joyce mitching was apparently going to flee with those men in a getaway car but at the last minute she got cold feet because she said she still loved her husband. ines f era has more. >> she was held over on charge that she helped two escape from the clinton correctional facility in new york. >> richard matt, one of the things he asked her for was support speed bag gloves. she went out and bought those speed bag gloves and brought them in to the facility and gave those to him. he asked for a set of glasses with lights on them. and she bought those and provided those to him as well. >> prosecutors say that mitchell agreed to provide a getaway car. the plan was that she would drive them seven hours away. but mitchell checked herself into the hospital instead potentially leaving the prisoners to find their way on foot. >> we don't know if they're still in the immediate area or if they're in mexico by now but we're following up every lead the best we can. >> more than 800 law enforcement officers spent their second weekend searching for the convicts. last week tracking dogs picked up their

tonight with how the alleged accomplice of two escaped inmates may have helped them. 51-year-old joyce mitchping matt and sweat dig out of their cells last week. court documents say she provided pair with tools including hack saw blades, chisels punch and screw driver bit. she since plead not guilty. we'll have more on the search coming up in the next half hour. >> well, more than two years after her father's day a victim's daughter is turning to you for help. here's rick williams with tonight's crime fighter's report. >> every day i think of my daxtd every day i need justice need justice. >> feeley lee says her father was pillar of his community and fixture on penn's campus where he sold produce from his cart every day. lee says her father loved what he did. >> he would never stop working. that's what he was going to do on morning of thursday april 18 2013. and about 5 a.m. the 68-year-old was loading up his cart in front of this home in the 400 block of vulmer street in philadelphia. a mana approached lee and stabbed him multiple time ill asking him. lee's family doesn't believe it was a r

this news of this murder plot against joyce's mitch, if she knew about it. how does this complicate things for her legally? could this bring additional charges against her? >> her legal situation is about as dark as it can get. she has one option which is somehow to help them find these two fugitives. other than that she really is not of any use to the authorities, and they are going to throw the book at her. they may well have an additional charge if she somehow involved in a conspiracy to hurt her husband. simply by helping the escape if it is true she supplied the power tools if she did this she is in such a world of hurt from that that there is no way she can dig herself out. >> anthony, her alleged relationship with both of these guys obviously that's something corrections officers are trained to watch out for to try to you know prevent. if she's a civilian in this environment, does that make it all the more difficult? is it a different form of training? >> well the thing is with civilians is that they come in with -- they want to help. that's their pre

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joyce mitch sell an employee in the prison taylor shop where the two escapees were.'s mow questioned by police. her son spoke exclusively to nbc steph any gosk. >> toby mitchell calls the speculation about his mother prison worker joyce mitchell flat out wrong. >> she's not the kind of person to risk her life for other people's lives to let these guys escape from prison. >> a government spokesperson tells nbc news that police questioned mitchell about the prison break. her son strongly refused rumors she was in a relationship with one of the convicts. >> she definitely wouldn't have an affair against my father. it definitely wouldn't be an inmate. there's no truth to that. >> she and her husband worked at the prison taylor shop a job she's held eight years. his parents called him saturday night from the hospital the same day as the prison break. >> there's a report your mom went to the emergency room with a panic attack. did that happen? >> yes. she was in fact in the hospital that evening. i don't know the exact details, i just know that she was having severe chest

. >> reporter: could you tell us how your client is holding up, joyce mitch mitchell?> i talked to her yesterday and as of late yesterday, she was pretty distraught. >> reporter: elaborate on that. a visitor today, her husband, correct? >> that is correct. >> reporter: can you explain how that visit went? >> i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. >> let's get the latest on the investigation and the search for these escaped inmates and that search has basically gone cold. cnn national correspondent jason carroll. >> reporter: christine, we are learning a little bit more about joyce mitchell and her alleged role in all this and why she may have initially agreed to be the get-away driver. a source telling cnn that she did have some sort of an inappropriate relationship with both richard matt and david sweat and that same source telling cnn there may have been some sort of a murder plot to murder mitchell's husband lyle and perhaps she felt threatened herself at some point and she may have been coerced to being the get-away driver and investigators looking more closely

