. >> 5:00 p.m. in new york, a big win for law enforcement relief for the people of upstate new york as we have been reporting 35-year-old david sweat an inmate who escaped from the correctional facility is in custody and we are told he has been shot by new york state trooper as he walked down a potentially road in constable new york, which is only five miles from the new york-canadian border. we are told that he is in stable and not life threat being condition and right new at the medical center in nearby malone new york, that is where his accomplice richard matt, the fellow escapeee was shot and killed on friday. matt police say according to reports, was apparently drunk when he had a shotgun and refuse ed to throw it down. we do not know the condition or the situation that had to do with matt being taken into custody but it is a major win and victory by law enforcement that has been going on these last three weeks now captured and no report of law enforcement officers injured or if he was caught in gunfire or if shots were exchanged or the type of confrontation. he was shot at left o

outside of this prison. interesting though, i understand why the governor of new york is speaking but why the governor of vermont? >> that's one of the big questions, brooke. it's been this suspected press conference is generating quite a bit of interest. a day tins the last official press conference from andrew cuomo but the other question is why the governor of vermont? that could mean that the search radius is growing, expanding. officials with the governor's office haven't said what they expect to release. some of the pictures they do expect to release, pictures of the two fugitives on the run, david matt and richard sweat as well. there's so many developments that have already happened since this last press conference which was last sunday. not only these possible sightings that happened really within the last few days but also this prison employee as well as these reports that have surfaced about her potential involvement as well brooke. there's still so many unanswered questions of exactly where this investigation is and more importantly why did this investigation eventuall

sunday." >>> at the buzz beater in new york hillary clinton gives assembled journalist what they want a big speech they can analyze, attack or defend. is the liberal agenda she laid out here done in great detail and when will she sit down for an actual interview? >>> the media pounce on jeb bush hiring a new campaign manager as evidence of a shake-up as he prepares to launch his candidacy. will he get a fair shake from the press? >>> marco rubio rips "the new york times" for challenging his traffic tickets and personal finances. are these stories over the top? >>> plus why is cable news showing the video of that hot headed pool party cop over and over again. i'm howard kurtz. this is a special edition of "mediabuzz." >>> after joining the press pack i had a chance to talk to hillary's campaign manager. denying the former first lady would coast in the nomination and she would have to fight for iowa and new hampshire. let's not bury the lead. i asked when hillary clinton would start doing interviews and he said right away. there was a huge press turnout. 550 requests for press credentia

two weeks ago. there's a huge spike in southwestern new york states, specifically in allegheny county near the town of friendship. police are converging on what they call a credible sighting. a tip that two men fitting the descriptions of the two were seen. police call the parameter a, quote, hot pot. matt and sweat are convicted murderers and considered to be dangerous and desperate. hundreds of police officers are manning road blocks and checking inside every vehicle that tries to drive in and out of this area. friendship, new york. look at the map. friendship, new york, it's about 300 miles from where the two prisoners escaped back on june sixth. just into cnn, we have a press release. it reads the new york state police investigating a possible sighting of the escapees. on the afternoon of june 20th, a witness spotted two men along the railroad line that runs along route 20 in the town of friendship. state police and u.s. marshals and officers and other law enforcement are currently searching along an area of i-86 and route 20 in the town of tpreupb friendship. while this is an unc

sidents are anxious. cops are investigating that prison break in upstate new york saying they have no concrete leads at this point. search teams are double and triple checking abandoned homes near the clinton correctional facility saying they're not working off fresh information today. just retracing their steps. after surrounding a home today near the town of dannemora there's an active perimeter set up. there's a heavy police presence. a new police check point operating about 25 minutes north of the prison. that's near a high school and an elementary school. unclear, though why they chose that particular location. as for the escaped convicts they are presumed dangerous and here's why. david sweat shot a sheriff's deputy 22 times. richard matt kidnapped a former boss beat him and tossed him in the trunk of a car and drove around looking for a place to kill him and bury him and broke that man's neck dismembered his body an then dumping the remains into a river. matt's accomplice who testified against him and served for that crime told nbc news that he now fears the convict that he

