he struck a deal with epstein that made epstein immune from prosecution for federal crimes.fessor who studies cases like this compared the arrangement to the efforts by the catholic church to protect priests. the real crime with the catholic priests was the way they covered it up and shielded the priests. the orchestration of power by men is only protected as long as everybody agrees to keep it secret. this is a story the world needs to hear. joining us is professor marcy hamilton, a leading advocate for reforming the laws around sex crimes involving children. professor hamilton, thanks for being here. i appreciate you coming up. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all, i have to say i don't cover cases like this very often, just because we don't do a lot of crime reporting. in this case this ends up being a crime story of national significance because it does involve a cabinet secretary among other things, also because of the nature of epstein's alleged crimes. because of that i just want to ask you if there's anything that i explained about the story thus far that seemed

" that "epstein is a terrific guy" and that "epstein likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side." mr. trump's attorney told fox news, "there was no relationship between jeffrey epstein and donald trump." the now-65-year-old epstein was one of the most successful money managers in america, handling billions of investors' money. >> if it were someone else, that didn't have that money or power, they would be in jail for life. that's just what would happen to them. >> reporter: today, a spokesman for acosta said that this matter has been publicly addressed and that the u.s. attorney's office defended acosta's actions. as for edwards, he says that the settlement he reached with epstein included an apology and a confidential financial agreement. jeff, epstein had no comment. >> glor: okay, jericka duncan, thank you very much. returning now to our coverage of george h.w. bush and his many years of service to this country. david martin tonight shares a story of how it all began for the former president as a young naval aviator in the pacific during world

epstein declined to comment. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >>> new developments in the case we've been following of the american tourist who vanished in costa rica. authorities arrested a security guard at the complex where she was staying. a body was discovered at the property yesterday, but police have not confirmed it is her. >>> now to the international outrage after a female soccer superstar was asked a question that many say wag shockingly sexist, while receiving a historic award last night. >> reporter: a historic night for the norwegian soccer player, winning the award for the best women's soccer player in the world. then, from the host, a question no man would get. "do you twerk?" a firm no. stunned looks in the audience, on social media, outrage. from u.s. soccer's abby womback, this is disgusting. and ridiculous sexism from wimbledon winner andy murray. tonight, the host apologizing. >> i didn't mean to offend anyone. >> reporter: for her, apology accepted. >> i didn't consider it as a sexual h

epstein had earlier sued the lawyer claiming that he had used these civil lawsuits against epstein asonzi scheme and it turns out that the person who ran the ponzi scheme scott rothstein admitted that the lawyer that represents the women bradley edwards had nothing to do with the scheme and therefore epstein ended up dropping the lawsuit against edwards. now edwards is counter suing claiming malicious prosecution. it's a strange case but they're using it sort of as a vehicle in order to reveal more information about epstein's crimes. >> and what will that do? because in theory, epstein was sentenced, whether it was a sweet heart deal or not and he is done. obviously your reporting is devastating to his reputation but he had a horrible reputation. does this trial, does this case now open things up that maybe we could look back at what he did? >> i think that it may partially looks back and also looks forward. there's been allegations for a while this was not just an operation involving teenagers in palm beach, florida. but this was an operation that was like an international sex traffi

attorney in florida in 2007, acosta and another federal prosecutor struck a plea deal with epstein's was investigating years of alleged sex crimes. "t "the herald" reports epstein's accusations include at least 36 underage victims a steady stream of girls 16 years and younger, in and out of his sprawling palm beach mansion and allegations he paid teens to recruit more young v victims. a private investigator for the legal team representing some of the victims. >> i read the indictment. there was multiple allegations of sex trafficking, trafficking girls across lines, using his airplane to traffic girls, witness intimidation, and all the sudden it disappeared. >> reporter: according to "the miami herald," the agreement between acosta and epstein's legal team allowed the defense to dictate the terms, shut down the fbi investigation into additional victims and accomplices, granted immunity to potential co-conspirators, and it was kept secret from the victims until it was approved. now victims have filed a civil suit calling the plea deal acosta arranged illegal. >> is it illegal or just

