overnight wednesday when police say umphenour shot corrections officers as they were escorting skyler meade back to prison after meade had been taken to the hospital and treated for self-inflicted injuries. the director of idaho's department of corrections described the injured officers' reactions when they learned the two were captured. >> safe to say their spirits were lifted. >> reporter: meade and umphenour are known members of the aryan knights prison gang, a white supremacist group formed in idaho's corrections system in the '90s. the department of corrections says at one point they were both in prison together. >> they also shared some acquaintances, common aquaintances both in custody as well as in the community. >> reporter: authorities say it's not clear if the escape was sanctioned by the gang and if anybody else was involved. now authorities say meade was in solitary confinement, adding to the questions around how they planned the escape. both are due in court today and will likely face a series of new charges which could include murder. back to you. >> okay. jarred hill, thank

right now, investigators are still looking for that 31-year-old skyler meade, as well as his accomplice. here's what we know happened. according to investigators, meade was sent to the hospital after a self-inflected wound. as correction officers were preparing to transport him back to prison, that's when the accomplice according to investigators entered and opened fire, shooting two corrections officers as well as injuring another officer. we know meade was serving a 20-year since stemming from a 2017 incident where he fled a high speed chase and shot at officers. here's what investigators say he looks like. if you spot him or his accomplice, be warned investigators say call 911, do not approach him. he has tattoos on his face. on one cheek, there's the number one. on the other, the number 11. he also has tattoos on his arms and stomach. kate? >> adrian, thank you. >>> all right. it is time now for today's cnbc money minute. microsoft unveiling ai powered devices. >> and the biden administration forgiving more student loan debt. courtney reagan joins us now. hi, courtney. >> hi. it's n

here's how law enforcement described the location that skyler mead was in at prison. this gives you some context about what police believe that was necessary in order to keep him away from other members of the prison population? >> schuyler made was in wasn't administrative segregation. there's not a higher custody level that we manage at the department of correction. it's a form of restrictive housing think that really is reserved for the those people in our custody who have proven they can't be housed without being a danger to themselves, staff, or other people in our custody john, that gives you the context here of how dangerous law enforcement already thought skyler made was well, he was in >> custody, let alone on the loose with no law enforcement insight. let's talk about nicholas up an hour. he is the associate here. law enforcement has determined that he is a associated it of skyler made he is now charged with aggravated battery against law enforcement. he's also charged with aiding and abetting an escape. he is also considered armed and dangerous. this man ha

part of an ambush for sure coordinated attack resulting in three corrections officers being shot skyler mead was being discharged from a hospital in boise, idaho early wednesday morning. he's the one on the right. he was set to be transferred back to prison where he was doing time for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a gun as he was leaving mead's alleged accomplice, nicholas unfun our open fire and then he took off with the inmate in a gray 2020 honda civic. police are warning that both men are imminent and credible threats to law enforcement and the public as well. cnn's natasha jen joins us now with the details and the tasha bring us up to speed with the latest on this search >> or boras, this >> all started because >> the corrections department said that skyler meet had injured himself and needed urgent medical care. that's why he was in the hospital. and as you mentioned, he was about to be discharged at around on to am wednesday morning when all of this happened, when allegedly this accomplice nicholas up and our fired at corrections officers, hitting two of them, o

. >> white supremacist gang leader skyler mead and his friend were arrested about 130 miles from the boise hospital, where police say the two staged a shooting, allowing mead to escape. police are now investigating two murders, potentially tied to the men, including the killing of an elderly man found near the getaway car. we turn now to former president trump's financial troubles. he has until monday to pay nearly half $1 billion in his civil fraud case, but he may soon have a new financial option at his disposal . with former president trump's bond payment deadline looming, new york attorney general letitia james is laying the groundwork to seize some of his assets. james has filed documents that could lead to the seizure of trump's golf course and his estate in westchester county, should the former president fail to post his $464 million bond by monday. >> we have a lot of cash and we have a great company, but they want to take it away. >> trump's lawyers say he faces insurmountable difficulties obtaining a bond that 30 insurance companies have turned him down because he doesn't h