joyce mitch sell accused of providing material support to david sweat and richard matt. officials have not said what kind of support that was. and while richel could not face years behind bars the men she allegedly helped are still at large and officers are going door to door, searching backyards, woods, roads. >> we have a message for sweat and matt, we will not stop until are you caught. >> they're more dangerous than ever. at this point the men are "cold tired and wet." >> franklinville new jersey, man admitted today to scam scamming more than 6 million for billing for math an language books. nearly 1,000 schools sent money to him anyway. 44-year-old robert armstrong bled guilty in court and will serve 44 months in frizz wron. authorities already seized money from his bank accounts and new ford mustang. >> teacher union reached a agreement with philadelphia archdioceses that affects all teachers in the archdioceses 17 high schools. details of the deal with being kept confidential until put up for ratification by the end of month. if accepted the contract would take ef

sources tell cbs news joyce mitch hell agreement with richard matt and david sweat to kill her husband after they broke out of prison. police say mitchell was supposed to be their get away driver, but she backed out at the last minute. her husband was never harmed. the district attorney says mitchell did not follow through with the plan because she was worried about her husband. >> one of her final statements that she made to us she did love lyle, and that she didn't want to hurt him in that way. >> law enforce. source tells "eyewitness news" mitch hell sexual relationship with rich at matt. mitchell remains behind bars, facing felony charges for her alleged involvement. >>> 5:12. new this morning, al quaida confirms the leader of it powerful yemen a phillie ate has been killed in a us air strike. the terrorist group confirms that nasir was targeted in a cia drone strike last week he led al quaida in the arabian peninsula considered the terror group most capable of striking american interests. >> a rapidly spreading wild fire in alaska has led to evacuation of 1700 buildings. that will

that's when richard matt aparentally started this relationship with joyce mitch em. it was a sexual relationship. that is the only place that the two of them were ever able to be alone but together there in that tailor shop. >> what about the others? others who may have been involved in this e lab rat plot? are they looking at anyone else right now? >> they are. it certainly doesn't stop with joyce mitchell. i'm told that because they're so elaborate, they're even looking at some of the prisoners. they're thinking that maybe they created some type of aversion. and maybe that was happening during the escape or before or after it, they're certainly looking at that. they don't think that joyce mitchell is the only one. they're talking to others and examining others and going through others there at the prison. >> joining me now is chris swakert, former assistant to the f.b.i. also ceo of the scare group. i'm glad to have both of you gentleman here. the inmates created a diversion. located the aufgss on staff should have heard that. the night he left those inmates left,

>> matthew horace many more details are emerging about joyce mitching's relationship. he was in the honor block, if you will. what do you make about that? what if anything will help in the search for these two guys? >> well number one, i don't think anything we hear we should be surprised at. we've heard things day in and day out related to the security of the prison. this was a security breach, nothing more, nothing less. the fact they were in this honor belong if you will and one of the them at least, according to this other inmaid used to go a few times into some back room with this woman. it sounds like some sort of fraternity frat house. >> actually it does. what happens, a lot of times these situations -- everybody wants this thing to run smoothly. the bottom line is sometimes guards will do exactly this. i'm sure there are a lot of protocols, thinking that nothing -- if i turn my head this time or that time it's going to be better for me as a guard. that's why a lot of times contrabad is introduced -- how do they get drugs? because a lot of guards this is a diff

