, willsboro is to the south. short time ago this morning, about 2:00, there was a notification that two men were spotted walking on a road in willsboro. a vehicle approach and the men reportedly fled into the woods.

, willsboro is to the south. time ago this morning, about 2:00, there was a notification that two men were spotted walking on a road in willsboro. a vehicle approach and the men reportedly fled into the woods. this information from the sound supervisor there to fox news. after this report was released by a resident, that's when state police, departments of corrections personnel, u.s. marshals service and the sheriff swoop down looking for the two fugitives. at this hour, it appears that search is still under way. the reason this might be a good lead, melissa. these two men were walking down a desolate road, 2:00 in the morning, during a heavy ran storm. who are these men? what were they doing there? we still do not know. and as for the community of willsboro, it is a town of only about 2,000. what would bring them there? even that's unclear. there was a report that one of the men may have had family in willsboro. the town supervisor said as best he knows, that is not true. so at this hour, the manhunt, the search

i can tell you that the searchers are still here in the densely wooded area of wills willsboro. supervisor saying there was an activity that alerted officials to come to this particular spot. haven't heard any more about it at this point? right now we are awaiting the searchers to emerge from the woods. they're focusing on train tracks. >> i am sure we will be seeing a lot of you over the course of the next few hours here as the search intensifies. for now, thank you so much. >>> now to a cnn exclusive. it's been weeks since the riots erupted in baltimore. we wanted to get some perspective from people we haven't heard from throughout all of this. the people protecting the community on the ground. police officers i sat down with two current officers just this morning in maryland. their identities are concealed. they talked to me about everything from the arrest of six of their colleagues to how they cannot properly do their job s jobs. here's a piece of that. >> every day, our officers respond with the same amount of vigor they've always done even before freddie brown. >> what's

there was a sighting in willsboro, new york. they've got helicopters up in the air and talk about the search under way right now. >> reporter: that's right, brooke. dozens of officers are in the air and on the ground and many left the facility here just a few moments ago. they continue to come and go. they are following up on some of these reports of two suspicious individuals walking down a lonely road in the middle of the night in the rain. so clearly setting off a red flag as this individual began to drive towards these two people. they then bolted away ran into a field so that obviously is a concern. that person then called it in to authorities. a clear indication that authorities are following up on every single lead. you mentioned that other couple here at dannemora, new york yesterday also potentially reporting another sighting. what we're seeing now is officials following up on so many leads right now, brooke at least 300 different leads. these perhaps are some of the strongest happening 30 miles south of here in willsbo

willsboro sits on the banks of champagne. but it was an incredibly extensive search. they had a great tip and thought they were on to these guys but didn't find them. in addition these days are on the loose in addition to two others. police have named two people in conjunction, a civilian who works at the prison tailor shop. both of the escapees worked in the shop with her. police say on that day she had a case of nerves and checked herself into the hospital. she has since been checked by police. we should be clear that while she is described as a person of interest and police are talking to her she is not under police custody, or is not under arrest. but she could be a clue in how they escaped. however, they have stayed at large for four solid days. joining me, jesse mckinley, a reporter who spent time at the search site. jesse, thank you for joining us. i appreciate your time tonight. >> yeah, of course, rachel. >> how good was the tip that led all of these law enforcement personnel to willsboro today? were they quite sure they would find these guys in the search to

be best to -- if you think it's suspicious call it in. >> have you, shaun, in your community of willsborown supervisor ever gone through anything like this at all? >> no. no. this is the first time. it's a earn willing experience. there's a lot of law enforcement officers down there. >> i'm sure there is. >> but it's -- they are being extremely professional and remaining calm and, you know there's no sense of panic. >> shaun gillilland is the town supervisor about 30 miles or so from the maximum security prison which turned out to not be so much maximum and secure. shaun, thank you for that. hopefully they'll find these two guys and find them soon. >>> just ahead, other news that we're following, jeb bush is in berlin and polishing his foreign policy credentials before kicking off his presidential campaign. what he is saying about the russian president vladimir putin. stand by. for the millions of americans suffering from ringing in their ears, there's no such thing as quiet time. but you can quiet the ringing with lipo-flavonoid, the number-one doctor-recommended brand. relieve the ringi

