good evening. breaking news ahead. in the escape. investigators have suspected they had inside help.

almost ever since investigators have been focusing on a prison tailor, a woman who was hospitalized with chest pains this weekend. apparently shortly after sweat and matt broke out of clinton correctional facility in far northeastern new york. belearne we learned earlier about calls made on her cell phone. a lot to tell but, a lot to get to. jason carroll is where the two may have been spotted earlier today. also, randi kayie in the search zone and deborah feyerick, you're talking to your sources about this prison tailor. what more have you learned? >> reporter: according to law enforcement sources, this woman was supposed to be the getaway driver. she had arranged with these two ruthless killers to be waiting on the other side of that manhole when they popped up. she was supposed to help them disappear. vanish. it was all part of this elaborate plot in which they burroed their way out of the

prison cell. at the last minute she changed her mind. shortly there after she checked herself into a hospital and it makes more sense. we had spoken to authorities earlier who said there was an indication that no one was waiting there to pick them up as they thought. that's why they are now on foot, anderson. >> and you also have information about this woman's cell phone. >> yeah. absolutely. we were told by law enforcement sources that in fact, that cell phone, her cell phone, joyce mitchell's cell phone was used to make several calls to people that were known to richard matt. friends or associates. again, it is not clear what the could not tent of the calls. were whether she was the one who made them or they're the ones who made them somehow. all of this, the details that we're getting, the context law enforcement is trying to sort through. >> there is been a lot of activity where you are, jason. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, a great deal

of activity. especially where we are right now in this rural section of willsboro. lots of members of law enforcement showed up here at about 10:30 this morning. they walked through this area of property, shoulder to shoulder as they conducted their search. this particular area we are, very rural. bordered on one side by train tracks, a river on the other side as they completed this exhaustive search that lasted for several hours, not only on the ground but by air as well. there were helicopters flying by as well. but after several hours of this exhaustive search, still no sign of these inmates. anderson? >> and you were at the canadian border today. obviously not that far from this facility. and there are parts of it as many people know that are relatively easy to cross. >> reporter: absolutely. there are the official check points that are much harder to get through. then there are these other spots called open areas where you can

just walk across the border. you don't to have show any documents or provide a passport to bored he security. at one point, i had one foot in the u.s. and one foot in canada. i simply walked across. no questions asked. they are helping to monitor those by using canine units, which can help sniff out a bad guy who might be hiding in a car trunk. they have cameras and video surveillance watching that. the border patrol told me today that they just picked up three iraqi men, he said, who were trying to get from upstate new york across the bored entire canada by using one of the open areas. they do say it is working but it is a very, very big area to monitor. >> and jason, do authorities have any idea how far these two could have gotten? now it has been since friday. so it's a relatively long period of time if they had access to transportation. >> right. and that's what is still unclear. if you look at where we are. our particular location where we are versus where the prison is.

some 40 miles away. but it has been, what? about 40 miles away. even if they were on foot, theoretically they could get to a location this far south. so basically, investigators have to operate on all sorts of tips. when a tip comes through, they have to move on that. now whether or not it pans out, that remains to be seen. could they make hit the far on foot? yes. at this point are they on foot or mobile? that is something investigators are still trying to determine. >> and randi, we should point out in materials of the border, even these relatively open crossings, there are surveillance cameras that are monitored. >> reporter: absolutely. those are, a lot of them are at the higher security areas. and also we should point pout at those high security border check points where the official check points, not the open areas, they have pictures of these guys. they have their photos taped up so they know who they're looking for.

even though there are about 300 mile of border on, they believe they have a pretty good handle on it even though it takes a lot of manpower. in area. >> and deb, from everything you're hearing, this woman who worked in the tailor shop, is she cooperating? >> well, she is. it appears she is working closely with investigators. one thing you have to keep in mind and this is something both jason and randi alluded to. this woman was supposed to be waiting for these two killers when they got out of that prison. she was not there. it is unclear whether they had made alternate arrangements. they may have expected to go north toward canada. instead of perhaps east toward vermont. we don't know what direction they were heading in. it is uncertain, even though two men are from that area. it is clearly a very large state. they may have lost their bearings. they're trying to figure out where they are going. the whole plan to get out, to get to a certain location, some

