marci gonzalez starts us off. marci: he was brought back here to south carolina last night. he is charged with nine counts of murder. a source tells abc news he is talking to police. he is confessing to killing nine people in this historic black church wednesday night. these pictures were posted by one of the victims. this shows him during the hour he spent with the group. >> when they were getting ready to dismiss he started shooting. he is an extreme racist. he plotted this attack for six months. marci: was arrested yesterday. she recognized him from surveillance images released by police. >> i didn't want to believe that he would be here and then i saw his head and the haircut. marci: the community is now rallying around the families. among the victims was a reverend whose son inspired mourners. >> love is stronger than hate. the hate won't be close to what love is. marci: there is huge crowd. in south carolina, marci gonzalez. jummy: the 9 people killed in the attack are being honored in the district. a vigil at the ame church just got underway a few minutes ago. jeanett

marcy gonzalez, abc news charleston, south carolina. >>> a form white house chef and iron chef is missingtains of new mexico. the 61-year-old was born in oakland. he served for 11 years as the executive chef in the white house under presidents bill inton and george w. bush. he wasast seen setting out for a hike. they found his vehicle at a trail head and rough terrain is hampering the search. >>> spencer christian in tonight and we se it over to him for a jacke and the forecast. >>> here is a look at live dopple 7hd. we don't have much fog athe coast at the moment but a quick look back at some of the highs. it is warm to hot in so of the inland areas where the high temperatures reached to the low to mid-nineties. 70s around the bay and a high of 65 in san francisco. 55 in san francisco and 55 across the bay. mo locations with the ks exceptions of those in the 50s at the moment. these are our forecast features fog is developing and redeveloping late tonight. wide range tomorrow and it will turn cooler sunday. summer begins, go fige. 5 continuing on shore flow of cool marine air and thilg a

marcy gonzalez, abc news charleston, south carolina. >>> a former white house chef and iron chef is missings of new mexico. the 61-year-old was born in oakland. he served for 11 years as the executive chef in the white house under presidents bill clinton and george w. bush. he was last seen setting out for a hike. they found his vehicle at a trail head and rough terrain is hampering the search. >>> spencer christian in tonight and we send it over to him for a jacket and the forecast. >>> here is a look at live doppler 7hd. we don't have much fog at the coast at the moment but a quick look back at some of the highs. it is warm to hot in some of the inland areas where the high temperatures reached to the low to mid-nineties. 70s around the bay and a high of 65 in san francisco. 55 in san francisco and 55 across the bay. most locations with the ks exceptions of those in the 50s at the moment. these are our forecast features fog is developing and redeveloping late tonight. wide range tomorrow and it will turn cooler on sunday. summer begins, go figure. 5 continuing on shore flow of cool marine

marcy gonzalez, abc news charleston, south carolina. >>> a former white house chef and iron chef is missingmountains of new mexico. the 61-year-old was born in oakland. he served for 11 years as the executive chef in the white house under presidents bill clinton and george w. bush. he was last seen setting out for a hike. they found his vehicle at a trail head and rough terrain is hampering the search. >>> spencer christian in tonight and we send it over to him for a jacket and the forecast. >>> here is a look at live doppler 7hd. we don't have much fog at the coast at the moment but a quick look back at some of the highs. it is warm to hot in some of the inland areas where the high temperatures reached to the low to mid-nineties. 70s around the bay and a high of 65 in san francisco. 55 in san francisco and 55 across the bay. most locations with the ks exceptions of those in the 50s at the moment. these are our forecast features fog is developing and redeveloping late tonight. wide range tomorrow and it will turn cooler on sunday. summer begins, go figure. 5 continuing on shore flow of cool

we want to get the marci gonzalez, with the latest from charleston. marcy: such sadness and disbelief, the road leading to the church is still blocked people have been coming by all morning, leaving behind flowers. prayers brought the victims last night. prayers. more today. nine victims shot to death in what investigators called hate crime. >> this has no place in a civilized society. marci: an arrest after the police searched for this man outside the church, identified as 21-year-old dylann roof, who got away in this black hyundai. investigators say that he sat for an hour with prisoners before starting his gruesome rampage last night. >> this is an extremely dangerous individual. marci: three people survived, including 15-year-old girl who said that she is only alive because she played dead. among the six women and three men killed, included the church pastor. >> the senator was the moral conscious of the general assembly. marci: the grief over this horrific attack, still setting in. >> police have not released the names of the other victims saying

