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today, a judge in cleveland said there is enough evidence to bring criminal charges against two police officers in the fatal shooting of a young boy. the charges include murder. but whether the officers are actually charged will depend on a grand jury. dean reynolds tells us activists used an obscure state law to have the judge weigh in as a way to pressure the prosecutors for an indictment. reporter: the shooting took place seven months ago and was captured on video. that s 12-year-old tamir rice waving what turned out to be a toy gun. a 9-1-1 caller that day alerted police saying the gun might be fake. reporter: but that was never transmitted to the two officers who responded, and the boy was shot less than two seconds after they arrived. tonight, a municipal judge said both officers on the scene should be charged. timothy loehmann, who opened fire, with murder, and his partner frank garmback, with negligent homicide. the officers are white, rice was black. commun ....
prate that may become. authorities are asking the public to remain individual lent. thanks for all that background. there are new developments on the prison worker who helped the convicts escape. she was scrutinized for a prior relationship. alexandra field is live outside the prison with that part of the story. what do we know? reporter: good morning, this is a big development. it helps us to understand why investigators zeroed in on joyce mitchell after they escaped from prison. we are learning there was a previous investigation into reports of an alleged relationship between joyce mitchell and one of the two men who escaped. they say there was no evidence that would necessarily support the existence of a relationship. as a result of that investigation, david sweat was removed from the tailor shop where joyce mitchell worked. mitchell told authorities richard matt made her feel special. mitchell s phone was used to contact matt s associates. they feel she planned ....
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 ....
clearly it was reckless. nutter responding to speculation that the engineer might have been speeding to make up for lost time. i m sure they would not have minded being another 20 25 30 minutes late as opposed to dying unnecessarily in a train wreck. you re not going to hear the ntsb making comments like that. still conducting their preliminary investigation the ntsb s taking issue with the mayor s comments calling them inflammatory. but they do agree bostian hit the emergency brakes too late. in the next three seconds, three or four seconds, the speed of the train had only decreased to 102. this surveillance footage along with the initial examination of the data reveal the train was traveling at 106 miles an hour twice the appropriate speed entering the sharp turn. he was already in the curve at that point. you re supposed to enter the curve at 50 miles an hour. bostian spoke to philadelphia police the night of the crash. and according to a law enforc ....
manhunt by hundreds of officers. will a gas station surveillance video maybe provide clues about their trail? true colors. a civil rights leader is accused of posing as african-american. when her parents say she s actually white. why would she lie? and why was she outed now? stunning defeat. members of his own party struck a huge blow to president obama s trade agenda and his legacy despite a personal appeal. we ll be getting reaction from the democrat who voted against him, as well as from a former top obama adviser. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i m brianna keilar. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we have breaking news. a female prison worker is now under arrest. she s in police custody. new york state police say joyce mitchell has been charged with two felonies for assisting the escape of two brutal killers. we re standing by right now for a news conference by local a ....