so, listen, shimon, let's talk about this. repeatedly brought up the former white house counsel don mcgahn and his place in the obstruction investigation. let's listen and then we'll talk. >> your investigation found that president trump directed white house counsel don mcgahn to fire you, isn't that correct? >> true. >> so it's fair to say the president tried to protect himself by asking staff to falsify records relevant to an ongoing investigation? >> i would say that's my general summary. >> so, shimon, looking forward, the house judiciary chairman jerry nadler says he's going to go to court to get a subpoena to get don mcgahn to testify. how important do you think it is for him to testify? >> i think outside mueller he is the most important witness in all of this. >> but isn't he the star witness? >> he's the one who was there, he's the one dealing with it, he's the one communicating with the president and the president saying i want this one fired, i want that one fired, i want you to do things. >> put this into the recor

shimon prokupecz. how on earth did jeffery epstein gets a sweetheart deal. 13 months in jail, he can leave six days a week. how did this happen? >> we don't know. we hopefully are going to find out in a couple of ways. one is the inspector general is investigating this right now. how did this he get this from alex acosta's office years ago. ultimately, a sweetheart deal in the state is not at all unheard of. states pushed down their charges all the time. the question is how did he get a complete pass from the fed at the time. that's what everybody is wondering about. i think we'll get answers from the inspector general. >> alexander acosta who's now the secretary of labor for the trump administration.

shimon, excellent job out there. thank you very much. james gallano is a retired fbi special agent, analyst and areva martin is a still rights attorney and cnn legal analyst. areva, i want to dive into the last point shimon was making about -- so epstein's current attorney argued today that this is, his words, a do-over of a florida investigation more than ten years ago, right? that investigation ended with what -- the "miami herald" referred to as the deal of a lifetime, nonprosecution deal for epstein brokered by then u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida and now current labor secretary alex acosta. as a result, and even though nearly three dozen victims were identified by police as possible victims, epstein avoided federal charges and served 13 months in county jail. among some other things. so my question to you is this. sdny says new york is not bound by that agreement. do you think there is any risk of double jeopardy? >> none whatsoever, brooke. i think that argument is dead on arrival. a couple of things we have to p

and as shimon pointed out, the way these encounters also escalated. and some of the girls saying -- in some of julie brown's reporting, we should point out. the alleged victims talking about how they didn't know it was going to maybe go that way. or they knew it wasn't right, but again, they were young and didn't get it. and it also points out in the indictment that they believe, prosecutors believe he did know their ages and what was going on, because some of these victims who were in here were asked specifically about their age and they said they didn't lie. >> let's talk about the powerful people in politics that were friends, including president bill clinton, which i think records show flew on his jet several times. president trump is quoted with glowing words about him back in 2002. >> nasin fact. in 2002 he talked about him to new york magazine, he said he's a terrific guy, he's a lot of fun to be with. it's even said that he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side. no doubt about it, jeffrey enjoys his so

. >> cnn's crime and justice reporter shimon is live. he's been following all of this.ouncement came down. why no charges? what are prosecutors saying? >> well, the bottom line, kate, the u.s. attorney here richard donna hue said the evidence and the law just was not there. we cannot meet the burden of proving this case. you spoke about the siddio. the video was central in all of this. it was a key piece of evidence, the prosecutors said, in all of this. and interestingly enough, from what they saw in the video, they cannot see that the officer here was engaged in a chokehold when eric garner was saying he couldn't breathe. those words, as you said, became the rallying cry here. but the u.s. attorney here going through painstaking detail of why it is as they viewed the evidence, they could not bring charges in this case. here's what he said. >> the video shows that the officers' initial actions were in accordance with established police tactics and procedures, but that the situation deteriorated as it progressed. at the end of the day, however, the video and the other e

