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Stewart stevens, thank you for your perspective and joining me. appreciate it. >> enjoyed it. >> we want to bring up the bing pulse question of the day about mike huckabee and the controversial comments. were asking you this. are the comments offensive or fair game? lets get the latest now, 66% of you who have voted so far believe those comments are offensive. 34% fair game. thats gone up a little bit with those who think its offensive, about 5 points since we checked with you in the last hour. ...

Were watching the clock and live pictures of the floor here 10 15 minutes from now. well take you there live coming up. also ahead, joyce mitchell that prison seamstress at the clinton correctional facility who helped the two convicted murderers escape. you know shes been in custody. what could she face? well talk to a former prison worker who also helped the prisoner escape and served time her investment her unique perspective next.

Plattsburgh, new york. sounds similar, two different places but thats where mitchell used to work and where the prisoners escaped. mitchell faces up to eight years in prison for her role alleged role in this escape plan. she has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is being held on a $220,000 bond. the real question now that shes behind bars how will she be treated? joining me now toby doerr, former prison worker who once helped an inmate she loved escape. you are fascinating and phenomnality l...

See car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. that brazen escape from clinton correctional facility has given the public rare and uncomfortable look at prison culture and how it can corrupt the people who are holding the keys. i want to tick through a few of the issues that the escape raised. joyce mitchell, a prison worker, arrested and charged with helping matt and sweat escape. allegations from sweat of widespread drug use in the prison. and tightening security to stop i...

Developing news from tennessee where some 5,000 people are still out of their homes more than 30 hours after a train derailed nearby. one of those cars carrying dangerous chemicals has been extinguish extinguished. 87 people have been treated at local hospitals. we expect to hear from officials about how they plan to allow residents to return home. residents are being told not to drink or use their well water. meanwhile the clean up continues along the cxx tracks. the train was carrying 24,000 g...

Convicted murderers escaped sparking a manhunt for throw weeks. among the changes, a new super tendent. caved sweat captured tells about his day on the run with richard matt. he had talked about the alleged plot of the husband of a prison worker that is charged with helping the men escape. joe, from your reporting right now, do investigators have a good picture of how they got out or putting together the pieces? >> reporter: they have a pretty good idea. it is not 100 percent yet. but they have ...

Theyre supposed to make sure that weekly cell checks are taking place. and that means taking a stick and banging on the bars. taking something and banging on the walls to make sure that nobody is trying to break out. that was not done. >> clearly. deborah feyerick, thank you. one prison worker and seamstress joyce mitchell is reportedly happy the manhunt is over. ecstatic according to her attorney that no one else was hurt. as for her husband lyle who might have been killed by matt and sweat if ...

Check every cell once a week to make sure inmates are not chiseling away at the laws. truly they had to have a new rule to check the wall. construction workers at the prison will now have to store their tools in an area where the inmates cannot grab them. that would not have stopped the killers from getting their hands on the hacksaws. which a prison worker allegy smuggled inside hamburger mean. they shut down the honor block where a man who chopped up a guy and put him in a trunk and the other ...

Solid details about how they carried all this out and what their plans were they want to hear from him he is the best link they have to unravel exactly how they carried off this escape from that prison. saying their plan a, there was a lot of questions whether or not it was, was in fact joyce mitchell prison worker who was going to give them a ride soon as popped up out of the manhole. sweat told investigators their plan was to kill her husband and go to mexico toasting margaritas on the beach b...

They were telling stories about dogs hunting dogs they still hear in the night because they cant find their dogs. ed is right, its all about how you find accountability. >> thank you. >> well lean on you going forward. >> great to see you. >> all right. >> again, as ed gavin is laying out, its all about how they got out and how they can figure from this man, mr. sweat. we are going to talk to the new york governor andrew cuomo and how he plans to get important answers. in the 8:00 hour well spea...