life. on the brink of financial ruin this morning. >> we don't know it whether a last-minute deal can be stitched together. >> the situation will deteriorate rapidly. >> someone has abused our flag of hate. >> it's a symbol of bigotry. a symbol of racial hatred. >> the true spirit behind the flag will never die. >> this ruling is a victory for america. >> it is wrong. it is not law. and it is not enough. >> it's the law of the land. we'll abide by it. >> this is "new day".." good morning welcome to "new day." nick is off today. we have news about the manhunt for the two fugitives in upstate new york. it is over! a policeman shot and wounded. david sweat days after his fellow escapee richard matt was shot and killed. >> sweat was taken down a couple

of miles from the canadian border. now his mother is speaking out. we begin live with sara guenin. what is the latest sara? >> that's right, allison. good morning. critical but stable condition. that's what we're hearing from the governor. you know there were 1300 law enforcement officials involved in this search for the two inmates over the last three weeks. in the end, when it comes to david sweat, it was one new york state police sergeant not only was able to stop him, but also to keep him alive. >> at this time his condition is listed as critical. >> this morning convicted killer david sweat is in custody and fighting for his life. suffering from two gunshot wounds to his torso. cheers from spectators as the escapee's ambulance arrives late sunday at the hospital in

albany new york. >> he'll be in basically 24/7 lock down for the rest of his life. >> this exclusive photo obtained by cnn moments after his capture shows sweat bloodied and in full camouflage garb. you can see a wound it his chest. >> i heard shots and ran out with my phone. >> sweat was spotted sunday afternoon by new york state police sergeant jay cook during a routine patrol less than two miles from the canadian border. >> he was alone when this happened. i said you go home tonight and tell your daughters that you're a hero. >> the fugitive was jogging along the road when cook spotted him. that's when sweat took off nearly making it back into the woods before sergeant cook opened fire. >> the terrain is so dense you can't see 5 feet in front of you. if sweat made the tree line he would have been zboengone. >> investigators say sweat and richard matt used pepper to try

to throw off police tracking dogs. >> we had difficulty tracking. >> the dramatic capture comes 48 hours after matt arm with a shotgun was killed in a shootout with police. >> a first escape in over 100 years. but one escape is one too many. >> now david sweat was unarmed when he was captured. just to give you some perspective, he was about 16 miles away from where his partner richard matt was shot and killed on friday afternoon. he was about two miles south of the canadian border. he's now at this hospital right here behind me in albany being treated by trauma doctors, vascular surgeons. he's being kept in a secure area of course officials hoping that he survives the two gunshot wounds so they can talk to him. they want to know how they were able to not only pull off the brazen escape but if anyone else

assisted them in doing so. >> thank you for the update. more than 1300 law enforcement officers searched around the clock for the two convicted killers. new details about how police were able to track down the pair. we are live in new york. what have you learned? >> reporter: hey, allison. 1300 law enforcement officers saturating this area in upstate new york for nearly three weeks. it boils down to one single confrontation on the road site not far from constable, new york. this is where david went face to face with the new york state police sergeant. if you follow the tire tracks they'll lead you to the tree line that the officer feared would help conceal sweat. as a result he fired the shot ending three weeks of uncertainty. it's time to answer the questions. how is david sweat able to make his way from the clinton

correctional facility about 45 miles away to here. a look back reveals on june 6th when the initial jailbreak went down on clinton correctional. june 22nd when the first key piece of evidence surfaced. investigators were able to find dna that linked the two fugitives richard matt and david sweat to the area. june 26th the past friday when richard matt went face to face with federal agents and eventually lead to his death. and then of course yesterday the key moment when sergeant jay cook and david sweat went face to face eventually leading to his arrest ending so much uncertainty. there were so many concerns for the people in the small communities. so many people here had packed up, locked up and moved away. they had no intention in returning until given the all clear. >> they're exhaling this morning. in a case strikingly similar to a new york prison break.