hospital junto a un cómplice que emboscó y le disparó a 2 oficiales penitenciarios, el fugitivo skyler meade de supremacistas blancos. era tratado por lesiones descritas como autoinfligidas antes de su retorno a prisión. y tiene un pasado violento. hace una década, le disparó a un policía durante una persecución a alta velocidad en una noticia de última hora, el departamento de justicia presentó hoy una demanda contra la compañía de tecnología apple, a la que acusa de monopolizar el mercado de los teléfonos inteligentes. la demanda civil, a la que se han sumado 17 fiscales generales y de distrito, señala a apple por restringir su sistema operativo para smartphones, lo que provoca el aumento de los costos para los consumidores e impide desarrollar y lanzar productos en otros sistemas de telefonía celular. apple negó las acusaciones y culpó al gobierno de extralimitarse en otros temas . dani alves, exjugador del fútbol club barcelona, tendrá que dormir otra noche más en prisión. su salida de la cárcel de brains 2 en barcelona había despertado mucha expectativa mediática, pero al no haber podid

. >> skyler mead was serving a 20 year sentence for aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer with not released until 2036. he planned a break-out where he injured himself so badly he was taken to the nearby hospital and escorted by four corrections officers. two armed and two unarmed. when he was being walked out of the hospital back to the ambulance an accomplice ambushed the officer, shooting two of them. a third officer was later hit by friendly fire from a boise officer. police say the accomplice was nick laos who met mead in prison. they're both members of the aryan knights prison gang. the good news back at the top two suspects captured and the really good news, jacque, thes

. >> skyler mead was serving a 20 year sentence for aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer with a firearm and not released until 2036. he planned a break-out where he injured himself so badly he was taken to the nearby hospital and escorted by four corrections officers. two armed and two unarmed. when he was being walked out of the hospital back to the ambulance an accomplice ambushed the officer, shooting two of them. a third officer was later hit by friendly fire from a boise officer. police say the accomplice was nick laos who met mead in prison. they're both members of the aryan knights prison gang. the good news back at the top two suspects captured and the really good news, jacque, these three officers who were injured are expected to make a full recovery. >> jacque: thanks, dan. >> dana: fox news alerting. wild scene on the southern border. president biden was in texas yesterday when this violent chaos unfolded in el paso. hundreds of illegal migrants breaking through razor wire barriers and attacking national guard troops. so far nothing from the administration. a live u

skyler mead was serving a 20 year sentence and had a string of other crimes including grand theft and several drug cases. while in prison, officials joined the aryan knights prison gang. a group of white supremacists since the 1990s. justice department said a few years ago the gang had 100 members both in and outside of prison. his break-out yesterday morning was brazen and well planned. official eaves say while in the highest level of security he injured himself so severely the medical staff at the prison said he should be taken to the hospital less than a mile away. after getting treated he was being walked out to the ambulance in the car port of the emergency department when an accomplice shot at the corrections officers hitting two of them. a third was hit by friendly fire after boise police responded. police say nicholas was the shooter described as 5'11, 160 pounds. mead was escorted in the ambulance and on the walk to the hospital by two unharmed guards. they had armed guards in a chase-up car. >> unprecedented and unthinkable. a number of after-action reports and try to learn

so what happened here, john, is that early wednesday morning at skyler mead, according to law enforcement, had injured himself so badly that when prison staff assessed him, he had to go to the hospital to get evaluated and get treated. and it was as they were preparing to transfer him that the shooting took place. so while horsemen it says nicholas unfun our a an associate of skyler made busted in that area, began shooting to idaho department of corrections officers were injured in that initial shootout. skyler made nicholas up an hour jump in at 20:20 honda civic, and they took off. here's what law enforcement says about the coordination prior to this incident >> we believe that this was a coordinated attack ambush on the department of corrections officers and certainly a planned endeavor to free him from custody. they are dangerous, they are armed and they have shown a propensity for violence >> meet in an hour or were able to escape just before are boise police arrived and jhanas scene was so chaotic that it was actually a third officer who was injured by another law officers fire on a

