Good evening, we have several breaking stories tonight. The nfl upholding tom bradys suspension, saying he destroyed his cell phone and Text Messages, but we begin with the other case that broke wide open today. For the first time, the prison seamstress breaking down in court, right in front of the cameras. Here are the pictures tonight, wiping away tears, pleading guilty revealing her sexual relationship her plot with the two escaped killers and what she was supposed to do to her husband. And remember american taxpayers footing the bill in this case for the Emergency Response that terrified towns on lockdown. One convict dead the other caught. Tonight the woman at the center of it all for the first time on why she did it. Reporter today Joyce Mitchell in shackles and tears, pleading guilty to helping the two murderers escape. She was swept off her feet a bit for a period. And then when she realized who she was dealing with everything changed. In newly released statements mitchell describes a deepening friendship with richard matt, quote, he treated me with respect and was nice to me. He made me feel special. That relationship turning special. Inmate matt grabbed me and kissed me. She also sent naked pictures to the other prisoners, saying we were all going to be together. She got in over her head and shes paying the price. Reporter she admits smuggling tools to the prisoners, hiding them inside frozen hamburger meat. Matt giving her two pills to drug her husband lyle on the day of the escape. They referred to lyle as the glitch. The plan Joyce Mitchell would pick up the escapees and drive back home where they would kill her husband, but she gets cold feet. And when she doesnt show up the men escape into the deep rugged woods, launching the threeweek manhunt. Joyce mitchell soon under arrest as we track down her husband. Wrangets do you make the reports she was trying to have you killed . Reporter today Lyle Mitchell visiting his wife in jail. Why did she do it . I was caught up in the fantasy, she says. I enjoyed the attention, the feeling both of them gave me and the thought of a different life. Joyce mitchell will be sentenced in september, facing up to seven years behind bars. Her lawyer says she knows she made a horrible mistake. And her husband visiting her today . Thats right. Thank you. Now to the other developing headline late today involving Quarterback Tom Brady and what we learned for the first time. The nfl now says he destroyed his cell phone and thousands of Text Messages on it during the investigation into deflategate. The nfl citing that reason in revealing tonight that his suspension for four games will stand. Brady seen right there the day he answered questions from the nfl. One prominent sports columnist saying bradys coverup was worse than the crime. Heres abcs ryan smith. Reporter tonight the blockbuster reveal. What we never knew. New England Patriots superstar Quarterback Tom Brady, watched by 120 million win the super bowl had his assistant destroy his cell phone, right before meeting with league investigators, according to the nfl. In this 20page ruling commissioner Roger Goodell slamming brady, claiming he attempted to conceal evidence of his personal involvement in the tampering scheme. The commissioner also revealing that destroyed phone contained nearly 10,000 Text Messages with many individuals over four months. During that time brady was investigated for his role in deflating those footballs. With the phone gone and Text Messages wiped out, his suspension will stand tonight. Onefourth of the season he will sit out. In january he told reporters when asked if he was a cheater. Is tom brady a cheater . I dont believe so. I mean i feel like ive always played within the rules. Reporter tonight, responding to the commissioners decision bradys agent firing back calling the appeals process a sham. And about brady turning over electronic dat a claiming tom was completely transparent and the Nfl Players Association tells abc news, theyll appeal the ruling in federal court. Lets get right to ryan. Tom bradys agent blasted them today. The agent calling the investigation a sham, they said he provided the commissioner with an unprecedented amount of private data saying they dont think any private citizen would have provided them with the amount of information tom was willing to provide. We turn now to the emergency call from a passenger on a plane from los angeles. The pilot calling air traffic control, saying he had less than five minutes left of fuel and the control tower telling him, youll have to wait 20 minutes, all of this with passengers on board. Jim avila with what happened next. Reporter a rare and serious midair scare. An alegionant airlines md 80 on a flight from las vegas to fargo, north dakota carrying 150, less than five minutes from falling out of the sky as the fuel gauge registers near empty. Were circling fargo. We dont have enough fuel to go anywhere else. Roger, there will be a window opening in about 20 minutes for a landing. Yeah i dont have 20 minutes. An exchange you never want to hear. The pilots had been delayed on takeoff from vegas and arrived after the Fargo Airport had been closed by a Navy Blue Angels practice planned months before. The air controller directing him to another airport unless he declared an emergency. Is grand fox airport, which is 70 miles to the north . Listen were out of fuel in about probably three to four minutes. Bingo is a military term that means running on empty. There were two mistakes here. One, nobody picked up the blues were practicing. Two, they didnt leave enough gas in case there was a problem with that airport. Emergency declared the blue angels got out of the way and the plane landed safely. Now the pilots and the airline have lots of questions to answer. David . Jim avila, thank you. The race against time in that urgent search for two 14yearold boys lost at sea after heading out on a fishing trip alone. The coast guard discovering their boat capsized in the atlantic. Tonight that search zone expanding. Take a look from savannah georgia, from Cape Canaveral and word of something spotted that gave hope for a time today. Reporter tonight its a race against time as new images emerge of the massive search effort for two missing florida teens. Abc news helping to search for austin steph nose and perry cohen. Their parents not giving up. I truly believe in my heart, theyre both okay. Theyre extremely strong young men. Reporter today a water cooler spotted 18 miles off the coast of georgia. Its not the same one with the boys had on board their 19foot boat. So difficult to find anything on the open water. Look how hard it is to spot our orange life vest and water cooler located only 200 feet away. The teens leaving friday to fish in the calm inland waters instead taking this ten minute trip to the atlantic as this powerful line of storms moved through. Just concerned nobodys on board. Their capsized boat discovered days later. Just so long most people can survive. These kids have some experience on the water. Hopes dwindling. The coast guard continuing to search. Reminding us theyre healthy and well trained with emergencies. If any teens can survive this, they can. David . Thank you. Well turn now to the dangerous heat moving in tonight. 