eric jensen also worked in the tailor shop with the fugitives and joyce mitchell. sen's supervisor. jensen said. believed sweat was having a sexual relationship with mitchell. >> she used to keep him back in the mess hall. we would go to the mess hall for lunch. he would be there eating all kinds of fried chicken, barbecued chicken. that was after labor day. i remember. she brought it in a styrofoam tray. you know the handsome jock asking the chubby fat girl to the prom. >> did people sort of joke? >> oh, yeah. we all joked. we used to call her his boo. like girlfriend. >> did you ever ask him? >> he never confirm it or denied it. >> mitchell's attorney denials she ever had a sexual relationship with sweat. but whatever it was, it led to sweat being moved out of the tailor shop in 2013. with sweat out of there, richard matt could make his move. matt is known as a ladies man, a charmer who befriends mitchell. in 2013, the two start a sexual relationship according to a source close to the investigation. they have sex in the tailor shop when no one else is around. all

certainly seems like joyce mitchell will be culpable in that as well. then you have the separate question of the supposed racy at all? is this a crime that will actually be prosecuted? i don't know. you have joyce and sweat blaming each other. sweat has got to be the worst witness in the united states. no jury is going to, going to believe him. will they even prosecute the incomplete conspiracy that never went forward. it is not clear that the conspiracy happened much less who is involved in it. >>en a situation, jeff said, sweat know it a reliable source, frankly neither is joyce mitchell i suppose. where do you try to as an investigator how do you fry to figure this out? because he and joyce mitchell the two actually know what happened are giving completely contradictory accounts. >> basically you try to get as many, many details as possible. burrow as deeply as you can into their story. try to get as many facts you can get and fact check. one of the thing i used to do when i would do this debriefing or interview would be to ask the person -- look if t

obviously you see joyce mitchell was emotional. let's bring in paul cowan who is here with us as well as gary hayward who worked as a prison guard and ultimately also served time in prison so has some experience on both sides. paul, the deal, 2 1/2 years to 7 years in prison, pleading guilty. what does the county get out of, it what does she get out of it? >> she got a great deal. i think her attorney negotiated a very, very good deal. let's face it, this is a very serious offense. these guys are murderers set loose on the community. they could have killed somebody. ound this deal she could be out in as little as approximately 2 1/2 years. it's more likely she'll serve more time but she's parole eligible after that short period of time. so that's a very, very good deal for her. now, she could do the entire seven years depending upon what the parole board things. >> good deal for her but then what does the prosecutor or the district attorney, he's not going to obviously just let her loose. what do they get out of it ? >> well, the p

named joyce mitchell. who is joyce mitchell?le aged woman, a mother and a wife. >> reporter: and a civilian worker at that honor block tailor shop. >> she had been working there for a period of time prior to her contact with sweat and matt. >> reporter: as they walked back and forth, they regularly stumbled over a sort of speed bump. eventually realizing that underneath ran a heat pipe from that power plant. if only they could crawl through it they were home free. >> so every day, they had this, you know, layout -- of their, you know, potential escape route that they were looking at. >> reporter: someone should have suspected matt might try to escape. he'd done it before. he reportedly scaled the jail's barbed wire fence. now, this one he's planning to go under. now the brazen one joins up with sweat, the master schemer, the one who drew maps and lists for his every crime. but matt, the natural ladies' man takes his relationship with joyce mitchell to another level. he gives joyce some of his paintings, similar to these celebrit

joyce mitchell details her relationship with two dangerous killers and shares exactly how she helped them escape. >>> donald trump on the record on cnn about an aids controversial comments about rape. that is coming up. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start" i'm john berman. wednesday, 4:00 a.m. july 18th. christine romans is off today. >>> the two missing 14-year-olds missing at sea is entering its sixth day. the coast guard has expanded the semp area and 41,000 square miles, the size of ohio. the boys's boat counseled cap-sized sunday. cohen's mother tells kate bolduan they are still alive. >> we know the courage and skills that they have and we know how athletically fit and able they are. both of our boys learned how to swim before they learned how to walk so we just feel very very confident that they will be able to stick through this. they know that we are coming for them and we will get them. >> cnn's martin savidge is in florida with the very latest. >> reporter: the coast guard has

