lyle mitchell has told the media that love is blind. well, i guess for joyce mitchell love was blind dumb and stupid, and apparently she had an attack of conscious but too late for conspiracy charge in my opinion. >> our special coverage of the manhunt for the murderers continues. up next, "on the record" takes you to the woods. we will take you to the same terrain where police are tracking the killers. plus, you are about to hear from the lawyer of joyce mitchell's husband. yes, the husband the one who was the target of the murder plot. that's coming up. it's part adrenaline and part adventure. it's part geek and part chic. it's part relaxation and part exhilaration. it's part sports car and part suv. and the best part? the 2015 gla. it's 100% mercedes-benz. so you're a small business expert from at&t? yeah, give me a problem and i've got the solution. well, we have 30 years of customer records. our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. my drivers don't have time to fill out forms. tablets. keep them all digital. we're look

they have a plan to do harm to lyle. she doesn't agree with that. she doesn't want lyle hurt. they start to threaten her. saying we are going to have someone hurt him any way, we will have someone hurt him in the facility or go to the house. you have to help us out. >> for a woman of many secrets, still some are unknown. the main one, is she telling investigators everything she knows, or does she have more information on where richard matt and david sweat were heading? creeping up on you... fight back with relief so smooth... ...it's fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... smoothies! only from tums. a good host, is a good host no matter where he's hosting. ♪ an hors d'oeuvre for the table? ♪ perhaps even an elegant gesture for the neighbors. ♪ stella artois host beautifully so you're a small business expert from at&t? yeah, give me a problem and i've got the solution. well, we have 30 years of customer records. our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. my

lyle was stunned when he heard all the details about the affair and the murder plot. and he feels betrayed by his wife. >> i hate to use a cliche, but you know, love is blind. >> reporter: lyle mitchell says he will not stand behind her anymore according to his attorney, and remains behind bars. she says she didn't want lyle to be hurt, complying she may have been coerced in helping the inmates. >> the way i understand it, she is still on board with the inmates, they have a plan against lyle, they start to threaten him, saying we're going to have somebody hurt him in the facility. you have to help us out. >> reporter: for a woman of many secrets, some are still unknown. the main one, is she telling investigators everything she knows? or does she have more information on where richard matt and david sweat were heading? body pain? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, i-can-totally-do-this- all-in-one-trip kind of woman. when pain tries to stop you, there's motrin. motrin works fast to stop pain where it starts. make it happen with new motrin liquid gels. motrin works fas

>> she never told lyle that she had sexual contact with either of them. she said they made advances but it never happened. lyle knows there have some notes going back and forth of a sexual nature nature. joyce offered to tell him what was many notes and he said he doesn't want to know. this is a woman he was in love with and he still loves. >> what is lyle's current employment status. is he still showing up at the jail? >> he wants to but he's on administrative leave until they call him back. he loves his job and wants to get back and wants everyone to know he had nothing to do with it and he's not trying to get her out of trouble in any way. he's making sure that he's telling the police everything he knows. >> does lyle or do you believe there was a point that he might have been able to know and might have been able to discover the plot which would have stopped the escape? >> no. cheeps on asking him the same questions. he keeps on saying how could i not have seen this. how could i not have seen what was going on here. i believe that if he had known befo

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she said i never leave nowhere without lyle never. he said well i'll give you some pills to give him to knock him out and you come pick us up. she said i am not doing that. i love my husband. i am not hurting him. she said i can't do this. >> reporter: another interesting note carol, lyle mitchell saying this morning he doesn't know whether or not he's going to support his wife or even potentially testify against her in court. >> was there any mention, boris, of the alleged sexual affair between joyce mitchell and these two inmates? >> reporter: well lyle told nbc this morning that his wife told him that richard matt had tried to kiss her several times, but she denied those advanced. and she told lyle that's as far as it got. >> and we have to talk about the tools smuggled in the hamburger meat. it's just so bizarre. did joyce mitchell allegedly have a part in that? >> reporter: potentially. investigators are trying to figure out whether or not she convince add guard atd a guard in the prison to pass the meat through, something that i

