was confronted. he was found 16 miles north of the place where richard matt was captured two days earlier. no word from investigators on when sweat and matt may have broken apart and whether or not sweat was with matt at the time he was killed. john and christine. and dannemora, new york home of the prison residents cheered. residents breathed a sigh of relief after sleeping with a gun handy. as their lives go back to normal david sweat s life, will change permanently. privileges limited. no more honor block. no more freedom of working in a tailor shop. he will be in 24/7 lockdown for rest of his life. prison guard gene palmer has
palmer it s true, he didn t realize he was helping them. he formed a friendship with them. they re charming. they charmed him. he got information. i think the corruption in any major prison system in the country. i think it s the nature of the beast. these prisons are in isolated communities in upstate new york. company towns. i think it s hard to solve the problem. paul, eric, thanks. you re fired. nbc showing donald trump the door. he is not going quietly. you will not believe who he is dragging into this. look at this video. this is a wildfire burning at this moment across thousands of acres out west. this is incredible pictures. it s moving so quickly. we will go there live.
been charged with destroying evidence and helping them escape. palmer provided them tools with exchange for information. a person briefed on the inquiry says they have been gathering information on the cabins and fields for a year before they broke out. happening this morning. the brink of financial collapse with global implications. greece declared a week long bank closure and limits on atm withdraws. these drastic measures have led to long lines at cash machines. as we speak, greece is spiraling toward default on debt. this could come as soon as tomorrow. the whole world, folks, watching this. the ultimate consequence is the greece s exit from the eurozone.
silently walked into court. his girlfriend is with him, but the proceeding just ended. here s the best we can tell you. this is judd court, a very small court. the defense has waived on to county court, so it will go to a higher court. what that means is normally the case will go before a grand jury. short proceeding because this is the preliminary court. gene palmer just left as the media was following his car, as he and his friend left. his attorney mr. dreyer from albany new york left without too many statements. he did not give a plea today. no plea was given in this justice court. so it s on to county court most likely at this place. jean casarez in plattsburgh, thank you so much. there s more being uncovered. we are now finding out it was allegedly something like
and one misdemeanor. last thursday clinton county district attorney said no other charges for other prison employees were on the horizon. at this point in time as i stand here i m not aware of any other individuals being under investigation relative to the matt and sweat escape. reporter: that all changed today. we are working in a continued collaborative effort with the department of corrections, with the governor s office to conduct further investigations as to if any other individuals were involved in the escape process. reporter: when palmer gave his original statement to the new york state police on june 20th he said that he never intentionally helped an escape plan at all. today after court, the d.a. said that today sweat, in talking with authorities, talked about palmer. he said he was not involved in the escape plan. it was only himself, richard matt and joyce mitchell.