abc's marci gonzalez is in the search area. >> reporter: these dense woods and blocked off roads just three miles from the prison. >> show me your license and i.d. >> reporter: the center of the manhunt for these two escaped prisoners, sources saying bloodhounds picked up their scent and police have been searching on foot and by air ever since. finding a spot where they believe david sweat and richard matt may have camped out though new york's governor warns the killers could be anywhere. >> look they could either be four miles from the prison or they could be in mexico. right? you just don't know. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo going on to a police are talking to several people who may have facilitated the escape. among those, joyce tillie mitchell. sources telling abc news investigators are looking into whether she was supposed to pick them up in a getaway car after their escape saturday. but instead checked herself into a hospital for a panic attack. sources say within the past year prison officials investigated whether mitchell who supervises the prison's tailor shop had a rel

and brandi. >> all right, marci gonzalez for us, thank you so much. >>> turn now to cleveland. a judge there says two cleveland cops should be charged in the death of 12-year-old tamir rice. he was shot and killed within two seconds of the officers' arrival at this park last november. rice was holding a nonlethal pellet gun at the time. the judge's ruling is only a recommendation, though. any charges against police must come from a grand jury. rice's family calling this ruling, though, historic. >>> breaking overnight the fbi has arrested a second man in connection with that plot to kill boston police officers. nicholas rovinski is expected to appear in federal court later today in boston. it's believed that usaama rahim may have shared details with rovinski about his plot. rahim was killed by police when he refused to drop a knife. >>> a northern virginia teenager is admitting he used twitter to support isis. 17-year-old ali shukri amin pleaded guilty to providing support to the islamic militants. in just a year his twitter account had more than 4,000 followers. amin's lawyer

marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. jummy: more troubles to tell you about for amtrak this afternoon. >> struck her vehicle at the metro. they come around the gates. jummy: this crash was caught on camera. a passenger train with more than 170 people on board hitting that car and splitting it in half. this happens all the head of the amtrak was on capitol hill defending his company's safety record after the deadly philadelphia derailment. rescue crews are ramping up efforts to recover more than 420 people believed to be trapped in an overturned river cruise ship in china. today more than 180 people working the scene. only 14 people are known to have survived. 26 bodies have been recovered but nearly everyone else still missing on board. a new fallout to tell you about from the fifa corruption scandal. interpol as six men tied to that investigation on its most wanted list. that means they risk arrest for racketeering and corruption charges anywhere they travel. this decision comes a day after separate letter -- sepp blatt

abc's marci gonzalez has more. marci: after combing through dense woods -- >> with your partner two-man team. marci: -- and going door to door. >> there are cops everywhere. marci: following up a tip that the two fugitives may have been spotted yesterday in a small town 35 miles from the prison. >> they were trying to get an idea of where they were. marci: investigators found nothing. now moving their search back toward dannemora new york, where david sweat and richard matt escaped from the clinton correctional facility this weekend. police and federal agent reaching out to the convicted killers' friends and family. >> they broke out of prison. they were on their way. we're waiting like everyone else, i guess. marci: today, attention still focused on this woman, joyce mitchell. the prison employee who supervised the inmates' work assignments questioned by investigators. her son confirming to nbc that the day the convicts were reported missing, she checked herself in to the hospital. she said she did not have a relat

abc's marci gonzalez has the latest developments. marci: officers rushing here 40 miles southeast of the prison where two inmates made an elaborate escape following up on the tip that the fugitives might be here. officers searching through dense woods around willsborough, new york, looker any sign of richard matt and david sweat after someone called police saying someone spotted two men walking along the road in torrential rain around 2:00. not clear if it were the inmates but the caller said the men seemed suspicious and ran off when they were approached. four days in the manhunt, investigators worry the two convicted killers could become more dangerous. >> they obviously have to eat. they have to sleep. they have to be on the go like the rest of us. their level of desperateness will increase as each day goes on. if someone is not taking care of them. marci: inside the clinton correctional facility investigators are trying to figure out if they had help and if the duo's special privileges played a role. they were housed on a floor fo

