an expanding manhunt and a community on edge. police widen the search for a convicted killer who busted out of prison. a new sighting suggests he may have gotten farther away than expected. and the potential danger has schools shutting their doors. a new target for the special counsel. a cnn exclusive. jack smith's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election could be getting wider. the new focus includes fund-raising and voting equipment. new indictments could be on the table. plus, overwhelming demands. the maker of a popular weight loss drug tells cnn it could take years, years for them to make enough for everyone who wants it. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central". we begin with the urgent manhunt for an escaped killer in pennsylvania. police releasing these new images of danelo cavalcante. he was spotted on a botanical garden security camera just a few miles from the plinz e. escaped from last thursday and police are expanding their search area as they're scouring the woods about 30 miles west now of philadelphia. two school districts were closed today while all of this is happening. police have been using a unique tactic, helicopters and patrol cars, blasting an audio message from the escapee's mother, urging him to surrender. >> early this morning we were notified by security at longwood gardens that they had trail camera photos taken on their property, which appear to be cavalcante. this area is just south of the perimeter. investigators quickly examined those photos, and we can confirm it is cavalcante. the photos confirm that cavalcante has not changed his appearance but also that he has obtained a backpack, a duffel swing type pack and a hooded sweatshirt. >> cnn's danny freeman is live in chester county for us. danny, tell us what you are learning from police. there have certainly been some reports of burglaries and authorities believe he is responsible for them. >> reporter: that's right, brianna. and really the police and all the law enforcement agencies who are out here helping in the search are encouraging residents because of that to be on high alert because they believe at this point that danelo cavalcante is winging it. they believe that he is desperate. and they believe that he will be looking for any sort of way to get resources, whether it's resorting to burglarizing a house or trying to get items or resources from a vehicle. but i want to go back, brianna, to what the big headline of the day is, which is that the pennsylvania state police, they say that they are expanding and intensifying their search. and brianna, this is six days into this manhunt since cavalcante escaped from the chester county prison behind me and now we've had six kochld sightings of him including that one overnight from the botanical gardens. and i want to describe the gardens a little bit. it's longwood gardens. it's a very famous tourist destination here in chester county. and brianna, it's massive. it's 200 acres of winding trails, of meadows and also lush gardens. that's where police have focused their efforts overnight and into this morning. we've seen a number of helicopters flying overhead and a lot of state troopers blocking off a lot of roads just south of where we are. and it's really not that far. it's about five miles from where we are here at the prison. so on the one hand police say that yes, he did slip through the perimeter they had earlier but on the other hand he has not gotten that far. but the risk is real. take a listen to what resident in the area said about an encounter he believes he had with the suspect. >> woke up my wife. i said hey, i think there may be somebody downstairs. you know, get on the phone. what i decided to do was flip the light switch on and off, you know, three or four, five times, pause. and then he flipped the light switch from downstairs three or four times, which was the moment of like oh, my god, this guy's down there. >> reporter: i mean, just terrifying and truly hard to imagine. the one thing i'll note is the terrain, brianna, in this area, we've been talking about it through the duration of this search. it's very diverse and it's very tricky. there's a lot of woods. there are creeks. there are corn fields. and police say it means there are a lot of places to hide but they're still determined to bring this man back in. brianna? >> i cannot imagine that moment. that is terrifying. danny freeman live for us in pocopson township. jim? >> cnn's senior law enforcement analyst charles ramsey of course led the police departments here in the d.c. area but also the philly area. thanks so much for joining us. first i wonder, he's taking cover in the botanical gardens there. given police resources, is it just a matter of time before they can catch someone like this in an area that size? >> i think it is. i mean, this is difficult terrain, as the reporter mentioned. you've got woods, you've got open fields, you've got a lot of area to cover. and a lot of places where an individual like that could hide. clearly he is now, you know, burglarizing places, getting access to backpack, probably some food. maybe a knife or two. and lord knows, maybe even a firearm. we don't know. but he's -- he's desperate and he needs money. he needs food. he needs transportation. and he'll do anything he can in order to do that. >> you mentioned that desperation. this episode inside this home as we just heard in the story there, the homeowner describing he hears a sound downstairs, he flicks the lights and then it was his impression that the intruder downstairs was signaling back up, you know, flicking the lights that he was there. what does that indicate to you? does that indicate that he wanted to take what he needed in effect from the house, not threaten the homeowners? how do you take that? >> well, i mean, that's unusual. that might have been a signal to, you know, stay upstairs, i am downstairs. i don't know. but the bottom line is that was a close encounter. thank god no one got hurt. you know, they closed the schools, for example, because they're concerned. it's not so much about the buildings themselves. the schools. it's the area around there that the kids come from because kids walk to school, they stand on the side of the road to wait for a bus. you don't want to expose children at a time like this. this guy is desperate. he's also very, very dangerous. he continues to be dangerous. they're doing everything they possibly can. people need to be very vigilant. the good news is, though, that he hasn't gotten that far away from the prison. you know, they've still got a realistic chance of catching this guy before he gets too far away. >> yeah, that's a good point there. chief ramsey, you know the area well. