we were fortunate to hear today from four outstanding witnesses who survived larry nasser's abuse. day and the hundreds of athletes who also suffered at the hands of nasser deserve much better from everyone including the fbi. we will also hear from the inspector general and the fbi director. they owe these young women and nation to ensure this never happens again. i will add that i am disappointed. i asked the justice department to testify about their decision not to prosecute the two fbi officials who made false statements to the ig. i understand it's a long-standing department policy not to comment on decisions and not prosecute but robust oversight of the department of justice is a core responsibility of this committee. i am committed to ensuring that committee members have an opportunity to question the department of justice about this issue at an oversight hearing in the fall. the fbi's handling of the nasser case is a stain on the bureau. as chairman of the judiciary committee, i'm working to ensure the failures of the fbi, the gross failures in this case will never be repeate

no one has faced federal charges other than larry nasser. for hundreds of survivors of larry nasser, this hearing is one of our last opportunities to get justice. we ask that you do what is in your power to make sure that those who engaged in wrongdoing are held accountable, under the law. >> thank you. >> i want to begin by thanking the judiciary committee, including the chairman for their commitment to seeking the truth for the hundreds, if not thousands who are systematically abused by they nasser and for the diligence to demand accountability, regarding federal law enforcement misconduct. i also want to express my gratitude to the other brave survivors here today, my friends and my teammates, for sharing their story and continuing to press for justice and reform. over the past few years, it has become painfully clear how a survivor's healing is affected by the handling of their abuse. it disgusts me that we are still fighting for the most basic answers and accountability over six years later. in 2015, it was known that at least six natio

gymnastic team doctor larry nasser. they accused the fbi agent test with the investigation of covering up their claims of abuse. following their testimony, fbi christopher wray and general michael horowitz spoke before the committee about the investigation. this is about four hours. >> the story blew the whistle on decades of nasser psychos abuse. unbeknownst, the federal had received investigation about his conduct 15 months prior to the article. it failed to take any action to protect victims or investigate the abuses. since then, numerous reports of sexual assault have highlighted athletes special vulnerability to abuse. lastly, an article published in the chicago tribune spotlighted the former chicago blackhawks close to pled -- made clear that sexual abuse of young athletes is a persistent problem, teams, leagues, and players associations and other institutions are failing to prevent. it shocks constant -- the conscience when those failures come from law enforcement. that is what happened in the nasser case. for de

gymnastic team doctor larry nasser. they accused the fbi agent test with the investigation of covering up their claims of abuse. following their testimony, fbi christopher wray and general michael horowitz spoke before the committee about the investigation. this is about four hours.

the enablers, the culture and the system is more than just one monster predator like larry nasser. there is a much broader responsibility and broader need for accountability, and that is what we will see. action and accountability. other questions? yes. >> i would like to ask if you can comment on the us -- >> do you want me to answer? >> sure. go ahead. >> i know i sound like a broken record, but i think that your question is really important, and i often ask myself the same thing, and i think that instead of us guessing if someone should be in the position of leadership or a position of power at usag or usoc, this is why i am saying that we need to have a complete independent investigation, because i don't have all of the answers. you know, when you are looking at the press statements for decades, they have been saying the same thing over and over again with no real meaningful change, but it is, i can't understand how when you are a ceo and you have nothing to do with the disaster, and you come in as the new ceo of an organization and you know that you are coming into a massive p

the enablers, the culture, the system is more than just one monster predator like larry nasser. there is a much broader responsibility and a need for accountability. that is what we are going to seek. action and accountability. other questions? yes. >> [indiscernible] >> i sound like a broken record, but i think your question is important. i often ask myself the same thing and i think instead of us guessing if someone should be in the position of leadership or power, this is why i'm saying we need to have an independent investigation because i do not have all of the answers. when you look at their press statements, for decades they have been saying the same things. with no real meaningful change. i can't understand how, when you are a ceo with nothing to do with this disaster and you come in as the new ceo and you know you are coming into a massive problem of sexual abuse and the first thing you do is not investigate. to not investigate, to not do anything when people shame survivors and not here survivors and try to create more education and to do things that will truly make ch

judiciary committee about the fbi's failure to stop serial sexual abuser usa gymnastics doctor larry nasserrs say in the time between when the fbi was first told of nasser's crimes and his 2016 arrest, nassar abused another 120 people. fbi director christopher wray apologized to the gymnasts in the senate hearing. last week, the fbi fired an agent involved in the investigation into nasser. both the gymnasts and senators on the judiciary committee called out justice department leadership for failing to appear at wednesday's hearing. attorney general merrick garland is expected to testify next month. this is the testimony of simone biles, four-time olympic gold medalist who was widely considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time. >> over the course of my career, i have wion when he five championship medals and seven olympic medals for team usa. that means so much to me and i'm proud of my representation of this nation through gymnastics. i am also a survivor of sexual abuse and i believe without a doubt that the circumstances that led to my abuse and allowed it to continue are directly t