. >> reporter: sources are telling cnn that joyce mitch convinced a guard at the facility to smuggle in a slab of frozen hamburger meat. inside the slab of meat hackstauaw hacksaw blades. going as far as recommending to prison officials that david sweat's cell be moved next to richard matt's. this as joyce mitchell's husband has come forward, talking about all of those allegations surrounding his wife. as the search continues for the escaped inmates a chill video from abc news shows richard matt in 1997 smiling and posing with a blow gun. it employee joyce mitchell who friended the convicted killers and allegedly agreed to be their getaway driver. >> i said, how can you do that? she said it just got out of hand. i was scared and didn't know what to do. >> mitchell's husband lyle speaking to nbc matt lauer denied reports his wife had a relationship with david sweat and denied that she had sex with matt. >> she didn't know if i loved her anymore, she said. it went too far. she said he started to threaten her. >> law enforcement sources tell cnn joyce mitchell told investigators matt an

let's start with that prison employee a civilian, her name joyce mitch, she worked in the tailor shop with the two escapees she has been arrested, she has been charged with facilitation, helping in the escape and providing contraband. there are reports that contraband included hacksaw blades and drill bits. we expect to learn a lot more about this arrest this evening. there's a press conference scheduled for 6:30. we should hear from authorities. we do know that they are both felonies. she could face up to seven years in state prison. that as the manhunt intensifies here. hundreds of additional officers on the ground with those that have already been here more than 800 in all. many of them focused in an area three miles from this prison right now an area where they have been able to find bedding. they found food wrappers. they found footprints. they haven't found the two escapees at this point. seven days on the run. they continue to focus there helicopters there, dogs, all of those heavily armed officers on the ground a search they will continue through the night. that is the latest

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 con

. >> prison worker joyce mitch sell also accused of helping the fugitives escape. off i shall say she gave the killers the tools they needed to cut their their cells. >> hacksaw blade, some of the other tools frozen, put it in the refrigerator inside the taylor shop, then jen palmer would pick it up, bring it into the a block and then give it to richard matt. >> i think that she has a a fin at this for them. and they asked her to do things that she did and she couldn't people into doing it for her. so, in my mind, she just as manipulative as the two escapees are. >> meantime massive manhunt for the inmates continues with law enforcement officers focus us g on 75-mile per square mile area. >> officials warning people the killers may be armed saying they could have stolen weapons and ammunition from cabins in the area. >> that's one of the things as time goes on that they are going to probably become more desperate and we are very concerned about that. concerned for the people that live in that area. >> jean palmer made his first court appearance wednesday night with

. >> we are render more will the role that joyce mitching a prison employee played in the escape of the two convicts. according to officials. mitchell supplied the killers with equipment and tools, including hacksaw blades drill bits and lighted eyeglasses. these were all purchased over the last few months. an official says mitchell's husband lyle is also being looked at and could have been involved or at least had knowledge of his escape plan. now, i can tell you that search is still going on in the area where it has for the last at least 48 hours or so the area near bucks corner road and highway 3, just in the northeastern edge of the adirondacks park. a very intense periods of helicopters, lots and lots of individuals. it must be look like an army in there at certain points. 800 law enforcement officers nod involved and they say they will keep going until they are found. >> those are live pictures coming in. let's bring in the director of the u.s. marshal's service thank you so much for being here. your marshals are in the thick of this hunt right now. i know you can't talk specifica

according to new york governor richard cuomo saying he and richard matt were relying on prison employee joyce mitch toll pick them up when they emerged from the prison at dan mora and planned to kill her husband and drive to mexico and live happily ever after but their dreams did not come true when mitchell got cold feet and did not show so they tried to make their way to canada. sweat saying he split up with matt five days before matt was killed because matt was slowing him down and sweat almost got to canada, jogging down a road a mile and a half from the border in the town of constable when a new york police sergeant spotted him, recognized him and chased him and shot him twice when it was feared that the dangerous felon might make the tree line. >> it was to bring him in without having to use force. you know sometimes as in the case of matt you know where he was armed and he presented a threat sometimes force is necessary. it's a dangerous job that our law enforcement officers do. >> sweat was reportedly carrying a bag with maps tools, bug repellant and pop tarts. he's now recovering at albany

