u.s. virgin islands and donated dozens of computers to be given away at schools. was he known on the island as someone who was philanthropic or donated to charitable causes? >> i can't comment fully on that, but definitely i do not think he was regarded as an upstanding member of the community. it was public message to he was a registered sex offender. >> reporter: george, who took office just months before epstein's death by suicide last year is now suing epstein's estate, alleging he continued his sex trafficking operation here until at least 2018. for one alleged victim we spoke to on the condition of anonymity, the lawsuit is a bit late in the game. >> to me it's sort of last-minute, and there is victims i think from the '80s, the '90s. i think that -- i think a lot of people knew what he was up to. i don't know why nothing was done before. >> reporter: do you think a blind eye was turned to mr. epstein's crimes? >> i cannot comment on that. but what i do know is once we got here, this new administration, we will not turn a blind eye. we will enforce it. >> re

u.s. virgin islands just months before epstein's death by suicide last year. her office is now suing epstein's estate. >>> why pursue these sort of charges now? >> well, all i'll have to say is why not now? i cannot speak for what happened in the past at all. what i do know is that because of epstein's wealth and power, he was able to conceal a lot of this. >> reporter: epstein acquired little saint james in 1998 and nearby great saint james 18 years later. the lawsuit seeks to confiscate epstein's property including the islands valued at $86 million. the convicted pedophile registered as a sex offender in the virgin islands in 2010 after serving time in florida for procuring an under age girl for prostitution. but george says monitoring epstein on his island came with unique challenges for authorities checking up on him. >> they were stopped at the dock and they were told, no, this is as far as you can go because this is my private property and i will not allow you to go in any further. >> reporter: court documents allege epstein flew into the airport, the on

u.s. virgin islands and donated dozens of computers to be given away at schools. as someone who was philanthropic or donated to charitable causes? >> i can't comment fully on that, but definitely i do not think he was regarded as an upstanding member of the community. it was public message to he was a registeredex

u.s. virgin islands. focuses on conduct that happened here in the u.s. in islands. >> sandra: prosecutors in the u.s. virgin islands announcing a lawsuit against the estate of jeffrey epstein accusing him of trafficking and abusing victims of his property. brian joining us now. >> stunning new details and a civil lawsuit against jeffrey epstein's estate claiming flight laws and other evidence to show that from 2001 through 2018, jeffrey epstein traffic to dozens of women and girls as young as 11 and 12 years old to the u.s. virgin islands where he kept them captive at his private island home as he sexually abused and raped them. when a 15-year-old victim attempted to escape my swimming off their private island, "epstein and others organized our church party that located her and kept her captive by among other things confiscating her passport." prosecutors say kept a computerized database of underage girls who were in or close to the virgin islands they could easily be transported to him. the suit say that he coerced them promising modeling opportunities.

virgin islands. >> reporter: the attorney general in the u.s. rgin islands says investigators found epstein trafficked, raped, sexually assaulted and held captive dozens of girls and young women while deceptively luring them to his properties with the promises of modeling opportunities. according to the complaint, his island provided the perfect hideaway to traffic girls with the help of accomplices and a special database. the lawsuit alsoim epstein and his sociates organized a search party after later holding her captive and taking away her passport. >> could you please give us your name? >> jeffrey epstein. >> reporter: epstein was a registered sex offender in the virgin islands since 2010 after spending 13 months in jail for soliciting sex from an underage girl. a sentence critics say was too lenient. his death in prison ended the possibility of a sex trafficking trial. and this new lawsuit is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from epstein's estate in the virgin islands which the lawsuit values at $86 million. >>> prince harry and duches

u.s. virgin islands has brought a lawsuit against the estate of the disgraced late financier jeffrey epsteinein ran a criminal enterprise on his private islands where young women and children were held captive, raped and sexually assaulted. this morning we are hearing a firsthand account from one of the alleged victims. mola lenghi is on a boat near epstein's private island of little saint james. >> reporter: you know, there are only two ways to g

u.s. virgin islands his permanent residency in 2010. gayle? >> thank you very much.n after i had death. >> yes. so much we don't know about what went on there. >> yeah. >>> vladimir duthiers is looking at the stories you'll be talking about later today. what will we be talking about later today? >> let me tell you. philadelphia flyers mascot is the focus of a police investigation ahead. why a father says gritty got a little too gritty at a photo event with his son. he'll show you. >> oh, no not gritty. >> that's gritty. >> thank you for that. we'll see you in just a few minutes. first it's 7:43, time to check your local weather. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by the all new lincoln aviator. (whistling) (whistling) but when we found out our son had autism, his future became my focus. lavender baths always calmed him. so we turned bath time into a business... ♪ ...and building it with my son has been my dream job. ♪ at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor

