developments overnight in the mount for those two killers who escaped from a new york maximum security prison. now this search is expanding to a neighboring state. here is the very latest. camp sites and boat slips in vermont are being searched. 50 digital billboards in new york, new jersey, massachusetts, pennsylvania are also displaying the mug shots of these two men. family members defending prison employee joyce mitchell who has been questioned in connection with the escape. abc s marci gonzalez near the prison for us. reporter: again, officers lined up going door to door. [ knocking ] searching for the two convicted killers who escaped from the upstate new york prison, while in neighboring vermont, where investigators believe david sweat and richard matt may have headed, police are going into neighborhoods and campgrounds, handing out these fliers. they are killers. they are murderers. there is no reason to believe they wouldn t do it again. they re going to be more desper
good thursday morning to you all. i m t.j. holmes. i m brandi hitt, in for reena ninan. here are some of the headlines we re following this morning on world news now. hundreds of american troops are headed to iraq to help battle against isis. their main job is to provide much-needed training to iraqi forces. full details in just a moment. the search for those escapees from an upstate new york prison has expanded to neighboring vermont, where investigators are checking camp sites and boat slips. those details in just a moment. and abc news has learned that the centers for disease control will can issuing an alert today to all u.s. medical personnel about the growing outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome, or mers in south korea. and an unprecedented family leave policy now offered from richard branson s virgin group. some new moms and dads will be
help. and even though 450 is a lot more u.s. troops only about 50 of them will actually be advising the iraqis. the other 400 will be providing security and logistic support for the advisers themselves. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. well, a man from central massachusetts has died fighting against isis in syria. keith broomfield is his name. seen in this facebook photo. was killed june 3rd, according to the state department. broomfield was fighting alongside kurdish forces at the time of his death. a friend of the family says broomfield s mother tried to stop him from going to syria. but he felt so strongly about the persecution of christians. police in upstate new york have closed a road overnight as they investigate a new lead in the escape of two inmates. the search has expanded to campsites and boat slips in neighboring vermont. one man is a special insight into the mind of one of the escapees. he was an accomplice to richard matt and testified against him.
be it has been trying to work its way in the marina rubbing up against the poles. it tried to beach itself on some rocks. the coast guard is here in force along with fish and wildlife people and folks from noaa organization here and animal rescue group is here monitoring the situation. a plan is supposedly being hatched to put someone in the water to assist the mammal. we are receiving reports and requests from shorts on the ground to look for other whales that may be in the area. there may be a pod in the area and this one whale may have become separated from that pod. we ll bring the camera out and show you what it looks like. there are a number of boat slips and theres is a barrier on the