if anything develops we'll bring it to you. >>> minutes from now joyce mitchell the new york prison workert of prison will be back in court. the big question will she cut a deal? mitchell faces up to eight years behind bars in she is convicted. jason carroll is here and he's following the hearing today. he has more. >> reporter: good morning. it could happen any moment now. we've seen joyce mitchell cooperating, we're hearing word she's expected to waive her right to have her charges presented in front of the grand jury. that would be another sign of cooperating. we've seen in the past her telling about all that she was accused of doing in terms of helping with this prison break. let's go over first what some of the charges she's facing. first-degree promoting prison contraband. you talked about smuggling in some hacksaw blades. fourth-degree criminal facilitation for her role in helping these two guys get out, david sweat and richard matt. she could be looking at as much as eight years in prison. her attorney telling me he is hoping for some sort of plea deal. now, in terms of what she's

>> joyce mitchell. >> ms. don't understand will you give me your assurance that you will tell me and i will allow you to confer with mr. johnston? do i have that assurance? >> yes. >> you understand that you have signed the charges against you. you gave up that right to incriminate yourself. have you had time to discuss this matter with mr. johnston to make an intelligent decision? >> yes. >> are you satisfied with the decision? >> yes. >> have you had time to discuss this with any friend or family? [ inaudible ] >> do you understand that rather than accept this negotiable plea deal, you have the right to proceed to trial either before a court sitting alone or a jury? >> yes. >> if you -- [ inaudible ] >> do you understand that if you proceed to trial, you will have a right to take the witness stand, give testimony if you wish have witnesses if you wish. do you understand that by entering this plea of guilty you give up this right? >> yes. >> are you making this decision freely and voluntarily? >> yes. >> are y

joyce mitchell, soon under arrest as we track down her husband. what do you make of the reports that she was trying to have you killed? >> reporter: lyle mitchell visiting his wife in jail. and why did she do it? i was caught up in the fantasy, she says. i enjoyed the attention, the feeling both of them gave me, and the thought of a different life. joyce mitchell will be sentenced in september. she faces up to seven years behind bars. her lawyer says she knows she made a horrible mistake. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> authorities in texas have released jailhouse video. sandra bland, and the young black woman found hanging in her cell can be seen getting her mugshot taken, filling out forms and going in and out of her cell during the period. the footage is intended to dispel rumors that she was dead before arriving at the jail. authorities say such conspiracy theories about bland have led to death threats against officials. >>> the mother of james holmes is expected to take the stand today in an effort to save his life. yesterday his father

joyce mitchell's husband. joyce mitchell denied she had anything to do with the murder plot. david sweat said she did. lyle mitchell weighing in through his attorney. telling cnn yesterday afternoon, quote, lyle only knows what joyce has told him. that is she did not want to hurt lyle. again, joyce mitchell telling investigators she had nothing to do with the murder plot. also telling her husband she did not want him hurt and did not want anyone to go through with it. john christine. >>> jason, thank you. overnight in tunisia, police arrest eight people involved in the terror attack in the resort. eight people will be honored with a moment of silence this morning. this as british officials confirmed two most wanted were killed in coalition air strikes. one a top lieutenant of osama bin laden. the other a senior isis leader. for latest on the developments i want to bring in cnn's phil black in tunisia. good morning, phil. >> reporter: good morning, christine. eight people in custody, including a woman and the authorities are still looking for more. they released details of one

lyle mitchell was in the courtroom as joyce accepted that plea deal. this plea deal protects her from having the district attorney pursue additional charges against her based on those sexual allegations and also the conspiracy to murder her husband. joyce will be formally sentenced in september. john? >> alexander field, thanks so much. >>> donald trump is standing by his man, even while creating some distance between himself and one of his special counsel, michael cohen who triggered an uproar when he told a "daily beast" reporter you cannot rape your spouse. cohen has since apologized for the remark and trump tells cnn's don lemon, the matter is closed. >> do you still stand by michael cohen? >> no. you have to understand, michael was extremely angry because he knew it never took place and he knew this website was a joke, considered a joke. he was angry and maybe he didn't understand the question but, no, i don't disagreed with him. in fact, when i read it i disagreed. who knows what he said because, frankly, i'm not sure they reported accurately but

