what's unclear is why they intended to kill lyle mitchell when they intended to kill lyle mitchell and how much joyce mitchell actually knew about that plan. we know she was aware of it but the question is did she know all the details that there was a plan in place to kill her husband? the same source also telling me tonight, anderson that joyce mitchell was having a sexual relationship with richard. he killed and dismembered his neighbor. it's unclear, anderson tonight how long that sexual relationship was going on but all of this new information coming to us tonight as we are learning more about their stunning escape. >> reporter: they could practically taste freedom, but that didn't stop convicted killers david and richard from leaving a series of snarky post-it notes for authorities to see. >> the one that says have a nice day on it. i have heard through the investigation that other notes were there, but that's the only note that i've seen. >> reporter: once on the outside wasth plan was for escapees to jump into joyce mitchell's family car. >> we need a four-wheel drive vehicle, a

the attorney for lyle mitchell told nbc news lyle knew of his wife's relationship with an inmate and when he visited her, he wanted answers. lyle mitchell cannot stand by his wife through this it's said. >>> after months of speculation pope francis released his call to action on climate change. the pope warning that the earth is becoming quote an immense pile of filth. he also says rich nations must reduce fossil fuel use to poor and developing nations. >>> the $10 bill is getting a makeover and for the first time in history a woman's face will appear on u.s. paper currency. in 2020 a woman will replace alexander hamilton on the $10. the woman has not been chosen but a vote was held as part of a grass roots campaign and herriot tub man was the favorite. >>> nbc news announced starting monday lester hospital will officially take over as the anchor of this broadcast. brian williams is staying with the nbc family and we'll be covering breaking news when his suspension ends in august. there is a lot of speculation about brian and tomorrow he'll address it all for the first time publicly

that's according to the attorney for lyle mitchell the man married to that prison worker charged with helping the two killers escape. investigators say joyce mitchell had a sexual relationship with the men and husband lyle was allegedly the target of a murder plot once they were free. jason carroll has more for you. >> we are going to pursue every lead and we are going to locate these individuals. >> reporter: this morning the search area in upstate new york expands and shifts following more than 1400 leads. officials hoping these age progression mug shots help capture fugitives richard matt and david sweat. >> we are concentrating or efforts not only in this vicinity but throughout the nation and beyond. >> reporter: before matt broke out of prison he made painting of joyce mitchell's children. the female prison employee accused of helping the inmates escape escape. she then gave it to her husband lyle as a wedding anniversary president who months ago all the while officials say joyce mitchell was having a sexual relationship with a 49-year-old richard matt dating back as far as 2013

i would never leave without lyle. never. and he said well i'll give you some pills to give him, to knock him out, and then you come pikus up. she said i am not doing that i love my husband, i am not hurting him. >> she may have loved her husband, but lyle said three times during the interview, he wasn't sure he loved her. she had a sexual relationship with one or both of the escaped inmates. lyle mitchell said absolutely not. >> he gave her a little attention, and it went too far. he tried to kiss her a couple times, she said no. and she said that's when he started threatening her. >> joyce mitchell's lawyer could not be reached for a response to her husband's remarks. joyce mitchells pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding the escapee escapee. the tools matt and sweat used may have been smuggled to them inside a frozen chunk of hamburger meat. a key question tonight, if mitchell helped them did she have help? >> i would be shocked if there was no help beyond this lady. >> jean palmer has been placed on administrative leave.

but wylie confirmed a threat against lyle. >> there was a plot to kill lyle mitchell between the two inmates, and that joyce mitchell was aware of it. >> reporter: was aware it, does that mean she was part of it? >> she was aware of it. i cannot get into the details. >> reporter: as searching moves to other areas, police want the community here to remain vigilant. clinton county's sheriff david favro: >> we should let the community know since we don't have concrete lead our means to have concrete leads, our biggest key to success is keeping everybody motivated and keeping everybody alert and looking. >> reporter: the number of police on the ground has been reduced, but police say that's only because they no longer have a specific perimeter they need to secure. scott, they say 600 officers will still be out there searching. >> pelley: anna werner outside the prison tonight. thank you. a 10-year-old boy was attacked by a shark today in daytona beach, florida. the boy was bit on his calf but was not seriously injured. last night, hunter treshull, a 16-year-old who lost his left arm to a

