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This as cnn has exclusively reported on the Special Counsels 2020 election probe. Also tonight, the u. S. Warns north korea it will pay a price if kim jongun arms, helps arm Vladimir Putins war in ukraine. Ill ask key white house official john kirby about that and the prospect of a kim putin being in russia. The manhunt for a Fugitive Killer expanding right now after a Security Camera catches a glimpse of the escaped convict in pennsylvania. Outside the original search area. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. We begin with Breaking News right now. The former chairman of the proud boys was just sentenced moments ago in connection with the january 6th attack. Cnn senior justice Cover Ant Evan Perez is outside the federal courthouse here in washington. Evan, enrico dario got 22 years, 22 years in prison. Tell us more about this very significant sentence. Reporter thats right, wolf. This is a very harsh sentence. This is much longer sentence than any of the other codefendants, members of the proud boys received. There have been four others sentenced in the last few days, and the judge made reference to the fact that he said, this is a case that is an outlier. This is a historic case. He said that what happened that day on january 6th did not honor of founders, it was the kind of thing they wrote the constitution to prevent. He spoke of tarrio, the leader of this seditious conspiracy, which four members of the proud boys were convicted of. He said that tarrio, what he did slanders the father of our country, referring to george washington. 22 years, wolf, is longer than some of his other codefendants. One of them, eith than nordean, got 18 years. Another, joseph biggs, got 17 years. Zachary reel got 15 years. And dominic pezzola, a lowerlevel member of the proud boys, received 10 years. One of the things that we heard in court today was Enrique Tarrio addressing the judge and the courtroom for the first time. He spoke about how he was sorry. He spoke after his mother and his sister apologized and begged for the judge to show some mercy. What tarrio did was apologized to the Police Officers who were attacked at the capitol that day. He also called january 6th a National Embarrassment and begged the judge to show some mercy on him. In the end, the judge said that he didnt really believe that Enrique Tarrio had shown any remorse. He referenced some of the recent interviews that youve seen from tarrio, including one a few weeks ago in which he said that the proud boys did nothing wrong. So in the end, he sentenced tarrio to 22 years, longer than the statutory maximum for the major crime that he was convicted of, which was seditious conspiracy. Obviously he was facing additional charges beyond those. Wolf . Evan, i want you to take us more inside the courtroom just now. What was the mood from the judge . Give us a little more on that, and from tarrio himself . Reporter the judge spoke about 30 minutes, which is the longest that he has done for any of these cases. Again, really underscoring what he said was that this was an outlier. Remember, Enrique Tarrio wasnt even here that day. Hed been arrested a couple of days before because of previous interactions here with the police, here in washington. So he was banned from being here in washington that day, golf. But prosecutors proved in court that he was essentially leading some of this, some of the violence, from afar. And so in todays proceeding, you heard you saw tarrio really kind of keep his comb poshe sure, except for when his mother addressed the court. She was crying, and he sobbed alongside that. Really emphasizing what she was trying to get the judge to understand, she said that tarrio was not really the person thats been portrayed in court, that he is a smart guy, that he has Family Members who are Police Officers, and she said, i beg you, i beg you to not give him 33 years. In the end, the judge accepted that the prosecutors referenced that this was an act of terrorism, but he did not endorse the additional time that that would have brought to the sentence. Thats the reason why, wolf, we see him getting 22 years instead of 33 that prosecutors have asked for. Hes 39 years old, is that right . Reporter hes 39 years old, thats right. Again, he begged the judge to give him a chance to get married, to start a family. Again, he talked a lot about how, after all of these events, that hes a changed man, that he wants to leave behind politics. Wolf, one of the interesting things about these sentencings is that almost every one of these men has cried as the judge was considering their sentence. In one case, dominic pezzola, one of the lowerlevel members of the proud boys, he played a key role. He broke those windows that allowed the mob to get into the building. And after he was sentenced, the judge left the room and pezzola stood up with his fist raised and said, trump won. Evan, stay with us. I want to bring in andrew mccabe, former Deputy Director of the fbi. I want to bring him in to discuss this significant, significant sentencing for Enrique Tarrios 22 years in prison. Hes 39 years old. The highest of any of these defendants yet. What do you think . Wolf, first of all, its a significant sentence. 