willsboro is a small community with a pop lay year-round of about 2,000 or 3,000. it swells during the summertime so it's a very small town. to have hundreds of law enforcement, corrections officer it obviously has a sentence of alertness, but we're trying to make sure if i see any information, to contact the new york state police in some ways they have so many officers they're also safe in that regard but i want to talk about the lay of the land. it seems like it's a rural community there would be a lot of place toss hide there potentially. >> absolutely. there's farming, barns in the community. i know the law enforcement officials have been making sure they're investigating every possible lead. the reason why law enforcement focused in was because of a citizen lead that made a call to the police department and they're continuing to investigate. they're continues to investigate in dannemora. the news today i'm glad to be governor cuomo is partnering so closely with governor shumlin with vermont, to make sure there's seamless integration of information, source crit

two suspicious men walking down a road in the middle of willsboro. willsboro is about 30 miles away from the prison,. >> reporter:a prison employee is being try to determine if the two had help escaping. >> grant: the wife went into the bathroom got away in contacted 9113 the husband bought what the suspect and pulled off his mask and ran out of the house creek run then on vote product ever since. also with a deadly weapon and assault with great bodily injury. >> catherine: the search continues for two convicted killers to escape from a maximum-security prison and york this past weekend. the search for david sweat and richard matt has shifted to a rural area for a run 30 mi. south east of the prison and will borrow creek residents reported seeing a couple of men walking on round and the middle of the storm monday night. there are a lot of questions about whether the meant that out with inside help and authorities are questioning and woman who works at the prison. >> catherine: ahead at eight. >> catherine: as the drought continues - we take a look at

this would mean this location willsboro may indeed be where they are. what do you think? >> that's exactly correct. i mean to plan something like that and then not do the actual plan to get away from the facility seems kind of short-sided on their part obviously, but very well could have happened that they did have a plan and that the individual backed out at the last minute. this happens in several escapes, an inmate won't go along, he's done the planning and helped them get out but this is entering the, kind of a third phase of the investigation, the first part being the manhunt, which we see right now on tv as all those officers are lined up and out there going through the woods almost hand to hand and the second part of the investigation of usually is more of the long-term investigation and i hear now with the phone calls, they are tracking communications and looking at the family. >> right. >> they are looking for the long-term investigation if it goes beyond another couple of days and obviously, the third phase is how did they get out? >> right, arthur what do you t

an hour south in willsboro, more tactical squads. the search here is methodical. officers even drawing their guns as they search campers, cars, and homes, all across this area. >> they want to make sure people are safe, not being held hostage, any barricade situations or whatnot. >> reporter: winn belanger lives here and is armed. >> i'm prepared to use it should somebody enter my home. >> reporter: 300 miles away, today police questioned david sweat's mother. his sister told us sweat stopped writing home two months ago. those who know richard matt say tonight they're living in fear. we spoke by phone to matt's former accomplice, a convicted murderer who testified against matt in court. he wants his identity concealed because he fears retaliation. >> there's no telling what kind of revenge he may want to exact on people. this is a very psychotic individual. and it's somebody that definitely has no regard for human life. >> reporter: in nearby willsboro this evening officers are still flooding streets while patrols here on lake champlain are getting set to beef up.

