48yearold richard matt convicted of kidnapping and beating a man to death and 34yearold david sweat convicted of shooting a sheriffs deputy 22 times. Police say the men somehow got their hands on power tools. They cut through steel walls in their cells and they crawled through a series of tunnels and sewers until they came out through a manhole on the other side of the prison walls. Heres what they left behind. Yep. A postit note saying have a nice day. Cnn National Correspondent joins us from outside the prison in new york. Polo it is extraordinary, and the police now say these guys have a more than 36hour head headstart. Reporter thats right. You know its very much an impressive feat according to officials, however authorities on the ground are hoping people focus more on the threat these two individuals pose to the general public. Now that were here just outside the perimeter fencing, though, poppy, it puts things into perspective perspective. I want to step out of the shot so you c
Apparently finding a shoe print and multiple food wrappers looking suspiciously like a place these killers hunkered down for the night. This latest lead bringing the sleepy part of the country to its knees. Entire highway shut down schools in the area closed armed officers at every, single corner. Lets take you straight to the scene live to our cnn National Correspondent and given all these new nuggets in the last couple of hours, miguel whats the sense from police . Are they getting closer . Reporter well certainly hope they are. We are about four miles from that area where the encampment was, or this location in that they suspect may have been where these two individuals stayed for. And it sounds like recently source telling cnn that something at that encampment among the grass that had been mauted down as if they slept there, the wrappers shoe print, possibly a boot something there led them to believe that they had been there very very recently. We are also now learning a little mor
Williams death. Williams hanged himself with a belt inside the bedroom of his california home. There is evidence that he had also tried to cut his wrists. Theres been a day full of tributes to the great actor. You are looking at the flowers piling up on williams star on the hollywood walk of fame. In just a few minutes in San Francisco, the giants will honor the man they call their greatest fan. One of the landmarks continue today. The bench where williams and matt damon filmed a scene for goodwill hunting. Ted rowlands is in california. What more can you tell us about the heartbreaking news that we learned today of how he took his own life . Reporter well, we know for sure now that Robin Williams was indeed seeking help for depression before he died. And we also know now for sure that he took his own life. According to the coroner Robin Williams was found in his home with a belt around his neck. The preliminary results of the forensic examination reveal supporting physical signs that
News special forces on the ground in iraq. Scouting options for a massive rescue mission on the ground. This is the tiers time american troops have been on the mountain where thousands of people from the religious Minority Group the yazidi are surrounded by isis. American forces struck isis targets again on the ground in iraq today. Ill get straight to our jim sciutto with the breaking news. What exactly are these special forces doing . Reporter well, this is a team of about a dozen, just over a dozen special forces. Thats the normal size of a team they operate in. And theyre there to assess the terrain, the size of the crowd, the need, but more importantly, more broadly, the feasibility of an air or a ground evacuation of some ten to 20,000 people to get them off that mountain and to safety. These are not combat troops, but they are troops in danger. Thats why those people are on the top of the mountain seeking shelter, seeking safety from isis fighters and this is something that when
The years of the 60s which end in a few hours, have a reputation of things that is not justified. Some things got worse, obviously but tv and tv coverage is better, northwest worse, we simply developed more demanding standards. When i think of tv, i think of the 70s. What is this world coming to . The American Public was hungry for more. More was allowed. That hadnt been before. It was the last decade where it was a campfire television where there was one in the living room. I want to watch allblack show for a change. Where you going to find one . Heres one, the range lakers heres one, the Los Angeles Lakers against the milwaukee bucks. Young people were interested in relevant things. And so Television Began to reflect that. This is cbs. Really it was very simple, you had three channels and plus pbs. When the decade turned over into the 70s, television was very rural. The beverly hillbillies. Cbs had the beverly hillbillies. Peticoat junction and the rural fantasies of mayberryism. The