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Jake? just to reiterate these are the two fugitive killers who escaped i believe 21 days ago from clinton correctional facility. we are being told deborah feyerick reporting that richard matt one of those two fugitives has shot. david sweat, i believe she had, in police custody. lets go to jean cazaras. >> reporter: theyre flying away from the command post. earlier today, what we had learned through new york state police is they is believed these two were gowned for canada their intent was to ...

Husband of joyce mitchell that his life supposedly had been threatened. tell us about that. >> that was revealed to him by his wife the first time he spoke to her after she revealed it to the police. she was very apologetic to him, but he said he was just in shock when he heard it. hes not sure his life was ever really in danger because, of course it would have taken thinks individuals coming all the way from dan el mora to st. regis falls, new york, which is quite out of their way, but it reall...

Weve gotten additional details and wait until you hear what the family attorney for freddie gray says. also what does it really mean for america now that the supreme court has saved obamacare for a second time. believe it or not, dr. charles crown hammer and dr. ben carson are here with answers. and then were learning more about the second prison guard charged with helping two convicted killers escape a new york prison. brian kill meade is here with that. just ahead. when heartburn comes cre...

Very heavy rain over several states from eastern ohio all the way into southern maine. this is going to be friday night in the west. saturday, much of p.a. and new york state and later on saturday night into sunday in north new england. also the concern about the potential for severe weather from new york city to d.c. isolated tornadoes and damaging winds would be the biggest concern. and an odd heat wave on the way for the northwest into saturday afternoon, as well. reena and kendis, back to yo...

Though we dont know what happened with richard matt but he was shot by police sources are now telling deb feyerick and david sweat still being pursued. for two hardened criminals like this two convicted killers, a search like this very difficult for u.s. marshals. they want to find them but they also dont want to get killed themselves. >> its very different, as we learned a couple days ago, this is the largest wilderness area east of the mississippi, and the foliage, and sometimes searchers cant...

These hunting lodges and cabins that rich art matt and david sweat, who we should point out were already convicted killers and therefore deemed dangerous, that they were even more concerned they would have weapons. now we hear that law enforcement has shot richard matt. are law enforcement officials trained to shoot to kill or do they have to way to see if the fugitives has a weapon or do they not even want to take the risk? >> i think thats hard to say, depending on the circumstances. if he was...

Fugitive hunt when you are looking for two killers. but now when there is solid information they may have a gun in their hand i think every officer in that area was ready to deal with a threat if he or she saw it. and apparently at least in one and perhaps -- perhaps -- in a second case that may have happened within the last hour. >> and if i may get an analysis from you, clint van zandt, on what sweat is going through right now. is it harder for him to elude? how does his situation change right...

Because of this law. >> antonin scalia was among the three justices who voted against the health care law. in his dissent, scalia said "we should start calling this law scotuscare." well its been nearly three weeks since those convicted murderers escaped from an upstate new york prison. hundreds of searchers return to the woods today. the second prison guard arrested in the case says he had no idea the men were plotting to escape. heres abcs linzie janis. >> reporter: prison guard gene palmer ...

>> the manhunt continues in upstate new york and officials now say investigators are looking into whether prison guards were sleeping on the job, thats right, sleeping on the job, when two convicted killers made their escape from jail. if proven true that means david swaet sweat and richard matt may have been unsupervised as they dug their way to freedom three weeks ago. >> the convicts have been on the run for three weeks. as the search continues to find the men, one official says police keep r...

South carolina. a new york prison guard charged in connection with the escape of two killers admitted providing them with tools, paint, frozen hamburger and access to a catwalk electrical box. but gene palmer says he had no idea the two men were planning to escape. investigators believe palmer accepted gifts, including paintings in exchange for his favors. the inmates have been missing for almost three weeks now. its been a rough week of storms across the country and the extreme weather on t...