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shimon is outside the courthouse. shimon, what did the judge say?the bail request. jeffrey epstein will remain in jail in lower manhattan at a federal facility here. he is not going home, despite the offer of putting up close to $100 million. the judge, in issuing his ruling, denying the bail, said that it is inadequate. despite jeffrey epstein's offer of $100 million, between the offer of placing his mansion, cash and other ways to try and secure his release, the judge saying that it was inadequate and he's not going to release jeffrey epstein as he awaits trials. of course jeffrey epstein's attorneys have been asking for several days, and filing several letters asking for his release. the government arguing that he's an extreme flight risk, and therefore he should not be released. the judge here this morning siding with prosecutors in this case and he is not going to release jeffrey epstein. so for now he will remain in jail here at the mcc in lower manhattan. >> all right. shimon, thank you so much. we also are getting some more breaking news tha

shimon, quickly. civil rights charges or attempted charges follow when local authorities do not charge, and of course the doj has decided not to pursue here. is this the end of legal jeopardy then for the officer involved here? >> reporter: yes, it is. this is over. this investigation is over. no more charges, criminal charges can be brought against the officer because the grand jury in staten island decided not to bring charges. and now you have the department of justice deciding not to bring charges. the officer, however, his job is still in jeopardy. he's been on desk duty since this happened and the nypd, their department, internal investigation, there was a trial. that decision, their internal department trial, that decision is still pending. they just wrapped up that trial. the judge in that trial, the department judge is yet to decide on what is going to happen, what the officer's space is in terms of his employment. it will be one of those two options but the idea this officer is ever going to

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shimon, stand by. we are getting new sound from a new eyewitness from our affiliate on the ground, kgo tv. >> when did you realize that your cousin, your 12-year-old cousin was shot? >> well, when we were almost, like, in a fence, we were really close to a fence. we just saw a hole and she was crying. >> so it sounds like she got shot while you were running away from the gunfire and the gunman? >> yeah, probably. we aren't sure. >> so were you outside the fair grounds when she was shot? >> outside the fair grounds, like the -- >> you said you were in the woods afterwards, right? >> she got shot before. way before, probably. she was already bleeding. >> was she crying? was she saying she was in a pain? >> yeah, a lot of times. like, she was hurting, like, a lot. >> how did you get her out of there? >> well, she was running fast. that's why we didn't know she got fast. she was running normally. >> maybe it just was a shock to her and she realized something was wrong all of a sudden? >> yeah, probably jus

for the past 3 and a half years his supporters take regularly to the streets of butcher to call for shimon his wife to be freed they say that zacky required his medical help already court house you know given. this is a key be released several days for many years but importantly. the court order which i think is not also. in the security remains tight clashes between police and the exact his backers have rates fears that islamic movement of nigeria might turn to violent insurgency. now to the story of one by. and making a big difference in the kabera slum in nairobi there's a school for severely disabled children but there's no transport service to bring them there and the low income families concha for to make arrangements to stand decided he's going to do something about that stanley okin year's day starts early as he sets off to take his daughter to school. happy bosy bori had meningitis when she was 3 since then she has been unable to move or talk. stanley literally specialized center that could offer his daughter the therapy she needed and he soon realised how difficult it is for disa

also with us, cnn crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz. thank you both. i know you're working sources on this story. paul, first to you. what do we know about what happened? do we have information about whether this shooter has been apprehended? >> no information of that nature yet, natalie. this is a still developing story. but we do know that witnesses have told cnn that they heard multiple shots fired here at the garlic festival. some of you may be asking where is gilroy, california? it's about 80 miles south of san francisco. as you illuded to earlier, this is an extremely popular event. garlic is big business in the gilroy area so this is well-attended. we've seen numerous reports that suggest many victims have been taken to local hospitals and people have reported that they have seen people on the ground at this festival. but right now the information is just trickling in, and as you showed earlier, the gilroy police department saying active shooter. so, it is not known whether or not, natalie, to your question, that shooter has been app remend hend

i want to bring in our crime and justice reporter shimon procku pez. why does he want the deputy by his side. >> he wants to protect mule tore give him cover. so they're hoping to have -- they were hoping to have him sit there and answer some of the questions that the committee members were going to have and what we're seeing here from the letter yesterday that the department of justice published from mueller asking for guidance about what he can testify to, what he can't testify to, and now we have word that mueller wants his deputy special counsel there sitting next to him, wanted him answering questions. the committee said no. that is not going to happen. it all seems to be every effort possible from all sides, certainly -- [ technical difficulties ] -- and had the day-to-day over sight of the investigation. conducted by the office. he will accompany special counsel mueller to the wednesday hearing as was discussed with the committees more than a week ago. they're saying this was no surprise to them. we'll see what happens. >> so was it a last-minut