what are you going to do about epstein and what are you going do about acosta?remost, we need an answer from the department of justus about whether the inspector general will take up the investigation. i'm glad senator ben sasse is demanding answers. >> a republican from nebraska. >> it's absolutely critical that they take this on in the judiciary committee. they have to get to the bottom of how this sweetheart deal was cut. there are dozens of girls who have never had the opportunity to be able to be heard, to be able to have their day in court and this was in violation of a victims' crime rights act. how the u.s. -- >> not notifying the girls about the deal. >> not notifying the girls, no notification and now the civil suit that was just settled, again, gives them no opportunity to have this case pubically aired and for accountability to be ensued. >> now the suspicion a lot of people had is because he was unbelievably wealthy and well connected, initially by the way, even though he was friends with donald trump, a democratic donor. he has a lot of powerful fr

donald trump was a social friend of epstein's for years.we head into 2016 there was a sense this story could become an explosive thing that could have negative implications for those two candidacies. and yet it never happened. i think one of those things here, although julie says she's not gotten to the bottom of exactly how the story unfolded. this man is a monster. he spent a lot of time with a lot of powerful people. there are a lot of questions. one of the central ones is how is it that this story that seemed like it was about to bubble over right before the 2016 campaign, why did it not? i remember you telling me in july or august in 2015 on this set you believed this was going to be a story that would explode in the campaign and it never did. one deal after another deal. until the miami herald dug deep. you're in the business of helping people. we're in the business of helping you. business loans for eligible card members up to fifty thousand dollars, decided in as little as 60 seconds. the powerful backing of american express. don't

it involves jeffery epstein.ically collected millionaire that counts president trump and president clinton among his friends. he's live outside the courthouse in west palm beach. phil? >> it was a surprise very last-minute financial settlement. that means the three-week anticipated civil trial for jeffrey epstein is cancelled and he's a free man. today was supposed to be the first day of jury selection in the civil trial. epstein did not appear in court, neither did his victims that accused him of paying cash for sex when they were underage. today's trial was not about that at all but the malicious prosecution lawsuit by the attorney that represents many of the victims. his attorney today said his client is now vindicated. >> this is not a compromise, this is a surrender and we call upon the defense right now to fulfill their obligation to announce that apology. >> at the time of epstein's plea deal, secretary of labor alex acosta, who at the time was u.s. attorney in miami, permanently shoved a 50-page federal i

michelle, i want to start with the epstein case, which is really the acosta case.ant now in the senate because acosta is a member of the cabinet. and there's a question of can he continue to be. and so far it seems he's been a bit protected just by the amount of other news that's flooding the zone in washington. >> right, he's really fortunate to work for an administration hat husband so many large scandals that what would be a multi-day kind of headline grabbing story in a normal administration sort of fades into the background. i mean this is such a shocking story, and his role in it is really an inexplicable absence. just his handling of the case makes no sense in terms of his background, as somebody who actually had a reputation for somebody who cared quite a bit about sex trafficking. the whole thing is just completely bizarre, and he's never really come up with a satisfactory explanation on why epstein had this deal. one of the kind of incredible things about this deal is it didn't just protect epstein. it gave immunity to unnamed possible coconspirators, oth

trump's attorney told fox news, there was no relationship between jeffrey epstein and donald trump. >>> the now 65-year-old epstein was one of the most successful money managers in america, handling billions of investors' money. >> if it were someone else that did have that money or power, they would be in jail for life. that's just what would happen to them. >> reporter: today accosta spokesman said this matter has been publicly addressed and the that the u.s. district attorney's office defended accosta's actions. meanwhile edwards said that the settlement he reached with epstein included an apology and confidential financial agreement. jeff, epstein had no comment today. >> okay, jericka duncan, thank you very much. >>> returning now to our coverage of george h.w. bush and his many years of service to this country, david shares the story of how it all began for the former president as a young naval aviator in the pacific during world war ii. >> reporter: like many wartime pilots, lieutenant junior grade bush named his airplane after a girl back home. only he had to call it barbara i

