Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from washington. Good evening. You may have thought youd heard it all regarding the prison escape and manhunt involving two killers last month in new york but it turns out there was a lot more. Today as Joyce Mitchell the prison worker who helped them bust out, appeared in court to plead guilty to her crimes nbc news obtained a detailed, at times salacious and eyeopening statement she made to state police about the plot the supplies the weapons, and the plan to kill her husband the night of the escape. Nbcs john yang was in court today in upstayed new york. Reporter with a tearful signature Joyce Mitchell accepted a plea deal today admitting she smuggled hack saw blades, drill bits chisels, padded gloves glasses with lights, and other tools into the prison for convicted killers richard matt and david sweat who, the d. A. Says used them to escape. Shes been very anxious, very depressed, very remorseful for what she did. Reporter before her arrest mitchell spoke to investigators for more than 20 hours over four days. Today nbc news obtained a copy of three of those statements which contained startling new details. She tells of giving matt and sweat rum and coke in prison performing sex acts on matt, and sending both of them sexual notes and naked pictures of herself. I was caught up in the fantasy, she said. I enjoyed the attention, the feeling both of them gave me and the thought of a different life. The plan was for mitchell to meet the prisoners at midnight and be the getaway driver. Matt and sweat gave her a list of what to bring. Cell phone, gps, clothes, a shotgun, tent sleeping bags, hatchet, fishing pole and money. Matt called mitchells husband, lyle the glitch, and gave joyce two white pills to drug him. The plan was for matt to kill lyle when they escaped. But she couldnt go through with it and never showed up. She told investigators, im really sorry for what i have done. What it really came down to is sweat and matt manipulating individuals to allow them to accomplish her ultimate goal. Reporter i really do love my husband, she said. And hes the reason i didnt meet inmate matt and inmate sweat. After visiting his wife in jail today Lyle Mitchell said he stands by his wife. Why . Because i love her. Reporter investigators say the evidence is that three people carried out this complex escape. Richard matt, who was killed in the manhunt. David sweat, whos back in prison serving life without parole. And Joyce Mitchell, now facing up to seven years in prison. Lester . John yang tonight. Thank you. There are big new developments tonight in the deflategate cheating scandal that rocked the nfl. The league has upheld a fourgame suspension for tom brady, sidelining one of its biggest stars. Its a fight getting nasty. Its heading to court as the league reveals brady had his cell phone destroyed right as investigators wanted to see it. Nbcs ron mott has late details. Reporter six months after it blew up into a major sports scandal, deflategate appears headed for even more controversy, namely federal court. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell today upheld tom bradys fourgame suspension. The league saying the fourtime super bowlwinning quarterback destroyed his cell phone and nearly 10,000 Text Messages putting the ball in the hands of the Players Association, which has vowed to continue the fight by seeking a Court Injunction allowing him to play. Todays revelations i think are definitely a bombshell. It might not be damning in a legal sense but from an optics sense and Public Perception that is quite possibly the death knell for tom brady. Reporter the nfls lead investigator ted wells, concluded brady was generally aware that footballs used by his team in a playoff game in january were intentionally deflated below league specifications. The wells report concluded two patriots equipment assistance had texted about brady and deflated fooblds. Both men suspended indefinitely. The nfl said brady instructed his assistant to destroy his cell phone and simm cards before meeting with wells. I dont think this looks good for tom brady at all, but bradys point is going to be very simply i dont care how it looks, you have no right to see my cell phone. Reporter deflategate cast a cloud over the nfls marquee event, the super bowl which brady and the new England Patriots won in dramatic fashion with a goalline interception. Now with teams hitting the field this week for the start of Training Camps, the issue seems far from resolved and could hang over the Upcoming Season as well. Many patriot fans see deflategate as jealousy run amok. Others view brady and the franchise with suspicion considering spygate in which the team was caught videotaping opponents against league rules. The Players Association called the commissioners ruling outrageous and said it would appeal on bradys behalf. The in the meantime the nfl has already gone to court today, asking that the suspension be upheld. As for tom brady, hes due here tomorrow for the start of Training Camp. Lester . Ron mott thank you. The fbi says it has foiled an isisinspired terror plot to blow up a weapon of mass destruction on a beach in the florida keys. Specifically a backpack bomb. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams joins us now with details. Pete whats this all about . Reporter lester hes a 23yearold from key west florida. Harlem suarez. Who came to the fbis attention three months ago accused of advocating violence on facebook in support of isis. Prosecutors say he told undercover sources working for the fbi that he wanted to bury a bomb in a backpack on the beach in marathon florida or south beach, miami. The fbi says he made a video in may calling for support for isis and urging others to seek out our enemy and kill them where we find them. Though he wanted to build a bomb the fbi says he didnt know how and had no explosives. He paid one of the undercover operatives 100 for what he thought was a bomb. He was arrested when he received it. The device made by the fbi was a phony. His lawyer says he was troubled and confused but no terrorist. Lester. Pete williams thanks very much. Tonight its been over 100 hours since two teens went missing at sea on a fishing trip off the florida coast where with each passing hour the situation is becoming increasingly desperate. Were now hearing from their mothers, who continue to hold out hope theyll be found alive. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has our report from florida. Reporter the coast guard again today searching the atlanta for two 14yearold boys Austin Stephanos and perry cohen. 