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> boris. today another batch of not guilty pleas filed in the georgia election interference case. former trump chief of staff mark meadows and five other co-defendants decided to waive, skip tomorrow's arraignment. remember, meadows filed this plea on state charges as he tries to get the move to federal court. he's waiting on a judge's ruling on that which could come at any moment. cnn's sara murray is here with more on this. this means 18 of the 19 co-defendants have filed pleas. >> that's right. so we saw from mark meadows a not guilty plea. not surprising, right? he wants the whole case against him dismissed. he's trying to get that done in federal court. we're waiting for the judge to decide if meadows has met the bar and essentially arguing everything he did was part of his role as white house chief of staff. so we're waiting for the federal judge to weigh in on that. he's joined today in entering his not guilty pleas by people like jeffrey clark, who is a former justice department official, and john eastman, a former pro-trump attorney. the only not guilty plea we have not seen at this point is misty hampton so far. i would be surprised if she's the only person who decides to show up in person tomorrow. we still could see her plea come through in the court system today. >> and notably you mentioned john eastman. he's actually filed, as others, to sever his case from the rest of the co-defendants. >> that's right. he has basically said through his attorney that obviously we're not going to be prepared to go to trial in six weeks, that's the sort of speedy trial timeline. that's when ken cheseboro is going to be going to trial, october of 2023. and he's making it clear he doesn't want any part of these speedy trial guidelines. they don't want to go to trial in october 2023. and now it's going to be up to this state court judge once we get all these pleas in for these 19 co-defendants to stied how he wants to organize all of these folks. >> a lot to organize. so many moving parts there, sara murray. we appreciate you walking us through it. jim? or rather brianna. now to a cnn exclusive. the special counsel probe into 2020 election interference has expanded in scope, even though former president trump has already been charged and his trial date is set. cnn has learned investigators are now looking into post-election fund-raising and voting system breaches and how the former may have paid for the latter. sources say prosecutors are asking about former trump lawyer sidney powell, who by the way is a co-defendant in the georgia election case. cnn's paula reid, who broke this story for us. paula, it sounds like the special counsel is in the follow the money stage of this part of the probe. >> that's exactly right. because the indictment that the special counsel filed in january 6, it focused solely on former president trump. it was narrowly tailored and designed so they could bring it to trial possibly before the 2024 election. but it specifically mentions co-conspirators. and our colleague zach cohen and i have done some reporting to look at whether any of those co-conspirators could be charged. what we've learned is that in recent weeks investigators have been asking a lot of questions about one of those co-conspirators especially, and that is sidney powell. the trump-aligned lawyer who helped purn v push a lot of those bogus claims of voter fraud and worked to try to overturn the outcome of the election. now, they focused their questions on three specific things. first of all, they've asked if these witnesses ever saw any evidence of the false claims powell was making, these conspiracy theories she was pushing. they were also really interested in her non-profit, defending the republic. now, this is a group that was fund-raising off of these lies. and they were particularly interested in what that group did with its money. including the third thing, these efforts to get forensic experts to breach voting systems. we know that according to an invoice obtained by cnn that defending the republic did pay for forensic experts who were able to breach voting systems in four states won by now president biden. it's unclear if powell or inelse will be charged. but this really schayes our understanding of exactly where this investigation is. we thought maybe they were going to go really narrow on january 6th and let the state down in georgia do a more broad criminal prosecution which included powell and others. but according to this reporting that may not be how this turns out. >> or meche mitch where they're looking at what people have done. there have been some indictments there. i think this is so important because people forget a lot of times this happened and it's so key. if you have the special counsel looking into this, does that change the timeline of this probe at all? >> so we know that the grand jury, the special counsel has been using, that expires on september 15th. now, it can be extended but look, this investigation clearly is continuing. we know they've spoken to a lot of the key players but there are still some witnesses like those they've spoken with in the past six