our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. midterms have mostly been a referendum on the party in power. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected. he still has his own set of baggage coming into downing street. this is a total joke. we re the laughing stock of europe. it s monday, october 24th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where political developments on both sides of the atlantic are front and center this hour. in the u.s., the critical midterm elections are now just more than two weeks away and key races will decide who will lead in congress and whether the democrats can hold on to their slim majority and whether republicans will make gains. much more on this in just a few minutes. first, here in the uk, we could soo
symptoms include a runny nose, decreased appetite, coughing and wheezing, sneezing and hay fever. we have new details on injuries from a stabbing attack new york state in august. his client has lost sight in one eye and one of his hands is incapacitated. andrew wily says the author also has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso. rushdie s attacker pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charges. students marched and demonstrated across iran sunday in the latest show of anti-government sentiment sweeping the country. this video from the pro-reform outlet iran wire shows women confronting paramilitary forces
courthouse to answer charges related i arrived with chains on his hands and feet wearing a green prison jumpsuit and a goatee. when asked if the court appointed attorney represented him, he said yes, he does. he faces two first degree escape charges and a third count of promoting contraband. i asked the d.a. andrew wily why they re pursuing charges against a man who is already serving life in prison without parole. the point is that david sweat and richard matt committed a crime in clinton county. they committed a crime of escape in the first degree. it s my jobs a the prosecutor in this county to prosecute people that commit crimes within this county. reporter: sweat escaped from the maximum security clinton
idea of where he is in this hospital, he s being held in a secure area of the hospital with trained security staff, an area only used for inmates, not anyone else being treated at that hospital. now the question becomes what next? where does he go after he recovers? hospital staff say he could be released in the next few days. the department of corrections has to make a decision where does he go? it s very unlikely that he ll go back to the clinton correctional facility facility. he could be considered both a hero and a target inside that prison. and that s a security problem for the corrections department. they need to figure out where he ll go. the district attorney saying it s likely he ll spend the rest of his life in solitary confine confinement confinement. the d.a. will charge him with burglary and escape and any other crimed committed while on
staffers now suspended. gene jean casarez is life outside the prison. reporter: sto much information is coming out. now the question is is it credible. cnn has obtained a picture that is credible of richard matt. it was shortly after he was shot. this is going to be a very graphic image you re going to see in this piece. but at the same time david sweat is alive. he continues to talk with amazing detailed information for authorities. captured convicted killer david sweat claims he was the master mind behind the elaborate prison break 26 days ago. according to district attorney andrew wily the former fugitive says he and richard matt nearly escaped the maximum security prison the night before on their dry run. but decided the first manhole they reached was not secluded enough. sweat telling investigators that