epstein off with very, very light misdemeanor.pursue it, so the police chief went over his head, essentially, and asked the fbi to investigate. and that's when it fell into mr. acosta -- eventually fell under his purview. >> and your headline says this was a sweetheart deal of a lifetime to not be much more aggressively prosecuting epstein. what was it like for you to be digging into this case? we all hear about local papers, the "herald" has not been immune. how do you get the resources for work like this? >> well, you know, any project like this is pretty daunting. i didn't realize at the time that i started it that it was going to be this daunting, this big and this grueling, actually. i sort of approached it, well, i'll be able to get a couple of these victims. and then after getting -- remember, all these girls' names were redacted from all these reports. so i couldn't get their names. >> right. >> and, you know, it was a decade later. and so even the lawyers that represented them really weren't returning my phone calls, quit

by multiple different victims and witnesses spread across the united states and the world jeffrey epstein woolworth unlikely never have to legitimately face the inside of a courtroom or jail cell for the heinous crimes he's accused of recently a miami herald investigation uncovered the sweet deal jeffrey abstains high powered attorneys made for their client his confederates to avoid prosecution back in two thousand and eight you know who helped him then u.s. attorney for miami alexander acosta now president of trump's secretary of labor here to discuss the case and the tragic history of similar cases and their lack of justice is investigative journalist and author nick brian thank you so much for joining us. i'm glad we reviewed taboos and tyrone i want to start you've investigated these cases as a journalist for a long time now and i think just so people can kind of group members status who could you kind of briefly just walk us through the you know what kind of the scope and size of the geoffrey up student situation. the jeffrey have seen cases quite large a fourteen year old girl came

he scheduled the meeting with his old colleague to discuss epstein's case.kfast at the marriott hotel in west palm beach. as a result of that meeting, he walked away with an extraordinary plea deal that not only led to his outrageous 13 month jail cell but also included a nonprosecution agreement that effectively shut down an ongoing fbi probe into whether there were more victims of his depravity. the deal required him to plead guilty to just to prostitution charges in state court, understating his crime. those charges are ridiculous giving his crimes against minors who by all accounts can't be prostitutes. he was required to register as a sex offender, but in exchange import complexes whose identities are still hidden received immunity from all federal charges and, as part of the arrangement, acosta agreed the deal would be kept secret from the victims who are calling for justice against epstein. the investigation also found that it actually helped keep the case quiet. one e-mail from a fellow prosecutor to epstein's lawyer read, on and avoid the press note

the deal allowed epstein to avoid a federal trial and possible life in prison, and effectively ended an fbi probe into the case which alleged epstein sexually abused and trafficked dozens of underage girls. epstein settled a defamation lawsuit against the lawyer of some of his accusers today, avoiding testimonies from survivors who were expected to take the stand in the coming days. a separate case to overturn the original 2008 plea deal is still pending. meanwhile, an inspector general report at the justice department reveals that a senior official sexually assauaulted, sexually harassed, and coerced multiple fefemale sububordinates and lied about it. the unnamed d official w was not prosecuted and was allowed to retire. president trump has designated today a national day of mourning in honor of president george h.w. bush. the federal government will be shut down, including the post office. trading on the u.s. stock exchange will also be suspended. funeral services will be held at the washington national cathedral. the united states is re-establishing a permanent diplomatic presence

they say in truth, we were bullied by epstein's lawyers.n have you ever heard the federal government say, it's hard for us to bring this case. this guy is really lawyered up. they're coming after us, we got the brush back on it. it just doesn't make sense and he got a pass this that nomination hearing, the confirmation hearing. what do you make of it? >> i think it is a horrific case, and i hope that secretary accosta comes out and defends himself and certainly before we ask for his resignation or for him to be fired, he should have the opportunity to address this. this is very, very serious. i mean, this billionaire is a sexual predator, a sexual -- >> a lot of fancy friends, too. not implicated in the behavior, but they hung out with him. the president is on the witness list. again, no indication that the president had anything to do with these young girls. he got stuck out there with an awful quote about him where he said, hey, it's said that epstein loves women, beautiful women as much as i do. he likes them pretty young, too. but -- so