22 years is a lot of time in federal prison. And its entirely justified. He had an enormously significant role what we refer to in Sentencing Jargon as a Leadership Role over the group that probably had the most deleterious effect on the riot that day. But i have to say, even though theyve applied the Terrorism Enhancement to his underlying sentence in this case, i dont think it goes quite far enough. The fact is, we have defendants at many, many levels in different organizations who are convicted of offenses related to international terrorism. They are recipients of the Terrorism Enhancement at its full level. And i just dont see the same sort of seriousness being given to domestic terrorism convictions. And be there no mistake, this was an act of domestic terrorism. It absolutely fits under the statute, applying the Terrorism Enhancement was appropriate here. I just think it should have been done on an equivalent level for someone who is clearly a leader in that group. Still a 22year Prison Sentence sends a very powerful message out there to others who may be thinking about insurrections or whatever. Andrew mccabe, stand by. Well get back to you. Evan perez, good reporting, thanks to you as well. I want to get to the Election Subversion Case in georgia thats unfolding right now. The judge is scheduled to hold his first hearing less than 24 hours from now, and we expect it to be televised. Cnns Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid is following all the new moves in the case. Paula, i understand you have exclusive new reporting. First, tell us more about this hearing tomorrow. Reporter wolf, it will be interesting. Anyone can tune in to see how this judge handles critical questions, including scheduling and possibly breaking up this case. The District Attorney has been asked to come with a good faith estimate for just how long its going to take to hold a joint trial for 19 defendants. Several of those individuals, theyve already asked to separate or sever their cases to get to trial faster. The District Attorney will also be asked to address what would happen if this massive case is broken up into smaller groups . Tonight, all 19 defendants in the Fulton County Election Interference Case have now entered pleas of not guilty. We did nothing wrong, i did nothing wrong. Reporter tuesday, former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows, along with six other defendants, all pleaded not guilty and waived their right to an arraignment in Fulton County, georgia. This as cnn has learned that Special Counsel jack smith is widening his federal investigation. Our investigation of other individuals continues. Reporter focusing on fundraising and efforts to breach voting equipment, raising the possibility of additional charges after the Special Counsel Indicted Trump last month. Since the attack on our capitol, the Department Of Justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. Reporter in recent week, investigators have asked multiple witnesses about former trump 2020 election lawyer sidney powell. We have evidence of different numbers of votes being injected into the system. Reporter she was identified as a coconspirator in the federal indictment and faces criminal charges in georgia for allegedly helping coordinate and fund a mutltistate plot. There should never be another election conducted in this country, i dont care if its for local dog catcher, using a dominion machine. Reporter witnesses have been asked whether powell was able to provide any evidence of her Conspiracy Theories and about powells nonprofit, Defending The Republic, which raised money off election lies. According to invoices obtained by cnn, Defending The Republic hired forensic firms that ultimately accessed voting commit in four swing states won by biden. Georgia, pennsylvania, michigan, and arizona. At this point, its unclear if powell or anyone else will be charged by the Special Counsel. Wolf, we know the grand jury that smith has been using expires on september 15th. But it can be extended. Excellent reporting, thank you, paula. Well get back to you shortly. I want to bring our team into this conversation. Elliot, let me start with you. In georgia, the judge has to make a decision whether to weigh to consider all of these defendants in one big trial or break it up into smaller trials. What do you thinks going to happen . Its a complicated decision for the judge, wolf. When you have a case with 19 defendants in it, thats an incredibly complex case. And many of those defendants are going to have different interests than some of the others. Some are elected officials, some are private citizens, some of them engaged in different conduct. Splitting a case up is oddly enough both simpler and harder on the court. Its simply in that you might have a series of easier trials, but the problem is youve got more trials. Now the court is going to have to schedule, perhaps, five or six different trials rather than one massive one. So i dont envy that judge. But its certainly a challenging calculus. Andrew mccabe, how strong is the argument that trump and some of the other defendants are arguing right now, that an October 23rd Trial is simply too soon . I think its not insubstantial. I think youre looking at a massive indictment of 161 counts on the rico charge alone. Everyone else is facing a variety of different counts