Yankee stadium, next. And a screen you can touch. And even write on. When you see a computer that can do all that, it might just make you wonder. Hey, what else can it do . Lightning strike. Five people hit by a single bolt in a local park. The heartstopping moments. Then heat emergency. Power problems, thunderstorms, and now more surging temperatures ahead. Plus the end of an era. Stadium. News 4 new york at 11 00 starts now. Good evening. Im chuck scarborough. And im sibila vargas. We begin with that Lightning Strike. Five people taken by surprise by a fastmoving thunderstorm. That lightning bolt hit as they were sitting under a tree in poughkeepsies madison park. Ray villeda is live at the hospital where three people are in critical condition. Ray. Reporter chuck and sibila, family members have been coming in and out of this emergency room after lightning struck a tree and injured the five peopl that were sitting underneath it. Tonight three of them are at this hospital fighting to
Whitfield. New and troubling revelations regarding the accused sex trafficker and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. Cnn has learned that the 66yearold was supposed to be checked on by guards every 30 minutes since he was taken off suicide watch late july, and that did not happen on the night of his death. Ep stestein was also supposed t housed with a cellmate and not left alone, but he was left alone. Were also learning that both guards that were on duty that night were on overtime. One of them working his fifth overtime shift that week alone. Katie benner of the New York Times helped break this story and is joining me right now. Katie, first walk us through these protocols, what you learned about what is supposed to be in place, especially when someone attempts suicide. Sure. Ill take a step back. Jeff epstein last month was found in his cell unconscious and people were investigating whether or not that was an attempted suicide. In the meantime he was put on suicide watch. He me
He was also supposed to be housed with a cellmate and not left alone. But he was left alone. The jail had actually transferred his cellmate after he was taken off suicide watch, violating protocol. Epstein had been awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. Dozens of underage girls. Some as young as 14 years old. His death has sparked fury and investigations by both the fbi and u. S. Justice department. Cnn correspondent Polo Sandoval has been following the details. What more have you learned about procedures failed procedures, how the prison is responding . Well, fred, some of these new revelations and reporting coming from mark morales doesnt have to do with what happened inside this correctional facility. Its what did not happen. At this point we understand based on this new reporting that epsteins cell was not regularly monitored as required for multiple reasons. The first, of course, we know he was on suicide watch after an incident a couple of weeks ago when they found him in