a north carolina inmate is behind bars today after escaping with the help of a prison worker. 29-year-old christopher antoneio mcneil a convicted killer broke out saturday morning and recaptured sunday night. kendra kendra li net miller a kitchen worker is charged. less than 48 hours to reach a deal with iran on nukes, the u.s. officials say negotiators will not get it done. tehran and the six world powers known as the p5+1 are vowing to stay in vienna past the tuesday deadline just like when they were trying to reach the framework agreement in the spring. now we go live to tehran. >> good morning. it is crunch time in the nuclear talks. we can also feel it here in tehran. most iranians want a nuclear deal. they want sanctions relief but the country's leaders said has

major reservations. the talks are so sensitive that iran's chief negotiator has returned here to tehran for a direct consultations with the country's supreme leader. however, before leaving vienna he did have a bilateral meeting with secretary of state kerry and both acknowledged that the going is going to be tough. >> everybody would like to see an agreement, but we have to work through some difficult issues. i'm determined to do everything we can, you know, to be able to make this work but that depends on other things. >> they laid out red lines for the iranians. he said that inspectors will not be allowed to go into iran's military facilities and, also that he wants full sanctions relief the moment an agreement is signed. that of course is something that will be very difficult to swallow for the other parties involved in these negotiations especially the u.s. but again many iranians here are

watching this very very closely hoping that a deal will come through. >> guys? >> thank you so much for that. turning to the worsening financial crisis gripping greece. the cash-strapped country racing toward a default as soon as tomorrow. officials now taking drastic action to prevent the economy there from collapsing and global markets already feeling the ripple effect. cnn business correspondent richard quest is live in athens for the latest. >> good morning. $67 a day or in local currency 60 euros. that's the amount of money that greek citizens can take out of the banks since the capital controls were introduced overnight. the banking system is closed as is the stock market for a week and now everybody is waiting to see how the greek people feel about this referendum. [ yelling in background ]

>> obviously you're getting a taste of people's opposition to what is going on there. >> this is the sort of thing -- [ yelling in background ] >> watch yourself richard. all right, richard. go handle that situation. we'll check in with you later. >> all right. that's what's going on in greece right now. you got a first look at it for yourself with richard west. back here much better situation. following friday's historic supreme court ruling finding the right for same-sex couples to marry in all 50 states. despite the excitement by some the opposition is not relegated to the past. the texas attorney general is telling clerks they can refuse to issue marriage licenses in the supreme court saying because of religious reasons. jim acosta has more.

not the most solid of legal basis for the advice from the attorney general but politics in play as well. >> absolutely. republicans are far from united in the response from to scare the supreme court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage. they say it is time to respect the ruling and others say it is time to throw up roadblocks. some states are beginning to do that. days after the supreme court's landmark decision protecting same-sex marriage many republican presidential candidates are nowhere near the path to acceptance. >> it is fundamentally ill legitimate. it is wrong. >> some of states opposed to the ruling are beginning to fight back. in texas, the attorney general has said county clerks can reject same-sex marriage license request citing religious objections. while in mississippi and louisiana, officials are dragging their feet. saying they will wait a separate

appeals court ruling on the issue. >> i think it is wrong to force christian individuals, businesses pastors churches to participate in wed ceremonies that violate our sincerely held religious believes. >> they are framing the issue as a fight against the white house. and it's rainbow colored tribute to the supreme court's decision. >> if i become president, i want to remind people please don't complain if i were to put a nativity scene out during christmas and say if it is my house, i get to do with it what i wish. >> as more moderate voices in the party want to take a deep sbret breath. >> i believe in traditional marriage but the supreme court ruled. it's the law of the land and we'll abide by it. >> gop strategists fear a backlash will only help hillary clinton. >> i'm asking them please don't make the rights the hopes of any american into a political football for this 2016 campaign.

>> now all of this will put the white house and potentially the justice department in the position of playing referee in the dispute to determine exactly what will happen too states that don't comply with the supreme court's ruling. it could potentially be the biggest question that the president faces all week long. >> absolutely. that's the big question this morning. jim, thanks so much. the supreme court's session is winding down after some historic decisions, as you heard. but there are other cases wort watching on the court's agenda. pamela brown is at the supreme court with the latest. what are you keeping an eye on? >> a few big cases. we expect it to be the last day of the term, and one of the biggest opinions we're expecting today has to do with lethal injection. at issue is one drug me a disease lam that was used in the botched execution in oklahoma a little bit over a year ago. so the opponents of this drug say that it violates the

constitution's eighth amendment of cruel and unusual punishment during the contention oral argument they said that there hasn't been enough research of the drug. it is the equivalent of burning from the inside. they are making it increasingly difficult to obtain the drugs for lethal injections. so this is something that we'll be keeping an eye on today. also there's a big restricting case out of arizona, the high court will decide whether citizens can play a bigger role in the process of the restricting. there's a commission in arizona that plays a role in this and they say they reduce partisan gerrymandering. this is also a case that will have big political implications. there's an epa case that the obama administration is going to be watching because it could be a big loss for them if they lose this case. it has to do whether the epa violated the clean air act by