don champion, cbs news, willsboro, new york. >>> the united states is considering plans to retrain iraqi troops fighting against isis. the possibility, setting up new training camps but not sending u.s. forces into combat. the options include putting as many as 1,000 more american trainers in iraq, training sunni tribesmen directly. up till now, the iraqis have trained these sunnis, and sealing the main border crossing from turkey into iraq to cut off the flow of foreign fighters. >>> a potential trial for former house speaker dennis hastert is months away. hastert is free on bail after pleading not guilty to charges that he avoided banking laws and lied to the fbi. the indictment claims he paid hush money to cover up prior misconduct that the ap reports was sexual in nature. >> dennis hastert left a federal court in chicago tuesday after pleading not guilty to all counts in a hush money scandal. the former speaker is accused of violating banking laws and lying the fbi. sources tell cbs the illinois republican used cash to buy someone's silence about his misconduct when he was a high sch

they're searching the small town of willsboro and the woods. townspeople have been warned via twitter to take precaution please lock houses and cars overnight, they tweet, and as don champion reports the townspeople are paying attentin. >> reporter: she keeps her door shut. >> they're going to go in someone's house and someone's going to get hurt. >> reporter: tons of officers zee krenlded on the community by busloads. they searched woods and railroad tracks. >> small town like this being so far from there, you don't think about it. >> reporter: it's about 30 miles from the clinton correctional facility where they say prisoners used power tools to break free. rich worked at the prison as an engineer for 35 years. >> everything's counted at tendhe end of the day, if there's one tool misplaced the shop is locked and no one news. >> reporter: they say the inventory has shown so far nothing missing. don champion cbs news willsboro, new york. >>> they plan to improve the training for those fighting against isis. the possibility, setting up new train

nbc's miguel almaguer is in willsboro, new york. >> reporter: tonight the mass mobilization. a flood of highly trained, heavily armed officers closing in on new leads. prison break suspects david sweat and richard matt may be on the move near willsboro, new york. matt's son speaking tonight to nbc news. >> he's very intelligent. from the people i know that have been talking about my father that don't really know him directly. >> reporter: 40 miles from the prison break in this lakeside community, police presence built up overnight after a tip. two suspicious men spotted ducking into the woods. neighbors say canines picked up a scent. >> the whole area's in an uproar and really concerned about getting these guys off the street. that's for sure. >> reporter: grid searches like this one are being conducted overhead with helicopters and here on the ground. in open fields and in rugged terrain. today alone they've covered hundreds of acres. guns drawn, tension high. this is where they've asked us to hold our position. into the woods there's too much cover. it's too dangerous. toni

in willsboro now there are lau. from law enforcement from four different departments searching for richard matt as well as david sweat. the question now, why wills boro? this tiny community of about 2,000. according to the town supervisor last night during a driving rainstorm two men were spotted walking down the middle of a road. it didn't make sense. a vehicle approached. the closer the car got, the men moved away. and then they fled. authorities suspect those two men might be the inmates. there are also unconfirmed reports that one of the two inmates has relatives in willsboro. the town supervisor says as best as he knows, that is not true. what took them to willsboro, if they are here is not clear, but i can also tell you this gretchen getting there on foot from dannemora is no easy task. we do not believe the men have a vehicle. so right now a massive man hunt taking place in wills boro new york. in another development here in dannemora, the manhole where the two men escaped still remains sealed off. authoritie

shawn is the town supervisor for willsboro, new york.o much and all of this is raising questions of whether video cameras would have prevented a prison break and should there be cameras in prison cells? you can go over cast your vote. be included. pulse.msnbc.com. francis will be back with the tally shortly. >>> less than 24 hours after eric casebolt turned in his badge, we now wait for a press conference this hour from his attorney. the former mckinney police officer resigned after the video of him went viral and showed him wrestling a 15-year-old girl in a bikini to the ground and pulling out a service weapon on two other teens chasing them off. some community members don't think this resignation is enough. >> we want this officer charged. that's bottom line. we will keep on assembling and protesting until this officer is charged for the conducts that he did. >> msnbc national correspondent joy reid joins me on the phone from dallas with the latest. and so joy, we understand casebolt's attorney said that the former officer received dea

