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>> its a safe and secure place. i trust they will do a good job. >> authorities say sweat will be placed on suicide watch. he will be housed in a special unit of the five points prison. sweat was shot and captured three weeks after the escape from the clinton facility. breaking overnight. undocumented immigrant arrested and confessed he did the killing on our affiliate camera kgo. >> did you shoot the lady on pier 14? >> yes. >> you did shoot her? >> the accused gunman claimed the shooting at ...

Cell. >> so were talking about 12 people who were with the clinton correctional facility on leave already as a result of this kind of investigation. so is it believed that sweat would divulge enough information to lay the groundwork for charges, that any of the 12 on leave or others might face? >> thats very possible. joyce mitchell the main accomplice, shes already confessed. she talked and talked and talked before she was even arrested. so they will not need his testimony to convict her. as fo...

Benefit that he can get from this is that he will not spend every single day of his life locked inside a hole in solitary confinement. so thats what this is all about from his perspective. >> so arthur likely he wouldnt be returning to the clinton correctional facility, would he? would it be a different facility whether its clinton or somewhere else what would his confinement be like? >> i think philip is exactly right. hes trying to cut a deal so that hes not locked up 23 hours a day and only o...

Plans. matt spent 20 days on the run before a border patrol special operations team found him alone behind a tree. he was shot three times in the head after apparently aiming a 20-gauge shotgun at an officer. matts body has been taken to the buffalo area after his family had a change of heart and decided to claim the body. the funeral home says there would be no public or private services. david sweat is listed in fair condition. he continues to heal from two gunshot wounds he sustained during h...

Loose. they also talk about that joyce mitchell actually communicated with her while her father was in clinton, telling her how he was and his health issues and cnn was told by the district attorney andrew wiley, there was at least one phone call on the cell phone of the daughter during the time they were loose. that is new information. we are learning information from the u.s. customs and border patrol about what happened when their tactical unit surrounded richard matt one week ago this aftern...

Prison officials could have been tipped off about the escape plans of the cold-blooded killers. richard matt sent a letter to his daughter before the breakout saying he would see her on the outside. this led police to end up shooting and killing richard matt. jean casarez live outside the clinton facility. good morning, jean. >> reporter: that letter was received by his daughter on june 9th after the escape. but it was written and sent before the escape. a law enforcement source went to the buff...

He doesnt stand out because of his crime. we have other individuals that killed ten, 15 people. we have individuals that have dismembered a body and carried around a head in a bowling ball bag for a week. you cant weigh that. he did have good behavior more than six months and he was allowed on the honor block. again, what he writes to family or friends, if it is found by them before the attempt, that would have been great. but, the timing wasnt good for us. >> lets talk about the changes taking ...

So did richard matt reveal his plans to break out of prison before he emerged from a manhole in up state new york? the buffalo news reports matt sent a letter to his daughter before he broke out, see you on the outside. did prison officials miss another opportunity to uncover this prison break? jeff dumas is with us. he worked at clinton correctional facility. let me read part of the letter. this is to his daughter i always promised you i would see you on the outside. he went on to say, im a man...

And greece defaults on its debt missing 1.7 billion dollar loan payment. that is a lot. markets around the world are on edge this morning. what does this mean? you know what? we dont know. unchartered territory. we are live. welcome back to "early start." im john berman. >> im christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour. new this morning. david sweat, captured prison escapee is recovering from two gunshots wound and condition upgraded now to fair. he is apparently spilling big time and reveal...

If he was dressed to be hidden there in the woods. he was a man who lived a very, very violent life and he came to a violent end. >> thank you, jason, for that. a stung shake-up in prison leadership. three top clinton correctional officials are now on paid leave, along with nine members of the security staff. we are also hearing from the brother of the sheriffs deputy murdered by david sweat. he is furious at all of the privileges that sweat had in the prisons honor block. >> we were told he w...