she blamed joyce mitchell. here is how she put it. >> i feel to this day that if this woman and whoever else was involved didn't give them the stuff, those guise wouldn'tys wouldn't have broke out of jail. they wouldn't have had nothing to do it with. you know i will blame them as well as the two guys. >> her son is a psychopath and nar narsas narsacist. >> if joyce hadn't helped -- joe's point, we don't know everything. they couldn't have done it without her. >> he is in prison for being involved in shooting a cop 22 times and running him over. i would say this is a guy who deserved to be in prison anyway. it didn't get that much worse because of this incident. he is somebody society has to be protected against. >> thank you all. >>> a threat of a major terror attack on the u.s. this holiday weekend. this is the most intense level of concern since 9/11. >>> macy's cutting ties with donald trump. trump firing back tonight. here is what he is saying only to cnn. >>> dukes of hazard reruns dropped. here is the qu

newly released documents reveal the details of what joyce mitchell knew and when.'ve known about them cutting the hole in the wall for about three or four weeks, mitchell tells investigators in the days following the escaped a mitting she used hamburger meat to smuggle the hacksaws. she goes on into details revealing she sent sweat sexual letters and naked photos but said she only had sexual contact with matt. we were alone and inmate matt grabbed me and kissed me. it startled me. he kissed me with an open mouth kiss. i didn't say anything because i was squaredcared for my husband who works in the facility. she said there was oral sex with matt and other sexual encounters with the inmate that plotted to kill her husband referred to as the glitch. she explains the agreed upon meeting time was midnight. i was to drive my jeep and bring my cell phone, gps, clothes, a gun, tents, sleeping bag, hatchet, fish l polling poles and money from a package. the plan was to drive to my home and inmate mat would kill the glitch. after we were going to drive somewhere, i can't rem

joyce mitchell's husband. joyce mitchell denied she had anything to do with the murder plot. david sweat said she did. lyle mitchell weighing in through his attorney. saying lyle only knows what she has told him. again, joyce mitchell said she had nothing to do with the murder plot and she did not want her husband hurt or anyone to go through with it. john christine. >>> jason, thank you. breaking overnight in tunisia, police arrest eight people suspected involved of the terror attack in the beach resort one week ago. in hours, 38 people will be remembered with a moment of silence across the united kingdom. all but eight of those killed were british. this as two of tunisia's most wanted terrorists were killed in coalition air strikes last month. one, a top lieutenant of osama bin laden and the other is an isis leader. let's bring in cnn's phil black from tunisia. an emotional morning in england. >> reporter: it is, indeed. one week from today is about remembrance. firstly, on the sands near the resort where the attack began. that is where a crowd will gather to think about th

joyce mitchell pleading guilty to one count of providing contraband contraband. she was able to avoid any additional charges for promoting prison contraband conspiracy to commit the murder of her husband lyle mitchell and any sexually related charges. criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor tom kniff is here to break it down. why do you think she accepted the deal? >> it's the carrot and the stick. she would get convicted only of the d felony. two and a third to seven years which she appears to have agreed to and that's an indeterminate sentence in new york meaning at the con clugts of the minimum period she will be eligible for parole. it is possible she could be paroled in a couple of years and will get credit for the month she's already served. the stick is the prosecutors could have stacked more charges on this. the big one being conspiracy to commit murder. >> the idea she could sefb onlyserve only two and a half years in prison -- she was going to allegedly off her husband. >> the reason the prosecutors didn't want to go down that road in order to s

joyce mitchell seamstress joyce mitchell wanted her own husband killed.ed inmate david sweat is saying about the prison seamstress who was supposedly to be the getaway driver to mexico. this is one of now the multiple bombshell confessions coming from this convicted cop killer during his 23 days on the run, an escape he says he masterminded. he says he was the guy. richard matt who apparently slowed him down. sweat telling police that he grew fed up with matt who he says was physically out

joyce mitchell soon under arrest as we track down her husband. wrangets do you make the reports she was trying to have you killed? >> reporter: today lyle mitchell visiting his wife in jail. why did she do it? i was caught up in the fantasy, she says. i enjoyed the attention, the feeling both of them gave me and the thought of a different life. joyce mitchell will be sentenced in september, facing up to seven years behind bars. her lawyer says she knows she made a horrible mistake. >> and her husband visiting her today? >> that's right. >> thank you. >>> now to the other developing headline late today involving quarterback tom brady and what we learned for the first time. the nfl now says he destroyed his cell phone and thousands of text messages on it during the investigation into deflategate. the nfl citing that reason in revealing tonight that his suspension for four games will stand. brady seen right there the day he answered questions from the nfl. one prominent sports columnist saying brady's cover-up was worse than the crime. here's abc's

