that just prior to the escape, there was a drone flying in that area. it could be that there is a perfectly innocent and reasonable explanation. it c thaould at it was somehow connected to his escape. cnn s shimon procue pez joins us now. there s a lot to this story. and an active manhunt? right, you get the sense the police really know a lot more than then telling us. you saw the lead, the head of the state police, and all the press conferences. he s been very careful about how much information he wants to give up. why do you think that is? i think they know a lot more than they re telling us. they seem to have clues and indications, strong indications he s getting help, strong indications he somehow is still in this area, perhaps in the woods, and maybe why they re pushing in because they expect he s going to get tired and somehow give up. the drone is something that we just learned about. and basically it s based off of witness accounts.
a hot tub in summer. i don t get in hot tubs anyways. that s a different germaphobia, i m with there as well. good evening everyone i m laura coates. among my shows tonight among my guests, chris wallace, adi cornish and former british prime minister boris johnson, who has some very passionate things to say about vladimir putin s war, and a potential trump biden rematch. but first, we begin with a nationwide manhunt, after dramatic cradle bake. and tonight, we re learning about a suspicious coincidence around the time of the escape. the inmates name is michael burham. apparently, he tied bedsheets together to climb down the roof of a pennsylvania jail last week. yes, bedsheets. we re told the murder suspect is a self taught survivalist who may indeed be hiding in the woods. and as this entire search intensifies, investigators are now saying a drone was seen flying near the jail just before he escaped. i m not a big believer in
coincidences, but what i would tell you is that just prior to the escape, there was a drone flying in that area. it could be that there is a perfectly innocent and reasonable explanation. it could also be that was somehow connected to his escape. seen instrument prokupecz joins me now. shimon, what do we know i mean, a drone outside of the jail before, and bedsheets, there s a lot to the story, and an active man hunt. right, and you sort of get the sense that the police really know a lot more than they re telling us. i think you saw the leader, the head of the state police there, in all of his press conferences he s been very careful of how much information want to give up. what you think that is, though? because i think they know a lot more than they re telling us. they seem to have clues an indication, strong indications that he s getting help. strong indications that he is somehow still in this area, perhaps in the woods, and that s maybe why they re sort of just kind of p
today, and it s expected to get even hotter, maybe record breaking. the massive man hunt for a murder suspect who used gym equipment and bed sheets to escape from a pennsylvania jail. officials say he s dangerous with the skills of a survivalist and could be hiding in the woods. also ahead, russia furious over prisoner swapping celebrated in ukraine as five commanders who famously dispended a steel plant in mariupol come home at last. president biden gets the royal treatment at windsor castle, meeting king charles for the first time since the coronation. our nbc news reporter are following all of the latest developments. let s get to meagan fitzgerald at windsor castle. reporter: good to be with you. president biden arrived this morning. he met the king in the quad of the castle. he was greeted by honor guards who gave him a royal salute, and
to only allow a certain number of inmates out in the exercise area at any one time they got to have a schedule that schedule runs from fairly early in the morning till very late at night in order to properly accommodate the legal requirements for er time for the inmates. so let me come back to some things we know. burham was last seen wearing a denim jacket and orange stripe jumpsuit and crocs. as i ve told you before we believe he may have and this likely change clothing. burham is a self-taught survivalist with the military reserve experience. we believe these previously prepared to conceal himself in the woods. and in the past 24 hours and since our last press conference we have searched numerous residences, abandoned stru structures, vast wooded areas all of the searches driven by tips or investigative decisions. as a result of the searches we