regulating emissions and not takes costs into account. so still some big opinions today despite the fact -- we've already had some big opinions with the same-sex marriage and the affordable care act. >> those are the big headlines be u you're right to point out the other cases. especially the redistricting one. a the capture of david sweat. the send escapee, the first one killed a couple of days earlier. let's bring in major charles guess a troop commander for the new york state police. thank you very much for joining us. congratulations on getting your man. we know now it is easy to celebrate, but this was a dicey proposition all along. what did it take to catch him? >> well, good morning, chris. it is a good morning in the northern adirondacks today. what it took is nothing short of a full court press. a national and international coalesce sense, if you will of

our law enforcement and safety partners. a lot offing toed determination. we had over 2400 leads and over 1500 law enforcement officers on the ground here. so it was nothing short of miraculous cooperation between these agencies. the best i've seen in 25 years in my career as a state trooper. >> a quick question i know the law of new york state and many allows a peace officer to shoot at a fleeing felon. that was certainly the case here with the prison escapee. do you know if the sergeant involved was trying to stop him to preserve him for investigate i have purposes or trying to shoot him any way he could? >> i spoke with sergeant jay cook yesterday, he's local troop b member. we're proud of him. he took the appropriate action necessary, which in this case does involve the use of deadly physical force if necessary. he didn't just leap right to the step protocol. he immediately commanded him to

stop. he made positive identification that it was, in fact inmate sweat. he engaged in a lengthy foot pursuit all the while commanding sweat to stop and at the final analysis before sweat could enter a wood line nearly a mile and a half before the canadian border we were concerned he took the necessary action. >> he had to know it was sweat for him to take the time to show due discretion. i think many would agree. do you think there's a chance at this point, what would you put the probability at you're going to get an ability to question sweat? >> we're very hopeful. i'm told he's talking a bit. obviously he's in the care of medical professionals and their priority is to save his life. we hope he continues to talk. our investigators are-- interested in what he has to

say. pertaining to escape and how he managed to elude capture for the last 23 days. we'll study it and try to learn and apply every lesson learned from the last month. >> all right, major. thank you so much. it's good have this conversation this morning. know that the people living in that area and beyond are no longer at risk. congratulations, sir. thank you for joining us on the show. >> thank you. chris, another big story responses to the supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage. well they range from thrilled to deeply disappointed. the 2016 republican hopefuls were in the latter category. we'll examine how the would be presidents took the news. ♪ ♪ ♪ (singing) you wouldn't haul a load without checking your clearance. so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. listen up... i'm reworking the menu. mayo, corn dogs... you are so out of here!

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i know if my mom were still a i live. she would say i taught you in a trusting relationship you don't hold anything back. if you're going run for president of the united states and you're going to ask these people for their vote that's the single most trusting thing they can do as a citizens is to give you their support. >> all right. that was new jersey governor chris christie. he's gearing up for his white house run with a video he released last night. we'll get to christie in a moment. we want to start with the landmark same-sex marriage ruling and the rake of responses. >> let's do it with the best of the best. we are republican consultant

margaret hoover and cnn political analyst mr. john avalon. >> good morning! >> you would think that given that it is the supreme law of the land that's it. of course it rarely works that way. and allison used the right word. range of responses. we know where you are on this. talk about your party's range. >> i want to say that 53% of primary republicans polled in the early four states they said regardless how they feel about marriage they are ready to move on. >> why so many in the field? >> what you got was the range of the good, the bad, and the ugly. the good was jeb bush. the good was marco rubio lindsey graham, and chris christie christie. nobody is for marriage equality. they said personally i don't agree, i'm happy for many people who get to have the relationships now and they balance, really a respect for lgbt people with a respect for

religious freedom. then you have people who just went after the court who said this is going to be a fight. >> such as? >> bobby jindal rick perry, and even rick stormantorum. i would call them bad. ugly was mike huckabee scott walker ted cruz. most disappointing was scott walker when marriage came to his state it's done in law. it's the law of the land. my job is to enforce the law. now he's for something unreasonable. a constitutional amendment to overturn the supreme court's decision. by the way, social conservatives have seen this movie before. roe v. wade split the movement for 40 years trying to pursue a useless constitutional amendment. this is not how you win the presidency. this is how you win iowa. >> i'll read what scott walker said exactly to your point. he said i believe the supreme court decision is a grave mistake as a result of this