>> go over the timeline of events that you were just discussing corrections officers say that skyler meade had injured himself and that's why he was taken to the hospital to begin with at 09:35 p.m. got there just before 10:00 p.m. was the bout to be discharged around 02:00 a.m. and that's when police say that the accomplice fired shots at the hospital, hitting two corrections officers. the hospital staff made a 911 call and boise police came, fired a shot at an armed person. they said who turned out to be another corrections office faster. so that's three corrections officers who were injured here. luckily, they will recover from those injuries. here's a police chief talking about the whole ordeal we believe that this was a coordinated attack ambush on the department of corrections officers. and certainly a planned endeavor to free him from custody. they are dangerous, they are armed and they have shown a propensity for violence >> and let's take a look at what we know about these two people. the escaped inmates, skyler meat, he was serving time for aggravated battery on a law enforcement

they also, in previous press conferences yesterday, had noted the tattoos, skyler meade had a one one stands for the first letter of the alphabet, a 11 for k. that's the 11th letter. >> area nights. >> jake, >> all right. let's ask can thank you so much joining us now to discuss rob to mika, the former deputy operations chief for the fbi's hostage rescue team. so thank you so much for joining us meet as a documented gang member with ties to the area nights we just heard gangs like that pose a daily threat to law enforcement around the country. what can you tell us about this group in general and what role do you think members may have played in this escape plot? >> well, it's an active prison gang, and as soon as you get into the prisons, you have all different kinds of gangs in their based on hispanic gangs, you have black gains, you have white gangs in some people join it just for protection. they're not really hard-core gang members. they join it in order there to protect themselves from the other gangs. but then you have like these guys hardcore they met in there and i'm sure they

or is he police identified nicholas and fenner as the alleged accomplice of inmate skyler mead they say in fenner open fire at a hospital where mead was being treated they are dangerous. they are armed and they have shown a propensity for violence. and we want to make sure that any member of the public who happens to come in contact with them is aware of that and that you do not try to enter police, say they're looking for a 2020 gray honda civic all right. now this wildfires blanketing the dc area with smoke, right now, look at this one and shanon do and national park in virginia, about 100 acres are burning. fire crews in prince william county, virginia responded to dozens of small brush fires yesterday and several homes and maryland were evacuated last night because of a brush fire that may have been started by downed power lines. these fires are being fueled by strong winds and dry conditions are weatherman, derek van dam has been tracking this closely derek, what is the outlook? for this? is it's gonna get better today or worse >> yeah, it will improve today. that's the good news.

. >> reporter: this morning, 31-year-old inmate skyler meade is on the run after authorities say he pulledff a sophisticated prison break that left three correction officers injured. >> we believe that this was a coordinated attack, ambush, on the department of corrections officers and certainly, a planned endeavor to free him from custody. >> reporter: meade shown here, handcuffed and bloodied, taken to the hospital hours earlier for self-inflicted injuries. then just as he was about to be returned to prison, police say an alleged accomplice showed up at st. an alphansus regional medical center in boise and opened fire, shooting two officers. a third officer injured in the cross fire. overnight, investigators identifying the alleged accomplice as nicholas umpfenhower. they fled in this honda civic. >> they are dangerous, armed and shown a propensity for violence. >> reporter: meade has a lengthy rap sheet and had been in prison for nearly eight years for shooting at a deputy during a 2016 high-speed chase. he was eligible for parole in 2026. investigators also revealing he is a member of

now inmate skyler meade and the accomplice that allegedly helped him escape are both in custody, capturedtwin falls, southeast of boise. new this morning police in twin falls tell us a third person was arrested for them, 52-year-old tonya hubert, charged with possession of a controlled substance and felony eluding. there's no word on what their relationship is or her involvement in the escape. but abc news has learned huber was arrested with meade in one car while the other in a separate vehicle. no shots fired at either scene. though their escape did turn deadly, law enforcement now investigating two homicides in different counties in idaho. potentially tied to their escape, including the death of an elderly man. the suspects are expected to be arraigned today as authorities investigate multiple crime scenes across the state. michael? now the justice department filing a land mark lawsuit against apple accusing the tech giant of illegally squeezing out competitors to the iphone. chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the story and what this means for iphone users. good morning, pie