. >> reporter: as the search for the escapees continues, new details are emerging on the role joyce mitch the played in the escape of the two inmates. cnn has learned that mitchell allegedly put hacksaw blades and drill bills into chuvs of hamburger meat and she placed the meat inside the taylor shop. according to an official she asked if officers gene palmer to the cell mates where they were allowed to -- the guard did not run the meat through a metal detect orr. he willingly spoke to police and said he had no idea the tools were in the meat. tonight we're learning more about the relationship between sweat and mitch. >> i believe they were sleeping together you know and i'm not the only one that would say that. they're in the back room you know we always used to laugh and joke with him about oh, it was his girlfriend his boo, his side thing. >> jensen describe mitchell as a giggling schoolgirl when it came to sweat. he said there were many sexual encounters between the two and they would disappear in the tailor shop closet where garments were stored. >> it was like a tuesday, wednesday a

their trail -- late word that david and richard were planning to kill prison seemstress joyce mitch e's husband when they got out. the big question was it a bonus for her help, or was it a threat if she refused to help or a red herring to divert attention from their real get-away plan? a tangled web, no doubt about it. one that we'll try to untangle starting with randi kay's reporting. what do you know about this plot? >> this is new information coming to us from a source with direct knowledge of this investigation. this source telling me that the two escapees, richard we knew she was are a wear of it, though, anderson. also, this psalm source telling me tonight that joyce mitchell did have a sexual relationship. not just a friendship with richard. one of the escapees. he is the escapeee who is a very violent man. he killed and dismembered his neighbor. it's unclear, anderson, how long that sexual relationship is going on or how they were able to carry it out in the prison. all of this is coming from joyce mitchell herself ultimately. the flaw in all this is if she is incorrect whether

prison taylor joyce mitch he will a periods in court machine day prosecutors say she still cooperatinge investigation, even though she now faces charges of aiding the escape. prosecutors say the two men may have been manipulating mitchell as far back as 2013. former corrections officer anthony, says the number one rule is that you cannot expect to out width a manipulate err. you need to be aware of your own vulnerability, of who you are. >> in the past mitch hell been investigated for inappropriate relationship with david sweat the nature of which is not clear. but, a source with detailed knowledge of the investigation says mitchell did have sexual relationship with richard matt the source also says sweat and matt had plan to kill mitchell's husband who apparently had not had any contact with his wife since her arrest. >> my understanding has not visit dollars her since taken into custody further had no had any telephone communication. >> andrew spencer cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> 6:13, katie already feeling really sticky out there this morning. >> real circumstances and you know, part

i want to ask you about joyce mitch mell mitchell.she still providing investigators new information? >> she is. we have been speaking with her since sunday. and she continues to come into the station and meet with our investigator and provide very viable information that assisted with the investigation so far. >> you said since sunday. over the course of the week do you have a sense of how many times she has met with authorities? >> she has been all most every day into the station. >> and in terms of what kind of charges she may face what could she be looking at here? >> well we're looking certainly at accessory to the escape. there is promoting prison contraband charges. these are all e and d felony level offenses in new york state. >> the prison contraband charges what would that be based on? >> based on the information we have of potential items that she may have brought into the facility to give to the two inmates. >> can you go further on that? is that related to the -- the allegations that there was a cell phone that was used? >

a source tells cnn at the last minute joyce mitch changed her mind and wound up in the hospital sufferingson toby rejecting any suggestion she voluntarily helped these inmates and telling nbc news there is no way she was simply having an affair with one of these men. >> she is not the kind of person that is going to risk her life or other people's lives to let these guys escape from prison. she definitely wouldn't have an affair against my father and it definitely wouldn't be with an inmate. there is no truth to that. >> reporter: there is a report out there that your mom went to the emergency room with a panic attack. did that happen? >> yes. she was, in fact, in the hospital that evening. i don't know the exact details. i just know that she was having severe chest pains and she was concerned about that. my mom, she worries a lot about everything. i mean, especially with me. people might say, well, no matter what, i wouldn't do that. well, when you're put in a situation where family members are threatened or other family members might be threatened or at risk, you do a lot of things that

