Appeared in court briefly today, where a judge ruled the 2-week trial will start april 20th, 2020. last week both cards pleaded not guilty and they are now free on $100,000 bond. they are facing falsifying records charges, and a conspiracy charge for covering it all up. federal prosecutors say both guards falsified documents showing they were checking on epstein every 30 minutes as required, but in reality they were not. as a result, no one checked on epstein for eight hours the night that he died, between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. instead of doing those mandatory checks, surveillance cameras allegedly caught the guards napping for two hours, shopping online, and walking around the common area. all the while, epstein cell was just about 15 feet away. meantime, more trouble for the embattled prince andrew. reportedly the fbi is looking to interview the duke of york about his friendship with epstein and a sexual abuse allegations against him. he has said he is willing to speak to the fbi,
dana: the two jail guards who were supposed to be keeping an eye on jeffrey epstein the night that he killed himself getting a trial date, plus new reports that epstein s former girlfriend and accomplices ready to work with the fbi. live federal court in manhattan. good to see you, the two jail guards appearing in court briefly today, tova noel and michael thomas. and the judge setting their trial date for april 20th 2020. supposed to last about two weeks, both guards pleaded not guilty last week and were released on $100,000 bond. after court, a lawyer for one of the jail guards and said today they don t deserve to be sent to jail for epstein s death even if they did perhaps nap during their shift. the lawyer instead leave the guards and employer for running a short-staffed flaw in federal. does anyone else think that throughout the united states these are the only two guards that may have taken a nap overnight on their shift?
this scene played out across scandinavia earlier today. people pausing to remember the victims of that attack. as norway mourns we are hearing more from people who risked their lives to save others. our cnn s michael holmes caught up with one of them. it s not a huge boat. how many people did you put in here? the first round i believe it was 14. reporter: 14. yes. and then i had to address the oldest one and said you have to stay ashore. i promise i will come back and get you. they respected that. i said, sit down and wait. i went to the mainland. i went back again and they were agreed upon sitting there and i just waved to them like this and they waved back and we made a contact and got them in the boat. well, the clock is ticking on the debt limit crisis. there is no deal, if no deal by august 2nd, that means higher interest rates for you, a financial mess for the country, and the talks over the weekend, well, essentially they didn t go anywhere. so now republic