breaking news. on the end of the fugitive manhunt in upstate new york here you can see an injured david sweat, the escaped inmate was brought down by a lone new york state trooper. we're now learning that sweat was on his own for several days before a fellow fugitive richard matt was gunned down. a source close to the investigation tells cnn sweat has told authorities matt was slowing him down. but while the chase is over many questions remain. questions like how did sweat evade capture for 23 days. did he have help and how did he break out of prison? >> 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 that he continues to talk. our investigators are keenly interested in what he might have to say not only as it pertains to his escape and the department of corrections would follow up on that but from my perspective how he managed to elude capture for the last 23 days. >> we're covering all angles of this story.

polo sandoval is near the canadian border where sweat was captured. jean casarez is at the courthouse where a guard from the prison that sweat and richard matt broke out of will face charges related to the escape and our own sara ganim is outside the hospital where officials are talking to david sweat. sara what do we know about sweat's condition and what is he telling authorities? >> good afternoon wolf. so first his condition was updated just about an hour ago from critical which is where he came in last night, in critical condition, to serious. hospital officials saying that his wounds did not require surgery but he will be staying here and will be monitored for a few more days. now he is apparently talking to authorities, a source telling cnn that he is talking to police about what their plan was. he told authorities they were supposed to get into a car with prison seamstress joyce mitch who will they befriended who has

been charged with helping them escape escape they were going to go to mexico. when she didn't show up that night they had to begin walking on their own. he's telling authority he is ditched his partner about five days ago because he was slowing him down. we know from other sources that richard matt had fallen ill in the last couple of days of their walk there through that very rough terrain. i want to talk to wolf about the security at this hospital behind me where david sweat is. it is equipped with their own trained professionals, trained security team and he is being monitored not just by law enforcement officials but also by the hospital staff that is treating him, wolf. >> stand by i want to go to constable, new york. polo sandoval is on the scene for us there david sweat as you know is very close less than two miles from crossing into canada. how close was he actually to getting away before that trooper

single-handedly stopped him? >> that was a major concern out here wolf, with the scene that played out. a very dramatic one at the conclusion of this manhunt. we're told that that trooper, that new york state trooper jay cook was on patrol along the road i'm standing on and noticed a suspicious individual who he would identify as david sweat, made contact with him. that's when david sweat made a break for the treeline you see in the distance. there's a couple of on lookers that have made their way out here. eventually making his way to that tree line. two concerns the police sergeant had on his mind which was one sweat was wearing camouflaged clothing. they made it into that dense wooded area and he could lose the lead the other concern as you mentioned, wolf only about another mile and a half beyond that treeline is the u.s./canadian border. so that was another concern that he had. so as a result this police sergeant drew his weapon took

aim, fired a couple shots, two hitting david sweat in the back. so those are the two shots that were the beginning of the end for this manhunt that had so many people on the edge here. today there is the sense of normalcy that dominates the street in upstate new york so that's exactly what the people who lived a nightmare for the last three weeks wanted? >> if he could have gotten to those trees he might have disappeared. polo stand by. investigators are hoping to learn much more about how david sweat and richard matt actually broke out of prison and how much help they received. today gene palmer, a guard from the clinton correctional facility he's in court. our own jean casarez is standing by. walk us through what's about to happen. what is he accused of jean? >> he's got actually three felony charges and one misdemeanor charges. one felony is promoting prison contraband. two felonies are tampering with physical evidence and then official misconduct.

