newshour weekend special correspondent jeff greenfield is here now to talk about all that and more political news. to say that the president retweeting a conspiracy theory connecting the clintons to the death of jeffrey epstein is a surprise? not so much. i mean-- >> in one sense, you could say what else is new? you know, he was the birther but still, wheyou read something like that, this president accusing another president of complicity in a murder, you know, that's what we think other countries were like when they would jail or execute ponents.l and the barrier's that are not just pushed, but crashed, combined onc with the massive silence of his own party, in one sense, i think st leaves you, as a human, poleaxed. did i really read that?ar am i really g this from the president of the united states? the sheer overreach in some h sense protec ,because you almost literally can't believe it. it's-- it's-- don't know how to get our heads around it. >> sreenivasan: yeah. well, let's t our heads around actual news that did matter this week, that was substantive and oftentes is ignored by the twe

katty kay and joining the conversation, author, columnist, jeff greenfield, investigator reporter foronnig and from "the new york times," peter baker. katty, there certainly is a damning time line on justice -- or injustice as it pertains to jeffrey epstein. let's go through that right now. >> yeah, justice not served at least so far. let's go back to march 2005 when a 14-year-old girl claimed that jeffrey epstein molested her. in august of 2007, the u.s. attorney in miami alex acosta entered into direct discussions about a plea agreement and in 2008 after reaching the nonprosecution agreement, epstein pled guilty to state charges involving soliciting prostitution and a minor for prostitution. he received an 18 month sentence, but served about 13 months in a work release program. he was allowed to spend most of his days at his west palm beach office. in july of 2008, epstein's victims learned about his plea after the fact. and a month later, epstein's victims tried to have his plea agreement unsealed but federal prosecutors argued against it. in november of 2018, "the miami herald" pu