newly released video shows a guard resembling abbott just 24 hours before. at the start of the tape the unidentified man is seen backing up his car to the museum side entrance. after the first guard leaves to do his security rounds, the man outside approaches the museum. the guard at the desk faces the buzzer, but the man doesn t enter. instead, he returns to his car and turns on the parking lights. after, he heads back to the museum and is once again buzzed inside. this time he does enter through the same door the thieves would enter through the very next night. the man appears to go through some paperwork at the guard desk and then disappears for about three minutes inside the museum out of view of this particular security camera. it s unclear what he was doing or why he was there in the middle of the night. investigators want to know if
to do his security rounds, the man outside approaches the museum. the guard at the desk presses the door s buzzer. but the man doesn t enter. instead, he returns to his car and turns on the parking lights. after he heads back to the museum and is, once again, buzzed inside. this time, he does enter through the same door the thieves would enter through the very next night. the man appears to go through some paperwork at the guard deskendes desk. then disappears for about three minutes inside the museum, out of view of this particular security camera. it s unclear what he was doing or why he was there in the middle of the night. investigators want to know if this video was some sort of dry run for the real thing. they say the car seen in the video everyone matches the general description of the video seen parked outside the museum the night of the theft. the f.b.i. released the tape hoping the public can identify the mystery man.
retired last year from the facility and head of the fugitive investigation at the u.s. marshal service. john and jeff thank you for joining us. jeff i have to talk about the notion that maybe some of the guards were asleep on the honor block during the escape and the breakout and maybe some of the planning of this escape. that is so shocking. is it realistic to be shocked about that? i guess they have to sleep sometime but not when they are on guard guarding a maximum security prison. they have to do security rounds. they do them once an hour. the cell blocks are so large, it s going to take a half hour to 45 minutes to go through the whole cell block, especially with everything locked along the way. they have to unlock relock go through. i don t believe, you know that s kind of sensationalism.