Adam, why are officials acting so confident that matt and sweat are still in the area . Reporter thomas, thats a good question. This was a whos who of Law Enforcement that met the press this afternoon. You had the sheriffs department, you had the u. S. Marshals, the fbi, the local police. They said this was a very elaborate and creative plan. Now theyre going to get creative in their search. Theyre going to redeploy move out of this perimeter area of 16 miles, shift the focus, change their strategy. Theyre going to look at highways now. Theyre going to look at trains. They call it fast means of egress. Ways that these guys could have gotten out of this area in a very fast way. They have had 1400 tips so far. Theyre down to 600 searchers from 800. But no concrete leads. They believe theyre going to get these guys its just a matter of time. Thomas. It was really a Fascinating Press Conference to watch for the update. Msnbcs adam reese. Adam thank you. Now we turn our attention to 2016 an
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. With one dead, the other now in custody and reportedly talking to police, the sordid tale of how those two escaped new york killers planned to make their getaway is coming out, and it involved among other things murder and a brazen run for the border. Of course it all quickly unraveled as soon as they got outside the prison walls. And yet for three weeks they somehow eluded a dragnet the likes of which weve rarely seen. Tonight our Stephanie Gosk takes us inside one of their hideouts as stunning new details of their escape plan emerge. Reporter with two gunshot wounds, david sweat was rushed to a hospital in albany. In serious condition, he is already talking. Sweat says he and fellow escapee richard matt planned to drive to mexico in prison worker Joyce Mitchells car. According to new york governor andrew cuomo, they also planned to kill her husband. On the theory that mitc