says joyce mitch he will supposed to pick the two up at the power plant then drive them seven hours away. but, they would not tell her the location. charged with promoting contraband. as residents try to move on with their lives, many can't help but wonder if danger is still lurking nearby. >> dorn done champion, cbs news. >> time 6:08. chaos overseas as wild animals roam free after massive flooding. we'll have the latest on the effort to rounds up those animals. >> also, swimmers are on alert after not one but two shark attacks on the same beach. both within a matter of hours. what's now being done to protect those headed into the water. also, a massive fire when pipeline erupts forcing several people out of their homes. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> we will be dodging those raindrops. kate updating the soggy forecast when we do traffic and weather g. will we get a break soon? she'll let you know. we'll be right back. >> ♪ ♪ i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] >>> fire on the 6,000

the first pictures of joyce mitch, the prison seamstress who helped two ruthless killers allegedly escapel after her late night arraignment. all this while texas authorities are issuing a bulletin to look out for those murderers. >>> also breaking this morning. >> a shoot-out and standoff in dallas after an armored van tries on plow through a police cruiser there. you see it here. ofci

. >> well carol, on a serious note one thing that joyce mitch 'em has going in her favor, and this happensot with females who commit crimes like this it's much different than men who commit crimes like this. they don't have any remorse at all, and they're doing it because they're angry or because they're violent people. most women who commit crimes are not necessarily violent folks. women who do this are doing it because they have some kind of manipulation that they're subjected to sometimes an abusive relationship. here she was manipulated by one of these convicted killers, and what happens, carol, is women will sell their soul to -- here a convicted killer but once they're caught, the difference is they will cleanse their soul and that's exactly what she's done here. she has opened up and she has given a plethora of information to law enforcement to help them try to piece this together to find these two convicted killers. >> but when you have the governor of the state of new york saying he wants the book thrown at anybody who was involved in helping these two men escape i don't think she

the first pictures of joyce mitch, the prison seamstress who helped two ruthless killers allegedly escape and she is waking up in jail after her late night arraignment. all this while texas authorities are issuing a bulletin to look out for those murderers. >>> also breaking this morning. >> a shoot-out and standoff in dallas after an armored van tries on plow through a police cruiser there. you see it here. officials there say it is the first-ever attack on the dallas police department headquarters. good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. also around the world. >> i'm christi paul. we are so glad to have you with us. >> i'm victor blackwell. >>> the breaking news out of dallas, it is an active standoff continuing between potential suspects, dallas s.w.a.t. team, in a restaurant parking lot there. let's take a listen to how this all started. watch. right. here is what we know. up to four attackers may have been firing automatic weapons from various locations. this was a really brazen attack. after the shoot-out, police found suspicious bags near the headquarters. we know at least one

however, you know, joyce mitch egg el, i thought she was a plan "b." and certainly that remains to be seen but this newest information coming from this hunting camp that's a home run for law enforcement. the owner of that camp shows up sometime saturday. apparently sees somebody running out the back door. they have positive results back on dna. that's not only a home run, that's a grand slam. hopefully they set this perimeter up fast enough where they're contained inside the perimeter. >> the reason we know about the break-in is because the owner reported it to authorities. so today the state police are making a plea for anyone in the area who has what they call trail cameras, what what they use for hunting. hand them over or let police know if they see something fishy. how important is the role of the public when you have $100,000 on the table for whoever can find the guys? does that help motivate people? >> yeah. it absolutely does and the public remained vigilant in the area and has to continue you know. it's been quiet. there's been no break-ins re

