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The fbi is investigating possible drug and corruption there. much more from those threads. and tonight late word on richard matt and how he looked when the law caught up with them. we start with the time line of david sweats takedown and gary tuchman. >> reporter: the word came over police radios around 3:20 p.m. gun shorts fired. as scores of police raced to the ironically named town of constable on the canadian border there was hope that david sweat had been captured. but only one officer was ...

Canadian border and to cabins barns, remeet houses dozens of places where they might find supplies. second camouflaged clothing. when or how they obtained it is a mystery but it certainly could have made it harder for grounds patrols to spot them. third, pepper. yes, pepper. >> go in there and get me chilly powder and pepper and curry. a lot of it. >> >> reporter: just as cool hand luke used peptory confound tracking dogs early on police dogs appeared to have a strong trail, but then inexplicabl...

And this is what happened. i was hoping you could provide clarity as to how your county is going to handle -- >> i already gave an interview. i dont want to talk to you guys right now. >> reporter: well you are a public official, maam, can you explain -- there is a lot of people who dont have clarity as to how your county is going to handle this. could you handle us? >> i already gave an interview. >> reporter: you didnt give an interview to us. >> i know. >> are you not going to issue the licen...

Enforcement agents who risked their lives to find the two escapees. >> they did an amazing job tracking these guys and getting them. >> reporter: 1300 men and women looking for these killers. but it came down to onan marks sergeant jay cook whose alert patrolling on this quiet road put an ends to the fears of a region. >> gary joins us close to where david sweat was shot and taken into custody. how long would it have taken sweat to actually get to canada from where you are if he hadnt been caugh...

We start with the time line of david sweats takedown and gary tuchman. >> reporter: the word came over police radios around 3:20 p.m. gunshots fired. scores of police raced to the ironically named town of constible, there was hope david sweat had been captured and fear police officers or civilians could have been hurt. one, only one officer was already at the scene. new york state trooper sergeant jay cook. >> as he was driving down the road he spotted a male who was basically jogging up along t...

I think the biggest thing was to actually see gene palmer. we hadnt seen him before. he did not enter a plea in this court and his attorney said that they were waving any more appearances. this is a very small court. this is justice court. now they are going now to county court. the district attorney said he will be convening a grand jury and taking it to the grand jury maybe not until a month from now because he has a new attorney and he wants him to have time to learn the case. >> what palmers...

Two ambulances accompanied by police vehicles raced to a nearby hospital leading to fears that more than one person had been shot but its sweat was the only person who had been hurt. and frankly county, where most of the manhunt was centered there was great relief and 200 residents gathered in front of the courthouse to show their appreciation to the law enforcement agents who risked their lives to find the two escapees. >> they did an amazing job. >> reporter: 1300 men and women looking for the...

Who chooses not to issue licenses may well face litigation and or a fine. but numerous lawyers stand ready to assist clerks defending their religious believes -- >> many while, county clerks in texas are taking his advice saying they wont give marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite what the supreme court says. one of those clerk is in hood county. ryan nobles joins us from grand bury texas texas with more. i know you tried to talk to this county clerk. what happened? >> reporter: anderson...

One was them or back and forth or not. >> reporter: he says within three or four minutes swarms of police arrived. he took these pictures of the police cars estimating 30 or 40 police vehicles on the rural code road. >> they threw their cars in parked and ran out of the cars. some have guns in hand. they were running through the field and then the ambulance came in the feel and headed down to where he was shot. >> reporter: you can still see the tire tracks of the vehicles in the wet field. also...

Became unglued. more from the hospital where sweat is recovering and talking. miguel marquez has more. >> reporter: he is giving them solid details as to what their plans were. they want him to survive because he is their best link to their unraveling how this escape from prison occurred. their plan a was joyce mitchell the prison worker who was going to give them a ride. he told investigators their man plastic to kill her husband and then to go to mexico hoping to be toasting margaritas on the ...