Epstein Bill to Trump, Wall Street Jitters, TX Redistricting Blocked and more

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

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The measure to release all the case files related to Jeffrey Epstein is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk. The DHS is looking to crackdown on immigration in more southern cities after the blitz in Charlotte, North Carolina. We explain why Wall Street is having a nervy week. A federal judge has delivered a major blow to Texas’ congressional redistricting measures. Plus, a small island nation has made soccer history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi from CNN, I'm Josh and Shana with the five things you need to know for Wednesday,
0:06.2	November 19th.
0:08.2	427 to 1.
0:10.9	That's how the House voted last night to pass a bill which will release all the investigative
0:15.6	files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
0:18.0	After months of delays, the measure remarkably passed through the House and Senate with
0:22.3	only one exception, House Republican Clay Higgins, and it will now travel to President
0:27.6	Donald Trump's desk.
0:29.4	The topic continues to be a hot button issue for the president.
0:33.0	Here's how he responded to a question yesterday.
0:35.0	Mr. President, why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
0:39.3	No. It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you are a terrible
0:44.3	reporter.
0:45.3	Jess Michaels, who says she was assaulted by the late sex offender in 1991, spoke to CNN about
0:51.3	what the passing of this bill means to her and other survivors.
0:55.0	We all agree it is time to release the files so that accountability and justice can happen.
1:00.0	We need the people that have failed us for decades to finally do their job.
1:06.0	And CNN's Manu Raju has more on what happens next.
1:10.0	Now when this bill becomes law, the Justice Department will have 30 days to release these files.
1:14.6	If it does not, it'll have to explain why it does not do so.
1:17.6	There are reasons for not releasing the files, including if some of these are being investigated
1:23.6	by the Justice Department. Thomas Massey, though, did give me issue a warning when I asked him
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