he said that lyle mitchell came to his office that he supports his wife joyce mitchell. but lyle mitchell's attorney says the complete opposite is true. we are hoping to speak or hear from lyle mitchell in the coming days. he has not gone to the press or spoken publicly so for now it's the dueling attorneys' statements as we wait for the news conference to begin here andrea. >> miguel we will carry that and check back with you after. thank you so much. >>> in politics hillary clinton is holding the first event of her second swing through south carolina today as a presidential candidate. it's the latest stop in a state that handed her a crushing blow in the 2008 primary against then senator barack obama. due in part to his success with the state's african-american voters and the endorsement of the powerful south carolina congressman and assistant democratic leader james clyburn, who joins me now from capitol hill. congressman, so great to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about hillary clinton rebooted campaign now relaunched. she's back in south carolina

feels betrayed by his wife. >> i hate to use a cliche, but you know, love is blind. >> reporter: lyle mitchells he will not stand behind her anymore according to his attorney, and remains behind bars. she says she didn't want lyle to be hurt, complying she may have been coerced in helping the inmates. >> the way i understand it, she is still on board with the inmates, they have a plan against lyle, they start to threaten him, saying we're going to have somebody hurt him in the facility. you have to help us out. >> reporter: for a woman of many secrets, some are still unknown. the main one, is she telling investigators everything she knows? or does she have more information on where richard matt and david sweat were heading? body pain? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, i-can-totally-do-this- all-in-one-trip kind of woman. when pain tries to stop you, there's motrin. motrin works fast to stop pain where it starts. make it happen with new motrin liquid gels. motrin works fast to stop pain where it starts. hey, what are you doing? you said you were going to find out about plenti, the new rewards

lyle mitchell visited his wife in jail after she was taken in and was confronted outside by abc news a stunning question. -- what do you make of the reports that she was trying to have you killed? >> reporter: not only was joyce mitchell allegedly having a sexual relationship with a prisoner and potentially helping them plot their escape, authorities say she was also aware of a plan to have her kuz band, lyle mitchell killed. >> did you know anything about the escape plan in. >> reporter: lyle mitchell has been questioned by police but has not been charged with anything. >> we have no information whatsoever that he had prior knowledge of the escape or that he participated or actively assisted in the escape of the two inmates. >> reporter: his lawyer said he didn't know about any of his wife's activities until he confronted her two days after the escape. that's when she told him the escapees wanted to kill him. lyle was stunned when he heard the details about the affair and murder plot and feels betrayed by his wife. >> i hate to use the cliche but love is blind. >> lyle mitchell said

i know you spoke to lyle mitchell's attorney. what did he say? >> reporter: he is claiming no knowledge of the escape plan. he describes lyle in a state somewhere between reeling and confused given the week, the ten days he has now been through. he also says, however, that lyle mitchell does not deny the allegations that joyce mitchell may have assisted in this escape. he is also not denying the allegations that she was having an affair, but a source close to the investigation says that lyle mitchell had no idea that his wife was involved in this relationship with richard matt. you can only wonder how he feels about having that painting now, anderson. >> i understand he spent three hours with state police. do you know anything about that? >> this is the second time he's gone to speak with investigators. there's a possibility he will return for further questioning. he is discussing whatever joyce mitchell may have shared with him after the fact. investigators believe he was talking to her husband after the two inmates escaped. he wouldn't stop -- l

i want to talk about lyle mitchell first. you listened to the entire interview with matt lauer. you listen to that what goes through your mind as an investigator? >> you feel sorry for him not lawyer, but sorry for lyle. you think how naive of these people. they were manipulated and how does he not understand that? how do you think that you weren't being used or your wife wasn't being used? >> supposedly these inmates wanted to drug him and possibly kill him, but for what reason? >> well i guess if joyce was really the only person they were dealing with okay i guess they figure joyce will pillow talk will talk to the husband about something at some point. if they get rid of the husband all they have left to do is get rid of joyce and i would imagine once they got the vehicle from her, that was the next move. they weren't taking her on a joy ride around the country. >> something else interesting that lyle mitchell said he said there was no sexual relationship between his wife and these inmates, just a few kisses exchanged. let's listen to that. >> and they'd give her a little att