steven johnston says lyle is not speaking publicly but is supporting and standing by his wife. johnston responding today about allegations joyce may have wanted convicted murderers sweat and matt to kill her husband. >> i don't know very much about it other than i believe it's specious a specious argument. >> reporter: joyce and lyle mitchell worked at the clinton correctional facility where joyce is accused of helping sweat and matt escape. the prison considered among the most dangerous in new york. >> it is very violent. >> reporter: john mulligan served time with richard matt at clinton. >> it's terribly dangerous. i've had physical confrontations with people over the years. >> reporter: just weeks before the escape there was a prison yard brawl here. prison sources tell nbc news officials requested a lockdown but it was denied. jeff dumas retired in november after working at the prison for 22 years. >> if they would have done a facility frisk after the incident that they had in the yard if albany would have approved that for mr. recette, there's no doubt in my mind they wou

we are also hearing from lyle mitchell's attorney. he is -- lyle mitchell is, of course, the husband of joyce mitchell the woman accused of helping these two prisoners escape escape. the attorney talking about what lyle mitchell knew and when he learned it. >> he knows that joyce, his wife told him the day that she got brought in and did her statements with the investigators that part of it was that the inmates wanted to kill him. they wanted her to come pick them up bring them back to dickinson, and kill him. she disagreed with that and i think that some threats were made to her from the inmates at that point. >> reporter: she disagreed with what? the plan to kill him or asking for help with the escape? what part bothered her? >> she disagreed with the plan to kill him. >> reporter: lyle mitchell has told his attorney and investigators that he knew nothing about that plot before his wife told him that. he knew nothing about the plans to escape and that he helped in no way. prosecutors say there's no evidence to suggest that lyle mitc

suppo lyle mitchell told matt lauer ofol the "today" show he still loves his wife but can't say if he supports her.riso he says his wife admitted giving tools to the inmates. she confirmed there was a plan to be their get-away driver but lyle chickened out because she got scared and still loves her woulda husband.half an >> when you stop and think about it now, lyle is it very likely had she shown up in that get away car, both of you would be dead right now? >> absolutely 100%. she would have been dead within half an hour i figure. she would just get away they were going to kill her, and all he sea they wanted was that vehicle.a s >> meantime the search for the two inmates still centers around a small community about 20 miles west of the prison.burgla that's where dna tests linked de-s both men to a burglarized cabin. >>> still ahead here at 5:00 ride sharing rules. the debate that could affect whohat 11 picks you up at san jose's airport. >>> plus -- a do t >> on my way back from the 11-hour flight from frankfurt, ig so there ask started scribbling andspire said i'm going to do this.

lyle and joyce mitchell. yes, we have. >> you had no reason to ask your wife do you know anything about this escape? >> no, no. next morning she said state police called. they wanted to know about a package. i said what are you talking about? she said i need to talk to the troopers. the investigator said mr. mitchell your wife is more involved than she's letting on. what? he said she brought two hacksaw blades a philips head and a which he isle chisel. oh, my god. >> when did you ask her? >> that night on the way hope. >> you said did you help them escape? >>she said i was over my head and scared. she said i have something else to tell you. >> i said, what's that. she said their plan was they want to kill you. they wanted her to pick them up. >> she admitted to you at that moment that once the two escaped from clinton and made their way to the manhole that she was supposed to be the one to pick them up and drive them away. >> she told me matt wanted her to pick them up. she said i never leave nowheres without

it was her first visitor and it was her husband lyle. the sheriff at the clinton county jail says lyle was there first thing this morning. he spent about an hour visiting with her. this was a noncontact visit. they spoke to each other over the phone and with a glass partition separating them. this was not a monitored phone call brooke. it was described to me as a private phone call but the observations made by the sheriff's department was that she appeared to feel comforted from seeing lyle and he appeared to be supportive. we know that she's being closely monitored at her cell in clinton correctional. her moves are being recorded. the sheriff has said that she appears to be calm and maintaining her composure. her attorney says that she is remorseful she's been tearful in his presence and while we know that she had spoken very openly and freely to investigators throughout the first stages of this investigation, her attorney says she has not spoken to investigators since he took on the case. >> okay. moving off of her and back to this who

lyle mitchell has cooperated with authorities and has not been accused of any crime. i want to talk to you about lyle mitchell's interview as well as the break in the case. are you surprised these convicts are still so close to that prison? >> not at all. we've been saying since the beginning whatever their plan was of having someone pick them up fell apart, we don't think they had a plan b. fugitives are not the smartest people in the world. that's how they get to be fugitives in the first place. it sounds like they've just been walking west since day one. they did apparently slip through that first perimeter that the police set up. now we have a perimeter set up again. hopefully they won't slip out again a second time. >> given their background, what we know about the crimes they committed, one, of course dismembering his employer an awful crime when you read the details of it. your experience you followed and covered some of the worst of the worst who have eventually been brought to justice. looking at their background are these the kind of guys who will try to sho

