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New polling out this morning, whos getting a legup on the competition . And we know theres no crying in baseball. But hacking . The st. Louis cardinals accused of stealing more than signs, team secrets, scouting reports, say it aint so, joe. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Defense secretary Ashton Carter and joint chiefs of staff chairman general Martin Dempsey heading to capitol hill this morning where they will testify before a house panel on the u. S. Strategy in the middle east. These are live pictures from that hearing which is set to get under way any minute now. It comes just days after dempsey said a pentagon proposal could increase u. S. Troops in iraq. Earlier i spoke with the chairman of the Armed Services committee who said issues in the r ....
What we do know don, is the only indication they have given to credible sources prior to their escape is that they thought it would be wise to hit for a remote camp in vermont because they thought there would be less heat from Law Enforcement in vath vathermont than there is in new york. Governor quomo and i want to get him back and locked up where they belong. Governor, you mentioned a remote camp. Talk to me more about that. What do you mean about that . Were not talking about a specific location. But its clear to us based upon conversations, that based on information that we have that we cant divulge at this point, that their vision was to head to vermont to chill out for a bit while things calm down. So if theres no specific location, we have no idea where they are. But, obviously, were taking that information seriously. Okay. And you said empveryone is cooperating there. How, exactly, are police in vermont helping in this si ....
Adam, why are officials acting so confident that matt and sweat are still in the area . Reporter thomas, thats a good question. This was a whos who of Law Enforcement that met the press this afternoon. You had the sheriffs department, you had the u. S. Marshals, the fbi, the local police. They said this was a very elaborate and creative plan. Now theyre going to get creative in their search. Theyre going to redeploy move out of this perimeter area of 16 miles, shift the focus, change their strategy. Theyre going to look at highways now. Theyre going to look at trains. They call it fast means of egress. Ways that these guys could have gotten out of this area in a very fast way. They have had 1400 tips so far. Theyre down to 600 searchers from 800. But no concrete leads. They believe theyre going to get these guys its just a matter of time. Thomas. It was really a Fa ....
Do you buy it . Lets get to it. Breaking news Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news desk. Well its that time again. There has been a rule for reporters, you do not report on bomb threats, because when you report on bomb threats, you get more bomb threats. You report on bomb threats when its confirmed there is actually a bomb. It would appear that rule is now suspended when the threat is to the White House Briefing room as witnesses here and everybody else has poor cover. Secret Service Agents evacuated the west wing. This after they say somebody phoned in a bomb threat targeting the white house. It happened as press secretary josh earnest was giving his White House Briefing. You can see all the reporters then shuffling out of the room. Security o ....
Just about, three or four minutes ago. Were obviously going to continue to follow the funnel cloud in kansas city. Well bring you any updates throughout this next hour when we can. Now, we go to wounded fugitive david sweat. He is spilling even more about the escape about richard matt and their time on the run. Now according to investigators, he is telling them that matt turned into a liability. Out of shape, drinking unable to keep up. They say in addition to claiming credit for masterminding the breakout, sweat is now directly implicating seamstress Joyce Mitchell in the apparent plot to kill her husband. Moments ago we got her rinse to that. Jason carroll has late details and joins us from outside Clinton Correctional Facility in dannemora. What information now do we have about what happened in the wood while matt and sweat were out there. What happened betw ....