of those calls that you referenced earlier, those calls were made to people that they knew. so whether they were going to reach out to get help from other people, unclear. right now if you talk to authorities, these men may have no idea situationally where they are. where they're located. what direction they're heading in. unclear whether in fact they have food or provisions or anything like that that could extend the duration of this escape. so ultimately, they may be forced to make the kind of mistake that leads investigators to find out where they are. whether to try to get food, trying to carjack a car, all of those things, anderson. >> well, let's home investigators find them quickly. joining us now, former fbi special agent in charge, michael, this prison worker. if what is being reported is true, that she planned to pick up these guys, her phone was used, it is not just a matter of how much she was involved but

what else she might know. if she might have known what direction they would have hoped to go to. >> that's correct. if she is, going to help them and she is cooperating, she is a tremendous source of information now. and the information that she gives to the investigators could be corroborated against the phone records and other information that they can now glean from her. >> and these phone calls that were apparently made from her phone, they helped create a much clearer picture of who these guys were talking on. and if they had other plans with other people. >> exactly. i think the calls would be critical. if these calls did come after the break, and we don't know who had the phone, if they were made to associates, then we could at least consider the fact that someone else may have picked them up if the woman did not make it. she may have made other arrangements for them. then we have other leads to be pursuing and they could be anywhere, not just within walking distance.

>> the possibility they expected to get picked up after the escape and now are out there without a plan as far as we know, although they might have had a plan b or c, what does that tell you? how much may they approach things if they're kind of grasping at straws. figuring out things moment to moment. >> right. if they were caught off guard. then i'm a little surprised that by now we haven't seen the crimes we expect to see such as a carjacking that was mentioned, breaking into a home to steal cash and food, robbing somebody, stealing from a store. we would have expected to see that by now. if they were caught off guard, and we'll see that soon. others have said that's when they'll make mistakes. if we don't see that, if they scour the field and they don't find them there, we may have to go back to the assumption that somebody else picked them up and are much further away than we thought. >> we're not talking about eric rudolph who has survivalist training and can spend a lot of

time with pre positioned supplies, as far as we know, in remote that regions. this man who claims he saw the fugitives in his backyard. you're suspicious of that. why? >> i'm a little suspicious. we've seen this often in high profile cases, first when you have the public in a high state of awareness, they often see things that would not have otherwise look suspicious. they mean well and they call it in. it is something they wouldn't have otherwise noticed. other times we have people who sound bravado, appear to be helping in a way that didn't really exist. so it may have happened. i think the investigators are going to look at that with a jaundiced eye. coming up next, a man who knows better than anyone how brutal richard matt can be. better than anyone who is still alive. a man who was an accomplice in the, and witness to the torture and murder that matt committed against his former boss.

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instead reportedly with a case of the nerves. she has not been charged with anything at this point and is said to be cooperating with police. the two men she helped wittingly or unwittingly. lee bates in 1997 watched him kid animal, brutalize and torture a human being. a man he later dismember asked dumped in the niagara river. years later they saw him testify. in the first hour, he with played you the first part of the conversation. here's more. were you scared of him? >> yeah. >> yes. i was very scared of him. and like anybody else in the world, especially with him loose, yeah. i'm scared. i'm scared for a lot of people. i was scared then. >> because you testified against him. you were charged with a crime as

well. you served your time. you are now out. do you worry, the fact that you did testify? that you presented evidence against him? that he may want to do you harm? >> i certainly have to consider that. once i did hear of the news and stuff, it was more shock. the nightmare begins again. it was a chapter, a bunch of chapters in my life, that i hoped would never, i would never have to read again or enter into in life. seeing him, hearing about him, anything. and i can't say that i'm necessarily 100% safe or that i'm scared. the truth had to come out. and his trial, i represented the

truth. and without me, it would never have come out. >> this woman at the center of the investigation who apparently worked with him, tailoring clothes at the prison, what do you think when you hear about that? is he capable of having relationships with other people? is there something that he can turn on charm? it seems like he has a friendship with this guy who he has escaped with. if there is some sort of relationship with this woman, we don't know what the nature of it is. is there something about him that is appealing to people? >> i don't know if it is appealing but it's, the way that he is. he can make friends easy. he is a maflter manipulator. this is a 48-year-old man that knows the prison system, that knows the streets, street-smarts, and is a very cunning and dangerous

