credibility particularly to activists because warren has he is -- you have mayor pete doing fundraisers, warn has not, ren the money is coming directly from the supporters. >> all right. thank you. that does it for this hour. andrea mitchell reports starts right now. and right now biden reboot, after waiting nearly three weeks, joe biden apologizes for touting his relationships with segregationist senators as he tries to reassure african-american voters. >> i regret it. and i'm sorry for any of the pain or mis concepticonception have caused anybody. >> he is right to recognize the impact of his words and i ap plaud him for doing that. and jeffrey epstein indicted on federal sex trafficking

charges accusing of sexually exploiting girls as young as 14. >> the alleged behavior shocks the conscience. and while the charged conduct is from a number of years ago, it is still profoundly important to the many alleged victims now young women. and leaked cables reveal what the british ambassador really thinks about president trump saying he radiates insecurity, calling the administration inept. sto secretary of state mike pompeo silent, but his british counterpart on damage control. >> i don't share the ambassador's assessment of u.s. administration or relations with the u.s. strakadministration. but i do defend his right to

make that assessment. in thats d democrats are on after a new poll shows the president trump riding a wave on the economy. and now at 44%. and at this point losing only to frontrunner joe biden among registered voters. this as kamt is about to appear in south carolina today following biden's weekend apology there to a largely african-american audience for his past comments about working with segregationists in the '70s. joining me is robert costa. and also dave wasserman. and welcome all. robert, first to you. talk about the new "washington post" poll and your read of it. >> president trump feels good because of the state of the

economy. and they know that they are under pressure to sustain these numbers for the economy. and that is why they continue to pressure the federal reserve chairman powell to try to get those interest rates low. >> at the same time, a real question as to whether that kind of pressure backfires or not, but democrats are on notice here. the president is riding this economic wave. and he is far more popular tan some people might have thought. >> 44% is still not great. it is still in the normal trading range of what we've seen his approval be. there have been some surveys that have had him at 45%, 46%. >> but it hasn't been 51% on the economy -- it is 51% on the aec. >> and has been as high as 56% reminiscent of another president

in the '90s who had strong approval ratings with respect to the economy. >> and we all know the answer. >> that's right. >> bill clinton. let's talk also about your analysis of the electoral college. president trump could lose the popular vote by as much as 5 million voters when you look at california and new york and still win the electoral vote if you look at what could happen in north carolina, florida, new mexico, arizona. what states are you looking at? >> the big problem for democrats is that lot of them look at 2016 as a fluke and say it could not happen again. but they have a big geography problem. and the two key states that explain why he could lose the popular vote and still win the electoral college are california and texas. democrats could add to their margin by a million votes in california, still not receive an additional electoral college

vote. democrats could cut into trump's margin by 800,000 in texas and still not win a single electoral college vote. those demographic trends that are powering democrats increasing vote shares there are not as present in wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania, the states that are key to trump's electoral roadmap. >> and so what is the reality check for democrats as they look at the most diverse field, the most crowded field, what do they need to do to energize the base and narrow down this field? >> i think that the base -- i mean i think that the party is focused on narrowing down the field. i think that the "washington post" poll and we'll see whether that is a trend or it is just a snapshot, but i think that this is actually energy guiding a big debate within the democratic

party. is the most important thing winning states thatguiding a bi debate within the democratic party. is the most important thing winning states that hillary clinton lost, michigan, wisconsin, reaching out to voters who voted for trump or energizing the base. i think it is reasonable to do both. but see certain qucandidates saying that they can bring back the voters. like the vice president. and i think one of the issues for a lot of the other candidates is really skracreati that excitement and enthusiasm and what happened for trump in 2016, once he defeated the rest of the field, he did get a lot more support. so i think that we'll see more in the next debate. >> and let's talk about joe biden and where he stands right now. robert, let me play a bit of him talking to reporters about that

some would say belated apology. >> have i made mistakes? yes. did we grow? yes. but the fact of the matter, that is why i chose here in south carolina and chose an a audience that would be the most likely to have been offended by ni ee eed that was said. >> and kamala harris is also going to south carolina. and in fairness as was pointed out, ashley kamala harris and joe biden are not disagreeing about the essentials of voluntary busing versus court ordered butsin inbusing, but it that way on the debate stable because he handled it clumsy. >> and it is reflect tip ive ofr challenge right now. as the vice president said, he believes that he can argue, he has a report with president obama eight years in the white house working together, he has