attorney, now labor secretary, alex acada entered into a deal with epstein that allowed him to spendonths in county jail when they had enough evidence to put him away for life. ben sass fired off a series of letters calling epstein a monster and writing that the, quote, pathetically soft sentence is a travesty that should outrage us all. federal prosecutors identified 36 under age victims. the miami herald has identified 80 women who say they were molested as girls as well, yet the deal allowed the wealthy friend of bill clinton and trump to plead guilty to soliciting a prostitute who was just 14 years old. the department of justice did not respond to that request for comment. >> both federal and state investigators have launched probes into possible election fraud in north carolina. investigators are canvassing irregularities in at least two counties. the board has twice declined to certify republican mark harris's 905 vote victory over democrat dan mccready. they have also since issued subpoenas to harris's campaign according to local news station wsoc tv. 1,873 unreturned absentee

epstein had assembled and it became quite a clubby correspondence between the two sides in which they only discussed could we make this a misdemeanor charge instead of a felony, how do we keep the press from learning about what we're doing here, could we move the trial from this courtroom to that courtroom in order to avoid any sort of attention, and most critically, how do we keep the young women from learning what we are doing. and i think that's the thing that was most shocking to our readers, efforts that were made to keep the young women in the dark as this deal was being concocted by those two sides. >> money and connections. i know your paper is calling for alex acosta to step down from his job, removed from his job. we'll follow that part of the story. casey frank, to you and your team that exposed this story, thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. of helping you. business loans for eligible card members up to fifty thousand dollars, decided in as little as 60 seconds. the powerful backing of american express. don't do business without it. the meeting of the executiv

it's just got to be. >> julian epstein, you're in washington where people love a good mystery.w we have country "a." what is your analysis? >> yeah, like "murder on the orient express." a great mystery. i think nick is right. and just so your viewers understand it, what the foreign-owned company was claiming was a foreign sovereign immunities act which would protect certain countries from being sued in certain circumstances but not in you're a cooperation gained in commercial activities, particularly not if you're engaged in criminal activities. take a hypothetical if we're speculating here. let's take china which a lot of people have speculated about. the bank of china is owned by the chinese government. the bank of china also happens to be one of donald trump's biggest financial backers. one of his largest tenants at trump tower. there's a lot of speculation about that. there's been a lot of speculation about russian banks, russian banks' relationships with manafort, with lots of -- at one point donald jr. said they couldn't get any u.s. bank to back them financially in their

former clinton advisor mark penn is speaking against tactics used by robert mueller epstein. he says the russia probe started as an insurance policy against donald trump's election and has been completely out of control. >> what i heard is the independent counsel's office instead of getting people to plead guilty to things so they can build a circumstantial case against the president in a report, misusing the judicial process. if in fact general flynn was colluding with the russians he wouldn't be getting prison time. that means on its face he was not colluding with the russians. we are here because an effort was begun to have an insurance policy against donald trump winning the presidency. i spent a year fighting the independent counsel for president clinton. i thought that was wrong. this has been wrong from the beginning. heather: michael flynn terrorist as national security adviser from january to february 2017. before that he worked for president obama. we talk about that coming up. longtime ally of the president refusing to testify before the senate about the russia inv

julian epstein joins us tonight.ou and i both live in washington and we know personally a lot of people who are in effect on the chinese payroll. madeleine albright has made a lot of money. so how many people do you know were openly working for russia in washington? >> i think your basic point, the chinese are a greater long-term threat to us then russia, i think that's true. i think in the 1970s china had about 1% of the flows of world trade and they now have about 25%. about 2% of the global economy within the decade, they will be equal to the size of the u.s. economy and by 2050 there will be twice the size. i think when we brought them into the wto in 2001 that it would help them play fair and what we have seen since then is that they've cheated. they were certainly manipulating the currency and i don't think they play by the rules. i think one of the things i agreed with the president on was to get tough with china. i think he's right to get tough on china and i think the media ought to focus more on it. it's no

