maroney, ms. nichols and ms. raisman and performed the fbi that all three athletes were available to be interviewed. however it wasn't until six weeks later on september 2 that the indianapolis office interviewed ms. maroney by telephone as you heard and neither ms. nichols nor ms. raisman were ever interviewed by that office. moreover, the indianapolis office did not formally document its interview of ms. maroney at the time or its july meeting with usa gymnastics. the office also didn't formally open an investigation or an assessment of the matter. immediately following that september 2 interview, the indianapolis office and local federal prosecutors concluded there was no venue in indianapolis for the federal investigation. both offices also had serious questions as to whether there was federal criminal jurisdiction as opposed to state or local jurisdiction. yet the indianapolis field office didn't advise state or local authorities about the allegations and didn't take any actions to mitigate the risks to gymn

mckayla maroney, aly raisman and abbie nichols as well. you see them on the screen. these are star gymnasts, current and former for team usa. we're waiting for this hearing to start. talk about what we expect to hear from them and on this new reporting that the fbi agent, one of them, involved in this investigation, has been fired in the leadup today. that's rather rare. what else can you tell us? >> it is rare, hallie. in fact, that agent was fired last week. nbc news confirms the story first reported by the washington post. that agent back in september of 2015 interviewed mckayla maroney about what larry nassar did to her when he was working for usa gymnastics. and that agent apparently did nothing about it. and the case went nowhere. and so usa gymnastics went to the fbi los angeles field office with the same complaints and an agent there interviewed mckayla maroney and that same day that office opened an investigation into larry nassar. and that's going to be at the heart of this, because these young women, these four young women who you see there who have a trea

this is michaela maroney testifying for the united states senate. the fbi does have questions to answer, including to this american hero. >> let's be honest. by not taking immediate action from my report, they allowed a child molester to go free for more than a year. this inaction directly allowed nassar's abuse to continue. what is the point of reporting abuse if our own fbi agents are going to take it upon themselves to bury that report in a drawer. they had legal legitimate evidence of child abuse and did nothing. if they're not going to protect me, i want to know who are they trying to protect? >> it is clear from the testimony they believe that there were too many men involved in this and that the men were not taking them seriously and that competitive pressures, that maybe there were people on the olympic committee that maybe had a too cozy relationship with the fbi that did not want to blow this up and hold dr. nassar accountable because of the impact on competitiveness, right? >> reporter: there are so many questions as to why would you, acc

the painful testimony from mckayla maroney, describing dr. nassar's abuse. she says it began when she was just 13. and she describes in what happened in the phone call with the fbi agent. and aly raisman said she was told to keep her reports confidential and not to tell anyone. the current fbi director christopher wray apologizing to the young women, saying, "i am deeply and profoundly sorry to each and every one of you." tonight, their painful descriptions of what happened and we warn you, this is difficult. and they describe those calls with the fbi, the silence at the other end of the line. abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott leading us off from capitol hill. >> reporter: tonight, four of the greatest athletes in the history of american gymnastics demanding justice. telling congress they were betrayed by the fbi agents assigned to investigate their allegations of sexual abuse by team doctor larry nassar. >> i don't want another young gymnast, olympic athlete or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have endured b

simone biles, aly raisman, mckayla maroney, and maggie nichols all testified after years of being silenced. nbc's susan mcginnis has the details. >> reporter: on capitol hill, four of the world's top gymnasts testifying about sexual abuse by convicted usa gymnastics doctor, larry nassar, and how the fbi and others handled their cases >> we suffered and continue to suffer because no one at fbi, usag, or the usopc did what was necessary to protect us. >> reporter: olympic gold medalist, simone biles, and elite gymnasts aly raisman, mckayla maroney, and maggie nichols accusing the organizations of failing at their jobs. >> i told the fbi all of this, and they chose to falsify my report and to not only minimize my abuse but silence me, yet again. >> it is astonishing and disturbing how many adults let you down >> reporter: hearing, following a scathing justice department inspector general report finding fbi agents never opened an official investigation, allowing nassar's assaults to continue. >> it was like serving innocent children up to a pedophile on a silver platter >> reporter: with nassa