30 million americans, 16 states already under heat advisories and warnings and with the humidity factored in the heat index hitting triple digits from texas all the way up to philly new york and boston. Ginger you were saying the real concern is that the heat will last for days. Right. We talk about the cumulative effect of heat on peoples bodies and the heat is not going anywhere overnight. The heat advisories the current heat index, way above 110 for st. Louis. Memphis is going to stay in excess ef heat warning on our wednesday. Tomorrow the numbers are in the 90s all the way up the east coast. Boston, youll hover around 90 degrees, it will come from tallahassee. Heat and humidity ahead of the storms but storms possible from des moines to cedar rapids. And finally that ridge of High Pressure out west a huge concern. Sacramento 107. Its dry hot and windy, terrible for fires. And well get more on that record heat now expected in the west fueling 20 wildfires now across five states. This one in Castro Valley california bone dry earth on one side charred earth on the other side. And matt gutman flying us over the fires. Reporter that new wildfire in Castro Valley firefighters engulfed by smoke themselves. Across the state, the fires unrelenting. 20 major burns, about 2,000 structures threatened. On the lines, over 11,000 exhausted fifrtss. Here at the lowell fire containment up to 30 , but still an uphill battle. This is what that wind does. It causes fire to break containment, hopping over the top of the hill and then tearing down this side of the hill. We joined cal fire to survey the air attack from helicopter. Tonight 15 aircraft buzzing the tree tops dumping water just feet from smouldering trees and then dropping down gon and gon for new loads of water. All of this showing the scope of a fire like this. In the 45 minutes that we were in that helicopter cal fire responded to five new fires in Northern California alone. And with that wind that you can probably hear against my mic and the soaring heat here rough road ahead for firefighters. Wind not helping. Matt, thank you. To the reported earthquake in Oklahoma City tonight. A supermarket, the shelves shaking, 4. 5 magnitude. Tremors felt as far away as arkansas. Authorities say the spike in earthquakes is possibly linked to an increase in oil and gas drilling. We turn now to the race for 2016. A new controversy for donald trump. His top Legal Adviser with explosive comments about trumps first marriage and the question of rape. Tonight the trump team now responding. Reporter tonight, one of Donald Trumps closest advisers apologizing for explosive comments about rape. Trumps lawyer michael cohen, known in some circles, as the pit bull. You bring a fight to donald trump, hes going to take that fight. This time cohen fighting scolding a reporter who asked about trumps ugly divorce from ivana. In her deposition he reportedly accused her husband of rape but cohen tells the reporter understand that by the very definition you cant rape your spouse. It is true you cannot rape your spouse, and theres very clear case law. But marital law is illegal in all 50 states. Cohen issuing this threat. You write a story with mr. Trumps name in it with the word rape and im going to mess your life up. Today ivana defended her ex. I have read comments attributed to me during my divorce from donald. The story is totally without merit. Trump pointed to that story today. Theres no rape there. Believe me you dont issue a Statement Like that and she just issued it. Which i must tell you i felt was terrific. Reporter but trump distancing himself from cohens comments. Mike cohen is apologizing himself for these comments. Thats right. He said i made an inarticulate comment which i do not believe and which i apologize for entirely. Tom, thanks. Turning now to a terror arrest right here at home a 23yearold florida man. Harlem swar ez accused of wapting to hide a boom in a backpack planning to detonate at a public beach. Caught in an fbi sting after a friend alerted police that he was expressing support for isis on facebook. We turn now to an abc news exclusive tonight, a former navy seal and secret cia operative sent overseas on highrisk missions revealing he was afraid for his life. Not because of americas enemies, but because of members of his own team who discovered something about his private life. Hes brian ross. Hello, my name is brett jones. A secret operative for the cia in afghanistan recorded this cell phone message three weeks ago in case he did not make it out alive. The reason im making this is in the event that something happens to me reporter but brett jones, a former navy seal and now a private contractor tells abc news tonight that the people he feared were not the terrorists. But his own fellow cia operatives who turned on him after they learned he was gay. I walked into the team room and heard one of the guys talking to another guy. He said something something hes a [ bleep ]. Reporter when no one was around jones took this cell phone video of the power point for a highrisk upcoming cia mission, full of homophobic slurs that we wont broadcast. Jones was given a radio code name for the mission, gay gay. That was an hour before we had to go out and do it. Reporter you think that behavior by those men jeopardized the mission . Absolutely. I just cant imagine why somebody would do that before a real Dangerous Mission like that. Reporter jones, one of the few openly gay cia paramilitary operatives say his team left him behind once by orders from the base. He feared what they would do to him if he complained about his treatment. I was scared. Im not going to lie. Everyone is armed with guns on them all the time. Reporter jones, now back home in alabama with his husband, says he fears standing up to the antigay hate will mean an end to his cia days. Ive saved a lot of peoples lives. So this hurts . Of course it hurts. Im losing my career. And how are the cia officials responding . They wont comment on the allegations. Theyre taking it very seriously given the zero tolerance policy against such behavior especially aimed at a man whos put his life on the line so often for his country. Brian, thank you. Tonight to a new headline involving israel the u. S. Granting poll for a convicted spy. Hes set to be free in november 30 years after his arrest. The Obama Administration saying the decision was mandated by law when he was sentenced three decades ago. Much more ahead tonight, the global outrage at this hour involving an american dentist. He killed one of the most beloved lions in the world. The dentist accused of luring the lion out of a protected park. What that dentist is saying tonight. We want you to weigh in. This woman is being called the first lady of football. The nfls first female coach set to take the field. Dramatic pictures tonight, a house up in flames. 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