shimon prokupecz has been covering this. >> this is a very unforeseen development and troubling development certainly for investigators. they don't want anything happening to him. the investigation is still very much ongoing. there's still a lot of work to do. you know, for them they certainly don't want him escaping justice because either he's beaten up and dies in jail or kills himself. now he's on suicide watch. they're taking other precautions to protect him. what we're hearing is, i think the leading theory right now, is this was an attempted suicide but they're not 100% certain yesterday. he has said that -- he's made a claim that he was beaten up. there's another theory that maybe he did this to try to get some sympathy so they can move him from the jail that he's at in lower manhattan. the conditions there as we expect are pretty rough. i think he's unhappy about being there. he fought like hell to get out of jail and to try to go stay at a $66 million mansion. that didn't work. so there's concern that he may be doing this to try to get -- to try and be moved. but we don't know for

here to discuss with us, my shim shim shimon prokupecz.did jeffery epstein gets a sweetheart deal. 13 months in jail, he can leave six days a week. how did this happen? >> we don't know. we hopefully are going to find out in a couple of ways. one is the inspector general is investigating this right now. how did this he get this from alex acosta's office years ago. ultimately, a sweetheart deal in the state is not at all unheard of. states pushed down their charges all the time. the question is how did he get a complete pass from the fed at the time. that's what everybody is wondering about. i think we'll get answers from the inspector general. >> alexander acosta who's now the secretary of labor for the trump administration. what's the potential legal outcome for acosta right now? >> it is highly unlikely. if he were bribed, he got something from epstein in order to give him the non prosecution agreement then we would have a charge. more likely he did not bring this charge because of some sort of political pressure. he describes how hard i

i'm so glad shimon brought up the victims in this. look, this agreement that was agreed to with alexandra acosta was kept from the victims. they didn't know about it. none of the 36 victims federal prosecutors identified were allowed in the courtroom for any of this. >> they didn't know it was happening. >> they didn't know what was happening, they didn't know what the agreement was. it was stunning. the accomplices named back then, four of them received immunity from federal criminal charges. what now? >> two important points on what you laid out. the fact that victims didn't know about this. in february, a federal judge ruled this deal, broke the law with this deal because victims were kept in the dark until after a judge signed off. to your point, they weren't in the courtroom when this was happening because no one knew about it. when it comes to this immunity, part of this deal, in many ways when it was laid out was dictated by epstein's attorneys, not so much by u.s. attorney, acosta, overseeing it out of miami but did grant immu

we have cnn's shimon there now. what are you learning?orter: epstein appearing in court, still under way just moments ago. he pleaded not guilty to the charges. he walked into the courtroom. we're told by our reporter inside that he's wearing navy prison garb, his hair is rumpled and he wasn't wearing handcuffs. this is his initial appearance where he pleaded not guilty. we're told that the courtroom is packed, at capacity. it's unclear obviously if any victims are inside the courtroom. what we do know is that an attorney, david boyce, well renowned attorney who's representing some of the victims in this case, he's inside that courtroom. so we're going to wait and see once this wraps up if he's going to come out and speak to the cameras. but the news here right now is that epstein making his first appearance on these charges pleading not guilty. >> all right, shimon, thank you so much. >>> also breaking new, we're getting word of the first democratic candidate to drop out of the 2020 race. why eric swalwell is expected to call it quits. u