willsboro on tuesday but came up empty. dan champion -- don champion has more. >> reporter: the manhunt for the two men continues. >> they're going to go into someone's house and someone is going to get hurt. that's my only fear. >> reporter: hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on this small community by the busload tuesday. authorities searched wooded areas and railroad tracks in an -- a tip that two men were spotted walking in the area monday night in heavy rain. >> a small town like this and being so far from dannemora, you just don't think of it. >> reporter: this town is about 40 miles away from the clinton correctional facility where officials say the two convicused power tools to break free. investigators remain focused on how the men were able to obtain those tools. richard palmadore worked at the prison as an engineer for 35 years. >> everything is counted at the end ever the day. if there's one tool missing or misplaced the shop is locked and nobody leaves. >> reporter: corrections officials said an inv

residents of willsboro population 2,000, reported seeing two suspicious men there last night. don dahler has the latest. don. >> reporter: charlie, federal and state officers are not only scouring the rugged countryside; they're also conducting house- to-house searches of residences, and vacation homes. more than 400 grim-faced law enforcement officers swarmed farm land and thick woods determined to put an end to the fugitives' four days of freedom. willsboro's town supervisor. >> motorists observed two men walking down a very rural road in the middle of farm land, and when the car ... >> reporter: authorities have cast their dragnet near and far. they're also continuing to scour the neighborhood of dannemora where they escaped. >> they questioned a female employee of the prison, teaching tailoring to inmate. she has not been named a suspect. nicholas harris is richard matt's son. >> we're waiting like everyone else, i guess. >> reporter: investigators are focusing on how they got power tools that cut through steel walls, and pipes, and secure the manhole cover. >> they had to

tonight police are searching a perimeter in willsboro new york, about 35 miles from the prison.onight law enforcement officers using blood hounds and helicopters are canvassing upstate new york around the town of willsboro, after two suspicious men were spotted walking down the middle of the road and took off when a car approached. authorities are searching for two convicted killers, richard matt imprisoned for murdering his boss. and david sweat convicted of killing a sheriff's deputy. >> that presents a dangerous situation for innocent people in the community, who are going to stand in the way of them and food or them and a weapon that they want to have or them and transportation or funding. >> reporter: a resident near the clinton correctional facility told abc news he believes he came face to face with the escaped killers the night they escaped. before authorities knew about the jail break. >> i go look at them and see them i ask them what are you doing in my yard, get out of here. as soon as i came across, they ran out of my yard. >> after they cut their way through a steel

a tip yesterday sent hundreds of officers racing into willsboro. that community is about 30 miles out of the prison in dannemora where the two men broke out last weekend. >> so far this morning there is still no sign of david sweatth in richard matt. we're learning more about the prison employee joyce mitchell who may have helped them. calls were made from her cell phone to people connecteded to the murderers. people in new york have been told to stay home and lock the doors. don, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. willsboro is a town of a little more than 2,000. it doesn't even have its own police force. on tuesday, law enforcement descended on this town by the hundreds after receiving what they consider a credible threat from a person who lives on this road. in these rural adirondack foothills -- officers have been walking shoulder to shoulder through fields trekking through thick swamps and forests and sweeping along back lawns looking for david sweat and richard matt. >> if they are cornered and desperate, they're going to go into

and i think their best leads are still in willsboro.hink this vermont thing is a little bit of a red herring. >> you say that joyce mitchell saved her own life. why do you say that? >> i don't think they would have had any use for her after they drained her afmtm card and got the ride to where they want to go. they look at people as objects and i just don't think they would have kept her around. they would have killed her. >> and people on the set are shaking their heads and agreeing with you. what's et like in clinton? >> clinton is one of the most formidable prisons in new york state. that wall when you see it it's so high, so long. it becomes something that you think it's just impossible to get around. >> and when you heard two people got out of there? >> i was very surprised to hear that. >> i think the fact that you're talking about cutting through metal, the fact that they had this elaborate plan and the fact that security was so tight. >> is there a lot of corruption there? is there a lot of contraband? >> well, yes. it's there f