joyce mitch is now in jail facing serious charges.ces david sweat and richard matt now on the u.s. marshal's 15 most wanted fugitive list. it will be two weeks tomorrow since they disappeared. >> it will be an emotional day in colorado in a courtroom as two more survivors of the movie theater massacre take the stand. ashley moser who lost her 6-year-old daughter will testify. moser is also a quadriplegic and expected to tell jurors she suffered a miscarriage as a result of her injuries. the process a is expected to rest their case by the end of the day. >> several fires burning in southern california this morning. the lake fire in the san bernardino. he national forest has spread to 10,000 acres. largest fire this year in california. national forest. it's only 5% contained at this int po.p. revacations are mandatory for several communities. residents getting ready to get out of there. >> worried i've got to the head out of town. >> this is the closest call so far we've had. hopefully they'll put that fire out right there and keep it f

new york's governor said sweat and matt changed course after prison worker joyce mitch he will failed to show up and give them a ride. sweat was captured near the canadian border. matt was killed by police next week. >> a woman was sentenced to death for killing american kindergarten teacher. the 30-year-old seen here became radicalized on the internet. police believe she was not targeting americans but looking to randomly kill a foreigner. >> records show a balcony that collapsed in california killing six and injury seven passed inspections in 2014. a private inspector marked it in good condition when he checked the apartment complex in august. city engineers say there were signs of dry rot in the balcony. >> greece's debt crisis is hitting global equity markets. the u.s. markets plunged on monday. the dow fell 350 points. it made for the worst day of the year so far for the u.s. stock market. the c.e.o. of the global investmentment firm euro pacific capitals joins us. peter, thank you for being on the program. greece appears to be on the brink of default asian markets rebounded. eur

>> reporter: it's been a week since david sweat and richard matt julie mitch i mitch was supposes to meet them. >> no joyce no car. >> reporter: mitch the may have been involved in a relationship with david sweat but concluded there was not enough evidence. new york's governor admits finding the fugitives could take time. >> they could four miles from the prison or in mexico, you just don't know. >> reporter: residents near the search area are being warned to keep their doors locked. >> "good morning america" will have live reports on the manhunt after "action news" at 7:00 a.m. >>> new information on a fire earlier this week in central pennsylvania run off from the fire may have contaminated the creek killing thousands of fish. contaminants were found in the water following the fire at the miller chemical plant. officials are advising people not to fish, boat or swim in certain sections of the creek. up to 100,000 fish have died. >>> new jersey newsroom. new jersey lawmakers want to look into moving start times for middle and high school students later in the day. legislator sent the bill to governor chri

joyce mitch until handcuffs wearing a protective vest over a jumpsuit. gh, new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. joyce mitchell appeared in court this morning, facing felony charges. she has a new attorney. her old attorney told the judge he had a conflict of interest and asked to be dismissed from her case. she has a new attorney steven johnson, and this morning was a formality. they're moving the case to county court where she will have a hearing on the felony and misdemeanor charges she's facing. she's alleged to have brought contraband into the prison for inmates to use to help in the escape. we are hearing that another part of the escape plan was for mitchell to take the inmates in her four-wheel drive jeep and drive them seven hours away. she told investigators that they had not told her what the destination would be only that it was seven hours away. meanwhile, law enforcement spent the entire weekend searching this concentrated area a few miles from the prison. it's heavily wooded. sources tell us they putting motion sensors and surve

joyce mitch chemical has not been charged, however sources tell nbc news she greed to be the getawayte, she got cold feet. they say mitchel thought it was love. we have reporters spread throughout the area. i want to start with john in morrisonville. tell us about the search and the bloodhound scent. >> reporter: well, investigators feel very good about this combination. they were drawn to this area. the area is a couple miles behind me. you're going to see in a little bit some state police moving out here behind me. there are about 500 state and federal officers in these woods searching right now. a tip drew them here last night. then with those bloodhounds they picked up a scent of either one or both of the men and they've been able to track that scent. so they feel pretty good about this right now. they've got 500 people on the ground. the dogs on the ground helicopters in the air. they're still working this. people in this area who live in the search area, their homes in these woods have been told to stay inside, lock their doors. some have been told perhaps that if they find the

