the other thing that i will note is that lieutenant colonel george bivens says that cavalcante knowsea, and he has been in this area before, and that is brand-new information. and we heard that he had gone to phoenixville and another spot to try to go to meet up with old acquaint acquaintances, and those made sense, but in this area where he dropped off the van, it was seemingly a random place for him to drop it off in a sleepy community, but now we know that cavalcante knows the community and knows where he is and been there before. and sarah, i think it is kate who mentioned the last hour, a different tone in the press conference and certainly urgency, but the lieutenant colonel there appearing more defensive of the operation, and he is saying, listen, we have had a needle in the haystack operation here in terms of what we have searched for, but we have located the needle several time, and nothing has gone wrong, but it is day 13, and cavalcante was seen twice in the past 12 hours or so, and still no capture. >> danny freeman, thank you for going through the important details that

so i wanted to play you a sound bite in that press conference of how the colonel lieutenant george bivens is saying that he is presenting at this moment. >> he has killed two people previously, and i would suspect that he is desperate enough to use that weapon. we have considered him dangerous from the start. it changes nothing. we have considered him a risk, and now we absolutely know that he has a weapon. >> again, you are seeing the reaction from getting the weapon here today, and another thing that i will note that we learned from the press conference that the lieutenant colonel says that cavalcante knows this area well. he know where is he is. there have been a question over the weekend when he ditched the van in this particular area of chester county why, and it was a random spot, and no ther acquaintances that he was familiar with, but now we know that he has been in this area before, and he knows area, and the big question is what happens next? obviously, he is very dangerous, and the police are preparing for any eventuality, and our colleague brian todd was down there at that pre

you've been listening to lieutenant colonel george bivens with the pennsylvania state police reportingdan low ca danelo cavalcante, armed and on the run. this is how it happened at 10:10 p.m. they received a call from a resident indicated that a short shirtless hispanic male had been in his garage while the guy was in it. this man fired at cavalcante, cavalcante ran off. not injured, we believe. >> right. he said they don't believe that he has been injured, but there were several shots fired. they were just feet away but they think that cavalcante got away with that gun. >> again, these developments happening overnight. they are now flooding the zone where this man was last seen. >> one thing with he all were noting as we were listening to this. the tone in this press conference, there was a difference and a change from the press conference in just the urgency and the message and the seriousness of how this message was delivered. this press conference also was not planned, you know, when we woke up this morning. we learned about it partway through the morning showing that things are de

tactical units got into position on the ground and around 8 this morning move lieutenant colonel george bivens who was in charge of the search, spoke to me one-on-one describing the moment couple kiante was apprehended. he didn't hear them coming. >> until they got closer as they approached, he did realize that someone was coming through the woods. he was still holding that stolen rifle and resisting until a police canine took him down. calvacante was wearing an eagles sweatshirt. prison issued pants and stolen boots. later he was led away surrounded by heavily armed state troopers and an armored vehicle hitting to a new prison where officers guarantee he will never escape a good. i just feel it. we can finally get back to business. >> well, we've got a big storm now making its way toward the eastern seaboard. where is eastern seaboard. where is lead headed? ♪♪ ready to feel what it's like? when you can du more with less asthma. it's possible with dupixent. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. and can help impr

that's what we learned from lieutenant conditional george bivens. he came with some knowledge of the area. i've never seen a manhunt, with this many instances of a fugitive, so close to law enforcement. and people saw him with eye balls. day two, a trooper saw him and chased him. he got away. he got away from the guy in the garage who shot him several times and didn't hit him. >> he was closed to you at one point. >> he was close to us. two nights ago, we were doing a live shot, a little earlier than we are now, 8:45 at a barn, based on a sighting that a woman had seen him less than an hour earlier, he was right where we were doing the live shot. he could be feet away. you can't see ten feet out here. he was close. >> what was he going to do next? >> that's what we got from robert clark of the marshal's office. he told the investigators today, his next plan, within the next 24 hours, to carjack someone, take their vehicle and drive towards canada. we've been hearing from investigators for a long time that his plan was to try to leave the country and