there. Theres going to be an enormous amount of discovery that the prosecutors are going to have to turn over. Youve got multiple defendants to coordinate with. I think its a tall order for the Defense Teams of any of those defendants to actually be ready by any of the october dates theyve diskillsed so far. October 23rd is what theyre talking about right now. Sidney powell, as you know, is at the center of both of these cases in georgia, as well as the federal investigation, thanks to your excellent Exclusive Reporting about jack smith, the Special Counsels new thoughts on where this thing should be heading. What could lie ahead for her . Reporter shes probably not sleeping very well at night, knowing in the past few weeks witnesses have been asked about three very specific things related to her. First, did she ever provide any proof of her Conspiracy Theories, of her false claims of Election Fraud . Shes also been the subject of questions about her own nonprofit, Defending The Republic. Then specifically, theyve asked witnesses about defending the public and its use of some of the funds that it raised off these lies to access voting machines. Shes always been someone that we thought could be charged based on our reporting. The kind of evidence we knew they gathered. The fact that shes been a focus the past six weeks after this indictment, thats significant. Again, shes probably uneasy, rightfully so. But its unclear if anyone else is going to be charged. Interesting. Jamie, youre doing a lot of reporting on this as well. What more do you think could come from jack smith, the Special Counsels investigation . To paulas point, we dont know yet about other indictments. But i think this is a reality check. The reality is, if you thought you were clear, not so fast. And we learned this when the indictment against trump came down. It was a narrow indictment. Jack smith did that, we learned, because he wanted to try to get to trial before the election. But the reality is that our sources at that time looked at the beginning, not the end. There are these unindicted cospine fors there. They have to wait and see whats next. You think, elliot, that trumps many codefendants could eventually turn against him . Theres two questions here, wolf. One, peoples loyalty to the former president. Its been well documented that the former president seems to inspire loyalty in those around him. But in criminal cases, it is very much in the interests of codefendants to turn on each other. They get a benefit at sentencing. And may not go to jail for as long as they might have. And its also quite common. Like i said earlier, they have different interests. Theyre looking out for themselves. You dont want to be at trial, pointing at the other guys. It may be in their interests to do so. It all comes down to donald trump the man, not donald trump the defendant. If you plead guilty and cooperate with the prosecution, potentially you get a much lighter sentence . Its a double benefit. Pleading guilty gets a benefit. Typically lower sentences. Then cooperating with Law Enforcement and turning evidence on Somebody Else might lower someones sentence even further. They have all kinds of incentives to do so. Interesting point. In our new cnn poll, its interesting. Trump supporters, strong as ever among republicans despite his legal turmoil, and we know about that legal turmoil. 56 of republicanleaning voters say trumps charges wont impact his election odds next year. What do you make of it . Look, these polls are a snapshot in time. But the reality is, his support is going up. More people, slightly more republicans are saying that they will support them. Bottom line, when ive talked to political sources, both democrats and republicans, they think that donald trump will be the nominee despite these four cases. And they think that he will be a difficult opponent for joe biden, because were talking about, remember, a handful of Battleground States with small margins. Despite 91 Felony Charges awaiting him right now. Well see what happens on that front. Thank you very much. Just ahead, the u. S. Is calling on north korea to drop its Arms Negotiations with russia. Ill discuss that and more with the key white house official. Stay with us. Youre in the situation room. In real time. jen so we partner Withth Verizon to take our operationsns to the next level. marquis withth a custom private 5g network. ella with verizon business, we get more controlol of productio, effificiencies, and greater agility. marquis so our customers get what they want, when they want it. jen its not just a network. Its enterprise intelligence. vo learn more. Its your vision, its your verizon. Why do dermatologists choose dove . The dove beauty bar, is gentle. It not only cleans, it hydrates my skin. 