weeks that are still significant if you really want to make sure you turn over every rock and every stone. and that is their mission here. and the special counsel has said in his few public remarks that this investigation is ongoing. if they were to add additional charges it could potentially impact the timeline of the former president's trial. we know they are keen, the prosecutors really want to bring that trial before a jury well before the 2024 election. >> we'll see if they're able to pull that off. paula reid, thank you so much. jim? we are waiting to hear from the white house after first lady jill biden's positive test for covid. we're monitoring those remarks. we'll bring you a live update. plus one accused of war crimes, the other known to be a brutal dictator. now u.s. officials are learning that vladimir putin and kim jong un could be getting together for a key meeting. what they may be planning, just ahead. and a new update on the health of senate minority leader mitch mcconnell just hours before he is set to take the senate floor for the first time since his latest freezing episode. we'll bring you the latest. stay with "cnn news central." your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire hi, i'm stacey, and i've lost 60 pounds on golo. 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"the new york times" is reporting that this could happen as soon as this month in vladivostok, which is in the far east in russia. that is a place where kim jong un has actually traveled by train in the past. now, when it comes to this potential new arms agreement this is a two-way street, right? north korea is going to be -- is asked to give munitions, ammunition, multiple times of ammunitions to russia, also potentially raw materials for their defense industrial complex, and then also north korea is potentially going to be getting things from russia, advanced technology i'm told for things such as advanced satellites and nuclear-powered submarines. so u.s. officials are concerned really about what both ends of this agreement could result in. jim? >> not unlike russia reaching out to iran for help and what iran demands in return. kylie atwood at the state department, thanks very much. brianna. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is set to deliver a speech on the senate floor, the first time that he is facing his colleagues since freezing publicly for the second time in two months. we have just received an update, pretty detailed, on mcconnell's health. we're going to bring that to you. and the first lady testing positive for covid again. president biden so far testing negative. we are awaiting the white house press briefing for more. just by switching. ooooh, let me put a reminder on my phone. on the topop of the pile! oh. only pay for what you u need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ (vo) in two seconds, eric will realize (man) [laughs] (vo) they're gonna need more space... gotta sell the house. 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>> well, yeah, a little bit. because it's the first time i've ever heard such a thing. but i'm a little bit cynical about it because there's also reports of the cuban government actually signed some kind of deal with the russian government to send cuban soldiers over to russia to fight in ukraine. and just like they did with -- or they're doing with their doctors, they're going to pocket about 80% to 90% of the money. it's like $2,000 a month per soldier. so that it helps, you know, the cuban government. and yeah, i'm a little bit cynical about the announcement. it is the first of its kind that i've ever heard of but i sincerely doubt that they're sincere. >> so you doubt that there might be an opening for the united states to exploit what seems like a disagreement between the kremlin and havana? >> i don't think the u.s. is going to have any space there to drive a wedge between the kremlin and havana at this point. again, i'm very skeptical about the announcement, knowing that i've also heard reports that the cuban government actually signed a deal with the russian government to provide soldiers for ukraine. we're trying to get verification if cuban soldiers are already at the front line in ukraine. >> so on the question of russia's desperation as many experts would read this situation, recruiting cubans to fight in ukraine, the national security council spokesperson john kirby described this planned meeting, this reported planned meeting between vladimir putin and kim jong un as a sign of weakness on russia's part. what does that tell you about where russia stands and its strategy in ukraine? >> well, i think obviously that their strategy was to win the war in the first 48 hours to a week and now we're well into the second year of this conflict and it appears that they're losing ground, you know, as we speak to the ukrainian soldiers and ukrainian armed forces and so it's not going well for russia. and so they're going to need all the help from their allies, china, north korea, iran and now cuba, and so it doesn't surprise me that the russians are looking all over the place to try to find personnel to fight the war. i mean, they have issues now with the wagner group not being there, or they're trying to incorporate that into the russian army. maybe that's not going too well. and then now their arms production. they're probably going to need some munitions from north korea and other help from china and from iran even though china has said they're not providing any kind of help they are in a sense because they're buying russian energy. and that helps to fund the russian effort in ukraine. >> so what happens on the north korean end? they're looking to expand their satellite and submarine capability. how does making this deal with russia facilitate that? >> i think it does. look, they're allies. they're like-minded. they are enemies of the united states. and so the four main enemies of the united states are going