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michaela pereira is at the emanuel ame church the scene of the crime.ing this and other headlines. chris, you can imagine how heart broken this community is this morning. that's what you feel here a tremendous sense of sadness about why this killing spree would happen at a prayer meeting. this chris, as the suspect will make his first court appearance this afternoon in south carolina. >> the murderer did not fight extradition. that's why we got back so quickly. he was more than 200 miles away in north carolina. the massacre of nine black church members leads to a lot of questions, not just about this kid, but race and the definition of terrorism. we'll get into it. >> all this as we have details emerging about the suspects troubled past and he may have been planning such a hateful attack for months. >> how you feeling? >> why did you do it? >> reporter: behind bars this morning, alleged mass murderer dylann roof accused of killing nine people at an african-american church in charleston south carolina. this cell phone video captured moments before the ca

michaela pereira is just a few blocks away at the emanuel church. and chris is in new york.ell you that the city of charleston is reeling from this cold-blooded massacre. nine people killed while in bible study at one of the nation east most authorities captured the alleged gunman in north carolina. this morning, chris, he is back here in charleston to face charges. >> we'll be watching that today, alisyn. you have a lot of reporting on the hate crime. the act of terrorism spiking debates about gun laws and whether we should be focusing on just terrorism overseas or what is possible back here at home. was this massacre an act of terrorism is a question on many minds, alisyn. >> chris, all of this, as disturbing details of the suspect's past. his racist comments and ties to white supremacy. >> how you feeling?

michaela pereira joins us. >> good morning to the two of you.he confederate flag has hanging in both south carolina and mississippi in the wake of the charleston massacre. we'll talk with top republican voice rudy giuliani and ask him if it's time for the rebel symbol to go and also why aren't more presidential candidates weighing in on this very hot issue? we're also going to speak with a defender of the confederate symbol on mississippi's flag. he has fought to keep the state's flag intact. what does he think about the new push to remove the image? obviously, very hot topic. both sides very heated in this debate. we'll take a look at it today. >> bo and luke duke in the second hour. kidding. that was a joke. >>> walmart pulling the confederate flag out of its stores a big, big move. >> and the flag manufacturers are saying they've been having conference calls and discussions about whether they should even be manufacturing confederate symbols. >>> more breaking news this morning, tornadoes touching down overnight, dozens of buildings destroyed,

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo alisyn and michaela pereira. >> alisyn is off today. we have new information for you. david sweat the escaped convict is coming clean to investigators revealing details of the escape plan. richard matt now dead. secrets coming to light on where they planned to go and why they had to improvise. >> all of this as the fbi launches an investigation into possible drug trafficking in the prison that they broke out of. >> reporter: good morning. for three weeks while these guys were on the run, authorities really wondered, did they really plan to run off with that prison seamstress, joyce mitchell? was she part of their plan? now that david sweat has been captured and is talking, we're learning that yes she really was their plan a. they planned to run off with her to mexico. but when she got cold feet and didn't show up they were forced to improvise. investigators hoping convicted killer david sweat continues to talk this morning. the former fugitive's condition improving after being shot twice in the torso sunday. >> he's going to be brought

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo alisyn and michaela pereira. >> alisyn is off today. you. david sweat the escaped convict is coming clean to investigators revealing details of the escape plan. richard matt now dead. secrets coming to light on where they planned to go and why they had to improvise. >> all of this as the fbi launches an investigation into possible drug trafficking in the prison that they broke out of. >> reporter: good morning. for three weeks while these guys were on the run, authorities really wondered, did they really

. >> announcer: this "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and mckalae michaela pereira. >>> weation radicalized by isis. after charging them with a military-style knife. this man was under surveillance for years after social media threats against police. >> police arresting another man as part of the investigation. were they connected to terrorists? . let's begin our coverage with alexander field where she is live in boston. >> reporter: good morning, police have been talking to at least two people believed to be associates of the suspect. they are hoping he could be key in helping who he c

. >>> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> good morningo your "new day." it is 8:00 here in the east. i'm alisyn camerota live in charleston south carolina. i'm at the merry time center. maichaela is at the ame emanuel church and chris is in new york for us. we have breaking news right now to tell you about. the gunman in this travesty has reportedly confessed his crimes to police. cnn, learning that dylann roof told authorities he did open fire in the church killing nine people. he says he did it because he wanted to start a race war. he is due back in court here this afternoon, chris. we'll be watching that of course. >> the massacre is raising lot of questions about race hate terror guns and why so many are resistant to calling this what it is. are we too resistant from seeing terror or hiding from realities at home? >> we are debating and exploreing that as we learn about the suspects past. he made racist comments and ties to white