and then once richard matt and david sweat emerged from the sewer pipe joyce mitchell was going to drivem over to her home. and as matt phrased it he was going to take care of the glitch. that's how he referred to lyle mitchell. >> now, richard matt that's the one who gave joyce mitchell the pills, they were having an intimate relationship. everyone has talked about the relationship as she was head over heels for him but he was using her. that they would have killed her very quickly into this escape. could he have had real feelings for her? >> well it's possible that he had -- he was certainly amorous with her. yes, it's feasible that he may have loved her. but it could have just been on a very animal level. from what i understand he would demand sex from her and she would comply in the secluded area of the prison tailor shop. >> the night of the escape she's supposed to give the pills to her husband. she's supposed to show up at the manhole and drive off with them. she gets cold feet hours before this was supposed to happen before she was supposed to give her husband the pills. you are

guys unless she was really in love with or felt made special by these guys. >> right. >> the joyce mitchells of this world are the problem. without joyces they never could have done it. >> finally, one killed one caught. what else about this whole thing -- we want to know how it was pulled off. i know they are looking for more power tools that were used. what else about this thing befuddles you? >> this is way more complicated than you think. people say, wow, clinton must have been really screwed up. they all are, to a certain extent. but they are doing everything to change. they are putting gates in the catwalk. >> new superintendent. >> and they are cleaning house. accountability comes from the top. i want to tell you that they can check the cells weekly and they can do random bed checks and do all of these things but they are really missing the big point which is that guards and inmates have inappropriate relationships all the time. and there's no accountability for that. so when they start cleaning house and firing cos for inappropriate relationships, female inmates always getting pregna

, information it was joyce mitchell's idea to kill her husband.ce mitchell denying those claims and clearly he would likely be deposed in any sort of trial against her in connection with this breakout. now, also david sweat telling vetters that he knew that richard matt had been killed. the district attorney confirmed the men had radios and were monitoring the searchers and the progress they were making and that apparently david sweat also and richard matt came very close to being caught twice, once when the two men were hiding by a cabin, but also one time after sweat had broken off, he was hiding up in a tree perch basically, a hunting perch. >> do we know how they got the radios? >> from the cabins. the cell service up there is very spotty. in order to be able to communicate -- that was something a source had told me more than a week ago that they were concerned that all the communication between authorities was being monitored. you had a thousand people who were up there and the only way they could really speak to one another was through the r

matt called mitchell's husband, lyle, the glitch and gave joyce two white pills to drug him. the plan was for matt to kill lyle when they escaped, but she couldn't go through with it and never showed up. she told investigators "i'm really sorry for what i have done." >> what it really came down to is sweat and matt. manipulating individuals to allow them to accomplish their ultimate goal. >> reporter: i really do love my husband, she said, and he's the reason i didn't meet inmate matt and inmate sweat. after visiting his wife in jail today, lyle mitchell said he stands by his wife. >> why? >> because i love her. >> reporter: investigators say the evidence is that just three people carried out this complex escape. richard matt who was killed in the manhunt, david sweat who's back in prison, serving life without parole and joyce mitchell now facing up to seven years in prison. lester? >> john yang tonight, thank you. >>> there are big new developments tonight in the deflategate cheating scandal that rocked the nfl. the league has upheld a four-game suspension for tom brady, sid

prison worker joyce mitchell's husband is standing by his wife tonight, despite david sweat's insistence that it was joyce who wanted her husband dead. a lot of developments to get to. jason carroll is out front tonight in new york. jason, this is really the first time officials are giving an account of richard matt's final moments. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the final moments could have been much much worse for the border agent who, as you know ended up firing and killing richard matt. it could have been worse for him. federal authorities are saying that when richard matt failed to obey orders, he raised and pointed the shotgun at that agent before that agent opened fire. you can see from federal agents telling us that that situation could have been much much worse. the shotgun, as you know richard matt picked up when he was on the run along with the alcohol that he ended up drinking. if not for the quick thinking of that border patrol agent things could have been much much worse. >> absolutely. david sweat is telling investigators that it was joyce mitchell's idea to kill her h

