mr. epstein being a flight risk? nada: well, prosecutors ared riat mr. epstein should be detained pending a, and they said it was because he had limitless resources, that he had two private plan, international connections, andth money to spare he would find it in his interest to flee before a trial concluded. they also said he did not have any family ties, no immediate family, no wife, no kids tying him here. they urged the judge to not do what his lawyer recommended by putting an electronic monitoring bracelet or something else because prosecutors thought that would give tm a head start if mr. epstein tried to flee but it wouldn't prevent it. agai them really honing in onct the hat he has a limitless amount of wealth and motivation to escape any trial. laura: nada tawfik, thank you. for more on the case, i'm joined by joseph moreno, a former justice department official and federal prosecutor. perhap federal prosecutors are essentially reviving his sex crimes ce against mr. epstein many years later. joseph: sure, laura. we will hear a lot from the defense

mr. epstein. i would expect that a lot of people who were friendly with jeffrey epstein, who visited his ,ouse, who received money campaign contributions for mr. epstein are going to be running in the opposite direction in the coming weeks and months. juan: i want to ask you, terms time and and his first before the senate, as you say, he was treated with kid gloves, and you expect any further questioning of his role in congress? >> i would. i have been surprise so far he really has not been brbrought in an grilled on the thinking that went into this nonprosecution agreement. in the past, when he is spoken of it, and has spoken of it very little, he said "i was dealt a very weak hand. the victims would not have made and thehe defense team we were up against was incrcredibly powerful." which does not seem like a very strong argument when you're part of the u.s. justice department. what is more puzzling to me and many others is that he has said this was a good deal. and yet he went along with the idea

mr. epstein had come on to at least one young girl, the daughter of a member at mar-a-lago. we've never been able to confirm that, but mr. trump has told people about that, that he had asked mr. epstein not to come to the club anymore. >> savannah guthrie did speak with one woman who says that she was a victim of jeffity epstein. she is not a part of this recent case. but this is what she told savannah and then i want to bring in peter baker. >> he raped me. forcefully raped me. knew exactly what he was doing. and i don't think cared. what hurts even more is that if i wasn't afraid to come forward sooner, then maybe he wouldn't have done to other girls. i feel really guilty, to this day i feel really guilty. >> peter, all of this just adding to the mounting pressure on alex acosta who is really speaking to an audience of one, right? >> well, that's right. i think that your interpretation of the president's comments is exactly on, which is to say that he expressed sympathy for acosta without actually guaranteeing the job. he made clear that the job is on the line. the presiden

mr. epstein.ne occasion noticed potentially illegal activity in one of mr. epstein's accounts, including transactions in which money was moving outside the united states, the people said. the compliance officers produced a so-called suspicious activity report, but it is unclear whether the report was ever filed with the treasury department's financial crimes division. deutsche bank has been under public scrutiny since it was revealed that they provided donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars in loans over a period of two decades when other banks refused to do business with donald trump. congresswoman katie porter has questioned treasury secretary steve mnuchin about deutsche bank's handling of suspicious transactions by president trump. congresswoman porter will join us after this break with her reaction to the news tonight about deutsche bank's handling of jeffrey epstein's banking transactions and what she expects to hear from robert mueller's testimony tomorrow. that's next. beep goes off

the president has tried to distance himself from jeffrey epstein, saying he wasn't a fan. mrmp has praised mr acosta as an excellent labour secretary. mr acosta and president trump spoke to the media earlier. here's what they had to say. he was a great labour secretary. not a good labour secretary. he has done a fantasticjob. he is a friend of everybody in the administration and i got a call this morning early from alex and i think he did a very good job yesterday under a lot of pressure, he did a fantasticjob. and he explained it, that he made a deal that people were happy with and then 12 years later, they're not happy with it. he'll have to figure all of that out but the fact of the matter is, he has been a fantastic secretary of labour. i look forward. i do not think it is right and fair for this administration's labour department and to have epstein as the focus, rather than the incredible economy that we have today. and so i called the president this morning, i told them that i thought the right thing was to step aside. cabinet positions are temporary trusts. it would b