is right here at the court, this is a township court in plattsburgh, new york. this is the first court you go to. this is called a court appearance today so i think anything is possible. we know he has a brand new turn out of albany william drier who's been practicing criminal law for 40 years. but as far as the facts, gene palmer when he had his first lawyer, he met with officials and he really said a lot of things this attorney may not appreciate at this point. but he admitted he had taken the screwdriver and the pliers from the outside into clinton correctional facility four different times for matt and sweat. he also admitted he received paintings. but more than that after they had gone missing it was found, allegedly, that he had burned them and buried them and, of course legally there's -- prosecutors will say that's a consciousness of guilt action you knew you should haven't the paintings so you tried to dispense with them. of course, this will be litigated in a court of law but three felonies one misdemeanor

and, by the way, that -- there are more charges against him than joyce mitchell who allegedly was plotting to take them the mexican border. >> still a lot of questions that have to be answered and lets sons learned as well. gene i want you to stand by as well. the hunt may be over but the investigation clearly in its still early stage this morning. we heard more details from the new york governor andrew cuomo who spoke about what david sweat was carrying when he was caught. >> he had a bag with him that had a number of supplies. he had maps he had certain amount of tooshlgsls bug repellent, wipes. he had pop-tarts. we want to find out where they got them was that planned before? did he acquire that after his escape? so we still want -- there's an ongoing investigation to find out how they did this and the extent of cooperation they

received from the people in the prison. >> governor of new york. joining us now is tim williams, the former chief inspector for the new york/new jersey funggitive task force and former director of operation for interpol. david sweat was spotted jogging or running along a road. seems like a major mistake for someone who stayed hidden for some three weeks. what did you make of that? >> pretty surprising. they did a good job staying in the shadows and i think it was kind of spraysing. but it shows they were desperate at that time. he was desperate. they separated for a few days so is certainly very close to the boarder there so very interesting. >> usually these guys supposedly were moving at night is when it was dark not necessarily during the day, a major blunder on his part. as you know sweat has already told investigators that the original plan for these who killers was to try to get to

mexico but their getaway driver, joyce mitchell who's now been arrest arrested did not necessarily cooperate and show up and help them. does it seem like they had a plan "b"? >> it doesn't seem that way. you would think with the sophistication of that escape that everyone has commented on you thought they would have had a better plan "b." so i don't think they lad that and they were lucky they were that terrain out there that they were able to stay on the lam for 23 days. >> we've also learned richard matt was ill, smelled of alcohol when he was shot and killed by the police last friday. sweat told investigators that matt was actually slowing him down so he split off. why do you think he waited so long to split off? >> well i think they were probably a team.

i thought they'd be good together and had a plan from the beginning but i think once -- that does happen on occasion where they split because it's just better to go their separate ways because people are really looking. i think the pressure from law enforcement, the great team work, the great effort that was made on the law enforcement on this case i think was really putting pressure on them and they felt the pressure. >> tim williams thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> so what will david sweat tell authorities? you can be sure investigators will want to hear every detail about the daring prison escape. but will he tell them everything? will he hold back crucial details? can you believe a word this guy says in and what happens now? very very far away in at thence doesn't necessarily stay in athens. while greece's time in the eurozone could be ending it could just be starting in

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second of the two escape murderers is back in custody after he ran from a prison. he told authorities he was on his own for several days before fugitive richard matt was gunned down. a course close to the investigation tells cnn sweat has told authorities matt was actually slowing him down. let's discuss what's going on with our law enforcement analyst, former fbi assistant director tom fuentes and defense attorney scott boulden, thanks very much for joining us. these prosecutors, scott, say no plea deals with sweat right now. this guy is going to go back spend rest of his life in jail, presumably in solitary i assume. what incentive will he have, though, to talk tell authority what is actually happened? >> well getting out of solitary

confinement would be significant. here he's facing life without parole or serving a sentence of life without parole already. so remember he could easily be charged with a class d felony, escaping from prison as well as promoting contraband in prison. the government has a choice as to whether to charge him or not, but it's almost a moot issue at this point and so his incentive would be getting out of solitary con fine withment but also because of his ego and narcissism he could want to tell. if he was smart he wouldn't tell he's a young man, he 's 30 years old. he may try this again. i hope he doesn't but that's a possibility. guys who are desperate and have been through what they've been through, it's more of a relief and they talk either because of their ego or stress. >> you need sophisticated interrogators, fbi has good ones as you well know who can go in there and get this guy to talk. not only talk but tell them the truth because this guy is a liar. you never know what he'll say. >> wolf they can verify things