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okay, shimon, thank you so much.p us posted. >>> joining us to discuss it a former corruption prosecutor for the southern district of new york where this case will be tried. thanks so much for taking the time this morning? thanks for having me, jim. >> let's look at what his lawyers are requesting here to stay at home in effect in his mansion while awaiting trial. they're going to put a gps monster on him. put up his corporate jet as collateral for the bond. for normal people without corporate jets and high priced lawyers would a judge normally grant a request to stay at home while awaiting trial? >> absolutely not. and this judge in particular is predisposed not to entertain this type of gilded cage argument that epstein's lawyers are putting forth. in fact, this judge, judge berman several years ago a gold trader from turkey made the same argument and in a written opinion he said well just because you're rich you can't buy your way out of jail. >> danger to his other victims and more coming out, to his victims, wha

shimon, let me start with you. epstein is facing new charges but putting everyone's attention square back on the deal from 2008 that largely got him off. what more are you learning about the deal? >> keep in mind, we wouldn't be here today if he didn't get this sweetheart deal. he was facing a 50-something count indictment, a federal indictment, perhaps similar to the charges that we're seeing now in florida, when he got this sweetheart deal. and it truly is a remarkable deal. his lawyers fought quite strongly for him, successfully, and when you look at what he received in exchange for this agreement, it was 13 months in a county jail where he was essentially allowed to leave and go to work. the big thing here is that he avoided these federal charges and that he only had to plead to two state prostitution charges. quite different than when you're facing a 50-count indictment from federal prosecutors. and then obviously he had to register as a sex offender. so when you look at the fire deal, you have to wonder how d

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shimon prokupecz live for us. what happened inside the courtroom?: well, court ended on a dramatic note. two of the victims, two women who say they have been victimized by jeffrey epstein addressed the judge. both obviously saying that they want him kept in jail during the -- while this case gets under way and they do not want him released pending trial. one of them, she choked up, annie farmer, and the other, courtney wild, she told the judge that he's a scary person to have walking the streets. obviously a big decision here for the judge. he said he's going to wait until thursday to make that final decision. the defense attorneys for jeffrey epstein arguing that essentially they want to create a jail for him at his upper east side $77 million mansion. they're willing to hire security. they're even willing to put up more money, more cash if the judge asks for it. anything to get him released, they're willing to do is what they told a judge. prosecutors quickly, john, worry that he's going to flee. they found a passport, an expired passport from the

shimon, what are we learning already? >> the press conference is set to get underway in suft minutes. we'll be learning more information. the u.s. attorney here, jeffrey berman is going to take the podium. by his side will be the fbi, the head of the fbi new york field office and the prosecutors that have been investigating this for quite some time. and really what we learned today in this 14-page indictment was this network that epstein had set up, a network of underage girls that he recruited, that he used other girls to recruit. some as young as 14. we learned in this indictment that he had employees, associates, at least three employees, who would help him arrange these meetings, these encounters with some of these underage girls in florida and here at his upper east side mansion. all of this alleged in this 14-page indictment took place between 2002 and 2005. a lot of questions are going to be asked as to why finally now did this southern district of new york decide to go ahead and pursue this case. other questions a

biters shimon on both types of farming produce healthy crops that will help you live to 100 when that the auto as it this is the analytics we use are very precise as you can always get these days we can identify even the slightest residue so the idea that conventional farming has adverse effects on people's health i'm very skeptical as us get this. despite his reservations georg meyer huffer experiments with organic practices now and then this year he did not use any insecticide on the rate seed he grows for human consumption today he wants to see if that's made a difference. it's one of us many u.s. citizen befalls we're seeing here is an infestation of rape stem weevils for me the feeling for me as a farmer it's always very hard to gauge exactly what the pesticide does the vehicle museum is react to but you don't know exactly what effect it's had. with noir but i'd like to try new things out and as a beekeeper i wanted to see if doing without pesticides is a viable option you know. it's all down to the harvest is often not all that often given the infestation we're seeing here it's

biters shimon on both types of farming produce healthy crops that will help you live to 100. as if this is the analytics we use are very precise. these days we can identify even the slightest residue so the idea that conventional farming has adverse effects on people's health i'm very skeptical yes keep this. despite his reservations meyerhoff for experiments with organic practices now and then this year he did not use any insecticide on the rapeseed he grows for human consumption today he wants to see if that's made a difference. as of ozma yes it is and this fall we're seeing here is an infestation of rape stem weevils for me i thought it looked really for me as a farmer it's always very hard to gauge exactly what the pesticide does the vehicle museum is really so if you don't know exactly what effect it's had. neuer but i'd like to try new things out as a beekeeper i wanted to see if doing without pesticides is a bad. option you know open it for now i thought. it's all down to the harvest is often not all that awful given the infestation we're seeing here it's not looking