investigators have said that they are talking to lyle mitchell, trying to determine if he had any kind of role in the escape or if he had any knowledge of the escape. of course, his wife is facing up to eight years behind bars based on allegations that she helped these fugitives plan their escape by providing tools. law enforcement sources have told cnn that mitchell had a relationship with both of these men, a sexual relationship with richard matt, some kind of inappropriate relationship with david sweat, and sources now saying that the two men had some type of plan to kill lyle mitchell but that it isn't clear how much joyce may have known about that plan. at this point lyle mitchell has spoken with investigators, but, john, kate, he has not been charged with anything. >> now, also at this point, alexandra, how much cooperation is joyce mitchell offering vet e investigators? they had said she was cooperative. now she's charged and behind bars. has that all stopped? >> reporter: all along they said she was willing to participate, she had voluntarily come forward day after day to speak

an attorney for lyle mitchell says lyle had no idea his wife had any kind of sexual relationship with matt. he confronted her about a possible relationship with david sweat. at the time she denied the accusations. lyle mitchell went to visit joyce mitchell behind bars. he had questions he wanted answered. his attorney said he left confused. he had no knowledge of the escape plan or his wife's part in it. he has no plans to testify on her behalf. chris? >> you have that drama in terms of the relationship. the question in concern is where are the two bad men? >>> in other headlines, a cigna signature piece of legislation is in the hands of the senate hanging by a thread. the house voted to grant him fast track authority to allow him a pacific trade deal. now he's seeing a tight thing in the senate. 14 democrats are with holding support until they were guaranteed a separate worker protection bill. the house has to debate that. stay tuned. s the e.p.a. and transportation department will unveil regulations to reduce emissions from big rigs and heavy duty truks. the rules kick in in the 201

i don't -- we talked about it briefly, lyle and i. but, it almost doesn't register on his face, because he can't really believe it, you know? >> so sad. so sad. all right, peter dumas, i suspect there's no possibility that he's going to be charged with anything? >> i'm certainly hoping not. from what i've talked to him about, and from what i've talked to the investigators about, i don't really think there's anything he could be charged with yet, but i've been defending people for 15 years, you know, there's always something that could be -- >> you never know what these prosecutors are going to come up with. peter dumas, attorney for lyle mitchell, thanks so much. >> thanks, judge. >>> coming up, the latest on the search for these two escaped new york prisoners. they are dangerous. >>> welcome back to our continuing coverage of the manhunt intensifies near the new york/pennsylvania border for the two escaped murderers. with me now, fox news military analyst, colonel david hunt, along with retired u.s. marshal service commander, lenny d

northern virginia bureau reporter david culver caught up with the lyles brothers. >> they're a year apart. >> just look at the lines. >> but noah and josepheus rarely a few feet from each other on the track, or off. >> we live together eat together do everything together we're like best friends and brothers and twins. >> i don't know why you -- he's the younger one. >> as classes come to an end at tc williams high school these rising seniors are preparing for a busy summer of competition. >> right here. >> already, they've earned high praise. last year noah won the 200 meter at the youth olympics in china. josepheus took gold at the 400x400 at the world junior champs. and both brothers back from a rare chance to compete in havana cuba. just a little nervous going down there. i didn't know what to expect really. >> they certainly didn't expect this, cuban athletes waving the u.s. flag alongside the cuban flag. but there was more. >> it was very interesting because we didn't know but we went to the opening ceremonies in the cuban choir, sang their national anthem and next they sung our nati

she did have her first jailhouse visit today from her husband lyle. the couple appear to be sticking together at this point. the sheriff says the two had a one-hour visit. she's permitted two hours worth of visits over the course of the week. it was a non-contact visit so they were separated by glass, speaking to each other on the ento. but it was a private phone call it was not a monitored phone call. we also heard from joyce mitchell's attorney today who says husband lyle is standing by her. the attorney describes joyce mitchell as being remorseful and tearful. but the sheriff's department is saying that in her cell where they are having her under constant surveillance closely monitoring her that she has kept her cool that she has kept her composure. i want you to listen though, to what her attorney had to say about his impressions. listen to this. >> all i know is that he said that he's standing by her so that's what he told me when i spoke to him. i don't know anything more about their conversation than that. >> she will be transferred to another

of the plan. >> lyle mitchell has information. joyce talked to him about her involvement during the last few days before she was arrested. so he has that information of what -- no indication that he participated in the escape or the planning of it at any time. >> to the officials are shifting their search eastward along route 374. it's expected to remain closed through today. msnbc adam riess continues to cover this story live from morrisonville, new york. what more do we know about this potential plot? this is a new layer. >> it sure is. nbc news learned investigators are looking into the possibility she may have wanted these two convicted killers to kill her own husband lyle. now, we also learned that lyle visited her in jail just within the past hour and he says he remains fully supportive despite all of these details. thomas the. >> and so are authorities only looking at joyce mitchell for now, adam, or do they think there's the possibility that other people are out there somehow still involved? >> reporter: they're casting a

