Their families the green light to pay money for their freedom. Will if save lives . Or put more people in danger . We want to welcome viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Lets get to the breaking news, the emanuel ame in charleston is opening its doors this hour for bible study exactly a week after a shooting bloodbath during a similar class. Also breaking we have just learned that more than a dozen new york state officials have descended on the Clinton Correctional Facility to investigate security breaches. As the manhunt continues for two escaped killers. Police believe theyre likely armed right now, possibly with weapons stolen from a remote scab been cabin hideout. The two convicts may be more desperate and dangerous than ever on the 19th day on the run. Were covering all the breaking stories with our correspondents analyst and news makers including the mississippi congressman, Bennie T
They leave behind bombs and bobby trapsbook boobytraps. Bobby jindal announcing his run for the white house. Well bring it live. Im wolf blitzer, youre in office office. The situation room. New information is emerging about the help a aspirin employee allegedly gave to two convicted killers, as searchers develop that are strongest clues yet for the pair who broke out a prison in upstate new york. Numerous personal items were found in a cabin in a very remote location. Theres also concerns that. At the same time an exinmate is revealing extraordinary details about the relationship between one of the fugitives and prison wore are Joyce Mitchell accused of aiding the escape. The former inmaid saying the pair would often sneak off to a storage closet for sexual encounters. Todays other big story. em as the Confederate Flag waves outside the capital ton, the state lawmaker is being honored there. The body of past orr Clementa Pinkney has been lying in state. He was one of nine Church Member
Inmates tools to fix Circuit Breakers in the catwalk behind their cells. Palmer told detectives he supervised the work and reclaimed the tools off. But this is the same catwalk that richard matt and david sweat used in their escape. For the latest be we turn to Jason Carroll in plattsburgh, new york. Reporter hes now in custody, facing several serious charges, including destroying evidence and official misconduct. Im told that these are lowlevel felonies and at one point he could have faced an even more serious charge of aiding and abetting. But because he was cooperating with investigators, im told the District Attorney chose not to pursue that particular charge. Serious charges nonetheless for his alleged involvement in all this. His attorney tells me that his client did admit to passing on that frozen chunk of hamburger meat to richard matt inside that frozen chunk of meat there were those hacksaw blades but there by joyce mitchell. Joyce mitchell also the prison employee who convin
More than 1,000 people have died in pakistans brutal recordbreaking heat wave. Nearly all of those deaths happened in karachi, resources are overwhelmed with morgues and hospitals filled beyond capacity. Pakistans electricity grid is also being strained with frequent Power Outages being reported. Earlier cnn correspondent saima mohsin visited a morgue and graveyard. These scenes may be upsetting. Reporter even as we approached the morgue the stench of death surrounded us. Corpses covered in flies left out in the heat. A charity runs this morgue but it is struggling to provide the service. Daily Power Outages means the cold room cant be kept cool. I want to take you in to show you the extent of the problem. There is a putrid, pungent smell. Bodies upon bodies, piled high. 650 people have been brought here in just a few days. I really couldnt stay inside there any longer. That is supposed to be a cold storage unit in a morgue. Its hot and sticky in here. And it seems like even the dead a
Confederate war memorial in 2007. It now stands directly in front of the state house. Its the first thing you see when you walk up. South carolina and other states are debating what to do about this. Ana kacabrera is here with me. Allison, this really is so much more than about a flag. Its about racism and getting rid of a symbol that to so many represents a racist mentality that is part of this countrys roots unfortunately. So what were seeing are more and more calls to get that flag down. But it does still fly right here in front of the state capital. So the fight isnt over yet. It shouldnt fly anywhere. President ial hopeful Hillary Clinton applauding the bid for the removal of the confident flag in South Carolina. Recognizing it as a symbol of our nations racist past that has no place in our present. Hundreds of protesters demanded the flag be removed in the wake of the vicious murders at the Emanuel Ame Church here in charleston. Our leaders are fighting to continue to keep human