that s where it is blocked off, not allowing any cars into and out of that area. not even allowing us to one of the feeder streets leading to 374. that s why we are just now parallel with 374 on route 3. again, down here you see one of the checkpoints. this coming last night, this closure of the road coming last night after some sort of suspicious activity was spotted in the area. at that point they immediately shut down this section of route 374 asking residents last night to keep their lights on keep their doors locked to stay inside until they could get this situation all sorted out. you remember new york s governor saying yesterday it was important to follow-up on every lead no matter where it leads. and that s what they are doing at this point. checking all these cars if i had to give it an estimate in terms of how long this section of route 374 is closed i would say about four miles. and we are located just about four miles from the clinton correctional facility. in ter
we are live outside the prison with the answer to that and new information on the female employee may have been involved in this entire situation. paul what do you know? reporter: chris, yesterday we heard from the governors of new york and vermont in a press conference. they said that the search area would expand to the neighboring state of vermont. they have concerned that from the very beginning these individuals likely fled the area. we heard from one of the officials saying that in their eyes it is believed that the two individuals who fled over last weekend likely thought that at least vermont would be seeing a less police presence. now the two states are working together in the paperwork for states from both sides to be able to cross state lines. so this morning we know officers are combing this area while the police presence is very intense not far from the prison itself. we know the police officers also in vermont right now are canvassing several wooded areas and f
authorities say she is cooperating with police. she continues to cooperate. she continues to come in and speak to us and each day we re learning a little bit more information as to her involvement in this case and how she developed a relationship with these two men. i can t speak for miss mitchell but she may feel obviously some responsibility and guilt for her involvement, and she wants to help that situation or help herself out in her situation. all of this as bloodhounds pick up the inmates scent at a gas station one mile away from the prison. moments ago i talked with one resident who lives in saranac new york. he claims there s a swarm of police activity in his neighborhood. listen. we just got word from one of our neighbors that they possibly spotted the inmates jumping a stone wall near the intersection of kringle road and bucks corners road and i know s.w.a.t. is there, and they also have several armed officers moving in towards the house. the helicopters are n
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