today, we learned, laura, at least for the moment, lieutenant colonel george bivens they don't have any indication he has a weapon on him but they are concerned he might procure one somehow because he has been seen near several homes and it is believed he has broken into at least one of them. >> it has been almost a week since his escape. why are they having such a hard time finding him? >> well, the search area has been shifting constantly. it shifted a little bit to the east today. it shifted back and forth and expanded today. you can also tell when you are out there. this is extremely rural areas of eastern pennsylvania. a lot of farmhouses. a lot of rolling hills. hillsides, forests. i will show you another example of why this search is so complicated. we will pan to your left. my right. our photojournalist jake shire will take you down the railroad tracks. what we are told by law enforcement, you can see down there, the engines. those engines are attached to freight trains usually. these are areas that they are searching. they did tell us that they are searching these areas because

during a press conference on sunday, lieutenant commander george bivens addressing questions, that he was able to slip away from men and women in law enforcement. >> unfortunately there are a lot of circumstances, a lot of issues associated with that property. tunnels, very large drainage ditches. things that could not be secured. you couple that with weather, aviation being down for a night. there are many complications, again no excuses. >> >> reporter: very much still remains a search focused in pennsylvania though federal authorities are still involved. especially given the initial concern he may have been headed to mexico and potentially to his native brazil. authorities did say that his sister is in the custody of immigration and customs enforcement. they did say one of the biggest focuses right now is to try to prevent a potential carjacking but also to cut off any potential support that cavalcante may return to. paul sands, cnn. >> alleged sexual conduct. mel tucker has been suspended without pay. as authorities expel the fact that he may have acted inappropriately. tucker cla

from the beginning mixture of state, local and federal resources, in the past few days, we heard george bivenssed federal agents. i saw them three days ago, u.s. marshals, as well as border patrol and then pennsylvania state police and police from local departments all across pennsylvania. we have seen come here, as well. you have aviation units, dogs, horses, drones, everything they have, they use to find daniel cavalcante. what made it so difficult is terrain here. there is a lot of corn fields and botanical gardens at longwood garden, thick vegetation, difficult to push through. they had dogs that one of them suffered heat stroke. been really hot, which made things difficult for cavalcante and for the canines. whatever resources available, they used in bringing the convicted killer into custody. >> ainsley: maybe that is why he was wearing long sleeves. i'm sure he was dressed in long sleeves to get through the terrain. thank you. bring in robin, retired special agent. lots of pressure on law enforcement, been 13 days, did a great job and caught this guy. tell us what we're seeing on the im

because of what we heard from authorities, lieutenant colonel george bivens saying recently that thishority had been able to elude authorities in brazil after he committed his first murder, hiding out in the jungles of south america and eventually able to get away. the lieutenant colonel insisting that that is likely not going to happen here. this is what he said with some confi confidence. >> i will keep up this search at whatever tempo is necessary for as long as we need to. he is a dangerous individual and we'll keep this up. we've done it in the past. i would think that advhistory should allow people to see that we mean it when we say we're here to stay. >> there's certainly a growing sense of not just frustration, but also bewilderment that now into a week and a half of this search, that cavalcante still remains out of the reach of authorities. but when you hear prosecute pennsylvania state police, they will say with confidence that they believe that he is still here and that they will find him sooner or later. polo sandoval, cnn, chester county, pennsylvania. >>> russ claims its

lieutenant commander george bivens and his team took us through their control and dispatch homes featuringated realtime. >> reporter: it's a beehive of activity with officers getting deployment orders, helicopters coming in and out. a resident who lives inside the perimeter where cavalcante is believed to be on the move says the manhunt is aggressive. >> state police and border patrol and other police zipping around. there's constant coverage of the area. >> reporter: robert clark of the u.s. marshalls are telling us what his teams are doing to push cavalcante in a corner. >> our guys are literally in the woods, going through bushes, checking sheds and inline houses and the tactical teams. >> reporter: and new information on cavalcante's run on the time in brazil after allegedly committing a previous murder. they say cavalcante hid out in the jungles. >> it's my understanding that the search was not intense and after a period of time he was able to slip away. that is not what his experience is going to be here. >> reporter: in the search area behind me, we know there are many cameras, surv