whether he says to them are true or not true. now as scott mentioned the most important key to this is his ego. typically, sociopaths like this guy are very narcissistic. they want everybody -- the world revolves around them. they want the world to know what they did, a sophisticated interrogator will play to that. oh you weren't really the mastermind matt was. you weren't really important, he was. he did this he did that. oh no no i did it. i did. narcissism is all about me. it's a selfish trait and these guys have it to the extreme where the whole world is only about themselves. >> is he going to have an attorney present for all these conversations with authorities now? >> he's certainly entitled to it if he asks for it. he's been read his rights already. he's been charged presumably. but he's entitled to a lawyer but he doesn't necessarily have to have one. the real key here is what the police want to know. it's not so much how he broke out with the tools because they can trace that. they're really interested in who helped them so they can improve their security system but also

charge people inside the prison and outside the prison who gave comfort and support for them because they could haven't done this alone. >> the problem is he could have maybe hated one or two or three of these guards and he could say just to try to get some guard in trouble who was totally innocent because he hated this guard he could say well john smith, he helped me a lot and stuff like that. >> that's true. >> so he could smear people that have no right to be smeared. >> absolutely. they won't base any prosecution of a corrections officer or any other employee or anybody on the outside unless they can verify it corroborate it get independent evidence. nobody will be prosecuted based on anything he tses if that's all he got. >> if he says he wants an attorney, the attorney presumably will tell him shut up don't say a word, we'll try to negotiate better terms for you, maybe not necessarily solitary confinement 23 hours a day which presumably he's going to get for more years down the road. any good criminal defense attorney would tell him let's negotiate something, right?

>> absolutely. and stop talking. and what we don't know is how much he said already because, again, if he said everything just because the media is reporting a snippet of that then that will define how the -- >> if he was in critical condition he couldn't have been talking too much, right? >> when they showed the pictures of him sitting up i thought this guy is in great shape. he's a little pale he lost a little weight, so what? they wouldn't have been sitting him up in that position if they thought he was on his deathbed. >> but the doctors described him as critical condition. now he's in serious condition. they've upgrade bud they say he was in critical condition. >> well, the level of dehydration and other factors may have been severe enough but i don't think the bullet wounds were critical in my opinion but i'm not a doctor. >> i'm assuming he'll be in solitary confinement, 23 hours a day by himself, maybe one hour a day a walk in a courtyard but that's it? >> not even a courtyard. they'll have a dog pen that they can walk within this little kennel type facility and back

into their cell. >> all right, guys thanks very very much. >> thank you for having me. coming up we'll move on to other major news we're following. same-sex marriage now legal in the entire united states. but that hasn't stopped some gop presidential hopefuls from promising to fight the supreme court decision. even if it means rejecting the law. and a looming question for democrats. will the vice president, joe biden, make his own run for the white house? there's now some buzz about a possible biden bid. that buzz getting louder. find out why. that's coming up. effects. hey honey. huh. the good news is my hypertension is gone. so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. ♪ [music] ♪ jackie's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack

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let's get to presidential politics right now and renewed speculation about whether the vice president, joe biden, will actually enter the 2016 race for the white house. according to the "wall street journal," biden's son beau urged him to run before he passed away last month from brain cancer.

the newspaper says biden's son hunter is also in favor of his dad waging another presidential campaign. let's discuss what's going on with our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny and chief political analyst gloria borger. you've been doing reporting, gloria, what do you hear from your sources? >> well i have one source close to biden and this source said "to derive from the last month that joe biden is in a better frame of mind to think about a presidential run is completely incorrect." this man is in mourning in pain suffered a great loss. trying to get people back to work. there are people who would love to see joe biden run but he is probably in less of a position to run today than he was a month ago. this is somebody who is clearly in mourning and as this source said to me there are a lot of people out there "blowing smoke"

