tasked with guarding jeffrey epstein surrendered to the fbi tuesday charged with one count of conspiracy for working together in a cover-up and five counts of falsifying records. new york federal prosecutors alleged both tova noel and michael thomas falsified documents indicating they were checking on prisoners in the special housing unit of the metropolitan correctional center including epstein. every 30 minutes as mandated when in reality, they were not. in fact, according to the indictment, the guards never checked on epstein once in the eight hours between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. when epstein s body was discovered with a noose around his neck. instead of doing their jobs, prosecutors say the guards appeared to be asleep for approximately two hours, sat at their desk, browse the internet for furniture sales and moved around the common area all while epstein was inside his cell just about 15 feet from the guard s desk. a lawyer for one of the guards
internet for furniture sales and benefit websites and moved around the common area while epstein was inside his cell just about 15 feet from the guards desk. lawyer for one of the guards says they are being scapegoated. this incident was a black eye on the entire bureau of prison. meantime, today the director of federal bureau of prisons dr. kathleen hossler was grilled on capitol hill. has anybody had bop yet been disciplined or terminated for their conduct that led to the jeffrey epstein death? we re still waiting for the conclusion of the investigation center. we have some bad staff. we want rid of those bad staff who don t do their jobs. we want them gone one way or another, either for prosecution or by termination. director sawyer so confirmed the criminal investigation into epstein s death is ongoing. the fbi is involved and they are looking criminal enterprise, he asked. the director says she has not seen any evidence that indicates epstein was murdered,
prosecutors say the guards appeared to be asleep for approximately 2 hours, sat at their desks, browsed the internet for furniture sales and moved around the common area while epstein was inside his cell just about 15 feet from the guards desks. a lawyer for one of the guards says they are being, quote, scapegoated. this was a black eye in the entire prison. reporter: the director of the federal bureau of prisons, doctor sawyer, was grilled on capitol hill. has anybody been disciplined or terminated for the conduct that led to the jeffrey epstein that? still waiting for the conclusion of the investigation. we have some bad staff, we want rid of those bad staff who don t do their job. we want them gone by prosecution or termination. reporter: director sawyer confirms the criminal investigation into epstein s death is ongoing. is the fbi is involved they are looking at the enterprise.
fixes our asylum laws. of the house passed its own $4.5 billion humanitarian aid package, which was a 230-195 vote last night, but it faces a veto threat from president trump. the expectation is that the house bill will fail in the senate this afternoon, and that the senate bill will get broad bipartisan support. that would put the pressure back on the house. harris? harris: wow. 5,000 people a day, as he was saying. we are on track now for 1.2 million people perhaps by the end of the year. that s a lot. mike emanuel, thank you very much. employees at the online retailer wayfair are expected to walk off the job a few minutes from now. they said 1:30 p.m. eastern. they are protesting furniture sales to migrant detention facilities. are there demands fair? we will get into it. and later, dramatic video showing georgia deputies saving a newborn baby abandoned in the
on trump. you wanted a guy who would change washington. is he changing washington? yes, i believe he is. but it s going to take more time. reporter: retired marine bob smith, another democrat who backed the president. see, i thought he was going to be a flash. i told everybody else that he was going to be a flash, a bolt of lightning. is it? the bolt of lightning fizzled out a little bit. when you hear all the outrage about this president, what do you want to say to those people? shut up. my biggest frustration is people aren t backing him, giving him a chance. in trump county his policies resonate but his personality doesn t. in our new poll he gets high marks for ordering air strikes in syria and aggressively responding to north korea. still, most popular, his effort to keep jobs in america. jack says his furniture sales have improved since the election. why is that? i think they feel better. i think they think there s hope. it seems like we were hopeless before