she said i'll never leave without lyle. ever. he said i'll give you some pills to give him to knock him out, and you come pikus up. she said i can't do this. she told me he started threatening her, someone inside the facility was going to do something to me to harm me or kill me if she didn't stay with this plan. >> she would have been dead within half an hour. she would get away iks they were going to kill her and all they wanted was the vehicle. >> lyle mitchell denying reports that his wife had a sexual relationship with either of the inmates. >> she wore on her son's life i never ever had sex with him. >> new video today obtained by abc news offers some insight into the mind-set of richard matt. it shows him in 1997 smiling and posing with a blow gun. >> we'll dip them in aids blood and put a patent on them and sell them as deadly weapons. >> this videotape nine months before he murdered and dismembered his own boss putting matt behind bars many. >> lyle mitchell saying his wife told him this whole thing for her was more like

lyle mitchell visited joyce in jail yesterday for the first time. nbc's stephanie goss has more on the search and the investigation. >> hey there tamron. you'll notice this is a very

the attorney for lyle mitchell joyce mitchell's husband, lyle mitchell says he was completely unaware of the escape plans and an alleged plot to kill him. but sources tell cnn something different. tell me more about that. >> reporter: yeah that source telling cnn that if lyle did in fact have knowledge of this escape plan, it was because his wife joyce, who's currently behind bars actually warned him that these very dangerous individuals would go after him. we still don't know why that could be. but that's why investigators believe that he could have had knowledge. but it boils down to either joyce or lyle actually told investigators about this ongoing plan for matt and sweat to escape so they could possibly be a route that prosecutors will take as they consider more charges against mitchell or possibly her husband. >> polo sandoval, thanks so much. investigators say at some point mitchell may have been forced to cooperate in the escape plan that the inmates manipulated her until they had the upper hand. that's not at all uncommon. being locked up provides a lot of time for shrewd cri

. >> reporter: can you tell us why lyle has an attorney? >> as soon as i realized he had a lawyer we sort of stopped talking, pretty much. >> reporter: do you know anything about the alleged plan to possibly harm lyle? >> i don't know very much about it other than i believe it's an argument. that's about all i can tell you. >> you just heard the attorneys say it was a species plan a false plan. you also heard him say that lyle mitchell is standing by his wife joyce mitchell. and, in fact brooke i spoke with the clinton county sheriff. he tells me that lyle mitchell is the first visitor that joyce mitchell has received over at clinton county jail. he was there this morning. they spent an hour talking to each other. the sheriff says that she seemed comforted by the visit, that he appeared to be supportive of her and this is particularly interesting, brooke because as you know investigators have been looking at him. they have spoken to him. they have wondered if he had any hand in the escape plan. he also worked in the tailor shop with his wif

her husband, lyle's attorney peter dumas is "outfront" tonight. i appreciate you taking the time to talk to me. your client's wife accused of terrible things helping them escape having sex with one of them an inappropriate relationship with the other, a plot to murder your client her husband. how is he handing this? >> he's really broken up right now. i spoke to him earlier today, a number of times, and he really can't believe it's happened to him. >> i can imagine, he's stunned. i mean your client is an employee at the same prison where richard matt and david sweat escaped, where his wife worked. does he believe his wife is the central person here the only person who was helping these killers escape? >> no no after he's heard some of the details, he doesn't believe that she was helping them alone. >> all right, so he doesn't -- >> but he doesn't know who could have been helping. >> i understand the point that you're making but important that he thinks that she was not the only one. when does he plan to talk to his wife to joyce, next? >> well the

police say lionel lyles fired three shots in to brandon brown's chest saturday afternoon. at the time several kids were waiting in line for their cold treats. according to the charging documents lyles told the kids to, quote watch it, before he pulled out the gun. a 7-year-old boy was one of the children who saw too much. >> when it first happened, he kept pointing to people and saying wipe the blood off but there was no blood on him. >> it's a trauma that will take a lot of effort to get over and get beyond. we want them to have less weight on their little lives. >> police are investigating whether the two men knew each other. that suspect is in custody. >>> fairfax county police are investigating a 2-year-old boy's near drowning at a water park. he's in life-threatening condition tonight. it all took place yesterday afternoon at pirate's cove water park in lorton. lifeguards cleared the pool because of lightning. then they saw a small figure at the bottom of the middle section of the pool. you're looking right there at lifeguards who pulled that child out and began cpr.

