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so the plan was to head to mexico, which would have been aided by joyce mitchell s vehicle. they would kill mitchell s husband and then get in the car and drive to mexico on the theory that mitchell was in love with one or both of them. and then they would go live happily ever after, which is a fairy tale that i wasn t read as a child. but we all believe what we want to believe. when mitchell doesn t show up the mexico plan gets foiled and then they head north towards canada. joining me now, cnn s sara ganim there outside that hospital. we know sweat is also apparently revealing what happened to richard matt in the days before matt was killed. reporter: that s right brooke. we ll start with david sweat. he s recovering in this hospital behind me his condition upgraded a few hours ago from critical to serious. and he has begun to talk to investigators, which of course is key for them absolutely critical. ....
Plan. why would they take a chance after they escape to go back to joyce mitchell s house, spend x amount of time there to whack her husband when you know it s just and they had nothing to lose by doing it. they aren t going to get any more jail time. but it s just going to take away part of the time they have to elude authorities. slow them down. sweat says this was plan a, to jump in this car and head to mexico, it seems so well thought out, how they got out of this prison. but once they got outside the fence this is plan a, what happened to plan b, c, and d? do you think they even had that planned? they probably had a plan b, c and d and probably it was part ever the plan of joyce mitchell. she was the linchpin. maybe they get in her car and now they start driving through the states. don t forget they put out a bolo be on the lookout, several ....
The fbi launching an investigation into whether convicted killers richard matt and david sweat were part of a drug trafficking ring. possibly a heroin ring. we will have more in a moment. david sweat shot and captured by police yesterday. tonight is in serious condition. speaking though for the first time about his escape. here is what he is telling investigators. he is talking about life on the run with richard matt. he is telling them how they planned their getaway. here is a picture of sweat badly wounded. this is shortly after he was caught. this location here on the ground he had been shot in the torso less than two miles from the canadian border. as you can see, he is wearing camouflage clothing, not prison garb. he had a backpack. jay cook is the trooper who spotted sweat near a barn chaz chasing him and shooting him twice. sweat telling authorities that he and matt were together but ....
Up his hands. at that time he was shot when he didn t comply. i want to bring in craig cain retired u.s. marshal who has some thoughts on all of this. good to see you, sir. hi brooke. let s just begin with the fact that we now know there was a lot of talk, were they together, did they separate according to sweat who is now talking that sweat ditched matt about five days ago. he was sick, slowing him down. do you think that their separation was the beginning of the end? yes i believe so. why? because these two gentlemen, when they escaped, they had some kind of plan going. the plan fell apart. so both of them were feeding off each other. i believe that you know the limited knowledge they had about survival in the woods separately it could have been more of a problem for them. but together i think that they ....
Bring in to him so he would look good for the jury. it was really kind ever strange. he had a woman bringing him the best of the best suits to wear in that courthouse? yeah. that was the word. i felt kind of underdressed sitting across the aisle from him. oh, lou. you did your job, and now we know what happened to him. lou, thank you so much for coming on. i appreciate it. you re quite welcome. just ahead, a guard at that super maximum security prison at clinton correctional facility appears in court any moment now. he s the one accused of smuggling that hamburger meat full of tools to both sweat and matt. what his lawyer says about that. also donald trump taking heat for his comments about mexican immigrants. he said they bring crime, they bring drugs, called them rapists. now one business is cutting ties with him completely. but you know what? donald trump not backing down. we have to be less politically correct, and we have to be strong. and you know, you take baegts. ....