not only a base of african-american voters in states like south carolina, but he believes that he has a record but keeps being pulled in to this rip tide of the past, talking about his senate career rather than his vice presidential career. and the speeches this weekend were about trying to turn that ship around and refocus his message especially to the african-american community. >> and we saw michelle obama avoiding any comment on any of th this. but you would almost think that barack was joe biden's first name or obama his last name because he is now constantly trying to talk about how he was vetted by barack obama so that is supposed to give him the credentials to speak to african-american voters. >> and i actually think that what he did was the right move and he should have done it a few weeks earlier. because i think the real energy of that issue was he seemed to

be defending the idea of working with segregationists at a time when trump as president race has been a real fault line. so i thought that it was an important move for him to make. i actually think what is helpful for him now -- and i do think he is right that most democrats see in this moment that person who was by the side of barack obama is not some alien force within the democratic party. and it is for him to argue that case going forward. i do think at this point maybe most democrats would like to move forward from this debate. and get on to the next debate stage and talk about other issues. >> and what about just -- let's talk about the republicans for a moment. having been a founder of the freedom caucus and then going against donald trump, he is sort in no man's land, so he is an independent, amash declaring an independent leaving the republican party. is this a precursor to a primary

run against donald trump? >> he's been preliminarily homeless fhom politically hoemless f lly home time and i don't see that his candidacy would get anywhere beyond where gary john can son w was. you can make the case either way, whether he would siphon votes from the anti-trump. but i don't see that he will be much of a fact about tore when it comes to the presidential race. he hasn't been a factor in the house really.comes to the presi. he hasn't been a factor in the house really. >> and robert, if you want to get in on this. >> real cloquick on congressman amash. hard to see how it would play out if he ran as an independent candidate for president. but if you think about the narrow margin president trump had in five to six key states in 2016, if justin amash as

congressman running for president even got 5%, 10% in a state like michigan, pulling away republican voters, that is why the white house is paying attention based on my reporting. >> and they could take a lesson from the clinton campaign learned about what independent candidates, third party candidates can do because that was largely the difference in that 77,000 vote margin. >> that's right. and a lot depends on the identity of the democratic nominee. if it is someone who is very far to the left and there are voters in grand rapids, michigan, a growing part of that state, that say i can't vote for that democratic nominee, but i don't like donald trump, cast a ballot for him, then perhaps the threshold for victory becomes lower for everyone in that race. >> and as democrats try to figure out who they are, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren doing well in a number of polls and in some fund raising. >> yeah, i mean they have strong support in the party and particularly elizabeth warren over the last couple weeks has

really grown in her support and some polls she is second, some polls she is third. she has distinguished from bernie sanders in some ways. she is more of a party figure than bernie sanders. but they are competing heavily for a segment of the party. in iowa, she was in a poll where she was in first place. so she has a lot of pull. the question is who gets to 50 which has a lot of people in the 20s. >> and for all of the celebrity that kamala harris has had after the debate performance which was really stellar compared to a lot of the others, her fund raising had to be disappointing with $12 million in the second quarter compared to $18 million for bernie sanders and $24 million for -- $21 million for biden, $24 million for pete buttigieg. >> these candidates are getting so much free media that i'm not sure that they need a whole lot of money beyond what it takes to keep the lights on and keep core staff. keep in mind this is a calendar that could go very deep given

the number of candidates involved and as long as we have debates, as long as the candidates are in the news, the ads are going to have diminishing returns. >> polls are much better than money i would say. >> with that, we'll leave it there. thank you all. coming up, well connected multimill cnn their jeffrey epstein will be facing a judge in federal government this afternoon on sex trafficking charges. this is next. trafficking charges. this is next an lunden. when my mother began forgetting things, we didn't know where to turn for more information. that's why i recommend a free service called a place for mom. we have local senior living advisors who can answer your questions about dementia or memory care and, if necessary, help you find the right place for your mom or dad. we all want what's best for our parents, so call today.

