far track. we went through it. scared. australia on fire. hundreds of homes destroyed as more than 50 fires flare across the country. we are live. good morning, everyone. it is monday. welcome to early start. i m john berman? i m pamela brown. welcome here, anchor hero, pamela brown. thank you. the capture of two escaped killers in florida. these dramatic arrests caught on this cell phone video. the convicted murderers walked right out of the same prison after recordly forging release documents. now as florida residents breathe an unsable sigh of relief, law enforcement officials are coming in for some tough, tough questioning. how on earth could this happen? cnn s nick valencia reports.
why do some think julian assange is a hero, first amendment champion for dumping the documents he got from manning? it is fair to say in the case of the afghan war logs, he did release documents on his website which had not been properly redacted. he withheld some thousands of those documents. when he released the iraq war logs he got it right, releasing documents but properly redacted. in the original state department release, he only released a few thousand. he held back a great many. there was a con thicket going on inside wikileaks but it is not fair to say he dumped them all. he made a number of mistakes. the problem with julian assange he nerve properly learns from his mistakes. the fact he is hiding out in embassy in london, for sexual assault charges in sweden, does
and on and on. they have trouble with julian assange and he had troubles with them, a culture clash. is julian assange anti-american? does he simply not care about the damage caused by the disclosures? he is becoming more and more anti-american. you have to make a distinction between the first julian assange or the one who emerged with the leaks and as things have played out he has become more and more anti-american but the original leaks were quite powerful and important. but he dumped all the documents which endangered sources methods. why do some think julian assange is a hero, first amendment champion for dumping the documents he got from manning? it is fair to say in the case of the afghan war logs, he did release documents on his website
are said to have endangered sources and methods in a way that seemed to be indiscrimin t indiscriminant. why do some people think that he s a hero, first amendment champion for dumping these documents? i think it s fair to say that in the case of the afghan war logs, he did release documents on his website which had not been properly redacted. but he also withheld thousands of those documents. when he released the iraqi war logs, he got it right. in the original state department release, he only released a few thousand. he held back a great many. so i think there was a conflict going on inside wikileaks. but it s not fair to say that he just duped them all. that s not the way it worked out. but he did make a number of mistakes. the problem with julian is he never properly learns from his mistakes. the fact that he is now hiding out and missing in london, hiding from the sexual
the manhunt for two dangerous florida murders is over. they were arraigned about an hour ago. they had been serving life sentences without the possibility of parole but somehow managed to submit forged release documents and walk out prison gates. joining me now is nbc s sara dallof. can you share how and where they were captured? reporter: of course, alex. this all went down yesterday evening after authorities received a tip from who they describe as a close associate of the men who said that these guys were holed up inside the coconut grove motor inn. well, a task force surrounded the motel. they ordered other guests to stay inside their room and ordered wright and jenkins to come out. just started screaming, and nobody was answering them. they started hollering, come out, we know you re up there, we re coming in after you. reporter: and authorities say the men came out on their own about a minute later, hands in