managed to get away. a two-state man hunt comes to an end after authorities capture an escaped convict. they spotted michael david elliot after he spent 24 hours on the run. his tires were going flat. he lost a little bit control of the vehicle. he came up to a t intersection and sid into a snow bank. reporter: it began sunday night, when they discovered elliot missing from his cell. once outside, he pulled back the fencing of the two security barriers and crawled underneath. then he abducted a woman in michigan, forcing his way into her car. he has a hammer? and a box cutter.
reporter: surveillance footages shows elliot on the run inside a convenience store paying for gas. while there, his hostage was able to lock herself in a restroom and make this desperate 911 call. yes. occupied. sorry. taking me longer than what i thought. is that him? yes. he is knocking on the bathroom door saying, let s go. reporter: elliot left the woman and ditched her jeep in indiana. they say you killed four people, those charges true? no. reporter: he was serving five sentences for killing four people. up until now, he was known as a good prisoner. so after a nearly 200-mile run, elliot now behind bars in indiana. and again, he will stay here facing a range of felony charges
inches of snow on top of the eight inch that is fell yesterday. look, folks, it is not over yet. forecasters are keeping an eye on a possible nor easter for the weekend. good luck with that. now we turn to another important story, the convicted killer who peeled a hole in two fences with his bare hands reportedly to escape a michigan prison, well, he is back behind bars this morning. police arrested michael david elliot yesterday in indiana. investigators say he stole a woman s car and fled. she managed to escape at a gas station and call police. elliot was serving life sentences for the murders of four people. 49 full bags of heroin were found in philip seymour hoffman s apartment, and up next we re going to take a look at how heroin is turning into a full-fledged crisis in the united states. the vermont governor is one of the people struggling to get the nation s attention here. the war on drugs has been a disappointment and a failure,
0 a second storm set to slam the east just as we dig out from monday. the question this morning, is this the worst winter ever to fly and why? your new day starts right now. good morning. welcome to new day. it s tuesday, february 4th, 6:00 in the east. a first chris christie doubling down while the feds turn up the heat. christie took to radio to insist he didn t know anything about lane closures on the george washington bridge until the story break in the media. you seem to have changed your opinion about the governor. a new cnn poll pitting chris christie against hilary clinton shows a stunning plunge in the governor s popularity. get more on that poll in just a moment. good morning, chris. it office regular appearance on an ask the governor radio show. he tried to take na in stride portraying himself as part buy stander, part disappointed boss who wants to get to the bottom of what happened. does chris christie know anything about gw bridge lane closures before they hap
0 that nailed the nail in the coffin for him. i mean, without that, after over a year, i don t know how that could have, how anything could could have, how anything could have evolved out of that. captions by vitac www.vitac.com one down, two to go. another winter storm barreling across the country today. schools canceled, flights grounded, millions bracing for more snow, more sleet, and now ice. chad myers is tracking the storm s path for us this morning. crisis mode for chris christie. brand new polling showing his popularity plunging as the investigation into his office heats up. this morning his new defense against these accusations. oh, no! how low will it go? the dow dropping more than 300 points, its biggest one-day decline in seven months. markets this morning are not responding well. a sell-off circling the globe. i m going to tell you how long we can expect the sell-off to last. all right, so, despite all that awful stuff we just told you, it is great to see you t