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wealthy businessman and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein will be back in court facing new federal sex crimes charges in what prosecutors say was an alleged sex trafficking operation involving dozens of underage girls. >> epstein also paid certain victims to recruit additional girls to be similarly abused. this allowed epstein to create an ever good paexpanding web of victims. they deserve their day in court and we're proud to be standing up for them by bringing this indictme indictment. my office will not rest until perpetrators of these types of crimes are brought to justice, victims' voices including the many voices of epstein's alleged victims must be heard. >> prosecutors are asking the judge not to give epstein bail

which means that he would be detained pending trial. joining me now is casey frank, senior investigators editor for the miami "herald" which has been breaking a lot of the story and also tom winter in new york at federal court and harry litman former deputy assistant attorney general here with me. tom, first to you. the significance of this indictment which is bare bones but apparently could run rather deep. >> yeah, and i want to bring you a bit of a developing bit of fr in this case because we just were able to get a copy of the detention memo as the u.s. attorney stated, federal prosecutors will ask the judge to hold epstein without baile pending his trial. they have now filed their detention memo which details the reasons why they say that should occur. they call epstein a, quote, extreme flight risk who has intimidated witnesses in the past. he has access to private plane,

private planes that can travel internationally. they want him held without became. and in addition, and this is really a stunning paragraph, they say evidence from a search of the new york residence on the night of epstein's arrest, that was saturday night, say there were photographs of nude and partially nude young women or gills and that such corroborating evidence also includes documents and other materials such as contemporaneous notes, messages, recovered from the defendant's residence that include the names and contact information for certain victims and call records that confirm the defendant and his agents were repeatedly in contact with various sick tims during the charge period which we know is between 2002 and 2005 according to the indictment. so federal prosecutors here not mincing any words at all this afternoon in this detention memo saying that epstein belongs behind bars pending trial because he is an extreme flight risk. and at 500 pearl street, shortly

we're expecting probably in the next 15, 20 minutes or so epstein will be in court for his first presentment. they will detail the charges begins him and then later this afternoon and the timing is very fluid, we don't know what time he will appear before judge berman, at this point they will have the bail hearing and prosecutors will advise the judge of this memorandum that they filed and at that point the judge will make a decision likely today whether or not epstein leaves court today on bail or whether he is held in detention. >> extraordinary case, tom, thank you so much for that. casey, you and your team have been working on this and the prosecutors credited you and more broadly the media, but basically your team down there, for having broken this case. >> well, we're gratified for that. julie brown, the principal reporter on this project, became very intrigued when mr. acosta

who prosecuted the original case or, rather, approved the nonprosecution agreement received kid glove treatment at his confirmation hearing. and so she decided to dig into this story and held it up to the light and it looked bad and it smelled even worse. and the result was our project perversion of justice which has had kind an impact and i believe it is why we're seeing this case in court today. >> and of course acosta is a cabinet secretary and not involved as far as we know, but a lot of questions have been raised about that earlier kid gloves treatment indeed of mr. epstein who is very well connected not just to bill clinton, but their friendship with donald trump, donald trump quoted in 2000 saying he is a lot of fun to be with, it is even said that he likes

beautiful women as much as i do and many of them are on the younger side. that would not be high praise one would think. >> no, and the younger side here means under 18. so a couple points to add. the pictures that they seized, on the one hand it would be corroborating evidence and on the other it may well be additional counts of child pornography and possibly manufacture of child pornography, that would be over and above the sex trafficking charges. and those would -- that would be effectively a lifetime sin teen for epstein. and the bail hearing will go to judge pitman who is pretty tough and better than even money chance that basically jeffrey epstein doesn't get out of jail for the rest of his life. >> tom, of course this is pending any trial but there could be forfeiture of that big

mansion in new york. >> reporter: yeah, that is correct. in the indictment today, federal prosecutors say that they wish to seize that property where they say this illegal activity occurred. the property that they searched on saturday evening. as i reflect on this indictment and i know folks are calling it sparse and only 14 pages, i actually have the palm beach police file in the case that they wanted to pursue against epstein going back to 2006. it is very clear from even then that they had five victim, they had 17 other additional witnesses. i have copies of audio recordings back and forth involving some of these women and some of epstein's assistants who are possibly the people that are referred to in today's indictment. so you would think that the evidence which includes phone logs, messages, cash payments and bank account statements i would think here would be pretty strong to your point of how solid a case this is. >> and harry, interesting that

the justice department to its credit went after that really hard despite the fact that cabinet secretary was involved in the previous handling of it. >> it is. and they would have known -- this is the kind 6 thing that the southern district of new york would have had to flag. and the employee mentioned are probably cooperating witnesses. >> all right. thank all so much. coming up, special relationship, diplomatic tensions rising between the u.s. and uk after the british ambassador's unflattering memos about donald trump were leaked. you're watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. you live, there's a need for your time and skills and effort and talent. please consider volunteering and feeling that feeling that you helped someone today.