as marci gonzalez tells us the investigation is focused on there the inmates had incite help. marci: stopping every vehicle. searching every building. hundreds of officers racing to track down two convicted killers who escaped from this maximum security prison in upstate new york. >> they could be anywhere. marci: 34-year-old david sweat and 48-year-old richard matt were last seen in the neighboring cells at the correctional facility at 10:30 friday night. by 5:30 the next morning they were gone leaving behind this taunting note. police say the pair used power tools to drill through steel walls and pipe. sawing through tunnels and surfacing on the street a block from the prison. investigators believe they may have had help from the inside. official breach on the investigation telling abc news an trial -- industrial training supervisor is removed from her post and is under going investigation. she is key to the story. >> this story has multiple layers we don't know about yet. marci: the suspects are considered incredibly dangerous. matt locked up for 25 years to life for kidnapp

kellye: marci gonzalez is in albany with the latest. marci: one day after the capture, david sweat is recovering in the hospital and talking with investigators revealing after breaking out of the prison more than three weeks ago he and fellow fuge fuge -- fugitive richard matt planned head to mexico. and they admitted when mitchell didn't show up with the get-away car they decided to walk to canada and there a mile and a half from the border is where sweat was caught yesterday afternoon. >> he was just apt at the tree line. if he got to the tree line he could have gotten over. >> but before he got there, the officer shot the convicted cop killer twice as he took off running. >> i heard gunshots. in another 30 seconds they were flooded with police cars. marci: this happened two days after matt was shot and killed by the officers. they split up last week because matt was slowing him down. >> this is a camper where matt was hiding. marci: his condition has been upgraded to serious but he will have to stay in the home for a few more days bef

marci gonzalez has the latest as we learn more. marci: this scene in berkeley, california does not begin to capture the horror of what happened early this morning will stop -- this morning. it was 12:40 a.m., and people were gathered in a fourth floor apartment for a 21st birthday party, some standing on the balcony when it suddenly exclusively collapsed. >> it looks like it may have collapsed fourth floor and instruct the third floor balcony just below it. but we don't know specifically how it happened. marci: at least five killed and eight others rushed away in ambulance, some with life-threatening injuries. >> it is hard to say how many people were on the balcony or there was anybody below that got injured. marci: all of the victims were irish citizens and some new each other. officials in ireland now with a heartbreaking task of reaching out to their families as investigators about a block from the uc berkeley campus try to figure out how this happened. we still don't know how many were killed and injured that were student. we a

marci gonzalez, abc7 news. leon: closer to home tonight police hope you can help them catch a killer in prince george's county. they tell us 28-year-old theodore van leaks iii stabbedded by the mall. he was rushed to the hospital but died not long after that. he apparently got in an argument outside his home. and that is believed to have led to the stabbing. if you know anything about what happened, police want to talk to you. alison: a vigil will be held for the reporter murdered in southeast washington last week. mill top was on her way home from ward six wednesday when she was shot. at 7:30 tonight, people will gather outside the washington senior wellness center in southeast. they will form circles around copies of "the hill rag" and "east of the river" newspaper to remember her work. leon: a billionaire has given harvard a $400 million donation. the largest gift in the school's history. that is saying something for harvard. harvard says the prominent wall street invesor john paulson made the endown't in su

marci gonzalez, abc news, charleston, south carolina. >>> two of the irish students squured injured inpse are expected to make a full recovery. their conditions have been upgrade. six students died when the balcony collapsed. a small group of berkeley residents camped out at city hall demands a halt to new construction and they also want any permits for the company who built the apartment complex to be pulled. >> we'd like the city to have moratorium on building until they have had a chance to inspect all the buildings that were built recently and make sure that they are safe. >> family and friends with pay their final respects tomorrow to ashley donahoe and olivia burke. the two cousins are among the six young people killed in that balcony collapse. a funeral service will be held tomorrow at st. joseph's catholic church. >>> not everyone knew the answer antioch water park was shut down today. health officials are con dusting test conducting tests after children had breathing problems yesterday. county environmental health officials believe the problems were caused by a chlorine releas

marci gonzalez is where the search stands. marci: seven days of intense searching. >> show me your license and i.d. marci: still, the two escaped inmates are on the run. >> i'm scared. marci: investigators say blood hounds picked up their scent at the mobil gas station and sandwich shop. they are now going the video to look at the possibility that richard matt and david sweat rummaged through the trash for food. investigators are trying to figure out if prison employee joyce mitchell was supposed to pick them up in a get-away car on saturday and had a change of heart, instead checking herself in a hospital for a panic attack. >> the presumption would be no joyce, no car. so at that point, they were sort of lost. marci: the district attorney who was previously investigated for a relationship with the fugitive did not give the men the power tools they used to cut their way to freedom but she did bring some contraband in the prison. >> i'm not going to get into what it with was. we are learning more and more information from her a

