Accused of exploiting and abusing dozens of minor girls. He had been on suicide watch in a new york city jail. You will remember he was found unresponsive in his cell last month with marks on his neck. Initially investigators thought he had tried to take his own life. They were then looking into whether he was assaulted by another inmate or if he had even paid someone to beat him up. Epsteins attorneys had been fighting to get him out on bail, but a judge refused. Prosecutors argued the mega millionaires lifestyle and well it made him an extreme flight risk. This is a major development. This case just getting under way. Stephanie ramos, thanks so much. I want to bring in abcs tom yamos, anchor of world news tonight on the weekends who has been following this epstein saga since the beginning. Tom, what are you learning this morning . Reporter well, this is just a stunning turn of events. As stephanie had reported, there were thoughts he had tried to commit suicide earlier and some proof
50s and for the most part rning, although ff this pittsburgh youre the exception much like yesterday holding on to the low 70s throughout the course of your evening and this is even warmer than we were yesterday for a few spots in the bay for napa its a 4 degree warmup from what was already a warmer start to the morning for your monday and this warm up will continue on into the afternoon ahead of us that means daytime highs even hotter than they were yesterday for inland spots, solid mid to upper 90s inland a couple of triple digits working their way back in and tomorrow can be even hotter get ive got more of those details ahead near forecast rob and ive got the details on the slow down. And its getting a little crowded into San Francisco right now check out the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza filling in and quickly. For the cash payers and the fast trackers already stretching just beyond 8. 80 over crossing so 12 minutes to make it in san mateo bridge a little busy too but not th
9 00 with temperatures in the 60s. A little bit of a muggy start. By lunchtime it still will be cloudy around the bay and at the coast, but then becoming mostly sunny by this afternoon. Inland temperatures on the mild side, in the mid 80s. Around the bay, mid 70s. At the coast with the breezy onshore flow, in the mid 60s. A warmup starts tomorrow. I will let you know how warm, kumasi. Thanks. Breaking news this morning, sources tell abc news that accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide. He was awaiting trial in a new york city prison. Here is abc reporter stephanie ramos. Reporter sources tell abc news that he took his own life. The mega millionaire is accused of exploiting dozens of underage girls. He had been on suicide watch in that new york facility. You will remember he was found unresponsive in his cell last month with marks on his neck. Initially investigators thought he had tried to take his own life. They were then looking into whether he was assaulted by an
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Might have. Otherwise excuse me, theres a general item for an upcoming meeting, perhaps in august. I think it would be timely with the onboarding of commissioner gray and commissioner smith joining us that we can have a deeper policy dive in terms of exploring not just the one of the items that are here before us today, but also other things that we had previously considered as a commission and can go through what we have been calling the policy prioritization station plan. I think we have done this on a quarterly basis, but looking at the overall portfolio of potential projects, it has been some time. I think it would be a good time to do grounding in terms of all that has come forward and matters before is now, and have a robust discussion of the full commission on where to go in the future both on the short medium and longterm. I think the timing would be good, because as you can see, a lot of these projects are in the later stages right now. The regulations that you approved hopefu