i want to bring in our cnn legal analyst laura coates and shimon prokupecz and evan perez. first of all, what do you think what we heard from the president? >> i think the president said that mueller didn't have anything to work with and i think that is not correct. i think it is clear, as you read this -- the two volumes of the mueller report, there is a lot here and mueller today chose essentially not to use all of that. i think -- i understand that mueller wants to sort of abide by this idea of staying within the four corners of what is the work product, but there is a lot of room there and he chose not to do it. and i think obviously he was an unwilling witness and warned the democrats essentially that he didn't want to be there. and he made that abundantly clear. but on a couple of occasions, especially at the beginning, he made it clear this is not an exoneration of the president. he also in answer to a series of questions said that once the president leaves office it is possible that he could be indicted for some of his conduct. again those were some of the moments t

netanyahu 1st became prime minister in 1996 beating being combin shimon peres by less than one percent of the vote. he won on a platform of opposing the oslo peace accords with the palestinians although when in office he continued implementing them and even met his enemy the palestinian liberation organization chief yasser arafat. netanyahu now considers the oslo accords no and void and with who many say is the most supportive u.s. president israel has ever had there's no pressure to make peace with the palestinians the embassy of the most powerful nation on earth our greatest ally the united states of america so do you see. i think that can be i don't want to say singlehandedly but i would say and most significantly it will be remembered as the person who managed to destroy the chances of peace and to plunge the whole lead to an end to a new. extremism of confrontation of violence and instability because he speaks only the language of the. nation of oppression. but perhaps some of netanyahu is greatest challenges are yet to come after winning the general election in april he failed to

shimon prokupecz is with us. i know you've been in touch with officials from nypd and the fire department here, what are you learning? >> the most important is for people to know that everything is under control. the nypd, the fire department, obviously responding to different calls, people needing rescue, are stuck in elevatoele they may not be able to get to everyone. unfortunately, we're over 2 hours into this, and there are many people stuck in elevators. that's just going to happen. one of the biggest issues, i think, is actually crowd control. a lot of people on the streets of manhattan in times square. tourists, people who can't get back into their homes, and others are just walking around and noticing, and watching what's going on. the biggest issue for them right now is trying to control the crowds, the people, that have gathered all around these areas, specifically in times square. on the west side of manhattan. that's what they're dealing with, and the cars, because a lot of the traffic lights are out.

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netanyahu 1st became prime minister in 1996 beating the incumbent shimon peres by less than one percent of the vote. he won on a platform of opposing the oslo peace accords with the palestinians although when in office he continued implementing them and even met his enemy the palestinian liberation organization chief yasser arafat. netanyahu now considers the oslo accords no and void and with who many say is the most supportive u.s. president israel has ever had there's no pressure to make peace with the palestinians the embassy of the most powerful nation on earth our greatest ally the united states of america today it's an embassy here. i think that can be i don't want to say singlehandedly but i would say and most significantly it will be remembered as the person who managed to destroy the chances of peace and to plunge the whole lead to an end to. extremism of confrontation and of violence and instability because he speaks only the language of the. nation of oppression. but perhaps some of netanyahu is greatest challenges are yet to come after winning the general election in april h

shimon, 77 million. >> stunning -- >> holy moly. >> basically, he's driving us everything he has to try get out of jail. it's more than $77 million. when you look at everything. >> whaels? >> it's just the home, right? >> today we're talking about electronic monitoring. you're saying, we'll put security guards in your home. we'll get telephone, he'll call to report every time something's going on. offering his jet, worth at least 10, 20 million dollars, his brother is offering his home in palm beach as collateral as well. if the court says, i want you to put up another $20 million, they're willing to do that. you don't see this every day, obviously, we're dealing with a different kind of defendant. they're saying, hey, wen watt him out and we'll do whatever we need to do to secure, that he comes back to court. you know, when he has to come back. >> what does it say to you as the legal mind that his lawyers are trying this hard and offering up this much to make sure he doesn't stay in jail. >> they have to, this is a high hurdle for them to overcome the way the law works, someone in this

