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Investigators to understand that it was a lot easier to break out of the facility than anyone could have ever imagined. sweat detailing to investigators that he and his accomplice used hacksaws to get out of their jail cells and cut into some of the piping that they were able to slip in and out of their cells at whim. they made it to an underground passage way. it is there they found a sledgehammer apparently left behind by a construction worker. they were able to do a dry run. first getting int...

David is revealing how richard matt broke out of a maximum security prison. joining me now, interesting. >> every day, it seems like were hearing another dramatic confession from daid sweat. what is he saying? >> oh, put it all together flt you certainly get the picture. it wasnt as complex as you might think. that they were able to break out of their jail cells. basically, what hes telling investigators now is that they did use those hacksaws, manual hacksaws. and they managed to slip in and ou...

To split up while they were on the run. deborah feyerick joins me now. what more has he said to police? when this news broke sunday night, we were talking and we said will he talk? will he give anything up? well he certainly has. >> hes giving up certain pieces of information. we want to be very careful about how we characterize this information because right now everything that he says everything that comes out of his mouth is going to have to be investigated corroborated and then ultimately co...

That helped make their getaway under the prison and he said that a construction worker inadvertently left the sledgehammer you know. he says there were no power tools that were used so sweat also says the idea to kill the husband of joyce mitchell the prison employee charged with helping them that idea came from mitchell according to him an according to sweat also richard and matt were having a slayingship and sweat says he wasnt involved at all. mitchell has said the opposite by the way. she sa...

Were also now learning more about that escape dry run the evening before the actual escape. the inmates not just making it to freedom once but twice, it turns out. night before prison taylor joyce mitchell was supposed to meet them outside that prison sweat and matt escaped from their cells navigating through the twists of these tunnels and pipes before popping out of this manhole, but they apparently saw too many houses and decided to try for another manhole exit the next night. to our justice ...

That the holes that were certainly made in their prison cell were actually made by a hacksaw. the blades are simply too thin. he says apparently they were able to finish on thursday and so they went down into the cat walk and then into the tunnel getting to a manhole cover allegedly and lifting it up and because of its location they decided to go back and do a different manhole. all of that has to be investigated as well, because you can see that the cuts in the steam pipe are very deliberate an...

You asking questions or asking to search? >> i dont think they realized they were down in this area until the very last hurrah. >> and thats true. >> and deborah smith says a narrow road enters through this canadian forest and enters into the quebec farmland. gary tuchman, cnn, franklin county new york. >> gary tuchman, thanks so much for that and ive got deborah feyerick here with me as weve got new information and as david sweat continues to talk from his hospital rom about this escape. lets b...

And liked to drink which you shouldnt have when youre running from police. let me bring in justice correspondent evan perez who has all this great information from his sources. so as sweat is talking, what is he saying specifically about how they got out including that sledgehammer that happened to be laying around in the tunnel is. >> thats right, brooke. hes saying it really wasnt that complicated after all. it turns out that sweat told investigators he and richard matt found this sledgehammer...

Steam pipe, they slipped out of their cells night after night finding a passage way. there they came across a sledgehammer likely left by a construction worker breaking down a brick wall to make their way out. sweat tells investigators the escapees tried one manhole but it was too close to a neighborhood. >> he felt due to there being a number of houses in that area that it might not be a good spot to exit from. >> reporter: the next night, they tried again, finding a more isolated manhole where...

Werent they doing this all along, my first question is we continue to hear more from david sweat talking to investigators from the hospital room and one thing he said no no never used power tools to get out, just happened to have a hacksaw and happened upon a sledgehammer- in one of the cat walks and that will be inspected more. sledge ham their would have been left lying around by workers, employees, construction workers. is that plausible even? >> well construction toolboxes that were left the...