individual. with the lady that they're talking about, it is possible. and i think it is more possible because be just the way he is. if he has a goal set in mind, he is going to go do everything he can to achieve it. >> do you think he is already trying to leave the area? obviously you're not privy to his plans, to his thinking now. do you think this is something, something he has tried to plan out as much as possible? obviously the escape from the prison is. what happened outside once he was free? >> my own point of view is i believe he planned it. he thought it out. and certainly with how it was executed, it was thought out, it was thorough, it was planned. after which i don't know where,

what he could possibly have maybe somebody on the outside waiting for him. inside, i have no doubt. and that was certainly, he planned that. just as well as he did back many years ago when he escaped from a prison near buffalo. >> and lee, given all the time that you have served because of your role as an accomplice, do you have a lot of regrets? are you sorry for what you did? >> i'm certainly sorry for being involved even meeting and being a kind hearted individual when i would give him just rides. i can't say regret. it was a nightmare. i wish it never happened. there is a lot of families that

were destroyed. there is a lot of pain. >> a man lost his life. >> yes, he did. and it is difficult. i didn't do it. and now i think the world can see that i couldn't stop it either. and if there is regret, that's where it would be. it hurts. and you see this vicious individual. there is nothing that can stop him. >> i do appreciate you telling us what you know about this man. i appreciate you talking to us. thank you. >> you're welcome. thank you, sir. >> we focused a lot on richard matt for obvious reasons but i think worth remembering what david sweat did as well. 13 years ago sweat shot and killed be kevin tarsia, a

sheriff's deputy in new york. his fiance at the time has been living with the memories ever since. she joins us tonight. what went through your mind when you found out that david sweat had actually escaped from prison? >> i was pretty shocked and amazed. i could not believe that he had escaped a maximum state prison. >> kevin's brother has said this is like living the nightmare all over again. is it like that for you as well? >> well, it definitely brings back all the memories of what had transpired when this horrific murder took place the first time. it brings back all those memories. >> is there any part of you that's fearful, he might return seeking revenge? >> i did feel that way when he, when i first learned that he had

escaped, i was very fearful. it may not be a realistic fear because i'm sure that he is probably trying to get as far away from here as possible. but i think that your mind plays tricks with you. and i did fear it. i fear it any time anybody was around the house or coming around the driveway or anything like that. i was on high alert. >> i know you were at sweat's trial every day. what do you remember about his demeanor? what kind of a person did he seem to be? >> david sweat was a very cold individual. he really didn't show any emotion during the trial or anything else. he was kind of blank looking. he didn't really show any emotion at all. >> and kevin, he killed kevin in 2002. what do you remember about

kevin? what was he like? >> kevin was a great man. he had a great sense of humor. he was always smiling. when he smiled, the world would smile with him. he was funny. and he was just very, very well rounded. >> and he loved being a police officer? >> yes, he did. there were of course ups and downs. he genuinely loved being police officer. >> i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. thank you so much. >> you're certainly welcome. thank you for having me. >> just ahead, a serious new development tonight when it comes to the american involvement in iraq. word that it might once again be deepening. also, part of the white house evacuated. security teams called in bomb sniffing dogs. we have late details.

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right now there are more than 3,000 american troops in iraq. that number may soon rise by a third. the obama administration is thinking about sending up to a thousand more troops. mostly focusing on training iraqi forces. cnn security correspondent jim sciutto joins me from washington. what are you learning about this plan? >> we're learning the president may ask congress to authorize up to a thousand additional troops

to iraq in addition to the 3,000 already there. it is more likely they would only ask for several hundred, perhaps 400, 500, largely military trainers to boost the training of iraqi forces. we saw recently, the real question is, do they have the recruits necessary to make those trainers useful? and that will be a real question in anbar and the sunni areas. they have to get them involved in the fight. it is not clear they will come out in numbers in fighting isis. >> and do they have the kind of iraqi leadership long material that will make all this viable and use. >> it does seem like trying to get the iraqi army to a place it can be effective, an effective fighting force, it is requiring increasing amounts of resources from the united states. and we're seeing them fall into the hands of isis. >> no question.