. >> john what more have you learned about joyce mitch snell is there any new information about thisd in the tailor shop with the two men who have escaped? >> reporter: well we don't know where she is. the police tell us that she's not under arrest. she's not in custody. they describe her as a person of interest. trying to figure out how -- how the help and what form the help was that the -- they believe that the inmates had on the inside. my nbc news colleague stephanie gosk spoke exclusively to her son who said that he can't imagine his mother being involved in any of this. he can't imagine his mother risking her life to help anybody like this. and saying that he believes when the truth comes out she'll be shown to be completely innocent. thomas? >> john yang thanks so much. as john mentioned, stephanie gosk got this exclusive interview with the son of joyce mitchell, being the prison worker authorities are interviewing in relation to the escape. she is not arrested or charged but listen to what her on the tobey says about her. >> she is not the kind of person that's going to risk

prison worker joyce mitch sl now giving police brand new details about the plot to escape.en take a look at this. there is a former inmate and friend of matt who now reveals the escaped inmate was an artist. he is showing off the celebrity portraits. how bizarre is this? to try to prove that matt one of the escape guys has a softer side. well heart stopping moments to tell you about on a north carolina beach. 911 calls now giving us a glimpse of the terrifying scene when two children were attacked by sharks. >> a shark attack. >> the family is in too much shock. there is a girl that that lost an arm. we need an ambulance right away. >> his arm is gone. >> the left arm is completely missing and also a bite to the left leg. >> both victims are now in good condition and they are improving despite having lost limbs. the quick response of those on the beach, that is what is attributed to having saved their lives. police in oak island spent yesterday positive pa troelg that the wear looking for sharks. the watches are now wrapping up. >>> and the media now getting back at the cli

that a prison guard filed a kblant aboutcomplaint about a possible improper relationship between joyce mitching and david sweat last year. >> reporter: she thought it was love say sources familiar with the investigation about the relationship between convicted killer richard matt and prison worker joyce mitchell. but now the district attorney says the prison investigated mitchell for an alleged improper relationship with david sweat as well. >> there wasn't specific information to either block or facility. had some type of formal charges within the facility filed against her, but action was taken to separate the two of them for a period of time. >> reporter: the da also denied that mitchell supplied power tools to help the inmates with their escape. >> she brought contraband into the facility but i'm not going to get into what it was. >> reporter: a former guard at clinton correctional told nbc news that some prisoners would target the "weakest workers." civilian savers like joyce mitchell were not considered as "hardcore" as the guards. the inmates even have a name for it, "grooming." >> they'

police revealed that george mitch -- joyce mitchell is the suspect to help the two prisoners escape.t on the day of escape mitchell had a case of nerves and checked herself into a local hospital. mitchell has been questioned by police. she has not been arrested. >>> now the story about pigs loose on a highway after a semi overturned in dayton yesterday. let's bring home the bacon and five things pigging out. number one, the pig who wears lipstick. miss piggy. the muppet has been around since 1974. number two, this swine thought he was living high on the hog all smiles in the back of a police car after reports of the suspect trespassing. number three, when pigs fly. well what about when pigs race? this was the scene of opening day of the indiana state fair in 2010. all i know is american pharoah has nothing on them. number four when pigs can walk. on the third sunday of may every year this is what happens in the philippines during the parade in the district of quazon city. residents dress up as pigs right before the annual feast. number five, speaking of an annual feast, what is chris

says the prison employee joyce mitchell was supposed to pick them up at the clinton power facility and drive them seven hours away but they would not tell her the location. mitch sl charged with promoting prison contraband. as many are trying to move on with their lives, many can't help but wonder if danger is nearby. >>> a top al qaeda leader may be dead this morning after the u.s. launched weekend air strikes in north africa. libya's government says u.s. warplanes killed mack tarbell mack tar and several others in the country. locals say the terrorist wasn't there. the pentagon confirms he was the target known as a one-eyed sheikh. that 2013 siege killed about 35 hostages including three americans. >>> the pack of republicans pursuing the party's presidential nomination will grow to 11 today. former governor jeb bush will officially announce his candidacy in miami. brian webb shows how busy he is. >> reporter: he'll launch of a video to kick off his campaign for nomination. >> reporter: the former florida governor will make his candidacy official in miami today. the 62-year-old joins ten other republicans in the hunt for the nomination, but bush says his lif