one prison worker and seamstress joyce mitchell is reportedly happy the manhunt is over. ecstatic according to herp attorney that no one else was hurt. as for her husband lyle who might have been killed by matt and sweat if joyce has gone through with her role as getaway driver peter, i know you've been in touch with your client lyle mitchell. what is his reaction to what sweat has told investigators. that joyce mitchell was the primary plan for a getaway car and they intended to kill him. >> he certainly didn't think that was plan "a" in the beginning. the way he's looking at i, like joyce saved his life that night by not picking them up. >> certainly one way to look it a, i guess. the most optimistic reading of it. the plan was for the three of them on drive to mexico. what did he think of that? i know all along, when you and i spoke before he said he didn't believe there had been any sexual relationship. what does he make of the idea that she was going to take off to mexico? >> well, when i talked on him about it he keeps going back to the fact she didn't go through wit

he also talked about who was involved and who was not involved, meaning joyce mitchell, he says, wasnvolved. she was supposed to be the get-away driver. but gene palmer, that prison guard here, the one who smuggled in that piece of frozen hamburger meat, according to david sweat, he says palmer knew nothing of the escape plan. also, someone is coming to his defense. his mother, who says her son is not the only one to blame for the breakout. >> i still say to this day, if that woman and whoever else was involved and didn't give them that stuff, those guys never would have broke out of jail so i kind of, you know, blame them, as well as the two guys, david and the other guy. >> reporter: we are getting new details about richard matt and what happened up until his very final moments. apparently, he found some things on the way when he was out on the loose. he found things like food, pop tarts and m&ms and also some grape flavored liquor he apparently was drinking just before he was shot. he also had a shotgun that he fired several times in a trailer. one of those bullets striking a vehi

the judge may sentence joyce mitchell to the minimum of two and a third years. we won't know until september 28th when she is officially sentenced, jon. jon: the news conference with the district attorney coming up we'll monitor that as well. rick leventhal thank you. much more on this case when we bring your legal panel in for a discussion about joyce mitchell and other matters. jenna: we'll turnover seas now. turkey stepping up its role in the battle against isis with airstrikes against the terror group. now nato holding a rare emergency meeting. we'll be live with the story and what it means for us. >>> plus a wild police chase that lasted hours. what sparked it and the dramatic way it ended, we'll show you. >>> we want to hear from you. the president thinks he is has been a pretty good president. what do you think? how would you assess his term. got to foxnews.com/happeningnow to join the conversation. hey america, still not sure whether to stay or go to your people? ♪ well this summer, stay with choice hotels twice and get a $50 gift card you can use for ju

. >> joyce mitchell admitted her role in the plot as part of a plea deal. so confessed to a relationship with one inmate. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: joyce "tilly" mitchell in snackles stripes and tears, pleading guilty to helping the two murderers escape. >> she was swept off her feet a bit for a period. and then when she realized who she was dealing with, everything changed. >> reporter: in newly released statements, mitchell describes a deepening friendship with inmate richard matt. "he treated me with respect and was nice to me," she says "he made me feel special." that relationship turning sexual. "inmate matt grabbed me and kissed me." mitchell also admits sending naked pictures to the other prisoner, david sweat, telling police matt told her "we were all going to be together." >> she got in over her head and into something that she never should have started, but she did, and she's paying the price. >> reporter: mitchell ads mitts smuggling hacksaw blades chisels, a punch tool and a screwdriver to the prisoners, hiding them inside frozen ham

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and joyce mitchell, now facing up to seven years in prison. lester? >> john yang tonight. thank you. >>> there are big new developments tonight in the deflategate cheating scandal that rocked the nfl. the league has upheld a four-game suspension for tom brady, sidelining one of its biggest stars. it's a fight getting nasty. it's heading to court as the league reveals brady had his cell phone destroyed right as investigators wanted to see it. nbc's ron mott has late details. >> reporter: six months after it blew up into a major sports scandal, deflategate appears headed for even more controversy, namely federal court. nfl commissioner roger goodell today upheld tom brady's four-game suspension. the league saying the four-time super bowl-winning quarterback destroyed his cell phone and nearly 10,000 text messages putting the ball in the hands of the players association, which has vowed to continue the fight by seeking a court injunction allowing him to play. >> today's revelations i think are definitely a bombshell. it might not be damning in a legal sense but from an optics

