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New developments in the death of jeffrey epstein. "new york times" is reporting that two staff members guarding epstein failed to check on him for about three hours on the night that he died by suicide. we know that the guards are required to check on him every 30 minutes. so what were they doing? thats one of many things that the justice department is investigating. the justice department has also reassigned the warden at the corrections center for the time being, and two guards were not sure i...

Defect. but if there is a real possibility that there is -- theyre inching forward and that is part of the reason he also said he wasnt going to put -- i think it was 25% on the tariffs which would have been tough on the economy. there are things that the president can do and i wont panic. i agree, calling a recession is a fools game as most economists will say. it is a indicator and then -- on the yield. and then the markets dropping, weve had this before and corrections in the market. it doesn...

All of a sudden get corrections officers the next day. but its been going on for years and its gotten worse and worse and worse. and that union more than a year ago, theres a magnificent woman who runs the officers union named serene greg. and she more than a year ago said this is a serious situation. and when i talked to her yesterday, she said, you know, it was inevitable what was going to question. it was just a question of who. >> a matter of who was going to be able to do what he did over t...

And what that is a group of firefighters trained into handling critical incident stress. and theyre in the process of now of talking to everybody that was on the scene in case anybody has an issue. were dealing with it right away. >> when it comes to the home as weve learned there was one smoke detector in the attic. there were regular inspections. weve seen the latest one in december which mentioned some corrections but the inspection didnt mention any concerns with fire safety. based on what y...

That down the line just cant be bothered to fully staff the federal bureaucracy with competent people who can identify problems like those that were starting to learn about at the metropolitan corrections center. and do something about it. and that didnt happen here. i believe theres an acting director of the federal bureau of prisons, i believe theres no number two. its just -- you know, its a tragic example of the kind of rot we are seeing in a lot of places in the government. >> well continue...

Any time we short strip one of those three tiered legs of the stool its corrections. understand theres 3.2 million people incarcerated in this country. 7.3 million but still for this to happen, the special housing unit, a man who had been on suicide watch for a week, it is simply unconscionable. >> so he worked for the fbi. theyve got agents down now on the u.s. virgin islands and thats where we saw his elaborate home. what are thigh doing there and looking for him and why because the criminal c...

Named acting warden of the ncc new york. bureau of prisons placed on administrative leave two staff assigned to mr. epsteins unit pending the outcome of the investigation. additional action may be taken as the circumstances warrant. seems like this is part of the investigation, proper procedure? >> yes. couple points for viewers. the standard, if there was to be a suit against these representatives of the state, the warden, thats deliberate indifference. thats much higher than negligence. second...

And is not terribly atypical in the world of corrections. but not with jeffrey epstein. lets look at the facts. first of all, hes accused of human trafficking and sexual assault on young girls. among many other things, he extremely well connected. hes a billionaire. for predatory inmate to take out the likes of a jeffrey epstein, thats a badge of honor. the minute he walked in the door, he was a security threat and therefore should have been isolated. >> dana: can i ask you where he was held. me...

Hour, okay. now i believe all corrections do a good job, they should make tours at frequent intervals. but on the midnight tour, your best friend is your flashlight. you have to go in and look at every cell, check for respirations -- >> every half hour? >> no, constantly. when i was a correction officer in 1982, i would do it at frequent intervals. youre mandated to do it every half hour. had he been on suicide watch, he would have been on a 15-minute watch sheet. >> but if he had been, this is ...

Child. >> not how about you. ainsley: im the middle child. lets celebrate me today. are you the middle child. griff: im the baby. spoistled according to my brother and sister but i disagree with the characterization. pete: ainsleys day as it should be every day on "fox & friends." we do have some news this morning. we will start with a fox news alert driven guard assigned to keep watch on jeffrey epsteins cell assigned to work overtime shifts ahead of apparent suicide. griff: comes ahead of the ...