. >> i think that joyce mitchell was a pawn and the idea that she would have caved in at the 11th hour they may have thought about. >> mitchell admits she had sex with mitch ard matt in the tailor shop where she was a supervisor she is now behind bars mitchell's husband visiting her despite them saying she plotted with the fugitive to have him killed. >> what do you make of the reports -- >> no common from lyle mitchell and they have interviewed him and believe he had to knowledge the plot. >> a new york city college student is accused of plotting attacks on behalf of isis, federal investigators began monitoring him after he tweeted support for terrorists. prosecutors said he did not yet have a specific plan but he did internet searches on assault rifles and body armor and pressure cooker bombs and was looking for information on new york landmarks. >>> al qaeda militants in yemen were killed after they were accused of spying for the united states. al qaeda says the men helped to launch the drone in the attack. al qaeda is considered the most dangerous branch of the terror group. >>> hundreds of people turned out many middletown, delaware for a second roun

. >> lenny, based on that information at least what lyle mitch sell putting out there, what kind of questions would you have for joyces? >> well yeah i'm sure law enforcement has, you know the answers to the questions, you know, that you're speaking of. lyle seems to be very truthful. they saw the vulnerability in here and used her every way they could, you know, with respect to the alleged tools that were brought in and now this frozen meat is in play that were tools snuck in that way. yeah, they certainly used her any way, you know they could. my questions for her would be you know i'd start off by saying, listen i probably know the answers to the questions i'm about to ask you and be truthful with me and continue from there. >> mitchell had a panic attack when those two guys were -- when they made the plan to pop up out of the manhole and for her to be the getaway car and she was in the hospital and didn't go with it. lyle mitchell says he feels she would be dead if she was the getaway driver. an officer at that prison on administrateive leave not charged or named a suspect in this case. do you think they're that

host: to joyce's point we hear from viewers who call in feeling like that majority leader mitch mcconnellstatement when president obama first elected he'll do anything to get him unelected. there is this disrespect for president obama because of the color of his skin. does that continue to have an impact on this next election cycle? guest: i think -- some of that is politics, clearly. they would probably give any democrat a hard time. some of it has a racial ting to it. i think if you look at what happened after the shooting in charlotte where some republican candidates didn't want to acknowledge that it was racially motivated. they said well, maybe it's about religion, maybe the guy just crazy. they didn't want to say, yes, we have a race problem. we have a racism problem. republican party tends to argue that the laws have changed everybody has equal rights. you should use your talent and strength and pull yourself up and stop expecting special things. that's a message that doesn't resonate with communities that still feel discrimination and inequality. the last callers right. there is t

mitch snell. >> it is unbelievable. you know she certainly -- they saw her vulnerability and attacked it. they're manipulators and got to joyce. but it was interesting to hear what he had said that i think matt and sweat probably knew that joyce mitchell was never going to pick them up anyway so i still find it hard to believe that they had such an elaborate plan, jose they didn't have a plan "b," budge, foryou know, for their escape. throw their hands up and start running? >> yeah. >> yeah. very interesting. >> and there's really no reason not to believe what lyle was telling matt lauer. i mean she felt as though she kind of went into it and it kept snowballing and all of a sudden she was in over her head. that's what she told her husband at the time. if this oes the case then they would have known that. >> you would think. i mean you know again, these guys i'll give them a "e" for effort. they put together a pretty good plan to get out of there but once they got out they're struggling and of course with all this recent findings and the dna and in this cabin and whatnot, that's certainly a home run for law enforcement. >> le