abc's marci gonzalez is live in charleston tonight with more. ing. >> reporter: good evening, sharrie. tomorrow people wanted to be a part of this that the funeral won fit inside of this church instead the more than four hour long service was held in an arena just around the corner. as people started lining up at 4 o'clock this morning just to pay their respects. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: between impassioned songs and moving signs, testaments to how pastor clementa pinkney's death so reflected his loving life. >> senator pinkney's last act was to open his doors to someone who he did not know, who he did not understand and who did not look like him. let us not close the doors to senator pinkney -- that senator pinkney gave his life for to us open. >> reporter: a message of forgiving unity in light of a hateful, race fueled massacre. pinkney one of nine people shot to death last week in the church he so proudly led praised today by mourners who stood in line for hours in blistering heat. >> he was a good manly he was loved by everyone. >> reporter: just t

marci gonzalez, abc7 news. jonathan: we have been breaking news now coming in the newsroom. we have details of another shark attack. the latest coming up for you. kimberly: new information in a crash that killed two teenagers in montgomery county. what police believe the teens were doing before getting into that car. jonathan: plus an update on a d.c. teacher charged with sexually abusing children. details on the plea entered in court. >> two sharks spotted near ocean city. one beached and died. the other believed to be in this water behind me. i'm stephen tschida. in a mom why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or call. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v jonathan: update on the d.c. teacher accus

. >>> the grueling all-out manhunt for the escaped convict in upstate new york is over,abc's marcy gonzalez reported this. >> reporter: david sweat was taken into custody on the run for three weeks finally captured a mile and a half from the canadian border. the dramatic take down when sergeant jay cook was alone on a routine patrol spots sweat on a roadway, sweat takes off running, he shoots hitting sweat twice in the torso. >> i heard a couple of gunshots and within another 30 seconds the place was flooded with police cars. >> reporter: police believe sweat was with fellow escapee richard matt until recently. both men captured in the photo taken by a trail camera on wednesday. matt was shot and killed by a border patrol team on friday. investigators retracing the men's sweat finding sweat's dna on pepper shakers at the camp revealing how they may have avoided capture for so long. >> we believe they were using pepper to throw the scent off the dogs who were tracking them. >> reporter: still, so much more for sweat to explain about their escape and weeks on the run once investigators questi

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez how the man is believed to be linked to another suspected terrorist in boston yesterday. >> reporter: david wright wanted to take up the isis call to kill members of law enforcement faced a judge in boston. police believe he conspired with the terror suspect killed by officers udz of the cvs in boston yesterday. >> shots fired. unit, shots fired. >> usaama rahim was on a round the clock surveillance. officers wanted to question him after he reportedly talked about wanting to stab or behead officers. when task force members approached him in this parking lot around 7:15 yesterday morning boston police said he came at them with this military-style knife. the officers reportedly backed up ordering rahim to drop the weapon. police say when he refused and got dangerously close he was shot three times. today surveillance video of the deadly confrontation was shown to community and religious leaders in boston. >> that dispels some of the rumors and some of the tensions that might build. >> reporter: those who watched it including this imam who knew rahim sai

marcy gonzalez, abc seven news. jummy: a retired air force major under arrest this noon. 54-year-old paul pinkston is facing charges of armed robbery and kidnapping with a deadly weapon. he allegedly pulled a gun on a woman, bound her hair -- for him to eat, called the husband and rubbed her. one hour later he allegedly attacked a second agent. he was found after police released a surveillance video and the pewter generated sketch. you have probably seen the video of the fright that -- the fight the broke out on friday at a pool party in texas. an officer is seen pushing a 14 euro girl to the ground and pointing his gun at other teenagers. the person who filmed the incident is speaking out. >> everyone was running away and out of troll. -- out of control. the cops showed up and said -- you need more cops, you need more of them. most of the kids were not involved, it was a fight between a mom and a girl. jummy: the officer at the center of the scandal has been identified. he is on administrative leave. marches were h