harlow joining you in new york. it's 6:00 eastern, top of the hour here and we begin with our breaking news from new york state. the two men who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate new york there has been a possible sighting of them that possible sighting taking place right on the state line between new york and pennsylvania. our deborah feyorik citing law enforcement sources, there was a credible sighting of the two men in friendship in new york state, along the pennsylvania border. heavily armed police and law enforcement agents are walking along key railroad tracks. they were armed with shotguns rifles and firearms. this as we have now learned that on tuesday, other sources called in to the authorities telling them there were other possible sightings of both of these convicted killers. it has been 14 days since they escaped from prison. earlier this week we were told the trail had gone cold. this manhunt has intensified. a local reporter was told by authorities to leave an area that was deemed to be a hot zone for activity. i want to bring in sarah right outsi

now. more of the breaking news. you are in the cnn "newsroom." poply harlow is in new york who will pick it up from here. >>> 5:00 eastern. i'm poppy harlow. we begin with breaking news this hour in the search for an escaped convicted murderer. cnn has learned that david sweat has been shot by new york state police. he has been taken into custody alive. he was shot twice in an open field in the town of constable that is just 2 miles south of the canadian border. he was on the run for 23 days when he was captured. right now, he askis being treated inside of a hospital. alice hyde medical center in malone new york. i want to go to deborah who's been working her law enforcement forces. she's learned some kprierd anywhere things just in the past few hoemtmoments. >> we know he was captured wearing camouflage gear. he was just a couple miles from the canadian border. had he been able to cross that canadian border law enforcement's ability to follow him would have been much more difficult. i'm also learning that apparently he was following a trail. it's what's called a fire break that is

>>> we begin with our breaking news. the nightmare is over. those words just spoken by new york governor andrew cuomo. escaped convicter murderer who killed a sheriffs deputy david sweat has been captured. shot twice and in the hands of police as we speak. this photo obtained showed the moment just after sweat was apprehended by a new york state officer who took him down. new york police sergeant jay cook. he brought down the fugitive all by himself. as we speak, sweat is on his way to albany medical center. you see his ambulance in the police police patrol there. he's going to get further treatment there. he is in stable condition after shot twice in the torso. this after 23 days on the run through the wilderness of upstate new york. captured just 1 1/2 miles from the canadian border. moments ago the governor detailing the capture. getting a lot of new information on how he and his apolice escaped from the clinton correctional facility three weeks ago. we have live team coverage of sweat's capture. alexandra field is on the ground. jean casarezs is outside of the medical center where he

in surgery on the right captured, in custody, as he walked down the street in constable, new york, early this afternoon. reports say he had hunting camouflage on and was walking on the street. the new york state police say sergeant jay cook a firearms instructor part of the team on the search, saw him walking down the street, thought he was suspicious and stopped him and he then started to run. that is when police say sweat was shot at least twice in the back and he now is undergoing surgery at a hospital in ma lend ending the three week long desperate search if the two killers and rich mat was shot and killed by a boarder patrol agent on friday and they say he had a shotgun we do not know if this was gun play or if sweat was armed. we are expecting more details in the next 45 minutes from new york governor question me who will brief the media and rick is there, at the ski hodge in malone not far from the hospital. rick has been on the story from the beginning and has the latest. a tremendous day for law enforcement and clearly a day of relief thousands of manhour spent on the manhunt si

crime has been measured in various american cities including the biggest: new york. it set off a glass half empty or full debate. it is worrisome a loss of important gains or do we look at those rises in the context of some of the lowest levels of sustained crime in dates? safety in numbers it's the "inside story." welcome to snoird "inside story." "inside story." i'm ray suarez. what many people see as violent police overreaction has led to demonstrations and confrontations with police and some uniformed leaders complaining they aren't getting enough support. there's also been a small but steady rise in some crime numbers of. after decades of steady movement in the other direction. america's cities are safer today than they were ten 20 and 30 years ago. how should we understand the recent measured increases? a statistical blip or a worrying sign that the solid success in lowering crime may have been just temporary. al jazeera's courtney kealy reports. >> reporter: baltimore had its most violent month in 40 years. chicago saw 12 homicides over the memorial day weekend. crime has

the nearby upstate new york community is on edge as hundreds of officers continue to comb the woods and search homes. the governor of new york warns the law will be tough on anyone who helped richard matt and david sweat break out of prison. governor andrew cuomo says investigators are looking at several people who might have had a hand in the plot, among them joyce mitchell on right, a prison employee. david lee miller live with the latest on the hunt in new york. david lee? >> reporter: jon, a source close to the investigation tells fox news the woman we've been talking about at length joyce mitchell, did, in fact, agree to provide transportation to the two inmates after they broke out of the prison. the two inmates were reportedly waiting for a vehicle once they emerged from that manhole according to our source. mitchell agreed to provide that vehicle at that location, but at the last minute she changed her mind and did not show up. the inmates, according to our source, did not have a plan b, and it is for that reason authorities now still believe the two inmates david sweat and

