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>> reporter: but then, the governor followed her comments with a move we had never seen. >> but if she said i did it, i believe her. >> reporter: for the first time, he addressed allegations from the female trooper in his protective detail who told investigators the governor sexually harassed her on at least two occasions. >> i dont remember doing it at all. i didnt do it consciously. it was a mistake, plain and simple. i have no other words to explain it. i want to personally apologize to her a...

Had corroborating evidence of those stories, including phone records that showed that epstein called these girls, messages that said, you know, rebecca is coming at 3:00 and so-and-so at 4:00. he had all their phone numbers. there was a report card from one of the girls found in his home in palm beach. i mean, the evidence was overwhelming. so i think that it is true that new york has come up with some new evidence, but that doesnt absolve him of why he decided to put this into a nonprosecution ...

You heard the president say there i am totally opposed to domestic violence and everybody knows it. dana bash, back with me here, to chew on this for a second. yes, i mean, as a woman, as an american, i think it matters that we hear the president, after some days, say this out loud. >> as a human. >> as a human being. >> as a human being, it is nice to hear the president of the united states say that he is opposed to domestic violence. it was -- it is a week after this has become a huge story be...

Jury is not an acquittal. neither justice department prosecutors were to retry that case and acquitted it doesnt absolve him of the scrutiny of his senate colleagues. the et ickx committee said yesterday in early 2013 consistent with its precedent and the criminal investigation the committee deferred its inquiry. at this time the committee intends to resume its process. menendez for his part sees the hung jury as a defacto acquittal and livid what the federal government did to him. >> how the fe...

Case, wanted him out of power. so whole thing hes racist because of that prosecution, in you investigate, its clear inaccurate and not racism. >> son saying doesnt believe it was racism doesnt absolve him of racism. >> other african-americans who brought the case. >> wife also says she believes he was. >> said she needs to forgive. >> mother. >> said shes not sure. >> i spoke to cornell williams brooks of the naacp, and what he said not about fact that senator sessions is likeable and senate col...

He was two miles away? is he a convenient scapegoat for what happened? >> i appreciate the context. youre correct. but that doesnt absolve him of his specific actions and his criminality. those other people are going to have to be tried separately on potentially separate charges whether it be looting, petty larceny, grand larceny. is he a scapegoat? no. no one forced him to say that. if he had said it once out of anger and then went on and screamed and yelled something different, everybody would...