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>> no, not at all. its -- actually, this is fairly timely. as you know, fugitives sometimes we see months and years. the tight perimeters, the canines, the special enforcement units, everybody working together really flushed these guys out quick. their minds were mush. you have to understand the high stress of being a fugitive on the run for 21, 22 days ends up walking down a road. this tells you exactly how much stress the human mind has taken over that time period. >> and what about what lays ...

Motivation in this massive manhunt. >> we start today is the day. i left the house this morning and got here and i was confident we would catch them today. i tell you, they will be confident they will get him tonight. i will tell you tomorrow morning today is the day. >> reporter: rough weather on the way. heavy rain. and that is challenging not only for the men searching for david sweat but for sweat himself. the other bounty hunters may be along with them. the bounty on the fugitive is $75,000...

Its state and federal agencies. and now the fugitive is on his own. his partner has been taken off the board and he doesnt have anybody to lean on. nobody to egg him on. they cant depend on each other. >> with richard matt dead what is at stake for the authorities in terms of trying to capture david sweat alive? or do they shoot to kill if they are threatened in any way? how important is it to dpet him alive? >> i think the stakes are the same as its always been that is that theyre dangerous kil...

Here in malone just spontaneously showed up at the state police barracks to listen. they applauded things he had to say, saying matt had been killed but they cant let up because knew matt was confirmed to have a weapon its very possible sweat has a weapon as well. people who live in this area have cob bins have to remain on alert. >> chris pollone, thank you so much from malone new york. lets bring in a veteran bounty hunter whos got more than 4,000 arrests. hes an expert advisor for law enforce...

Top of what they believe to be the area of the remaining fugitive he is still at large and will likely be pursued well into the night. griffe jenkins is live in new york. he was inside the search perimeter. what do you know? >> we are just north of lake titus here on route 30. i went inside the perimeter with one of the locals here a guy checking on his daughter. she lives a quarter of a mile from where richard matt is believed to have been shot. where that happened was in the southwest part of ...

Evidence that was found at the cabin. >> so david sweat, at this point if hes thinking about things dawes it become more difficult for law enforcement officers as they try to close in? this is a fugitive who may not be willing to surrender and do whatever it takes to stay alive. >> that is a major issue and when you look at this terrain i was involved in a shooting incident several years ago in very simmer the rain and you cannot see your hand in front of your face because the wroods so thick so...

At least 27 people and injured 200 others. it happened at a mosque in kuwaits capitol during fridays prayers. isis claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing. saturday is declared a day of mourning for the victims. a suspect is in custody after an explosion at a gas factory near leon in france which wounded two people. authorities found a mans severed head on the factory gates, islamic writing was nearby. they called it a pure terror attack. in other headlines, law enforcement sources say ...

When they encounter david sweat he too could be armed. they are completing the search and proceeding with as much caution as possible. >> what about the people that live there? i cant imagine having a home in this area how nervous, how scared i would be thinking this guys on the loose possibly right around me. >> reporter: yeah. there is a tremendous sense of relief that you could feel when richard matt was captured by police gunned down yesterday afternoon. there was so much optimism it seemed ...

An escaped prisoner from dannemora, engaged mr. matt who was armed. and mr. matt was shot and killed. >> authorities have set up a perimeter in the area to try to locate the remaining fugitive. that man on your screen david sweat. they admit they have not even seen him. p paolo sandoval joins us. no sighting yet of the second man. >> there seems to be a partial sense of relief for the people here in this community. were not far from the border. one of these two dangerous individuals no longer po...

Within that perimeter they are executing grid searches. so what we are being told by law enforcement officers on the ground is that while there is no specific evidence necessarily that david sweat remains here they feel that if he is here, he will be caught. i spoke to the franklin county sheriff a short while ago and he says that while this is just a number of miles away from that cabin that both fugitives were linked to a week ago, that this area is significantly different in terms of the kind...