has been going on for years with no end in sight. here in new york city bill deblasio ordering his officers to end the stop frisk program designed to get guns off the streets. m in addition new york city infrastructure is collapsing. cops are angry with de blasio for not supporting them therefore low level offenses such as double parking aggressive begging other so-called quality of life crimes, not being enforced. streets in the city are clogged beyond belief 24/7. which means more air pollution. and more frustration for anyone trying to get anywhere. you can't. there is no question things are going south in new york city under mayor de blasio. should be noted that in baltimore, chicago and new york democrats run the show. and their permissive attitude are the primary reason violence is up social order down. unless they somehow begin to understand that strict policing is needed to help lives, this trend will continue. the washington post said today that police shootings are also on rise. so far this year 385 people have been killed by police half white, half minority. more than 80

fugitive. call the new york state police hot line at @greta and hu#greta tonight. >>> breaking news tonight. police investigate a new lead in the manhunt for the two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate new york over two weeks ago. there has been a credible sighting near the new york/pennsylvania border. new york state police releasing a statement saying, in part, on the afternoon of june 20th, a witness spotted two men along a railroad line that runs along route 20 in the town of friendship, new york. while this is an unconfirmed sighting, the state police is asking residents who live in this area to be on alert. hello and welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us. we'll go to fox news correspondent rick leaventhal for the latest on the search for the prisoners. >> this is an unconfirmed sighting, sparking a swarm of activity, 350 miles from the prison where richard matt and david sweat escaped two weeks ago. they have a possible sighting in the town of friendship, in allegheny county. police say a witness spotted t

, nonstop, from new york to paris. either way. the first offered the prize in 1919 and i will tell you why he offered it. he was a frenchman and he was romantically excited about the airplane. the technology to make this flight was not really available to flyers until 1924, 1925 26, certainly 1927. what is more interesting about this story is that after the official race ended, something even stranger and deadlier began. from june to december of that year, less experienced pilots tried to duplicate lindbergh and all failed. they either crashed, or they didn't get off the ground, or died. during that six month period, 12 more pilots died in the attempt to cross the atlantic, many of them women. more people than that died trying to cross other large bodies of water. but, those who tried to cross the atlantic, like i said, many of them were aviatrixes who were trying to prove that women were capable in the air. just as capable as men. it made sense to me as i was writing, and it made general sense, that this would happen when and how it did. the technology had come, the technology for

harlow joining you from new york. we have breaking news. the breaking news is on the manhunt in upstate new york. we now know authorities are following leads near allegheny county. new york news 4 buffalo has been saying its reporter has been asked to leave because state police call it a hot spot. radio traffic is indicating police officers are moving large numbers into that area. they have been asked to maintain radio silence as they search for these two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum security prison 14 days ago. sarah, what are you hearing? >> reporter: good afternoon. yeah we know that state police are actively searching an area in friendship new york which is very close to the pennsylvania border in new york in allegheny county. i just talked to the caretaker of the cemetery very close by where state police are searching. he told me he's seen cars state police trooper cars go up and down the hill where the cemetery is he sees helicopters flying overhead. he says he's not far from a freeway where they are doing car searches and checkpoints, not far from a cree

between new jersey and new york city. here's a live look at the scene right now. new jersey transit bus hit the rear of a private bus. 18 people are known to be hurt. the buses were heading into manhattan when they crashed. we have video of one person on a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance on the new york side of the tunnel. we've seen people walk out carefully, under their own power. it happened on the new jersey side of the tunnel. there are 60 to 90-minute delays getting into the tunnel on the jersey side. that's what we're getting right now. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you more information as we get it. >>> the ntsb found the engineer of the amtrak train in last month's deadly derailment was not using his cell phone while he was operating the train. that revelation came in the ntsb's second update on the investigation into the derailment, which was updated. matt has read through the report. >> the ntsb says it's conducted a detailed examination of the phone records related to brandon bostian, the engineer of amtrak 188 that went off the rails last mo