at biden right now. >> one of the reasons the "wall street journal" cited this that the speculation is increasing if in fact both of his sons said "dad" we think you should run for the white house the "wall street journal" noted bernie sanders running against hillary clinton is doing well in these polls, especially in new hampshire. they're saying if 373-year-old bernie sanders could do well against hillary clinton, maybe 72-year-old joe biden could do well against hillary clinton. >> there's definitely a segment of the democratic party looking for competition and someone more progressive than hillary clinton. joe biden is not bernie sanders in any respect. i mean in a positive way. gloria is right in terms of what they're thinking. i talked to someone close to the biden family and they said the sons gave him permission if he wants to. don't sit on the sidelines because of me. that doesn't mean he'll run. but there is an opening in the democratic party right now for a conversation, that's why bernie

sanders is within eight points of hillary clinton. this is on the progressive left wing of the party. this doesn't mean there's necessarily an opening for joe biden even if he wasn't grieving right now. >> he hasn't done anything wolf. there is no joe biden presidential pac and i think the feeling was this if hillary clinton somehow faltered in a huge way that joe biden would be on the sidelines. but join the club. john kerry is out there on the sidelines also. so i don't think there's any change right now. >> here's what's intriguing in that "wall street journal" story, jeff. there is this draft biden movement very small out there but they're saying they have not been discouraged from the biden folks about going forward. if he didn't want to run he could easily say i'm not running, i'm serving out my vice presidency but he's leaving open that door a little bit, the silence on his part that he's not denying it is sometimes very

telling. >> it is. and why not. he deserves the respect of us discussing whether he might run for president. joe biden deserves that. he's run a couple other times before. but his silence is in many cases -- we're talking to people who have similar views of this if something would happen to hillary clinton if she would have a health episode, if she would have a political calamity we can't think about yes he would consider getting in so why would he send a signal now he's not interested? he does not have to do that. it's not necessary. but this draft biden movement well-intentioned people but not sanctioned i would say. >> and i had a source who said to me today that, look, this puts joe biden in a box because he doesn't want to address this. at some point he'll have to address it maybe later this summer. >> in august. >> in august. who knows? but it does -- it's not what he's thinking about right now. we have to remember this man's grief at this moment and i think we saw it when he went to the

ame church over the weekend. this is a man who has other things on his mind. >> he's obviously going through a serious mourning period right now. although his aides have said he'll make a formal announcement one way or the other by august given the nature of the democratic debates which are going to be happening, if there are some, in the fall. we'll see what happens on that front. guys thanks very very much. republican reaction to the u.s. supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage ranges from acceptance to anger. while supporters celebrated the -- celebrated outside the high court, some presidential candidates promise a new fight for what they call religious liberty. listen to what louisiana governor bobby jindal said on nbc's "meet the press." >> here where's the next fight is going. i think the left is now going to go after our first amendment rights. i think it's wrong for the federal government to force christian individuals, businesses pastors, churches, to participate in wedding ceremonies that violate our sincerely held religious believes. we have to stand up and fight

for religious liberty. that's where this fight is going. >> our cnn political commentator ana navarro is joining us and the author sofia nelson is joining us. they're republicans but they have different views on the supreme court ruling. ana, first to you. what do you think of the republican shift to a fight over religious liberty that several of those republican presidential candidates are now suggesting? >> wolf, i think the first thing we need to point out is that we shouldn't paint all republicans with one broad brush. as you've said, there's a division amongst republicans and if you look at the statistics people my age, republicans my age who are under 49 have over 43% of approval rating for gay marriage. if you're even younger, if you are under 30 the approval rating amongst republicans is 61%. so yes we have seen there's a variation in the way that people have reacted.