decision the only alternative left for the american people is to support an amendment to the u.s. constitution to reaffirm the ability of states to continue to define marriage. >> it's not a winning strategy. it's an attempt to demagogue what is a matter of settled law. it's attractive for people trying to play to the base and trying to win iowa. you're doing it at the expense of not only possible general strategy but getting millennial's on your side. that's a very high cost pander at the end of the day to go for the constitutional amendment route. especially among executives or former lawyers who ought to know better. and so this attempt to either put that forward by scott walker or ted cruz he argued in front of the supreme court saying there should be a recall elections for supreme court justice justice. that's a whole different ball game. they're getting sloppy in the interest of political pandering with the law. you have to remember the law is supposed to be different with this and the supreme court

certainly, you know, the supreme law of the land. bobby jindal saying hey, you know it's not for the federal government to make law. it's exactly what it does is to make law. for ted cruz to say this isn't law. that's exactly what it is. in that being misleading may work politically but it's dangerous because it creates a fear of the institution. >> it's dangerously dumb. neither of these men are dumb. that's so upsetting about it. you have smart people acting stupid in an attempt to win votes for their base. that's a bad sign for the country. >> evens if the law of the land there are things that can be done. in fact governor mike huckabee this is what he's suggesting. he's suggesting conscious objectors. so county clerks say they're not going to go along with it. >> that is disrespecting the law. there are going to be legal consequences for them. look as a republican this is what i tell republican candidates there's a space for us to carve out a balance a fair

balance between people who respect the religious freedom and worried about it being threatened and protections. protections for lgbt people. >> what does it look like? >> go to utah where the church of ladder day saints supported lgbt from employment. it protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender from being fired from their employment and also protections about religious freedom and they managed to use that as a model. this is what we can -- indiana to georgia. >> i get that's the balance. is it a red herring. we have to protect religious freedom. what is more protected more than religious freedom? what is the reasonable concern about what this will mean to religious people many. >> obviously there's more in the bible than will visit kus. socially conservatives who feel under assault not only by main stream culture but what was

supposed to be a conservative leading supreme court. here is a problem with the metaphors they reach for. when mike huckabee says we need to take a message from martin luther king. it's not a met for thataphor that works. >> you're comfortable with lightening up the white house like a rain bow. i hope you're comfortable with a nativity scene when i'm president. >> i think there's a incredible slippery slope argument about projecting politics on to the white house. and people need to understand that, you know if the other parties in place and tries that you know similar move you might not like at the end of the day. that's an optic discussion instead having happened as a plilt political discussion and reaching for historical met foraphor metaphors. metaphors. >> to your point, chris, about religious freedoms and how much these are threatened versus

actually already protected in our laws. it's enshrined in the first amendment. on top of that some 19 states passed their own acts. the reason why there are people who feel threatened by these new laws and freedoms that are being given to lgbt people. that's where it's really important to make sure we get the balance right and push back against the aggress iive laws like arizona and georgia. >> we'll see how it gets dealt with. the other headline is chris christie. let's end with him. why does he feel that he's got a shot? >> well, first of all, that's a powerful introductory video. it addresses some of the perceived negatives. >> he talks about his mom. >> he talks about his mom and addresses the fact he's perceived as being blunt. donald trump's entry in the race try ang lates him on that scale.

for all the damage that bridge gate did, he was considered a frontrunner. you have an executive, which is traditionally the best place to run for president. you have someone who offers strong conservative believes but can clearly win in the northeast. someone will probably outperform in the debates. i think it's a mistake to write him off. >> won the majority of hispanics. dug into the african-american vote. won a huge african-american vote in his re-election. a blue state governor but republican. these are all demographics and coalitions republicans need to win and chris christie has done it. >> how many days do we have -- >> it's down to the wire. what is the election next tuesday? [ laughter ] >> 497 days 16 hours, 30 minutes, and 27 seconds. >> we should do one advancing one retreating for the hairline

analysis. analysis. >> we need to talk to andrew. this is what happens. >> so true! richard matt is dead as we know. david sweat was captured. three week manhunt is over. there are big questions remaining. david sweat has answers they want. there's a prosecution that is going to take place. we have the clinton county district attorney.