scores of local, state and federal officers scoured tiny willsboro, new york. two men are on the loose after cutting through the steel walls of their cell and crawling out to a manhole a block away. >> the 2015 with the technology. >> reporter: police are questioning joyce mitchell, a prison worker who went to the hospital with quote, a case of nerves, the day they escaped. her son says she would never help murderers escape unless she was forced. >> where a family member is threatened or other family members are threatened or at risk you would do a lot of thins you wouldn't think. >> reporter: this morning a convicted murderer who testified against richard matt tells nbc he fears for his safety. >> there's no telling what kind of revenge he may want to exact on me. people that i love, people close to me. this is a very psychotic individual. >> reporter: how did they get the power tools to get through those steel walls? all of the tools at the prison the governor says has been accounted for. tracie potts nbc news washington. >>> the obama administration could an

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david lee miller live in willsboro, new york with the latest. david. >> reporter: this is now day five of the man hunt. for the second day in a row law enforcement is concentrating its efforts in willsboro, a community of about 2,000 about 40 miles south of the correctional facility where the fugitives busted out. earlier we saw department of corrections officers marching down the road behind me in military formation. they then went on to physically inspect a number of nearby buildings forming a grid pattern, trying to leave no stone unturned. but this is a painstaking task. this is a rural area and it is heavily wooded. the searchers came here after there was a suspicious sighting of men. many in this otherwise quiet community are now locking their doors. people are worried. some like this sdrentresident are armed. they say it's a precaution. >> people across the street have a young baby. they left. the people down in the woods in their log cabin, they left. i guess getting the gun out of the gun box and putting it on makes everybody feel a lit

doesn't mean we are focusing on willsboro, they could be anywhere. i don't want the public to think i'm in florida and i see somebody it's not them because they are looking for them in new york. call that number. >> how do you balance the urgency of hearing someone saw them in this place with we have to be open to the fact they could be anywhere. this tip could not be right. >> everything is prioritized. that tip that came in from the female it made sense and certainly, to deploy enough assets to the area is important and critical to satisfy the lead. >> have you heard they got hit with the dogs? >> there was some talk about that. the guys that are down range said there was a possible scent. i can't confirm that. >> can't confirm it? as you look at it going forward, we have guys on the run all the time unfortunately. look at this in totality how much does this distinguish itself in terms of what we have dealt with in the past? >> again, look at the two guys and what they are about and their rap sheet and record and what they were convicted on and oth

>> greta our producer on ground in willsboro tells us now that it looks like the authorities are packing up. it looks like they are pulling out after an intensive manhunt took place during the past several hours. one thing worth noting that i think has been overlooked is that the weather has certainly not been on the side of those conducting the manhunt. it has been dreary. it has been rainy. it has been great deal of fog with very low visibility. as you point out for the last several hours various law enforcement agencies have been looking for these two fugitives in willsboro. now, why were they brought there? apparently at 2:00 this morning during a driving rain someone noticed two men walking in the middle of the road. the vehicle approached the men and then they ran into a wooded area arousing suspicion. who were they? what were they doing there at that hour? we do not know. take a look at video greta that we recorded a few hours ago just two miles from the prison clinton correctional facility where these two inmates escaped. a massive manhunt took place this morning on the outskirts

willsboro is a town of a little more than 2,000. in fact, it's so small it doesn't even have its own police force but on tuesday law enforcement descended on a town by the hundreds after they pe received what was a credible threat from a person who lived on this road. in the rural adirondack foothills, officers have been walking shoulder to shoulder through fields trekking through thick swamps and forests and sweeps across back lawns looking for any signs of david sweat and matt. >> people in willsboro like jessica sousa and her son chase were told to stay inside and lock their doors. >> imagine what they could do to a kid or something. >> nicholas harris is richard matt's son. he said he doesn't know where his father may be headed. >> i don't really know. i don't know his whereabouts. i don't know why you're here. he's not coming here. >> they're poring over visitor locks. they're focused on joyce taylor. she has not been named a suspect. early saturday morning investigators discovered 38-year-old sweat and 40-year-old matt had esc