some people i can tell you from a personal point of view i was full of celebration, there was joy in my heart. so many of my gay friends are going to be legitimized in a way they so want to be. land in a political perspective i hope republicans can move on. though i recognize that the religious freedom issue is a legitimate question and, yes, it's a battle that is just beginning. >> what do you think, sofia? because i'm told you have a dissenting view on this supreme court 5-4 decision rooted in your faith. what would you like to see happen now? >> well two thing, wolf. i think last week on measure was just a bad week for the go gop on all issues of diversity, whether it was the confederate flag whether it was gay marriage, whether it was the horrible massacre in charleston and dealing with the conversation around race and i think this one caught them flat footed. i think for me and for many millions of christians in this country we weren't pleased with the ruling as a matter of faith because, as you know, whether you're a christian swrujewish or

muslim your faith teaches that same-sex marriage homosexuality and a litany of other issues and sins by the way, aren't acceptable. so i think that for us it was not a happy day. attorney admitted to the supreme court of the united states bar i think it was decided the right way on the merits of the law under the equal protection clause so i can be a mature enough adult and i think those in the republican party who share my view are going to have to look at this kind of as a split decision if you will on yes, it may be against my faith principles but on the merits of the law the corporate probably reached the right decision. >> so basically what you're saying sophia is you agree with the more moderate republicans like jeb bush for example who are saying it's the law of the land live with it as opposed to the bobby jindals, the mike huckabee, the ted cruz as a way to fight this? is that right, sophia? >> i think what governor jindal said was ridiculous. let's get rid of the supreme court.

you can't get rid of the supreme court, it's written into the constitution. the republican party will have to do something very different headed into 2016 and into their own party platform and howe they're going make that up. are they going to make gay marriage an issue in that platform? are they going to leave it alone? i think if they continue to bumble on issues of race, the race discussion around diversity, around issues of gay and gay marriage i think the party will have a real difficulty in 2016 reach inging the centrist voter like a sophia nelson and others. >> ana, i know you're a republican i know you like jeb bush. what would you like them to say specifically on the issue of gay marriage? >> i was happy. i thought he had a conciliatory tone. he is against the underlying issue of gay marriage. it's something on which we disagree which is fine. i don't have the expectation that i'm going agree with one politician or another on 100% of

the issues. but i think he was responsible in his tone. i was disappointed with scott walker calling for a constitutional amendment which he knows is absolutely completely utterly unrealistic. i was disappointed with former rhodes scholar for god's sakes, bobby jindal an incredibly smart man casually non- lyly nonthat lontly of calling for the dismantling of the supreme court. i think responsible people need to look for pragmatism and common ground and we need to find a way so that religious freedom in gay marriage can co-exist. we are a diverse country. we are a democratic country. we are a pragmatic country. let us resist the to your knowledge politicize and polarize this issue and let us look for that sliver of common ground. >> ana navarro, sophia nelson

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book at tripadvisor. markets around the world,er in down right now. it comes after a flare-up of the debt crisis in greece. that country is scheduled to make a massive debt payment tomorrow $1.7 billion to be exact. the problem is that the government doesn't have the must be to make the payment. bracing for panic, greece has closed its stock market and its banks until july 6. and if you want money from that atm over there, you can only take out about $67 a day. the fears over the debt crisis have now trickled down to u.s. markets. let's bring in alison kosik over

at the new york stock exchange. so first of all, allison, how will the u.s. markets reacting? >> wolf, we've seen the selloff and the dow pick up as the day has gone on. we see the dow down 227 points. this is despite the fact that the u.s. has very limited direct exposure to greece. i mean think about it greece has had this financial crisis going on for many years and what you've seen happen, at least for many investors, especially here in the u.s. they've taken their investments out of greece so they don't have that kind of exposure. but i think the selloff here is more related to the fact that what we're entering here is unchartered territory. what would the global implications be if greece doesn't pay its bills. it doesn't pay its debts. what would be the ramifications if greece were to leave the european union? it's that uncertainty, that fear that you're seeing play out in the markets today as you know what kind of shock waves could greece cause to the u.s. and a lot of that is unanswered at this point, wolf. >> you make a good point.