>> reporter: we spoke with andrew wiley, the district attorney here and we spoke about lyle mitchell.confirm that joyce mitchell's husband is being looked at for his role in this escape plan. i asked him directly if he's involved and he said they are getting information through interviews and from other sources that he not only could have been involved but possibly also had knowledge of it as well. they have information about his role. they said -- he said that they have information about what part in this he may have played. and also brooke he works at the prison. not only does lyle mitchell work maintenance at the prison but he works maintenance

we're also hearing from lyle mitchell, the husband of joyce mitchell who's accused of helping these men escape. he says he believes his wife was manipulated by these prisoners. he says she backed out of a plan to drive the men away from the prison after richard matt suggests she drug her husband. >> she told me that matt wanted her to pick them up. she said i never leave nowhere without lyle never. he said well i'll give you some pills to give him to knock him out and you come pick us up. she said i am not doing that. i love my husband. i am not hurting him. she said i can't do this. >> reporter: another interesting note carol, lyle mitchell saying this morning he doesn't know whether or not he's going to support his wife or even potentially testify against her in court. >> was there any mention, boris, of the alleged sexual affair between joyce mitchell and these two inmates? >> reporter: well lyle told nbc this morning that his wife told him that richard matt had tried to kiss her several times, but she denied those advanced. and she told lyle that's as far as it got. >> and we have t

whiff lyle mitchell's attorney joining us.hell is under arrest for allegedly aiding in this escape. peter, thanks for joining us. what can you tell us about your client in this particular case. what is he saying? >> i can fill in that lyle isn't under arrest or under suspicion. >> what is he? >> really an innocent bystander. he's been questioned by the police. however there's no plans to arrest him at this point. >> his wife joyce mitchell is under arrest correct? >> yes, she's currently incarcerated. >> did he have to post bond? >> no he didn't. he didn't get arrested at all. >> what are authorities telling you about this individual? >> about lyle? >> yeah. >> they're telling me right now that he's been fully cooperative. we've made the authorities aware that he's continuing to offer his cooperation in any way that he can. >> does he believe that his wife aided these two guys? their escape? >> he does. he's spoken to his wife and gone back to the police with all the information that she's given him. >> because he's spoken to

we could also tell you, lyle mitchell did visit joyce mitchell when she was in custody out here on tuesdaythat visitation lasted for about an hour. there was no physical contact between the two of them. they were separated by a glass partition and spoke over the phone. joyce mitchell, as for her, she was being held here not too far from here and moved to another facility to the south near albany. as for that massive manhunts, that is very much under way. more than a thousand leads, but still no sign of these two men. christine, it seems the trail has gone somewhat cold. >> remarkable. jason carroll, thank you so much. >>> tropical storm bill downgrade to do a tropical depression overnight. taking a toll on texas. the storm rolled in tuesday afternoon and high winds taking down trees and power lines and 4 to 8 inches of rain swamping the eastern half of the state. >> the roads are gone. the big rock piles, the dunes down the beach side, they are nonexistent. this water is just pouring in and flooding. >> officials have called for voluntary evacuations in parts of houston where residents are

i'm confident of that. >> when asked if he supports his wife, lyle mitchell couldn't answer that. he said his main concerns are trying to keep his job at the prison and taking care of their kids. we're learning more about how joyce mitchell allegedly snuck those tools to those two inmates. officials say he hit them in hamburger meat. >>> severe storms ripped through the midwest today. the storms packing high wind and rain moving through a large area from south dakota to wisconsin. as many as 12 tornadoes touched down. the homes pulled right off their foundations. you can see it right there, toppled over. several people hurt. want to show you what the storms did to a mall about 100 or so miles west of chicago. you can see it's completely dilapidated. strong winds took out walls and part of roof. and more severe weather is expected sometime later this week. >>> several states are under the severe weather alert. let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with more. jeff? >> our blocking pattern, this ridge of high pressure is helping defend a lot of that severe weather right

he is -- lyle mitchell is, of course, the husband of joyce mitchell the woman accused of helping these two prisoners escape escape. the attorney talking about what lyle mitchell knew and when he learned it. >> he knows that joyce, his wife told him the day that she got brought in and did her statements with the investigators that part of it was that the inmates wanted to kill him. they wanted her to come pick them up bring them back to dickinson, and kill him. she disagreed with that and i think that some threats were made to her from the inmates at that point. >> reporter: she disagreed with what? the plan to kill him or asking for help with the escape? what part bothered her? >> she disagreed with the plan to kill him. >> reporter: lyle mitchell has told his attorney and investigators that he knew nothing about that plot before his wife told him that. he knew nothing about the plans to escape and that he helped in no way. prosecutors say there's no evidence to suggest that lyle mitchell did, and he has not been charged with anything. he has been speaking to investigators. he could co

