jessica roth is a professor atye iva university's cardozo school of law. jessica roth, thanks. prosecutors in the case of the united states versusdo jeffrey epsteiow that jeffrey epstein is dead? >> well, the case agajest rey epstein himself will be dismissed because he's now deceased and y can't proceed with a criminal case against a person who's dead, but the overall criminal investigation will continue. over the weekend, u.s. attorney e southern district of knowledge jeff berman issued a statement in which he made clear that the criminal investi would continue and said his office would continue to stand up for the victims, and, in particular, he point to the fact that jeffrey epstein had been arged in one count of the indictment with conspiring wih others to engage in sex trafficking and that's significant because th law of conspiracy requires proof that two or more persons agreed to commit a c. what that means is mr. berman was prepared to prove in court that at least one other an ssibly others were engaged in coopersy with jeffrey epstein. >> we know in the four that highl

jonathan dienst, chief investigaive reporter at wnbc and jessica roth, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, now a professor at the benjamin cardoza school of law here in new york. welcome to you both. jonathan dienst, i'm duty bound to point out that the acting head of the bureau of prisons works for that man, the attorney general. it should be known if there is a problem at a big name facility, big enough to house ramsey yusef. what have you learned about the gap in time of him being checked on? >> the gap in time, he was not checked on in his cell for numerous hours. we're hearing the range of three hours to six hours is the gap. we're still waiting for clarity from investigators, but that is a significant time when they're supposed to be checking on this high-profile inmate who had a previous possible suicide attempt, that they were to check 30 minutes or less. go to that door, there is a little glass window there, look in and make sure he's breathing and he's all right, and if not, you knock on the glass until you see movement and then you