congress, blaming federal law enforcement for botching their probe of former team doctor, larry nasser. the mont dials said the fbi and the sports governing body turned a blind eye as nasa -- nassar sexually abused several girls. we want to one you that the testimony you are about to hear -- warn you that the testimony you are about to hear is graphic. >> they are here to protect other young girls from the pain and trauma they endured at the hands of someone who was supposed to care for them. >> to be clear, i blame larry nassar and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> larry nasser was the team doctor for team usa gymnastics and also a sexual predator, today's testimony was gut wrenching and sometimes graphic. >> i told him the first thing larry nasser ever said to me was to change into shorts with no underwear because that would make it easier for him to work on me and it was within minutes he had his fingers in me. >> she was only 13 years old. larry nasser is serving the equivalent of life sentence after pleading guilty to seven accounts of sexual

larry nasser. >> to be clear, >> take your time. >> to be clear, i blame larry nasser. and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> it took over 14 months for the fbi to contact me, despite my many requests to be interviewed by them. larry nasser found more than 100 new victims to molest. >> mckayla maroney describes h he started abusing her when she was just 13. i told the >> >> fbi about tokyo, the day he gave me a sleeping pill for the plane ride to work on me later that night. that evening, i was naked, completely alone with him on top of me, molesting me for hours. i began crying at the memory over the phone. there was just dead silence. i was shocked that the agent's silence and disregard for my trauma, after that minute of silence, he asked if that was all. >> maroney accusing the fbi of covering up her claims to protect larry nasser. he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. one of the agents on the k's has retired. the other, recently fired. detective -- director christopher wray apologizing to the women. were people a

but instead, it took them 14 months to report anything, when larry nasser, in my opinion, should haveeen in jail that day. >> reporter: nasser will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. one of the fbi agents on the case has retired. the other one recently fired. today, director christopher wray personally apologizing to the women. >> i'm deeply and profoundly sorry to each and every one of you. i'm sorry that so many different people let you down over and over again. and i'm especially sorry that there were people at the fbi who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed. >> reporter: wray then making this pledge. >> i and my entire senior leadership team are going to make damn sure everybody at the fbi remembers what happened here in heartbreaking detail. >> very moving and painful testimony and rachel, we heard that apology right there, but these brave women who testified today say they want more than just an apology. >> reporter: that's right, david. they want that those fbi agents to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. aly raisman says how

larry nasser. >> to be clear, >> take your time. >> to be clear, i blame larry nasser. and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> it took over 14 months for the fbi to contact me, despite my many requests to be interviewed by them. larry nasser found more than 100 new victims to molest. >> mckayla maroney describes how he started abusing her when she was just 13. i told the >> >> fbi about tokyo, the day he gave me a sleeping pill for the plane ride to work on me later that night. that evening, i was naked, completely alone with him on top of me, molesting me for hours. i began crying at the memory over the phone. there was just dead silence. i was shocked that the agent's silence and disregard for my trauma, after that minute of silence, he asked if that was all. >> maroney accusing the fbi of covering up her claims to protect larry nasser. he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. one of the agents on the k's has retired. the other, recently fired. detective -- director christopher wray apologizing to the women. were people

larry nasser. >> i blame larry nasser, but i also blame and entire system that enabled and perpetratedter: biles is one of four elite gymnast testifying at the senate hearing into how the fbi failed in its handling of one of the biggest sexual abuse cases in the nation's history. >> i told him that the first thing larry nasser ever said to me was to change into shorts with no underwear. >> reporter: after michaela maroney reported details of the abuse, the supervising agent met with the ceo of usa gymnastics to discuss a potential job opportunity. by the time another complaint caught up with nasser, he had abused more than 70 new victims. >> this is not justice. enough is enough. >> the hearing followed a scathing report from the justice department's inspector general which said fbi agents failed to act with urgency, and lied to cover up their incompetence. >> it is troubling to me to see that an fbi agent, who lied, the law, knew he was breaking the law, and nothing happens. >> reporter: christopher ray became fbi director after the botched investigation. he confirmed the supervisory