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Lets find the right investments for your goals okay, great. J. P. Morgan Wealth Management. Tonight, the u. S. Is urging north korea to cease Arms Negotiations with russia. Cnns Paula Hancocks has the story. Reporter the first and last meeting between the current leaders of russia and north korea was more than four years ago. Since then, russian president Vladimir Putin invaded ukraine and his military efforts are faltering. For kim jongun, the Power Dynamics have changed. A large power is now dependent on him. That hasnt happened in a while. The second thing he gains is the possibility of access to more oil. At the moment that kim jongun is testing his ballistic missiles, particularly the longrange ones, many of which have Design Commonalities with russian missiles, he can get a lot of help there. Reporter u. S. Officials believe moscow could receive multiple types of munitions from pyongyang in any arms deal which could be used on the front lines in ukraine. The Biden Administration believes north korea already delivered Infantry Rockets and missiles for use by russian mercenary force wagner late last year. Translator russian and north korea have something in common, interoperability of conventional weapons. North koreas 152millimeter Artillery Ammunition and 122millimeter Rocket Launcher ammunition can be used on russian equipment immediately. Reporter kim jongun may travel to russia to mete Vladimir Putin this month. Letters of support have been exchanged between the two leaders. Russias Defense Ministers Red Treatment by kim in july. The norths military capabilities were on full display and a Second Russian delegation visited at the start of august. A rush plane is believed to have transferred unknown Military Supplies from pyongyang, no evidence or destination given. Pyongyang and moscow deny any potential arms deal. Kims becoming more paranoid than normal over the last four or five years. And so for him, this Alliance Makes him look less isolated, provides a psychological boost for him and his inner circle. Reporter both countries do stand to gain a lot from this closer alliance. Its not just military. Its also politically, they can gain a lot. Russia and north korea are united at the moment by a common enemy, the United States. Both countries would like to see an alternative world order, a world where the u. S. Is less powerful, and of course a world where u. N. Sanctions are less able to be imposed. Paula hancocks in seoul, south korea, thank you very much. For more and other developments, im joined by john kirby, coordinator for strategic Communi Communications over the National Security council. What is the administrations best assessment about when and where kim jongun and putin might meet . We dont have exact details on this Potential Meeting or even that its going to happen. We do have information that says that there could be a Potential Meeting at a leader level. We dont know exactly what the details would look like. Well watch this as closely as we can, of course. Its very interesting because you say that this kind of meeting with putin now, meeting potentially with kim jongun, shows desperation and weakness on the part of russia right now. How much would north korean weapons, if provided, actually help russia in its war against ukraine . Well, look. Anything that russia gets that helps it kill more ukrainian people, thats worrisome, thats a problem. It remains to be seen what the outlines of this arms deal could look like. We know, for instance, one of the things putin is looking for is Artillery Ammunition. You had an analyst saying the 122millimeter would work well in russian systems. True enough. And this is a gunfight. This counteroffensive that the ukrainians are in is about artillery. Adding to the russian inventory could help them on the battlefield. Again, we need to know more about whatever the arms deal is in terms of what are the capabilities hes looking for and what quantity to be able to know how much of a game changer its going to be. President biden sent National Security adviser Jake Sullivan as a warning that north korea, in his words, would pay a price if it provides more weapons and ammunition to russia right now. What is that price . Mr. Sullivans largely talking about additional sanctions and economic pressure that will be applied to the north, if in fact they tend to move forward on this. Look, just a couple of weeks ago, wolf, the department of treasury sanctioned some entities we know were involved in trying to broker this deal, three entity, as a matter of fact, directly involved in trying to broke they are deal. Were going to watch closely and not take additional sanctions off the table. And the other thing that jake talked about was, it wouldnt just be us. We could fully expect some of our allies and partners of the International Community would react swiftly. Its interesting. I want to get your thoughts on another very, very important yet very sensitive issue. Your thoughts on senator tubervilles efforts right now to hold Military Nominations and prevent senior military officers, generals and adm admirables, being confirmed. The Navy Secretary just told our jake tapper that the hold aids and abets u. S. Adversaries, namely china. Tuberville just responded. Listen to this. Im disappointed a secretary would say that about a senator. And he sat in this very office when he was going up for confirmation himself. And you know, just makes you feel bad that weve got leaders in the country like that. Because as i just told you, if i thought it was hurting readiness, i wouldnt be doing this. But its not. Its concerning that youve got people that are in Secretary Positions like that that would Say Something like that in our country, instead of getting on the phone and calling me. Whats your reaction to what the senator