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early memo that the president may even be indebted to dodgy russians. pompeo's counterpart defending it. >> it is the job of ambassadors to give frank, personal opinions about what is going on in the countries they operate and our ambassador was just doing his job. but those are person am views. they are not the views of the british government, they are not my views. >> president trump firing back sunday on his way back to washington. >> the ambassador has not served the uk well. i can tell you that. we're not big fans of that man. >> joining me now is peter baker, chief white house correspondent for t"new york ti" and glenn johnson who worked under john kerry and his new book window seat on the world. congratulations on the book.

pi peter, first to you. these memos, these cables embarrassing but no one is quarreling with the accuracy of this take of his reporting at least back to london and he is be defended by the foreign secretary saying that is what boasts do yet at the same time, its very clear that there might be some people in the foreign service professional diplomats bake in london who are pro brexit perhaps and do not like some of his analysis in the past that he was a british ambassador to the eu and perhaps trying to do them in. >> yeah, that is a great question. i'm not familiar now with the intern politics of london to ultimate who might be the leak but clearly somebody did have it n. for him because this won't help being an envoy in washington. these cables are -- they are meant to be blunt, candid, go

beyond the talking points and giving an unregard in additioned view of how things look be in washington. but a little like when the wikileaks things came out a few years back about state department cables here in washington, they were embarrassing to the obama administration because they were blunt. but that is what you expect your ambassador to do. and i think that is -- these views are not limited to the british ambassador here in washington. you would see them i think in cables from a number of ambassadors back it their governments. >> and the british ambassador is particularly well sourced, very senior. he has been here three years out of what is usually about a four year term. so there might have been some transition anyway with the likely selection of boris johnson. right now according to what people are telling me, he has about 65% of the party's vote. and glenn, could very well be the next perform. >> yes, absolutely. and difficult situation. we don't know who he will bring in. >> and let's talk about also iran because this comes at a

time when the brits as well as the french and germans and rest of the europeans are 12iking to the iran nuclear deal, but today iran has really broken out of it. reable b reversible but threatening. you were part of that negotiation. you watched john kerry every step of the way with deal secretly at first. >> and right now with the trump administration, they have gone to a maximum pressure campaign. so they have gone to the limit already. and now you have seen iran steadily ratcheting up its response from first saying it was going to produce more uranium and to now enriching to a higher quality. potentially closer to making a bomb. and so you have to ask everybody what is the end game from this

maximum pressure campaign. there is an op-ed in my hometown boston globe today from a veteran green beret shot in afghanistan and he said is our country really ready for a third war. and you have to ask that as this escalation continues by both countries. >> and when you think about all the work, we both curved the negotiations, one has to ask what is the stranlg. strategy. we didn't see a lot of interagency meetings going on. you see the divisions described as niknife fights, dwis divisio the team. >> and while he imposes this maximum pressure campaign, he has made it clear that he didn't

look forward to the idea of a are with a, he backed off the idea of a single strike in response to the shoot down of a american drone and he said he wouldn't have negotiations without pre-condition, something that the other presidents quoont wouldn't do. under george w. bush and for some extent under obama, some agreement had to be before they got to the point of the negotiations. here the president says he wants talk. tehran doesn't want to talk to him. they don't think that he is capable of coming up with a deal that they would trust. and so they are waiting him out. they see 16 months ahead until the next election and there is some possibility that they can hang out until then. and in the meantime drive a wedge between america and its european allies. >> that winlg could be even further driven by this. and in fact one of those memos says that the british ambassador raesly

recently as june 22 did not believe the president's description of why he called off that attempted or the planned strike against iran. saying that he believed that it was more because he was afraid that reversing his pre-election commitment to get out of these military engagements could cost him at the polls in 2020. an interesting take as well. peter baker, glenn johnson, and the new book window seat on the world out tomorrow. thanks to you all. coming up, census questions. why the department of justice changing the legal team hanging president trump's push to get a citizenship question on the census. hip question on the census let's get down to business. the business of road trips... ...adventure... ...and reconnecting. modernized comfort inn's and suites have been refreshed because our business is you. get the lowest price guaranteed on all choice hotels when you book direct at choicehotels.com. bleech! aww! awww!

