Friendship. The description given was similar to the description of david sweat and richard matt the two men who escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility on june 6th. We interviewed the witness at length and the determination was made that this lead should be investigated. And the search has intensified over the last 24 hours following that third possible sighting of the two along the new york pennsylvania border in a town called friendship new york 300 miles south of the prison. It has become the new hot spot with 300 members of Law Enforcement now concentrating there. Cnn has talked to the lawyer for the corrections officer who has been on leave, paid leave as part of the investigation. He says the Attorney Says that palmer will cooperate with the investigation. At that News Conference, police said the latest sighting along some Railroad Tracks is indeed credible and they continue to look intensively there. An alexandria field is live for us in friendship. They did say they wer
She told them palmer did not know the meat contained the tools. Palmers attorney reiterated that and added that his client had no knowledge of the escape passed the polygraph and will be entering a plea of not guilty at his next hearing. He admitted to passing the hamburger meat. He had no knowledge that there were any con tra band other than the meat itself. Hes devastated hes embarrassed, hes sorry for the attention that hes getting right now. Well as the search for the two convicts continues, Officials Say the pair may be armed. Lets go live to owls head new york, and msnbcs adam reese. Adam whats the very latest . Reporter jose good morning. Now we know Joyce Mitchell might not have been the only one helping them escape. 57yearold gene palmer 28year veteran of Clinton Correctional Facility. He worked in the honor block where sweat and matt lived. That was considered a plum job. We just learned moments ago in addition to the other charges which ill mention in a second that he was gi
Very skilled and knowledgeable about being on the water. Which is one of the reasons why this search and rescue has maintained the force it has because there is such strong belief that they will be rescued and found very soon. Lets get the latest on the search from cnns Martin Savidge in florida. Reporter good morning, john. The coast guard says there is actually reason to have the hope. They say they are aggressively searching, but two, given the weather conditions out there in the atlantic that they are seeing it is possible that a person in the water could survive for four to five days. This would be day four. One troubling factor is of course their boat was found upside down and they werent with it. We dont know how it got upside down or when it happened. The Authorities Say that they sent a rescue swimmer down to investigate. One of the things he noted of the vessel is the engine cover of the outboard was off. Could that indicate they had a mechanical break down . Later that after
Meddling allegations and focus on other problems around the world. The chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live in vietnam with more. Good morning to you. We will get to the president ial talks with Vladimir Putin and a second pair but for as well of the business on the table. The president has a facial welcoming ceremony at the president ial palace here. With the viennese president. The both of them shall have a bilateral meeting after the for the president especially will get new commitments from vietnam to put maximum pressure on north korea to give up its nuclear program. The present will also talk. Standing trade with vietnam and the trade relationship has been expanding rapidly. In the past 20 years is the president normalized relations between the two countries. We also expected that the president might announce the acquisition of land to build a big new us embassy here and in the United States will be able to transport a coast guard cutter to be enough to provide co
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