other than larry nasser, for many hundreds of survivors of larry nasser. this hearing is one of our last opportunities to get justice. it is become painfully clear how a survivors healing is affected by the handling of their abuse. and it disgusts me that we are still fighting for the most basic answers and accountability over 6 years later and shivered hands. he is live on capitol hill for us that she had been that testimony. we heard from women speaking both about the entire system and also individuals needing to be held accountable. so has anyone actually been held accountable at the f b i for their mishandling of this case? i think what raised eyebrows was just in the last few hours before this senate judiciary session occurred and was suddenly announced that one of the field agents had been fired from the f. b i, which is the timing raises so many questions. it was also announced that the department of justice li, the to refuse to come to this to this hearing, to testify as to why there no one had been prosecuted. what we've discovered from the inspec

enough is enough. >> disgraced sports doctor larry nasser is believed to have abused hundreds of victimss serving a life sentence. >>> some worry that charm will disappear all together. mountain view city leaders are considering three plans to transform castro street from evelyn avenue to villa street to a pedestrian mall or plaza. the goal is to make it safer and it'll make it faster. all by one plan include shutting out cars and one plan include allowing patio space. >> they're asking for the public's input on the last day. >>> the labor department just unveiled the weekly jobless claims plus the new mandate set to impact thousands of bank employees. we are more with these stories and more with the stock exchange. good morning, diane. >> it was 20,000 from the previous week for jobless claims. >>> the reserve says all employees must be vaccinated by november 30th. the banks are taking a similar stance and all 12 require covid- 19 vaccines but -- >> microsoft says there are roughly 18 billion attacks on passwords every year. gianna. >> a dozen nominees up for the toy hall of fame. which

after i reported. >> the fbi, and dozens of girls and women continued to be molested by larry nasserorting abuse if our own fbi agents are going to take it upon themselves to bury that report in the drawer. it is the department of justice's job to hold them accountable. i am tired of waiting for people to do the right thing. because my abuse was enough and we deserve justice. how much is a little girl worth? >> 's before this whole chapters aptly discussed at every level. the people he knew about nasser's predatory abuse and did nothing deserve to rot in jail with that demented molester. top fbi agent, michael langman, who is only recently fired after sitting on michaela maroney's testimony out for 17 months back in 2015 at a job its entire time and then he. upon dozens more trusting young athletes. that bath third, langman also needs to the inside of himself with the department of justice did not even show up today to offer these women an apology. lord knows they're never going to get an explanation where they were robbed of their childhood and u.s. ag and the u.s. olympic and paral

to be clear, -- >> take your time. >> to be clear, i blame larry nasser and also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. usaid domestics and be u.s. olympic committee's -- olympic committee knew i was abused before i was aware of their knowledge. in may 2015, the former head of usa gymnastics women's program was told by my teammate maggie nichols that she suspected i was a victim. i did not understand the magnitude of what was happening until the indianapolis star published its article in the fall of 2016 entitled "former usa gymnastics doctor accused of abuse." yet, while i was a member of the 2016 usa lepic team, the fbi nor the committee contacted me or my parents. while others have been informed that investigations were ongoing, i have been left to wonder why i had not been told. this is the largest case of sexual abuse in the history of american sports. although there has been a fully independent investigation of the fbi's handling of the case, neither u.s. og nor uscp have been made the subject of the same scrutiny. these are trusted with our sport and our a

howie: and larry nasser preyed upon another 70 or possibly as much as another 120 young girls after thed by a couple of these brave women, originally back in 2015. the media are good about short-term outrage. the pain of the abuse by the team doctor never goes away. i'm just wondering why there isn't more of a he focus right now on what happened at the fbi because it's a colossal failure. >> it is. and simone biles is absolutely right. everybody who is outside of it gets to say, wow, this is disgusting and move on with your lives. if you're one of these people that has gone through this it's something that affects you for the rest of your life. there will be certain things that trigger you for the rest of your life. it changes your life. there was a piece in the guardian too saying what happened with the fbi did here was horrible but it wasn't shocking. we talk about how stuff like this, sex crimes like this, they're often under-prosecuted but they're also under-investigated. which is a what a lot of these women went through which is acceptable. howie: much more coverage with simone bil

ag sat idly by as dozensf girls women continued to be molested by larry nasser. amy: simone biles, the four-time olympic gold medalist widely considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time, also spoke before the senate. >> i don't want another young gymnast, olympic athlete, or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have endured before, during, continuing to this day in the -- weeks of the larry nasser abuse. to be clear, -- >> take your time. >> to be clear, i blame larry nasser and i also blame any entire system that enabled perpetrated his abuse. amy: lawyer site and the time between the fbi being told of dr. nasser's crimes and his 2016 arrest, nassar abused another 120 people. fbi director christopher wray apologized to the gymnasts during the hearing. last week, the fbi fired an agent involved in the investigation into nasser. both the gymnasts and senators on the judiciary committee called out justice department leadership for failing to appear at wednesday's hearing. attorney general merrick garland is expected to testify