multimillionaire jeffrey epstein reached a deal just before the jury selection was set to begin todaythe 65-year-old epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to state sex charges, served a year in jail and became a registered sex offender. fox 9 in the twin cities as minnesota health officials approve the use of can businescannabisto treat alzheims disease. marijuana program starting next year. this is a live look at san francisco from our affiliate fox 2. one of the big stories there tonight, marriott hotel workers approve a new contract ending a two-month strike. employees will return to work tomorrow. more than 2,000 hotel workers walked off their jobs across seven san francisco marriott hotels october 4th demanding higher wages and increased job security. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ applebee's bigger bolder grill combos are back. now that's eatin good in the neighborhood. coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high blood pressure and need cold medicine that works fast, the choice is simple. co

you've written an article about jeffrey epstein.he miscarriage of justice that occurred in the justice department. you have up to 80 girls, possibly even more who were raped by epstein and his rich and powerful friends and then it was covered up by the federal government. what do we do moving forward? what are the opportunities to re-open this case, to get justice for these young girls who were raped. and to bring these powerful men to justice? >> well, thanks, joe, for helping keep the spotlight on this because it is a really important issue, and i think the best hope right now and what we need is an official investigation. i and inreporting on this has been excellent and i did write a piece sort of laying out based on "the miami herald's" reporting how i can see just in public reports that the handling of this case differed greatly from my experience in 16 years where i did lots of sex crimes, sex trafficking prosecutions, how this case differed greatly and the way it was handled. huge red flags that something here was not right.

it's the jeffrey epstein case. the current labor secretary alex acosta was the u.s.t case came forward in florida, and he the miami herald has just done this incredible expose. he gave jeffrey epstein this plea deal that resulted in him having federal immunity after a 53-page federal indictment has been drawn up against him on child rape, all these things. gave him immunity, his potential coconspirators immunity as well. and he got to go home 12 hours a day for six days a week. and senator ben sass is the one republican senator who said this is an issue the justice department should explain that deal especially given the u.s. attorney that did it is now a cabinet secretary. is this an appropriate inquiry for the senate? should the justice department have to explain itself, and why is ben sass the only republican that seems to care about it? >> i'm glad that he cares and of course i care very much as someone that has worked on these kind of cases and done a lot in the area of human trafficking and sex trafficking. from what i've learned with the miami herald reporting

it's the jeffrey epstein case. >> oh, in florida, yes. >> this florida case involving jeffrey epsteinrialy alex accosta. they did an incredible expo say. he gave him a plea deal that result ed in federal immunity after a three-page federal indictment had been drawn up on child rape, child molestation and all those things, gave him immunity, his coconspirators immunity as well. he ended up pleading guilty, he got to go home 12 hours a day for six days a week. senator ben sass is the one republican senator who has said, this is an issue the justice department should explain that deal, especially given that the u.s. attorney who did it is now a cabinet secretary. how -- is this an appropriate avenue of inquiry for the senate? should the justice department have to explain itself? and why is ben sass the only republican who seems to care about it? >> i'm glad that he cares and, of course, i care very much as someone who has worked on these kinds of cases and done a lot in the area of human trafficking and sex trafficking. from what i have learned with the "miami herald" reporting and other