joyce mitchell pleading guilty today to promoting prison contraband. and the clinton county investigation is still ongoing at the prison. here's more from the d.a. >> potentially there could, based on the investigation, allegations of other actions that joyce mitchell took or participated in during her employment at clinton correctional facility. if something along that nature arises during that investigation, my office would be advised on it and we could pursue additional charges against miss mitchell. >> all right. with me now i have former clinton correctional facility inmate eric jensen who knew both of these guys and joyce mitchell and also with me criminal defense attorney eric guster. gentlemen, good to see you both. >> good to see you too. >> when i saw her in the courtroom wiping her tears away i got into this discussion of who feels bad for you and who doesn't. i have to ask you, is there any part of you that feels for her? >> no. >> no? >> she knew what she was doing. >> she deserves every bit of time she will be serving? >> right. probably

and relatives and people come and see him and that really caved us up on that. >> lawyer for joyce mitchells ecstatic the manhunt is over and no harm came to any other person. mitchell is now in jail charged with helping matt and sweat escape. the attorney steve johnston tells cnn she believes her prayers were answered. more good news for mitchell. the lawyer for her husband says that lyle mitchell plans to stick by his wife. >> he is still in love with her. to put it bluntly. and i think he plans on waiting for her. we have spoken about the fact that he may -- he may still be an employee of the department of corrections and community service here in new york and what that would mean if his wife was in prison at that point. >> according to investigators, mitchell planned to pick up sweat and matt and help them get to mexico but she lost her nerve at the last minute. >>> federal agents are investigating a fire at a plaque church that -- black church that broke out last night. 50 firefighters worked to put out that plays at mt. zion church. officials did not know how how the fire started but

jessie, what did joyce mitchell tell the police and when? >> reporter: shortly after the escape on june 6 she was interviewed by police three times on the 7th 8th 10th. in those statements she gave great deal of detail as to development of her relationship the way she became entrenched in the escape plot and her cold seat at the end where they were aiming to kill her husband they nicknamed the glitch. >> did she give any indication she thought maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to kill her husband? >> well, i think the fact that she didn't go through with it shows at the end she did get cold feet. prior to that statements she made were kind of heart racing. she felt deep affection for richard matt that was dead shot by a federal agent. said he made her feel special. she had sexual relationship with him, and she dreamt up this fantasy that all three of them were going to run away together. of course, that didn't happen. >> hard to be sympathetic. your job isn't to have sex on the job in a prison where people are dangerous and her conduct, even

joyce mitchell tearful in court and taking responsibility. >> because the evidence was so overwhelminghell has acknowledged her built. >> reporter: the 51-year-old former prison employee admitting she helped inmates richard matt and david sweat escape from new york's clinton correctional facility. >> are you feeling guilty because you are, in fact guilty? >> reporter: newly released documents reveal the details of what mitchell knew and when. i knew about them cutting the hole in the wall for three or four weeks mitchell tells investigators in the days following the escape. during the interviews she revealed she sent sweat sexual letters and naked photos. she only had sexual contact with matt. we were alone and inmate matt grabbed me and kiss zed me. it startled me. he kissed many with an open mouth kiss. i was scared for my husband who also works in the facility. she says there was oral sex with matt and other encounters with the inmate that plotted to kill her husband, referred to as the glitch. she explains after i picked them up the plan was to drive to me home and inmate matt was

spilling new information about joyce mitchell right there. the seamstress who may have helped them escape and what she had planned for her husband. that's next. >>> big changes coming for a new york prison where two killers broke free. that as the now captured killer shares new details on the role that a prison seamstress had in the escape. >>> new fallout for trump. overnight, trump firing back on cnn. are you have to hear what he said. >>> and country's concerns over terror. welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 31 minutes pafst the hour. >> we have breaking news. a ferry capsized off the coast of the philippines. coast guard said the boat carrying 173 people off the coast of ormoc city. at least 36 people are dead. dozens more people rescued. again, this rescue operation underway. let's bring in cnn's kathy novak. kathy. >> reporter: this is still happening, john. our sister network cnn philippines says the coast guard says 118 people survived. 36 people confirmed dead as you mentioned. 19 remain mi