at the time lyle's attorney said that lyle confronted his wife joyce who denied the allegations. later david sweat approached lyle mitchell, according to the attorney, also denying those allegations. >> wow. and now on the fbi's most wanted list. >>> u.s. efforts to train moderate rebels have hit a snag. out of the 6,000 syrians that volunteered to be part of the program less than 200 have started training. there are a number of challenges including the risky process of getting the fighters out of syria to the training site. >>> the fate of the president's trade agenda in the hands of the senate. on thursday the house passed a revised bill to give the president fast track authority to send congress trade deals it could you approve or reject but not change now 14 senate democrats are withholding support until they are guaranteed the house will approve worker protection are the effects of the trade bill. >>> china shares down 6%. european shares higher too. european officials failed to strike a deal on a bailout program yesterday. there's an emergency summit of eu leaders on monday

. >>> now to that exclusive and frankly eye-opening interview with lyle mitchell who with his lawyer sat down with the "today" show's matt lauer to open up for the first time about his heartbreak over the allegations against his wife and his shock over learning of a plot to kill him. >> the instant you and your wife heard that richard matt and david sweat had escaped from clinton, what was her reaction and what was your reaction? >> i just couldn't believe it. her reaction she said "they really escaped?" and i left it at that. >> so at that point, lyle you had no reason to ask your wife do you know anything about this escape? >> no. no. no. and then the next morning she said the state police called. i said for what? they wanted to know something about a what are you talking about? she said i need to talk to the troopers. and an investigator come out and said mr. mitchell your wife has been more involved than she's letting on. what? and that's when she said that she brought apparently two hacksaw blades a philips and a chisel. oh my god. >> when did you finally ask her point blank, fa

lyle seems to be very truthful. they saw the vulnerability in here and used her every way they could, you know, with respect to the alleged tools that were brought in and now this frozen meat is in play that were tools snuck in that way. yeah, they certainly used her any way, you know they could. my questions for her would be you know i'd start off by saying, listen i probably know the answers to the questions i'm about to ask you and be truthful with me and continue from there. >> mitchell had a panic attack when those two guys were -- when they made the plan to pop up out of the manhole and for her to be the getaway car and she was in the hospital and didn't go with it. lyle mitchell says he feels she would be dead if she was the getaway driver. an officer at that prison on administrateive leave not charged or named a suspect in this case. do you think they're that good or they're just getting lucky at this point? >> yeah. i don't want to give them too much credit. i mean if joyce mitchell was their escape plan i

at the time lyle's attorney said that lyle confronted his wife joyce, who denied the allegations. later david sweat approached lyle mitchell, according to the attorney, also denying those allegations. >> thank you for that. time for an early start on your money. milestone for stocks the super charged nasdaq topped its peak set 15 year ago during the dotcom bubble with, apple, google, starbucks, powering the market higher. martha stewart's empire nearing a takeover. shares jumped 26% on news of a potential deal with retail licensing company. stewart formed the company in 1997. she stepped away briefly when she was indicted on securities fraud in 2003. the company now a fraction of what it was. it shuttered or sold its magazine and revenue has plunged. >>> breaking news this morning, the man accused of killing nine people at their charleston church behind bars. hear from the woman who helped police catch him next. a lot of peoplei didn't believe in me. but things took off when i got a domain and built my website all at godaddy. now i can tell the doubters to stick it. hey, honey. st

told us that lyle mitchell is in fact being questioned but he does not believe that lyle mitchell had any role in the escape plan. there are -- the attorneys for lyle mitchell as well as joyce mitchell have been dueling a bit. we spoke to joyce mitchell's attorney yesterday and i spoke to him again today. he said that lyle mitchell came to his office that he supports his wife joyce mitchell. but lyle mitchell's attorney says the complete opposite is true. we are hoping to speak or hear from lyle mitchell in the coming days. he has not gone to the press or spoken publicly so for now it's the dueling attorneys' statements as we wait for the news conference to begin here andrea. >> miguel we will carry that and check back with you after. thank you so much. >>> in politics hillary clinton is holding the first event of her second swing through south carolina today as a presidential candidate. it's the latest stop in a state that handed her a crushing blow in the 2008 primary against then senator barack obama. due in part to his success with the state's african-american voters and the endor