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how did it take that larry nasser had time to abuse 150 victims before actually being cod. now that answer came after an investigation from the office of inspector general. the justice department found that the f b. i repeatedly failed to act, and not only did they failed to act, but if the officials even lied to cover all that in action. and today, senate judiciary chairman dick durban noted how the f b, i've failed to protect these weights. it shocks the conscience when those failures come from law enforcement itself. hundreds of athletes who also suffered at the hands of nasser, deserve much better from everyone, including the f, b i and, and then a motional statement. us dramatic star simone biles blamed an entire system that enable the sexual abuse to continue. i am also a survivor of sexual abuse and i believe without a doubt that the circumstances that led to my abuse and allowed it to continue are directly the result of the fact that the organizations created by congress to oversee and protect me as an athlete. usa gymnastics, m e, united states olympic and paralymp

story where a woman named rachel den hollander 1st came forward courageously and publicly named larry nasser. as an abuser 5 years later, we're still here trying to get answers. and that's shameful. and i think the, the athletes gave a really great voice to that, and they did it bravely and we'll see if it sparks any more action. but you know, there's more than just the f b i the, the survivors again after 5 years. they still haven't had access to i think it's 6000 pages of testimony from michigan state university is investigation. and so what happened? the university is citing attorney client privilege on the survivors and many others are asking them to waive that privilege in the interest of transparency and giving the survivors what they deserve. and understanding of how this happened . she's saying 5 years old, we're still trying to get answers. could abuse on this scale happen again, all of safeguards in place since at least nasa went to jail to prevent another case like this in any field involving young people. i believe this has gotten publicity and indeed it has touched off worldwide

to be clear i blame larry nasser and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abusee bravery on display was unbelievable. she claims the fbi totally turned a blind eye to reports of abuse but when went out of its way to cover up for you as a gymnastics. christopher ray testifying following the gymnast and apologizing for failing to properly investigate sexual abuse allegations, he said the agent responsible for investigating, larry nasser, has been fired. jillian: google shuts down and posted by a pro-life group after they pushed an abortion pill reversal treatment. the group says this is a case of bias against conservatives. >> the presence of live-action joins us to tell us what happened. what exactly did google do and why do you think they did it? >> google did this not only for live-action but the heartbeat international and hundreds of medical professionals who are ready and able to provide life-saving treatments for women who regret their abortion and want to take a drug to counteract the effect of the first abortion pill. we've been promoting this amazing trea

in the wake of larry nasser. to be clear -- >> take your time.our -- to be clear, i blame larry nasser and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. usa gymnastics and the united states olympic and paralympic committee knew that i was abused by their official team doctor long before i was ever made aware of their knowledge. in may 2015, the former head of usa gymnastics was told by my friend and teammate maggie nichols that she suspected i too was a victim. i did not understand the magnitude of what all was happening until the indianapolis star published its article fall 2016 entitled "former usa gymnastics doctor accused of abuse." while i was a member of the 2016 u.s. olympic team, neither usa g, nor the fbi ever contacted me or my parents. while others had been informed investigations were ongoing, i have been left to wonder why i had not been told until after the rio games. this is the largest case of sexual abuse in the history of american sport, and although there has been a fully independent investigation of the

of the larry nasser abuse. to be clear... sorry. take your time. me an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. aly raisman — a six—time olympic medallist — also gave testimony. over the past few years, it has become — over the past few years, it has become painfully clear how a survivor's _ become painfully clear how a survivor's healing is affected by the handling of their abuse, and it discussed — the handling of their abuse, and it discussed me that we are still fighting — discussed me that we are still fighting for the most basic answers and accountability over six years iater~ _ this hearing comes after a scathing justice department report injuly. it accused the fbi of botching the investigation. the fbi's investigation into nassar started in july 2015, after the usa gymnastics president reported the allegations to the fbi's indianapolis office. he also gave the names of three victims willing to be interviewed. that office did not formally open an investigation. the fbi only interviewed one witness months later and failed to forma