. >> epstein. >> yeah, jeffrey epstein. >> that story keeps coming back. >>> yesterday, big news comingampshire, secretary of state, bill gardener, the longest serving secretary of state in the entire country, now in his 22nd term, he just got reelected yesterday by the lawmakers there in a 209 to 205 vote. very close. but he has been setting, as the secretary of state, and has the authority for the new hampshire primary and has made sure it's remained first in the nation. so go, new hampshire. >> dershowitz is involved in that case. >> a revolt against senator chuck schumer, the minority leader in the senate is looming because he's going to allow manchin, mr. dirty coal, to take the ranking democratic member chair on the energy and natural resources committee. >> is that number two? >> that's the number two. with a climate assessment report and millions of people demanding that congress do something that is getting several senators to reconsider their support of schumer, particularly with the 2020 elections and young people demanding that climate adaptation is the bigger issue. >> do y

the president, jeffrey epstein. remember, acosta is his secretary of labor. >> yes. >> he's the one who cut this unbelievable deal. >> he's employed now at taxpayer expense inside the united states government after cutting a deal for somebody caught dead to rights abusing children. >> there needs to be an official investigation. >> i want everyone to check out mimi's great piece on this. it is frightening to think there are people who are above the law. just by being president, you can stick yourself out above the law. we will debate on this show whether a sitting president can be above the law or if they can be indicted. thank you, appreciate it. >>> next up, that question. can the president of the united states be indicted? don't go anywhere. what happened to you? i got beat up because i was different. you can't keep on running away from your problems. so, i created a world where i can heal. welcome to marwen. the only way you're going to get better, is if you face those jerks who beat you up. i'm not really sure

the british rider had been competing for over a year with the epstein—barr virus, which causes fatigueion — it can hang around especially as it was not managed properly. idid i did myself more damage. i am back to training. hopefully it is behind me now. the whole point that it was mismanaged proves it is difficult. it takes a real expert to understand it. especially at high level sports. india beat australia by 31 runs in the first test in adelaide — it's only their sixth test win on tour there australia were chasing 323 for victory in their first home test series since the ball tampering scandal. they had reached 291 when last man josh hazlewood was caught off spinner ravichandran ashwin. the next match in the four—test series startd in perth on friday. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk. and it includes more reaction to the raheem sterling racism row and allegations he was racially abused at chelsea at the weekend. and plenty more from him. welcome back. we understand that the prime minister has called off the vote on her brexit deal to

julienne epstein is a democrat. he joins us tonight.hen i first saw this, i thought more moronic blabber on cnn. but it's not a crazy point, this is openly a party that is hostile to white men from nancy pelosi on down. how can the democratic party nominate a white man in 2020? seriously. >> in fairness to cnn, that was one commentator. i think it's a silly thing to say. it's the idea of a litmus test, whether it's gender or race is un-american. it's dumb politics. >> tucker: it's unmerge to judge people. they're going to have a tough time. >> i think so. there's some -- that may be true for certain democrats. not for all. look, it will be wonderful to have a woman as president. and gandy was great for india. >> goldmeyer was great for israel. thatcher was great for the u.k. but voters will go into this with more intelligence. they'll look for someone -- one thing that trump taught us, the important of a strong big personality. >> tucker: sure. but hold on. this is -- by the way, i'm on your side. i agree with you completely. you should

former national security adviser michael flynn provided enough information to the special counsel epsteinat he should not spend time in jail. the filing says flynn substantially cooperated with the russia investigation, flynn is one of 5 trouble associates pleading guilty to charges related to the special counsel investigation. another is paul manafort. prosecutors say he violated a plea deal and his lawyers deny that, a judge that until they had until december 7th to submit information related to that. the manafort memo is expected to be made public sometime today. >> waiting for a lot to transpire on all that. we will talk more about it coming up. donald trump has been at the center of the special counsel investigation nearly as long as he has been in office. newt gingrich says history will look back on the mueller probe as an elaborate effort to undermine a duly elected president. >> historians will comment that this was one of the most extraordinary efforts to undo the will of the american people by an established bureaucracy and its establishment friends that we have seen in all of a

that is ira epstein out of cme. happy holidays to all of you at cme. get a quick check of markets. the s&p 500 still down about a half a percent. mattel 4% lower -- 5.5%, mattel down 4% lower. most stocks in the dow are lower. his losses,s paring down about 3/10 of 1%. the big news in the last hour, 14thsa may has set jittery -- has set january 14 as the vote for the brexit deal. vonnie: 30 minutes left for the close. i'm vonnie quinn. this is "the european close." ♪ here are the top stories we are covering from around the world. a cio is the guest on markets. plummeting after a gloomy warning. countdown to shut down. what a partial government shutdown could mean for the market. eye on theresaan may in parliament. european markets are having an impact on the major indices. all the indices across continental europe lower as well as the ftse 100. down 1.1%. theresa may saying there will be a parliamentary vote the week of january 14, which is almost