so the greatest cape is over. but not the investigation and the case. we know that the convicted killer david sweat is in an albany hospital critically injured. supposedly talking a little bit after being shot twice by a state trooper who spotted him very close to the canadian border. so what is going to happen with him? what's going to happen with this investigation going forward? let's bring in the district attorney of clinton county, home of the maximum security prison where sweat and matt escaped from. thank you very much mr.

district attorney, for joining us this morning. we know you have to make a case for the escape. escape ittleself is a low-level felony. your going ahead with it anyway why? >> we have to have some finalityanlinality here. there's never any closure on the actual original charges that sweat has and been convicted of murder. he's serving a life without parole sentence. we don't want a federal judge down the road to make a decision that something went wrong with that trial or that plea that he entered and overturn that conviction. but notwithstanding that we need to go forward with the escape charge. we need to have the sentence imposed by a court in a sense that what it will do is limit the liberties, let's say, that david sweat will have in the future with the department of correctional services. >> and that's a very valid

point. let's take a step down that road for a second. what you want now is for this guy to tell you how they got out, who helped them how they planned it et. cetera. what can you do in prosecuting your case to help get those answers? >> well, there's certainly no type of plea bargain, i think, that we can put out there. as i said he has his life without parole sentence. he has charges here in clinton county he has potential charges in franklin county relative to the burglaries. it may be a situation where we may made the inquiries of david sweat. we learned the information he provides us which the department of corrections, obviously, wants information. they want answers as well relative to how this escape occurred. so on that end, whatever benefit that may be for david sweat only the time will tell. >> how do you coordinate these

not divergent but concurrent efforts. they want to talk to them you want to prosecute a case. you have to worry about him wanting to dummy up because he's going to get a lawyer and they may not want him to talk because he's got this case hanging over his head for the escape. all how do you balance the interest in here with the investigators? >> well, my primary concern, obviously, from hereon forward is to put forward the basic solid case for the escape charge. putting together all the information that has been obtained over the last three and a half weeks or so of this case. getting that ready for a grand jury presentment and future trial or should sweat take a plea down the road. that would, obviously, alleviate the need for a trial. but working with corrections, the governor's office with the

inspector general's office we need to coordinate each and every step to ensure that aspect of the investigation goes smoothly as well as our prosecution. >> is the escape itself from the prison under your jurisdiction if so do you anticipate anymore arrests? >> the escape is under my office's jurisdiction as far as it occurring here in clinton county. so yes, the clinton county district attorney's office is prosecuting david sweat as well as the underlying charges against joyce mitchell and gene palmer. we're working in a continued collaborative effort with the department of corrections, with the governor's office to conduct further investigations as to if any other individuals were involved in the escape process. that's one of the things that if we can speak with david sweat, if he's willing to speak with us we may learn more details

about. >> there's word coming out of that area they don't expect anymore arrests. they have who they can get at this point. is it premature? would you tell people to wait before they says this is over? >> definitely. it's an ongoing investigation. this aspect of the manhunt being completed yesterday afternoon with the extraordinary efforts from sergeant cook have brought that aspect to an end. we're now continuing and moving forward with the ongoing investigation relative how the escape happened and who was involved. >> thank you very much sir. we look forward to the fruits of the investigation and the prosecution to come. chris, another big story. the debate the over the confederate flag far from over. we speak with the son of famed segregationist strom thur monday. what does he think?

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sweat shot twice and captured after a three-week manhunt. he's hospitalized in critical condition. coming two days after richard matt was kilted by police. greece taking drastic action to keeping the teetering economy from collapsing. banks will be closed all week. there's a withdraw limit at 60 euros at all atm. a nuclear deal with iran will not be reached. an extension will not be long. crews working to determine what plomted the unmanned dragon rocket by spacex to explode. it happened sunday shortly after take off. the road comes to wimbledon today. serena williams goes for the champ this year. different defending champion on the men's