>> you feel sorry for him not lawyer, but sorry for lyle. you think how naive of these people. they were manipulated and how does he not understand that? how do you think that you weren't being used or your wife wasn't being used? >> supposedly these inmates wanted to drug him and possibly kill him, but for what reason? >> well i guess if joyce was really the only person they were dealing with okay i guess they figure joyce will pillow talk will talk to the husband about something at some point. if they get rid of the husband all they have left to do is get rid of joyce and i would imagine once they got the vehicle from her, that was the next move. they weren't taking her on a joy ride around the country. >> something else interesting that lyle mitchell said he said there was no sexual relationship between his wife and these inmates, just a few kisses exchanged. let's listen to that. >> and they'd give her a little attention, she said. 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 a little bit on things. >>

lyle went to visit his wife earlier this week. . his attorney said he had questions that needed answers. >> his questions are were you really going to -- were you really part of this plot to have me hurt. were you really part of this escape plot. what was really going on with these two individuals and you? i mean like i said he was in love with her. he had had no idea that she was having these conversations with other men. he's just devastated. >> according to investigators, joyce mitchell and richard mat say they had relationship. between her and sweat, that was investigated after there were reports of improper interactions. lyle confronted his wife joyce who denied the allegations. later david sweat approached lyle mitchell also denying those allegations. christine and john? >>> u.s. efforts to train rebels in the fight against isis have hit a snag. officials say out of the 6,000 syrians that volunteered less than 200 have started training. officials say there are a number of challenges for this delay including the risky process o

lyle mitchell's attorney saying on the night of the escape lyle and joyce left the prison where they work and stopped at a chinese restaurant for dinner. on the 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 she didn't want to go through with it. >> reporter: tonight many wonder if the inmates could even survive in the dangerous woods here in the area. officials telling me tonight they need to find these men dead or alive for closure. david? >> gio benitez tonight, gio, thank you. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. one of the top complaints of consumers in america, those unwanted robocalls and now text messages from them, too. the major crackdown tonight, and we're learning of the simple tool that could help you get them to stop. we'll have it for you right after the break. >>> also big news from the airlines tonight. the

>> lyle mitchell speaking out for the first time today with matt lauer. the white house is on the verge of a major change to u.s. hostage policies. it will have a very big impact on families who are waiting and hoping for the safety of their loved ones who are trapped in enemy hands far from home. nbc news has learned that the president will reveal tomorrow. our white house correspondent peter alexander's on the north lawn with details. peter, good evening. >> lester good evening to you. this policy shift comes in response to fierce criticism from those families who lost loved ones held captive by terrorist groups like isis and al qaeda. a senior administration official tells me that tomorrow president obama will announce that hostages' families can privately pay ransom money. basically, the government's going to look the other way and will not threaten to prosecute families that pay. the white house is also going to announce that it's creating what it's calling a hostage recovery fusion center. it will be based at the fbi. they'll also include a coordina

joyce tilly, the prison tailor mitchell and her husband lyle. and we learned the correctional facility has been shut down. and the search area has now changed. the latest on all of it from our randi kaye, who joins us. let's begin with the search area. shifting again. do they think these guys are still in the area of the prison? >> reporter: they do, anderson, and they're certainly hoping so. they've already searched 16 square miles, about 10,000 acres. the area is shifting, and that really is based on the 1,400 leads that they have now. the information that they're getting from those leads is telling them to shift to a different area. but still here nearby the prison, they're shifting the roadblocks, they're shifting the k9 units. the lead investigator told us they don't have any hard evidence that these guys have left town, that they're not in this area. they don't have any reports of a stolen car that they may have taken to get out of town. they're working off the evidence that they have, which tells them that they are still right here. and o

