Neighbors say the home was an historic landmark. Fire crews were on the scene checking for hotspots. Mike ronan tells us how many are feeling the loss tonight. Mike that pile of rubble is all that remains of a multifamily home that burned to the ground in newcastle. Returned to portsmouth avenue sunday night, four hours earlier burned through the night. We started to see fire truck smoke. Mike phyllis lives across the street and took this video. It was a ferocious fire. Sparks were fine flying, the flames were shooting out of the mike witnesses say that everyone got out safely. According to neighbors, edmund tarbel lived and worked in the house which dates back to the 1800s. It was devastating. I think it is the most important house in newcastle from an architect and cultural perspective. Really sad to see that. Everyone got out safe, but i know that they lost everything. Mike she has a book with some of tarbell s work. He made portraits inside the house. It was painted in the east gab
People when it sank off ormoc city. Those rescues are happening right now. There have been about 50 rescues. Some 30 fatalityies. This rescue operation is continuing right now. We will continue to follow this on the philippine ferry capsized. New revelations flowing in from david sweat which could be key how he could have escaped from the maximum security prison prison. A Law Enforcement source says the captured convict says he was the mastermind of the breakout but richard matt weighed him down from the start. Sweat says the older inmate was out of shape and matt started to get drunk after they broke into a cabin. Sweat was frustrated so they split up. Authorities shot matt several days later. Lets get the latest from kyung lah. Reporter good morning, john christine. They concluded the interview with david sweat. It was easier to break out of the correctional facility than anyone could have imagined. Sweat detailing that he and his accomplice used hacksaws to get out of their jail cel
Weekly cell wall inspections, random bed checks and new gates that will now be placed inside the tunnels richard matt and david sweat used in their brazen escape. Meanwhile, sweat continued talking to police wednesday. The convicted murderer claiming it was mitchells idea to kill her husband lyle after escaping from prison. Mitchells Attorney Says she denies that allegation. Sweat also telling investigators that he had no sexual contact with mitchell claiming instead it was matt who had the sexual relationship with the former prison employee. Sweat confessing he and matt found a sledgehammer in the underground passageway possibly inned a inadvertently left behind to break down the wall. Initially the two got along, but matt grew so tire edd. After breaking into a cabin sweat, he said that he became so upset he split up. In the final days sweat pushed ahead getting to canada after hearing matt was killed. The former fugitive now recovering from two gunshot wounds to his torso at a lockd
And liked to drink which you shouldnt have when youre running from police. Let me bring in justice correspondent evan perez who has all this great information from his sources. So as sweat is talking, what is he saying specifically about how they got out including that sledgehammer that happened to be laying around in the tunnel is. Thats right, brooke. Hes saying it really wasnt that complicated after all. It turns out that sweat told investigators he and richard matt found this sledgehammer to break a brick wall and make a getaway inside the prison and he said a construction worker eventually left the sledgehammer and that there were no power tools involved and the idea to kill mitchelless husband came from mitchell herself. Myth and mitchell were in a sexual relationship and mitchell said the opposite that it was matt and sweats idea to kill her husband and sweat also told investigators that initially, as you mentioned, that he and matt were getting along as they made the getaway bu
July holiday and possible terror threats. We will bring you the new developments. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. 5 00 a. M. In the east. David sweat is revealing the time on the lam with the other escapee, richard matt. Sweat is saying that partnership with matt went bad quickly. Sweat says the older inmate was out of shape and slowing them down and matt started getting drunk after they broke into a cabin. Frustrated sweat said they split up. Officers shot matt to death five days later noting they could smell alcohol on his body. The latest on the investigation with kyung lah in albany new york. Reporter john and christine, investigators completed the interview of david sweat for now. He has been talking to them from his hospital bed. He has been saying a lot. First and foremost leading investigators to understand that it was a lot easier to break out of the facility than anyone could have ever imagined. Sweat detailing to investigators that