heroin. and car talking to each other to avoid collisions. plus this goat diplomatsy, a military veteran turns to goats to help the people of afghanistan help themselves. we begin with breaking news from michigan jn an escaped convict has been captured across state lines in indiana. michael david elliott broke out of prison sunday then abducted a woman. they say he drove her to a gas station about a hundred miles away. [ technical difficulties ] reporter: now this caps an end to a massive manhunt that sparked off a nation-wide alert. this all started last night when el lee at broke out of a prison in michigan. he dug underneath a fence to escape. the carjacked and abducted a woman, they drove to the border to a gas station. when elliot went inside the gas station, the woman managed to escape and call 911. but by the time authorities got there, elliot was gone again. around 2:00 they recovered his stolen vehicle, but he was still nowhere to be found. authorities had
among users you would least expect. the brothers, their brew and a buzz. the little micro brewery launched with a lot of faith and prayer. the first bruisery in our order outside of europe. good evening. thanks for being with us. i am joie chen. it is said a society can be judged knot by how it treats the best but it s most unfortunate of the. consider the report, the los angeles county jail system. critics say it is one of the worst, a place where discipline has been enforced and excessively enforced, some say, with an iron hand. in the first of a 4-part in depth series on crime and punishment, america tonight s michael oku goes inside the largest jail in america and speaks with one man who has been through the system. this features jailhouse video some may find disturbing. when i am lying face down with my face on the ground, my hands behind my back and i have about four or five officers come around me and then i hear this. that s what figaroa says happened when he
one you didn t see may be the most talked about commercial from the game, the man behind it joins us live. we are passed the halfway point of this relentless recordbreaking and brutal winter season. that s the good news. the bad news isn t just today s storm. the latest in a series of closed schools, turned roads to ice rinks and grounded thousands across the country. the bad news is what s coming wednesday. ken corveau joins us from central park. i am located on the upper west side of new york city here in central park. and as you can see behind me, we have six inches of snow on the ground, quite beautiful for this time of year. we are going to see the snow really stay on the ground at least through the overnight hours and into tomorrow. highs tomorrow, 35 degrees. so not a lot of melting is going to be going on. but as we go towards wednesday, we have another weather system we are going to be worried about. this next one coming in from the ohio river alley is expected
at the nation s largest retailers. this is not people that i was interacting with, these are people i considered friends. an american veteran on a mission to help the people of afghanistan. his solutions to their economic problems - goats. hi, welcome to al jazeera america. good to have you with us. i m thomas drayton. chris christie is standing firm on the scandals surrounding lane closures on the west virginia. the embattled new jersey governor made it clear that he has done nothing wrong, as several of his top aides face subpoenas to find out what the governor knew and when. david shuster has more. appearing on a new jersey radio program governor chris christie hit back at critics and an appointee. what is going on now is a game of gotcha. when did i first learn about this or that. well, the fact of the matter is i ve been very clear about this. before these lanes were closed, i knew nothing about it. i didn t plan it. i didn t authorise it. i didn t approve it,
i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. and i m john muller. we begin with the new details on the shocking death of oscar-winning actor philip seymour hoffman. a friend found the 46-year-old in his bathroom, dead of an apparent drug overdose. from broadway to the big screen, hoffman was one of the most ambitious actors of his generation. friends gathered overnight to pay tribute with candles and flowers. tahman bradley is live in lower manhattan with the latest. good morning, tahman. reporter: marci and john, good morning to you both. this is the apartment where the oscar-winning actor was found dead by his friends and police. it was an apparent drug overdose. today, the search for answers in the sudden death of actor philip seymour hoffman. the results of a medical exam should be revealed later today. overnight, fans brought flowers. to this manhattan memorial. sad. he was a bright light. terrible. he was too young. way too young. he s so talented. reporter: polic