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>> madam. madam. madam? get down off the pole. come down off the pole. >> all right. that was activist brittany newsome. she was arrested in south carolina in weekend after removing the confederate flag outside the state house. the newest in the debate over whether the flag should come down. paul stro monday a son of strom thurmond. one of the longest tenures in the senate the longest in history. senator thurmond thanks for being here. >> allison, thank you for having me today. >> it is fascinating to talk to

you in particular because of your father's history and his support of segregation for some time. what do you think of the flag the confederate flag flying in south carolina? >> well, it has been a very divisive issue for the state, and unfortunately it's been used by some of the hate groups to continue their position of racism and bigotry. >> do you think it should come down? >> zblsh result i think it should come down. i voiced thatopinion by standing with the governor on monday and giving a speech to my colleagues on tuesday to encourage them to vote to have the opportunity to bring it down. i think we'll have the opportunity probably within about a week or so. >> what do you think your father would say about whether the flag should still fly at the state house grounds? >> well, i'll tell you that i

found my father's position as he raised me to not be one of hatred and racial prejudice. he taught me to treat all people equally, to love all people to be a man of character and courage and integrity. that's what i'm bringing to the table. certainly i'm well aware of some of the positions that he took in the '40s and '50s, but i'm well aware of the positions he took in the '70s and '80s. that was a redeeming quality in regards to his position on segregation and race. >> i mean, his position certainly evolved. as have so many there in south carolina and beyond but it sounds like what you're saying well correct me if i'm wrong. there are people who say this flag is not about racism. it's not about hatred. it's been coopted by some hateful groups. let me read to you supporters of

the flag. they said of course someone has taken our flag and abused it for hate. we understand that i can't do anything about that. but you shouldn't erase my history and my heritage because of some unknown person who doesn't use good judgment. it's been condemned by many people. it's been abused by many people. but the true spirit behind the flag will never die. do you think that's how your father felt? >> well, again, i'm not going to try to guess exactly how my father felt. i think i'm proud of my heritage. i'm proud of the people that gave me the opportunity to live. i'm proud of what they built, but i'm not proud of the positions they took in regards to the enslaving of other human beings and that was the opportunity that i had to tell my colleagues on tuesday and that's how i feel. this flag, whether it is cooperated or whether it is representative of the civil war

is something that at this time it is a divisive issue. it's a roadblock for us to grow and it needs to come down. we also need to continue the conversation. i don't think that this one act will resolve everything but it's a step in the right direction. as a legislator and somebody that represents close to 100,000 people in south carolina my job is to speak my heart and my mind and to advocate for us as a state to move forward. >> you know we showed that video of the activist who took it upon herself. she climbed the flag pole and brought the flag down herself because she was tired of waiting for lawmakers to act. i know you think that's not the answer. in fact you think it might hurt the cause. how? >> i do. and i'll tell you there are some that are on the fence. some in the legislature that

are -- have not come to the belief that this is appropriate, and so acts like this of civil disobedience even though they are peaceful in nature and they're not, you know, harming -- physically harming people are an excuse. they will create an opportunity for people simply wanting to say i'm not wanting to encourage more behavior like this. my hope is that all sides allow us to have a debate allow us to have a discussion and allow it to move forward. i believe the votes are there for us to move forward, but i would certainly encourage your viewers, especially your viewers in south carolina to reach out to the legislature and encourage them appropriately as you see fit to bring the flag down. >> right. that's democracy in action. some people believe that it will come down and the timing might even be forth of july. thank you so much for being on "new day" this morning. >> allison, thank you for having

me. what is your take on all of us? you can tweet us using using #newdaycnn. we look forward to reading your comments on the flag. >> all right. a man cutting down a tree becomes a hero in an instant. cutting down a tree? oh no. that's why it's the good stuff. stay with us.

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in a former life allison cut down trees for a certain new jersey municipality. >> no! >> there was a tree specialist who has the new title of hero. james morgan is cutting down a tree. he sees smoke pouring out of a nearby sun garden senior's home. what does he do? nothing. no. he does everything! he comes down from the tree kicks in a door! >> what! >> he finds a burning electrical panel. he turns off the breakers stopping the fire. >> i have a grandpa in a place like this and that's why i

stopped it. i wouldn't want somebody to let him burn up. >> he's a hero and a man who feels. if james hasn't flipped the breakers the whole building would have gone up. that's what they say. >> oh gosh? >> the flames are out. everybody is okay. you know what james does? he doesn't stay around. he went back to work and finished up what we had to do. >> oh my gosh! what a sweet guy and a hero! great story. >> you have the bond. >> we do. we love trees. time for newsroom with carol costello. good morning. >> i guess i love trees, too. >> why not? >> yeah. have a great day! thanks so much. newsroom starts now. happening now in the newsroom. we got them! >> the nightmare is finally over! >> a three week manhunt for two killer fugitives is over! one dead the other hospitalized. >> sweat turned and fled on foot but the sergeant in pursuit -