you will go bald you ll have high blood pressure you ll become an alcoholic and you ll want to kill yourself. he may site the stress of the job. the new york state of corrections won comment on the charges against gene palmer. a huge victory for president obama s health care law, obamacare. the supreme court ruled against another challenge to the law. the justices upheld tax credits for people who take part in the could pro gram even if their states do not. white house correspondent michelle kozinski has reaction. reporter: celebration outside the highest court and in a far more reserved way at the white house. the president and his chief of staff today is a victory for hardworking americans all across the country whose lives will continue to become more secure
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we start this hour in upstate new york. investigators there are now looking this to whether prison guards were routinely sleeping on the job during night shifts as two convicted killers planned and made their escape. if this is proven true it means david sweat and richard matt may have been unsupervised as they dug their way to freedom three weeks ago. a second prison worker gene palmer, is now charged in connection with the escape. palmer claims he did not intentionally help the men break out of jail. cnn s alexander field has been following the story and has more on gene palmer s alleged role in this crime. reporter: an official close to the investigation tells cnn gene palmer gave them needle nosed pliers to fix breakers
behind their cells allowing the two men to scout out their escape route. the tools later found at palmer s home after police executed a search warrant. palmer supervised matt and sweat while they worked on the breakers taking the tools back at the end of his shift. basically come forward and said i received paintings from matt or sweat. those are things obviously that you know he did not disclose until he got caught. reporter: in an interview with new york state police palmer said he didn t realize the assistance he provided to matt or sweat may have made their escape easier. palmer tells investigators he gave matt paint brushes and hamburger meat an in return he would receive elaborate paintings. according to court documents, palmer tried to destroy those painting by burning some in a fire pit and burying others in
nearby woods. he went on to say that life as a prison guard is as miserable as the life of the prisoners themselves. with the money they give you, you will become an alcoholic, divorce and kill yourself he is expected to appear thursday afternoon in court but now it is pushed forward until monday. alexandra field, cnn. our producer spoke to gene palmer earlier this week. he said palmer is upset and feels betrayed by the two killers. there s a sense of despair, sort of what did i do. he felt really, really bad. you could see the pain all over his face. at one point, he started to cry when he was thinking about his family. sort of what he did and what life would be like for him now. you know, this man was a
united states and around the world. you re watching cnn newsroom. and we begin with new developments in hour in the new york prison break. an official says investigators are looking into whether prison guards were sleeping when the two killers prepared their escape. if that happened that means david sweat and richard matt may have been unsupervised as they worked their way to freedom. the killer had been on the run now for three weeks. as the search continues to find the men, a second prison worker gene palmer is now charged in connection with the escape. palmer claims he did not intentionally help the men break out of the prison. palmer is expected to plead not guilty and is cooperating. cnn s brian todd has more details on this suspect whose been a prison guard for more than 27 years. reporter: gene palmer begins his legal fight. palmer faces charges of promoting prison contraband