agreement for more than 30 underaged victims sexually abused by billionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epstein. acosta who was the u.s. attorney for southern florida declined to prosecute epstein under federal sex trafficking laws allowing him to quietly plead guilty in state court to two prostitution charges and serve 13 months in county jail. thursday s ruling said acosta s team violated the crime victims rights act by concealing their actions from the victims who were mostly between the ages of 13 and 16 at the time stripping them of their right to object and misleading the girls into thinking federal prosecution was still a possibility and by sending letters to the victims requesting their quote, patience with the investigation, even after the government entered into the non-prosecution agreement. unbelievable. the deal received renewed attention after a series of investigative articles by the
lot of the people i represent, it s a $2375 on average tax cut per year. lot of people are living pay check to pay check. that s popular. second on the business side, we ve got to do something to make our workers more competitive because other countries, they have such low rates. they re taking our jobs. we ve got to do that. that will help middle class families. dana: that seems to be the one everyone agrees on the most. i think this is so important it not getting enough attention. legislation to protect victims of second traffic. one in sick of endangered run aways were likely sex trafficking victims. that s according to the national center for missing and exploited children. your legislation would remove liability protections from websites that facilitate it and allow for the prosecution of websites that violate sex trafficking laws. how did you come to actually want to do this legislation? first of all, dana, thank you
surrounding the volcano. an faa investigation under way after two large planes clipped wings on the taxi way at jfk monday night. fortunate all no one was hurt in the incident. senator franken has returned to capitol hill, telling reporters monday he s, quote, tremendously sorry to the women coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment. an editorial for the top newspaper in minnesota out today says his apologies fell, quote, lamentably short. an aspiring actress has filed a federal lawsuit against harvey weinstein accusing him of violating sex trafficking laws when he allegedly sexually assaulted her back in 2014. weinstein has continued to deny all allegation of nonconscienen sex. any moment now, jerome powell will appear before the committee for his confirmation hearing. lawmakers are expected to grill powell on interest rates and financial regulation. and you need to pay attention to this. a stunning new washington post
while the air force investigates the deadly crash of an eighth plane. one of these based in charlotte, north carolina. we expect to learn more in a news conference this afternoon. we know that four of the six crew members were killed, including this man, lieutenant colonel mike mckiel who spoke to one of our affiliates on saturday. lizzie o leary with the latest out of washington. what s the latest? reporter: latest is that they are investigating the cause of this crash while the other c-130s are grounded, grounded by the air force right now, and that essentially really diminishes the ability of the forest service to fight a lot of wildfires. the way the service does this is they use a number of different planes, but some of the big guns, as you said it, are the c-130s that are on loan from the air force as part of this fire fighting fleet. this is not the first time a c-130 has crashed, a relatively horrific crash in 2003 when essentially a c-130s wings folded up ward and
it has been given to the lawyers. spending all their time with this to witness. i don t think he left for canada saying i will be in trouble. i think he left. it was planned a long time ago. i don t think sarkozy is going to show he s in trouble. well, we do appreciate that. it came as a bit of a surprise to us and probably to the former french president as well. thank you for being with us. thank you. top of the hour now. i m ashleigh banfield. first, we got this news. he was the ultimate tv good guy. andy griffith, the small town sheriff who was a big favorite to viewers. take a look. right here on the floor. i told you. i said i just wanted. starring with don knotts back in the 60s. griffith died today at the age of 86. americans everywhere are grieving the loss including at the white house. president obama said in a statement. michelle and i were saddened to hear about the passing of andy griffith this morning. the love by generations of forms and revered by