Nbc news obtaining these pictures of one of the cabins where Police Believe that sweat and matt hid at some point during their three weeks on the run. Now sweat is on his own and they say he could be more dangerous and desperate than ever. Cnns alexandra field joins us live from malone new york. How confident are the police that they do have sweat contained, if they have as they admit no eyes on him . Reporter right. No eyes on him, no credible sightings at this point. But we do know they are keeping this hard perimeter. They are going to stay in place to allow the search teams to complete their grid search of this area. So that does definitely speak to the fact that they have some degree of confidence that he is contained in this 22 square mile area. Out here we are not seeing a tremendous amount of activity. Theres a road block behind me but if you look over to Titus Mountain in the deep deep woods, thats where the searchers continue to do their work. There are more than 1200 Law Enf
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Of emanuel a. M. E. Church who was murdered with eight of his congress. The manhunt there, Law Enforcement sources now telling cnn one of the inmates, richard matt has been shot hand killed by police. That last report teams are now chasing the other escapee, david sweat. An historic decision sparks a tremendous celebration, the 54 decision will allow samesex marriage nationwide redefining u. S. Civil rights. Just now, in words and in song a powerful and emotional call to action by president obama. Our correspondents and experts, they have new details on all the hours breaking news. Lets begin with the stunning new developments in the manhunt. Multiple Law Enforcement sources say rich art matt has been shot and killed and police are in hot pursuit for david sweat. The breakthrough follows the discoveries of what Police Called conclusive evidence. Lets go to our National Correspondent deborah feyerick. What are you learning . What we are learning according to multiple sources that all or
The Confederate Flag removed from the capital this morning in South Carolina. The state didnt do it. Someone else climbed up that pole and took it down. Two people are now in custody. We begin in new york where hundreds of officers are out this morning looking for this man, david sweat, the escaped killer still on the run, three weeks after breaking out. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. 10 00 this morning on the east coast, 7 00 out west. Thanks for joining us for newsroom. We are starting with the helicopters and the search dogs. 1100 Law Enforcement officers. A huge rush of resources. Police are now searching for escaped killer david sweat. They believe they could have him, here is the word they are using, contained inside a perimeter. The search is going on near the upstate new York Community of malone. We are covering this story across several angles and from the area. They are live on the ground. We have jean casarez and Polo Sandoval inside. Give us the latest. Reporter the
York rick . Greta we saw a Rapid Response this afternoon like we havent seen before with waves of officers and fast moving care caravans racing to a scene. 100 officers converging oan area after another reported sighting of those two escaped killers david sweat and richard matt who have been on the run now for 18 days. We made it to the edge of the search perimeter before the state police pushed us back. Tactical vehicles, troopers warmed shotguns. Two helicopters hovering overhead. The search lasted for close to an hour. It was sparked by someone who thought he saw something in the woods but it didnt pan out. Just another of the more than 2,000 leads that didnt pan out. Of course there was one lead that has proven legit. That was on saturday when a man went to check on hunting cab binel. Saw a jar of Peanut Butter and jar of honey inside. Police went to cabin found bloody sox prison issued underwear and fingerprints. We have confirmed with multiple sources that there was a d. N. A. Ma