authorities are also looking into whether the prison worker's husband, lyle mitchell had some role in the escape plot or if he was any way aware of the plan. mr. mitchell works in the maintenance department. the district attorney says mrs. mitchell already admitted to providing the convicts with tools. the d.a. would not elaborate on what those tools were but other law enforcement tells cnn that she gave them drill bits, glasses with mounted lights and hacksaws. fugitive rich art matt is intimately familiar with that piece of hardware. he used a hacksaw to dismember his boss after beating him to death. >>> right now sources say they believe the pair of convicted murderers are still together. miguel marquez will have the latest on the investigation. let's tar with randi kaye. you just -- a source telling you she had a, quote, relationship with both fugitives. what does that mean? >> reporter: well we asked the source about that and we were told that it was a relationship. the source would not go into too many details except to say that it was unclear -- these are the source's words --

we could also tell you, lyle mitchell did visit joyce mitchell when she was in custody out here on tuesday. that visitation lasted for about an hour. there was no physical contact between the two of them. they were separated by a glass partition and spoke over the phone. joyce mitchell, as for her, she was being held here not too far from here and moved to another facility so the south near albany. that massive manhunt is very much under way. more than a thousand leads, but still no sign of these two men. christine, it seems the trail has gone somewhat cold. >> they could be anywhere. thank you for that, jason carroll. >>> tropical storm bill downgrade to do a tropical depression overnight. take ago toll on texas. the storm rolled in tuesday afternoon and high winds taking down trees and power lines and 4 to 8 inches of rain swamping the eastern half of the state. >> the roads are gone. the big rock piles, the dunes down the beach side, they are nonexistent. this water is just powering in and flooding. >> officials have called for voluntary evacuations in parts of houston where residents a

vicinity but throughout the nation and beyond. >> reporter: cnn has learned that joyce mitchell warned her husband, lyledanger. mitchell apparently became so worried she warned her husband lyle mitchell that sweat and matt were planning to kill him. >> as of today, we had no information whatsoever that he had prior knowledge of the escape or that he participated or actively assisted in the escape of the two inmates. >> official say joyce mitchell is watching the new coverage of the man did not hunt from her jail cell and more news of a bizarre love triangle that she allegedly had relationships with both. sweat was removed from the tailor shop when his inappropriate relationship with mitchell was discovered. later in that same year a sexual relationship took place inside the tailor shop between mitchell and matt. it's the only known place the two we are together according to a law enforcement source. all of this unknown to lyle mitchell who worked in the same tailor shop. investigators are also looking at other prison employees, and their possible role in the escape. one thing they are considering is whe

seems fascinating to hear firsthand the account of lyle mitchell. wife described the relationship with matt and sweat. >> there have been reports that your wife fell in love with one of these inmates, richard matt. >> she didn't know if i loved her anymore, she said. they give her a little attention. she said. and just -- it went too far. he tried to kiss her a couple times and she said, no. she said and that's where he started to threaten her a little bit on things. >> lenny, based on that information at least what lyle mitch sell putting out there, what kind of questions would you have for joyce mitchell about the relationship she had individually with these two guys? >> 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 an

. >>> now to that exclusive and frankly eye-opening interview with lyle mitchell who with his lawyer sat down with the "today" show's matt lauer to open up for the first time about his heartbreak over the allegations against his wife and his shock over learning of a plot to kill him. >> the instant you and your wife heard that richard matt and david sweat had escaped from clinton, what was her reaction and what was your reaction? >> i just couldn't believe it. her reaction she said "they really escaped?" and i left it at that. >> so at that point, lyle you had no reason to ask your wife do you know anything about this escape? >> no. no. no. and then the next morning she said the state police called. i said for what? they wanted to know something about a what are you talking about? she said i need to talk to the troopers. and an investigator come out and said mr. mitchell your wife has been more involved than she's letting on. what? and that's when she said that she brought apparently two hacksaw blades a philips and a chisel. oh my god. >> when did you finally ask her point blank, fa

