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The law allows for sex abuse survivors to sue their abusers in a window of time. after a year, survivors until theyre 55 years old to file a civil suit. a big increase from the limit of 23. epsteins long-time friendship with prince andrew back in the spotlight now. after the court unsealed hundreds of documents on friday just hours before epstein turned up dead in his cell. according to the documents, one of epsteins accusers, virginia guifrey had what she called sexual relations with the prince...

Who the abusers are through the civil courts, we have transparency and like unlike me whos in pennsylvania, i dont have that opportunity, our senate still has not stepped to the plate and has not passed this law. we are hoping this year we are able to get this done in pennsylvania and on top of it, we have an open federal investigation in pennsylvania into the roman catholic church. that bridges our boundaries with new york. we have federal investigations in the jeffery epstein and into the roma...

The rest of her life. he took the easy way out. >> the last thing is as promised, the legalities. you work in a field that has a lot of bad news. a lot of tragedy and a lot of folks watch these programs and watch this news and say it seems like things are just terrible. for many people according to your clients testimony, it is obviously terrible. and yet, there are policy changes that have even made this suit possible which many advocates like yourself say are an improvement. explain why that m...

Devil. so you use all of that. think of all of that going into a childs mind. >> that is a narrative you have created. >> yeah. >> anne thompson, thank you so much. >> youre welcome. >> joining me no you is a plaintiffs attorney representing child sex abuse victims. thank you for joining us on this very important topic, to say the least. this seems like a win for these victims, as i was just talking about with ann. but still this look-back window gives them just a year starting today to deal wit...

Forces. if we dont make different choices. thats whats going to happen >> thank you both very much. coming up, justice delayed a new law in new york state giving victims of child sex abuse more time to sue their abusers. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. reports" on msnbc. im a migraine sufferer and im an emt. when i get a migraine at work, its debilitating. if i call out with a migraine, thats one less ambulance to serve a community. i just dont want to let these people down. excedrin...

When you talk to survivors about that money, what they say is thats the way they feel they can make their abusers and their -- the institutions who employed them, hurt. and thats the pain they want to inflict. but most of all, what survivors are looking for is for the court to say you were right, they were wrong. and you have been telling the truth for all of these years. >> theres a lot of psychological ramifications. and i will talk about this with one of the attorneys coming up, representing ...

American people want us to do which is to have background checks. in my state 2% to 3% of theeme who buy guns every year are prevented from buying them. their rapists, domestic abusers. and if we can do in my state like colorado i dont understand why -- >> i was there, too. i will never forget that feeling and can never imagine what its like to be those parents. i hear you on background checks. i guess im wondering if you think it should go further. do you agree at this point in our countrys his...

Validated, thats hugely important to these individuals. but this is also hugely important to society, to our communities. because what these people are doing is theyre going to be publicly identifying hidden predators. the men out there that have not been previously identified. we have over -- or approaching 900 cases against the boy scouts of america. over 90% of them are identifying abusers that have never been previously publicly identified or in the perversion files of the boy scouts of amer...

Change what tipped the balance in your favor >> the me too movement, times up movement. and, quite frankly, the senate flipped. >> reporter: now the sisters and many others will be heard, including robb, who will file against her abuser will children be more safe on august 14th >> on august 14th, lady justice will shine on a lot of survivors. when you identify hidden perpetrators, you make children safer. >> reporter: what these survivors want ann thompson, nbc news, new york >> we are watch...

New jersey, december 1st opens up. californias bill when it passes will open up january 1st, 2020. and there are, i believe, 17 other similar laws that are opening up around the country. so its a new day. its a new dawn for victims. and the message is we believe you. you dont have to suffer in silence. come forward. identify your abusers and protect the public. >> all right. tim, thank you. appreciate your time. >> thank you. tensions escalating and police and protesters on the street in hong ...