her husband lyle's attorney saying lyle knew nothing about the plan. >> he was in shock. >> reporter: though inside the mitchell family home richard matt's paintings of celebrities. but matt had painted one of joyce mitchell's children, giving it to her as a gift. lyle mitchell's attorney saying on the night of the escape, lyle and joyce left the prison where they worked and stopped at a chinese restaurant for dinner. on their drive home, joyce complained of chest pains. lyle took her to the hospital. not long after, he heard from police. when lyle visited joyce in jail this week, they talked about the alleged murder-for-hire plot she discussed with the inmates to kill her husband. >> she told lyle that she didn't want to go through with it. >> reporter: and many here wonder if the inmates could even survive in the dangerous woods in this area. officials telling me right now they need to find these inmates dead or alive for closure. gio benitez, abc news, plattsburgh, new york. >>> the head of the u.n. among those applauding the pope's dramatic stand on global climate change. in his m

there is so much going through my mind. >> is she a trustworthy person, lyle? >> i don't know what to believe at times. in my heart, do i believe she hurt me? no if. >> extraordinary. with more now on this investigation, joining me from santa fe retired fbi profiler candice delong. candice, what do you make of all of this? >> it's rather sad. it's also touching the interview i thought. it looks to me like she was swept away a vulnerable person vulnerable woman, and she was swept away by a couple of really smooth talking conmen. and i do believe if she said to her husband things got out of hand, i can see that happening for sure. clearly she didn't want to go through with it. her body her mind would not go along with it. that panic attack was the best thing to ever happen to her. >> and now the threat to him, i mean if he ever would want to resume his job and apparently he did initially, he can't go inside that prison. they have allies comrades. i mean they are at risk in a profound way, even if she is not ending up in prison. >> correct. i mean at this point no

larnell tyran lyles was arrested in walkersville. police say he walked up to and shot brandon brown in the upper chest around 5:00 p.m. yesterday. it happened on vermont cfrederick. brown worked for big daddy ice cream. no word on a motive. >>> more than a year after an 8-year-old d.c. girl went miss, investigators found new evidence. no one has seen relisha rudd since last year. a bag was found in the anacostia river in kenilworth park. they say that bag is consistent with what police are looking for. >> since we are looking for evidence, i was -- i thought, you know, we at least had to get into the water to find it but somebody must have caught on to it with a fishing hook and brought it up. >> that bag is now being processed in a police lab. rudd you might recall was last seen with khalil tatum a janitor at the d.c. homeless shelter. tatum later kill himself in kenilworth park but relisha was never found. >>> today you have a new way to get down to the d.c. mall. a new d.c. circulator bus will take you to union station. you can ge

we've learned about the alleged murder plot by the men and joyce mitchell to kill her husband lyle. miguel has the latest. >> reporter: for the first time you can see i change in police presence. fewer check points and officers on the streets as the plot and planning to this investigation gets even deeper. >> joyce mitchell charged with helping convicted killer richard sweat and mat escape from prison. mitchell used her cell phone to call his daughter. >> she feared for her husband's life her relationship with her family. she has not indicated to us at any time she feared for her life from the two men. >> lyle mitchell who worked inside the prison's tailor shop with joyce was questiond two hours. he faces two hours. his attorney saying he does not support his wife. her attorney saying the opposite. >> he told me he was standing by her. he told me that face to face. >> the sheriff says mitchells have spoken once since her arrest. >> they appeared composed. >> with the trail gong cold police released pictures of what the fugitives may now look like. >> we're concentrating in this vici

lyle mitchell husband of joyce mitchell. she is the prison employee charged for her role in the escape plan. lyle mitchell works at the prison too. >> he is working at the facility in the maintenance department in the tailor shop area. >> reporter: the tailor block where his wife worked and both fugitives once worked. it's where they all got to know each other. what's still unclear is what lyle mitchell's role may have been in helping convicted killers richard matt and david sweat escape. >> we have information that's coming through, through interviews just through our investigation that he possibly could have been involved or at least had knowledge of what was happening. >> any idea what his role may have been? >> we have information on what part his role would be. and you know i hate to keep saying this to everyone but this is a -- an investigation that not only has helped us taking matt and sweat into custody. we are pursuing people involved. >> reporter: investigators believe joyce mitchell pro sided escapees ss with lig