marci gonzalez is there on scene for us. marci, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you both. he was rushed here to a secure part of this hospital that's a few hours away from where he was capture yesterday by a police sergeant who is now being called a hero. this morning, the manhunt is over. david sweat, pictured here moments after he was shot and taken into custody, on the run for more than three weeks. the escaped killer timely captured yesterday. just a mile and a half from the canadian border. >> the nightmare is finally over. >> reporter: the dramatic takedown happening as sergeant jay cook, alone and on a troll in constable, new york, spots sweat on a road way. sweat takes off running. cook goes amp him. he shoots hitting sweat twice in the torso. >> she said i heard a couple of gunshots. within 30 seconds, the place was flooded with police cars. >> reporter: police believe sweat was with rach ard matt until wednesday. matt was shot and killed on friday. >> they've done an excellent job. >> reporter: inves

abc's marci gonzalez joins us live in albany new york.latest today. >> reporter: that's right brian. of course investigators have a lot of questions for david sweat and we're now learning that he is already answering at least some of them. one day after his bloody capture david sweat is recovering in this hospital and talking with investigators. revealing that after breaking out of this northern new york prison more than three weeks ago he and fellow fugitive richard matt planned to head to mexico. governor andrew cuomo saying sweat admitted when prison worker joyce mitchell didn't show up with the getaway car the men instead decided to walk towards canada and there just a mile and a half from the border is where sweat was caught yesterday afternoon. >> he was just about at the tree line. if he would have gotten that tree line they probably wouldn't have got him. >> reporter: before he could get there sergeant jay cook spotted sweat and shot the convicted cop killer twice as he took off running. >> i heard a couple gun shots. within anoth

marci gonzalez has more as we wait to see if tsarnaev himself will break his silence. >> the jury sentence made official today by a judge in federal court. boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev will die for the lies he shattered and stole. >> he will pay for his life with his crimes. >> in today's sentencing hearing, more than two dozen survivors and victims family members face the convicted terrorist. the mother of krystle campbell, one of those killed in the bombings, the first to speak calling his choices despicable. the sister of sean collier, shot to death by the brothers, calling the killer a coward and liar, a lead to spit on the american dream. and the father of the youngest victim, martin richard saying tsarnaev chose hate and destruction. this is all on him. we choose love. many others advocated for life in prison, but each heart wrenching testimony was a reminder of why the jurors agreed that death was the only appropriate punishment. >> i want justice for my family. i felt the ultimate justice was the death penalty. >> although one victim's friend urged tsarnaev to share his

marci gonzalez abc7 news. jonathan: in "7 on your side" health matters, there is a new baby boom right now. the number of babies born in the u.s. is on the rise for the first time in seven years. could this have something to do with a really cold winter? ponder that. preliminary figures show there were 53000 more babies born in 2014 than the year before. most to women in their 30's. teen births hit another historic low even though the experts expected that statistic to level off. kimberly: a mother in indianapolis is part of that trend, but she has a pretty unique delivery story. jonathan: this woman is extraordinarily tough. she actually delivered her own baby. firefighters say she was on her way to the hospital tuesday morning when she realized not going to make it. so she pulled over called 911. 30 seconds before the first responders got there she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. >> she was amazing. sweetheart. she did an amazing job. she was nervous. keeping her calm. an amazing job. >> the other part of

marcy gonzalez has the details. >> reporter: dylan roof appearing on video before a judge charged with nine counts of murder one for each of the lives police say he took during the bible study he joined wednesday at this historic black church in charleston. >> we welcomed you wednesday night at our bible study with open arms. you have killed the most virtuous people i know, every fiber in my body hurts and i will never be the same. >> reporter: one of the survivors said you killed me son. >> i forgive you and i forgive you. >> reporter: forgiveness for a man who friends say was a racist plotting this attack for 6 months. instead of starting a race war as friends claim was his goal this community is united hand-in-hand. >> marcy gone -- gonzalez, abc news charleston. >>> clementa pinkney was supposed to come here to his aunt's church. she said she never imagined he would lose his life in such a way. she said there will be no room for hate. >> we can't give up, we still love, we want to be loved we don't want to hate nobody. >> enon baptist will pay tribute to others during services this