joyce mitchell saying all along she did not want to go along with the murder plot.t she loved her husband. in fact i remember her attorney telling you in an interview that that joyce mitchell very much loved her husband and did not want to go through with the plot. lyle mitch mell out turns out he still loves his wife. and still at least in some ways standing by her at least emotionally. >> you are also learning more about the staffing shake-ups at the prizson itself? >> that's right. new superintendent here michael fitzpatrick. kirk patrick. he is now taking over for steven racit, former superintendent. he is on administrative leave with 11 others. this new superintendent what's interesting about what is going to be happening here at the correctional facility is going to have to oversee several new rules. some include inspecting the structure of each cell each week. what he what we mean by that are actually the walls and that catwalk behind the cells those are going to be checked each week. and executive level executive now must be on the 11:00 to 7:00 a.m. shift.

joyce mitchell seamstress joyce mitchell wanted her own husband killed. at least that is what captured inmate david sweat is saying about the prison seamstress who was supposedly to be the getaway driver to mexico. this is one of now the multiple bombshell confessions coming from this convicted cop killer during his 23 days on the run, an escape he says he masterminded. he says he was the guy. richard matt who apparently slowed him down. sweat telling police that he grew fed up with matt who he says was physically out of shape and liked to drink which you shouldn't have when you're running from police. let me bring in justice correspondent evan perez who has all this great information from his sources. so as sweat is talking, what is he saying specifically about how they got out including that sledgehammer that happened to be laying around in the tunnel is. >> that's right, brooke. he's saying it really wasn't that complicated after all. it turns out that sweat told investigators he and richard matt found this sledgehammer to break a brick wall and make a

official sponsor of major league baseball. >>> stunning details to report today straight from joyce mitchell'sice confession. dressed in prison stripes and wiping away her tears, the prison worker signed a plea deal admitting she helped two convicted murderers escape a new york prison last month. as mitchell awaits her sentence we're learning new details exactly how close she got to inmates richard matt and david sweat. nbc's john yang is in plattsburgh, new york with the details. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. joyce mitchell spending her first full day as a convicted felon here at the clinton county jail and in documents obtained by nbc news we hear in her own words descriptions of what she did, why she did it and why she eventually backed out. >> are you pleading guilty because you are, in fact guilty? >> reporter: for the first time joyce mitchell's confession obtained by nbc news detailing in her own words over the course of 20 hours what she did for convicted killers richard matt and david sweat and why. i was caught up in the fantasy, she said. i enjoyed the attention, the feeling bo

so i kind of you know i blame them as well as the two guys. >> his mom is blaming joyce mitchell and the other prison guard for providing the tools. >> yes. obviously, they needed help to get out and what mitchell provided and what the tools were able to do for them obviously got them out of jail. i'm not surprised she's making that connection. obviously, law enforcement is making that connection. if they were in a care and custody type of environment, this would have never happened to begin with. >> care and custody type of environment. how does that look different from what they were in? >> if you look at what was going on in the general population it's more of a care and custody environment than the honor block where you didn't have to wear prison garb. you had loose security. you were able to get to different parts of the prison that the rest of the population wasn't allowed to. you were basically a trustee. i question the fact how can you put two question on it that committed murder number one and committed murder in the way they did in that type of environment. >> all those ques

as we know joyce mitchell is one of them. i understand there is another prison guard that they've just indicted. so they recruited people to be part of this major scam. that institution has some huge problems that they really need to correct. >> joe, what are you hearing about what else is going on inside? the reports are now that they really didn't need power tools, that it was only hacksaws. >> we're hearing that as well. it's kind of hard to believe that that could happen, but who knows. the -- one of the items brought in was a punch. and we're hearing that the punch was used to create an opening so they could get the hacksaws in there to start their cutting. >> okay. >> but it's hard to tell at this point. >> all right. rod, joyce mitchell the woman who was supposed to pick them up when they actually came out of the manhole that night, she got scared didn't do it. >> right. >> are you surprised that they had no plan b? because a lot of people thought, hey, they're already in mexico by like the third day. are you surprised