lyle mitchell is the husband of joyce mitchell, the woman accused of helping two convicts escape. that lyle has a lot of questions now about the woman he thought he knew. >> this is a woman that's been his best friend for 21 years. he's still in love with her. i can tell you that but he's just in shock now. he doesn't want to help her right now, but he's also still feeling that emotion that you know he cares about her. >> reporter: lyle mitchell has not been charged with anything. prosecutors say there's no evidence that links him to the plan at this point, but investigators did collect several items from the mitchell's household including two paintings made by richard matt. they collected joyce mitchell's cell phone and a car the couple used to take to and from work at the clinton correctional facility. life here starting to return to normal in the aftermath of this escape. we're told that the lockdown has been lifted which means inmates will no longer be required to stay in their cells 24 hours a day. they can get back to their prison jobs and even to communal dining spaces, caro

now her husband's attorney is speaking out saying lyle mitchell had no knowledge of the escape plan. he only learned about it after the fact from his own wife who also told him it involved a possible plot to kill him. joyce mitchell is behind bars at the clinton county jail. lyle went to visit his wife earlier this week. his attorney said he has questions that needed answers. >> his questions are were you really part of this plot to have me hurt? were you really part of this escape plot? what was really going on with these two individuals and you? i mean, like i said, he was in love with her. he had no idea that she was having these conversations with other men. he's devastated. >> according to investigators, joyce mitchell and richard matt had a sexual relationship, something that lyle's attorney said he never suspected. as for the possibility of some kind of relationship between joyce mitchell and david sweat, well with, that had been previously investigated after there were reports of improper interactions. at the time lyle's attorney said that lyle confronted his wife joyce who de

lyle mitchell has told the media that love is blind. well, i guess for joyce mitchell love was blind dumb and stupid, and apparently she had an attack of conscious but too late for conspiracy charge in my opinion. >> our special coverage of the manhunt for the murderers continues. up next, "on the record" takes you to the woods. we will take you to the same terrain where police are tracking the killers. plus, you are about to hear from the lawyer of joyce mitchell's husband. yes, the husband the one who was the target of the murder plot. that's coming up. it's part adrenaline and part adventure. it's part geek and part chic. it's part relaxation and part exhilaration. it's part sports car and part suv. and the best part? the 2015 gla. it's 100% mercedes-benz. so you're a small business expert from at&t? yeah, give me a problem and i've got the solution. well, we have 30 years of customer records. our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. my drivers don't have time to fill out forms. tablets. keep them all digital. we're looki

lyle mitchell husband of joyce mitchell. she is the prison employee charged for her role in the escape plan. lyle mitchell works at the prison too. >> he is working at the facility in the maintenance department in the tailor shop area. >> reporter: the tailor block where his wife worked and both fugitives once worked. it's where they all got to know each other. what's still unclear is what lyle mitchell's role may have been in helping convicted killers richard matt and david sweat escape. >> we have information that's coming through, through interviews just through our investigation that he possibly could have been involved or at least had knowledge of what was happening. >> any idea what his role may have been? >> we have information on what part his role would be. and you know i hate to keep saying this to everyone but this is a -- an investigation that not only has helped us taking matt and sweat into custody. we are pursuing people involved. >> reporter: investigators believe joyce mitchell pro sided escapees ss with lig

during an interview with nbc news lyle mitchell revealed the moment his wife confessed to helping the murderers, even telling her husband they wanted him dead. >> he started to threaten her inside the facilities was going to do something to me to harm me or kill me or somebody outside the jail if she didn't stay with this. she would have never went through with it. that's what she told me. she really loved me and she was in too deep. >> lyle mitchell said he hasn't decided whether he will testify against his wife joyce saying how could she do this? how could she do this to our kids? massive manhunt has been under way for more than two weeks after the criminals sawed their way out of a maximum security prison in upstate new york. "the new york post" reports joyce mitchell smuggled their tools into the jail by hizingding them in chunks of frozen hamburger meat. traces of their dna was found in a remote cabin miles away from the cabin. the cabin belongs to a group of corrections officers and the funl tiff fugitives left behind boxer shorts boots, and bloody socks. rick leventhal is live

her husband's attorney is saying that lyle mitchell had had no knowledge of the escape plan. rned about it after the fact from his own wife who also told him it involved a possible plot to kill him. joyce mitchell is now behind bars. lyle went to visit his wife of 21 years earlier in week. his attorney says he had questions that needed answers. >> his questions are were you really part of this plot to have me hurt. were you really part of this escape plot. what was really going on with these two individuals and you. i mean like i said he was in love with her. he had had no idea she was having these conversations with other men. he's devastated. >> reporter: joyce mitchell and richard mat had a sexual relationship. as for the possibility of some kind of relationship between joyce and david sweat, well that had been previously investigated after there were reports of improper interactions. at the time lyle confronted his wife who denied the allegations. later david sweat approached lyle mitchell also denying those allegations. >> thank you for that. let's look at what's coming u

