polo, what do we know at this point about this apparent suicide, especially after officials say he attempted suicide in july? >> reporter: that's certainly going to be an incident that's going to be under investigation. they're really going to take a closer look at what happened two weeks ago. at this point what we know according to multiple sources is that epstein was discovered in his cell here and then rushed to a nearby hospital where he died. this would have been around 6:30 this morning. two sources now saying that he died by suicide, particularly that he hanged himself. investigators now trying to find out exactly how this happened. as you point out, about two weeks ago is when investigators or authorities here discovered him in his cell with some marks on his neck. he had claimed that he had been assaulted. again, investigators never went as far as to confirm whether or not they were self-inflicted or the result of some assault. days later he was seen in a federal courtroom, and he appeared to be unfazed. neck appeared to be