there could be in the short term a much greater impact negative impact on the european market. the eurozone as it's called. if that market is hurting, that would have a spillover effect on the u.s. market and it could impact a lot of americans, right? >> exactly. but actually what you're seeing in the european markets is much more blunted, believe it or not, than what was expected because as one goldman sachs analyst put it he said that europe is actually better prepared this time around than let's say in 2011 and 2012 when we were in this pretty much this exact situation with greece before. it was facing an exit in 2011 with 2012. the difference now is that you're seeing european banks, they're in better shape. also greek debt is no longer widely held so you're seeing those couple of things really put constraints on how wide this crisis could really grow and so if it's not going to hip europe as hard as let's say it could have a few years ago, you may not see it hit the u.s. as hard

either. wolf? >> the white house clearly concerned. the president's been on the phone with francois hollande of france and angela merkel of germany talking about this greek debt crisis. alison thanks very much. coming up we'll show you brand new video taken during that deadly terror attack at a tunisian beach. plus just how involved was isis in this terror attack? we have new information.

breaking news. two more americans have been arrested and charged with conspiring to support isis. one is a 21-year-old from new jersey the other a 23-year-old from the same state. both are accused of plotting to provide services and personnel to isis both were arrested as part of a wider investigation. in the last few months dozens of americans have been picked

up have been arrested accused of supporting isis and it comes just as the u.s. secretary of homeland security jeh johnson is warning of possible possible isis-related threats around the upcoming july 4 independence day weekend here in the united states. the first arrests were made today in connection with last week's deadly attack at a tunisian tourist resort. at least 38 people were killed when a lone gunman opened fire on the beach. this is new video taken during assault. the majority of the victims were british tourists. officials say german and french tourists were also killed. tunisia's interior minister says the first group has been arrested and claimed they were part of the gunman's network. joining us now is cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. also joining us retired lieutenant colonel james reese, our cnn global affairs analyst. colonel reese, isis claiming responsibility for this brutal

attack in tunisia. there's apparently no direct evidence of that. what do you make of this isis claim? >> wolf, we each watched for months now. isis will try to be the first one on the propaganda tour to show support for these lone wolfes that are out there and try to keep this wave of momentum and excitement involved with isis. and as we've seen before these people start, we've gene in tunis and algeria across the northern aspects of north africa where the isis influence is strong right now but, you know fortunately for us it's not isis-driven but unfortunate the tunisians have this in an area 1245% 15% of their gdp is concerned with tourism. >> that tourism is going to be hurting as a result of this. paul why tunisia? why this hotel? we know isis has a presence in neighboring libya, but tunisia's been relatively peaceful obviously moderate. >> well relatively peaceful,

wolf. but of course we had that deadly attack just a few months ago against the bardo museum in tunis, isis claimed responsibility for that as well. i think this time around the isis claim, the local chapter of isis claim is credible because they put a picture up of the gunman just a few minutes after the attack and the family has confirmed that that's one in the same gunman. so i think it is a credible claim from isis. the group is stepping up its attacks across the region during ramadan. we also saw that deadly attack in kuwait on friday. i think there's real real concern we're entering a period of maximum danger now over the next three weeks of ramadan with isis' spokesman last week saying to isis supporters all around the world "if you die for us during ramadan, you'll get ten times the refwhardswards in paradise." i think there's significant concern not just in the middle east but also here in europe and also in the u.s. in the leadup

to the july 4 weekend with recent evidence that isis isn't just grooming followers over social media but actually providing bomb-making instruction to them as well. >> it's a good point you're making, a very scary point. colonel reese, as you know on friday there were these three terror attacks in tunisia, there kuwait where 30 or 40 people were killed, more than 200 injured in that mosque on friday in france we saw what was going on with the beheading and isis claiming responsibility there. all within a matter of a few showers. probably not directly coordinated but the message is going on through social media, go ahead and launch these kinds of attacks, right? >> that is correct. wolf any time you see attacks that are near simultaneous it gives credence to that threat side for isis or daesh in the middle east. it's something we have to watch,

especially copycat attacks or as isis is putting out these pieces. this is something our intelligence operatives know how to do when they start to see these on social media and can start pushing them and look at different areas of the world that might have a near simultaneous attack and it just goes back to show what terrorism does to the populous that these things are happening around. it starts making people get very uncomfortable and looking over their should everies. >> and i just want to point out and paul i'll bring you in. the department of homeland security sent out directive to all federal, state local authorities in united states. we are encouraging all law enfworsment to be vigilant and prepared. we will adjust security measures seen and unseen as necessary to protect the american people. this in advance of the july fourth independence weekend coming am. what do you make of this? >> well there has been longstanding concern that terrorist groups might want to strike during holidays.