the attorney for lyle mitchell told nbc news lyle knew of his wife's relationship with an inmate andanswers. lyle mitchell cannot stand by his wife through this it's said. >>> after months of speculation pope francis released his call to action on climate change. the pope warning that the earth is becoming quote an immense pile of filth. he also says rich nations must reduce fossil fuel use to poor and developing nations. >>> the $10 bill is getting a makeover and for the first time in history a woman's face will appear on u.s. paper currency. in 2020 a woman will replace alexander hamilton on the $10. the woman has not been chosen but a vote was held as part of a grass roots campaign and herriot tub man was the favorite. >>> nbc news announced starting monday lester hospital will officially take over as the anchor of this broadcast. brian williams is staying with the nbc family and we'll be covering breaking news when his suspension ends in august. there is a lot of speculation about brian and tomorrow he'll address it all for the first time publicly in an interview with matt lauer

he's the attorney for lyle mitchell, the husband of joyce mitchell, charged with aiding in the escape. peter, thank you so much for being with us. very quickly, did your client, the husband of joyce mitchell, know about any of this? >> no, he didn't, your honor. >> how could he not know? didn't he work in the prison, too. >> he did. he was a floater in the prison. he was in a number of different areas. >> did he know that his wife was being investigated, peter, for inappropriate sexual activity, i believe it was, sweat, or matt, who knows. she admitted to both, apparently. but did he know his own wife wassing wiwas being investigated? >> there was an investigation a year and a half, two years ago, into an inappropriate relationship. it wasn't a sexual relationship, it was just, they thought they were too close at that point in time. and he was aware of that one. >> okay. and let me ask you this. the question everybody has, i mean, is he standing by his wife? >> he's not, in a manner of speaking. he's still very emotional about it. this was the love of his life. he was, you know, reall

>> lyle mitchell speaking out for the first time today with matt lauer. the white house is on the verge of a major change to u.s. hostage policies. it will have a very big impact on families who are waiting and hoping for the safety of their loved ones who are trapped in enemy hands far from home. nbc news has learned that the president will reveal tomorrow. our white house correspondent peter alexander's on the north lawn with details. peter, good evening. >> lester good evening to you. this policy shift comes in response to fierce criticism from those families who lost loved ones held captive by terrorist groups like isis and al qaeda. a senior administration official tells me that tomorrow president obama will announce that hostages' families can privately pay ransom money. basically, the government's going to look the other way and will not threaten to prosecute families that pay. the white house is also going to announce that it's creating what it's calling a hostage recovery fusion center. it will be based at the fbi. they'll also include a coordina

lyle mitchell said love is blind. for joyce mitchell love was blind, dumb and stupid and she had an attack of conscanse but prelimary for deal. >> and same terrain where police are tracking the killers and about to hear from the lawyer for the husband. the one who was the target of the murder plot that is coming up. plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. be a morning person again with aleve pm. so you're a small business expert from at&t? yeah, give me a problem and i've got the solution. well, we have 30 years of customer records. our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. my drivers don't have time to fill out forms. tablets. keep them all digital. we're looking to double our deliveries. our fleet apps will find the fastest route. oh, and your boysenberry apple scones smell about done. ahh, you're good. i like to bake. with at&t get up to $400 dollars in total savings on tools to manage your business. if you're running a business legalzoom has your back. over the last 10 years we've helped one

we will speak to a friend and neighbor of joyce and lyle mitchell. first, we begin our coverage with alexandra field in new york. the district attorney moments ago at that microphone announcing the charges of joyce mitchell. what more did he say about her? >> reporter: good evening. the district attorney saying authorities have been talking to joyce mitchell for days. she has been cooperating. she's under arrest tonight. they say the information that she provided in the interviews has been relevant and helpful to the search. 51-year-old joyce mitchell is now facing charges for helping two convicted killers escape from a maximum security prison in upstate new york. law enforcement officials tell cnn mitchell gave richard matt and david sweat blades drill bits and eyeglasses with lights attached. now investigators are zeroing in on whether anything else helped the prisoners escape. questioning mitchell's husband who may have known about the plan. he worked at the prison's tailor shop. >> we have information coming through through interviews through our

