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Mitchell, and attorney alan dershowitz. epstein was also known to have relationships with bill clinton, tony blair and president donald trump. video shot by nbc in 1992 shows jeffrey epstein attending a party thrown by trump at mar-a-lago. the two can be seen laughing and talking here. epsteins death raises several pressing questions, including how could this happen? but also what happens to the investigation into epstein an his associates now. joining me now are jonathan dienst, and nbc news co...

Trump. video shot by nbc in 1992 shows jeffrey epstein attending a party thrown by trump at mar-a-lago. the two can be seen laughing and talking here. epsteins death raises several pressing questions, including how could this happen? but also what happens to the investigation into epstein an his associates now. joining me now are jonathan dienst, and nbc news contributing correspondent, harry siegle, senior editor at "the daily beast." jonathan what is the latest? >> the latest is fbi was search...

That is our show today. "am joy" will be back tomorrow. francis has our latest. stlrp r. there is breaking news at this hour. accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein has died by suicide. good day and welcome to "weekends with alex witt." alex has the weekend off. jeffrey epstein was discovered dead in a manhattan cell this morning. three months ago he was found almost dead after what was called an suicide attempt. the 66-year-old was being held on charges of sex trafficking girls as young as ...

Contributing correspondent. do we know if all the bombs have been located, most pressing question? >> as of now we dont know the answer to that question. what we know is the five you mentioned, plus the sixth with congresswoman waters. is there a seventh? law enforcement officials weve spoken to say there is concern a seventh package is out there addressed to former vice president joe biden and that it is being looked at and that they think the address was wrong on that package and its being sen...

Targets are people and institutions that are atop the enemys list of the president, his allies and supporters. today trump condemned political violence and called for unity, even as national republicans released yet another attack ad demonizing soros and other democrats. in a joint statement nancy pelosi and chuck super said the presidents condemnation of violence was meaningless. saying his words ring hollow. time and time again the president has condoned physical violence and expressing suppor...

Are likely aware of right now that said attackers could try to capitalize on the thanksgiving holiday to promote their agenda. thats the back drop for law enforcement across the country. their primary concern, the home grown extremists. the primary locales the soft targets even if they cant stop every site from being a potential target their hope is by being present they can potentially prevent and serve as a deterrent, as well. >> thank you. chief investigative reporter for nbc 4 in new york ...

Springer announced that he is endorsing obama. dont get too excited obama still has to win over judge judy and maury. so -- so still got to see where we end up. i heard that e! news is sending kim kardashians step dad bruce jenner to cover the olympics. of course theres already a bit of controversy after it was revealed that part of his face was actually made in china. so we have to really -- i dont want any of that funmi business. >> and tonight jimmy welcomes actor jeff daniels. "today" contri...

Its philly. not surprising since i lived there. >> you know, the daughters of sarah palin, george w. bush, and scott brown trying their hand at a little tv. you have to admire them taking a risk. a couple of them are getting royally panned. jeanne moos has the news. >> reporter: the latest crop. >> beautiful here. >> >> reporter: of daughterings of famous politicians. >> hilarious. >> reporter: to get jobs on tv, thanks to their names. >> come on, we have to get going. >> reporter: theyve been g...

Villagers evacuate after a treacherous landslide. in nepal, farmers plant rice in a field on national paddy day. in australia, a delegate local parade for the grandpa raid of nations. in pakistan, children play in the streets of islamabad. pictures worth a thousand words. their famous are famous politicians, and now theyre taking their own crack of fame on tv. but the reviews are mixed. jeanne moos takes a most unusual look. >> reporter: theyre the latest crop. >> its pretty beautiful here. >>...