mr. epstein went to jail. epstein was incarcerated, he registered as a sex offender. >> reporter: the "miami-herald" in an investigative report helping prompt today's charges found that acosta signed off on

mr. epstein is a billionaire." what outstanding questions, katie, would a reporter like you have for oh, i don't know, you name it, mr. acosta, mr. epstein, mr. trump at this point? >> how is it so easy to perpetrate a myth about yourself? how is it so easy to elude justice over and over again? how has it been so easy to strike a pretty lenient deal? i would just go back to that story and just examine these circles of power, the people who are in them, the cover they provide for each other. it's just there are so many questions about how people aid each other. if you make it into this crowd, how easy it is to just sort of keep it moving even if you catch trouble. >> and mimi rocah coming right off that point, this speaks sadly to your occupation. this is "washington post." mark fisher. "epstein's influential allies have included a dream team of defense lawyers including alan dershowitz, former clinton special counsel kenneth starr, leading white-collar defense attorneys lefcourt, roy block, jay lefkowitz." undersco

mr. epstein went to jail. epstein was incarcerated, he registered as a sex offender. >> reporter: the "miami-herald" in an investigative report helping prompt today's charges found that acosta signed off on a deal essentially shutting down an fbi investigation giving immunity to any potential co-conspirators allowing the multi-millionaire to pay restitution to his victims, register as a sex offender and plead guilty to two state charges. he spent 13 months in palm beach county jail where he was allowed to leave, six days a week, 12 hours at a time. >> the world was put on notice

mr. epstein. 002, he said he had known epstein for 15 years and he was, quote, a terrific guy who enjoyed women, quote, on the younger side. unquote. epstein was also reportedly a regular at the mar-a-lago club for years. the president needs to answer for this. and i don't recall is not an acceptable answer in this case. particularly since president trump appointed mr. acosta to such a powerful position. now, on health care, today oral arguments begin in the texas versus united states and the fate of our -- >> so you have been listening to senator chuck schumer calling on the labor secretary, alex acosta, to step down. schumer had been expected to make the remarks. he now joins house speaker nancy pelosi and other democrats in making that call. i can tell you that the department of labor, a spokesperson there told me that acosta has no intention, is not considering stepping down despite the growing calls. and the white house is defending acosta's a appointment as labor secretary. let me bring in ca

so for example, many of the victims said that mr epstein lured them into a private room with a massagegive him a massage, but to undress, before they were then molested by him. well, investigators at the home found that room, found that massage table, saying it wasjust as it was 15 years ago. they also found in his safe multiple cds that contained hundreds if not thousands of nude photographs of females, many of them underage girls. and they had very explicit labels on them. they had the victims‘ names, they said "young nudes". so these were some of the things that prosecutors, if the case goes to trial, will have to support their case. the final footage of eight international mountaineers who were killed by an avalanche while climbing india's second highest mountain has been released by the indian authorities. four climbers from the same expedition survived after turning back due to bad weather, but the remaining team members died during their ascent of nanda devi. gareth barlow has more details. these are some of the last recorded moments from the ill—fated expedition. the eight moun

mr. epstein. and asked the court not to release him pending trial. >> we also now know that jeffrey epstein wired $350,000 to two people who are potential witnesses against him at a previous trial. did that come up much in court today and could that maybe be the reason that he is deemed too much of a flight risk to allow out, in addition to the horror of his alleged crimes? >> well, it certainly did come up in court today, and the attorney for mr. epstein said just because he wired $350,000 to friends of his -- or one was a friend. one was a former employee. two or three days after the "miami herald" did its reporting on -- on his case doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with that. perhaps he just sends money like that because he's a very wealthy man. it seemed like the judge was skeptical of that suggestion and -- and, yes, that -- that did come up and could come up again on thursday when the judge -- >> yeah. >> -- makes his ruling. >> yeah, probably the most outrageous part of it, epstein