no one has posted her $100,000 bail and her husband, lyle mitchell, is getting set to be questioned byrs. his lawyer tells us he has not been charged and doesn't expect that he will be charged. >> his wife joyce mitchell is behind bars, accused of help two convicted murtd rers escape allegedly having affairs with both behind prison walls. his attorney says his client is shell shocked. mitchell visited his wife in jail. joyce's lawyer said this to reporters. >> he said he's standing by her so that's what he told me when i spoke to him. >> reporter: but lyle's attorney quickly fired back saying his client told him, quote, nothing could be further from the truth. he says lyle believes richard matt and david sweat may have killed him if joyce had followed through with their escape plan. jeff dumas worked as a prison officer for 20 years and thinks both joyce mitchell and a failing system are to blame for the historic prison break. >> it's more like a college campus than it is a prison. >> reporter: after a fight broke out in the yard on may 31 stt, the superintendent's request for a lockdo

>> reporter: we spoke with andrew wiley, the district attorney here and we spoke about lyle mitchell. he did confirm that joyce mitchell's husband is being looked at for his role in this escape plan. i asked him directly if he's involved and he said they are getting information through interviews and from other sources that he not only could have been involved but possibly also had knowledge of it as well. they have information about his role. they said -- he said that they have information about what part in this he may have played. and also brooke he works at the prison. not only does lyle mitchell work maintenance at the prison but he works maintenance here in the block where joyce mitchell works and where she apparently got to know very well both of these fugitives, david sweat and richard matt. david sweat was moved out of the block but richard matt has always worked in that block with joyce mitchell. >> and let me follow up with -- i think it's worth reminding our viewers that this woman, who is being questioned who apparently on her own volition is cooperating with investigator

lyle mitchell went to visit joyce mitchell behind bars. he had questions he wanted answered.is attorney said he left confused. he had no knowledge of the escape plan or his wife's part in it. he has no plans to testify on her behalf. chris? >> you have that drama in terms of the relationship. the question in concern is where are the two bad men? >>> in other headlines, a cigna signature piece of legislation is in the hands of the senate hanging by a thread. the house voted to grant him fast track authority to allow him a pacific trade deal. now he's seeing a tight thing in the senate. 14 democrats are with holding support until they were guaranteed a separate worker protection bill. the house has to debate that. stay tuned. s the e.p.a. and transportation department will unveil regulations to reduce emissions from big rigs and heavy duty truks. the rules kick in in the 2019 year. the auto maker will give their chance for input before new rules take effect. >>> tiger woods. you know sad, disappointing, laughable. those are the words you could use to describe his worst ever rou

. >> thank you very much. >> >>. >> out front now, i want to bring in a man who knew joyce and lyle mitchell. you know more than pretty much anyone else right now, the breaking news tonight, cnn learning joyce mitchell admitted to putting the frozen hacksaw blades into the meat and had a guard give it to richard matt. >> i won the have done it. >> does it shock you to hear that joyce mitchell would do that? is that the woman that you know? >> >>. >> no. i wouldn't say she would do that no. >> what we're getting is she's admitted to doing this and also to lobbying prison officials to put the two men's cells side by side. >> can't hardly hear 37. >> can you hear me now, james. >> better yes. >> she's admitted to trying to get the men's cells to be side by side. lobbying prison officials to do that. what do you think would happen to make her act this way? >> i do believe she was manipulate ed manipulated. when you get too close to inmates notice jail they ask you to do favors and it leads on from there. >> do you think there were others involved? joyce mitchell is saying she gave this meat with

but wyllie confirmed a threat against lyle. >> there was a plot to kill lyle mitchell between the twoes, and that joyce mitchell was aware of it. >> reporter: was aware it, does that mean she was part of it? >> i cannot get into the details. >> reporter: as searching moves to other areas police want the community here to remain vigilant. clinton county's sheriff: >> we should let the community know since we don't have concrete lead our means to success is keep everybody motivated and look the number of police on the ground has been reduced but place say that is because they no longer have a perim terto secure. >> pelley: anna werner outside the prison tonight. thank you. a 10-year-old boy was attacked by a shark today in daytona beach, florida. the boy was bit own his calf but was not seriously injured. last night, hunter treshull, a 16-year-old who lost his left arm to a shark in north carolina on second gave us all a lesson in gallantry. >> i can try to live my life the way i was and make an effort to do that, even though i don't have an arm or i can kind of just let this be complet