whiff lyle mitchell's attorney joining us. lyle mitchell is under arrest for allegedly aiding in this escape. peter, thanks for joining us. what can you tell us about your client in this particular case. what is he saying? >> i can fill in that lyle isn't under arrest or under suspicion. >> what is he? >> really an innocent bystander. he's been questioned by the police. however there's no plans to arrest him at this point. >> his wife joyce mitchell is under arrest correct? >> yes, she's currently incarcerated. >> did he have to post bond? >> no he didn't. he didn't get arrested at all. >> what are authorities telling you about this individual? >> about lyle? >> yeah. >> they're telling me right now that he's been fully cooperative. we've made the authorities aware that he's continuing to offer his cooperation in any way that he can. >> does he believe that his wife aided these two guys? their escape? >> he does. he's spoken to his wife and gone back to the police with all the information that she's given him. >> because he's

all of this unknown to lyle mitchell who worked in the same tailor shop. investigators are also looking at other prison employees, and their possible role in the escape. one thing they are considering is whether or not any of the other prisoners may have created some type of diversion before during or after matt and sweat escaped. >> i really don't get how no staff person heard the steel being cut in the back of both of cells, but let's assume no officer heard it a prisoner heard it and in a well-run prison he would have ratted them out. >> reporter: jake a little more about joyce's attorney and the alleged plot he said just because she heard something about it doesn't mean she is was going to act on it going on to say, i don't believe she was involved in any attempt to kill her husband. jake. >>> there are still so many unanswered questions surronalding this brazen prison break. did the fugitives force joyce mitchling into cooperating with them? was her husband lyle aware definitively of his wife's relationship with the fugitives? joining some el to talk

he said that when lyle left he appeared distraught. i also asked the sheriff about the visitor or the inmate that he had joist mitchell, and here is what he told us about when joyce was in his custody. take a listen. >> she has been really calm as far as her demeanor goes. she is being supervised on a direct supervision. that's one-on-one, one officer and one detainee. and we do that as precautionary measure. it's a very high profile case. everybody throughout the county has some degree of tension as i'm sure she does. so we want to keep her closely monitored for any physical conditions that may arise, stress, panic anxiety, anything of that nature so that we are right there. we don't want to pick up on it an hour later and having other problems. >> now it's important greta, that you know that lyle mitchell has an attorney now. peter do du moss. is he not under arrest we confirmed with the d.a. they are they are looking at as they are trying to figure out who was involved with it when lyle was meeting with joyce, was there any animosit

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 different scene even than just a few days ago. the road blocks are gone kids are going back to school. they're no longer doing door-to-door searches in the direct vicinity. they're now doing an intelligence-based search that will work off tips only and that could broaden it not just in this area but across the country, potentially. meanwhile, joyce mitchell still sits behind bars. no one has posted her $1 million bail and her husband, lyle has been questioned by authorities this morning. he has not been charged and he doesn't suspect there will be charges. his wife joyce mitchell is behind bars, accused of helping two convicted murderers escape allegedly having affairs with both behind prison walls. lyle mitchell's attorney tells nbc news his client is shell-shocked, seen for the first time in public on tuesday. mitchell visited his wife in jail. joyce's lawyer said thi

brown had been trying to find and kill lyles over a $20 debt. charging documents say lyles told the children to watch it before he opened fire on brown in front of the children. >>> sentencing today i for the man who jumped the white house fence and made it inside the executive mansion. the lawyer for omar gonzalez is asking that he be sentenced to time served and says he deserves leniency because of his army service. gonzalez has been in jail for nearly nine months since his re arst last september. his arrest was one of several secret service security breaches that led to julia pierson's resignation as director of the agency. >>> the new soccer stadium for d.c. you nighted could end up displace something people living in southwest. the proposed site at buzzard point is surrounded by industrial buildings and a couple of low income housing developments. according to our partners at wnew, if the city can't reach -- if they can't reach a deal, the city may seize the property using eminent domain. ward 6 councilman charles allen says he's hopeful a

