do that, there will be these lingering questions about how this could have possibly happened, how there wasn't foul play. again, our oreporting if officials tell us there's no hint of foul play. they believe this is a suicide. >> we're going to watch out what ken was reported on, looking at the autopsy results expected to come out this afternoon. ken dilanian, nbc news national security and intelligence correspondent. we also have white house correspondent kelly o'donnell with us with the very latest on this story. thank you, both. let's get over to josh gerstein, politico writer. jill wine banks, former assistant watergate prosecutor. both msnbc contributors. josh, what happens when and if we do get these results and how important are they to understanding what happened to jeffrey epstein and what will happen next in these criminal cases and these civil cases? >> well, i think this first results are going to be of limited skrvalue. the medical examiner doesn't