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Barr said he was appalled and angry to learn of epsteins death and he added this. >> we are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation. the fbi and the office of inspector general are doing just that. we will get to the bottom of what happened, and there will be accountability. but let me assure you that this case will continue on against anyone who was complicit with epstein. any co-conspirators should not rest easy. th...

Case. jonathan dienst, chief investigaive reporter at wnbc and jessica roth, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, now a professor at the benjamin cardoza school of law here in new york. welcome to you both. jonathan dienst, im duty bound to point out that the acting head of the bureau of prisons works for that man, the attorney general. it should be known if there is a problem at a big name facility, big enough to house ramsey yusef. what have you learned about t...

The victims deserve justice and they will get it. >> two of our returning veterans back with us to talk about this case. jonathan dienst, chief investigative reporter at wnbc and jessica roth, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, now a professor at the benjamin cardoza school of law here in new york. welcome to you both. jonathan dienst, im duty bound to point out that the acting head of the bureau of prisons works for that man, the attorney general. it should be...

In his view. >> dave price is the weathercaster at wnbc. sorry for that confusion. take a look at the headlines on e eba. he proposed spending 70,000 to replace desks, one was apparently bulletproof. i have no idea why you would need that. flew first class at a cot of more than 100 grand. explored hiring a private jet at a cost of 100,000 a month. stayed at a townhouse of a lobbyist at a price of $50 a night. asked subordinates to help find housing. used a loophole to boost pay for subordinates....

Me and 5th avenue, right near the empire state building, a peaked described by our jonathan dienst as a disgrunt you would employee who may have been fired yesterday, returned to the area, one victim, perhaps as many as eight were either shot and wounded or trampled in the may lay that ensued. that suspect was then shot and the area around me street and 5th avenue is shut down. you can see the police tape -- >> >> thats coming from wnbc, that was jonathan dienst that this may have been a disgrun...

Indication whatsoever that this is in any way related to any terrorist activity, that it might indeed be a work related incident as our wnbc station is reporting right now. i would think it would raise eyebrows that this might be something thats going on. >> there is a perception among a lot of people who are afraid of new york city, who believe that new york city is a dangerous city. it is not borne out by the statistics, and in fact because it was the target of terrorists attacks on 9/11 you c...

>> thats wnbc live, as i understand it. perhaps theyre having trouble making a connection with the wnbc, contacts within the nypd. as soon as we get that information about the shooter, we will let you know. im sorry, lester, i interrupted you. continue. >> reporter: no worries. i was trying to get an eyebulk on that group. i didnt identify anyone. vehicles have moved and all the activity is on the south side of the building. a big crime scene unit van, seen folks with bags obviously to begin the...

Both live downtown, but were hearing from wnbc this may be a workplace-related shooting. for people who are not familiar with new york city, virtually every building front when you walk down the street is some sort of storefront. this is a heavy business district. >> reporter: before they pushed us back, when able to look down the streets. theres countless businesses on the south side. on the corner theres a walgreens and starbucks, but as you go further, theres businesses -- people know that st...

Were getting an update. now theyre saying two people are dead, one is a gunman, one is a victim. four people total shot, although, again, an update is there may be an many as six people. so you can see theres still a lot of activity on the scene. early reports often turn out not to be right. the first report we got was maybe this was a robbery gone bad. the most recent update from jonathan dienst at wnbc is appears to be a workplace or worker associated shooting, but important to note not terror...

Their offices, and certainly no one being allowed on. >> thats katherine creag of wnbc, youre hearing a big more information from a few of the eyewitnesses action not surprising saying it was a horrifying scene. the woman that catherine was speaking to, talking about who was apparently the gunman who was covered and had a black bag near his body, but we dont know what was in that bag. its very important to stress this happened a little more that an hour ago on the streets of new york city. the r...