York. That cabin has been burglarized, just 20 miles west of the prison they broke out of more than two weeks ago. A witness spotted someone running into the woods near the cabin over the weekend. After that about 1,000 officers they descended on that Tiny Community with helicopters, atvs and cruisers. How confident do you feel about these leads . All options are open and everythings on the table. And like i say, i think these are the best leads that weve had since the escape. Are you confident that they are here in your area in your county . Im confident that if theyre here were going to catch them. The information thats come in in the last 4872 hours has been more credible and better leads probably than weve had since the escape. And i think the noose is starting to tighten. A Law Enforcement source tells cnn the detectives are also combing through guest registries from hotels in the prison area looking possibly for someone who might have a connection to the escapees. Officials also
U. S. Relations with china. But we begin with chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge in the bureau tonight. Thank you, bret. A short time ago the Homeland Security secretary jay johnson wrapped up his classified briefing of the full senate. As fox news has learned, as many as 18 million current, former and prospective Government Employees are affected by the breach. The number could spike as high as 30 million when relatives and references listed on security clearance applications are factored in. Opm today. It will be another agency tomorrow. That warning from a Senior Senate democrat as witnesses testified. The central governments Human Resources department known as opm is still assessing the fallout. And it will get much worse than the first breach in april of several million files. We have estimated that to be a little over 4 million as ive described. Whats the total number of files that potentially could be breached . Thats what were investigating right now, sir. That
We begin this hour in upstate new york where investigators say they have a promising new lead in the search for those two escaped killers. A Law Enforcement source tells cnn that police have found dna from richard matt and david sweat in a cabin near the Clinton Correctional Facility. Jason carroll has our report. Reporter tests being run on materials found inside a cabin located in a wooded area 20 miles west of the Clinton County correctional facility. The dna matches that of escaped cons richard matt and david sweat. State police are still cautious about the findings. We have recovered specific items from the cabin and forwarded them to the appropriate laboratories but we are not ready to release the evidence at this time. Reporter alerts put out warning residents to be vigilant. And on saturday nearly 300 miles away, word of another possible sighting of fugitives near the town of friendship. We conducted a search that has ended. We have declared that area clear. Reporter also becom
She is the prison worker charged with supplying tools to the two inmates who escaped. Ill have more on that in just a moment. And the second major development, sources familiar with the investigation tell nbc news dna from both david sweat and richard matt in a remote Mountain Lodge not far from the prison where they escaped on the 6th of june. The District Attorney says a hunter reported seeing a person running away from a camp in the area on sunday. That hunter says he went into the cabin and noticed two things out of place. A jug of water and an open jar of Peanut Butter on the table. More now on that exclusive interview with the husband of Joyce Mitchell. She pleaded not guilty to charges of providing tools to two escaped convicts. Her husband lyle spoke to matt lauer answering a lot of questions. I cant imagine a more tensionfilled and tumultuous 17 or 18day period. How are you, lyle . Taking it day by day. Its been rough. Can you describe how this has turned your life upside down
Kill and drug him but he doesnt believe that sex plays a role. She didnt know if i loved her anymore, she said and it went too far. He tried to kiss her a couple times and she said nah. And she said that he started to threaten her a little bit on things and she said, ive got Something Else to tell you. I said whats that . She said their plan was they wanted to kill you. I said what . They wanted her to come pick them up. So she admitted to you at that moment that once these two escaped from clinton and made their way to that manhole. Yep. That she was supposed to be the one to pick them up and drive them away . She told me that matt wanted her to pick them up. She said i never legal nowhere without lyle. Never. He said ill give you some pills to give him to knock him out and then you come pick us up. She said i am not doing that. I love my husband. I am not hurting him. And then she said then i knew i was over my head. The shocking revelations come as please home in on their own eviden