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logs for staff and regular visitors into and out of the west wing. president biden for his part not talking about it. deferring all questions to the secret service. listen. [shouted questions] >> gillian: mark morgan says someone could be intentionally hindering the investigation. he tells the daily mail, quote, they know who comes in and when they come in, theyre checked and are video cameras everywhere? are they able to talk to the people they would need to without any roadblocks? le...

Newly released video shows a guard resembling abbott just 24 hours before. at the start of the tape the unidentified man is seen backing up his car to the museum side entrance. after the first guard leaves to do his security rounds, the man outside approaches the museum. the guard at the desk faces the buzzer, but the man doesnt enter. instead, he returns to his car and turns on the parking lights. after, he heads back to the museum and is once again buzzed inside. this time he does enter throug...

Inside. this time, he does enter through the same door the thieves would enter through the very next night. the man appears to go through some paperwork at the guard desk, then disappears for about three minutes inside the museum. out of view of this particular security camera. its unclear what he was doing, or why he was there in the middle of the night. investigators want to know if this video was some sort of dry run for the real thing. they say the car, seen in the video, even matches the ge...

Moment rick arrived at work. he learned his usual partner had called in sick. they couldnt find anyone else so they paired him with a daytime gallery guard. >> when i got there, my partner was there -- or, well, i into you him. i didnt know him very well. i knew him from just around in the locker room and he was -- im told the only person they could get. so i figured id take the first round. >> reporter: that first round takes longer than usual. the fire alarm goes off for no apparent reason. so...

Hope they dont burn the place down. >> reporter: he couldnt see, couldnt hear and he had no idea what was happening upstairs. all he knew was that his museum was unguarded and about to be robbed. it all happened so fast, he never had a chance to hit the one panic button by the guard desk. he knew no one was coming to help. did thieves know that as well? it appears they did, since they were in no rush to get out. >> it is interesting. they took the guards after they handcuff and tape them and bro...

So they paired him with a daytime gallery guard. >> when i got there, you know, my partner was there. well, i knew him. i didnt know him very well, i knew him from just around the locker room. he was im told the only person they could get. so i figured i would take the first round. >> that first round takes longer than usual. the fire alarm goes off for no apparent reason. so does another alarm on the fourth floor. after all that, rick returns. and the gallery guard takes his turn making the rou...

Realized how vulnerable he really was. >> i was panicking. i didnt realizes i was panicking but i was completely panicking. >> the thieves lead rick and his partner down to the basement to different areas. rick is taken to the boiler room and cuffed to an electrical box. his eyes and mouth were duct taped and he feared for his life. >> he was afraid that they were going to set the place on fire after they were done. maybe because i was right across from the boiler. but that was my predominant fe...

It all happened so fast he never had a chance to hit the one panic button by the guard desk. he knew no one was coming to help. did the thieves know that, as well? it appears they did. since they were in no rush to get out. >> half as interesting, they took the guards after they handcuffed them and taped them and brought them into the basement. about 24 minutes elapse, though, before we see them again. >> reporter: motion detectors placed throughout the building picked up their trail for nearly ...

Contact the outside world. his only way to prevent what was about to happen. in a matter of minutes the two thieves had both night watchmen completely under their control. >> finished cuffing me and he cuffed my partner. and very dramatically said gentlemen, this is a robbery. >> reporter: the thieves lead rick and his partner document to the basement to different areas. it all happened so fast he never had a chance to hit the one panic button by the guard desk. he knew no one was coming to help...

After they were done. that was my -- maybe because i was right across from the boiler. but my predominant fear was god, i hope they dont burn the place. >> reporter: he couldnt see. couldnt hear. and he had no idea what was happening upstairs. all that he knew was that his museum was unguarded and about to be robbed. it all happened so fast, he never had a chance to hit the one panic button by the guard desk. he knew no one was coming to help. did the thieves know that as well? it appears they...