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Six people are now confirmed dead. cnn's polo sandoval is live on the scene. the warehouse took a direct hit. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? what's the latest? >> reporter: what we heard from ill know's governor is that local officials with look into this to see if anything else could have been done to see if there was anything to prevent what took place. just for background for our viewers, it was on friday evening when the tornado seemed to have zeroed in on this amazon shipping center, basically cutting right through it and causing these large concrete walls to collapse, eventua...
Inside, all the employees inside, could remain safe. and that included using bullhorns to make sure those employees can head to what's described as a shelter in place location in the interior of the building. but those amazon executives also making it clear that was not meant to serve as a storm shelter. this building, because of flooding concerns, does not have a basement. and technically it's not required to according to building codes. that's what we heard from state officials. perhaps this is certainly an opportunity to revisit those building codes and perhaps make changes in the future. o...
Partially collapse. polo sandoval is outside of that warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. what do we know about this investigation? and another one being done by the state of illinois. >> jake, referring to what the illinois governor j.b. pritzker announced that local authorities will be looking into what happened here on friday night. the governor here saying that natural disasters, they may not be able to be prevented but tragedies of this magnitude can. here's some background of what took place friday. some of those images from the last several days. it was an ef-3 tornado according to auth...
How they organize their routes that drivers take right turns more than left because a right turn is faster. we know they must be trying to prioritize speed when delivering. but what stuck out to you in amazon's handling of concerns that makes you think they might? >> i want to be clear, i wouldn't say amazon doesn't care about safety. i think it's more based on what we've discovered talking to current and former employees that excuse me, that amazon prioritizes speed over safety. so while they consider things about safety, they tend to baseded on our work, always choose the faster route and pu...