911, what is your emergency . Reporter five days ago their anxious parents called 911 when the teens failed to check in. Were calling their cell phones. Nobodys answering. Its not easy as a mother and you still have the roller coaster of emotions and terror. Reporter the boys 19foot boat was found sunday capsized 170 miles north from where they set out. The search continues around the clock with the coast guard using infrared cameras that see in the dark and surface search radar which detects even small objects floating on the ocean. But much of the search from five cutters and multiple aircraft is simply watching. Conducting a search for seven, eight, nine hours is challenging. Having that dialogue with the crew in the hope of finding those boys out there keeps the crew engaged. Reporter the coast guard says its like trying to spot a basketball floating on the surface of the water and theyre in a plane going 170 Miles Per Hour 500 feet up. Steve mumora survived treading water for nearly 24 hours at sea. No life vest. He never gave up. I wanted to survive. A lot to live for. And you dont really know what you can do until youre actually there doing it. Reporter for the teens families theres only hope. We strongly believe these boys are out there and just waiting for us to come find them. Reporter how long will the coast guard continue its search which now extends to the coast off of South Carolina . Well tonight one official tells nbc news one of the determining factors is inexact. It is the will to live. And at 14 years old these boys have a lot to live for. Lester . Kerry sanders in florida. Thank you. After nearly three decades in prison the only american ever convicted of spying for an ally will be released in november. A federal panel today granted Jonathan Pollard parole. Hes a former Intelligence Analyst sentenced to life for giving israel collapseified material. Pollards lawyers imply his parole has nothing to do with easing tensions with israel over that nuclear deal with iran. And it is that same nuclear deal that led to a heated showdown today here in washington. Secretary of state john kerry and others gave the House Foreign Affairs committee a hard sell but they failed to win converts as tensioned erupted in the room. Our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell was there. Reporter on a blistering hot day in washington tempers were rising over the iran deal. Were presuming iran is going to change its behavior. And that behavior did not change last weekend when they were chanting again death to america. Reporter todays hearing was even carried live in iran where the Ayatollah Khamenei has been taking a hard line. But the ayatollah doesnt like it and doesnt want to negotiate it. Oh boohoo. We stand for america. You represent america. Congressman, i dont need any lessons from you about who i represent. Dont give me any lessons about that, okay . Reporter its become a big issue for 2016 republicans. Mike huckabee even invoked the holocaust, saying the deal would be like marching israelis to the door of the oven. He wouldnt back down today with matt lauer. Youre not backing down an inch. Not at all. In fact, the response from jewish people has been overwhelmingly positive. As president of the United States would you use the words march the israelis to the door of the oven . Yes, i would. I would say we dont trust who have threatened to kill israel threatened to wife them off the map. Reporter a majority of americans in a new poll oppose the deal. But another poll says a number of Jewish Americans support the deal. Would iran obey it . How confident is the Intelligence Committee that you will know if they cheat . To give you an ironclad guarantee we would immediately detect cheating of some form we cant say that. Reporter and what if congress blocks the agreement . Iran would be free to pursue its own designs. There will be no inspections. There will be no sanctions. Its a freeforall. And very very dangerous for our friends and allies. And dangerous for the United States. Reporter and lester tonight another candidate, ted cruz called the deal catastrophic, saying that the sanctions relief would make the Obama Administration the worlds leading financier of radical islamic terror. Lester . Andrea thanks much. Now to the race for president and a new controversy for donald trump involving a reported Rape Allegation from years ago. Something one of his top advisers said about it is creating a fresh uproar and now trump is seeking to distance himself. Nbc National News correspondent Peter Alexander has more. Reporter fueled by its noapologies attitude i just say what has to be said. Reporter the Trump Campaign has surged to the top of the polls. But today that bravado backfired. The explosive story broke overnight with a zakdsold allegation that donald trump had raped his then wife ivana. Trumps lead attorney fired back saying legally you cant rape your spouse. Outrage immediately erupted online. Marital rape is illegal in all five states. Today that trump adviser Michael Cohen executive virpt Vice President of the Trump Organization apologized for what he called an inarticulate comment which i do not believe. Late tonight trump reacted. Something i disagree with. But thats the way it is. And hes speaking for himself. Hes not speaking for me obviously. Reporter this was trumps then wire ivana in 1988. Im a traditional girl with european background. The man is the boss in the family. Reporter according to the trump biography, during Divorce Proceedings in the early 90s ivana trump accused her husband of having rapeled her in 1989. Just before the book was about to be published in 1993 ivana pout a statement saying she felt violated. I referred to this as a rape but i do not want my words to be interpreted in a literalor criminal sense. Today ivana trump said the Rape Allegation is totally without merit. I have nothing but fondness for donald adding incidentally i think he would make an incredible president. Peter alexander, nbc news, washington. We have got a lot more to report tonight. Still ahead a desperate call to save a young mans life. Why would a 911 operator hang up on a caller pleading for help . Youll hear that call in just a moment. Also a huge uproar today. An american dentist who killed a lie. That was supposed to be protected. Outrage around the world tonight. What he is saying to defend himself. Have 30 years of customer records. Our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. My drivers dont have time to fill out forms. Tablets. Keep them all digital. Were looking to double our deliveries. 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At 2 years old zion developed a lifethreatening infection. Both his hands and feet were amputated. Then he got a kidney transplant from his mom. Nice deep breaths. Reporter for the groundbreaking procedure a team of 40 including ten hand surgeons operated on zion for nearly 11 hours at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. You can see the hand right here starting to pink up. Reporter new hands that will grow with zion. Were just Getting Started in realizing medicines potential to treat patients like zion. Weve made a big step forward with this operation. When i saw zions hands for the first time after the operation, i just felt like he was being reborn again. Okay. Relax and open wide. Reporter therapy is exhausting. But zions determined. What will be your favorite thing to do once all the bandages come off . Pick up my little sister from daycare and wait for her to run into my hands and i pick her up and spin her around. Reporter one tough little boy blazing a trail for the future. Rehema ellis, nbc news, philadelphia. A remacable ableremarkable story. We wish zion all the best. Thats going to do it for us on this tuesday night. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. Test. Yeah you guys probably have this crazy physical attraction. How are you able to overcome that . Shawn proposed