lyle mitchell's attorney tells nbc news his client is shell-shocked, seen for the first time in public on tuesday. mitchell visited his wife in jail. joyce's lawyer said this to reporters. >> he said he's standing by her. that's what he told me when i spoke to him. >> reporter: but lyle's attorney quickly fired back saying his client told him, quote, nothing could be furt irher from the truth. he said lyle believes richard matt and david sweat may have killed him if joyce had followed through with their escape plan. jeff dumas worked as a prison officer for 25 years, 22 in correctional. he thinks joyce mitchell and a failing system are to blame for the historic prison break. >> it's more like a college campus than it is a prison. >> reporter: after a fight broke out in the yard on may 31st, the superintendent's request for a lockdown was denied by the state corrections office according to loyal and current prison officers. >> when the search is done we check the bars we check the cell itself. those holes, if they existed at that time, they would have been found. >> reporter: one of the

. >> they did indeed have a plan to kill lyle mitchell. as you know he is the husband of joyce mitchell the prison steamstress now accused in helping these two men get away from that prison. what's unclear is why they intended to kill lyle mitchell when they intended to kill lyle mitchell and how much joyce mitchell actually knew about that plan. we know she was aware of it but the question is did she know all the details that there was a plan in place to kill her husband? the same source also telling me tonight, anderson that joyce mitchell was having a sexual relationship with richard. he killed and dismembered his neighbor. it's unclear, anderson tonight how long that sexual relationship was going on but all of this new information coming to us tonight as we are learning more about their stunning escape. >> reporter: they could practically taste freedom, but that didn't stop convicted killers david and richard from leaving a series of snarky post-it notes for authorities to see. >> the one that says have a nice day on it. i have heard th

. >> reporter: this is the man investigators are now looking at, lyle mitchell, the husband of joyce mitchell. she's the prison employee now charged for her role in the escape plan. lyle mitchell works at the prison, too. >> he's working at the facility. he was in the maintenance department in the tailor shop area. >> reporter: the very same tailor block where his wife worked and where both fugitives once worked. it's where they all got to know each other. what's still unclear is what lyle mitchell's role may have been in helping convicted killers richard matt and david sweat escape. >> we have information that's coming through, through interviews, just through our investigation, that he possibly could have been involved, or at least had knowledge of what was happening. >> reporter: any idea what his role might have been? >> we have information on what part of his role would be, and you know, i hate to keep saying this to everyone, but this is an investigation that not only is focusing on, obviously, taking matt and sweat back into custody, but we're pursuing other people that were in

what's unclear is why they intended to kill lyle mitchell when they intended to kill lyle mitchell and how much joyce mitchell actually knew about that plan. we know she was aware of it. but the question is did she know all the details, that there was a plan in place to kill her husband. the same source also telling me that joyce mitchell was having a sexual relationship not just a friendship but a sexual relationship with richard matt. he is the escapee who killed and dismembered his neighbor. it's unclear, anderson, tonight how long how long that sexual relationship was going on. but all this new information coming to us tonight as we are learning more about their stunning escape. they could practically taste freedom. but that didn't stop convicted killers david stwet and richard matt were leaving a series of snarky post-it notes along their escape route for authorities to see. >> the only sticky i've seen is the one that says have a nice day on it. i have heard through the investigation that other notes were there. but that's the only note that i've seen. >> reporter: once on the ou

lyle mitchell visiting with his wife earlier. that happened when i was at the jail house interview. the sheriff. first just minutes ago you see a video that we shot. jois mitchell being moved from the clinton county courthouse back to reasons ler county courthouse. the sheriff david favreau confirming that information for me in that video that we have and the sheriff tells us she was moved because she became too much of a distraction. remember clinton county sheriff deputies are a big part of this manhunt and the sheriff tells me that it's putting too much stress, a lot of reporters and folks coming to that courthouse to try to get information about joyce, and he is focused on catching those two escaped convicts. so that's what happened with that. you will also see a picture there of lyle mitchell coming to visit joyce this morning. it happened just around 9:00. he spent not the full hour that he was allotted but it was a pretty long visit. and he visited through the glass with the phone with his wife. and i asked sheriff favreau about the visit. he characterized it as a pretty avera

looking into an alleged plot that the two escapees had to actually kill joyce mitchell's husband lyle mitchell. that coming from a source who has been speaking to cnn. it is not clear what joyce mitchell may have known, carol, about that part of the plan. >> all right. and as far as the manhunt for these two killers, i mean the search seems to have gone cold alexandra. >> reporter: yeah. a lot more details emerging about the investigation than developments as far as the search. you can probably see a little bit behind me that we are still out on 374 where this road closure has been set up for days now. they are checking every car that comes in and out, but really carol, there's been no clear sign according to people close to the investigation that these fugitives are in the area since last week that's when bloodhounds appeared to hit on the scent. that's when a wrapper was found, when some tracks were found which investigators believed may have tied -- may have been tied to the suspects but right now they're saying that they haven't seen anything recently that gives them any confidence per se