to, you know, work together in whatever way they can to undermine u.s. interests not only there in ukraine but u.s. interests around the world. so it doesn't surprise me that he would venture to russia to sign some kind of a deal, get something in return, some technology that he may want. but the russians are in desperate need of munitions and maybe some other support that the north koreans can offer to the russian war effort. >> and congressman, the united states has already sanctioned three different entities tied to arms dealing between north korea and russia. will more sanctions actually do anything? does the united states have other options? >> one of the omgss the united states has and this administration apparently doesn't want to utilize is unleash american energy production. if we can start tapping into our own energy production, especially in natural gas, we have maybe the largest natural gas reserves in the world, and start to exploit that, then we can start to weaken russia's ability to conduct the war by weakening their economy. and i think that's what we need to do. we need to unleash american energy so that we can undermine the russian efforts in ukraine by weakening the economy. so yeah, you can do that. you can issue more sanctions and maybe they'll be -- maybe they'll have, you know, greater effect. but i think the best effect is actually to hurt russia in the pocketbook so that it can't fund their effort. because right now they're looking for all the help they can around the world. >> congressman carlos gimenez, thank you so much for the time. >> my pleasure. >> of course. brianna? senate republican leader mitch mcconnell's office has released an update on his health. and this is coming after two concerning incidents this summer where the 81-year-old from kentucky froze up when he was in front of cameras. today the capitol hill doctor said there's no evidence of stroke, no evidence of a seizure disorder or a movement disorder like parkinson's disease. cnn's manu raju is joining us now on this story. manu, we expect to hear from mcconnell on the senate floor this afternoon. what more can you tell us? >> yeah, we do expect to hear from him. he'll likely address the business of the senate and not talk about the health issues at play. mcconnell has really not provided much detail. up until this morning when his office did release that letter from the capitol hill physician brian monahan indicating that the leader had undergone several tests including mri tests, including other tests with his brain to see if there was anything wrong. it was determined there's no evidence of seizure, no evidence of stroke, no evidence of parkinson's disease, all of which had been concerns after the recent freezing episodes. the letter does not address exactly why senator mcconnell froze. his office had said the reason why those two incidents occurred was because he felt light-headed. but it's still unclear exactly -- what is causing that light-headedness and why he froze for 30 seconds those two separate times. the leader did fall, of course, because in march, hit his head, had a concussion, broke several ribs, which has raised concerns about the 81-year-old republican's health and whether he can stay atop the republican conference which he has led for the past 16 years, longer than any party leader in senate history. but mcconnell indicating putting out this letter today in part to ease those concerns and make clear they can continue on with the schedule as monahan, the capitol physician, said he could do. >> manu raju live for us on capitol hill. thank you. this is just in to cnn. united airlines is delaying all flights nationwide now due to what it calls an equipment outage. that is according to an alert from the federal aviation administration. our pete muntean joins us now. equipment outage. i know we don't have a lot of details now. but what would fall under that umbrella? >> this would have to be some sort of fixed infrastructure used by the airlines. this is not an faa outage. this is a united issue. so far, though, the numbers are relatively low when it comes to cancellations and delays. we just checked flight aware. about seven united flights have been canceled nationwide. 85 flights delayed. this was a ground stop requested by the airline according to this faa alert. >> okay. ground stop. the faa is saying that's all united flights? >> all united flights and it's a request by the airline. in some cases ground stops are put in place by the faa. they're administered by the faa. in some cases the airline themselves can request a ground stop, essentially to be able to catch their breath. >> understood. you say seven so far, that's what we're aware of. but i imagine at any given moment if this is all united flights nationwide, that number's quickly going to tick up into the hundreds i imagine. >> the good news at least right now is this is in the middle of the day when things are usually pretty quiet for an airline. now, we know this comes the tuesday after labor day and we know the numbers were going to be relatively big when it comes to air travel today. we'll see the impact here. we know this is in place until at least 2:00 p.m. on the east coast. that's what the faa alert says. it could be extended. it could end earlier. >> we're working with not a lot of information that the faa has provided so far. equipment outage in your experience, what kinds of things might go down? >> usually this is something on a computer end. this may be something like a scheduling system. we're just speculating now. so we should caveat it. this may be something like the system to check in tickets. we have seen it in that case. where it can be something so granular like, that the airline simply can't get on board the flight through the gate and onto the jetway. we'll see. we're still waiting on a statement from united. this is developing by the moment. we have a little bit of information from the faa and so far