. >> brian epstein said, if the beatles were going to go, they were going to go big. 25,000. well, i didn't have $25,000. and so, i borrowed $25,000 on the house. there were no computers, but we sold it out in 3 1/2 hours. >> 17,000 screaming youngsters have jammed their way into the huge amphitheater. but they're the lucky ones. outside, thousands of others were not so fortunate. >> here they are, the beatles! ♪ ♪ let you down, let you down ♪ and leave you flat ♪ i'm going to let you down and leave you flat ♪ ♪ because i told you before ♪ oh you can't do that >> the beatles' output was phenomenal. they seemed to always be either touring, making a movie or making a record. ♪ no, you can't do that ♪ >> hello. see these little fellows? they're the beatles. inflatable beatles. they're yours for just $2. ♪ the best things in life are free ♪ >> they had posters and magazines and stickers and dolls and cartoons. like this is the start of where the teenager becomes the most desirable target for the dollar. >> i lived in the projects in brooklyn, you know, in a black communit

the deal was done in secret, preventing epstein's alleged victims from testifying at his sentencing.ederal investigation concealing the extent of his alleged crimes and it granted immunity to any potential co-conspirators. here is how acosta defended the no prosecution deal when questioned at his confirmation hearing. >> professionals within a prosecutor's office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone register generally and that guarantees other outcomes is a good thing. >> willie, if we had had a trial, we would have had the evidence, we would have had the names of men who -- who -- >> flew to an island. >> -- were guilty of statutory rape against young women, we would have had the airplane logs. this is a massive cover up. >> yeah. >> and the justice department needs to dig into it, the state of florida needs to dig into it. >> it's time. >> i mean, this is -- this is ridiculous. there are a lot of very powerful people involved in this case who obviously had the power to actually shut down justice and these young women, one saying

we'd like to apologize about an issue reflected by boris epstein.it was a must run segment all networks. >> exactly. so they forced all these stations to run them. this is horrific commentary supporting the tear gassing of women and children. this was kind of an unprompted apology. we don't know what was happening behind the scenes. one of the problems for sinclair as they get larger and larger, they're going into democratic blue markets. they're in washington, d.c, minneapolis. this is just garbage. this isn't going to play in blue states. i'm sure journalists who work there are beside themselves. this is not what they got into business for watching this parenting of white business nationalists. sinclair is discovering its limitations these days. >> i think we've seen a change in the past 12 years. in 2006 there was a story highlighting bill nelson up against katheryn harris and their positions on a woman's right to choose. the reporter ended the commentary saying if you like abortions, bill nelson is your guy. he blurred the line between opinion a

you have epstein barr virus. you have chronic fatigue strm. you're not working enough.. she said no, i have cancer. they wouldn't believe her. when the diagnose came. at the time, too late, ultimately, we were in shock but we were also so angry because if we had -- at ourselves for not pushing the doctors more, but also at the doctors for not listening to her. >> if she said it, she said this to them, and they didn't listen. >> she said you're not listening to me, to these doctors. i have cancer. and i know if gene had been saying it about himself -- >> they would listen because he's a man. >> precisely. >> what do you hope that and think that her most lasting legacy is? >> in terms of her legacy, i don't want her to be remembered by the saddest thing that happened to her because she did wonderful work and touched lives wonderfully. she would have loved to have seen people in the theater or at home watching love gilda, laughing at some of her old bits. that would have made her really happy. >> thank you so much. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >>> and gilda air

