And thicken toward the evening. Temperatures topping off no better than the low 50s this afternoon. Lets find out about the commute. Heres emily. The road work did clear on the fdr. 116th into the 60s. But in new jersey, still this construction on the car lanes. Closures on the turnpike from interchange 14 down to 9. Mass transit is the way to go today. Gridlock alert day in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. We want to get to that breaking news in new jersey where a fire spread to three homes overnight. The firefighters are still there on dekalb avenue in jersey city. Today in new yorks Kerry Barrett is there. Reporter yeah, good morning, michael. A couple updates for you. We know there were four homes affected. Still getting estimates on how many people that involved. We are hearing it could be up to 30. As i step out of the picture right now, get you a look at whats going on, theyre mopping up hot spots right now. We did speak to neighbors and we spoke with a moth
The Mountain View area. This is a wolf pond road. Now the search area here is in a pretty rural area. Its in upstate new york in the adirondacks adirondacks. Theres a lot of vacation homes and trails like hiking trails. The kinds of things police have been focussing their search on for more than the two week stretch. While the search continues here and in other places the Investigation Continues as well. Were learning over the weekend that a 57yearold corrections officer who worked on the block was a guard on the block where the two inmates were housed he has been placed on paid administrative leave after he received a painting that one of the inmates made behind others. We know other paintings were made. One given to the prison seamstress who has been charged with helping the two inmates escape. This mans attorney tells me 100 he did not know about the plan to escape and is cooperating with police. They searched his home over the weekend. He hasnt yet been charged. Lets hope the searc
Flag. In the last hour walmart, sears, amazon ebay are banning the flag. Fans are buying them in droves. Hillary clinton talking about Race Relations at a historically black church near the flashpoint of ferguson, missouri. Is she building bridges or trying to pay for her road to the white house . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead im jake tapper, our National Lead day 18 new developments of Law Enforcement officials intensifying their search and saying they may be closing in on the killers. The discovery of a pair of boots and other personal items left behind from a cabin. Perhaps one of the fugitives. Also today, Joyce Mitchells husband speaking out, saying he suspects he and his wife would now be dead this she gone through with the plan. The two killers are believed to be in an area around 20 miles from the prison where they escaped. In case anyone forgot how dangerous the two men are. Richard matt fired a blow gun into his own arm just months before he killed and dismemb
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Quite frankly, we havent seen a news day this busy in a very long time. So many major stories were following. The day starting with a landmark decision by the u. S. Supreme court, making samesex marriage legal in all 50 states. Emotional reactions across the country, marking a dramatic and historic shift in this countrys social landscape. And a story we plan to have extensive coverage of tonight. But at this moment there are breaking developments in the hunt for those escaped killers in upstate new york. We want to get right to nbcs Stephanie Gosk in malone new york. Stephanie, whats happened . Reporter good evening, lester. This is an active scene in malone right now. Two senior new york officials tell us that richard matt has been shot and killed but his sidekick david sweat, is on the loose in these woods. After a nearly threeweeklong manhunt and a jawdropping prison break, this cou
New york. There are hiking and biking trails, vacation homes. We know those are the places police were focused on searching for the two escaped inmates. As the search continues here and elsewhere, the investigation is continuing. Over the weekend, a 57yearold corrections officer placed on administrative paid leave from the prison. His attorney tells us he is cooperating. He was on the block where matt and sweat were housed had daily contact with the men, also knew and had contact with joyce mitchell. Part of the focus on him was because he received something richard matt was making behind bars. He gave a painting to joyce mitchell, the seamstress who has been charged with helping them escape. This mans lawyer telling us 100 he did not know about the escape before it happened and feels manipulated by the two men. Listen to what he told them. I can 100 confirm he did not know they were planning to break out of the prison. These two people are psycho paths, they are master manipulatema ma