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Jeff bezos recently said that he wants to do things differently and the question is now, how far will he go? >> reading about this is a business story. you can almost imagine a sort of evil genius on the business side thinking boy i wish i had that. i wish i had the ability to treat workers that disposable. to automate all of their interactions with the company. to have them get hired by a machine and fired by a machine, and have them not have anybody to call and complain, and i can just turn th...

Before the pandemic, amazon was losing 3% of its hourly workforce every week which means 100 and 50% turn over a year. their entire workforce was completely turning over in less than a year. one former amazon employee telling the new york times about what it means for a company as biggest amazon to churn through its entire huge workforce once or twice a year. he says, quote, you need to have eight, nine, 10 million people apply each year. thats about 5% of the entire american workforce. the comp...

Through at least the american workforce in the way that is going to force them to change. they cant just keep doing this. the on ten millions americans were going to apply for these jobs every year. if this is what the jobs are like. >> there were some courageous veterans who went on the record with my colleague karen weiss. why they told karen in seattle is that they are deeply worried. they are worried about amazon running out of workers and theyre also running -- some basis idea like the idea...

Reach somebody from amazon to find out what happened. most of the calls and emails went unanswered and then finally she got someone on the phone who agreed it was an error and reinstated the payments. but then she got an email from amazon addressed to her husband that made no sense and said quote, we notified your manager in hr wrap about your return to work on october 1st 2020. what? mr. castillo cannot eat or talk let along work. how is he gonna go back to work? especially since the company no...

Everybody -- were just on edge. >> i like how the smart shoppers did not intervene. >> you intervene. were standing around watching this? whos this? >> this is pretty aggressive teej. i dont know. >> look. look weve got spectators here. >> you know what the problem might have been, teej? >> ive got to hear this. >> it was a sad day for toy lovers. maybe they heard the news. okay out of new york city. this is painful. this is painful. >> it is. in new york city the fao schwarz, the flagship sto...

Minnesota, tim walz. >> if you are scratching your head wondering what the va is spending their money on there is this. three parking complexes at a new denver facility with a $180 million bill just for the park. ainsley? peter doocy live for us this morning. thank you peter. >> well amazon prime day mega sale was billed to be even bigger than black friday. we talked about that yesterday. the sites lightning deals werent that electric. our sister network fox business is here with what shoppers...

Are there good deals on the sale? >> definitely on the big-name electronic items, on the cheapest laptop the cheapest tv the cheapest tablet, its right in the ballpark or better. >> reporter: amazon says they continue to introduce new deals throughout the day to keep up with the demand. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. all right, were going to turn to the espys in just a moment. well have the winners, the jokes and the fashion. >> in "the skinny," up next. "world news now" continues afte...

Where he went, through this underground tunnel, 30 feet below ground. this modified motorcycle used to move dirt and build that tunnel. he ended up right here at this half-built house. we got a firsthand look at the tunnel. >> all right, were inside. >> reporter: the first room equipped with this giant generator to power lights in the tunnel, equipment that helped el chapo make his great escape. several officers have told us off camera that they may never found el chapo again. gio benitez, abc n...