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Had people on suicide watch for months. if necessary. if necessary. this was one of the highest-profile figures in the facility based on his charges, and based on his history, he should have had -- he should have been on permanent suicide watch until a determination was made by somebody that he'd be okay. but the buddy system should have been in place. and why he was alone, i don't know. keep in mind, ana, there's cameras on the north side and south side of that housing unit, so you're going to be able to see, one, the officers that did the bed checks, if they did or did not do them. you're go...

Suicide watch? why wasn't there a buddy system in place where he had somebody with him? and, you know, people have to keep in mind in that cell that he was in, there's a bunk bed. you know, a lot of people say, well, how did he hang himself, there's no hooks, there's no bars. i've seen a guy basically take a pair of nylon socks, laid down on a bed and choke himself out and kill himself. it happened in the manhattan house of detention many years ago. it can be done. you place the ligature, ligature goes around your neck, you step away from the bed -- >> which we don't want to necessarily descri...

That is just unheard of. but that's what we're dealing with right now and we'll keep an eye on the coast with savannah and charleston and what kind of surge they get, too. the sun is out for the moment in orlando. still windy but we think we've done pretty well all things considered if you go back five or six days earlier, shannon. >> shannon: i've been doing the bed checks on my family across the state. no damage for them but a lot of folks without power. we're glad they're safe and that you're safe, too. we'll check back in a little bit. >> jon: at the pentagon president trump and first lady...

A letter like that how does it make you feel? >> it shows he was planning his escape. i would like to know when what was the postmark? >> day before. >> it speaks for itself. >> clinton is going to change their policy how often they do bed checks and how often they check their tunnels. i spoke to a guy that did time. he said the changes, while they are in place and may work for a while, they won't stick. sooner or later, nerinertia is going to set in and things go baa to how they were. >> you have to make the changes and officers have to follow the policy. when they engage in undue unfamiliari...

This, gary hayward, a former corrections officer at rikers island. also he became an inmate himself after smuggling drugs while on the job. i want to start with the new security measures in place. i was talking to a former inmate this morning who told me for six months they'll do these things, they'll do more bed checks, check underneath the tunnels, but eventually inertia will take over, boredom will take over, and they'll be right back where they were. >> he's right because when i was a correction officer, one of the duties was randomly pick a cell and we had a rubber mallet which we had to ...