maroney: go ahead, yeah. ms. raisman: ok. so, i think that in regards to the question about safe sport, i think it's really important for it to be a completely separate entity, and safe sport should not be funded by an organization that there are reports against. and there needs to be more clear -- what's the right word? what i was trying to say earlier was that with safe sport in some of my personal experience, and also with my mom's personal experience, and with -- sorry, it has been a very long day. and with other people that i have spoken to, is that they bounce it around to other people, and so there needs to be more clear lines of communication. ms. maroney: and who is >> [inaudible] >> i also think that whatever can be done to have all three u.s. ag and fbi be investigated and -- says there has been investigations, but the scope of the investigation was not acceptable and it needs to be completely independent, it needs to go back decades, nothing is off-limits. until we know the answers to that, we don't know who to ho

mckayla maroney, what she had to say was just so shocking.aying what i loved about these young women is they said, i'm ready to answer any questions you have. and you know why? because they demand and need to have the answers. >> let me get a reaction to that christine. what do you think? >> they're four american heros and they will be remembered as high rows forever, jim, by speaking out. i bet they'll be back again. they're going to be leaders on this topic for years to come and we need them because as laura was saying there are some real problems in law enforcement in not helping these young women when they needed the help the most. >> we needed leaders at the fbi too so this never happens again. this is just appalling, six sickening stuff. >>> a booster shot of the pfizer vaccine could dramatically reduce the rate of covid infection, but internal documents reveal the fda is still deeply divided over whether to approve more doses for most americans. walter, twelve o' clock. get em boy! [cows mooing] that is incredible. it's the multi-flex

gymnasts including simone biles and mukayla maroney slammed the fbi for mishandling abuse allegationsr now in prison after 150 women and girls said in court he'd sexually abused them. each gymnast spoke about the harrowing abuse they said they suffered and the fbi's delay in investigating their allegations all allowed nasasar abuse to continue. >> reporter: fighting back tears testifying before congress today about how the fbi failed her and hundreds of other survivors of sexual abuse by usa gymnastics team doctor larry nassar. >> i don't want another young gymnast, olympic athlete to speens the horror i and hundreds of other have endured before, during and continuing to this day in the wake of the larry nassar abuse. to be clear -- >> take your time. >> to be clear i blame larry nassar and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> reporter: nassar pleaded guilty in 2018 and was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for assaulting hundreds of victims but not before he was allowed to victimize dozens of girls because adults in positions of authority fail

maroney. miss nichols. >> chair durbin, ranking member grassley and distinguished members of the judiciary committee, thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. i want to thank you for your commitments to holding those accountable for athlete safety. i was named as gymnast two in the office of inspector general's report and previously identified as athlete a. by usa gymnastics. i want you to know this didn't happen to gymnast two or agent lee a. it happened to me, maggie nichols. since i was a child i had a dream of competing for my country in the world championships and olympic games. i was an elite level gymnast by the age of 13. by the time i was 14, i made the national team. i traveled internationally for four years attending competitions and in 2015 at the world championships representing our country where i won a gold medal. my olympic dreams ended in the summer of 2015 when my coach and i reported larry nassar' abuse to usag leadership. i went on to compete at the university of ok

they told me not to really talk about it with mckayla maroney. i thought that it was being handled, so i cannot express to you -- when you are told by the president of usa gymnastics that they were handling it -- i did not know that they were going to mishandle it the way that they have. when they are telling me that they are reaching out to the fbi, i unfortunately believed them. i cannot tell you how horrifying it is to meet young girls who look up to me, who watched me compete in the olympics and tell me that they went to see larry nasser because of me and my teammate, because they wanted to see the olympic doctor. in his office, he had photos of us, so they went to see him because they thought it was so cool to have the same doctor as us. it has been one of the hardest and most devastating parts for me. 70 survivors suffer with guilt and shame. it takes everything i have to work on not taking the blame for that because it is horrific. it is horrible to meet them and to know that over 100 victims could have been buried the abuse . all we neede

