoxs hometown, fort kent, maine. Good morning, linzie. Reporter good morning, paula. The police car that was standing guard is gone and for the first time in a week, kaci hickox can wake up and do pretty much whatever she wants. But there are a lot of people here who are hoping she doesnt. This morning, nurse kaci hickox is a free woman. A judge rejecting a temporary court order enforcing a quarantine for the volunteer who has twice tested negative for ebola since returning from west africa seven days ago. I am humbled today by the judges decision. Reporter hickox now free to go to Public Places and on as many bike rides as she likes. Enjoy. Reporter all she has to do is coordinate with the state if she wants to travel, continue allowing daily visits like this one from Health Officials and let them know immediately if she develops any symptoms. The three points that he is still recommending that i abide by are three points that i leave as part of this good compromise that we can make. Reporter the governor disappointed. Shes violated every promise shes made so far, so i cant trust her. I dont trust her, and i dont trust that we know enough about this disease to be so callous. Reporter and people in this small town still afraid. It makes me nervous. Reporter how would you feel if kaci hickox came into the restaurant where you were eating and sat down or was shopping in the same store . I would probably strongly consider leaving to be completely honest. Reporter in his ruling the judge asking hickox to acknowledge what he called human nature. Im a nurse and a Public Health worker. I dont want to make people uncomfortable. Reporter the governor says he dogs not plan to appeal the judges decision. As far as what kaci hickox does next, she says she understands ebola is a very scary disease and the last thing she wants to do is create more fear here in fort kent, maine. A lot will be watching her all over the state and country. Linzie janis, thank you. Moving on now, tminus three days to the midterm elections and the stakes are very high. The big question, of course, can republicans take control of the u. S. Senate with candidates scrambling in these final hours, we are truly at the peak of the political silly season. This candidate going viral and gaining a lot of traction it must be said with an ad in which she discusses castrating hogs. Abc jeff zeleny is at the white house with much more and when i say much more im referring to the elections and not the hog castration. Reporter good morning, dan. After all those ads in a 4 billion campaign, the only number to remember is six, thats the number of seats republicans need to win control of the senate. And the winds are blowing strongly in their favor. I approve this message. Reporter dan sullivan running for senate in alaska even made an ad about all those ads. Pretty soon youre going to want to do this to your tv. Reporter president obama is the soundtrack of the republican campaign. A vote for greg orman is a vote for the obama agenda. Reporter the president s Approval Rating at its lowest point yet has kept him off the campaign trail. So look whos filling in. You got to go vote. You cant stay home. You cant let anybody stay home. Reporter bill clinton on friday in North Carolina trying to shake democrats into action. Republicans are just six seats away from taking back the senate. Ill know how to cut pork. Reporter strong class of recruits is propelling the gop like joni ernst. In iowa. Her candidacy caught fire after airing this now infamous tv spot. Because washington is full of big spenders. Lets make them squeal. Reporter we caught up with ernst, who would be the first woman to represent iowa in the u. S. Senate. How much pressure do you feel now with iowa being one of the most competitive open seats . It is such a phenomenally positive pressure. I have gone from being a very littleknown, small state senator from southwest iowa to now being someone that can really make a difference. Reporter democrats acknowledge theyre bracing for a bruising election night. Now, the white house is watching this campaign very carefully. The president is flying to michigan to campaign for democrats later today, but in those Key Senate Races across the south, in many red states, its Hillary Clinton who is trying to ride to her partys rescue. Shell be in louisiana and kentucky later today. Dan. A lot of those candidates have not wanted obama to come campaign for them. Jeff zeleny, thank you. We should say abc news will be covering the elections in a big way. Our whole team led by George Stephanopoulos will be out in force. Well be online all night and well have primetime special at 10 00 p. M. On tuesday night. Time for some other news and for that we turn to ron claiborne. Hey, good morning to you paula, dan. Good morning, sara. Good morning, everyone. We begin in Washington State where another teenage who was wounded in last weeks High School Shooting as died. 14yearold shaylee chuckuinaskit died friday afternoon after a gunshot wound to the head. That brings the total number of victims in that incident to three. The gunman Jaylen Fryberg opened fire inside the school cafeteria. That was last friday before turning the gun on himself. Two other students remain hospitalized. And a pennsylvania man is fighting for his life after a brutal beating allegedly at the hands of five College Football players from California University of pennsylvania. Officials say that Louis Campbell iii sustained a severe brain injury after he was kicked and stomped in the head early thursday morning in a dispute in a restaurant. The five Football Players have been charged in connection with that beating. Police say they were heard chanting football strong as they left the scene of the alleged assault. Their college will not play todays scheduled football game. And in florida, dante martin a former a m University Band member is convicted of felony hazing. They say robert champion was brutally beaten to death during a hazing ritual aboard a bus nearly three years ago. Martin is facing 15 years in prison. Three other former band members are now awaiting trial. And in washington, d. C. , police are looking for a man they say tried to attack a Police Officer with an ax while the officer was sitting in his marked patrol car. That assailant shattered the drivers side window. The officer was injured during a struggle with the suspect. But then somehow managed to flee. This comes a week after a group of new york city Police Officers were attacked by a hatchet wielding man in whats being called an act of terrorism. And a huge day on wall street with the Dow Jones Industrial average and the s p surging to alltime record highs. On friday, the dow gained just over 195 points to close at a record 17,390. The s p rose a little more than 23 points to end october at 2,018 or 2018 and the nasdaq was up more than 64 points for those who cant follow that carefully. Thank you for that analysis. How is this for a trickortreat pit stop. The white house where the president and first lady passed up on wearing costumes but passed out lots of treats to kids from d. C. Public schools and also kids from military families. The white house was adorned with halloween decorations including 200 pumpkins carved by volunteers. Did Michelle Obama pass out carrots . No carrots this time, i dont believe. But she made them run in place to earn their candy. We got one more thing for you. Finally, finally, all of us driving to work face obstacles getting there but some drivers in arkansas, quite an unusual tale to tell. Traffic on interstate 49 in the town of bella vista came to a standstill thursday when you see there a group of horses appeared on the highway trotting around, they even caused a twocar accident. Police were finally they were unable to corral them, so instead herded them off the it highway. It turns out those horses escaped from a farm when a Utility Company apparently allegedly tore down a portion of fence. And you know that song wild horses by the rolling stones. Yeah. It has nothing to do with this. Thank you for the clarification. I just wanted to cite that. Thank you for that clarification. Because i like the song. Wall street analysis and also. Wild horses. You never know what youre going to get with ron claiborne. Its part of the excitement. It is. Uncle ron, we appreciate it. People have been tone to have a