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in an extraordinary move, the justice department has assigned a new team of lawyers to reargue citizenship question that it should be put on the census despite the supreme court having ruled against it for now. this is as some of the career lawyers wanted off the case raising ethical concerns. president trump ordering the justice department to do an about-face after having conceded defeat. but in a tweet the president insisted that his administration would move forward with the fight calling any report to the contrary fake. joining me now, mya wiley and

also susan page. and also back with me harry litman. can you understand why some justice department lawyers would want off this case? >> absolutely. especially for the career justice department employees, but everyone for the employpoli appointed ones. they represented that they would be moving forward with printing the census questionnaire without the citizenship question. and that is a very tall order when you are an attorney, you are really -- you have an obligation to the court to be 407 honest and twrutftruthful and ie court to understand. here the attorneys clearly thought that they were representing what the department of justice and department of commerce had decided and they are forced to be on a phone call with the judge with a federal judge and admit that they don't know what is going on because the president tweets something

that is exact opposite of what they have represented to the court. that is just the position no attorney should have to be in. >> susan page, what about the politics of it? why would the president go against his own justice department, go against the supreme court? is there some re-election possible -- >> he may hope there is some way to actually get the citizenship question on the send scensus fo. he might do an addendum. and it is also possible that keeping the debate al 4r50i6 is helpful politically. it may make those reluctant to participate increasingly skit tip even if there is no question on it. and it is also an issue in which he has majority -- polling shows that about two-thirds of americans think that it is reasonable to have a citizenship question on the census so good not only for his base, but beyond his base. >> and as a lawyer, haharry, yo look at the transcripts of the

phone call between the justice department lawyer when the president was tweeting and the judge, and the doj lawyer said that it was the first i had heard of the president's position on this issue. i do not have a deeper understanding of what that means other than what the president has tweeted. but as you can imagine, i'm doing high best to figure out what is going on. have you ever seen a clearer case of a guy blind sided? >> never. and as -- i mean they read kind of court like, but they are deadly. it is not simply that what they represented before, but they are obviously casting a ballot for some, any, kind of rationale. they don't know what it would be. the department of justice not only switched off those lawyers, presumably because the lawyers say we're not going to be able to stand up for something, they have actually gone to a whole other division to try to wipe the slate clean. but whoever comes into try to identify the we've just discovered new rationale will

face a very bout skepticism from the court. >> and where does it go from here? >> the federal judge will hear evidence in maryland about whether or not this is also a discriminatory decision to block people of color from the ballot by chasing them out of the census. that will be a serious case to watch and the judge says that he will fast track it. we'll see. >> mythank you all. and coming up, crowded house. we'll talk to a presidential contender trying to break through. o break through. ♪ limu emu & doug mmm, exactly! liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice! but uh, what's up with your partner? oh! we just spend all day telling everyone how we customize car insurance because no two people are alike, so... limu gets a little confused when he sees another bird that looks exactly like him. ya... he'll figure it out.

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mueller testimony next week, he is barely registered in the polls. and joining me now is congressman seth moulton, an iraq war veteran. great to see you. you did not get on the debate stage. how much of a disadvantage is that to you now? and what do you expect going forward? >> we actually had our biggest fundraising day after launch day on the day that the dnc announced that i wasn't on the debate stage. i don't think that it is lost on people that when the democratic establishment in washington is deciding who should be on that stage rather than the voters, that maybe that is not the best way to pick the best nominee to take on trump. and it was the only governor of a state that trump won and the only combat veteran who were excluded from that debate. so i'm just talking to voters on the ground. i spent last week in nevada, an early caucus state, meeting voters and doing fourth of july activities. and ultimately it is those voters when they go to the polls next february which is still a

