a major american city. inmates tying together bed sheets to escape from the 12th floor. one of them, accused of first-degree murder, getting away. tonight, the update from authorities. and good evening. thank you for joining us on a friday night. i'm tom llamas, in for david. we begin tonight with the state of emergency in florida. a life threatening storm in the middle of a life threatening pandemic. hurricane isaias targeting the coast. a cat-1 with winds of up to 75 miles per hour. causing flooding and mudslides, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in puerto rico and the dominican republic. the hurricane now taking aim at the bahamas with wind and rain. hurricane hunters flying over closntil f the hurricane today. at least tuesday. it could hit or come close to hitting florida this weekend. here's the track. moving its way up the east coast.