u.s. virgin islands and forced them into sexual servitude from 2001 all the way to 2018. that's according to a lawsuit filed by the attorney general of the virgin islands. the suit alleges epstein used a system of private planes, helicopters, boats and vehicles to bring young women and girls to his island residence on little saint james. the lawsuit targets epstein's estate as well as unnamed john and jane does. >>> a college rower who just set a world record last month has been killed in a crash. holy cross soft more had just turned 20 years old. her team van was carrying 11 students and a head coach when it collided with a pickup truck. six students and a coach remain hospitalized with injuries. last month rett broke the world record for longest continuous world rowing. 2 days and 16 hours. >>> a woman found alive buried in snow after a weeks long search. a sheriff's helicopter found the vehicle wednesday near butte meadows. unclear how long she was in the area. authorities say she was visibly cold when they discovered her. jane's family says she suffers from dementia. >

island paid $60 million to insure he had privacy. the only way to his home was private boat or helicopter from nearby st. thomas. the u.s. attorney general in the virgin government of virgin islands, seeks to extinguish and recoup any financial benefits that flowed to epstein and his associates. reporter: prosecutors in the virgin islands claim epstein illegally transferred millions of dollars into a trust days before his death in an attempt to shield his 577 million-dollar estate from accusers, melissa. this is one of those big steps, perhaps getting punitive damages for his alleged victims. melissa: hopefully they untangle it. bryan. thank you. connell: taxes slamming the happen yet place on earth, proposed california tax hike, on executive pay compared to worker pay would impact disney, certainly other companies as well in the golden state. now abigail, disney, the disney heiress senators this bill. that is getting headlines. she told them that disney workers are paid poorly. grover norquist, americans for tax reform president. complicated i'm sure in disneyland. the history, roy disney and bob iger all the rest. but abigail disney supports this. t

u.s. virgin islands. we are getting video of the damage from yesterday's morning's 5.8 earthquake.hs or serious injuries have been reported. >>> the mass iand deadly wild fires continue to burn out of control in australia. >> we haven't seen it like this before. >> 25 people have died in the fires and thousands have lost their homes. firefighters are warning it will be months before they can get the fire contained. and although rain and cooler temperatures brought some relief to firefighters, the rain is not enough as thick smoke continues to hamper the rescue efforts. >> time now 6:14. there's a new lawsuit in san mateo county in the long legal battle over public access to martin's beach. the lawsuit is naming a silicon valley billionaire for more than a decade has made it impossible for the public to get to that beach. good morning allie. >> good morning. the latest switch in the 12- year long legal access to martins beach. the public must have access to the coastline even when that access goes through private property. bought 88 acres of land surrounding the beach. he put up gat

u.s. virgin islands and forced them into sexual servitude from 2001 all the way to 2018.ccording to a lawsuit filed by the attorney general of the virgin islands. the suit alleges epstein used a system of private planes, helicopters, boats, and vehicles to bring in the young women and girls to his island residence on little st. james. the lawsuit targets epstein's estate. several llcs and corporations controlled by epstein as well as unnamed john and jane does. >>> let's check in on cnn business this morning taking a look at markets around the world. narrowly mixed here this morning. on wall street, wall street futures also barely moving right now. it was a record day on wall street after the phase one signing. doesn't take much to make a record these days. the dow climbed just 91 points and that was enough to close about 29,000 for the first time in history. and the nasdaq closed up just slightly. some transparency here. citi group still has some murk to do. a slight improvement from the pay gap it reported in 2018. they said the raw gap numbers are not adjusted for seni

u.s. virgin islands filed a suit against the late sex offender, ledge and he traffic and abused girls at theears old. and recently as 2018. it is the first time that a government has sued his estate. joining me is casey prank "miami herald" senior editor at the investigations involved in the story for quite some time. casey, what can you tell us about the latest development of the virgin islands case? >> >> the latest has tidbits specifically the allegation that mr. epstein was still abusing young girls as recently as 2018. and it also alleged rather that he was using shell companies to obscure what he was up to. much of what is in the lawsuit is gathering up bits and pieces that have come out and data dumps and lawsuits that occurred over the last year or so comest since we wrote "perversion of justice." and it's almost as if in the movie casablanca where suddenly discover there is gambling going on in the establishment because mr. epstein was doing these for a long time and he was still treated as royalty i in the virgin islands. >> martha: everybody was shocked, right? you guys did an inc

u.s. virgin islands filed suit against his state, claiming he used his private islands to traffic and abuseerage girls for almost two decades. jeffrey epstein as you know is dead, he died in federal prison in new york last august while he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges but the truth about what he did, i think, i hope fervently is going to come out eventually and as for his death, you've probably noticed, it's become a fixation for people in certain quarters who are adamant that epstein did not commit suicide as the federal government said he did. the phrase epstein didn't kill himself became a viral meme. and conspiracy theories keep popping up online, amazingly on a twitter feed of a february of congress, and it's gotten boot about facts that happened. epstein was taken off suicide watch despite a previous suicide attempt, reports that video footage outside his jail cell is missing or unusable. what's strange and remarkable about this conspiracy theory that he was murdered is that it's become a right wing conspiracy theory. he was in a federal prison when he died, a prison r