in fact, in bin laden's compound in baud abad they found ideas to tack the united states during a holiday period. so there is generally more concern because clearly symbolically if some kind of isis inspired attack were to take place this would be a big propaganda fill-up for isis. i think the bigger danger is over the next three weeks, the period of ram adan leading up to about the 18th of july because of this message that isis has put out to supporters that now is the time to act and we've seen over just the past few days people take that up, wolf. i think we're likely to see unfortunately a very bloody period over the next three weeks in the middle east and also potentially in europe even the united states. >> what do you think, colonel reese? because as you know jeh johnson the secretary of homeland security said go about all of your july fourth activities travel plans, do whatever you were planning, but keep your eyes open. what dow make of that? >> wolf, it's a new world.

we've discussed this for over a year now. unfortunately for the rest of our lives and probably for our children's lives now, we have to stay vigilant across the spectrum, whether on holiday, whether we're at work whether we're traveling abroad or just here domestically it's a new world. it's something our government vz to take a look at. and you saw where the united kingdom today said they are tired of showing tolerance to these things and they're going to start putting their foot down about that. >> colonel reese, paul cruickshank thanks to you as well. someone is torching african aamerican churches across the south. is it arson? is there another explanation for these mysterious fire snz we'll update you on what we know.

are a string of fires at predominant lay offer can american churches across several southern states connected? that's what law enforcement is investigating. in the past weeks, several buildings have suffered fire damage. in florida, north carolina georgia and tennessee, all had fire that's are being investigated. cnn's alina machado joins us from atlanta. alina, what's the status of this federal investigation? >> reporter: wolf, at this point, we know investigators with the fbi and atf are closely looking at these fires. we're talking about six fires at churches in five different state as cross the south. they all happened within about a week following that massacre in charleston. now, three of those fires are being investigated as possible arsons, one of them happened at breyer creek road baptist church, a predominantly african-american church that shares space with two nepalese

congregations in charlotte, north carolina. that happened in a building with classrooms and thankfully it did not affect the main sanctuary. authorities there are emphasizing that fire investigators have not seen anything so far that would point to a hate crime, though it has not been ruled out. in fact authority vz not called any of these fires hate crimes and also have not link them. the investigations, though, wolf, are active and ongoing. >> what about the other churches? >> we know a church fire in gibson county tennessee, appears to have been caused by lightning strike another in tal lass see is likely electrical. there was a fire in macon georgia at a church. authorities there are still trying to figure out the cause of that fire, wolf. >> so if we watch what's going on the federal investigation is under way. obviously they're trying to determine if there's a possibility these or some of these fires could have been hate related. has anyone issued a hate statement or made any declaration that they are

targeting these black churches for political reasons or whatever? >> at this point, wolf we haven't heard of any statements being made of anybody trying to claim responsibility for any of these potential arsons. but we know, again, investigators at both the federal and state level with closely looking at these fires and trying to figure out what was the cause, what is behind these fires. >> there's a lot of buzz out there on social immediate dwramedia, as you know. a lot of people are concerned. are they stepping up security at these predominantly african-american churches throughout the south? have you gotten any indication that that is happen something if that is happening obviously that's disturbing and unfortunate that it would be necessary. >> yeah at this point, wolf we haven't heard of any particular instances in which churches across the south are stepping up security but we know that following charleston, you know people are obviously going to be on this heightened alert. they want to make sure that nothing else happens like what we saw in charleston. >> understandably so.

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