. >>> severe storms. from the d.c. area all the way up to new york the massive fire erupting at a chemical plant, families urged to stay indoors. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a monday night. we begin with several breaking stories. first, that man hunt that began in upstate new york now stretching across state lines, across the u.s. border. two convicted murders, their brazen prison break over the weekend using those power tools, drilling through walls made of steel and brick. tonight abc news has learned authorities have interviewed this woman, a worker at the prison. the escaped convicts crawled through this pipe and tonight communities are on high alert, police going door to door searching school classrooms. as that worker is questioned many are asking did these convicted murders get inside help. abc's gio benitez is in upstate new york. >>> reporter: tonight, the first convicts to break out of this maximum security prison, are on the run. two days and counting. convicted murderers david sweat and richard matt serving up to life sentences now gone wit

dramatic is a enscene in katieville new york. they are closing roads and closing off a large perimeter. police choppers are overhead and police officers are walking afoot. this comes from a tip late wednesday night. cnn has a reporter stationed along the search area. we'll go to jason carroll with all the breaking details. what do we know jason? >> reporter: well, we know a section of route 374, one of the roads that leads into and out of danmore where the prison is located, a section of that roadway is now closed. this is where we are right now, this is one of many road blocks we see in the area where they are stopping cars in and out and asking some of the cars to open their trunks as they head along this area. again, this is route 3. this is a road that runs parallel to route 74 through 374. i'm going to turn our cameras around to give you a sense of where we are. we were just up the street here to the left where route 374 is. that's where it is blocked off, not allowing any cars into and out of that area. not even allowing us to one of the feeder streets leading to 374. t

maximum security prison in upstate new york. tonight the manhunt is expanding, and investigators are looking into whether the killers had inside help. they climbed through a manhole and vanished leaving behind only this. inmate 2297 david sweat, was serving life without parole for fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy 22 times. inmate 1723 richard matt has reportedly escaped before while serving a burglary sentence in the 1980s. this time he was doing 25 to life on a murder rap for torturing and dismembering his former boss. the two were in adjacent cells at the clinton correctional facility. a state prison in northern new york 20 miles from the canadian border. on friday night they rigged makeshift dummies in their beds and set off on a winding journey through the bowels of the prison. somehow the pair got their hands on power tools, slicing through a solid steel wall busting through a brick wall and even cutting through a steam pipe before reaching freedom. as the massive manhunt unfolded new york's governor andrew cuomo, got a tour of the get-away route. >> a lot of cutting. >> the

new york governor on the manhunt for those escaped killers upstate. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it starts. but first we're learning this prison worker who helped those prisoners escape allegedly panicked once the ruthless men were free. that's what sources on the investigation are now telling fox news. we reported yesterday that police were investigating this woman, joyce mitchell. she is an instructor at the prison's tailor shop. according to the fox news sources, she's the one who gave the inmates power tools to help them tunnel out of the prison in upstate new york. they say she was also supposed to get them a getaway car. but when word got out this weekend that the killers were loose, she freaked. went to the hospital with a case of the nerves and checked herself right in. the woman's son coming to his mother's defense now, he calls her a nice woman who loves sewing but he says she's a very nervous person. he told the nbc news that his mom would never help inmates escape unless she had no choice. >> people might say, no matter what i wouldn't do that. when you're put

palestinian film "the wanted 18" premiers in new york. >> came in one day with his soldier. he says, the exact words "these cows are dangerous for the security of the state of israel." amy: the film airs this weekend at the human rights watch international film festival but the thumbs director won't be in attendance. that's because israel recently deemed him to be a security threat and he went to jordan to get a u.s. visa at u.s. granted it to him but then said the visa machine was broken. he will join us from ramallah. all that and more, coming up. the top u.s. general says the united states may build more military bases in iraq as part of its escalating campaign against the islamic state. the remarks by chair of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey came a day after the white house confirmed plans to deploy up to 450 new u.s. troops to train and back iraqi forces at a training hub in anbar province. dempsey said the pentagon is considering establishing more sites and a play even more troops. saudi-led airstrikes have destroyed houses, damaging -- damaged buildings and killed

. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, carl quintanilla. >> good evening. >> the long manhunt for those two convicted killers who escaped from a new york prison is over tonight. david sweat was shot and apprehended near the canadian border two days after richard matt was killed in that confrontation with police. this photo of sweat was taken just after his capture, his condition is unknown. but we are learning more tonight about what led authorities to some of the most wanted men in the united states. we begin with nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: after 23 days on the run, after a prison break that captivated the country, 35-year-old david sweat is in custody tonight, shot and wounded by law enforcement just two miles from the canadian border. >> can we get an ambulance to stage at the constable station for any possible further responses? >> copy. give me an ambulance to stage at my station for malone, please. >> reporter: authorities say sweat was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. roads surr

about heading to vermont before they broke out of maximum security prison in new york. hundreds of officers are searching for the pair, but six days into the search officials still have no real idea where they are or what they're doing. don champion has the latest. >> reporter: you're aware of the escapees from new york, right? authorities in vermont pounded the pavement late into the night handing out "wanted" poster. they're both wanted for doing murderers. they're not nice people. and searching campgrounds for richard matt and david sweat. >> we've had plenty of peach approach us that we don't know. it's just what you do in the camp ground. >> reporter: the hunt has grown across state lines and has grown more intense. >> they're killers, they're murderers. there's no reason to believe they wouldn't do it again. >> reporter: investigators have expanded their search to the border of new york and vermont after learning the inmates talked about how there would be less police on the ground to search for them. >> we have information to suggest that they thought that new york was going

will be sundown, upstate new york where the hunt for the last escaped convict continues. thank you to jonathan gilliam, john cuff jonathan dienst for joining us. it is "hardball" for now. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes on a huge historic absolutely head-snapping news day. this friday on one of the most consequential weeks in the presidency of president obama. today was the day that the supreme court legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. we will talk to the plaintiffs who brought the case live from the historic stone wall inn in just a minute. you see them there. today was also the day that president obama gave a passionate and rousing eulogy to the slain pastor of emanuel ame church in charleston delivering one of the great speeches in recent memory and even leading the congregation in the singing of "amazing grace." we will play you that and take you to south carolina for reaction. >>> but first, an update on the latest breaking news on this day we have in upstate new york where a nearly three-week-long manhunt f

be a very quick break. a fox news alert now. the governor of new york set to hold that news conference as law firms confirm escapee david sweat has been captured and they brought him in alive. a jaw-dropping end to a massive manhunt when escapees broke out of prison back on june 6. here's what we know. a massive manhunt was brought to a close in a town of constable, new york. that's just two miles from the canadian border. the tick-tock of this a state trooper spotted a man who looked like a convict walking down the street. it was, in fact david sweat. at 3:20 p.m. sweat turned and ran and the new york state trooper turned and shot him, twice in the back. at this hour sweat is in a hospital. then they are going to transfer him to the potston hospital before going on to albany. we're waiting to learn exactly where they're going to take him to work on him finally, to work on his wounds. let's bring in steve robbins again. as we wait until you talk to the governor. do you think they will tell us much? >> i think the governor will state without compromising the investigation. .

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, one man was about to be transformed into a modern new york city folk hero. "in the midst of beefed up security patrols and a citywide search for the man they call the subway vigilante." "he told witnesses as he fled he had acted in self defense, a passenger on the new york city subway, a white man said four black teenagers wielding sharpened screwdrivers pressed him for $5." "in new york city, they called him the death wish vigilante and many new yorkers cheered him." it was 1984, and frustrated new yorkers found an unlikely hero. bernard goetz. "goetz, a 37 year old electronics repairman lived alone. he reportedly was obsessed with crime on the street and tried to get more police protection for his neighborhood." "you people have put upon him the label of vigilante. i put the label of just a guy with a scared guy ..a scared citizen" "he shot all four then fled through the subway tunnel. one of the wounded teenagers may be paralyzed for life. police hotlines set up to find the culprit have been flooded with calls. calls from new yorkers fed up with urban violence who proclaim the u

in new york city, the second straight year of increasing murders in new york city. here is where some perspective is necessary, last year there were 333 murders in new york and that is down 85% from the more than 2200 murders the city saw in 1990. even so, mayor bill deblasio is on the defensive over his move to reduce so-called stop and frisk policing. listen to this. how many must die before the mayor brings back stop and frisk? and the john daly show. >> you know the minute murder go murders go up, get this out of our sight. people don't care about the constitution when they think it's not safe. >> in this city we had a real thorough debate and people did vote in favor of constitutional debate and having strong policing. there is no die cot dichotomy here. >> it comes at a time when film maker spike lee is shooting a movie called chiraq. ash-har quraishi joins me with more. ash-har. >> ali we are heading into the months when the suicides and shootings tend to 800 number. 2015 there were 161 time to take drastic measures. just a snapshot of how fast and furious violence can hit the