nbc news has confirmed that the fbi fired that agent who originally interviewed mckayla maroney.s very unusual for the fbi to fire an agent and the man who was the agent in charge of the indianapolis field office, he retired several years ago. >> well, whether he's retired and the other one is fired, i have a feeling they still need to answer some questions. anne, thank you so much. >>> also developing, the department of justice has asked for an immediate court order to stop texas from enforcing its new law banning most abortions. julia ainsley covers the justice department. help me understand this. the supreme court did not intervene in the case, so does the department of justice have a leg to stand on at this point? >> reporter: yeah, stephanie, new day, new challenge. what the supreme court did not intervene on was a challenge from advocates, abortion rights advocates in texas that challenged s.b. 8 and when the supreme court ruled, they said they would consider future challenges if they answered certain procedural questions. now it's the justice department's turn. as we know,

. >> 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 at the fbi who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed. >> >> he then made this pledge. i and my entire team will make sure everybody at the fbi remembers what happened here in heartbreaking detail. reporter: rachel scott, abc news. larry: senator dianne feinstein showed her support, e

. >> reporter: aly raisman, mckayla maroney are expected to testify. the fbi agent who first interviewed maroney about her experience has been fired. >> we want to make sure nothing like this ever happens again to any other young athlete or young person, young woman. >> reporter: more than 250 women accused nassar of sexual abuse. he's expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. chris pal lone, nbc news, washington. >>> happening today a campbell business owner will be honored for possibly preventing a mass shooting. santa clara county county district attorney will honor maroda who called the police in july after seeing someone on surveillance video prowling his car lot. officer found an arsenal including two assault rifles and several high-capacity magazines. bullets were inscribed with phrases like cop killer and they found a hate-filled manifesto. that ceremony starts at 10:00 this morning. >>> the chase center in san francisco will require proof of vaccination for any event with more than 1,000 people. the new requirement applies to anyone 12

>> today us gymnastics stars including simone biles and mckayla maroney. aly raisman delivered emotional testimony before congress yet a group of women demanding action after they say the fbi failed to take their reports of abuse at the hands of doctor larry nassar seriously? kron four's, washington, dc correspondent raquel martin. >> joins us live recount. this is disturbing testimony. these are household names. that people have watched perform at the olympics and. >> to think that the fbi. >> knew about this and did nothing for so long. it's just horrifying. >> good evening. that's why is why watching these testimonies today was outright heartbreaking will be cold. this hearing after in july, an inspector general report showed the fbi set on information about nassar's abuse for 15 months. because of that inaction, at least 70 additional young women who are victimized. i believe larry nassar. i also >> an entire system. that and a book end. perpetrated his views. us gymnastics star simone biles says she and dozens of women suffered abuse because law enfor

stars including simone biles and mckayla maroney. >> delivered emotional testimonies before congress. the group of women demanding action after they say the fbi failed to take the reports of abuse at the hands of doctor larry nassar seriously, our washington, dc correspondent raquel martin joins us now live in raquel their testimonies were jarring. that's right. the testimonies were outright. heartbreaking. now, this hearing was ultimately called out to an inspector general report that came out in july revealed the fbi settled information revealing some of reports, lawmakers see because of these in action, at least 70 young women were heard. >> i believe larry nassar. i also an entire system. that and a book end. perpetrated his abuse, us gymnastics star simone biles says she and dozens of women suffered abuse because law enforcement did not take initial report seriously. the scars of this horrific abuse continue to live with all of us at a wednesday hearing biles alongside gymnast mckayla maroney. >> maggie nichols and alley raisman told senators the fbi turaed a blind eye when they