you've got george bivens from the state police, who he mentioned. ge was the guy behind the hunt for durham, who escaped in july from the warren county jail. more notably, he was key in the 48-day, $12 million hunt for eric frein. a trooper was tragically killed. this team, they know how to do this. it's taking longer than they would like, but a day is longer than they wanted. so i have a lot of confidence that they are going to get this done in the relative soon. >> john miller, andrew mccabe, thank you. it may just be a matter of time. thank you both. >>> we've got some breaking news tonight on another of the criminal cases against former president donald trump. this one is in d.c. right here. next we'll tell you exactly why special counsel jack smith says that trump is threatening to, quote, prejudice the jury pool, even before one has been chosen. what could that mean for trial? i'll tell you. so i choose new neuriva ultra. unlike some others, it supports 7 brain health indicators, including mental alertness from one serving. to help keep me shar

lieutenant colonel george bivens of the pennsylvania state police, after he allegedly committed a murderman who owed him money, he went in hiding in the jungles of brazil. so, he has experience in hiding out in hot, vast, rural areas like this one. what lieutenant colonel bivens said was that the search for him was, quote, not intense, and he was able to slip away. colonel bivens said, that's not the experience he's going to get here. however, we're now in the ninth day he's been on the run. they thought at various times they had him hemmed in. they have not. >> brian, thank you for the latest. >>> a stark warning from the fbi director about how many russian spies walk among us here in the u.s. i'll ask the former director of national intelligence, james clapper, about how worried he is about this next. we really don't want people to think of feeding food like ours is spoiling their dogs. good, real food is simple. it looks like food, it smells like food, it's what dogs are supposed to be eating. ♪ (fisher investments) in this market, you'll find fisher investments is different than othe

. >> and in that area -- >> listening to lieutenant colonel george bivens giving an updaten whereaboutsdanelo cavalcante. escaped convicted killer on the run 12 days now. state police saying the investigation shifted with state and federal partners bringing in additional resources. adjusting to what is needed and officials believe he is still in pennsylvania, because he does not have the resources to get out of the state. in fact, officials were saying they believe he is still in chester county, though there is no defined search area as of this moment. a couple of important nuggets from that press conference to point out. officials believe cavalcante reached out now to several people looking for assistance and say he's desperate and need help. in fact, this image taken from a doorbell camera over the weekend. you can see, he changed his appearance there. one of at least two instances in which this escaped killer has tried to seek help from people. officials in pennsylvania warning anyone who might assist him, saying those who may be aiding him will be prosecuted fully, but if you choose

lieutenant george bivens of the pennsylvania state police says if law enforcement finds cavalcante anduthorized to use deadly force. >> hope they catch him. thank you very much for that. i'm jim acosta in for wolf blitzer in the situation room. you can tweet the show. the situation room is also available as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts and my friend over at the 7:00 program, erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, leaning into the economy, president biden ramping up his re-election campaign as he pushes his chick vision, but so far he's struggling to impress voters. why is that?

i want you to hear from lieutenant colonel george bivens, as he addressed criticism and many questions right now about how this man was able to split past hundreds of law enforcement personnel. >> so, you do the best you can with any given circumstance. it's no different when it's a wooded search. it's no different when there are challenges with every one of them. so, we do the very best that we can. our people did a great job. and i applaud them. i wish that he had not been able to slip through there. but that does happen sometimes. and that's why we don't simply rest on our laurels and say, okay, we're going to take one approach. >> reporter: we know that the sister of cavalcante is currently in the custody of immigration and customs enforcement officers. they couldn't say exactly why. we can tell you that authorities are trying to cut off any potential support, reaching out to any associates of his. and lastly, one of the biggest concerns for investigators is with every day, cavalcante grows more desperate. a huge worry for authorities tonight, as we begin day 12, tomorrow, of this