matthews. we're following breaking news on that manhunt for those two escaped killers in new york. richard matt one of the two escaped killers, has been shot and killed by a customs and border patrol tactical unit. david sweat is still on the run. police say there is evidence that he's nearby and there have been reports within the last hour of a second round of gunfire as police close in on him. we get the latest now from nbc's john yang at state police barracks in malone. john? >> steve, here's what we know for certain. the new york state police say that at 3:45 teams working in the woods around malone shot and killed a man they believe to be richard matt. they're awaiting confirmation of that body. here's what we know from law enforcement officials sources. sources tell nbc news that at that time about 3:45 it was a customs and border patrol s.w.a.t. team that was doing a search in that area when they came upon richard matt. there was an encounter, some indications that he might have been armed with a shotgun and an encounter. they shot and killed him. wptz, the nbc affiliate in plattsbu

is al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. we'll take a look at tonight's top stories. a dire prediction. italy with a million migrants that cross the murder. a fifth person dying from the outbreak of mers in south korea. more than 1800 have been diagnosed with the deadly virus. >>> spike in crime in nation. we'll take a deeper look behind what might be behind the trend. >> and there it is, the 37 year wait is over! american pharaoh has won the triple crown. >> and american pharaoh becomes the first triple crown win center nearly 40 years. ♪ >> we begin tonight with a growing migrant crisis off the coast of italy over the past 24 hours alone more than 3,000 migrants have been rescued, most of them trying to get to italy in wooden boats or rafts. this brings the number of rescues this year alone to 50,000. and italy estimating 1 million others are waiting in libya hoping to risk their lives and make that journey. we're in lampedusa italy with more on those rescue efforts. >> the rescue efforts are now over. the migrants were found in nine different wooden fishing boats a

>>> this is al jazeera america, i'm erica pitzi in new york. here are the top stories - cutting off the money. officials in greece take the dramatic step of closing the nation's bank as european leaders refuse to extend the loan programme. the man hunt is over. the police capture the second escaped inmate after three weeks on the run. shock and confusion, amateur footage showing the break out of a fire in taiwan >>> an unmanned spacex rocket explodes. how will the doomed flight impact space missions. >>> turkey fires water cannons and woman to disperse people to annual event >>> we begin with the greek drama playing out on the international stage. prime minister alexis tsipras said greek banks will be closed on monday and place restrictions on money people can take out. the stock market is closed and it came hours after european leaders said they would not extend the programme. greece is expected to repay the imf. a result that could rock markets and hurt u.s. exports to europe. the anxiety can be felt on the streets of athens. >> they have come to the european office in athens to s

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what we know. the search was brought to a close in the town of constable, new york just two miles from the canadian border. tick-tock now. shortly after 3:00, a police officer spotted david sweat walking down the street. he ran and turned toward a treeline, and that's when the officer took action because he knew if he went into treeline he might not get him. sweat was shot in the back. he was treated at a hospital in malone, new york and is now being treated at a hospital in albany. his capture a few miles north from where a federal agent shot and killed the other escapee, richard matt, during a confrontation on friday. rick leventhal is in malone, new york and rick got a first interview with the district attorney moments ago since this capture, and rick, what more have you learned? >> well, harris, we're now joined by the sheriff of franklin county, kevin mulberhill, who actually saw david sweat when he was brought out of the hospital this afternoon. tell us about it. >> he wasn't in very good shape. he was pale, his chest was covered. they had a breathing tube in his mouth and they b

america cities including baltimore and new york, escalating murder rates as police pull back in the face of unrelenting criticism over aggressive policing. in the already tense atmosphere of america's inner city neighborhoods, this hate crime may produce a test of calm in the hot summer months that lay ahead. lou: doug, thank you very much. reporting from the white house. a lot more on the issues tonight. in a few moments joined by former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and bishop harry jackson a leading african-american christian preacher. we'll be talking about the politicization of tragedies like this by politicians including the president as well as the importance of dealing with the issue of mental health in this country. >>> president obama closer to a victory on his trade agenda after the house of representatives voted to give him fast track power to negotiate international trade deals. the so-called trade promotion authority bill passed by a thin margin. 213-208 thanks to support from republicans and 28 democrats who support the trade deal. this vote comes less than a week