i think sue epstein and her team have been really great. so i think going forward, i'm hopeful that we'll come up with something that is going to work. thank you, supervisor safai, for taking this on and being so proactive. >> president hillis: thanks. commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: this is a great document. a lot of hard work went into this. i applaud the members of the committee and looked for the input of the other people that spoke today. a few things come to mind. this is probably one of the more frequent neighborhoods i visit these days. before living in the castro, might as well be the moon. and i would go out there and take a look. i went out with commissioner moore and met with some community folks. a couple of things that strike me putting it in context with where we are with the state-proposed bills, for lack of a better term. land use and housing 2.5 and 2.6. support and monitor plans for eviction ordinances. 1979, rent control in. it was last year that we went to see if the person who was supposed to move into

epstein hired private investigators. he said my garbage went missing all the time. this story stinks. i think ben sasse is right to have them look into it. >> demand the justice department do just that. and willie, you just helped us with our guest list for tomorrow. we need the police chief of palm beach county and the very few people that were fighting for those young women. well, young girls, not even young women, young girls. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage. >> thanks, joe. good morning, everyone. i'm stephanie will, starting with the tariff man c ometh. after the stock market lost nearly 800 points on tuesday as traders are wary of the vague promises revealed in the china deal or no deal at all. the news of an arrest, a big one, of a top chinese executive in canada. and the state of politics. more shadowy politics revealed. as the investigation into north carolina elections fraud takes aim at a gop operative. in the state of wisconsin, the power grab continues. the wisconsin legislature voted to strip away the power of the incoming democratic administrati

newhouse, but because he was running a memoir, and i was summoned to go to dinner with him with jason epsteini could see the guys personality. he could be superficially charming, but he was a killer. anybody he want to get rid of, he could get rid of. he had extraordinary access in new york to everybody. when he decided donald was his guy, it was important. the only other thing i know about the relationship between roy cohn is they went to school together. i have been told that at the end of his career, cohn was on trial and eventually was disbarred, si went to the trial every day. met with the nature of their relationship. brian: it was not political? peter: si was not a political guy. in the sense that you would describe politics, it is not the way si worked. si knew how to get things done. he was a modest figure. si newhouse would show up in the office every day at 5:30 in the morning in a sweatshirt and old chinos. he did not carry himself like a mogul, but he was. one of them more extraordinary moguls. people could not get what si had. si had incredible guts when it came to the things he

liz: ira epstein, what is the one thing you will look at in the final minutes of trade how monday opens if market opens with stronger monday, i would like the market get some short-covering what i would like to see. algos depressing it would step away but this is a free fall. liz: s&p down 47. phil flynn, oil certainly dragged down the entire energy sector today. >> really has has. concerns about growth an stronger dollar. as bad as it looked today we've been in the trading range, since basically thank giving, when prices basically collapse. oil prices, they're hanging earlier on the edge. a very important part. a lot will have to do with the fed next week. holding where we are right you no, really bodes well going into next week. liz: the fed is going to, make the prediction, act hawkish, meaning they will raise rates but talk dovish. jordan, you have 20 seconds here. give me a one-year dow. testing february lows at the moment. dow or s&p. jordan? >> i don't think we're much higher next year. it's a struggle. a lot of volatility. be patient and not lose your head. can't trade with emot

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epstein's , happy to follow up with your office and give our findings. we evaluate our studies to evaluate search results. we have been doing this for 20 years. --ing sure >>>> what does methodology had do with the fact that 96% of the references to trump are liberal media? >> there are always studies .hich can show one set of data we have looked at results on our top news category. we find a variety of sources including from the left and right. we are committed to making sure there is a diverse perspective. >> the study i referred to was done by a self-proclaimed democrat. he voted for hillary clinton and said he regretted to find what he found. no one has been able to disprove him. there may be a difference of opinion as to the degree or amount of political bias. would you agree to allow an independent entity to study your search results for political bias? you have individual studying that now but you appointed them. would you allow a third-party independent outside organization to study your search results and cooperate to determine the degree if any