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We met with jussies attorneys and arranged for him to turn himself in. as you know he turned himself in at 5:00 this morning. today at 1:30, jooussie will be going before a bond court judge. >> it was uneventful. he showed up with his attorneys and a few other individuals, but it went smoothly. >> if you had enough evidence to charge him why take it to a grand jury? >> thats typically what we do. once we believe that witnesses are valuable witnesses and credible, then we take them to the grand j...

Four-day summit in rome can change? >> reporter: from talking to survivors they know clergy sex abuse wont end after this four-day meeting. what they say is pope francis has the power to do something because he is the leader of the catholic church. he can hold bishops accountable. heres the nuance. not just hold the bishops accountable that have abused, but also the ones that have covered up abuse. of course, the testimony of the survivors is very critical and important. the pope and the bishops...

Of priests to the police are unlikely to be met but some remain hopeful emphasizing that the status quo is simply not an option. there needs to be common concrete changes why wouldnt it be optimistic also do we want an organization that is going to continue to allow the rape of children and their being where bishops are not held accountable. to lead you to maybe listening to the emotional testimonies from victims and the coming days will convince church leaders to make the necessary changes. rig...

Do it by monday morning hes the only one that can do it. minor changes to canon law i expect that as an outcome more consequential demands such as making it every choir meant to report suspected abuse of priests to the police are unlikely to be met but some remain hopeful emphasizing that the status quo is simply not an option . there needs to be common concrete changes why wouldnt i be optimistic also do we want an organization that is going to continue to allow the rape of children and the whe...

The emotional testimonies from victims in the coming days will convince church leaders to make the necessary changes. of the more now were joined by the religious affairs analyst martin gak how big is this for the church martin its quite big at least it is trumpeted as being quite a sort of a moment of you know change in the church this is something that remains to be seen however it is true that there is a very clear the mind of concrete actions it is also true that the church in twenty years i...

Sex abuse crisis. the pope opened a four coday summit on the issue today. lauren green has that story today from rome. >> the community under our care should know that we mean business. >> and so began the first day of the first ever summit on clergy sex abuse at the vatican. the gathering, the catholic church perjuring the lament version of the heads of state brought together the presidents of the worlds bishops conferences to tackle what has been a plague among their ranks. >> the holy people ...

>> because thats typically what we do. once we believe that witnesses -- valuable witnesses are credible, then we take them to the grand jury to lock their testimonies in. >> you made two statements that i think -- [ inaudible ]. >> yes. well, a number of individuals. we serve subpoenas and warrants, of course, on mr. smollett, his manager for phone records. the two people of interest that we had. and so we still have quite a few search warrants and subpoenas out there were waiting to come back....

Tremendous new ag. >> mr. president, should the mueller report be released? >> that will be totally up to the new attorney general. hes a tremendous man, a tremendous person who really respects this country and respects the justice department, so that will be totally up to him. the new attorney general. >> if muellers probe is wrapping up, there is the issue of what becomes of the multiple investigations that may still be active. for example, conservative author jerome corsi says he was told by ...

Supervision from his doctor from that shoulder surgery which is why cohen has delayed testifying before some committees on capitol hill and he has to prepare for these testimonies for these committees, and he will testify before three committees by the end of the month. cohen has already delayed these testimonies. he was supposed to see the house oversight committee and the house intel committee. those hearings have been postponed and delayed. now cohen saying he needed this extra time. the pros...

Washington saying ill help the president coming from manhattan. they are all gone. >> what do you think of the flow of information that chris has dinner with the president and a f few others. he says he is hearing from sources that dan coats may be vulnerable and may be gone. i think the real question is if coats goes they have to say when i do public testimonies am i supposed to say what i think or what the president wants many we to say? i think i know what the answer is. >> yeah. when they te...