. >> and i'm marci gonzalez. reena is off and t.j. is on a pretty sweet assignment. >> very sweet assignment and the story that everyone's going to be talking about the next few days, until the next day. >> yeah, absolutely. but we do want to begin with the ongoing manhunt for two escaped killers in new york. >> while there are still no signs of the two men who broke out of a maximum security prison more than a week ago, officials are closer to understanding how they got out. >> meanwhile, a prison worker is in court today on charges she aided the escape. more now from abc's phillip mena. >> reporter: this was not the plan. joyce mitchell, a new york prison employee, in handcuffs in police custody. >> i don't understand how she could help two murderers escape. >> reporter: but now we're learning what the 51-year-old told detectives during the days before her arrest about the plan to break out richard matt and david sweat and why she did not live up to her role in the final escape. >> there's a line, and when the line is stepped over,

marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: rick, there are no signs of these guys, there were road blocks set up around the area. we were stopped three times on our way to the prison. it is unclear if they were on foot or by car at this point they could anywhere. an intense manhunt for a pair of convicted killers who escaped this maximum security prison in upstate new york. >> be on the look out for two escapees from clinton county correctional facilities. >> reporter: investigators are looking whether 34 david sweat and 44-year-old richard matt had help. a woman who works at the prison was removed from her post and being questioned. they are interviewing hundreds of contractors working at the facility. >> it's almost impossible to think this was done without help. >> reporter: the conviction were seen in their cells the night before and the next day they were gone. they used power tools to drill through a wall and worked down four stories and shimmying through pipes and sawing into a manhole escaping on to the street about a block from the prison. federal investigates joining the search

i'm marci gonzalez spp is. >> i'm alex perez. >>> we begin with the sea side town left day fied after two swimmers were attacked by sharks. >> the two young people losing limes jus miles and minutes apart from each other. fear on the beaches of north carolina. >> i have everything in seen anything like that. it was like a movie. >> two separate shark attacks along the same stretch of beach. the first victim a teenage girl losing an arm. people on the beach try to help using makeshift tourniquets while waiting for an ambulance. 90 minutes later and two miles away. a second attack. a large shark latching on to a 16-year-old boy, also losing his arm. >> blood in the water. coming over with the whitewash. >> people rushing to his aid after making it back to shore. >> he was screaming, is this real? is this a movie? just kept on screaming. we laid him on the sand and got him calmed down. >> experts say it's likely these are big tiger or bull sharks. the two attacks come after a shark bit another swimmer just last week 30 miles away. one expert says three attacks in the same area in such a

marci gonzalez is there. >> stopped in his tracks by two gunshot wounds but doctors say escaped inmateondition is improving. and from his hospital bed, he is talking with investigators. reportedly confessing he and fellow fugitive richard matt planned to run away with former prison worker joyce mitchell. >> they will kill mitchell's husband and get in the car and drive to mexico on the theory that mitchell was in love with one or both of this em. >> claiming that when mitchell didn't show up they instead headed out on foot for canada. sweat captured sunday afternoon just a mile and a half from the border. spotted walking along a rural road by sergeant jay cook who shot the convicted cop killer after he started running an. >> he was just about at the tree line. he would have got in that ee line they probably uldn't have got him. happening just 4 hours aftermath was shot and killed by officers. >> this is the camper where matt was hiding. >> sweat claiming the two decided to separate just days earlier. >> sweat felt that matt was slowing him down as a matter of fact. >> did you help rich

with more here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: roadblocks reopened. scaled back. police saying after meticulously scouring this 16-square-mile area there is no sign of the two convicted killers who escaped from the clinton correctional facility in northern new york. now, the hunt branching out farther from the prison. >> there is no hard evidence they are outside the area. that being said i cannot rule that out. >> personnel are being redeployed in other areas. >> reporter: police releasing these photos of what david sweat and richard matt may look like now after 12 days on the run. and sll trying to figure out if they had a backup plan someone to pick them up in a getaway car, when prison worker joyce mitchell didn't show. >> i think joyce mitchell has been a pawn throughout this. they manipulated her. the idea that she would have caved in at the 11th hour they may well have thought about. >> reporter: mitchell admitted she had sex with richard matt in the prison tailor shop where she was a supervisor. she is behind bars charged with smuggling the me

abc's marci gonzalez near the prison for us. >> reporter: again, officers lined up going door to doorkillers who escaped from the prison while in neighboring vermont where investigators believe david sweat and richard matt may have headed police are going into neighborhood and campgrounds handing out the fliers. >> they are killers. they are murderers. there is no reason to believe they wouldn't do it again. they're going to be more desperate than ever. >> the mother of one of the fuj tich -- fugitives begging him to turn himself in. i love you. get back where you belong before you get hurt. back in prison. give up. >> reporter: in prison investigators are trying to figure out how the men were able to make their elaborate escape this weekend. sources saying they're still questioning this woman, joyce mitchell, who oversaw the inmates work in the taylor shop at clinton correctional facility. trying to figure out if she helped them get the power tools they used to cut and drill their way to freedom. >> she was befriended or befriended the inmates and may have had some sort of role in as