mr epstein once counted president trump, bill clinton and queen elizabeth's son prince andrew as friends luring underage girls to his homes in florida and new york. the prosecutor outlined the charges. this conduct, as alleged, went on for years. and it involved dozens of young girls, some as young as 1a years old at the time that they were allegedly abused. as alleged, epstein was well aware that many of his victims were minors, and not surprisingly, many of the underage girls that epstein allegedly victimised were particularly vulnerable to exploitation. the bbc‘s nada tawfik in new york has more details. this was basically a hearing to determine mr epstein's bail, and so prosecutors were putting forth evidence to show that he should stay in detention. they waited his manhattan mansion with a search warrant, and there at the mansion they say they found credible, explicit evidence that matched victims‘ testimony. for example, many of the victims said that mr epstein lured them into a private room with a massage table, where they were told to give him a massage, but to undress, before th

mr epstein — who once counted bill clinton and donald trump among his friends — denies the charges. thought epstein could be a flight risk. ultimately, the judge sided with prosecutors who argued that jeffrey epstein, who is a registered sex offender, remained a danger to the community and a flight risk and they pointed to evidence they found at his mansion. they found in his safe, a foreign passport with a fake name, piles of cash, diamonds as well as many, many lewd photographs of young women and girls. and so they said that he had not changed his ways and that he had the means and motive to flee. the judge said the suggestion by the defence that mr epstein could remain on house arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet was just not adequate. even though mr epstein offered to pay for armed guards 24/7 and to put up $100 million in collateral. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the australian outpost that brought millions the now—iconic images of the moon landing. how one radio telescope helped relay history. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been str

mr epstein, who once counted bill clinton and donald trump among his friends, denies the charges. secution thought epstein could be a flight risk. ultimately, thejudge decided ultimately, the judge decided with prosecutors who argued thatjeffrey epstein, a registered sex offender, remained a danger to the community and flight risk and they pointed to evidence they found at his mansion. they found in his safe, foreign passport with a fake name, piles of cash, diamonds as well as many, many lewd photographs of young women and girls. they said he had not changed his ways and had the means and motives to flee. the judge said the suggestion by the defence that mr epstein could be under house arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet was not adequate. even though mr epstein offered to pay for armed guards 24/7 put up $100 million in collateral. there are calls to widen the use of vaccinations to help bring a halt to the ebola epidemic in the democratic republic of congo. the announcement from medical charity msf comes a day after the world health organisation declared the outbreak a

mr. epstein? it seemed to be mentioned in a bail memo by new york prosecutors and did he take efforts to intimidate prosecutors, and if he did, harass witnesses, tamper with witnesses, why would he get what's being called a sweetheart deal. >> i cannot comment on the new york case. >> i'm talking about in florida. >> there is a pending new york case. i can't comment. sir. >> i'm curious who at main justice, neil mccain, one american news, who at main discuss reviewed this case or your decision and did you have any interaction with robert mueller at the time? >> so, i shared a letter that i wrote to one of epstein's defense attorneys and i shared that letter in part because it shows much of the time line. it shows how initially the meetings that took place were between the -- in july, between the first assistant, the criminal chief, the palm beach office chief and the line attorney and two fbi agents with epstein's attorneys. you'll notice that the initial meeting as outlined in this letter, who ar

mr. epstein? ion wants those questions asked one little bit. >> but 2002 is not 2019. friendship can fall apart in that amount of time, yeah? >> that's true. and mr. trump did strike him on the no-fly list for mar-a-lago years later, but that was his spontaneous reaction to the reports about his then friend, jeffrey epstein. he appeared to know a lot about mr. epstein's social life. mr. epstein by his own words was a fixture in palm beach, where mar-a-lago is located. so that's my inference anyway. i think it's a reasonable inference, and i'm speaking as a seven-year former federal prosecutor. >> let's talk about the race. let's talk about where we are right now. cnn's latest poll has the president's approval rating amongst republicans at 89%. why do you think the president's approval rating, support amongst republicans remains so high? >> among republicans and the republican state committees, those organizations are the trump campaign in each of those states so obviously i'm not going hunting for

