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Fundamentally that we learned from this testimony today and does it carry weight? in other words, we sort of tried to decide, is this testimony or not because it was in a court. theres no case against anybody at the moment. >> sure. in terms of that, the judge did say to lawyers and accusers be careful what you say here because this is going into a court record, this is something that could then be used in some kind of proceeding. a number of these women we know have actually spoken to prosecuto...

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>> reporter: there were moments at this press conference, jim, that were very emotional. families of the victims rm front and center for this. several of them appeared to wipe tears away from their eyes. when the police chief asked just what took so long, it was nearly a two-year criminal investigation, they said it was an exhaustive investigation and it required a lot of manpower, but they said it was a decision that ultimately the families wanted. they did say that it was video evidence that l...

Trafficking charges. joining me now cnn crime and justice reporter shimon. the judge made an unusual decision here to allow the accusers to still have their moment in court? >> yeah, this is rather unusual and i think thats what makes today so unique. you dont normally have victims of crimes come in and talk publicly to a judge. really this is for the public after a defendant has been -- is dead, in this case of a suicide. so this is rather unique. but the judge really making it a point to say t...

This hour at least a dozen of jeffrey epsteins accusers are in a manhattan courtroom. despite his death in jail last month a judge held off on dismissing the case and is giving his victims a chance to tell their stories to the court for the record. shimon prokupecz joins us outside the court house in new york. tell us what youre hearing or what youve heard from inside the courtroom. >> reporter: yeah, really powerful moments really, phil, inside this courtroom behind me. several of the victims h...

Specific details. we just want them to talk. we think that, quite frankly, the president sits there sometimes and hes got on one shoulder the dow man and on the other shoulder the tariff man. and theyve both got to work together. when the dow man starts going down, the tariff man goes up. we need them to be working in sync to get this to have relevance for america. this is not working out. >> you certainly paint a picture there. good to talk to you again. >> good to talk to you. thank you. >> st...

Order and said you need to answer us in some form by 4:00 p.m. today. what that means we will know publicly remains to be seen. they could file an unredacted version privately and we may see the redacted version that doesnt answer the question publicly, but again, we should know by 4:00 p.m. >> sara murray, thanks very much. now staying in legal news, soon the actress from "full house" lori loughlin and her husband will appear in federal court for a hearing in the countrys largest college admi...

Weve not seen any piece of gun legislation thats been passed over the last 45 years, the time is now. and what i dont want to see is another shooting because this government refuses to take action. and one of the most pressing issues affecting our communities. in my community we see gun violence every week. we just lost a couple of teenage boys last week on a shooting that we had right here in floridas 26th district. i urge senate majority leader, i urge the senate, other senate members to bring...

Several accusers put on the record that epstein by killing himself denied everyone justice. at least one was thankful for the chance not only to be heard, but to also hear from others who suffered and survived. >> i want to thank everyone for their constant support during this difficult time. it was so powerful in there hearing all the other victims. and i want to thank the judge for letting us speak, having some closure. its still going to be a rough road, i want to thank all the survivors that...

In less than an hour at least a dozen women who say they were assaulted by convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein will get their moment in court. epstein was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of girls, some as young as 14 years old at his homes in new york and florida. but he was found dead from an apparent suicide in his cell earlier this month before he could be tried on sex trafficking charge. the criminal case is expected to be dropped now because of his death. but before that happens a ...