is saying . My best advice to the senator is, if you dont like being criticized for this outrageous effort to hold up these promotions and advancements, then lift your hold. If it bothers you that what were talking about the impacts its have, lift the hold. Its never been done before, unprecedented. Were talking about several hundred flag officers, generals and admirables, who cant move on. Its not just them, its their families and staffs that cant make changes in life plans and organizational changes. They cant even make changes of station, cant prepare their family or kids to go into schools. Its absolutely having a readiness effect. Its not just the impact on people, wolf. It is the impact to organizations. And now youve got some officers, like the Acting Command Dant of the marine corps, the acting chief enable operations, basically filling two jobs. One person filling two jobs. Without all the Com Command Authority to do those jobs. Its having Readiness Impact and terrible effect on morale. And our National Security . Absolutely. He talks about, the plil tears too political, hes trying to take the military out of politics. Its the opposite, hes doing exactly what he says he wants to avoid. Hes politicizing the military over a policy that is in place to help female service members, 20 of the force, get necessary covered reproductive care if they need it. If theyre stationed in a place where they cant get it there. In alabama or some other state where they cant get it. Thats what this is about. That is also a readiness issue. The health and fitness of our people, particularly 20 of the force, Women Service members and their families, that matters to the health of the force. That matters to readiness. That matters to us being able to do the job were required to do. Retired admirable john kirby, thanks as usual. Well continue this conversation down the road. Some of senator Mitch Mcconnells colleagues are raising questions and concerns about his health as he returned to the Senate Floor Today. Se whr. Like the upshahaws. The nelsons. Anand the caggianos. Run with us and start telling your stotory. From big cities, to small towns, and on main streets across the us, youll find pnc bank. Helping businesses both large and small, communities and the people who live and work there grow and thrive. Were proud to call these places home too. Theyre where we put down roots, and where together, we work to help move everyones financial goals forward. Pnc bank. Let me be direct. Youre watching football wrong what do you call a guy in face paint that cant get the game . A clown sorry, what app was it again . No, no. Just give me a second. Amateurs. Ohhh sorry, everybody. Directv sports central gives you access to every game. So you never have to compromise on gameday. Eh. Was that necessary . I was just illustrating a point. Access nfl sunday ticket on us, get a 400 reward card. Okay. This just in. At least two republican senators are expressing new concerns tonight about Mitch Mcconnells health and explanation for his latest oncamera freezing incident. Cnns chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju has more from capitol hill. Mcconnell returned to the Senate Floor Today for the First Time Since his last episode. Give us the latest. Reporter this topic has been dominating conversation in the Capitol Hallways all afternoon. Also back home for senators. One senator, josh hawley of missouri, just told me moments ago that everywhere he went in missouri over the congressional recess, he was asked about senator Mitch Mcconnells health. And there now is is an expectation that tomorrow, behind closed doors, he will address his full conference for the first time about everything that happened here and indicate to them that he can do the job. That is the message they tried to send today when release agler from the capitol fit saying that Mitch Mcconnells episodes were not related to a stroke, a seizure, or parkinsons disease. And also indicating that he could continue on with his business as usual. And that is also the message that mcconnell tried to convey when he went to the senate floor and told his colleagues that he was busy this august recess and theres a significant work ahead. One particular moment of my time back home has received its fair share of attention in the press over the past week. But i assure you, august was a busy and productive month for me and my staff back in the commonwealth. Reporter but there are still questions, wolf, about exactly what happened and why mcconnell froze up. His office initially said that he was experiencing lightheadedness. And theres some skepticism among even some of his colleagues about that reason for why he froes up. Of course, the capitol physician also said that lightheadedness is tied to people who have had concussions. Mcconnell suffered a concussion when he hit his head and fell in a Washington Hotel earlier this year. When talking about that as the reason for the freezeups, at least one republican senator, kentucky senator rand paul, fellow republican from his home state, was skeptical of that reason. I think its an inadequate explanation to say this is dehydration. I have concern on the first one and the last freezeup. Since he fell, hes struggled. I hope he can continue. Im sure its still going to be up to him