Shepard smith reporting. Im jon scott in for shepard smith. The United States is putting russias president putin on notice says a top u. S. Commander who compares russias recent moves to nazi germany. The defense secretary Ash Carter Says the u. S. Will send hundreds of tanks and other equipment to several of our nato allies including former soviet states in Eastern Europe. Its a show of military might meant to match russias war games. The defense secretary says the u. S. Will also help equip natos socalled Rapid Response force. Thats a team to defend our allies from any russian threat. This comes after economic punishments failed to force Russian Troops out of eastern ukraine, or as president putin once called it the new russia. Putins already taken over the crimeian peninsula. He denies sending Russian Troops into ukraine but he also says he wants to protect russian speakers in ukraine. Sound familiar from your history class . Thats the same reason the nazis gave when they moved into
One top u. S. Lawmaker says the threat level has never been so high. Lets get to the breaking news there are new leads in the hunt for the two killers who escaped a prison in upstate new york. Law enforcement sources now say the escapees were taken by surprise after they broke into a hunting cabin some 20 miles west of the prison. The sources say they fled in a hurry, leaving behind boots and provisions and traces of dna. Its thought that one may even be barefoot in the rugged terrain. The husband of the accused accomplice is speaking out about his wife her relationship with the two prisoners and the part she played in helping them break out. Also breaking now. As new video emerges in the Charleston South Carolina slaughter. South carolina lawmakers will debate whether to remove the Confederate Flag from the capitol. There are moves in other states to do the same thing. And National Merchants are taking it off their shelves. Our correspondents analysts and guests are all standing by wi
It has been rough. Weve, some of us have been downright angry, but through it all god has sustained us. We have shown the world how we as a group of can come together and pray and work out things that needs to be worked out. A lot of folks expected us to do something strange and to break out in a riot. Well they just dont know us. The doors of mother emanuel is open on this sunday. It sends a message to every demon in hell and on earth. More than 1,000 people attended the service and many more paid their respect at individual vigils honored the victims and their families. The tragedy has actually brought the community closer together. Theres no doubt when youre mind and your heart are consumed with hatred and with racist motivations motivations, that he sought to create a race war, in this country, what he has done for South Carolina and charleston is he has brought our community together. The entire state now is without any question taking a leap forward. What the enemy meant for evil
Alex late yesterday, all of a sudden this breaking news that richard matt has been shot and killed and then the authorities thought that they were really on the heels of david sweat. So what happened . Reporter yeah. They certainly hoped that they were on the heels of david sweat, namely because they have been pursuing the theory that these two men have been traveling together since they broke out of that maximum security prison some three weeks ago and that means that they have to exhaust every conceivable lead in this area. Thats exactly what theyre doing today. But yes, its been almost a day now since richard matt was gunned down. They did find a second set of tracks in the area which they thought could lead them toward david sweat. What they were able to do with that information was to form a perimeter that is significantly smaller than the previous search area. That previous perimeter was some 75 square miles. This is a very tight perimeter of 22 square miles and its a line of sig
Questions why she cut her trip to the hamptons short. Well watch that today. Politically significant on the political side and any minute microphones on the right side of the screen and watching and waiting for the News Conference from the Franklin Countys sheriff ice up, Fauquier County, with the update on the tragedy that unfoldled on Live Television. A young reporter and cameraman shot and killed in a live broadcast and on a personal note i just wanted to say that. Too often part of my job every day as a journalist is to cover tragedy, but todays news hits close to home. This morning two young journalists were murdered doing what they loved, telling stories within their community, and instead now the loved ones of 24yearold Alison Parker and 27yearold adam ward will not get to see them tomorrow. No weddings, no children, no future careers as journalists. As as someone who started my career in a very small market in virginia just 120 miles up the road from roanoke let me tell you i k