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Human rights activists have warned that the scrapping of bail could be used against political opponents

We're continuing to follow breaking news this sunday evening. right now one of the most wanted men in america is no longer on the run. david sweat. 23 days after he and another convicted murderer broke out of prison in upstate new york he's been apprehended. all of that time david sweat only got 30 miles and almost to the canadian border. today that temporary freedom ended when he was spotted, shot arrested and taken in to custody by new york state police. one our affiliates in upstate new york found and spoke to david sweat's mother. this is the first time we have heard from her. listen. >> i...

The chief argument would he receive freedom, temporary freedom, on bail. the prosecutor said he was a flight risk, someone similar to roman paman polansky. he has a daughter here in manhattan with whom he could stay with. the judge said he's going to be treated just like any other defendant but he indeed was a flight risk because he was on an air france jet bound for europe. but his defense attorney said that was a ticket bought long ago. john? >> richard, we understand we have new details of this alleged incident tonight, what do we know? >> reporter: well, a law enforcement source telling cn...

the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor jindal here explaining the tough decision to open the spillway he says will protect larger communities...