mr. epstein, it sounded more like happy time. he could have a sleepover after 12 hours in his office. that didn't seem like the hard time this kind of serious time would merit the driver would drive him back. he spent 12 hours a day in that office away from that prison. >> lindsey graham, a man you know well, he wants to see the investigation first. the investigation into secretary acosta before deciding whether the hearing is necessary. >> it's okay that he wants to look at the background sheet before he makes the final addition. this is what he engages in. >> many times, the senate judiciary committee has been absent without leave when it came to the trump investigation, what little was done was done in the house side. so i hope that we see new life in the committee. the constitutional role is important and i hope lindsey graham will lead us forward in that regard. >> i spoke yesterday with preet bharara, the legal analyst. he believes it is significant that the public corruption unit over in new york, the southern district of new york, is on this case. how do you interpret that? >>

mr. epstein, who is accused at this point in time to justice, if he in fact committed the offenses alleged in the new charges. and then also about holding the department of justice accountable for the decisions that it made. so i'm glad to hear there's some level of internal review going on at the doj but i think that needs to be, i don't think why it is being done by the office of professional responsibility as opposed to the office of inspector general but it should be made public so the american people can have confidence in the decisions. >> you don't have confidence in the office of professional responsibility? >> they're more limited if their resources and scope of what they can do. especially when you talk about someone who is a former justice department official at this point in time. even though he works for another government agency. >> you think there should be a full-scale inspector general investigation. >> i would think so. this has enough of the public attention and there were so many victims. slims will suffer as a result of epstein's crimes for the rest of their lives. >>

mr. epstein is a billionaire." ions, xd katie, would a reporter like you 3zname it, mr. acosd epstein, mr. trump at this point?e1e1 >> how is it so easy to perpetrate a myth about yourself? how is it so easy to elude justice over and over again? how has it been so easy to strike a pretty lenient deal? i would just go back to that story and just examine these circles of power, the people wh( are in them, the cover they e1 provide for each other.e1 it's just there are so many questions about how people aid each other. if you make it into this crowd, how easy it is to just sort of keep it moving even if you catch trouble. >> and mimi rocah coming right off that point, this speaks xd sadly to your occupation. this is "washington post." mark fisher. "epstein's influential allies have included a dream team of defense lawyers including alan 9 this is a problem of the and it's interesting because acosta in 2011 wrote sort of a statement i believe to the daily beast where s and used the word assaul$@&e defense team, epstein'

mr. epstein was a, quote, terrific guy. at that time the president even acknowledged mr. epstein's preference for, quote, younger women. we really pressed him and i asked him, sir, it does matter why you had this falling out. he seemed to confirm reports from folks who have written books on mr. epstein that the falling out was related to epstein harassing some young women at mar-a-lago. anthony, it is unusual that the president wouldn't confirm that prior to today. >> once again our headline this morning, labor secretary alex acosta has resigned under pressure and appearing with the president at the white house. ou our 24-hour network at cbsnews.com or on our cbs news app. much more to come on your local news on this cbs station and tonight on the cbs evening news. many of you will return now to "cbs this morning." this has been a cbs news special report. i'm anthony mason in new york. >>> for news 24 hours a day goh >>> for news 24 hours a day goh to c baby let's ride. ♪ we got nothing but time. ♪ you get all the reaction. ♪ you're the main attraction. jeep grand cherokee

mr. epstein who was a predator, not worthy of that deal. i was a prosecutor. i never would have engaged the way that mr. epstein and counsel was able to engage with with a u.s. attorney. that was unusual in itself. and not to notify the victims as well. i'm going to say something i don't know if other democrats would say. but thank you, secretary acosta, for doing the right thing. for doing something that wilbur ross, bill barr and others will not do, which is come forward and resign and allow us to have an administration that follows the law. . >> congressman, as it relates to the president's relationship with jeffrey epstein, what struck me is that on multiple occasions he said he wasn't a big fan. but never from this president in the course of the last 72 hours has there been so much scrutiny have we heard from president trump, he was a despicable man. a terrible man. i'm glad he's off the streets. did you note that as well? >> i did note that. the last public reporting of these two that. the last public reporting these two individuals is that the two of th