the armored vehicles being used as suicide bombs by isis. and ten years, billions of dollars, ten of billions of dollars and a lot of american blood as well. to get the iraqi army up to snuff. and we've seen how it is not up to snuff. the obama administration clearly is not going to send large number of u.s. forces on the ground there. so they're still dependent on getting the iraqi forces to do better. you do hear from u.s. military officials that the best trained units are performing better on the battlefield. those trained by the u.s. they want to expand that training mission. military commanders say, it will be a war that lasts years. it will be a long time before we see results from this. >> jim sciutto, appreciate it. a security scare at the white house to tell you about. a bomb threat forced everyone out of the white house daily press briefing. the north lawn was also cleared. earlier in the day, another threat caused the evacuation of a congressional hearing.

the white house threat was specifically to the briefing room. here's the thing. president obama himself was at the white house at the time of the oval office and he stayed there. he was not evacuated. the same goes for his family. jonathan served on president obama's security detail. jonathan, take us through what the secret service would have done in a case like this where it was apparently a specific threat to the press briefing room to protect the president today. why not evacuate him from the white house? >> reporter: well, where the president was in the oval office, he is very secure. they had to take the totality of the circumstances. they had to learn how the threat came into the white house and exactly what the fidelity of that threat was. i believe that the secret service acted appropriately in keeping the president where he was. he was safe. the first lady was safe. and the daughters were safe in

the residents. the threat was very specific to the press briefing room so that was the area they wanted to focus on and that's the area they needed to clear. >> i imagine the white house gets hundreds, thousands of threats a year and they don't always take action. was it the specificity of this threat? >> absolutely. the secret service had to sbond the appropriate level of action to this threat. yes, we do get hundreds and thousands have threats against the president and the white house complex every year. but again, when you get into the details and start becoming specific toward the threat. that raises more concern and that's why the secret service reacted in this manner today. >> it is also a troubling thing. you don't want to report on it if it will encourage other people to make these kinds of threats. and then again, not reporting on

it, it is a catch 22. >> absolutely, anderson. you can look at this and say is someone testing our system? are we utilizing the press to, as an excuse to draw them out? for some other type of attack? that is constantly in the back of every agent's mind when the white house goes through a situation like that. the secret service is very, very good at responding to threats. and responding at different tiered levels. this was not an incident where we had to evacuate the entire complex and remove the president and first lady. this was done very methodically. they took the threat and based upon the totality of the circumstances and responded in kind. i think they did a great job today. >> and as up, the first lady was not evacuated, the daughters, malia and sasha obama were

nearby in the residence when all this was going on. you said in security scares that you were involved with, president obama's first question always was, where's my wife, where's my daughters? understandably. would they have a similar security protocol for the president? >> absolutely. so you know, during any type of event like this at the white house, the close protection details of both the president and the first lady and the daughters, they're all talking to each other. they're letting everyone know where the protectees are on complex. in the event that we do have to elevate to evacuate the white house complex, we can document in a very coordinated fashion. this is something the secret service does very well. the president and first lady come to rely on our information directly. as to the nature of where their spouse is, where their family is. first and foremost, the president is a husband and

father so he is concerned with the people that he loves. so they definitely communicate back and forth. >> i'm glad it was a false alarm. jonathan, thank you. up next, dennis hastert coming out of hiding to face the cameras and a judge and entering a plea in his hush money case. also ahead, breaking news. the officer who tackled teenage girl outside a pool party in texas, he has resigned. meanwhile a new video emerges of another altercation that same day between a teenager and an older woman. is this the altercation the reason the police were called to begin with?

