i think the biggest thing was to actually see gene palmer. we hadn t seen him before. he did not enter a plea in this court and his attorney said that they were waving any more appearances. this is a very small court. this is justice court. now they are going now to county court. the district attorney said he will be convening a grand jury and taking it to the grand jury maybe not until a month from now because he has a new attorney and he wants him to have time to learn the case. what palmer s demeanor like during the proceeding? reporter were asking him questions on the way and he was not saying anything and he seemed stoic. that s a good word stoic. he seemed frozen in court. he seemed distressed uncomfortable and very scared to tell you the truth. he didn t speak to anyone except for the judge when i had to say a few words. when he arrived the media here absolutely surrounded him,
investigators are also looking into alleged drug trafficking involving prison workers and inmates. and there is also focus on this man. prison guard gene palmer is accused of giving matt the froiszen meat containing power tools used to cut through those prison walls. according to the county pros krurt, sweat says palmer did not help them break out. palmer appeared in court on monday and did not enter a plea. david sweat was shot twice in the torso. it s important that he stays alive so they can learn more about how he broke out of prison. reporter: the prison break supposed to end in mexico instead, david sweat was captured two miles from the canadian border after three weeks on the run. authorities say sweat is talking, saying the plan was for prison employee joyce mitchell
terms of what we understand that he is telling law enforcement everybody had been wondering whether joyce mitchell was plan a or a red herring. seems like she was really plan a. yeah for as intelligent as these guys are, breaking out of a maximum security prison evading police for three weeks, joyce mitchell was plan a. do you think joyce mitchell and gene palmer are as far as it goes as far as helpers inside the prison? i think others will be implicated that may or may not they played a role in this. some small thing that somebody did for them. when you add that up it s like building a wall. everybody i think provided a brick so to speak if their plan was complete. and i mean this thing it s obviously going going on a long time. you, you a all the law enforcement personnel have been working a lot of 30s, dangerous conditions what does it feel
able to take shelter for sometime indoors. clearly officials believe he was sick because he got either drank bad water or bad food. had a reaction to it. also that clearly at some pin the he went off the rails and started drinking alcohol that didn t help his cause at all. fast night. miguel thank you. prison guard gene palmer in court today. a new attorney by his side. his lawyer waiving additional preliminary hearings. the case goes for to a grand jury which may not convene for a month according to andrew wily. not all he is saying about gene palmer. he passed that chopped meat not knowing it contained escape tools to rich are matt. for the latest on that. we are joined by a reporter for the albany times union. keisha i understand you are learning more about what sweat is telling authorities particularly
beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month s payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer. with volvo. the breaking news captured fugitive david sweat talking to authorities from his hospital bed. his condition upgraded. one of his reportedly self confessed enablers gene palmer