mr. epstein is facing some heavy charges.so has some important information, useful information in his pocket should he care to use it. he had a number of enablers. many high profile friends. you just mentioned one of them, mr. trump. former president bill clinton is another. and he -- this was a very sophisticated operation. he had handlers. he had schedulers. he had pilots. it will be interesting going forward to' if he chooses to use that nchgs to try to lighten the punishment he might face should he be found guilty in federal court. >> it's hard not to draw that conclusion, that somehow he is able to skirt the law because he has dirt on powerful people. >> well, he's gotten away with it once. the question is, will he get away with it twice? because in this case, what will he have to trade? obviously he has friends in high places. we left out prince andrew is one of the people who used to party with him. donald trump making that public statement. bill clinton. he's got a lot of friends in high places. if he has information

mr. epstein, it immunized his coconspirators. did you consider his victims in that case to be prostitutes and why did you immunized his coconspirators? >> the answer to where the victims prostitutes, no. they were victims. end of story. they were victims. the second part of that, the purpose in this case was to bring epstein to jail. put him behind bars. there were other individuals, the focus is on the top player and that's where our focus appropriately was. let me also say something because a lot has been said about this. when we proceeded, the expectation was that would be needed 18 month sentence in the expectation was that it would be served in jail. and so this work-release was complete b.s. i've been on record as far back as 2011 saying that it was not always bargained for and it was not what we expected. but this was a state court plea and because it was a state court plea, the terms of confinement were under the jurisdiction of the state of florida. and so the outrage over that 13 month, you know, getting to leave jail,

controversy also put a spotlight on president trump's relationship with epstein whom he called "a terrific guy" in a 2002 interview. mresident do you still think jeffrey epstein is a terrific guy? >> i was not a fan of his, that i can tell you. i was not a fan of his. >> reporter: he said they hadn't spoken for years after a falling out over epstein's allegedly inappropriate behavior with young women at president trump's mar-a-lago resort. mr. president, the reason for your falling out with mr. epstein matters. was it related to business or abuse of underage girls? people want to know. >> i threw him out of a club, i didn't want anything to do with him. that was many, many years ago. >> axelrod: and paula, i understand there are late- breaking details about the epstein case. what do we know? >> reporter: tonight, prosecutors are arguing that epstein should be denied bail. they are accusing him of witness tampering, alleging that late last year he wired $350,000 to two people that were close to him around the time he was allegedly abusing these young women, and these people could have been witnesses against him. prosec

mr. epstein? it seemed to be mentioned in a memo by u.s. prosecutors. did you take efforts to it -- did he take efforts to hamper -- temper with witnesses? >> i can't comment on the new york case. that would not be appropriate. >> i'm talking about important. -- florida. >> i cannot comment. who at main justice reviewed this case or your decision? did you have any interaction with robert mueller at the time? >> i shared a letter that i wrote to one of epstein's defense attorneys. i shared that letter because it shows much of the timeline. initially, the meetings that took place were first assistant, the criminal chief, the palm beach office chief, and the line attorney and two fbi agents to get you will notice that the initial meeting as outlined in this letter were all career attorneys. how they presented the terms, how epstein's attorneys were dissatisfied and asked for a meeting with me, how it will with their attorneys along with all of the career officials, how we then invited the chief of the department of justice to travel down. one of the things

mr. epstein? it seemed to have been mentioned in a memo by new york prrz. did he take efforts to intimidate prosecutors or harass witnesses, if he did that, why would he get what's been called a sweetheart deal? >> i can't comment on the new york case. that would not be appropriate. sir? >> i'm talking about in florida -- >> sir, there is a pending case in new york. i can't comment. sir some. >> i'm curious who at main justice reviewed this case or your decision, and did you have any interaction with robert mueller at the time? >> um, so i shared a letter that i wrote to one of epstein's defense attorneys. and i shared that letter in part because it shows much of the timeline. it shows how initially the meetings that took place were between the -- in july -- between the first assistant, the criminal chief, the palm beach office chief, and the attorney with two attorneys of epstein. you'll notice all of these were career attorneys how they presented the terms, how epstein's attorneys were dissatisfied and asked for a meeting with me. how i went with their at

