next we learn brand new information about the hero trooper who pulled the trigger. hitting home growing fears of the terrorist attack ahead of the 4th of july. military installations, law enforcement or possibly a 4th of july event parade. this on the heels of three attacks on three continents. making isis sweet. wal-mart doing control after a con federal flag gate. then honest isis. fox and friend first starts right now. you are watching fox and friend first on this monday morning. appreciate it. i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. i am ainsley earhardt. the hunt is now over. david sweat is captured after more than three weeks on the
eloquently put it we don t go near the wound, we don t want to kill anybody, we go to stop. this sergeant thank god it was him. he knew what he was doing. law enforcement did such a beautiful job, but i got to tell you, every legal mind i see on this i want to continue asking the question what would have happened god forbid had either one of them richard matt or david sweat, shot and killed a police officer and one of these people that might have been walking by the cabin, something like that. they couldn t double down on anything. here s something i m sure my good buddy ron will agree on. as a police officer, we never know who we re walking up on. when we stop a vehicle, we don t know if that person is armed or ant. but you know what we re trained in the police academy, harris? they know where we are, we know they re armed. sole every. . part of the investigation i m so
the world this morning. all eyes on greece this morning. time running out to reach a deal with iran. leaders expected to miss a deadline pastfast approaching. welcome back to early start. i m christine romans. i m john berman. 29 minutes past the hour. new york prison escapee david sweat is in critical condition. the manhunt is now over. the other convicted killer was shot and killed on friday. the crowd cheered. new york governor andrew cuomo announced the nightmare is finally over. today ends with good news. these were really dangerous, dangerous men. both matt and sweat.
i want to bring in rod wheeler. rod, you were on with us earlier as this news was breaking. now we have this first picture, we have some details, so many more details about the sergeant that took him down. 21 years of experience. so this wasn t you know a first year police officer looking down the road and saying oh that could be him. this was a guy who had a detailed eye, a veteran s eye, an experienced eye to be able to look at the man in that picture and to know if he makes it to that treeline i got to get him before that happens. you re exactly right, harris. let me set the stage for you and the viewers as to how this probably went down and this is typically as to how we would confront a suspect such as the suspect of david sweat. this officer, jay cook was on routine patrol in that area. he s by himself, harris. he didn t have another partner with him. he sees this individual that closely resembles the suspect. he gets out of the car, he tells this person to freeze and put his h
once david sweat covered a lot of ground once those locks were picked, once they got out. we have a lot to learn, and the hope is obviously, by authorities who might want to prosecute anyone else who was involved, but also by us who have been trying to figure out where these two guys are, along with the rest of the world w he will start speaking once he is out of the hospital. they took him to another hospital down the road allegedly the same hospital that joyce mitchell was taken the night she had the anxiety attack when she was supposed to be their getaway and bailed out at the last minute. david sweat is being taken to a larger facility that can tend to his wounds. the facility here was just not able to properly care for him. they re going to get him cleaned up get him on the mend and