same source telling cnn there may have been some sort of a murder plot to murder mitchell's husband lyle, and perhaps she felt threatened herself at some point and that she may have been coerced to being the get-away driver and investigators looking more closely at lyle mitchell to see if he knew anything at all about the escape plan and his attorney telling cnn on tuesday that he knew nothing about the escape plan or the murder plot. we could also tell you, lyle mitchell did visit joyce mitchell when she was in custody out here on tuesday. that visitation lasted for about an hour. there was no physical contact between the two of them. they were separated by a glass partition and spoke over the phone. joyce mitchell, as for her, she was being held here not too far from here and moved to another facility to the south near albany. as for that massive manhunts, that is very much under way. more than a thousand leads, but still no sign of these two men. christine, it seems the trail has gone somewhat cold. >> remarkable. jason carroll, thank you so much. >>> tropical storm bill downgrade to

lyle and joyce mitchell. yes, we have. >> you didn't ask her do you know anything about this escape? >> no, no no. next morning, she said the state police called. i said for what? they want to know about a package. i said package? i said what are you talking about? she said i need to talk to the troopers. investigator said, mr. mitchell, your wife has more involved than what she is letting on. what? that's when he said that she apparently two hacksaw blades phillips bit and a chisel. oh my god. >> when did you finally ask her point-blank face to face? >> that night on the way home. >> did you say did you help these two prisoners escape? >> i said how can it happen? she said this i was scared. she said i have something else to tell you. i said when's that? she said their plan was to kill you. i said what? they wanted her to come pick them up. >> she admitted to you at that moment that the once these two escaped from clinton and made their way to that manhole -- >> yep. >> she was supposed to be the one to pick

>> reporter: brooke we're talked about lyle mitchell. i just spoke to the district attorney and he told me that lyle mitchell is being looked at in this case of the escapees. i asked him, point blank, was lyle mitchell involved? he says they are getting information through interviews that he could have been involved or at the very least, he did have knowledge of this planned escape. he says they have information on his role and the part that he played. those were his exact words. i'm quoting him. also i should note brooke that lyle mitchell works at this prison at the clinton correctional facility. not only does he work there, brooke but he works in the very same block with his wife joyce mitchell and that richard matt one of the suspects the very same block that the other suspect david sweat had also worked in as well. brooke? >> also looking at a very rainy day. perhaps that could be good news because these two don't exactly know how to survive in the wilderness especially when it's colder and rainier. randi kaye thank you so much. we'

she said i never leave nowhere without lyle. never. he said i will give you some pills, they give him to knock him out and you come pick us up. she said i am not doing that i love my husband. i am not hurt hadding him. then i knew i was over my head. she said i can't do. this and then she told me started threatening her inside the facilities was going to do something 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. she said she would have never gone through with it that's what she told me. that she really loved me and she was in too deep. >> the "on the record" legal panel joins us. former homicide detective and criminal defense attorney ted williams is still with us. now we have former prosecutor katie phang. katie, that last question by matt lauer, why would they want to kill you? and the answer was just, i don't know, something is just not quite right in this story. >> you know, somebody lost out

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do you know anything about whether joyce mitchell's husband lyle was also involved? >> we have information that's coming through through interviews that he possibly could have been involved or at least had knowledge of what was happening. >> reporter: any idea what his role might have been? >> we have information on what part of his role would be i hate to keep saying this to everyone but this is an investigation obviously not only taking them back into custody, but pursuing other people that were involved. >> reporter: it's unclear if lyle mitchell has been interviewed by authorities as he wife has, but he works at this prison in maintenance. not only did she work here at the prison but he works in the very same tailoring block that his wife worked with where she got to know so well the two escapees richard matt and david sweat. >> curiouser and curiouser. thank you very much randi. miguel marquez is also there. tell us more on this lead from the gas station. >> reporter: it's not clear how it will play into the searching, but a search just west of where we are is s

