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Cooked up for him. the guard gene palmer has spoken to one of our producers. the latest on that. we are also learning even more including what he told new york state police about the favors he did for matt and david sweat. and in addition mr. palmer has a new attorney. he has also got a new court date. and alexandra field has the the latest on all of it including breaking news yet one more factor that may have helped sweat and matt prepare their escape. alexandra, what have you learned? good evening, anderson. cnn learned that investigators are now looking at whether prison guards on the honor block may have been sleeping during their evening shifts which would have potentially allowed richard matt and david sweat to prepare for they escape unsupervised. the inspector general s office launched a full investigation. they have been onsite at the prison. they re trying to determine whether and what extent any prison protocols may have been breached. at the same time gene palmer is speak ....
Nbc s tom costello has more. a train wreck, five cars on its side. reporter: as they released recordings of the transmission, engineer william rockefeller was described by his union as distraught. after years of working on the evening shifts, we started with a new start time at 5:00 a.m. moments after the accident, he told police he zoned out. a friend and co-worker says rockefeller has always been dedicated to safety. i don t know how he s coping with the fact that he may have been spinl for the death of four people and 63 people i i can t imagine that. knowing the personality he is. that will weigh on him for the rest of his life. reporter: engineer rockefeller was in a second day of then hours. the question for the ntsb, was he asleep or sleep deprived. ....
Some items that are getting deep discounts today. things are lightening up. but what is unique, 6:00 a.m., there were 50 people lined up outside the big box store. you were another early riser, we re sorry. it s been an issue for some workers. we ve heard of protests at some stores, even threats of strikes. have you talked to worker there s upset to be dragged in today? reporter: well, there s a couple of tales going on here. all of the workers we have spoken to say they are happy to be getting time and a half. they need the money. great holiday pay. but this is the morning shift. they say, okay, we can compromise, make extra money, work the morning, because we want to be home with families come back later today, those employees working in the evening, they re not going to be happy. a lot of workers say some of them had evening shifts and switched to try to get the morning shift so they could be home with families later today. ....
standing ovation. the general assembly overwhelmingly accepted to vote for the credentials of the country s new leadership which promises to form a new government in ten days. those are the headlines. i m zain verjee, and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina des santos. this is world business today. these are your top stories on wednesday, september 21st. a disastrous day for insurers, earthquakes and extreme weather send lloyd s of london deeply into the red. flights, trains and work shifts are canceled in japan as typhoon roke makes landfall. and better maritime security forces somali pirates to change their business model. so plenty to come on this jam-packed show. we ll check the markets for you. first let s have some positive news to consider. the greek government says that it s made progress in its talks with the european commission, the international monetary fund and the european central bank. these three institutio ....
News is they fired the top guy. but one hour of rest will not change anything. every time this comes up and an ininvestigative reporter finds this at an faa center it is swept under the carpet but i think this time around the faa administrator, will not let it get under the carpet. eric: they talk about union rules and, let me walk people through the situation, the 2-2-1 schedule, you do two day shifts and two evening shifts and one overnight shift and come in monday at 3:00 and stop at 11:00 and next days, come in at 2:00 and stop at 10:00 p.m. and you have a nine hour shift and come back in at 7:00 a.m., to 3:00. and back in at 6:00 a.m., to 2:00, and, then, 2:00 day, you are back at 10:00 p.m and you leave at 2:00, back at 10:00 p.m., only 8 hours, you have to go home, make dinner with your wife and you have the kids and, you have three hours of sleep that night? yes, this is allowing ....