know at this hour. an alleged isis reporter is under arrest in new york allegedly after he attacked an fbi agent with a knife. terrorism investigators were doing a search of a moment in staten island earlier today and that's when allegedly this man tried to attack an agent. there were no serious injuries in this incident. but it is related to another arrest that occurred on saturday. if you recall yesterday the fbi announced that they had arrested a suspect who was planning to build bombs and detonate be bombs in the new york metropolitan area. and that suspect was arrested after he and someone else that he was with tried to attack agents who were following them. so that's what we know at this hour. we know that the suspect today is due in court any time. >> so we have the news today with this man in staten island that as you point out is connected to the man in queens. when you have recently the new nugget coming out about what happened a bhoel while back in garland, texas and how one of those had a plan to target a super bowl. we're hearing about this arrests more and more so recentl

. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. our top story is breaking as we come on the air. a suspected accomplice in the new york prison break is now under arrest. joyce mitchell, a prison worker who police say may have developed relationships with both escaped cons, is to be arraigned this evening after she apparently began spilling more details of romance and forbidden items supplied to the men. as for the search for the prisoners themselves, it's been a day of more tantalizing hints and bursts of police activity as anticipation grows that police are drawing closer to their prey. we have it all covered. nbc's ron mott starts us off with this breaking news. ron? >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. joyce mitchell is being held tonight at the state police barracks in malone, new york. that is near her home. she will be arraigned on two counts, one a felony, the other a misdemeanor. now, the felony is for promoting prison contraband. the misdemeanor is for criminal facilitation. and

editor of espionage and slammed the "new york times" for holding a grudge against him and turkey. you find a littony of accusations, arrests. recep tayyip erdogan targeted media outlets associated with the reclusive us-based cleric go horks lin. they are turned and recep tayyip erdogan accuses the movement of trying to form a parallel state to bring down the government. there's a lot on the line in the election. including the future of turkish journalism. the starting point is istanbul >>> on may 25th, two weeks before the election president recep tayyip erdogan went after the "new york times". over an editorial entitled "dark clouds over turkey", he said the paper was meddling in turkey's affairs, referring to the brute manipulation of the process. his long history of intimidation and coopting the media and how the president is hostel to truth telling tuckey has 17 channel, and recep tayyip erdogan has taken issue with many of them. on this occasion when he said the times overstepped limits of freedom, he chose a different target, a strategic one. >> translation: recep tayyip er

. >> al jazeera america. i'm david shuster in new york. here are today's top story. escape from prison. new york state two murderers are on the loose. how did they get the power tools they used and where was the maximum security. >>> shot down, a helicopter had to make an emergency landing. officials believe that gunfire came from the mexican side of the border in an area known for drug smuggling and illegal border contracting crossing. >>> at the economic summit focusing on the russian and iraq. >>> there are advantages and disadvantages for candidates who have tried this before. >> we begin this hour in up state new york where two convicted murderers who carried out a brazen prison escape are still on the loose. authorities say the men used power tools to cut through steel walls and sewer bricks. the fugitives left that note behind. it reads have a nice day. new york governor andrew quo mow said thatcuomo say that they're offering a reward for information leading to the men's capture. >> the manhunt now includes hundreds of local, state and law enforcement officers. they've be

shot? fault lines >> hello everybody, this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm david schuster. more u.s. troops are headed to iraq. the obama administration said that 450 u.s. soldiers will help to train iraqi forces in the battle against isil. and in texas a police officer said that the client had let his emotions get the best of him. and pope francis is making a bold move to stop the church front covering up the pedophile problems. starting new it independentin' investigations. we about begin this hour with the fight against isil. a massachusetts man was killed earlier this month while fighting alongside offer kurdish forces in syria. keith broomfield is the first to it die fighting isil in combat. and the major shift in the focus in the piraki battle against isil. the obama administration plans to send 450 troops in iraq to assist in anbar province. isil has captured two male cities in iraq, mosul and ramadi. it has been a year since they captured the biggest prize and isil is on the move despite coalition airstrikes. they swept through northern iraq in days, and i

in new york as the manhunt continues for two convicted murderers who broke out of a penitentiary. >> i asked what the hell are you doing in my yard. >> the neighbors who saw the men as police try to track the convicted killers down. >> the last of the so-called angola three ordered to be released in louisiana after four decades in prison, but the state is launching an appeal to keep albert wood cox in jail. >> former house speaker dennis hastert facing charges of financial fraud. was he trying to cover up sexual abuse? this is al jazeera, good morning, live from new york city i'm randall pinkston. the manhunt is entering a fewer day for two convicted killers who broke out. investigators are trying to figure out if the elaborate escape was an inside job or result of a security breakdown. >> the escape raises so many questions. did the inmates have blue paints of the underground structure who heard hem drilling and how does they get their hands on power tools? >> investigators are focusing on prison employees and contractors doing maintenance work to see who may have helped two con