langerman just got fired, he was the head officer that maroney went to.lecting a taxpayer pension today. all of us are paying his pension after he sacrificed these young girls to a pedophile in order to advance his own career. he was seeking a job with the olympic company. it's just disgraceful. >> so i think what i am hearing from you is that you don't anticipate any criminal charges? >> i don't anticipate them. if they are coming, they are really, really late. they should have happened a long time ago. >> i want to get your thoughts on something else. aly raisman discussing the lasting impact on survivors. >> i don't think people realize how much experiencing a type of abuses not something that one just suffers in the moment. it carries on with them sometimes for the rest of their lives. >> your thoughts? >> that's absolutely how my clients feel. it's a lasting hurt. even hearing this today, many, many women who are survivors of abuse or sexual assaults are hurting. we continue to hurt all of us until we change this. we can't change this until we change

. >> 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 at the fbi who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed. >> >> he then made this pledge. i and my entire team will make sure everybody at the fbi remembers what happened here in heartbreaking detail. reporter: rachel scott, abc news. larry: senator dianne feinstein showed her support, e

>> i feel bad for mckayla maroney. it's a tragedy that never should happen. is specifically set up to deal with child exploitation. every office in the country has task force officers from local agencies to work these crimes. this was not only a failure of the agent but it was a failure of leadership as well which we have seen from time to time recently in the fbi. he will need to be held accountable. they should never have happened. it should never happen again. >> shannon: christopher wray, fbi director, seems hard-pressed to come up with answers. he said he is shocked, disgusted. the whole thing they are working through procedures. we have got to this internal mollie hemingway tweets "christopher wray who has repeatedly defendant the fbi, now claiming to be sorry his agency let nassar rape and assault young girls. i can imagine. you have counseled people through all kinds of things. the healing of the trauma. to feel like the people that they reported it to did not have their back. >> as a father of two daughters who were involved in sports, this is every

mckayla maroney saying the fbi betrayed her and allowed abuse to continue the fbi chief on the hot seat how he responded >>> also tonight, pfizer making the case for covid booster shots after just six months, days before the fda is expected to decide whether to authorize them and the grim milestone. one in 500 americans now dead from covid. >>> president biden expressing great confidence in top general mark milley after a new book claimed milley secretly reached out to a chinese general during the trump presidency the former president firing back. >>> the remnants of hurricane nicholas soaking the gulf coast. >>> california governor gavin newsom beating back the effort to recall him >>> the stunning twist. the attorney shot in the head now accused of plotting the attack himself. >>> and the countdown to tonight's historic spacex launch. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. we know them from another arena, celebrated gymnasts, olympians. but today they sat tearfully in front of a different audience in a senate hearing room simone biles surrounded by

. >> reporter: gold medalist mckayla maroney says when she told an f.b.i. investigator what happened, she was met with silence. >> after that minute of silence, he asked, "is that all?" those words in itself was one of the worst moments of this entire process for me. >> reporter: her case was one of the first to be referred to the f.b.i. in july 2015, but the bureau failed to properly investigate, according to an internal justice department report, waiting more than a year before opening a formal probe. by then, approximately 70 other young athletes had beener assaulted by nassar, who was later convicted. >> the f.b.i. and others within both u.s.a.g., and u.s.o.p.c., knew that nassar molested children and did nothing to restrict his access. >> reporter: days before the hearing, the f.b.i. fired one of the lead agents on the case as senators pressed director christopher wray on the failures. >> what am i missing here? >> i don't have a >> what am i missing here? >> i don't have a good explanation for you. >> it is utterly jarring to me. >> reporter: wray apo