so for example, many of the victims said that mr epstein lured them into a private room with a massageo give him a massage, but to undress, before they were then molested by him. well, investigators at the home found that room, found that massage table, saying it wasjust as it was 15 years ago. they also found in his safe multiple cds that contained hundreds if not thousands of nude photographs of females, many of them underage girls. and they had very explicit labels on them. they had the victims‘ names, they said "young nudes". so these were some of the things that prosecutors, if the case goes to trial, will have to support their case. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some live pictures from hong kong, where carrie lam is holding a press conference. a short time ago she said the controversial extradition bill, which of course has sparked huge protests, and indeed some violent protests in the last few weeks, she has said that that bill is now dead, and that the work on the bill has been a total failure. let's just have a listen into carrie lam. we will adop

mr. epstein was and intelligence assets of some sort? secy. acosta: there has been reporting to that effect. levy say, there's been reporting to a lot of affects in this case. not just now but over the years. again, i would, i would hesitate to take this reporting as fact. this was a case that was brought by our office. it was brought based on the facts. i can't address it directly because of our guidelines. i can tell you that a lot of reporting is just going down rabbit holes. a few more questions. have you asked a question yet? how about in front of you? yes? i'm trying to do one question per person. reporter: can i go ahead? katie rogers with the new york times. i am just wondering what makes you so confident that the president will continue to have you serve? there have been several advisors of his whom he stands up for initially, what makes you so confident? what makes you so confident? secy. acosta: i'm here to talk about this case. i'm doing my job. if the president decides that i'm not the best person to do this job, i respect that. t

mr. epstein, and then mr. acosta as the u.s. attorney meets at a confidential location, having breakfast with the attorneys for mr. epstein and brokers a deal. does not tell the victims, as he's required to do under the crime victims rights act, and agrees to an agreement that prevents any further actions taken against mr. epstein, who then is allowed to work and only spend evenings in jail. i mean it is such an absolute repugnant act by a person who's supposed to be complying with the laws and making sure that the laws are being implemented. mr. acosta has to go. and i have authored two letters. i've been joined by over 60 members of the house saying it's time, mr. president, to relieve mr. acosta of his responsibilities because not only is he the secretary of labor, he is in charge of child sex trafficking, and he's suggested reducing 80% of the funding there. so none of this adds up as someone who is committed to making sure that children are protected in this country. >> congresswoman jackie speier, thank you so much for joi

mr. epstein.e entire party. >> trevor: 28 women in a room with donald trump and jeffrey epstein. doesn't sound like a party. it sounds like an escape the room. pull on his hair! see if it does something! and it's not just trump. turns out epstein has had powerful friends on both sides of the aisle. >> mr. epstein was also friends with former president bill clinton. >> bill clinton's office released its own statement. president clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes jeffrey epstein pleaded guilty to. >> clinton acknowledges he flew four times on epstein's private jet in 2002 and 2003. shante davis was a flight attendant on the jet known as the elite express because it allegedly shuttled underwaged girls between epstein's homes. she told inside edition clinton did nothing improper on those trips. she said she made him peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. ( laughter ) >> trevor: you know, i'm glad the news got her to reenact the making of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, just so we all foe

mr epstein, who once counted president trump, bill clinton and queen elizabeth's son prince andrew asng underage girls victims to his homes in florida and new york. the prosecutor outlined the charges. this conduct is alleged went on for yea rs this conduct is alleged went on for years and it involved dozens of young girls, some as young as 14 yea rs old young girls, some as young as 14 years old at the time that they were allegedly abused. as alleged, epstein was well aware that many of his victims were miners and not surprisingly, many of the underage girls that epstein allegedly victimised were particularly vulnerable to exploitation. my colleague nada tawfik, has been monitoring the case home this is a hearing to determine mr epstein‘s bail and prosecutors were putting forward evidence to suggest he stay injail. putting forward evidence to suggest he stay in jail. they waited his manhattan mansion with a search warrant to merit the mansion they say they found credible, explicit evidence that matched victims testimony. for example many of the terms said that mr epstein lowered them