most of the way. Reporter so Tommy Tuberville went on to say he wants to hear senator mcconnell detail exactly whats going on behind closed doors. But in a positive sign for mcconnell, his three potential successors senators john thune, cornyn, braswell all told me they still support mcconnell staying on as leader. Manu raju, thanks from capitol hill. Scott jennings, whats your reaction to what we heard from Senators Paul and tuberville today . Theyre going to get a chance to talk to Mitch Mcconnell at the Senate Republican lunch. They have it every week. Im sure, as you heard, mcconnells going to talk to the conference and answer questions. I know hes talked to a number of the conference on the telephone over the last few days. The vast majority of people who have made comments about it publicly said he sounds great, looks forward to getting back to work, and they support him. So i actually think the letter that came out from the Senate Physician today talking about the tests that mcconnell had undergone, the neurologists that had seen mcconnell, tells the whole story. I texted with him today, he was feeling good, glad to be back in washington. I expect when he speaks to his Conference Tomorrow u. Youll see a big vote of conference out of most people coming out of that room. Bakari sellers, whats your reaction . Yeah, i think that he has to do a bit more than just talking to his friends and colleagues who probably will coddle him coming out of that meeting tomorrow. I think he owes the United States and members of his great state of constituents of his great state of the commonwealth, excuse me, of kentucky, an explanation of truly what happened. You know, wolf, i want to level set just a moment here. When Hillary Clinton got hot on the Cam Pail Train in 2016, it was Breaking News. It was every news cycle over and over and over again. And republicans were just, you know, beneath the dignity of their offices, guessing about her condition, what it may have been. I think if joe biden went through a similar episode weve seen not once but twice Mitch Mcconnell go through, what hes doing would not be enough. Like i told scott many times over, my prayers are with Mitch Mcconnell. The only person who can help or decide whether or not he resigns is he and his family. Im not calling on that, im not asking for that. What i am asking for is more transparency about the leader of the senate. More transparency, or excuse me, the Minority Leader of the senate. More transparency about what hes going through at this time. I believe the American Public and its citizens are owed that much at least. Nia Malik Henderson is with us as well. Does it suggest senator mcconnell could be in trouble in his own republican conference if some of his gop colleagues are now willing to publicly question his health . No, it doesnt. Because there were so few of them who are willing to come out there and question him. Question him even sort of mildly. I think he has a rocksolid hold on his conference there. Hes been in that position for many, many years. And of course, he will meet with his fellow senators tomorrow and has already been doing some of that calling. Theres some transparency with this letter. Im sure hes going to get many more questions. I think one of the questions for Mitch Mcconnell is, what if this happens again . It happened sort of back to back in a similar way. He of course had that concussion, and there could be some lingering effects of that. Thats what the doctors note suggests. I think that is a kind of lingering question thats going to be an ongoing issue for him. He might quiet it for now about he meets with his fellow senators. But i think what happens if this happens again. We shall see. Guys, thank you very, very much. Just ahead, well go to pennsylvania for an update on the expanding manhunt for a very dangerous killer still on the run after escaping from a local prison. 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Convicted killer danelo cavalcante, even Last Night On A Park Trail Camera outside the Perimeter Police were searching, forcing police to expand their manhunt. Obviously wish we would have been able to capture him without him getting through that perimeter. But well now expand that perimeter and move it so that we can try and encapsulate him again. Reporter police say they were only a few hours behind him, and the perimeter is still small. We squeezed him hard enough over a period of a few days. Hell slip up. Were making him move. Thats a good thing. Reporter authorities warning residents the situation is evolving. Two School Districts canceling classes today as the search zone expands. One homeowner believes the convicted killer entered his home late friday night. He says he heard something downstairs and rushed to his upstairs landing. I decided to flip the light switch on and off three, four, five times, pause, and then he flipped the light switch from downstairs three or four times. Which was the moment of like, oh my god. This guys down there. Reporter he says cavalcante walked out after taking some food. Cavalcante escaped prison last thursday, just weeks after he was sentenced to life without parole for the 2021 murder of his former girlfriend. Prosecutors say he stabbed her 38 times in front of her two young children. Police believe the convict