a source telling cnn that lyle mitchell has made a jailhouse visit to his wife joyce. joyce mitchell has been accused of an inappropriate relationship with one of the fugitives and allegedly had a sexual relationship with the other. cnn's alexandra field is in west plattsburgh plattsburgh, new york. >> reporter: we're told lyle mitchell showed up at the clinton county jail. she gets two hours' worth of visit each week. you can only wonder what was said inside that room. sources have told cnn that they are looking at whether or not her husband lyle had any knowledge of the plan to escape. he has spoken to investigators. he has not been charged with anything. sources also telling cnn that joyce mitchell had relationships with both of the men who escaped, that she had a sexual relationship with richard matt, that she had been investigated for an inappropriate relationship prior to that with david sweat, and we're also learning that law enforcement authorities are looking into an alleged plot that the two escapees had to actually kill joyce mitchell's husband lyle mitchell

and she said i never leave nowhere without lyle. he said i'll give you some pills to give him to knock him out and then you come pick us up. she said i am not going that, i love my husband, i am not hurting him. she said then i knew i was in over my head. she said i can't do this. then she told me he started to threaten her, was going to do something to me to harm me or kill me or somebody outside the jail if she didn't stay with this. >> according to your wife they were going to kill you for what reason? >> just to get me out of the way. but she said she would never have gone through with it. that's what she told me, she really loved me and she was in too deep. >> in too deep. cnn's sara ganim is in owls head, new york, where dna of the escaped killers was just found. sara, what is the latest on the hunt this morning? >> reporter: good morning, john. state police telling me everything here is status quo. they're dealing with stormy weather, a lot of on and off pouring rain. something they've been dealing with several days of this 1

i don't -- we talked about it briefly, lyle and i. but, it almost doesn't register on his face, because he can't really believe it, you know? >> so sad. so sad. all right, peter dumas, i suspect there's no possibility that he's going to be charged with anything? >> i'm certainly hoping not. from what i've talked to him about, and from what i've talked to the investigators about, i don't really think there's anything he could be charged with yet, but i've been defending people for 15 years, you know, there's always something that could be -- >> you never know what these prosecutors are going to come up with. peter dumas, attorney for lyle mitchell, thanks so much. >> thanks, judge. >>> coming up, the latest on the search for these two escaped new york prisoners. they are dangerous. toenail fungus? seriously? smash it with jublia! jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. use jublia as instructed by your doctor. look at the footwork! most common side effects include ingrown toenail, application site redness, itch

she said i never leave without lyle, never. he said, i'll give you some pills to give him to knock him out and then you come pick us up. she said, i can't do this. then she told me he started to threaten that somebody inside the facility would do something to harm me or kill me or somebody else inside the jail if she didn't stay with this. >> reporter: prison policy now under review. the new york state inspector general has joined the effort in terms of looking at everything that took place in that prison before the daring escape. christine, john? >> our thanks to jason carroll for that. new developments in the cyberattack that lawmakers calling the most devastating in the nation's history. archuleta tells a senate committee no one in her agency is to blame for a breach that compromised the personnel files of at least 18 million federal workers, including white house spokesman josh earnest. it's believe china is behind the house. archuleta blames aging i.t. systems for the breach. she is claiming 32 million budget increase to p

police say 27-year-old larnel lyles fired three shots in to the chest of the ice cream truck driver, 22-year-old brandon brown. according to the charging documents, lyles told the kids next to him quote watch it, before he pulled out the handgun from his waist. among the witnesses, a 7-year-old boy. >> when it first happened, he kept saying wipe the blood off but there was no blood on him. >> there was a few kids and too many. too many to ever witness something like that. >> police are still investigating whether the two men actually knew each other. tonight the residents of lucas village will be holding a private gathering to pray and try to begin to heal. >>> rachel dolezal the naacp official who claimed she is african american but whose parents say she is not, resigned this morning. this story keeps getting more and more complicated by the minute. this afternoon we learned that the howards university graduate who went by rachel moore then sued the university for discriminating against her because she is white. that 2002 lawsuit posted by the website the smoking gun claims discrimi

joyce mitchell, the 51-year-old prison employee warned her husband, lyle, that the two inmated planned to kill him. joyce mitchell's attorney saying that his client new of the plot but was not be part of it herself. just because she heard something does not mean she was going to act on it. lyle was apparently unaware that his wife was having a sexual relationship with at least one of the inmates. the clinton county sheriff talked about her demeanor now that she is behind bars. >> i think it's probably a little bit early for that. there's an awful lot going on around her just with the media attention. i think she is still consuming that and absorbing that. >> reporter: mitchell's attorney has only had one opportunity to talk to his client face to face. as for her husband there are questions whether he knew about the escape plan. >> we have no information whatsoever that he had prior knowledge of the escape. or that he participated or actively assisted in the escape of the two inmates. >> reporter: the two inmates still very much on the run. every lead being followed, searchers waiting f