. >> by some estimates there, nasser molested more than 100 more girls in the years after mckayla maroney testified to the fbi. she sat on the floor to reveal her horrors to agents on phone that she had not shared with her parents, and that respond on the other end of to line, "is that all?" let's bring in anne thompson and former sex crimes prosecutor wendy murphy and at university of law in new england, and also msnbc correspondent. tell us about the trauma that is still haunting these women. >> what dick durbin called this a historic day in the senate is the fact when these four young women testified today, it was absolutely riveting. people did not move. people in the hallways did not move. people stood there and just listened to these four women who we are so used to seeing doing incredible things in a gymnasium, and to see them be so difficult to talk about, and to see simone biles breakdown and so difficult to talk about being abused by larry nasser, and mckayla maroney's anger at the fbi for first of all not believing her and then lying about what she said after a report was writt

maroney. grassley and distinguished members of the judiciary committee, thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. i want to thank you for your commitments to holding those

biles testified in the senate hearing alongside fellow olympians mikayla maroney and aly raisman. also testifying the first known athletes to accuse nassar of abuse, maggie nichols. they told their stories along with some of naser's other victims sitting behind them. the gymnasts made it clear -- they blame the fbi, u.s. gymnastics and u.s. olympic and paralympic committee for committ nassar's abuse of the many women and girls who were abused after they complained. >> i don't want another gymnast or athlete or individual to experience the horror i and hundreds of others endured before, during, and continuing to this day in the wake -- of the larry nassar abuse. to be clear -- sorry to be clear -- sorry >> take your time. >> to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. gymnast's the co >> the gymnasts' testimony comes after an inspector general found the fbi botched the investigation into larry nassar's abuse it found the agency made fundamental errors and failed to interview victims in a timely manner mikayla maroney

michael langman, who is a special agent in the indianapolis field office interviewed mckayla maroney in 2015 about her abuse. he left his job in early september according to those individuals." the ig report that christopher wray referred to specifically singled out for special and -- for special agent in charge, wj abbott, accused of how he handled -- and he communicated about a potential job opportunity with the u.s. olympic committee. he retired from the agency back in 2018. plenty of calls for more action from the fbi going farther from that, including on the front page of the washington post. sally jenkins, the headline, " larry nassar is in prison but why aren't his enablers? it is time for his enablers to -- in this cover-up." we are getting your reaction to yesterday's hearing. this is charlie out of knoxville, tennessee. good morning. caller: good morning. i noticed that comey did not send in any apologies. i feel sorry for these young ladies. never, ever trust the fbi. host: doug in massachusetts is next. good morning. caller: thank you for updating us on what happened to t

maroney. they did not formally open investigation of the matter. following that interview, the indianapolis office and local federal prosecutors concluded there was no venue in indianapolis for the federal investigation. those offices had serious questions as to whether there was federal criminal jurisdiction. yet the indianapolis field office did not advise state or local authorities and did not take any actions to mitigate the risks to gymnasts that nassar was continuing to train. further, that office failed to transfer the case to the fbi office that might have had venue despite informing usa gymnastics that it had done so. after eight months of fbi inactivity, in may 2016, usa gymnastics officials contacted the fbi's los angeles field office to report the same allegations. the los angeles office opened an investigation and undertook numerous steps, but critically, it did not contact state or local authorities, and it didn't take action to mitigate the ongoing threat represented by nassar. -- threat presented by nassar. it was not until august 2

it was really tough, mckayla maroney saying i really can't say more right now because i'm just spent. simone biles, who we just saw a month and a half ago in tokyo, there she is again. the heroism of these women. in the midst of the tragedy and missed opportunities to help them, i hope today they reached a couple of young people and maybe their words can help others. maybe there are some young people being abused today who gain power and strength from looking at these american heros. that's what they are. that's what they'll be in the history books, american heros, all of them, telling their story and hopefully helping others as they testified about the terrible things done to them and the lack of help from the fbi and others when they needed it the most. >> it is infuriating to hear how the fbi handled these allegations. why did investigators fail so badly? it's unfathomable that these allegations were detailed to these agents and they didn't dive head on into a full fledged investigation. what is the possible explanation for that? >> i don't have an answer for you. this goes beyond,

the one standing was michaela maroney.his they settle for 17 months and then falsified my testimony. the fact of the matter, this was jim cummings fbi. when dick durbin asked how it happened maybe is too busy or trying to frame the duly elected president to really care about a doctors sexually molesting under age girls. that might be one of the explanations. i would like to see the fbi will reimagine as and dismantled from its current state. that would be a move in the right direction. kennedy: i want to know what people knew but i want to see cell phone messages i want to see text messages i want the e-mails that went back and forth between the olympic committee, and the u.s. ag. because people talk about this. christopher knew about harvey weinstein for years and did nothing because their association directly benefited them. and heat create an. upon more victims, dave go ahead. >> yes, i do not want to see the fbi reimagine per se. i would support it being abolished and never spoken of again. >> the situation is just hor

