we re learning hard details in the news that jeffrey epstein died of an apparent suicide on saturday. epstein, already a sex offender, was facing new sex trafficking charges. he was being held by the feds, remember, at the metropolitan correctional center, mcc for short, here in manhattan. officials tell nbc news epstein was taken off suicide watch back on july 29, even though he was found in his cell days earlier with marks on his neck. he was supposed to be checked on frequently, and yet an administration source said a number of hours elapsed between checks of epstein s cell, although the precise time gap between checks is not clear. mcc, just for some context, has
we re learning hard details in the news that jeffrey epstein died of an apparent suicide on saturday. epstein, already a sex offender, was facing new sex trafficking charges. he was being held by the feds, remember, at the metropolitan correctional center, mcc for short, here in manhattan. officials tell nbc news epstein was taken off suicide watch back on july 29, even though he was found in his cell days earlier with marks on his neck. he was supposed to be checked on frequently, and yet an administration source said a number of hours elapsed between checks of epstein s cell, although the precise time gap between checks is not clear. mcc, just for some context, has housed some big names in the past from gadi to madoff to el chapo . this morning at an event in new orleans, attorney general bill
in the news that jeffrey epstein died of an apparent suicide on saturday. epstein, already a sex offender, was facing new sex trafficking charges. he was being held by the feds, remember, at the metropolitan correctional center, mcc for short, here in manhattan. officials tell nbc news epstein was taken off suicide watch back on july 29, even though he was found in his cell days earlier with marks on his neck. he was supposed to be checked on frequently, and yet an administration source said a number of hours elapsed between checks of epstein s cell, although the precise time gap between checks is not clear. mcc, just for some context, has housed some big names in the past from gadi to madoff to el chapo . this morning at an event in new orleans, attorney general bill
empathetic. some of his more immediate predecessors, arguably, did a much better job in this arena. president george w. bush going to ground zero and supporting the emergency workers there, when you look at obama singing amazing grace after the charleston shooting. these are moments that stay in people s minds. i think they comforted the nation. so perhaps trump succeeded in comforting this individual family. but i think that there s been a lot of criticism across the nation, he hasn t made the nation feel comforted after the mass shootings. certainly a lot to think about there. john and david, thank you for joining us this early in the morning. appreciate it. thank you. coming up, racial divide. how russia is trying to peer into the election and also the social fabric. nbc news investigation. liberty mutual customizesnvestin your car insurance,
watch. in late july after being denied bail he was found injured in his manhattan jail cell. the 66-year-old was semiunconscious at that time and had marks around his neck. sources say he was placed on suicide watch after that. but then, after a mental evaluation, he was then sent back to his own cell in the special housing unit that has bedding and wore prison attire. epstein, a convicted sex offender, was indicted last month on federal charges of trafficking teenage girls as young as 14 to have sex. he pled not guilty to those charges. if convicted, he could have faced up to 45 years in jail. now, meanwhile, the president is weighing in on this entire case by promoting a conspiracy theory linking epstein s death to bill clinton. without any evidence, though. joining us now, nbc national security intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, we