but jim, i want you to take a listen to what the lieutenant colonel, george bivens, who's been leadingion of state police, what he said about why he believes cavalcante is still in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> i have no reason to believe that he is not. i don't believe he has the resources to get out of pennsylvania. and again, other pieces of information that we have generated within this investigation lead me to believe that he is still here. >> reporter: and last thing i'll say, jim, is that the u.s. marshal service now says they're playing the long game, but they do say that the advantage was cavalcante in the woods. they pushed him out. they feel like the advantage has now shifted to law enforcement. we shall see. it's day 12. jim? >> certainly would appear he has the advantage. he's still on the run. danny freeman, chester county, pennsylvania, thank you so much. boris? >>> a race to save an american man trapped in a cave in turkey may have just entered its final stage. this is new video of that rescue under way. rescuers believe he could be out of the cave within the nex

lieutenant colonel george bivens details what happened next. >> shortly after 8:00 a.m., tactical teams converged on the area where the heat source was. they were able to move in very quietly. they had the element of surprise. cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred. that did not stop him from trying to escape. he began to crawl through ethic unde thick underbrush taking his rifle with him as he did. one of the customs and border patrol team, bortac, had a dog with them. they released the dog. some of our psp members were there, had him surrounded. the dog subdued mihm and team members from both of those teams immediately moved in. he continued to resist, but was forcibly taken into custody. >> today is a great day here in chester county. our nightmare is finally over and the good guys won. we owe a debt of gratitude to all of the first responders for their tireless and dedicated efforts in bringing this fugitive to justice. they worked around the clock, and we are deeply grateful to all of them. our community can finally regain its normalcy and breathe a co

now, earlier today, lieutenant colonel george bivens with the pennsylvania state police department saidhey have been waiting for cavalcante to make a mistake. listen to this. >> my intent is to pressure him, try and contain him and capture him. he'll make a mistake. he'll become more desperate. he'll have to expose himself. and so that's really the ultimate goal here. and so we will keep the pressure on him. >> that is exactly what is happening, jesse. and you mentioned it, the tower officer on duty during cavalcante's escape has now been fired. the officer didn't report the escape last thursday. nobody knew about it until inmates were later counted inside. now cavalcante is an illegal immigrant accused of murder in his home country of brazil. he's set to serve life in prison for murdering his girlfriend in pennsylvania in 2021. now, he's reportedly been seen here at longwood gardens four times this week, jesse, so i'm told that more resources are being focused on the gardens tonight than last night. we also saw some action last night. we'll see if tonight is the night that this manhunt

so according to lieutenant colonel george bivens, this all started last night just a little after midnightr alarm went off and it brought a lot of resources to the area. pennsylvania state police said tactical teams really swarmed this area of chester county to try to find cavalcante. then they weren't able to find him, but they got some help from above. an aerial team at around 1:00 a.m. picked up heat signals. it was a dea fixed wing airplane that was flying over. they picked up heat signals that they believe was cavalcante. the teams began to come in once again, but then this large storm hit. he said there was lightning in the area. it forced all of those assets to go back and land for safety. but then, according to pennsylvania state police, this team made a decision to stay in the area. they found cavalcante in the woods behind us. and take a listen to what bivens said happened next. >> he began to crawl through thick underbrush, taking his rifle with him as we went. one of the customs and border control teams had a dog with them. they released the dog. some of our psp sert members we

are looking at the east of the prison and kind of the southeast area and the lieutenant colonel george bivens. hoo says still emphatically that he believes cavalcante was in the area and there was a sighting not too far from where we are right here and to the southeast, and the man hunt still very much under way and the stunning video, wolf, surprised a lot of folks seven days after the escape. >> truly stunning video, indeed. danny freeman, stand by. i want to bring in cnn law enforcement analyst jonathan mcenroe right now. what do you make of this amazing video showing how this murderer actually escaped? >> wolf, first of all, the video that was shown during the press conference highlights the complexities of tracking down an escaped prisoner and the complexities of the post-incident investigation that is ongoing. what we saw here -- what we heard was two themes right now, focused on internal vulnerabilities at the prison, human error and external. the threats still remain at large, but they're doing everything they can to track down the suspect. i think the acting warden tried to get in fr