and joyce mitchell plead guilty yesterday. and nbc news has learned more about the plot, the news and the plan to kill mitchell's husband. nbc's john yang has the details. >> reporter: with a tearful signature, joyce mitchell accepted a plea deal saying she smuggled hacksaws and other tools into the prison for convicted killers david matt, and richard sweat. who the da says used them to escape. >> she's been very upset and remorseful for what she did. >> reporter: before her arrest, she spoke over forty hours over four days. nbc obtained a copy of those and has startling details. she tells of giving them rum and coke in prison, performing sex acts on matt, and sending both of them sex notes and naked pictures of herself. i was caught up in the fantasy, she said, i enjoyed the attention both of them gave me and the thought of a different life. she was supposed to meet them at midnight and be the get away drive. they gave her a list of what to bring. cell phones gps, shotgun tents, sleeping bags, hackett, fishing pole and money.

first of all, joyce mitchell said that they were going to mexico. well, david sweat said, yes, we were bound for mexico but we were going to go to west virginia first and another inconsistency as you said is lyle mitchell, the husband of joyce. david sweat saying that it was joyce's idea to have her husband killed. joyce saying no, it's not, and her attorney is speaking out saying definitely not. it was the escapees' plan and idea to kill lyle, but one thing that david sweat is saying is that in one of the tunnels in the prison right behind me they found a sledgehammer. we would always heard it was a toolbox that was found and one of the big changes in the tunnel is that you no longer can have toolboxes there. and there's going to be electronic gates in the tunnel and they're also going to start to take pictures every month of the tunnel areas to compare and contrast to see if there are any new security risks so no one else will be able to escape. >> seems to be a good idea to keep a better eye on the tunnels underneath that prison going forward. je

john has the latest. >> with a tearful signature, joyce mitchell submitted a plea deal. he admitted smuggling into the prison for richard matt and david sweat, who the da says used them to escape. >> she's been very anxious, depressed, remorseful for what she did. >> mitchell spoke to investigators 20 hours over four days. nbc news obtained a copy of three statements which contains startling details. she tells of giving matt and sweat rum and coke in prison performing sex acts on matt and sending both sexual notes and naked pictures of herself. i was caught up in the fantasy, she said. i enjoyed the attention and feeling both gave me and thought of i a different life. the plan was for mitch toll meet the prisoners at midnight and be the get away driver. matt and sweat gave her a list. cell phone, gps, clothes, shotgun, tents, sleeping bags, hat chet fishing pole and money. matt called her husband lyle the glitch and gave her two white pills to drug him. couldn't go through with it and never showed up. she told investigators i'm sorry for what i've done. >> it came down to

they called joyce mitchell david sweat's boo. >> she's in court today.rned about this contention that she may have wanted sweat and matt to kill her husband or they wanted to kill her husband. what wanted this? >> her lawyer says she was never aware and didn't make a plot to do that. but, when david sweat was caught he started talking and sharing things. he told authorities it was joyce mitchell's idea to have her husband killed so she could run away with them. apparently she had a change of heart. she was on a dinner date with her husband, lyle who also worked in the tailor shop knew the guys out for dinner it went well she had a change of heart. she decided not to show up or bring the get away car. >> i can't help but think of the poor husband. imagine finding all of this out. >> and still visited her in jail. incredible. >> cant wait to see more. you can watch the cnn special report "the great prison escape" tonight at 9:00 on cnn. >>> we have good stuff coming up. what has this real life forest gump running from maine to california? he's our good stu

also sweat detailed he was the mastermind it was joyce mitchell who had the idea of killing her husbandll mitchell's attorney saying that's simply not true. mitchell did not show up to pick up the two men. they tried to flee on foot to canada. sweat telling authorities while he was on the run, he had a number of close calls. one where he was hiding in a tree as an officer walked right by him. he remains in the hospital this morning. he is under heavy guard from what the hospital tells us. he remains in fair condition. john christine. >> thanks. big changes at the prison. clinton correctional has a new superintendent michael kirkpatrick, after the superintendent and two deputies put on leave with nine security staffers. other changes are more frequent checks of cells and catwalks. they will also eliminate the prison honor block. >>> another business setback for donald trump. the presidential candidate has been fired from nbc for painting mexican immigrants as killers and rapists. now macy's is pulling his clothing line and fragrances from store shelves. >> they fold under pressure. macy'