during an interview with nbc news lyle mitchell revealed the moment his wife confessed to helping the murderers, even telling her husband they wanted him dead. >> he started to threaten her inside the facilities was going to do something to me to harm me or kill me or somebody outside the jail if she didn't stay with this. she would have never went through with it. that's what she told me. she really loved me and she was in too deep. >> lyle mitchell said he hasn't decided whether he will testify against his wife joyce saying how could she do this? how could she do this to our kids? massive manhunt has been under way for more than two weeks after the criminals sawed their way out of a maximum security prison in upstate new york. "the new york post" reports joyce mitchell smuggled their tools into the jail by hizingding them in chunks of frozen hamburger meat. traces of their dna was found in a remote cabin miles away from the cabin. the cabin belongs to a group of corrections officers and the funl tiff fugitives left behind boxer shorts boots, and bloody socks. rick leventhal is live

the attorney says lyles was buying ice cream for some kids and was actually surprised to see brown in that truck. a witness told police there was no argument before lyles pointed his revolver and fired. >>> emergency crews rushed at least seven people to the hospital tonight, all reportedly overcome by the synthetic drug then as spice. it happen -- drug known as spice. it happened at the shelter and that is the same place where nearly a dozen people overdosed on a different version of a synthetic drug earlier this month. the condition of the people hospitalized today is unclear. >>> the storms are winding down after a fairly active afternoon. we were just tracking what is left on doppler 9,000. >> no, we actually got off pretty easily, pretty light if you will. here is the radar a couple of thunderstorms, one moving down the potomac river. almost diminished completely and one thunderstorm moving through manassas and i-95. this will produce a little bit of light rain. and shower activity not far from the american legion bridge on the virginia side, but nothing crazy heavy a couple of l

larnell lyles was arrested this morning. brandon brown died a it will scene. >>> right now, zoo animals are on the loose in the country of georgia after this flood destroyed enclosures at the capital city zoo. animals like the hippo tigers, lions, everyone got out of their cages overnight. eight people were killed by the flooding including three zookeepers. >>> the party continues in the district today as capital pride celebrates 40 years. the theme this year -- flash back. still lots of events to head out to today. head over to our nbc washington app, get all the information you need. >>> a lot going on. the time right now, we're looking at 9:32. which means we need to see what's going on out there. >> i know. amelia segal is talking about the heat and the humidity. how does it feel out there? >> well, it feels nice if you're not working. a great pool day, great day to go get ice cream. right now definitely feeling very thick outside. the humidity running extremely high. that's going to continue to be the case through tuesd

not indicated to us at any time that she feared for her life from these two men. >> reporter: today lyle mitchell, who worked inside the prison's tailor shop with joyce, was questioned by investigators for two hours. he faces no charges. his attorney saying he does not support his wife. her attorney saying the opposite. >> he told me he was standing by her. that's what he told me face to face. >> reporter: the sheriff says the mitchells have only spoken once since her arrest. >> they both appeared rather composed given the gravity of what's going on. >> reporter: with the trail gone cold, police released new pictures of what the fugitives may now look like. >> we're concentrating our efforts not only in this vicinity but throughout the nation and beyond. >> reporter: there are now 200 fewer officers on the ground. many roadblocks and armed checkpoints are gone. no significant leads. not one single confirmed sighting in this million-dollar-a-day operation. >> the search still has to go on because there's nothing that suggests they got out of that area. >> reporter: resident jason donahue

and the two inmates richard matt and david sweat that once out of prison they would kill her husband lyle, but in an interview sunday clinton county district attorney andrew wiley would not confirm that there was any threat to mitchell's husband. he said joyce mitchell told investigators reason she didn't follow through with the get- away plan is that she was worried about her husband. >> that was one of her final statements that she made to us, that she did love lyle and that she didn't want to hurt him in that way. >> wiley said mitchell told investigators she was to pick up the two men at a power plant near the prison after they escaped, then drive in her four- wheel jeep to a location they did not reveal to her. mitchell is facing a felony charge for allegedly helping the two murderers. police are installing cameras and motion sensors in the woods near the prison. >>> republican jeb bush made it official today. the former florida governor announced he's running for president. >> jeb bush as you likely know is the son and brother of the last two republican presidents, but the 62-year-o

according to lyle matt even offered pills to "knock him out." >> she said i love my husband. i'm not hurting him and then i knew i was over my head and said i can't do this. >> lyle said his wife acknowledged the attention the inmates gave her and her involvement was a fantasy and she was a victim of matt's charm. but mitchell maybe more con than victim. a source familiar with the investigation said for several months mitchell routinely vouched for them bringing baked goods to guards in exchange for favors for the two inmates. the source saying mitchell went so far to ask that sweat's cell be moved next to matt's. the clinton correctional facility would not comment on whether mitchell requested the two be housed next to each other. a spokeswoman for the department of corrections said there are a number of ongoing investigations and until they have concluded we will not be able to provide information on issues that maybe up for review. prison policy under review. we are hearing the new york state inspector general has joined the investigation looking in to everything that went