>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and michaela pereira. >>> allison is out of the house in columbia south carolina the state's capital to see what's going on because the south carolina situation has become the epicenter for the anti-confederate flag movement. there's seven states whose flag may have some kind of confederate influence. what's going to happen? will they take the lead from their governor? they say they're going to debate it. the question is when. >> reporter: absolutely. and we'll be asking our guests about that. the flag in question flies three yards behind me over my shoulder. that flag was moved from on top of the state house dome to its current position behind the confederate war memorial in 2007. it now stands directly in front of the state house. it's the first thing you see when you walk up. south carolina and other states are debating what to do about this. ana kacabrera is here with me. >> allison, this really is so much more than about a flag. it's about racism and getting rid of a symbol that to so many represents a racist mentality that is part of this coun

. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and michaela pereira. >> welcome to your "new day."00 in the east. police in upstate new york are looking outside the jail for two escaped murderererss and inside the jail for -- >> joyce mitchell gets a jailhouse visit from her husband. how much did he know about the plot? alexandra field brings us the latest from dannemora, new york. >> reporter: a lot of mu details about the plans to escape. we're also hearing from officials the acknowledgment that really these two fugitives would be just about anywhere. the decision to remove the roadblocks near the prison investigators covering 16 square miles around the prison. but they now say they will pursue individual leads based on whatever information is coming in. after more than a thousand leads, authorities are expanding and shifting their search around upstate new york. >> these are criminals, okay? they're going to rely on what they know best. there's been no reports of carjackings, any break-ins. that's not to say they might not be holding someone at bay in a house somewhere. >> repor

>>> announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> we begin withhe run from prison. investigators believe new leads are helping them close in on the fugitives. the manhunt covering more than 300 miles now from the edge of pennsylvania back to up state new york. helicopters scouring the area from overhead and state troopers setting up roadblocks. >> is this new search area 25 miles west of the prison going to be the end of the line for matt and sweat? we are following every development. let's bring in sarah at the sight of the latest surge in owls head, new york. what's spurring. >> reporter: good morning, chris. we are about 30 miles due west of the prison facility. the d.a. told me what started all of this. saturday a witness who was checking on a cabin, now, remember there are a lot of vacation homes and unoccupied homes here saw a man run out a back door into the woods. he said the cabin was obviously burglarized. based on that the search was concentrated in the mountain view area of wolf pond road. it's a road nearby that actually leads to anot

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn and michaela pereira. >> they are murderers and dangerous. police in up state new york searching for two men who took a page out of hollywood. richard matt and david sweat cut through a steel wall and navigated through tunnels and pipes escaping to freedom. >> there's a $100,000 reward offered now. they just vanished once they got to the outside. investigators say all that taken together reeks of help inside and/or outside the prison walls. polo sandoval is outside the site from the prison in new york. polo? >> reporter: good morning to you. there is a heavy police presence in and around the prison itself. we had to go through several check points to get to this location. vehicles coming in and out getting checked out. the priorities for law enforcement are two-fold. track down the killers before they can hurt anybody and try to figure out how they were able to orchestrate such an elaborate escape plan. >> we are leaving no stone unturned. they could be literally anywhere. >> reporter: two convicted murderers escaping for the first time in t

>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and michaela pereira. >>> allison is out of the house in columbiae the south carolina situation has become the epicenter for the anti-confederate flag movement. there's seven states whose flag may have some kind of confederate influence. what's going to happen? will they take the lead from their governor? they say they're going to debate it. the question is when. >> reporter: absolutely. and we'll be asking our guests about that. the flag in question flies three yards behind me over my shoulder. that flag was moved from on top of the state house dome to its current pos

that's where my colleague michaela pereira picks up the story. ♪ we shall overcome someday >> reporterfrom the heart of the tragedy in south carolina -- >> our hope is in god. >> reporter: -- to the hos stis walls of the ebenezer baptist church, thousands came to mourn charleston's religious leaders and prisher thes killed inside ame baptist church. among them, 74-year-old retired reverend daniel simmons who attended the church every sunday. 49-year-old reverend depayne middleton-doctor who served her community in southern wesleyan university. 45-year-old reverend sharonda singleton pictured here with her son on mother's day coached at a local high school. consoled by his teammates, chris singleton remembers his mom. >> we just love the way my mom would then the hate won't be anywhere close to what love is. >> reporter: and the distinctive voice of reverend clementa pinkney was also silenced, gun downed as he preached to. >> to see him die face down in the ground -- >> a state senator, reverend pinkney became the youngest african-american ever elected to the south carolina legislature