. >> and i'm marci gonzalez. reena is off and t.j.y sweet assignment and the story everybody's going to be talking about the next few days until next game. >> but we want to quinn with the ongoing man munt tore two es kapds killers in north america. >> still no sign of the men who broke oust a maximum security prison a week ago. >> reporter: meanwhile a prison worker is in court today on charges she a the escape. more now from abc's phillip mena. >> reporter: this was not the plan plan. joyce mitchell a new york prison employee in handcuffs in police custody. >> i don't understand how she could help two murderers escape. >> reporter: but now we're learning what the 51-year-old told detectives during the days before her arrest about the plan to break out richard matt and david sweat and why she did not live up to her role in the final escape. >> there's a line, and when the line is stepped over then action has to be taken. >> reporter: allegedly started months ago with mitchell bringing things to sweat and matt. in december it was eyeg

abc's marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: possible insight into the mind of an accused mass murderer. authorities are working to confirm the legitimacy of the site in which his racism was sparked by the trayvon martin case, it concludes saying charleston was chosen for its history. outside the church where police say the 21-year-old shot and killed 9 people wednesday night. prayers along the flower-lined walls. >> it makes you want to cry. >> reporter: with roof behind bars charged with nine counts of murder, the very doors he walked through to carry out his deadly rampage will reopen, loveingly and symbolically for sunday services. >> if that man thought he was going to divide this country with racial hatred he failed. >> reporter: the family released a same time offering condolences saying our that regrets cannot compress our shock and disbelief of the shooting. >> we have more at 6abc.com for information on the shooter the victims at any time. >>> a prayer vigil was held in trenton yesterday with pictures of each of the nine victims. congregation of the ame church prayed for the v

marci gonzalez is there for us. >> stay with your partner. >> reporter: more than 400 officers lining rural neighborhoods. >> move it. >> reporter: working their way through dense woods. following up on a tip that the two inmates who escaped from a prison 35 miles away could be here. a resident in the small town of willsboro calling police because at 2:00 in the morning, in the midst of torrential rain he or she started two suspicious men, approached them and they ran off. worried it could have been david sweat and richard matt search teams moved in. and authorities worry these two convicted killers could be getting even more dangerous. >> they obviously have to eat. they have to sleep. they have to you know go on like the rest of us. their level of desperateness will increase as each day goes on. >> reporter: back at the clinton correctional facility investigationers are looking into how the inmates got the power tools used to cut out of the prison. police still questioning this prison employee are looking into whether special privilegefvileges for good behavior including work assign

as marci gonzalez reports, investigators are pouring through this past while trying to make sense of what is being called a hate crime. reporter: they came here sibley to worship the police say he was here solely to kill. >> apparently we have some a running run arm downtown. reporter: police arresting dylann roof who set for an hour during bible study before suddenly opening fire, killing nine people. president obama: there is something particularly heartbreaking about death happening at a place in which we seek solace. leon:reporter: police said it tip led them to come driving two hours away north carolina. one of the survivors claims he let her he could tell others what he did. >> we woke up today and the hard and soul of south carolina was broken. reporter: the governor moved to tears today remembering the six women and three men killed. including state senator clementa pinckney. >> the lord teaches us to love all. reporter: the pastor of his grieving congregation. police about open this road in front of the church. there is a big pile of flowers left you throughout the day. marc

marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: mitchell who supervised tailor shop smuggled in some kind of contraband to help matt and sweat break out of the prison. last year mitchell was cleared into the vaccine is to whether she was having a relationship with one of the fugitives. authorities are looking into whether the 51-year-old was supposed to pick the men up in the getaway car but never showed and possibly leaving them on foot and hiding out. >> you have to assume they are cold, wet tired and hungry. that makes them more desperate. >> reporter: officers on atvs combing the woods. blackhawk helicopters scanning from above and people being warned to lock their doors. >> rat night when i go to bed i'm scared i have a loaded shotgun next to the bed. >> reporter: you can see police out here for another night. meanwhile, investigators are talking to other prison workers who may have helped the fudge -- fugitives. >> a drunk driver hit nearly ten parked cars in somerton section of philadelphia. the cars were left a mangled mess it happened at 10:15. investigators say a man lost control of the dodge