mr epstein, who once counted president trump, bill clinton and queen elizabeth's son prince andrew as underage girls to his homes in florida and new york. the prosecutor outlined the charges. this conduct as alleged went on for years and it involved dozens of young girls, some as young as 14 years old at the time, that they were allegedly abused. as alleged, epstein was well aware that many of his victims were minors and, not surprisingly, many of the underage girls that epstein allegedly victimised were particularly vulnerable to exploitation. my colleague nada tawfik, has been monitoring the case and told us more on what has been found in epstein‘s home. this was a hearing to determine mr epstein‘s bail and prosecutors were putting forth evidence to show he should remain in detention. on saturday, they raided his manhattan mansion with a search warrant and said they found credible, explicit evidence that matched victims testimony. for example many of the terms said that mr epstein lowered them into a private room with a massage table where they were told to give him a massage but to

acosta was a federal prosecuter in 2008 when mr epstein pleaded guilty to prostitution charges. he plea deal quote — "amoral". here's what mr acosta had to say. 0ne one of the tough questions in these cases, what does that value at the ac carried guilty plea? with the registration. braces rolling the dice. and i know that in 2019 looking back on 2008, things may looking back on 2008, things may look different. but this was at the judgement of the prosecutors with dozens judgement of the prosecutors with d oze ns of judgement of the prosecutors with dozens of yea rs judgement of the prosecutors with dozens of years of experience. if you look to the letter, you will see it's not a single person making those decisions. let's go live to washington, and speak to anthony zurcher. so, mr epstein, a name that our view have come across i so, mr epstein, a name that our view have come across i know american euros have been watching closely, acosta speaking there and getting the press conference, why did he need to do that? well because he was coming under increased criticism from democrats

mr. epstein to justice. this has been a long time coming, but it is an important step toward getting justice for the many victims of epstein's sex trafficking ring. we hope that the prosecutors will not stop with mr. epstein but will also turn their attention to the several people who were part of mr. epstein's enterprise. now that attorney credits really these victims with just keeping on going on, keeping on telling their stories, continuing to talk to prosecutors about why their case should be reopened. but we also know that a federal judge ruled earlier this year that the justice department violated those victims rules when it didn't confer with them around the time that plea deal was reached with epstein in 2008. so lots of factors there, and we'll find more out tomorrow. >> all right, let us know, thank you so much, appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, customs and border patrol agents under fire after a secret facebook group is exposed. what officials are now doing in response to the racist and o

mr. epstein went to jail. epstein was incarcerated. he registered as a sex offender. the world was put on notice he was a sex offender. and the victims received restitution. >> 13 months in county jail, 12 hours a day, work release. you consider that justice for the -- >> congresswoman -- >> joining me now is now is the lead reporter on the epstein case. she's been credited for her reporting. and elliott williams, assistant attorney general at the justice department. tell us your take away -- we see the president by the way, he's standing at the west wing door. he's about to greet the emir of quatar, which is an irony in itself. because back in 2017, he joined the saudis and the uae in basically blackballing quatar. he supported his close allies in riyadh against this emir, and to the consternation of then secretary of state rex tillerson, then defensive secretary mattis, they both circled the globe trying to put this back together. for a long time they could not handle it. we'll have more on that later. we're about to see the emir getting out of his car. i want to pa

the judge said that the suggestion by the defence that mr epstein could remain on house arrest with an adequate, even though mr epstein offered to pay for armed guards 2a/7 and put up $100 million in collateral. much more to come, including this, the australian hour —— outpost that brought us history. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust, in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone, has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the "great white way" by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. finally, wildlife officials in australia have b

