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Carts. two of them to carry the sand that was being excavated. the other cart was a motorcycle rigged to provide power. so as they dug, they filled those small rail cars with the dirt as they drove the motorcycle back. buckets were then used to take the dirt. wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow out of there. 2,000 tons. when you see the tunnel, how it was reinforced. how it could hold a railroad passing over it, then to think, sean, that that tunnel not only went into the appropriate location in the maxi...

Ive been in the courtrooms all my life and dealing with the law all my life. and i think that regular folks out there who are living their lives every day dont want to the have their children addicted or shown drugs. and we are thank you you for being here today. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> good luck to you. this morning checkpoints are all over mexico. we are fascinated by this escape from prison. and now we can see howell el chapo did this. nick valencia is live there to take one f...

Concrete was placed over hiding this access point to the tunnel. it is that security camera that had that blind spot here behind that allowed him to escape. this is the bed that el chapo slept on here. underneath not much space here. this is what he called home. the one time billionaire, used to lavish parties and lifestyle reduced to this. this is where he kept his belongings in the surveillance tape we saw. the only access to the outside, a small window here with a slight breeze coming through...

Cartel. we have pictures of his escape. surveillance video from inside the maximum security prison. ducking into the shower of his prison cell. fully clothed. sitting on his bed. changing his shoes. going back into the shower. thats the last we see of him. authorities say he went into a hole under the shower and escaped through the mile long tunnel. nick valencia got inside the tunnel. here is what he found. >> reporter: this is the closest we have been allowed to get to el chapos tunnel. the tu...

Are elitist that they think they somehow know better than great businessman and they help trump. lets face it, ultimately what he says is going to come back and hurt him. >> at the end of the day trump is good for ratings and clicks. reporters are going to write about him all day every day. most of it will be negative. he is getting his name and message out there. there is a trunk of the republican base that is excited. >> he is lucky that the dont like journalists. the very moment el chapo bro...

His cell and used a secret tunnel to go on the run. were going to take you inside. the trump tornado, one poll now has him out in front. another says his popularity has doubled. and today a big summit with a key republican candidate. so has he made the jump from reality host to real candidate? and new video showing the interrogation of an american accused of plotting an isis-inspired attack on college campuses. hear what he says and why his attorney says it doesnt mean hes guilty. >> good mo...

Get out of maximum security prison. these pictures show the partially built house at the end of the opportunity that he used to break out. he crawled out of a hole in the shower. made his way down the tunnel and then came out here. he rode part of the way on a motorcycle. thats the motorcycle there. hes been, theres been no sign of him since his breakout. despite a $3.8 award. the first 72 hours after the escape are the most important and if he is not caught by then, he may never be. nick valenc...

Safer place for a guy like this than in mexico. it is where he has his infrastructure. it is where he has his contacts obviously because he escaped from maximum security prison with 750 cameras on him. and so it would be very surprising if he made his way to another country. having said that there have been pretty steady realm of reports over the years that his ability to set up shop in other countries such as honduras and guatemala so perhaps youll see him or will find him in a neighboring coun...

Maximum security prison. tom foreman. >> reporter: this prison had plenty of security measures in place above ground. they had ways of blocking cell phone signals. they had heavily armored vehicles to repulse any sort of ground assault. they even had three foot thick walls so rockets to could not break in. and yet for all of thattel chapo found a way to burrow out right under the nose of mexican authorities and goat this freedom tunnel off in the distance and go completely free. how did he manag...

Before he was captured the last time around, 18 months ago, he held the dubious distinction of being both america and mexicos most wanted. and one of forbes magazines wealthiest people. a man with a billion dollars to his name and the blood of thousand of people on his hands. until this weekend locked up in a prison not far from mexico city, maximum security prison or so it seemed until el chapo crawled and walked out. knick valencia joins us outside the prison with more on the search for him an...