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That doesnt help him. >> yeah. you know, he didnt rush to come clean in terms of his involvement. that would have saved his hide a little bit more so than whats happened here. i think across the board you see from joyce mitchell, gene palmer, dave sweat and richard matt that failing to plan, is planning to fail. they didnt have a plan b. joyce mitchell didnt pick us up we were supposed to go to mexico instead we go to canada. richard matt has blisters, sweat says forget you and took off. you pre...

Jay cook did when you think he was alone on patrol in the incredibly remote place where you are. pick up the story from there and walk me through some of the details were getting on this takedown. >> ashleigh, you touched on a very important point here. hell 1200 officers canvassing the area yet this ended with a single confrontation between two men that new york state police officer and cop killer david sweat. it all played out right here in this field. let me show you what this officer is tell...

Officers at the minimum were on the hunt looking for him. hes now saying that the plan originally was to break out of the prison and have that employee joyce mitchell pick them up and take them to mexico. apparently when she did not show up sweat and matt knew right away they had to improvise so all those guessing games were right. they were on the run and doing whatever they could as they went. heres something else that he told investigators. apparently he was with richard matt up until just fi...

Manhunt. >> it was really rough. with me i couldnt hardly sleep at night and every time one of the cars would move id be jumpy. just hoping he would turn himself in. i felt like a big lift was off my shoulders that he was captured and he is alive. hes been in jail all this time. he should have just stayed there. instead of leaving with that other guy. my son knows that if he would have came here i would have knocked him out and had them guys take them to jail because thats just the way i am. ive...

Burning some paintings. that doesnt help him. >> yeah. you know, he didnt rush to come clean in terms of his involvement. that would have saved his hide a little bit more so than whats happened here. i think across the board you see from joyce mitchell, gene palmer, dave sweat and richard matt that failing to plan, is planning to fail. they didnt have a plan b. joyce mitchell didnt pick us up we were supposed to go to mexico instead we go to canada. richard matt has blisters, sweat says forget y...

Admitting he did it -- pliers and other tools inside the prison for matt and sweat and then also tampering with physical evidence, paintings matt and sweat had give on the him that he allegedly burned and buried after they both escaped and then obviously obstructing justice. that charge because of everything this these do with. this is a very low court he want has a brand new attorney out of albany, william drier. we will see how this case proceeds in light of the fact we now know david sweat is...

Tailor joyce mitchell to pick him and rich chad matt up at the breakout spot and make for the mexican border. its a long drive, but thats what they planned. the source says when mitchell did not show up, no wheel, sweat and matt decided they had to improvise instead. they were apparently together until five days ago and thats when sweat on the right made a decision to leave his pal matt on the left because he said matt was slowing him down. also have of richard matt was found not only smelling o...

No longer a dangerous throat that community or to any of the neighboring towns. instead he is in serious condition at the albany medical center and a team of specialists is involved in his care. i said "serious" not critical. hes apparently doing a little bit better. the nightmare ended with one lone officer, and youre looking at him. new york state police sergeant jay cook. it was officer cook who spotted sweat near a barn in constable, new york, just two miles from the canadian border. but whe...

Into account at the same time he knows if he goes in the trees he is going to disappear. >> let me ask you something. when cook took him down and he sees hes felled, he approached him. by himself, presumably with no backup, maybe coming but not there at that moment. that has to be a very scary proposition because sweat had a bag, sweat had baggy clothing. who knows what kind of side arm he might have had on him. its a terrifying proposition, almost like the horror movies that he may be down but ...

So just vet what he tells you to make sure the information is reliable. >> hes sitting in a hospital bed presumably chained pretty darn good. more than the average con that has to go in for treatment before he gets processed. what is the incentive for that guy to talk to investigators. what more can you take from him. hes in for life without parole. >> it wont be about when he gets out. but it will be about his treatment and his privileges while hes serving his time. amend theres a -- people don...