. >> reporter: mitchell's husband, lyle worked in the same tailoring block as his wife. tuesday, he spent an hour visiting mitchell in jail and had a private, unmonitored visitation. she was comforted by the visit and he appeared supportive. >> he said he's standing by her. that's what he told me when i spoke to him. >> reporter: lyle's lawyer says he has no plans to testify on her behalf. both worked at the tailor shop mitchell had a sexual relationship with david matt dating back to 2013. a source with direct knowledge tells cnn joyce mitchell was aware of a plot to kill her husband by the prisoners and she warned him his life could be in danger. leading up to the elaborate escape investigators say mitchell may have agreed to be the duo's get away driver after matt and or sweat, then threatened her and her husband. >> thanks so much for that. we want to bring in sheriff david of clinton county new york. sheriff, thanks so much for being on "new day." we are hearing the search is expanding. what can you tell us? >> well the area that is have been searched the last 11 da

she then gave it to her husband lyle as a wedding anniversary. she was having a relationship with richard matt dating as far back as 2013. investigators also subpoenaed mitchell's cell phone records. the clinton county district attorney said she used it to speak with matt's daughter at least once. >> one of the items she was discussing or she advised us the purpose of that was to discuss paintings that matt wanted to do. >> do you anything about these escape plans? >> reporter: lyle mitchell says he had no knowledge of his wife's affair. and that it was only after matt and sweat broke out that joyce mitchell warned her husband the men also had been plotting to kill him. she's pleaded not guilty to charges related to the escape. >> reporter: with two convicted killers managing to break out of the correctional facility you cannot wonder what life has been like for the inmates inside the prison for the last two weeks. we are now learning from a source with knowledge of the facility that the prison's honor block has been shut down and converted to re

worried about her husband. >> that was one of her final statements that she made to us, that she did love lyle and that she didn't want to hurt him in that way. >> reporter: wiley revealed more details about the escape plan saying mitchell told investigators she was to pick up the two men at the power plant near the prison after they escaped. >> she was not advised of where it was but it was about seven hours away and they would need a four-wheel drive vehicle to get into that area. >> reporter: he says mitchell had a panic attack and went to the hospital instead. area residents are taking no chances. ken snyder lives along the search perimeter. >> that's deadbolted. there's a chair underneath it. and we have a rifle in the house where i can have quick access to it. >> reporter: mitchell had a new attorney, steve johnson who told us tonight she has not spoken to her husband and she is distraught. scott, when we asked the sheriff whether she's on suicide watch he told us they don't use the term, but a deputy is watching her at all times. >> pelley: and we're told the search for the men is costi

and the two men, richard matt and david sweat, that once out of prison they would kill her husband lyle. in an interview sunday, clinton county district attorney andrew wiley would not confirm there was any threat to mitchell's husband, but says she told investigators the reason she didn't follow through with the plan was that she was worried about her husband. >> that was one of her final statements, that she made to us, that she did love lyle and that she didn't want to hurt him in that way. >> reporter: wiley revealed more details about the escape plan, saying mitchell told investigators she was to pick upe the two men at the power plant near the prison after they escaped. >> she was not advised of whereit it was, but it was about seven hours away and they would need ay four-wheel drive vehicle to get into that area.te >> reporter: he says mitchell had a panic attack and went to the hospital instead. area residents are taking no chances. ken snyder lives along thesn search perimeter. >> that's dead bolted. there's a chair underneath it. and we have a rifle in the house where i can ha

>> for the first time we're hearing from a husband of a woman accused of helping the two escape, lyle told his story exclusively to matt lauer as the search intensifyies with help from the dna discovery. >> a damp dreary day in upstate new york saw the search for escaped murderer ss stirred up with a link to dna. >> it's all very heavy dense swampy area. it's difficult terrain. >> former fbi profiler says the men are likely still together. >> they need each other right now. it's not easy living on the run. no money, no credit cards no shelter. >> meanwhile the husband of the woman accused of helping the inmates escaped talked with matt lauer. >> there are so many thoughts running through my head. do i still love her? yes. am i mad? yes. >> lyle mitchell says he is convinced he would have been killed had his wife followed through on the plan to be the get away driver. >> if she had gone in that car with them? >> she would have been dead. they were going to kill her. they wanted that vehicle. >> his wife denies a sexual relationship with either inmate. she remains in custody while they