if they got these guys in their sights in willsboro, that it goes down without incidents and nobody getsurt. >> so much of this initial investigation focused on one woman who works at the jail. she's been questioned in connection to the escape plot. her son very vociferously defending his mother saying she had nothing to do with the escape. what do you make of police questioning her? >> well i think police have to question her, when you have a case like this whoever helped these escapees get out. they've thrown away their life. there's only three reasons in my experience where i had seen this happen it's loyalty. if you're a jewel thief, maybe you could throw a few diamonds the way of the person that helps you. the most likely scenario that we've seen in other cases is love. a woman gets wrapped up with a male inmate and gets deluded into thinking this is someone that is going to be the love of her life and unfortunately, too often when this laps she's basically thrown her life away whether it's this woman or some other female working in that facility. >> all right, we should point out a

. >> it's the fifth day of the manhunt for the two prison escapees in the town of willsboro 40 milesouth of the prison search teams for the second day in a row are looking for the fugitives. officers with the department of corrections marched down a road not far from where two suspicious men were spotted in the middle of the night during a driving rainstorm before running into the woods. despite the high visibility of multiple law enforcement agencies, people are worried. doors usually left open are now locked. some residents like win bellinger are are carrying guns. >> getting the gun out of the box makes everybody feel saver. >> in the town down the road from the prison searchers in body armor also look for the fugitives. authorities say they returned here to retrace past steps in the investigation and not because of a new lead. the abundance of caution."or has not calmed residents. >> we lock the door. and like everybody else we're locked and loaded. because they're not going to worry about whether the door is locked or not. they'll come in. >> high level sources tell fox that the

. >> reporter: jessica souza kept the doors to her home in willsboro locked overnight as the manhunt for david sweat and richard matt continued. >> if they are cornered and they are desperate, they are going to go into someone's house and someone is going to get hurt. and that's my only fear. >> reporter: hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on the small community by the busload tuesday. authorities searched wooded areas and railroad tracks on a tip that two men were spotted walking in the area monday night in heavy rain. the town is about 40 miles away from the clinton correctional facility where officials say the two convicted killers used power tools to break free. investigators remain focused on how the men were able to obtain those tools. don champion, cbs news, willsboro, new york. >> investigators say the men could have escaped up north canada or even as far south as mexico. >>> elon musk has something new up his sleeve an ambitious project to beam internet service from space. his company spacex has asked the federal government for permission to begin testing. the pl

police have been scouring the mall town of willsboro after two men were seen walking along a road in a rain storm and then fled when a car approached. investigators are following all of the tips that are coming in about the two fugitives and they believe a woman who worked with the men in the prison planned to pick them up after they escaped but she changed her mind at the last minute. the bomb was hospitalized this weekend due to dash woman -- the woman was hospitalized this weekend due to panic iraqs. >>> the plan to send 450 soldiers to iraq is to fight i physical and they will in -- isis and they will increase the sites from four to five. president obama is making the move on the request of iraq's prime minister and with the advice from the pentagon. the president is resisting demand for combat troops to fightle islamic militants who have swept across iraq and vir raw -- i sir -- syria. >>> water rates going up for more than a million east bay customers. how much the rate like will be and when it will kick in. >>> rare june rain adding to traffic snarls 57 the bay. here is a live

yesterday a tip led officers to willsboro, new york.eavily armed officers descended on a small town after getting a tip investigators say was directly related to the two inmates. but their search turned up nothing. now the nbc station in nearby platsburg, new york, is reporting that focus of the search has returned to danamora. a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation tells the buffalo news that matt and swetat had access to the inner cat walks and passages for about a month leading up to their escape. a source tells the paper that a square section in the wall in at least one of their cells was cut open with a power saw allowing them ax sesccess to the inner workings at night. i don't know how they didn't hear that. >> as willie asked yesterday, at some point they used that power saw. when they use that power saw, where was everybody? >> joining us from new york nbc news correspondent stephanie goss being. what is the latest? >> amy, good morning. really good point. that power saw was extremely loud. the fact that no o