we've just been able to piece this together from the publicly available alerts that are out there from the faa's ground stop system. >> okay. obviously safety in any systemwide -- safety is number one. so if there's any issue that might affect safety they'll say listen, we're going to err on the side of caution. >> right. and pump the brakes. we're also seeing tweets saying captains on board flights are just explaining to passengers that this may be some sort of computer glitch. we still don't have the full scope or totality of this yet. it's coming up by the moment. although a lot of people left in the lurch and people just -- essentially a ground stop means waiting on the tarmac before the flight can leave, being held at their departure airport. a lot of upset people. >> that is no fun. the uncertainty's no fun. stand by, pete, because mary schiavo is joining us now. cnn transportation analyst. spent a number of years analyzing issues with airlines. first of all, in your experience have you seen an equipment outage like this that has led an airline to stop all its flights nationwide for the time being? >> yes, we have. we have seen this with other airlines. several other airlines. and it's happened many times just in the last two to three years that we've had this full ground stop. and you're correct. it is almost always a problem of equipment and -- oh, and by the way, the faa caused a couple of them itself. it has usually been when there's been work on the system and they brought in new software and it didn't mesh up. we've seen this several times before with several other airlines. >> i see. so your best guess -- and again, folks, if you're just joining us, our understanding is united airlines is now delaying all flights nationwide due to what the faa is identifying as equipment outage. we have pete muntean, our transportation correspondent, but also mary schiavo who's worked in this space for a long time. in your experience and again with the pro vooiz proviso we'r with limited information, your attention would be focused on a computer-like issue. >> i would. i'd also look at what's been done recently to the computers. i wouldn't necessarily assume it's some sort of a hack attack. i would look to see if there had been any work done on the computers upgrading, updating, things of that nature first. because often in the past that's what we've seen. we've seen where there's been some work done on the programs and that hasn't lined up with some of the software codes. but of course, you know, everybody's under a hack attack these days. so you can't rule that out. but my first effort would be to look to see what's going on with the system and what's going on with the computers because a lot of them are very old. >> understood. we're going to go back to our pete muntean because i understand you just received a statement from united airlines. >> this is from united spokesperson leslie scott. woot we're experiencing a systemwide technology issue holding all aircraft at their departure airports. flights that are already airborne are continuing to their destination as planned. we're currently investigating and will share more information as it becomes available." >> key word in there technology. >> yes, key word is technology. so this is a back end issue that united is having. they're not being very specific here about what exactly what that is although it's something clearly large enough to make it so that planes cannot leave the airport that they have to stay on the ramp and passengers may be boarded in some cases and of course a lot of people will be frustrated here but they just simply have to work this out right now. but at least united is being specific enough to tell us this is a technology thing. obviously we don't know if this -- like you mentioned this was some sort of hack, some sort of computer glitch beyond the norm. we'll see here as this keeps -- >> i'm sorry, the phrase is systemwide technology? >> systemwide technology issue. >> understood. mary schiavo, systemwide technology issue, what are the possible explanations for that? >> again, i think it still comes down to a problem with the computer software. or or as i say you can't ever rule out a hack attack but we have seen this systemwide outage and it comes down to some sort of computer problem, often when there has been work done on the computers, and even the faa itself has had a problem interfacing with the airline. so my first thought would be a computer issue with making sure that things are working. however, several airlines have been under criticism for scheduling, for having enough people at work to do the job, et cetera. and that all -- computers as well. >> no question. well, we've had that happen at home. when you upgrade your system sometimes the system goes down. pete muntean, mary schiavo, please stand by with us. we do continue to follow the breaking news, that is that united airlines so far delaying all flights -- or ground stop i should say for all flights nationwide due to equipment outball. we will continue to follow the story bring you updates as we have them. do stay with cnn. it supports 7 brain health indicators, including mental alertness from one serving. to help p keep me sharp. try new neuriva ultra. thinink bigger. it's easy to get lost in investment research. introducing j.p. morgan personal advisors. hey david. connect with an advisor to create your personalized plan. let's find the right investments for your goals okay, great. j.p. morgan wealth management. - [narrator] stimulant use disorder is a disease, not a choice, but getting help and finding treatment for your meth or cocaine addiction is up to you. treatment for stimulant use disorder is often covered through medi-cal, medicare, and many private insurance plans. choose change california. find proven treatment options like contingency management that are right for you at choosechangeca.org. 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