has now been spotted six times. Hes making bad decisions. Hes still on foot. Theyre going to bring out the k9s and theyre going to start focusing in. Those k9s are very effective. Theyve got helicopters. Reporter nearby residents being asked to lock their homes, cars, garages, and sheds. I feel like im a prisoner. Scared to go out. Just scared in general. You never know where he is. My level of fear and concern is pretty high. Reporter the latest images show cavalcante has obtained a hooded sweatshirt, duffel bag, and backpack. Clearly he is now, you know, burglarizing places, getting access to a backpack, probably some food. Maybe a knife or two. Lord knows, maybe even a firearm. We dont know. Reporter The Search Force on the ground now numbers more than 200 officers, but today the fbi and the Border Patrol have sent in new teams and equipment. Police say they are also interviewing Danelo Cavalcantes contacts, his family, and other inmates for potential clues. Blaine todd on the ground in pennsylvania, thank you. Coming up, the first lady is isolating at home in delaware after Testing Positive for covid. Ill discuss this and more with dr. Anthony fauci. Hes standing by live. Stay with us. Youre in the situation room. So i i consolidated it into a lowrate Personal Loan from sofi. Get a Personal Loann with low low fixed rates, and d borrow up to 100k. 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Shes been boosted and she has had a prior infection last summer which means she has a hybrid immunity or good amount immunity which didnt prevent her from getting infected, but certainly would go a long way to prevent her from getting severe disease. So although you never can predict, i would imagine she strongly that she should do really quite well. The president has tested negative and he will continue to test regularly as the days go on and it is very conceivable, if not likely, that hell be fine and will not get infected. Lets hope he doesnt. President biden awarded the Medal Of Honor today to an 81 yearold Vietnam War Army pilot without wearing a mask even though the White House Press secretary, Karine Jeanpierre said earlier today he would be wearing a mask. Should he have been masked for this moment . He was negative on his test, wolf, and we know from experience that if you have a negative test, the chances of your transmitting the virus even if you have an early infection are extraordinarily low because what the antigen test tells you is the amount of virus thats in your nasal pharynx. If its negatived, chances are extremely low even if you are infected, youll transmit it to someone. Right now were in the midst of a summer covid surge as a new variant is spreading around the country, The New School year has also begun for so many student. Covid hasnt necessarily been top of mind for a lot of us lately. What advice do you have, dr. Fauci . I think we need to follow how things evolve over the coming weeks to months, wolf. We are seeing a late summer spurt. I dont know if you want to call it a real surge yet because we have a very low level of infection. We have a 19 increase over the last couple weeks in hospitalization, but thats a 19 increase over a very low number. We want to watch it very carefully. I would imagine were going to see an increase as we get into the fall and what we should do is follow the cdc recommendations, in fact, particularly among individuals at risk, the elderly and those with underlying conditions may want to as the cases increase to wear a mask when theyre in indoor settings, particularly when there are crowds. Im not talking about mandating anything. Im talking about good common sense and following the recommendations that we likely will get from the cdc as we proceed into the fall and if the cases increase in their number. Also importantly, wolf, in a couple weeks by the end of september, we should have available a booster shot that appears to be very well matched in the sense of being able to protect against the circulating variants. 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Back in 2010 i was honored to accompany Bill Richardson to north korea and report on the communist regime during our six days in pyongyang. I interviewed richardson about north korea numerous times after that, including just two weeks ago when he was here in washington working on his latest efforts to free americans held around the world. This time it was the u. S. Soldier travis king currently held by kim jong uns regime after he crossed the heavily armed dmz. Were going to try and bring him back. Hes been gone five weeks. Hes a troubled young man. He made a mistake going across, but that doesnt mean that we dont try to bring him back. Hes an american soldier, an American Military man. Hes got a family, a wonderful family, and its our obligation to bring him back. Bill richardson helped bring many detained americans home, including the wnba star brittney griner, who was freed by russia late last year. His work on behalf of u. S. Prisoners and hostages overseas is a huge part of Bill Richardsons remarkable life and legacy. My deepest, deepest condolences to his wife barbara. May he rest in peace and may his memory be a blessing. To our viewers, thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Up front next, the Breaking News, 22 years, the ng