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this is what greeted former house speaker dennis hastert. he arrived at the courthouse for his raimt today. it was his first public appearance since he was indicted on charges of lying to federal investigators, making illegal bank withdrawals. hush money he allegedly paid to cover up misconduct dating back to his days as a wrestling teacher and coach will he has hired an attorney. >> reporter: after 12 days in hiding, he arrived in chicago to a spectacle. he fought his way through the biggest crush of cameras since his time as the longest serving republican speaker of the house.

he is accused of paying millions of dollars in hush money to keep secret allegations of sexual misconduct from his time as a high school wrestling coach. inside court, he pleaded not guilty. he was ordered to surrender his passport, all firearms and give a dna sample. he was released on $4,500 bond and left the courthouse alone. not accompanied by his wife, children or other family members. the former federal prosecutor paul butler said he expects hastert will ultimately plead guilty. >> this is like going after al capone for tax evasion. the reason the department is bringing charges against a 73-year-old politician who is out of office has everything to do with the underlying allegations. >> reporter: the allegations are from four decades ago when he was a teacher in yorkville, high school, in illinois. the name of the person receiving hush money, a former student, has not been disclosed. cnn has learned the fbi has

identified at least three potential victims. hastert is not charged with sexual misconduct. the statute of limitations on any such allegations would have long expired. he faces these two counts. illegally structuring bank withdrawal to hide more than 1.7 million in payments made to a person the indictment referred to as individual "a." and lying to the fbi about it. hastert allegedly. he was setting aside cash because he didn't trust the system. each charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. the judge in this case gave money to dennis hastert's campaigns back in the early 2000s. is there any chance he'll to have recuse himself? >> i think there could be a fairly decent chance of that. this was one of those only in chicago moments. the judge was appointed by president obama but his brother is the top republican in the illinois house from a very well connected family. and the judge actually said in

the proceedings this afternoon that if either side believes that you think i can't be impartial, please say so. so they're supposed to put those requests in thursday. i think it is pretty likely the lawyers we've spoken to say he'll likely be recused and probably a good idea, given appeal and other things. chicago is a small tounl politically speaking and he is at the middle of republican politics. >> interesting. jeff, appreciate the reporting. thank you. breaking news out of texas. the police officer who force ad 14-year-old girl to the ground, pulls his gun on other teenagers outside the pool party. he has quit his job. earlier the police chief announced the resignation of officer eric casebolt. >> i want to say to our community, the actions of casebolt as seen on the video at the disturb yags of the community pool are indefensible. our policies, our training, our practice do not support his actions. he came into the call out of control. and as the video shows, was out

of control during the incident. >> there are still various accounts of what set the whole incident off to begin with. a new cell phone video has shown a fight between a young woman and an older woman. take a look. [ yelling ] >> cnn joins me again from mckinney, texas. do we have any clearer of a picture of how or why this whole altercation started? >> you talk about how the community is divided here and it really depends who ask you as to who started that fight and why. we were told by one of the witnesses that we interviewed earlier, a young 16-year-old black male there at the pool party. he said that he wasn't within earshot but others were. they told him it began when that adult woman was hurling racial slurs at the teenagers at the party. this is interesting. yesterday we spoke to residents saying, you know, what happened

here? those that were there before the cell phone video started recording. one man i spoke to said it was, the blame belongs on the teenagers. that the situation really didn't get chaotic until some of the teenagers started hopping the fence into a pool where they apparently didn't belong. >> now that the officer has resigned from the department, does that mean the internal investigation into what happened is also closed? >> reporter: well, not entirely. the question was asked of the police chief today. he said he is still considering going down that road, perhaps leaving the conversation open for criminal charges against that officer in question. you know, we spoke to community residents here. one in particular who has been a very vocal advocate. he's been on cnn through the day saying he started and created a change.org petition to get charges against the officer who resigned today.

we should mention the update about that young girl. that teenage girl who was seen wrestled to the ground by the officer. we spoke to a family friend earlier and we asked how she was doing. and evidently she is still very traumatized about what happened to her friday night. and according to her family friends, the attorney for that family is considering pursuing legal action against the officer. anderson? >> nick virginalencia, it has b more than six months since police fatally shot tame irrice. a group of officers are tired of waiting. what they're doing to try to get justice as they see it. next.