. >>> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> beautifulur "new day." alisyn is off for the day. david sweat is talking and revealing to police details about prison break and his three weeks on the run. sweat says he and richard matt planned to head to mexico but were forced to improvise when the plan took a turn. >> new insight in why they were able to escape in the first place. a federal investigation reveals corruption including an employee run heroin trade that may be going on inside that prison. our coverage begins on the inside and the house. sara is outside the hospital. they say his condition is improving. if he's talking, that's a clear indication. >> reporter: he certainly is talking. you know authorities, for three weeks, while they were on the run, they wondered was joyce mitchell that prison seamstress really their plan to get away? did they plan to run off with her? now that david sweat is captured alive and talking, authorities say they are learning yes, she was plan "a." when she got cold feet and decided not to pick them up

. >>> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> good morningyork may have a break in the search for the two convicts that escaped. there is fresh dna from richard matt and david sweat found in a burglarized cabin 25 miles from that prison. >> the good news this reinvigorates a search that had all but gone cold. there's research on how they got the tools snuggled in. let's get to that are sarah live in owls head new york. she's near the cabin where the dna was found. let's take that first. sarah? >> reporter: good morning, chris. it is another day of the search with rain in the forecast. not a great day. authorities are confident this new lead the dna evidence is on the right track and will lead them to the two fugitives. hundreds of state and federal searchers deployed, flooding this heavily wooded area 20 miles from the maximum security prison. >> i don't think it would take a real woodsman to get on a power line and follow it to an atv trail. >> reporter: a witness found someone running from the many cabins saturday. investigators finding the

. >>> this is new day with chris cuomo, allison camerady da and michaela pereira. >> michaela is off disturbing details this morning about the boston terrorist who was killed by police. officials say he plotted to randomly go after police because they were the easiest targets. >> but his original deranged plan which he says was inspired by isis that's what authorities believe is he wanted to cut the head off of pamela geller. alexander field is live in boston for us and there may be other people at play here as well yes? >> reporter: that's right. absolutely chris. this investigation only widening at this point. police stul looking at another person. a key question has been answered to the public. a lot of people are asking why would police rush to confront rahim in the parking lot of that c cvs after watching him for years. they had information that led them to believe that he planned to attack on tuesday or wednesday of this week. the original plot was originally sinister and gruesome according to law enforcement officials. the fbi believes boston terror suspect usaama rahim was to

. >> announcer: this "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and mckalae michaela pereira. >>> we do have news of a new boston investigation radicalized by isis. after charging them with a military-style knife. this man was under surveillance for years after social media threats against police. >> police arresting another man as part of the investigation. were they connected to terrorists? . let's begin our coverage with alexander field where she is live in boston. >> reporter: good morning, police have been talking to at least two people believed to be associates of the suspect. they are hoping he could be key in helping who he could have been plotting with. law enforcement considered him a threat enough so they were following him 24 hours a day before that deadly shooting. today in everette massachusetts, a man is in custody. . police making the arrest last night. it all began around 7:00 in the morning when the fbi and boston police descended on area aiming to question the suspect. he was under 24-hour surveillance by the joint terrorism task force radicalized by isis and other

. >> announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, and alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> we haveomputer breach ever in the u.s. is pointing the finger at china. at least 4 million past and present workers' information stolen from government computers. >> new inform operation from edward snowden reveals the nsa has been tracking hackers by spying on americans. we have these stories covered from every angle, starting with athena jones. >> you remember the huge data breach at target a few years ago, and the list is growing, and even the irs, and it's a disturbing trend and what could be the biggest government breach in history suggests it's only getting worse. this morning the u.s. government is struggling to assess the damage. officials revealing possibly the biggest cyber attack on the u.s. government ever breached their critical computer networks. two distinct attacks crept into the system and undetectable for months and stealing information from the data bases of every government agency. and information in the hands of hackers, and including the department of defense and the soc

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> welcome back to yourt. alisyn and i have breaking news for you this morning the nsa's power to spy on american phone calls is now off limits. three key provisions of the patriot act lapsed overnight. they're dealing with privacy and security concerns back and forth. >> the senate turning to a bill passed in the house hoping to find a compromise. why didn't they do that last week? let's bring in begin our coverage with cnn's athena jones on capitol hill. what's the latest? >> good morning, alisyn. there were some dramatic moments including raised voices on the senate floor last night in that rare sunday night session. now senate leaders are trying to make sure that the lapse in this law, many see vital to fighting terrorism, is as short as possible. >> i'm not going to take it anymore. i don't think the american people are going to take it anymore. >> the heated debate over the patriot act pushing beyond the midnight deadline in washington. forcing the nsa to immediately stop collecting telephone metadata