long way away who will decide the best nominee to take on trump. >> and i do think that pga is alis -- pete buttigieg is also a veteran and of course you are a combat veteran and governor of montana arguably successfully in the red state when donald trump was winning that state. what do you face now with these polls? at least the "washington post" abc poll shows that everyone but biden is losing to donald trump and that trump is inching up, five points up since april based on very high approvals for the way he is handling the economy. >> that is why i'm in this race. i'm in this race because i believe that young combat veteran going up against trump is the best candidate, the best nominee that we can have to go toe to toe with him. i think that americans want a new generation of leadership, but they want to make sure that it is someone who can go toe to toe with donald trump. and i do believe that he will be a lot harder to beat than many democrats like to think.

i know that from going to a lot of places where democrats don't like to go. i work very hard to help win back the house in 2018, supporting candidates and especially it is those swing districts that we need to win back. if we are going to win, we need a nominee that can put together a coalition of everybody in the democratic party and plus independence and disaffected republicans. that was my job when i was in the marine core and combat as a platoon commander. getting them united and during a divisive sometime. i think there is a parallel to do that in this race during a dividing time in america. >> i want to ask you about what you thought about the president's 4th of july military, salute to the military. this was one rather controversial comment that he

made. >> to young americans across the country, now is your chance to join our military and make a great statement in life, you should do it. that was the recruitment appeal. it is defense of our airports. he explains by the teleprompter going out. >> well, it is hard to imagine a greater hypocrite. he's a draft dodger. he did not dodge the draft to end the war or sort of a peace core. he dodged it so someone else can go to his place in vietnam. the plane patriot for a day by

bringing in a bunch of tanks and acting tough on stage does not make up for the fact that when his country asked him to serve, he refused and allowed someone to go in his place. the fact that he put this parade together to begin with shows how out of touch he is with the troops. as someone as fighting combat with the marines -- i hate marching in parades and all the guys we served with felt the same way. we want better healthcare. this is the president that made fun of troops who comes back with post-traumatic stress as i did and willing to share. trump is playing patriot for a day. i don't think that's lost on americans or the troops he is supposed to lead. congressman seth moulton thank you for your service.

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americans were rallying behind the women's soccer team with the historic world cup title. the men's team lost their world cup match to mexico yesterday. who's counting? >> the women very victorious and echoing equal pray. they earned only a fraction of what the men earned. the celebration for megan happen kn the celebration for megan happen kn the celebration for megan happen kn the celebration for megan happen kn rapinoe. the white house visit for the out spoken winners far less certain. coco gauff's tournament came to an end. she did so well. she fell short with her fourth round match.

nbc's blaine alexander joining us again from wimbledon. the storybook debut but not a storybook ending. >> reporter: absolutely. her parents even said look she's 15 years old, they did not expect her to be here at this stage of her life. they said go out there and see how good you can be. she made it all the way to round four, one of the final 16 players, again, it was not meant to be. she's now eliminated. just to give you some context, the players she was up against today was somebody that was r k ranked twice number one in the world. certainly for an unranked coco gauff her first time on the wimbledon, she posted on instagram not so long ago, "i did my best, it was not meant to be, thank you, london." >> there is still a lot of action and another major upset

that we saw today. a 29-year-old american, allison risk out of pittsburgh, she was able to knock outs the number one seed here at wimbledon. she's going on the quarter finals, she will play against serena williams tomorrow. this is riske's first time at a grand slam tournament. she's been playing more than a decade. a lot of interesting things to watch for that match. tomorrow is a must-see. >> there is a lot to be thankful for, for the american women. blayne, thank you so much. here is ali and stephanie on "velshi & ruhle." >> thank you, andrea, have yourself a great afternoon. it is monday, july 8th. >> i am ali velshi. >> i am stephanie ruhle. we have a lot to cover.

registered sex offender, jeffery epstein is in a new york city courthouse facing multiple charges involving sex trafficking of dozens of young girls. u.s. attorney asked to deny bails and calling epstein a flight risk. he sexually abused dozens of my n minor girls in his home and palm beach florida and more occasions. >> epstein paid between 200 and $1,000 to the girls for sex and recruitment of other girls. epstein was aware of his victims' ages. he faced