marcy gonzalez has more. >> reporter: joyce kelly mitchell facing a judge charged with helping these two inmates escape. investigators saying mitchell, who supervised the tailor shop at the clinton correctional facility in northern new york smuggled in some contrabrand playing a role to help them break out of this maximum security prison. >> this is one large piece of our puzzle. >> reporter: last year mitchell was cleared after an investigation whether she was having a relationship with one of the fugitives. and whether she was supposed to pick the men up in a get away car and never showed, possibly leaving the convicted killers still on foot, still hiding out in this area. >> got to assume they are cold, wet, tired and hungry. that makes them more dangerous and desperate. >> reporter: the search intensifying. officers on atvs combing the woods near the prison. black hawk helicopters scanning above. people living nearby warned to lock their doors. >> i'm scared. i have a loaded shotgun next to my bed. >> reporter: investigators are still talking to other prison workers who may have

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abc's marci gonzalez has the latest from upstate new york. looking into each including one from a couple possible witnesses. face to face with the escaped inmates. >> lucky to be alive, man. they could have done anything. >> reporter: neighbors who live a block from the maximum security prison in upstate new york telling abc news they may have been the first to see david sweat and richard matt after they made their prison break. spotting the convicted killers dressed in jeans walking in their backyard around 12:30 saturday morning. >> i ask them what the hell are you doing in my yard? get the hell out of here. he was like, sorry, i didn't know where i was. i'm on the wrong street. >> reporter: they say the convicts ran off. now for their night, police and federal agents are trying to track the inmates down. sources saying as part of the probe, this prison employee, joyce mitchell pictured on facebook was questioned by investigators as they try to figure out if sweat and matt had help with the escape. they were in their neighboring cells at the

marci gonzalez, abc news charleston, south carolina. >> thank you marcy. coverage of the deadly church shooting continues online. you'll find the latest information on this case as well as a collection of photos and reaction on 6abc.com. >> it is time for a check of the accuweather forecast on this hot humid start to our father's day weekends and we welcome summer officially. >> yes, on sunday. let's go to adam joseph live on city avenue. already felt plenty of summer. >> we've had the heat, the humidity and the sunshine is back. it's temporarily because we have big changes over the upcoming weekend. as we look at the numbers it's 88 degrees with that sunshine in philadelphia, 91 in washington, 95 in richmond and only 60 to the north where there's a cold front that is trying to pass through. there are a couple of downpours south of bellmawr, one that has flared up near the northeast extension in montgomery county and also a couple in berks county but that's just the very beginning stages of what will be a wet second half of the weekend. double scan live ra

marcy gonzalez abc 7 new. >> right now, the beloved church pastor killed in the charleston shooting is lying in state in the south carolina state house rotunda. today marks within week since the gunman killed nine people during bible study. cle men the! ny served as a state senator. pinckney's coffin was carried to the state house then walked in side by state troopers. additional viewing is set for tomorrow at pinckney's church in charleston, where he and the other ailing victims were killed. today, the show resilience bible study will resume at ame. >> right now the confederate battle flag is a hot issue today in alabama the flag came down. alabama governor robert bentley ordered those flags removed this morning. it also comes just two days after south carolina governor nikki haley asked state lawmakers there to remove the building to state capitol grounds. lawmakers are still taking measures to debate or taking this thing down. that has to be a two-thirds approval. its this latest move to ban the banner. >> we told but the push by virginia goff to get rid of license plates in our sta

>> marci gonzalez, thank you so much. >>> a brush fire burning about 85 miles from phoenix, arizona,s as well. about 300 residents have been forced to evacuate. fire crews have their hands full. the flames being driven by gusty winds and temperatures in that area rose to nearly 115 degrees yesterday. >>> well, after two shark attacks off north carolina, the town where they took place is considering a ban on shark fishing. the 12-year-old victim was near a pier when she was bitten and officials say those piers can be a magnet for sharks because of the live bait. some popular beaches in the southeast already have similar bans in place to protect swimmers, but fishermen say they should not be punished for such rare attacks. >>> and there was yet another shark attack yesterday, this time in daytona beach, florida. 10-year-old gavin simpson was bitten on the calf while standing in waist-deep water. fortunately, he suffered only minor injuries. he was treated at the beach and did not even have to go to the hospital. but he gave his family quite a scare. >> at first i thought it was a great