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gymnastics team doctor larry nasser, and what they hoped to see moving forwards afterwards. on behalf of the 120 victims who saw larry after the fbi knew of his abuse in 2015 and failed to investigate, failed to take action and failed to protect. where is the accountability? where is the accountability for letting larry continue to sexually assault little girls on your watch? >> i think it is something that people of position of power and in these powerful organizations need to think about is that the message they are sending that abuse doesn't matter. >> if there are no indictments and there is nobody being arrested and the people who have become accessories to again trafficking us and handing us on a silver platter to larry nasser are not held to account, i don't know what today was for. >> joining me now to discuss more of what comes next is kim wayly, the professor of law at baltimore school of law, and former u.s. attorney, and so, kim, we heard the powerful sound and heard so much of it yesterday from the victims describing the incredible trauma, and then demanding acc

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they were some of the sport's biggest names — and all were victims of larry nasser, team usa's gymnastics told the same senate committee there was no excuse for the way his organisation had failed to act. nomia iqbal reports. the world witnessed her mental struggles at the tokyo olympics. today, simone biles spoke about exactly what had impacted her. i don't want another young gymnast, olympic athlete, or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have endured. the most successful gymnast of all time, she recalled the abuse she suffered at the hands of herformer coach. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame... ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. simone biles and three of herformer team—mates appeared in front of the senatejudiciary committee to testify about the abuse they suffered at the hands of nassar. he's serving a life sentence in jail for sexually abusing hundreds of girls. an investigation into how the fbi handled the case has already catalogued failures and lies told by agents — none of whom have been prosecuted. mcka

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young, former world champion olympic champion, gymnast who were sexually abused by a monster, larry nasser, great job. and by the way, we saw the other day how america could be with democrats and republicans on the senate committee behaving not a bipartisan way in a completely non partisan way. what if we did that everywhere? yep. yep. what f john i got about 30 seconds. you're over under, over, reported under covered. this is not going to be very popular over reported is the, the story around the 20th anniversary of $911.00. now nobody celebrates and waves the flags better than america. and i'm not disparaging that i'm comparing that to under reported. we lost 3000 people on 911. we lose 3000 people every 2 days to cove it and we've lost 660000. and yet who cares? who talks about it? it's not being reported harry hurley, john elliot, thank you both again for stepping into the big picture. and thank you for watching the big picture. we're going to be back same time next week. if you're watching real time, if you don't set your d v r for direct tv channel 3 to one dish dish, we're to 80 or

they were some of the sport's biggest names, and all were victims of larry nasser, team usa's gymnasticsenate committee there was no excuse for the way his organisation had failed to act. nomia iqbal reports. the world witnessed her mental struggles at the tokyo 0lympics. today, simone biles spoke about exactly what had impacted her. i don't want another young gymnast, 0lympic athlete, or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have endured. the most successful gymnast of all time, she recalled the abuse she suffered at the hands of her former coach. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame... ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. simone biles and three of her former team—mates appeared in front of the senate judiciary committee to testify about the abuse they suffered at the hands of nassar. he's serving a life sentence in jail for sexually abusing hundreds of girls. an investigation into how the fbi handled the case has already catalogued failures and lies told by agents — none of whom have been prosecuted. michaela maroney

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larry nasser for athletes, gave emotional testimony to a senate judiciary committee which is looking into the agencies mishandling of the case. nasa was jailed for life in 2018 for sexually assaulting hundreds of women and girls. she had returns, he has more bearing come to order. officially this was a hearing about the f. b. i's mishandling of the investigation into the sexual abuse of women and girls treated by former olympics team, dr. larry nasa. but as survivors testified, it was clear, their goal was to go much further. to be clear, i believe larry now, sir. and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. nasa has been sentenced up to 235 years in prison, but a department of justice report found the f. b. i had been alerted to his abuse in 2015 and didn't take the allegation seriously. it didn't even let local authorities, which meant nasa continued molesting athletes when the allegations were finally investigated. officials minimize the athlete suffering. i told them i walked the halls of tokyo hotel at 2 am, and only 15 years old. i began crying at t

they not just into larry nasser and the f b i and the cover up that happened after that. but also to just how deep this goes . if you said, look, we need an independent investigation going back decades before we even start talking about reform, which i didn't seem to convince about anyway. but they said that unless we actually know how deep this guys and so guesswork when you start talking about what it was such an important point. and she also said, like we did, i mean all the people who looked away, not just in the f, b i, but at the usa, gymnastics, organization i b and then pick committees probably still in power. these are the same people and young people are now going through this. once again. what happens with a ledge abuse? and there was actually a comment from john coolant. one of the sentences he said, if wild famous athletes like like these 5 women or for them, if they're not listen to when they bring allegations to the authorities, what hope is that process? i'll just have to pretend see live on capitol hill. you have many thanks. now to afghanistan, it's been