She told them palmer did not know the meat contained the tools. Palmers attorney reiterated that and added that his client had no knowledge of the escape passed the polygraph and will be entering a plea of not guilty at his next hearing. He admitted to passing the hamburger meat. He had no knowledge that there were any con tra band other than the meat itself. Hes devastated hes embarrassed, hes sorry for the attention that hes getting right now. Well as the search for the two convicts continues, Officials Say the pair may be armed. Lets go live to owls head new york, and msnbcs adam reese. Adam whats the very latest . Reporter jose good morning. Now we know Joyce Mitchell might not have been the only one helping them escape. 57yearold gene palmer 28year veteran of Clinton Correctional Facility. He worked in the honor block where sweat and matt lived. That was considered a plum job. We just learned moments ago in addition to the other charges which ill mention in a second that he was gi
Clinton. Dodges a show thrown by a protester. Her reaction. Thats coming up next hour. Hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. Crews are closing in on the black boxes from Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Thats the word today from australias Prime Minister. Prime minister tony abbott says officials are, quote, very confident the signals that have been detected are from the planes black boxes. He says the challenge is to get as much information as possible before the batteries die and the signals end. Investigators say a fifth ping is probably not from the ping. It was picked up friday by a device dropped in the ocean from an airline. Four earlier signals were detected by a u. S. Pinger located towed by an australian ship. Theres been no letup in the broader search for debris floating on the surface. Planes and ships are involved. 13 ships, 15 aircraft. Theyre assigned to todays search alone. Were covering this story like only cnn can. Lets get the very latest, live from our corr
As lawmakers take up her confirmation in a hearing that brings obamacare and the controversy surrounding it back very much into the spotlight. Good morning to you. Im jon scott. A big spotlight. It is still there. Jon they have to focus it somewhere. Jenna it comes in and out. Hi, im jenna lee. Hope you are off to a good day so far. Silvia Matthews Burwell is on cap coal hill. She is the replacement for outgoinghhs secretary kathleen sebelius, support of key democrats will place a key role. They are interested how burwell will assume responsibility for obamacare and implement the Health Care Law further. Well bring you any back and forth anything particularly relevant to the big stories. Jon she has been through the process once at another agency. Well see how this goes. For some background on sylvia Matthews Burwell, the hhs secretary nominee, she is 48 years old. Was born in hinton, west virginia. She is Second Generation greekamerican and a rhodes scholar. She got married in 2007 to
Conclusion. Its a very serious charge against the previous president of the United States. And testing trump. As north korea fires missiles, Vladimir Putin tries to expand his reach, and the immigration ban alienates allies, we have yet to hear from the nations top diplomat. Reporter mr. Secretary, china said there would be consequences for the aen tie Missile Defenses in south korea. Can you respond . Thank you, press. Press. Reporter can you respond thank you. Were leaving. Reporter excuse me mr. Secretary, can you respond to the press from china . Thank you, press. Thank you. Thank you. Reporter mr. Minister, are you sure the Trump Administration will be strong against Vladimir Putin . Thank you, guys. Were leaving. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you andrea. Reporter can you assure us that russia will will not be able to move further in ukraine . We havent had any time in here. Im sorry, you need to go. Lets go, guys. Reporter that was only moments ago only the seventh floor of the sta
and we don t know the priorities of this secretary. you ve seen this across the trump government, a lot of changes being made, but not explained all that well. people say well why do you have to request ask questions at a photo opportunity? because that s our opportunity. we re not getting lots of other access to the folks. i ll add sean spicer the white house press secretary is going to do his first press briefing on camera in a week later today. so this is a change with the way things have been done in the past. it s absolutely worth noting. and karen, particularly at the state department there s no deputy nor defense, no deputy no, undersecretary, no assistant secretaries, no one s been nominated so this is not the democrats dragging their feet on comations. yes. rex tillerson though really is kind of the blue chip cabinet member here. you think that one of the questions is how is trump going to use his cabinet, because the administration views much of the federal bureaucracy