a resident in the small town of willsboro, new york calling police concerned because at 2:00 tuesdayng, in the midst of torrential rain he or she spotted two suspicious men walking along a road approached them and they ran off. worried it could have been david sweat and richard matt search teams moved in and began their meticulous search. authorities worry these two convicted killers could be getting even more dangerous. >> they obviously have to eat, they have to sleep, they have to be able to get on like the rest of us. their level of desperateness will increase as each day goes on. >> reporter: back at the clinton correctional facility investigators are still looking into how the inmates got the power tools used to cut their way out of the prison. officials telling us all of their tools have been accounted for. and police still questioning this prison employee are also looking into whether special privileges for good behavior including special work assignments and getting to wear plain clothes instead of prison jumpsuits played a role in the inmates' escape. and in areas near wher

. >> a mass of heavily arranged -- heavily armed officers close in on willsboro, new york.'s son speaks out. 40 mile there is the prison break in this lake side community, police presence built up after a tip. two suspicion men spotted ducking into the woods. neighbors say canines picked up a scent. >> the with whole area is in an uproar and concerned about getting these guys off the the street. hast for sure. >> grid searches like this are conducted overhead with helicopters and here on the ground in open fields and rugged terrain. >> guns drawn, tension high. >> reporter: this is where they've asked us to hold our position. into the wood there's too much cover and too dangerous. officials are following leads on both sides of the prison wall. >> what's really hard to understand is how the correction security staff was not aware of this. >> investigators are questioning a person of interest joyce mitchell who works in the prison taylor shop where sweat and matt had jobs. on the day the convicts reported missing, mitchell checked into the hospital with quote, case of the ner

time can be wasted following leads that don't go anywhere. >> well, apparently this sighting in willsboroficant enough for our folks to head in that direction. and to do a full-court press. he know they had enough manpower setting up a perimeter. the aviation support. the canine s.w.a.t. teams were there. these guys, desperate people will do desperate things. if they are on foot, they have to be tired. it is raining. it is getting dark. so you start thinking from a safety point of view also, as law enforcement, these guys that are down range, what are they thinking? what's their mindset? suicide by cop? there's a lot going through everyone's mind. >> the fact that it is summer, how much does that affect the time line here? the weather is on their side, obviously. winter would be a lot more difficult for them. >> sure. it is and it isn't. they have to eat. i don't know how they're doing that, if in fact they are still local and on foot. they're in a wooded area, the mountains, it is certainly taking a toll on them if the sightings prove to be true. we'll just wait and see. it is an intense

an hour south in willsboro, more tactical searches. >> officers draw guns as they search homes, campers near the prison. >> this man lives here and he is armed. 300 miles away a, police question david sweat's mother. his sister says he stopped writing home two months ago. those that know matt say they live in fear. we spoke to a former accomplice a evicted murderer who testified against matt in court. he wants identity concealed. >> this is a very psychotic individual. it's somebody that did definitely has no regard for human life. >> that was nbc's miguel reporting. >>> this morning new plans for the white house to send american troops to america, 450 of them mostly trainers raising the number of 4500. they're fighting an uphill battle against isis. tracey pots is live in washington. tell us where these americans are going, and will it make a difference on the battlefield? >> they're going to be a training camp there bringing more in from the united states new troops. that is the new focus, a that area the new focus for the fight. whether or not it's going to make a difference that dep