shimon prokupecz joins us now. what do we know about the extent of these injuries?> they don't appear to be that serious. a mystery as to what exactly happen to him. was he beaten up, did he try to take his own life? or did he do this in a way to get some kind of sympathy, so he could be removed from the jail he's at. those are the questions that investigators are asking and are trying to figure out. the thing is, as you said, they are these markings on his neck. we've actually spoken to a source who has seen jeffrey epstein today. said he seems normal. doesn't appear to be seriously injured there does not appear to be any bruising on him, the source couldn't see his neck. everything seemed to be fine with him. he was meeting with his lawyers there at the jail. this is something he does routinely on a daily basis, where he meets with his lawyers. they come to the jail, they sit with him. for investigators at the bureau of prisons now, they're trying to sort out what happened. and as you said, jeffrey epstein told some of the prison officials, the jail officials that

cnn's shimon prokupecz live at the courthouse in lower manhattan. >> reporter: it is a big day here ford for his defense team. jeffrey epstein has been in jail since his arrest almost two weeks ago and he's been begging essentially the judge to let him out, let him go spend time at his upper east side manhattan mansion that the government estimated is worth about $77 million. and what the defense team has been asking the judge to do here is release him, let him go spend the time while this case works itself out, he's asking the judge allow him to spend time at his mansion under home confinement. they want to create a jail-like atmosphere. they're going to higher private guards, have electronic monitoring. of course this is all what the defense team is asking. they say in total they're willing to put up about $100 million to secure his release. now the prosecutors have been arguing that he's a flight risk, that jeffrey epstein with all his wealth, with his access to private jets, with his access to people outside the united states, they are concerned he could flee and they would not be a

shimon, thank you so much. we'll get to the details of that hearing when it begins.gers with us. jim, you're a former federal prosecutor. you've got at least a dozen new victims that have come forward in the last week, jen, on this. what's your over under on his prosecutors being successful here and getting him to live a lavish life in a $77 million mansion in new york city instead of waiting in jail? >> i think this one is pretty close to a slam-dunk, poppy and jim. i think the judge will detain him during trial. the flight elements are through the roof. vast wealth overseas, no ties to new york. we have actual evidence of witness tampering, that if he were out even in this kind of makeshift prison, he would be much more ready and able to do that sort of thing, plus the nature of the crime, the child porn potential images that were found in his house recently and victims coming forward. if any of them has evidence of post 2008 conduct, we're also looking at additional charges and a much bigger danger to the community issue. i think judge berman is going to keep him

. >> shimon, come back if any new details come out. paul callan joins us and aisha, michael and lisa. paul, i want to start with you. if you're jeffrey epstein's defense lawyer, you're going to go in and say double jeopardy, this was done. does he have any way to make that case? or is it new york u.s. attorney correct when he says we're not bound by that, we feel secure here. >> no, i think the u.s. attorney in new york is correct. these agreements are drafted usually in such a way that only the federal district where the plea is taken is bound by the agreement and by the rules of double jeopardy. so i think they'll have a weak argument on the double jeopardy claim. i also think, john, the thing that's so shocking to me about these charges, they all involve the time period of 2002 to 2005. that's exactly the time period that the current secretary of labor, alex acosta, was investigating when he was u.s. attorney in florida and he negotiated this sweet deal for epstein to be able to take a plea to some minor state charges. so he was loo

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shim shimon prokupecz, our justice reporter. let's go back a couple of chapters to the explanation he gave as to what didn't happen when he was a u.s. attorney in florida a decade ago. it sounded like he was saying the state wanted to let jeffrey epstein walk. it wasn't a slam dunk case, roll the dice. >> and we came in as the heroes, right, he was going to walk unless we came in and started threatening to bring charges. you heard a lot about him talk about rolling the dice. lots of excuses here. you never hear him apologize. you never hear him have any kind of regrets. it's all of these excuses, blaming career prosecutors. he never said i made this decision, it was my decision, career prosecutors made the decision. some of the prosecutors are still working in that office. and that's what you kept hearing from him. and the whole point here he keeps saying is we wanted to get him in jail. that is what we want. we wanted him to serve time, and we wanted him to register. in the end, what he's saying is this was a very difficult cas