u.s. virgin islands nearly filed civil lawsuit against jeffrey epstein's estate reveals stunning new accusations1 and 12 years old and as recently as 2018. the suit claims that epstein held his victims captive on his private island and when a 15-year-old attendant to escape by swimming away, "epstein and others organize a search party that located her and kept her captive by among other things confiscating her passport." prosecutors say they kept a computerized database of underage girls to hugo lloris them to travel, promising modeling opportunities. but once on his island, epstein stripped them of the phones, threatening violence if they did not do sexual asked used lcc to buy little st. james island where he had his home and great james island paying $20 million to ensure its occlusion. the way to his home was by private boat or helicopter by nearby st. thomas. >> the government of the virgin islands seeks to extinguish and recoup any financial and other benefits that flow to epstein and his associates. >> this as a noun pathologist michael baden hired by epstein's brother mark continues to m

u.s. virgin islands filed suit against his estate, claiming he used his private islands there as a base tond abuse under aged girls, sometimes 11 or 12 years old, for almost two decades. that's in the filing. he is dead, he died in federal prison in new york last august while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. the truth about what he did i hope will come out eventually. as for his death, as you noticed it has become something of a fixation for people in certain quarters that are adamant that epstein did not commit suicide as the federal government said he did. the phrase "epstein didn't kill himself" became a viral meme in the months after his death. the conspiracy theory pops up in both real life and online amazingly enough on the twitter feed of a member of congress and it has gotten a boost from disturbingly legitimate facts about what happened to him inside that prison. he was taken off suicide watch in the days before his death despite a previous suicide attempt. there are reports video footage is unusable. what i find remarkable about the conspiracy theory he was murdered is

u.s. virgin islands, to assist their water utilities with pfas treatment if it is found. these territories have some of the most severe needs for federal assistance in the era of clean -- area of clean air and drinking water and these needs have historically tended to be woefully underfunded. they often received les on a per capital basis than a number of similarly situated states. if congress is to assist american communities with the removal of toxic pfas from drinking water, it's only fair to include all american territories as eligible to receive this assistance. i urge approval of my amendment as simply a matter of fairness. i would also take this opportunity to gently remind my colleagues to please consider americans in territories in developing legislation intebbeded to assist all americans. thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. shimkus: i rise in opposition to the amendment and reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman fr

u.s. virgin islands and the district of columbia approved medical cannabis programs. the approved adult use cannabis and although some state states e their own policies, national walls such as the controlled feedback have used to change the same way. they've agreed to appear before the subcommittee today the drug endorsement agency, the fda, the national institute all play crucial roles on the cannabis policy from researching its medicine to the monster protecting the american public from bad actors and i hope that we can learn about what works and what needs to be changed. we will discuss these by both democrats and republicans, some bipartisan. they propose various changes such as rescheduling or the scheduling marijuana, providing a safe harbor for patients and veterans who use medical marijuana and streamlining cannabis research. given the evolving landscape that bills are worthy for further discussion and i'm particularly in rested in hearing how they are reducing barriers to research and enabling research on cannabis. i'm also interested in how the agencies are

u.s. virgin islands, and the district of columbia approved programs while 11 states, d.c., guam, northern mariana islands approved adult use cannabis. although some states have changed their own policies national laws such as the controls substances act have yet to change in the same way. this is why we're looking forward to this hearing f)om a panel of agency witnesses who agreed to appear before the subcommittee today. they all play crucial roles on federal cannabis policy, from researching benefits and harms to protecting the american public from bad actors. and i hope that we can learn about what the agencies believe works and what needs to be changed. we'll discuss six bills offered by both democrats and republicans, some bipartisan. these bills propose various policy changes such as rescheduling or descheduling marijuana, providing a safe harbor for patients and veterans who use medical marijuana and streamlining cannabis research processes. given the landscape, these bills are worthy of discussion and i'm particularly interested in learning how we're removing barriers to research a

the virgin islands that some of you may have enjoyed, used to be part of denmark. u.s. makes the case for the expansion, not a pure imperialist act. they say the danes are not going to be very good at keeping the germans at bay in europe. if they fold, we are going to have a german state just off the coast of florida. that is not ok. they can park their warships. and from that base, lunge toward the panama canal in the bottom left-hand corner. not quite on this map but it would be just below nicaragua. you will roll call -- will recall that i mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the germans had moved to warships into north america. one was parked where? near -- not the east coast. one ship is parked right off the , dominicanerto rico republic, haiti. the other is off the coast of california. in each instance, there is a german warship on either side of the panama canal. the canal the americans have spent a ton of money, a ton of time and scientific effort to make theirs. the french had been trying but they could not pull it off. the americans arrived and said we will fi