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operation. >> this is not his first alleged involvement. thanks for watching. more personality just got injected into the republican field today. new jersey governor chris christie finally threw his hat in the ring. >> we have to stop worrying about being loved and start caring about being respected again, both at home and around the world. i am not running for president of the united states as a surrogate for being elected prom king of america. >> christie kicked off his campaign at...

Excitement among law enforcement that they got one of them. they want to get the second one. >> msnbc reporter adam reiss who has been covering this from the start with some vital information tonight. u.s. customs border patrol tactical unit is the unit that engaged richard matt who has now been shot and killed. for more lets go now to clint van zandt, msnbc contributor and former fbi profiler. what can you tell us about the u.s. customs border patrol tactical unit? i did not know that u.s. cust...

Change for law enforcement? does it speed up their movement? what changes, if anything in this search? >> they would like to be able to find him, obviously, in daylight. as you and i discussed, law enforcement rules the night with night vision glasses for those underground and aircraft overhead. ed theyre also im sure bringing in dogs that would have the scent of sweat, and they would be using those dogs. so theyre coming at him a lot of different directions but i think anybody in law enforcemen...

There seemed to be a very direct strategy by these two to elude law enforcement in a certain way using the woods to their advantage, what do you think? >> i think you are right ed. they probably decided together if we try to steal a car, if we try to take a hostage, anything like this that is going to tell law enforcement exactly, to the square foot, where we were at a given time. so i think instead they made their way along these trails. and ed know there are hiking trails. there are atv trails...

Means that hes only best case scenario, a few hundred feet maybe a mile one way or the other away at this particular time. so what were going to see, ed is this ring thats going to close in that area. youre going to see law enforcement right at the site of the shooting that are going to be pushing out. then theres going to be a ring of law enforcement officers on the outside closing in and theyre going to try to get the last fugitive sweat, boxed in between them. and again, that makes him probab...

Away, called the police state police and border patrol swarmed into that area and then a shootout took place between matt and the that i have right now, ed. >> so there is a very brave and a very lucky citizen out there tonight who was shot at reportedly by richard matt and that, of course then he went and told law enforcement where this guy is and they closed in on him. i mean thats quite the drama, isnt it client? thats really unusual how these things unfold, isnt it? >> yeah if this is true a...

>> yea! >> they got one guy? they got the guy? >> they shot one guy? >> high-five. >> dad, they got one prisoner! >> sources tell nbc news they believe matt and the other escapee, david sweat, were traveling close together when officers came across matt. the search for sweat continues at this very moment. todays shooting comes after weeks of pursuit helped by dna tests that confirmed the convicts presence in multiple cabins after 2,000 leads and 21 days one man appears to be dead anoth...

officials tell nbc news that richard matt, the man on your screen right there, was one of the two men who escaped from upstate new york correctional facility, has been shot and killed by law enforcement officials. details of the shooting have not been released by law enforcement as of yet. the escape took place on june 6th. this is day 21 in a very heavily wooded area. and the shooting apparently took place in the titus mountain area, which is about 15 miles south of the canadian borde...

Reality show father is speaking publicly since completing her gender transition. in other celebrity news today, donald trump dropped a big hint on social media. >> june 16th at trump tower, 11:00, major announcement. lets see what happens. >> is that kind of a luncheon invite? if donald trump runs i think he has as good a chance as anybody else in the field. because unlike jeb bush trump will not attack your retirement and social security. at least thats what he said. trump has created more jobs...

The senate could vote on a final version of this bill as early as tomorrow. get your cell phones out. want to know what you think tonight. tonights question should the patriot act be reauthorized? go to pulse.msnbc.com/ed to cast your vote. well bring you the results in the next segment of the program. for more let me bring in kelly odonnell, nbc news capitol hill correspondent. thanks for your time tonight. is it fair to say that rand paul is kind of the lone wolf on the hill with the political...