she said i will never leave without lyles. he said well, i'll give him pills. she said i am not doing that, i love my husband. i am not hurting him. and then i was over my head. >> one of the other headlines, lyle, that came out, was that your wife, joyce, had a sexual relationship with one or both of these inmates. >> absolutely not. >> absolutely, she swore on her son's life, she swore she never, n the back of that car and had she shown up in the getaway car, that both of you would be dead right now? >> absolutely 100%. >> and if she had gotten in that car -- >> she would have been dead within half an hour, i figure. the getaway, they were going to kill her, they were, and all they wanted was that vehicle. >> is she a trustworthy person, lyle? >> i like to believe at times -- in my heart, do i believe she would hurt me? no. >> so there is that and all of the rest of today's developments. did that make any sense to you? >> i don't think -- the people involved in this, i don't mean to be unkind. i don't think there are a lot of geniuses who are involved in this

same source telling cnn there may have been some sort of a murder plot to murder mitchell's husband lyle, and perhaps she felt threatened herself at some point and she may have been coerced to being the get-away driver and investigators looking more closely at lyle mitchell to see if he knew anything at all about the escape plan and his attorney telling cnn on tuesday that he knew nothing about the escape plan or the murder plot. we could also tell you, lyle mitchell did visit joyce mitchell when she was in custody out here on tuesday. that visitation lasted for about an hour. there was no physical contact between the two of them. they were separated by a glass partition and spoke over the phone. joyce mitchell, as for her, she was being held here not too far from here and moved to another facility so the south near albany. that massive manhunt is very much under way. more than a thousand leads, but still no sign of these two men. christine, it seems the trail has gone somewhat cold. >> they could be anywhere. thank you for that, jason carroll. >>> tropical storm bill downgrade to do a t

according to court documents a witness says lyles told several children to watch it pulled a revolver from his waistband and shot brown. >> how chose were your children? >> they were right there. >> are you worried about your children? >> i am. they are asking me questions i can't answer, why did god let it happen? other parents with children there are concerned about the impact it is having. >> i'm very upset. it was you know, i i never seen anything like that. so i can imagine a 7-year-old, you know seeing that kind of stuff. detectives quickly identified the suspect from witness accounts, they also have surveillance video from a camera in the parking lot. they got a arrest warrant, they located the suspect, 27-year-old larnell lyles at a residence in walkersville maryland and arrested him about 4 a.m. sunday morning. lyles is charged with first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony. >> when officers arrived, they were able to -- they started life-saving efforts with ems. unfortunately, they were not successful and they pronounced the victim, mr. brandon b

today that lyle knew of his wife's relationship with an inmate and when he was visiting his wife in jail this week his lawyer said he wanted answers about how she could have done all of this. his attorney adds, lyle cannot stand by his wife through this. >>> after months of speculation pope francis released his call to action and did not sugar-coat it. it was a call to action on climate change. the pope warning that the earth is becoming quote an immense pile of filth. and saying we must reduce what he calls compulsive consumerism. he also says rich nations must reduce fossil fuel use to poor quote an ecological debt to poor and developing nations. >>> the $10 bill is getting a makeover and for the first time in a century, a woman's face will appear on u.s. paper currency. beginning in 2020 a woman will replace alexander hamilton on the $10. the woman has not been chosen but earlier this year a vote was held as part of a grass-roots campaign and harriet tubman was the favorite. >>> and we have some news of our own you may have heard about today. nbc news announced that starting mond

steven johnson says lyle is not speaking publicly but is supporting and standing by his wife. johnson 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 there's no doubt in my mind that they would have foun

and we're hearing a little bit from lyle mitchell's attorney. lyle mitchell is the husband of joyce mitchell, the woman accused of helping two convicts escape. his attorney says that lyle has a lot of questions now about the woman he thought he knew. >> this is a woman that's been his best friend for 21 years. he's still in love with her. i can tell you that but he's just in shock now. he doesn't want to help her right now, but he's also still feeling that emotion that you know he cares about her. >> reporter: lyle mitchell has not been charged with anything. prosecutors say there's no evidence that links him to the plan at this point, but investigators did collect several items from the mitchell's household including two paintings made by richard matt. they collected joyce mitchell's cell phone and a car the couple used to take to and from work at the clinton correctional facility. life here starting to return to normal in the aftermath of this escape. we're told that the lockdown has been lifted which means inmates will no longer be required t

