As a divisive symbol in the state. We dont need any more talking. All the points have been made. The governor has spoken. The flag ought to come down. So this at the same time lawmakers are prepping to start a special session to pass the stayed budget. They are expected to vote on whether to add the flag issue to the agenda. Long time charleston mayor joe riley has led the fight to remove the flag for several years, dating back to 2000. He led a march from columbia to charleston calling for it to be removed from the dome. The flag was moved from the dome to another place on the Capitol Grounds and he spoke with my colleague Andrea Mitchell last hour. The flag is going to be moved. Its unfortunate that such a horrific tragic event is the reason, but its going to go. Its going to go in a museum. Nbcs krigcraig melvin has been following this story in Columbia South carolina. Craig, we can see the flag over your shoulder. This is the point of controversy for so many lawmakers. Explain wher
Those convicted murderers who escaped from a new york prison and not only are there no clear leads, Officials Say they could be near canada or mexico by now. The manhunt remains focused on the woods of the Adirondack Mountains and were learning new details tonight about the prison worker who had planned to help the inmates by driving them about seven hours away. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer starts us off tonight in upstate new york. Miguel, good evening. Reporter carl, good evening. Joyce mitchell began working here at the prison back in 2008. But now she is behind bars. Accused of not only trying to help those two convicted killers escape, but for wanting to start a new life with them on the run. Facing eight years in prison, Authorities Say Joyce Mitchell did much more than just sneak various tools into this maximum security facility. She worked for weeks, say investigators, with david sweat and richard matt on their escape. What kind of relationship would you describe it as . Unusual. Repor
And this is the western edition of the broadcast. More than 42 years after he lost his wife and daughter in a car accident, Vice President joe biden is again wrestling with crippling grief. The biden family, along with the president and first lady, and hundreds of others, filled st. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic church in wilmington, delaware today for the funeral of beau biden. The 46yearold son of the vide president died a week ago of brain cancer. The Vice President himself did not speak, but president obama delivered a moving eulogy. Beau biden was an original. Axelrod a deeply moved president obama spoke in highly personal terms about the loss of beau biden. He was a good man. A man of character. Axelrod 1,000 people gathered to celebrate beau bidens life father, husband son, delawares attorney general, a major in the national guard. He did in 46 years what most of us couldnt do in 146. He left nothing in the tank. Axelrod but the president wanted to make it Crystal Clear that b
Been corn erdered . Do they have this location where they are pretty confident they are going to find him today. I just spoke with some searchers not too long ago. I asked that very question. Do you still believe you have him contained . Their response to me was, we hope so. Here is what we are learning right now. The search area for the moment is going to stay the same today. We are in the north northwest area, upstate new york, an dir adirondack mountains. We have a live picture of the checkpoints they have in this area. The roads are closed. You cannot travel beyond really where we are standing right now. Law enforcement is standing right there. If you live in that area you have to go through that checkpoint. There are searches on the ground by the air. There are helicopters today. We understand the canine units are even supposed to be out today. We havent seen them. We have definitely seen the atvs. This area is very very remote. Something we just got information on. We know that t
York have been on the run for more than 80 hours and could be anywhere from canada to mexico. The police may have caught a break. Two separate Law Enforcement sources tell an affiliate that david sweat and richard matt never hooked up with their get getaway car, and therefore are believed to be on foot. An exclusive interview with two people who say they saw the men late friday night. The one guy who had a buzz cut, he had a guitar on his back, a guitar case. A guitar case . A black guitar case. And they were wearing darker jeans. I look at them and ask them what are you doing in my yard . Get the hell out of here and he was like sorry. I didnt know where i was. Im on the wrong street. Of course none of this makes the folks who live around the tiny town of dannemora feel any better. We double check every night before we go to bed, but now its triple check, triple check the windows and the doors. Its just scary because you never know. And that leads me to the other big question. How did