>> reporter: mckayla maroney, alleyy raisman, simone biles, ee members of the united states gymnasticseam ripping the fbi for failing to protect them from their sexual abuser. >> i was so shocked by their disregard for my trauma. >> their well-being was placed in the jeopardy of these individuals who chose not to do their jobs. >> it was like serving innocent children up to a pedophile on a silver platter. >> reporter: one by one, the decorated gymnasts told their stories, recounting the years of abuse by larry nassar, former usa gymnastics team doctor. >> i sit before you today to raise my voice so that no little girl must endure what i, the athletes at this table and the countless others who needlessly suffered under nassar's guise of medical treatment. which we continue to endure today. >> that evening i was naked, completely alone, with him on top of me molesting me for hours. i told them i thought i was going to die that night because there was no way that he would let me go. >> he turned out to be more of a pedophile than he was a doctor. >> reporter: nassar is currently serving

had they listened to mikayla maroney in 2015, all of the young women who came after that didn't have to be victimized. they made that point over and over again. you can see not only were they elite athletes, they're elite human beings. under this unimaginable pressure, all of these cameras, all of these questions, answering questions, reliving their trauma because they still believe and hold out hope that there may still be some justice. >> jessica howard also said we're tired. we're tired of telling this story to pull at the heart strings to get something to happen. again, this should not have happened because the policies were already in place to protect a lot of these women. let's bring in paula reid and senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe, former deputy director at the fbi. paula, you first. as we detail just how this investigation from office to office was botched, tell us which policies weren't followed and how this unfolded over the last several years? >> victor, it's really incredible. the office of inspector general's report focuses on the fbi field office in indian

this is maroney speaking about what some of the fbi did about what happened to her.r from laura. here it is. >> i then told the fbi about tokyo. the day he gave me a sleeping pill for the plane ride to then work on me later that night. that evening, i was naked, completely alone, with him on top of me, molesting me for hours. i told them i thought i was going to die that night because there was no way that he would let me go. but he did. i told them i walked the halls of tokyo hotel at 2:00 a.m. at only 15 years old. i began crying at the memory over the phone and there was just dead silence. i was so shocked at the agent's silence and disregard for my trauma, after that minute of silence, he asked, is that all? >> it's absolutely shocking, laura. when you look at how these girls were ignored, what does that signal to them and everyone else who is trying to get justice in the face of such ugly abuse? >> i mean, it's absolutely shocking and it's disgusting. and she had that question later on. with saying what's the point of reporting it if nothing's going to be done e

aly raisman, mckayla maroney and maggie nichols are expected to testify.med the fbi agent who first interviewed maroney about her experience with nassar in 2015 has been fired. more than 250 young women accused nassar of sexual abuse. he's expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. >> that number, chris, 250 women, just bewildering really. as well, the fbi director christopher wray is expected to testify to the senate judiciary committee as well. what do you think we can expect from him? >> wray was not in charge of the fbi when this all started in 2015, but our sources tell us he was very angry and upset when the inspector general report came out in july an he's expected to detail for the senate committee the changes that he has already implemented to make sure that no fbi field office sweeps something like this under the rug or lets it fall through the cracks again. >> never again. chris pollone, thanks for the latest. >>> late night move by the justice department seeks to block texas' new strict abortion ban. has week attorney general merrick gar