i spoke with lieutenant colonel george bivens of the pennsylvania state police earlier today and he had do with that weapon. >> it's a possibility that he'll attack the police to try to get away. it's a possibility he would attack a civilian. it's a possibility it would be a suicide by cop. any of those scenarios are possibilities. our people are trained to deal with. this really doesn't change anything in terms of our tactics and equipment and so forth that we're utilizing. >> reporter: one other thing to note is that weapon according to police has a scope and a flashlight attached to it. one disadvantage that cavalcante may have tonight, though, kaitlan, is i think you mentioned earlier he could be moving around now shirtless. police say that he ditched a green hoodie and a white t-shirt at the foot of that traffic of the home where he was shot at by that homeowner and earlier today they said to their knowledge they don't believe he has other clothing on. >> brian todd, obviously keep us updated if there are any updates tonight. thank you for that. >>> i want to get more insight with

lieutenant george bivens of the pennsylvania state police says if law enforcement finds cavalcante and he's not actively surre surrendering, they're authorized to use deadly force. >> hope they catch him. thank you very much for that. i'm jim acosta in for wolf blitzer in the situation room. you can tweet the show. the situation room is also available as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts and my friend over at the 7:00 program, erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, leaning into the economy, president biden ramping up his re-election campaign as he pushes his chick vision, but so far he's struggling to impress voters. why is that? >>> plus, putin calling in backup, the russian president may soon meet with north korea's kim jong-un to make a plea for more weapons. what does it mean for the war in ukraine? >>. >>> and on the run, the convicted murderer who escaped from a pennsylvania prison is believed to have been spotted four times now. the district attorney involved in the search is my guest. let's go out front. good evening, welcome to a special edition of

surveillance photo inside of longwood gardens from a trail camera that according to lieutenant colonel george bivensth the pennsylvania state police was definitively cavalcante. here's the rub on that, that photo was actually from wednesday night. so there's a 24-hour delay between when that photo of cavalcante was taken and when police actually had that confirmation. and they said that's because it's a private trail camera. they can only access it when the owner of that camera looks at the footage and hands it over to police. but, listen, jake, there's still a lot of frustration here in the community and by residents nearby that this has taken so long. i'm at a checkpoint right here, and police are still checking just about every driver's trunk. they're being secure. it's tedious, but again police hoping they catch this man. >> danny freeman in westchester, pennsylvania, thanks so much. as the nfl kicks off a big weekend cnn looks into the question can football ever be safe? cnn's coy wire, a former pro himself will join us next with what he found. mom, c'mon! mia! [ engine revving ] ♪ ♪ mymy favor

one other thing, briana, i want to hone in on is lieutenant colonel george bivens believes he remains in the perimeter. but specifically he said there have no other sightings of him outside that perimeter. just because there have not been other reports outside of it, so this search is continuing into its eighth day. and law enforcement still hopeful they can catch him, but they've searched longer for other prisoners before and they'll continue to do more here. >> we know he's been able to get some supplies and some they may not know about that could be of concern as well. danny, thank you so much for the very latest there. you've been following this all week long. i want to get now to former nypd lieutenant darren porcher. this is stretching on -- i know we've seen other searches that have taken a lot longer. it is not incredibly unusual for there to be an occasion where an inestimate is evading capture, but what about what you heard today is standing out to you? >> well, good afternoon, briana. good afternoon to your listeners. this is an interesting narrative. one of the things we w

and lieutenant colonel george bivens of the pennsylvania state police said that while yoda was basicallyeaching distance of danelo cavalcante and cavalcante was resisting the dog. you can imagine this was a close call that this dog could have been injured, possible shot by cavalcante. luckily none of that happened. >> joined by franko rosa. he and cavalcante are former roommates. cavalcante moved out one day before he stabbed to death his girlfriend in 2021. i'm wondered what went through your mind when you heard your former roommate had been captured? >> it was a huge relief. i couldn't believe it for the first few seconds. and i just start crying. i was really relieved. >> had you been afraid at all for your safety while he was on the run? obviously he was reaching out to people he knew even from long ago. >> yes, yes, of course. i didn't know if he would come here. in the beginning i was like, okay, i don't think he's going to come here. i think he's going to try to go somewhere else in the country and maybe go to another country. but then on sunday, when i heard that he was nearby, i