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some community leaders in cleveland aren't waiting anymore for prosecutors the take action in the tamir rice case. you'll remember he was the 12-year-old playing with a pellet gun in a park when police shot and killed him. that was almost seven months ago. and prosecutors have yet to decide whether to bring charges against toefrss involved. now a group of activists are using a rarely used ohio law. they filed affidavits themselves and have asked a judge to help.

in a moment i'll speak would w two people involved. first, the back ground on the case. >> more than six months have passed since 12-year-old tamir rice was killed. no charge have been filed. frustrated community activists have decided to take law into their own hands and it is perfectly legal. ohio is one of a few states that allows residents to make a direct appeal to a judge for an arrest. little known legal power has been on the books for over half a century but hardly ever used. >> i'm not happy about having to do this. as an american citizen i wish could i depend on our criminal justice system to do what was right. >> reporter: activists presented sworn affidavits to a judge with what they say was the unlawful killing of rice. they're asking for the arrests of two cleveland police officers on murder and other charges. >> we are here because we waited more than six months.

and yet still there is no accountability. >> reporter: but is it citizen justice or just legal theatrics? the case is already headed for a grand jury to decide whether or not to charge the >> his partner, frank garnbeck was driving the police car as they road up responding to a priority one call. the man turned out to be a child and the gun turned out to be a toy. >> this is the playground where tamir rice was the day he was shot. despite all the passage of time, there are two things that remain striking. the memorial, mainly of stuffed animals, and then what appear to be tire tracks. >> after grand juries in other states decided not to indict other police officers accused of controversial killings of minorities, rice critics are skeptical that they'll get what they want. what they want is clear. >> we aring is for an arrest.

>> the head of the cleveland patrol blasts the situation calling it mob-controlled. i can't imagine being so very consumed with anger and hatred. even if a judge signs with the activists and sides with the two officers, the case will still go back to the place it is now to be reviewed by a grand jury. martin savage, cnn, atlanta. >> joining me now are reverend kolan of institutional baptist church, walter madison, an attorney for the rice family. reverend, i want to start with you. why do you think it was important to go to the judge now to ask rather than waiting for a decision by the prosecutor?

>> well, what we have seen across the country, anderson, is a concern about the grand jury process. and here, in the state of ohio, we have a provision that allows citizens to take action even while investigations and even while prosecutions are looking into the matter. so, for us, we were utilizing the ohio revised code as a democratic tool to engage as citizens in work that we have already been doing in terms of calling for justice for this family. and, so, for us, we did not see it as usurping any authority, but, in fact, we were exercising our rights as given to us as residents of this state and citizens of this country. >> reverend, i know you say you're not happy to do this. why do you feel you can't depend on the criminal justice system to do what's right? >> in light of what we've seen in ferguson with mike brown, trayvon martin here in cleveland where a judge called it heroic

for police to shoot, reload and then shoot again two unarmed people, i think our criminal justice system, sadly, right now, we can't afford to wait and hope for justice when there is a way for us to pursue it on our own. anderson, i have three boys. they look something like tamir. i don't just stand here as a pastor, as a prophet. i stand here as a dad. and, if it was my son, i'd want someone to stand up for my baby. >> to your knowledge, has it ever resulted in an arrest. >> certainly it's been resulting in an arrest in the 60 years of existence. however, what brings so much attention is high profile nature and the way in which we chose to use it. in one instance, we challenged the whole victimizer.

>> walter, the county prosecutor, he has recently brought a case against a cleveland police officer. so does that have any impact on you. clearly, many at the community doubt that he's going to bring charges in this case, i guess. or feel that it's simply not happening fast enough. >> anderson, at the crux of all of this is trust. you have a prosecutor that shows that the sole possession -- many grand juries rendered an output that was just inadequate. when the citizens can't participate and they're not engaged, you have the secrecy and we don't have to look to new york or moral moral. we can look right here in that case and have great reason to pause and consider whether justice is being served.

>> it is very sad how miserable the lives of these civil rights leaders and clergy must be going onto say civilized society not prevent the rule of law to be sub vert today mob rule. to that you say what? >> i don't think anyone who has seen fold review that as mob-rule. in fact, it was the exercise of civility and the exercise of civil, direct, nonviolent action. the people have a right to make sure that those investigations are scrutinized. the people have a responsibility to make sure that their voice is heard. while i have a great deal of respect for mr. lumus, mr. lumus is a union leader. but we also have interest. and we are not here to serve the

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