it's lyle mitchell. how much did he know? if he was in charge of maintenance in that same tailor shop perhaps that's how she got blueprint to give to the guys. that's how she got the tools. maybe he suspected, but he isn't complicit. i'm interested to hear his perspective. >> the fact that they charged her now, they didn't charge the husband, they are charging her, what does that mean in the broader sense of are there other people out there that might have helped them? i go back to the point of they drained her dry in your words. that wasn't enough to find them. she doesn't know exactly where these guys are. >> i'm wondering how many people do know. they have been out long enough now that whatever their -- >> seven days. >> whatever their initial plan was, it may have been varied by weather or by the pursuit of the police. they could be in a different area than they originally planned to go to. >> it's just stunning. casey, in terms of the husband, you suspected him of being involved. i want to understand the motivation. if i

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. >> she told me that matt wanted to her pick him up and she said i never leave -- without lyle never. she said i'll give you some pills to give him to knock him out and then you can come pick us up. she said i can't do this. then she told me he started threaten that somebody inside the facility would harm me or kill me or -- >> 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. >> jason, thanks for that this morning. >>> the cyberattack lawmakers are calling the most devastating in our nation history. a senate committee saying no one in her agency is blamed for the breach to compromise the personal files of 18 million federal workers including white house spokesman josh earnest. it's believe china is behind the

according to lyle matt offered her pills to knock him out. she said i love my husband, i am not hurting him. she said, i can't do this. >> lyle says his wife acknowledged he liked the attention the inmates gave her. and her involvement was more of a fantasy, that she was a victim of matt's charm. mitchell may be more con than victim a source familiar with the investigation says for several months mitchell routinely vouched for matt and sweat at the prison bringing baked goods to guards in exchange for favors. the same source said mitchell went as far as to go to prison officials and ask that sweat's cell be moved next to matt's. the clinton correctional facility would not comment on whether mitchell requested the two inmates be housed next to each other. the spokeswoman says there are a number of ongoing investigations. and that until they have concluded. we will not be able to provide information on issues that may be under review. erin there will be a review of prison policy. one of the many agencies looking into everything that happened at

they start she doesn't want lyle hurt. they start threatening her, saying we're going to have someone hurt him anyway. we're going to have someone go to the house and hurt him, you have to help us out. it gets to the day of the escape and she starts feeling chest pains in the car with lyle. they get done work they're driving home they stop and have chinese food on the way home. she says she's starting to feel chest pains, her face is getting flush, lyle decides she has to go to the hospital. at that point he doesn't know she's involved in this whole plot. he doesn't know about the escape at that point. >> out front tonight, you heard him talking about joyce's abandoning the escape plan. she was their plan b what do you think their plan a was? >> it's easy to theorize what may or may not happen. especially when this all comes to closure, you're going to have a lot of people out there that say, i knew that's what was going to happen. it's difficult, one would have to imagine that with this methodical a plan as detailed as it

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

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 threaten that somebody inside the facility would 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? >> jason carroll, thanks. >>> francois finished a new meeting with his defense council over new revelations the u.s. spy odd him and his predecessors. wik spying reportedly spanned a period from 2006 to 2012 and charged with cabinet ministers and the french ambassador to the united states. a statement from the french defense council calls the eavesdropping unacceptable. >> where is your french line there? >> exactly. french are upset about this. the question is how upset? upset enough to do something abo

but wyllie 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? >> 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: >> we should let the community know since we don't have concrete lead our means to success is keep everybody motivated and look the number of police on the ground has been reduced but place say that is because they no longer have a perim terto secure. >> 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 own his calf but was not seriously injured. last night, hunter treshull, a 16-year-old who lost his left arm to a shark in north carolina on second gave us all a lesson in gallantry. >> i can try to live my life the way i was and make an effort to do that, even though i don't have an arm or i can kind of just let this be c