late last night, police swarmed the town of willsboro. a tip spotted two suspicious people who may have been the men. investigators are calling joyce mitchell a person of interest. she worked in the jail's tailor shop. >> she wouldn't do that against my father. it definitely wouldn't be an inmate. >> police questioned his mother, he confirmed she checked into the hospital with a panic attack on the day of the breakout. >>> right now the obama administration is nearing a decision on whether to send 500 more u.s. troops to iraq. the troops that helped train iraqi security forces. those forces have seen major setbacks in recent months as they battled isis. there were nearly 3100 troops there. the white house said the u.s. still doesn't a strategy for training iraqi forces. >> we need to evacuate the press room. >> a bomb threat called in around 2:00 yesterday afternoon while press secretary josh earnest was at the podium and the room was packed with journalists. the president and his staff were not evacuated despite how close the east wing i

the search going down in 45 miles south of here southeast of here in willsboro, new york where there was a reported sighting of two suspicious men dashing into the woods yesterday. that triggered that big manhunt in that area yesterday that came up empty. as you mentioned to the north on the way to canada, new roadblocks checking cars on that going up there. here, they have circled back to ground zero. they started at the prison and moved the way out. as they say, that search is going on now. they had a house surrounded. nothing came of that. earlier helicopters in the area. nothing so far has become of that. but this area in dannemora people felt secure and felt they moved on gotten out of the area. but now, indications that their getaway car never materialized has people on edge and they say they're probably going to be on edge as long as they're still at large. >> john yang thank you for staying on the stir. >> this right here is bad. these are bad news. and i think they really -- they shouldn't have had the freedom they did have. i hope they find them soon because it's you know w

authorities turned their efforts to the town of willsboro, tuesday, but turned up empty. don champion is there with the latest on the manhunt. >> reporter: new york state police are retracing their steps with weapons ready searching homes door to door in the spall town of dannemora where the clinton correctional facility is located. david sweat and richard matt escaped from the maximum security prison over the weekend and so far a massive manhunt has turned up empty. >> these are two extremely dangerous men. i go to bed with my doors locked which you're never used to. >> reporter: many people in this area own seasonal homes. investigators are asking them to inspect their property very carefully on arrival looking for any signs of trespassers. >> if they are cornered and they're desperate, they're going to go into someone's house and someone is going to get hurt. >> reporter: the fugitives used power tools to cut through cell walls and steam pipe. authorities think joyce mitchell, an employee, may have helped them in some way. cbs news has lettered cell phone records conne

willsboro, more tactical squads. >> the search is me thodthodicalmethodical. >> they want to make sure people are safe not held hostage. >> this man is armed. 300 miles away police question sweat's mother. his sister tells us he stopped writing home two months ago. those that know matt say they live in fear. we spoke to matt's former accomplice, a convicted murderer that testified against matt in court. he wants identity concealed because he fears retaliation. >> there's no telling what kind of revenge he may want on people. this is a very psychotic individual. it's somebody that has no regard for human life. >> chilling stuff. our thanks to miguel for that report. >>> in january, jeb bush launched the exploratory committee when it seemed he dominated the field. "the washington post" explores why that has not come to past. that led to this week's campaign shake up and super pac falling short of predictions. some say efforts will hit the $1 million mark after all. the failed strategy kept people out. one says quote, the bushes have always underestimated the bases and they take it person

officers swarmed the town of willsboro in new york after tracker dogs picked up a fresh scent. it is just 40 miles away from the maximum security prison that david sweat and richard matt busted out of with power tools. investigators also identified a person of interest joyce mitchell worked with the inmates. her son confirms she checked into the hospital the day the convicts disappeared. >> i just know she was having severe chest pains and she was concerned about that. >> a lot of people are look at that and saying wow, maybe she had a panic attack because she was supposed to help them and she didn't. a lot of speculation. >> no. i mean, my mom, she worries a lot about everything. >> tonight we know police have questioned that woman. >>> hey, we've seen it with cigarettes for years. now san francisco city leaders have passed a new law to put warning labels on ads for sugary drinks. if it gets final approval it means any beverage that get morse than 25 calories from sweeteners per 12 ounces would need a note that it has a health warning on its advertisement. diet drinks would no