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
Sdwligs to that from lawmaker on both sides of the aisle. Meantime, cubans celebrating the move as the possibility of renewed economic ties with the u. S. Gives hope for better times ahead for the 11 Million People living there if and its a big if the government follows through. Lets go live to Steve Harrigan who has made his way to havana, cuba. Steve. Gretchen, the initial reaction here in havana has been overwhelmingly positive. Were really seeing a range of people who are down right giddy at the news and those that think there will be some improvement, but it could take some time. Perhaps years ahead. This is an 38yearold leader. Raul castro, who is set in his ways as a communist. Not many people expected him to make such a radical and surprise move to renew relations with the u. S. There are also some risks involved for cuban government. For 50 years theyve been able to blame all the countrys problems on that blockade. They wont be able to do it anymore. In the shortterm we could
Out also tonight from fox news that says hes only 3 points behind Hillary Clinton. Well be talking later on in the show with an expert about how to read the various polls right now. How to know whats right, especially when youve got results like these that are so disparate. In either case 13 points behind or 3 points behind, he is still behind. The headwinds seem very clear right now. Tonight at fivethirtyeight. Com theyre reading those headwinds for the president ial race and looking at the senate polls. Fivethirtyeight is giving the Republican Party a 68 chance of losing control of the United States senate this year. So that is just one of the problems that it appears the donald trump candidacy has created for the Republican Party. Heres another new one that i think nobodys been talking about thus far at the National Level but this could be really important. Today the National Conference of state legislatures said that theyre watching for Party Control to potentially flip this year i
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