mr. epstein has at his disposal makes it possible that he will be a flight risk. second, i will say i think it's also an indication that epstein's lawyers know that they are in a top spot. the more evidence that is coming out, the more their client is looking worse and worse, it's getting more into even a public corruption type of investigation, in terms of what epstein did to try and influence people to let him off lightly. i think if they are smart, to try to reach a plea bargain and never go to court on this, because that could mean the client could be going to jail for life. >> harris: i don't play the role that you play, so i'm just real basic when i look at things. when i see the ball moves on how you're going to try the case -- now it's not sex trafficking, that's what his attorneys are asking. they wanted more of a customer-based, money-based thing. what does that mean for the victims? because they were shut out the first time in 2008. the victim rights bill, if you will, was not allowed. was not adhered to. what does that say about the victims of this? vie

mr. epstein's residence, they found photographs. we know that the charges so far are for sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy for a sex trafficking of minors crime. there also, though, as julie points out at the top of the show, they are looking for more victims. what is sdny doing? >> there's going to be various components of this. and you can see it in the shape that we have already seen in the sense that there's a public corruption aspect to this. there's going to be the general crimes against children aspect of this. you know who's going to play a huge role in this is the computer forensic examiners for fbi new york, they're going to come in, the fruits of that search warrant. we already know they found nude photos of apparent minors. by the way, that's huge from a legal perspective, why because when they have a detention hearing which may be scheduled for thursday, and they try to claim he's a flight risk, epstein should be detained pending trial, he may be an active offender. he's still in possession of child pornography.

mr. epstein with underage girls? >> oh, no. if i had ever seen jeffrey epstein in any inappropriate situation withen underage girl, i would have terminated my relationship and turned him in. no way. >> you're obviously surprised by the allegation. >> we were shocked by the allegations, but as a criminal lawyer, being shocked by an allegation doesn't mean that i won't defend somebody. >> reporter: alan dershowitz helped negotiate what many have criticized as a lenient plea deal for jeffrey epstein in 2008. dershowitz denies the deal was a bargain, instead arguing prosecutors lacked the evidence to indict epstein for federal sex trafficking charges. >> they thought they would lose -- >> they made a deal. they got him to be a registered sex offender, to pay vast amounts of money to all of the women, and to get him to plead and go to jail and expose him for the world to see as a sex offender. i think the feds thought it was the best they could do. >> reporter: an in-depth investigation by the miami herald in november uncovered polic

. —— mr acosta. whole situation withjeremy epstein. -- mr acosta.y the state of florida not by the us attorney's office. in 2006 a grand jury attorney's office. in 2006 a grand jury convened, reviewed the evidence and confirmed a single charge. that charge would have resulted in no jailtime, at charge would have resulted in no jail time, at all. charge would have resulted in no jailtime, at all. no charge would have resulted in no jail time, at all. no registration isa jail time, at all. no registration is a sexual offender and no restitution to the victim. further, the state attorney's office allowed epstein to self surrender and arraigned him the following morning. simply put, the palm beach state attorney's office was ready to let epstein walk free, no jail time, nothing. prosecuted in my former office found this to be completely unacceptable and became involved. —— prosecutors. our office became involved. our prosecutors, as it 2008 article recounts, resented the ultimatum, plead guilty towards serious charges, that required jail time, registrat

mr. epstein. >> brothers say epstein is an extreme flight risk because of his wealth. the judge is expected to make a decision on whether or not to grant bail on thursday. >>> later today the health and human services department is due to announce a new rule that will restrict services at family planning clinics. this rule push beside i the trump administration mandates family planning clinics have to immediately stop referring women for abortions. abortion rights critics praised the new rule calling it a victory for quote common sense health care. abortion rights supporters say the rule will disrupt basic health care for many low income women. >>> planned parenthood plans to sue over the rule. their statement says our doors are still open, we will not stop fighting for those across the country in need of essential care. >>> facebook begins a two-day congressional hearing about a plan to create a digital currency called libra. the trump administration is strongly against it. steven mnuchin told reporters that he has very serious concerns that libra could be used for mu