The prison employee, Joyce Mitchell, for allegedly assisting sweat and matt in their escape. The police announced her arrest just moments ago and issued a warning to the convicts themselves. Were working seamlessly around the clock with several agencies in our hunt. We have a message for david sweat and richard matt. Were coming for you, and well not stop until you are caught. Were coming for you. Meanwhile, Law Enforcement are ratcheting up their mainpower to find them. More than 800 officers are now flooding an area just south of the prison. Bloodhounds picked up the scent near there on wednesday night. Authorities say they also found candy wrappers bedding and footprints. However, this is important, there have been no confirmed sightings whatever so far of the two escapees. Im joined by adam reese from morrisonville, new york, a few miles from the prison. Lets talk about Joyce Mitchell here. What category does this fit into . Ive never really heard about someone helping in major esc
Controversy. A prominent naacp leader accused of lying about being black. Minority leader pelosi told the floor she would vote down taa to stop fast track. While im a big supporter of taa, if taa slows down the fast track, im prepared to vote against taa because then its defeat, sad to say, is the only way that we will be able to slow down the fast track. Taa went down with 302 votes. Both bills were necessary for the president s trade package to advance. The white house went all out to woo democrats this week including pelosi. The president made a surprise visit to the annual Congressional Ball game with beer for the winning team. The president criticized for ducking out of opportunities for being with members of congress shook hands with both dug outs. Moments before the critical trade vote he joined a House Democrat meeting to drum up last minute support. They called the maneuver insulting. The president tried to both guilt people and then impugn their integrity. I dont think it was
Within 10 points of clinton. And i appreciate that. And i love you too. Good to have you with us tonight folks. Thanks for watching. At this hour the House Rules Committee is meeting to pave the way for fast track. Paul ryan is planning to attach fast track to a bill with firefighters pengssion on the line. This means the president would get trade Promotional Authority without assistance for displaced workers and puts president obama in a new position. A tough spot. The president has promised the veto any trade bill without taa. If he really wants trade promotional short he is going to have to lead workers out in the cold. At least that is how it stansds now. The fact that the president wants taa is as admission. His trade deal will outsource american jobs. So how is that good . The new plan requires a revote in the house on fast track, possibly tomorrow. The first time it passed by a couple of votes. Then heads to the senate where the future is not clear. Now if even a few members of
Plus, one on one with wisconsin Governor Scott walker. Makes it easy to vote but hard to choose. Republican president ial hopefuls hitting the trail in iowa for the first annual ride and roast. And protests while in germany. Thousands of protesters the last few days have been campaigning to stop president obama and the other members of the group of seven from meeting. Police and Security Officers in riot gear and on alert as World Leaders gather for a major summit in europe. Newsroom starts now. Thanks so much for joining me im fredricka whitfield. Learning new details about the escape of two convicted murderers who escaped from a new york state prison. Governor cuomo announced a 100,000 reward for any information leading to the capture of richard matt and david sweat. At a News Conference a short time ago, state police say they are leaving no stones unturned in their manhunt. At this point, in excess of 160 leads have been developed since the escape was first reported yesterday mornin
Yesterday afternoon, relatives of those victims confronted the shooter to tell him that they forgive him. Much more on that in just a moment. Were also on the show going to be tackling the controversy of whether South Carolina should still be flying the Confederate Flag. Americans more divided on that question than you might think. Plus turning away from the tragedy for a bit, its also been a vang week in the world of politics, one that has the potential to have Lasting Impact on the race for president. Well be getting into that later in the show. But, we begin this morning in South Carolina. That is where thousands of people gathered at an arena in charleston last night to remember those nine victims shot and killed inside of a church on wednesday night. We all have one thing in common common, our hearts are broken. That service capping an emotional day in charleston a day in which the gunman in that shooting dylann roof appeared in court via satellite for the first time. Roof appeari