>> michaela maroney, aly raisman, elite members of the olympics united states gymnastics team giving sexual abuser. >> i was so shocked at the agent's silence and disregard for my trauma. it was like serving innocent children up to a pedophile on a silver platter. >> reporter: one by one the decorated gymnasts told their stories recounting the years of abuse by larry nassar, the former usa gymnastics team doctor. >> i sit before you today to raise my voice so that no little girl must endure what i, the athletes at this table and the countless others who needlessly suffered under nasser's guise of medical treatment which we continue to endure today. >> that evening i was naked, completely alone with him on top of me molesting me for hours. i told them i thought i was going to die that night because there was no way that he would let me go. he turns out to be more of a pedophile than he was a doctor. >> reporter: nasser is currently serving a 40 to 175-year state prison sentence after 150 women and girls came forward to expose he abused them over the course of 20 years. but today's con

. >> that would've been i believe mckayla maroney very early on. she wasn't taken seriously.k she testified the agent said, that's it? amy: i want to go to mckayla maroney testifying before theenate weesday. >> this was very clear, cookie-cutter pedophilia and abuse. this is important because i told the fbi all of this and they chose to falsify my report and did not only minimize my views, but silence me yet again. i thought given the severity of the situation, they would act quickly for the sake of protecting other girls but instead it took them 14 months to report anything when larry nasser, in my opinion, should have been in jail that day. the fbi, usmc, usa g sat idly by as dozens of girls and women continue to be molested by larry nasser. amy: mark alesia, talk about how you got involved, how you ended up going down to louisville to interview rachael denhollander. >> my teammates and i met marissa and tim, at "the indianapolis star" we did a story, the first went on the eve of the rio olympics in 2016. after that story came out, we received an email from rachael saying i

simone biles, aly raisman, mckayla maroney and maggie nichols joined lawmakers today to demand answersing the fbi's handling of the investigation into the long time team usa gymnastics team doctor, according to a report from a justice department inspector general. the fbi failed to act after first hearing of abuse complaints in 2015, and that allowed nasser to abuse more victims for another year. over the past few years, it has become painfully clear. how is 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 six years later and for this committee's mckayla, maroney said. at one point, she was talking to an fbi agent about horrifying details of abuse that sometimes lasted for hours at a time, and she was crying on the phone and says there was just dead silence. on the other end, she says, the agent finally said is that all? maroni says, those words were one of the worst moments of this entire process. you don't have to be a cop, a firefighter or a superhero to save innocent lives

>> my kayla maroney, ally riseman, simone biles and maggie nickels members of the olympics united statesl testimony, ripping the fbi for failing to protect them from their sexual abuser. >> i was so shocked at the agent's silence and disregard for my trauma. >> it was like serving innocent children up to a pedophile on a silver platter. >> reporter: one by one the decorated gymnasts told their stories, recounted the years of abuse by larry nassar, the former usa gymnastics team doctor. >> i sit before you today to raise my voice so that no little girl must endure what i, the athletes at this table, and the countless others who needlessly suffered under nassar's guise of medical treatment, which we continue to endure today. >> that evening i was naked, completely alone with him on top of me, molesting me for hours. i told them i thought i was going to die that night because there was no way that he would let me go. >> he turned out to be more of a pedophile than he was a doctor. >> reporter: nassar is currently serving 40 to 175-year state prison sentence after 150 women and girls came fo

mckayla maroney said it specifically. if they weren't trying to protect me, who were they trying to protect? why was one credible allegation of abuse not enough? these women were traumatized over and over. >> harris: we've got about a minute before we wrap. there was a theme today among lawmakers' questions for wray and horowitz. why are people then, even though they left, why was 2018 a year that you let one of the perpetrators retire? >> that's right. that's why these women are demanding accountability from all of these organizations. >> harris: usa gymnastics, olympics, paralympics. >> wray said we are limited in the disciplinary measures we can take. so put it to congress to pass laws that you can retroactively call someone back. >> harris: what say you, kayleigh, you said they waited until today to fire people. wow. that's gonna do it for us. here's america reports. >> thank you, harris. bombshell allegations in final days much the trump presidency. milley called chinese officials and promised to warn them of a poten