. >> lyle mitchell claims he had no idea of the plot until the day after richard matt and david sweat escaped from the clinton correctional facility. in an interview with nbc, joyce mitchell's overwhelmed husband said there was another piece of news he got that day, at least one of these two killers had planned to kill him. >> she told me matt wanted her to pick him up. i would never leave without lyle. never. and he said well i'll give you some pills to give him, to knock him out, and then you come pikus up. she said i am not doing that i love my husband, i am not hurting him. >> she may have loved her husband, but lyle said three times during the interview, he wasn't sure he loved her. she had a sexual relationship with one or both of the escaped inmates. lyle mitchell said absolutely not. >> he gave her a little attention, and it went too far. he tried to kiss her a couple times, she said no. and she said that's when he started threatening her. >> joyce mitchell's lawyer could not be reached for a response to her husband's remarks. joyce mitchells pleaded not guilty to charges of a

his name is lyle mitchell.is also an industrial training supervisor, according to public record. so we will continue to follow these new developments in that story. >>> also developing now, former house speaker denny hastert left his home in the suburb of plano, illinois as he prepares his arraignment of criminal charges. he is expected to be in court in chicago 3:00 p.m. eastern time. it is his first public appearance since he was indicted nearly two weeks ago on federal evading charges and lying about it. hastert was paying a man to keep silent about sexual misconduct while hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach decades ago in illinois. we learned late yesterday that hastert hired his attorney who has defended the iran contra. we got a glimpse of denny hastert leaving his home for the first time. it is desperate seeing radio silence coming from his team even though he's hired a very successful attorney. >> i would think in this case -- everything about this case tamron, has been strange and even a little b

>> harry, why is it important to know when lyle mitchell learned of the plot to kill him? why is that important? >> basically because, you know, if her husband knew about the plot before the escape, why didn't the husband tell authorities? that's why it's very important. did you washe wait until before after the escape to say something? if he shows before the escape, she's involved by not saying anything. did he feel bad for his wife? did he not want to say anything because he knew she might go to jail? that's something that's important. we need to find that out. >> what about the possibility, harry, he's just in fear of his life and didn't know what to do? >> if he's in fear for his life when the prisoners are in jail, that doesn't make sense. if he finds out after, he'd be in fear of his life. still, why wouldn't you go to the authorities? they might have just said this to maybe scare her, or maybe she was part of the plan herself. she was going to run away with the two guys. there's no doubt that these guys had a plan b. they would have been found out within three days

lyle mitchell has cooperated with authorities and has not been accused of any crime. i want to talk to you about lyle mitchell's interview as well as the break in the case. are you surprised these convicts are still so close to that prison? >> not at all. we've been saying since the beginning whatever their plan was of having someone pick them up fell apart, we don't think they had a plan b. fugitives are not the smartest people in the world. that's how they get to be fugitives in the first place. it sounds like they've just been walking west since day one. they did apparently slip through that first perimeter that the police set up. now we have a perimeter set up again. hopefully they won't slip out again a second time. >> given their background, what we know about the crimes they committed, one, of course dismembering his employer an awful crime when you read the details of it. your experience you followed and covered some of the worst of the worst who have eventually been brought to justice. looking at their background are these the kind of guys who will try to sho

lyle and joyce mitchell. yes, we have. >> you had no reason to ask your wife do you know anything about this escape? >> no, no. next morning she said state police called. they wanted to know about a package. i said what are you talking about? she said i need to talk to the troopers. the investigator said mr. mitchell your wife is more involved than she's letting on. what? he said she brought two hacksaw blades a philips head and a which he isle chisel. oh, my god. >> when did you ask her? >> that night on the way hope. >> you said did you help them escape? >>she said i was over my head and scared. she said i have something else to tell you. >> i said, what's that. she said their plan was they want to kill you. they wanted her to pick them up. >> she admitted to you at that moment that once the two escaped from clinton and made their way to the manhole that she was supposed to be the one to pick them up and drive them away. >> she told me matt wanted her to pick them up. she said i never leave nowheres without