hour window where we could see showers. heavier activity to the north around new york city the belmont stakes later this afternoon. post time, 6:50, right now it's a wet track it should be dry when they get it going. the high is 80. around lunchtime showers otherwise combination of sun and clouds. tomorrow it's better, wall-to-wall sunshine, temperatures struggling to get into the upper 70s and next week looks good, but it does warm up in the 7 day forecast. a couple of 90 is possible. i'm have the details when i see you in before ten minutes. eva? >> the big story on "action news" is the final farewell to beau biden. funeral service will be held in wilmington, delaware for the beloved son of vice president joe biden. president obama will deliver the eulogy for the former attorney general of delaware. the action cam is live outside saint anthony of padua catholic church in wilmington where a funeral mass will be held for beau biden. dignitaries plus the obama family and hillary clinton and former president clinton will will be there. his former commander will present the legion of meri

morning. ♪ welcome to new york ♪ the whipper of the ugliest dog contest arriving in the big apple. ultimately thrilling and scaring onlookers and she's with us live only on "gma". >>> hey, good morning. also, coming up on the show this morning, the latest on the intensifying hunt for escaped convict david sweat, police hope to capture or kill him within the next 48 hours. they're working right now on a three-mile perimeter in upstate new york, about 47 miles away from the prison from which sweat escaped. and also this morning, you'll hear from a member of the s.w.a.t. team who took sweat's fellow escapee, this man, richard matt. he's been escaped for three weeks now. >>> but we start here with the severe weather, look at the map, an unusually strong and severe storm for this time of year, it's hitting the northeast right now. there have been four possible storm-related deaths in maryland. in the meantime, a second system producing a slew of reported tornadoes in the northern praps. let's get straight to rob. good morning, rob. >>> 19 reports of tornadoes, much of those coming out

begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >> good evening. quite frankly, we haven't seen a news day this busy in a very long time. so many major stories we're following. the day starting with a landmark decision by the u.s. supreme court, making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. emotional reactions across the country, marking a dramatic and historic shift in this country's social landscape. and a story we plan to have extensive coverage of tonight. but at this moment there are breaking developments in the hunt for those escaped killers in upstate new york. we want to get right to nbc's stephanie gosk in malone new york. stephanie, what's happened? >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is an active scene in malone right now. two senior new york officials tell us that richard matt has been shot and killed but his sidekick david sweat, is on the loose in these woods. after a nearly three-week-long manhunt and a jaw-dropping prison break, this could finally be coming to an end tonight. two new york state

fortress like prison in upstate new york but it's one thing that went almost laughably wrong that could be the inmates 'un doing. the focus remains on a prison employee named joyce mitchell. according to a source familiar with the investigation, mitchell apparently was set to be the getaway driver, the person to pick up matt and sweat when they crawled out of their manhole and then they were supposed to have a driver to take them to places unknown. but that did not happen. instead, the source says mitchell went to a hospital with a panic attack instead, at this point two extremely dangerous men most likely felt panic themselves which most likely turned to desperation which made them even more dangerous, likely, than before. a former accomplice of matt's in the kidnapping and killing and dismembering of a new york businessman describes matt as "evil, cunning and a master manipulator." but the opposite seems to be true of joyce mitchell, says her son tony to nbc news. >> she is not the kind of person that's going to risk her life or other people's lives to let these guys escape from priso

the manhunt for two killers who escaped from a new york prison is concentrated near a small town about 30 miles away. law enforcement officials are searching the small rural town of willsboro and the surrounding woods following tips from a resident. so far they've come up empty. townspeople have been warned via twitter to take precaution, please lock houses and cars overnight, the tweet reads, and as don champion reports, the townspeople are paying attention. >> reporter: she keeps her door locked overnight as the manhunt continues. >> if they're cornered and desperate, they're going to go into someone's house and someone's going to get hurt and that's my only fear. >> reporter: hundreds of law enforcement officers desend seconded on the community by the bus load. 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. investigators are looking at how they may have gotten those tools. rich work