ohio all the way into southern maine. this is going to be friday night in the west. saturday, much of p.a. and new york state and later on saturday night into sunday into northern new england. also the concern about the potential for severe weather from new york city to d.c. isolated tornadoes and damaging winds would be the biggest concern. and an odd heat wave on the way for the northwest into saturday afternoon, as well. reena and kendis, back to you. thank you, justin. a new prison guard charged in connection with the escape of two killers admitted providing them with tools, paint, even frozen hamburgers and access to a catwalk electric box. but gene palmer says he had no idea the two were planning to escape. investigators believe palmer accepted gifts, including these paintings, in exchange for his favors. the inmates have been missing for almost three weeks. new questions this morning about hillary clinton s e-mails while she was secretary of state. the state department say
hamburger meat. in return he says he would receive elaborate paintings and information on illegal acts taking place inside the prison. according to court documents, palmer later tried to destroy the paintings by burning some in a fire pit and burying others in nearby woods. in an npr radio interview from 15 years ago, palmer describes life inside the clinton correctional facility as a negative environment. he went on to say that life as a prison guard is as miserable as the the lives of the prisoners themselves. with the money that they pay you you ll go bald, you will have high blood pressure, you ll become an alcoholic and divorce and kill yourself. i want to bring in our correspondent who spoke recently with gene palmer. you ve spoke to gene palmer shortly after he talked to police after he had been questioned. what was the state of mind then?
that? yeah, a question the anging investigation at the prison to see what protocol may have been breached. it boggles the mind to think the prisoners could have cut through the steel walls, steam pipes, shimmied through a manhole cover without detection. if investigators find that the corrections officers were sleeping in the honor guard during the evening shift, well then it would logically follow that these inmates were left unsupervised for significant periods of time perhaps over a significant period of time. there is more information about what gene palmer gave sweat and matt before their escape, right? yeah, he is facing some pretty serious charges. but he is speaking candidly to state police investigators. he said there were trades happening in prison. he was given paintings by them
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
he was frightened. sort of there was a sense of despair, sort of what did i do? and he felt really, really bad. you could see the pain all over his face. at one point, he started to cry. when he was thinking about his family and sort of what he did. and what life would be like for him now. this man was a corrections officer for 28 years. he was, you know part of what he called a law enforcement team. and never did he ever expect something like this to happen and he had no in ten forcing this to happen. and, you know, i sort of felt that, he really sort of, felt that he felt betrayed, betrayed by the prisoners, matt, sweat, he befriended at the jail who were providing him with information, and really, people he felt were helping him and he was in some ways helping them and there was nothing wrong with that in his mind. alexandra, what s next for gene palmer? well whatever he thought, felt, expressed to investigators he is still facing pretty serious charges three felony charges.