in a terrible shootout where the face of this investigation, the voice of this investigation, george bivenseutenant colonel from the state police, said was the most intense gun battle he had ever seen in his career, much more recently, in july, the case of michael burnham, a survivalist, a former military man who went into the woods. that lasted about ten days. and you see the marshals, the u.s. marshals. they are in the man hunting business. the state police. they have been through this, as our agent was just describing, multiple times in similar dynamics. in some way, this is a familiar ending for them. much better than in the frien case, and similar to the burnham case. but i think these things have brought them closer together as a team. >> can i ask you what they are doing right now? i expected them to put him in the van, close the door and go. are they interrogating him right now? are they asking him questions? what are they doing in there right now with him? >> i don't think that they can get too far into the interrogation except for the public safety part of it, which is anything th

i want you to listen to what lieutenant colonel george bivens had to say during the press conference about the challenges when it comes to the question of why aren't police basically going shoulder to shoulder marching through areas. it's not that simply. take a listen. >> not just a perfect open piece of land that you can march through. you've got businesses, residences, highways, hills, valleys, wooded areas that can't be pushed through. the number of people that it would take to contain that area and be able to walk shoulder to shoulder through that area and squeeze and the amount of time that it would take, it's just simply not realistic to do that. >> reporter: and jake, pennsylvania state police say they are sparing no expense and no resource here. they have federal resources, state resources, local resources, horses, they're searching trees, they have boots on the ground, all i should add in this sweltering heat. jake. >> >> is the prison now taking extra steps to make sure escapes like this don't happen again? >> reporter: listen, jake, the acting warden of the prison was not

this is my third manhunt with lieutenant colonel george bivens. it's not lost on me it was nine years to the day yesterday for the blooming grove ambush, and in all of those operational cycles, there is no person who enjoys more of my trust and confidence. he was tasked with standing this operation up. my confidence in him is marrow deep. he is the consummate professional. i would now like to turn it over to lieutenant colonel bivens to give you the operational rundown of the capture of cavalcante. lieutenant colonel bivens. >> thank you, governor, thank you, colonel. it is a true pleasure to stand here this morning and talk to all of you about bringing this manhunt to a successful conclusion, and without getting anyone else hurt most importantly. none of this would be possible without the support of this team represented by members of various agencies standing with us up here by others standing throughout this fire hall and still more who are out there throughout the field. let me give you a few details about how this unfolded. as you know, we ha

in terms of what we heard from authorities, lieutenant colonel george bivens saying recently that thist murder, actually hiding out in the jungles in south america, and eventually able to get away. the lieutenant colonel insisting that that is likely not going to happen here. this is what he said with some confidence. >> i will keep up this search at whatever tempo is appropriate for as long as we need to. he's a dangerous individual. we'll keep this up. we've done it in the past. i would think that history should allow people to see that we meet it when we say we're here to stay. >> and as helicopters continue to circle overhead in the community, there's a growing sense of not just frustration, but bewilderment, now well into a week and a half of this search, that cavalcante is still out of the reach of authorities. but when you hear from the pennsylvania state police, they will say with confidence, they believe that he is still here, and that they will find him sooner or later. polo sandoval, cnn, chester county, pennsylvania. >>> new mexico's governor has ordered the suspension of l

this is my third manhunt with lieutenant colonel george bivens. it's not lost on me that it was nine years to the day yesterday for the blooming grove ambush. and in all of those operational cycles, there is no person who enjoys more of my trust and confidence. he was tasked with standing this operation up. my confidence in him is marrow deep. he is the consummate professional, and i would now like to turn it over to lieutenant colonel bivens to give you the operational rundown of the capture of cavalcante. lieutenant colonel bivens. >> thank you, governor. thank you, colonel. it is a true pleasure to stand here this morning and talk to all of you about bringing this manhunt to a successful conclusion and without getting anyone else hurt. most importantly, none of this would be possible, all without the support of this. by up here by others standing throughout this fire hall and by still more who are out there in the field. so let me give you a few details about how this unfolded. as you know, we have been working most recently in a perimeter esta