Emily Jashinsky

And CNN founder Ted Turner dead at 87.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appearing before the House Oversight Committee yesterday for a transcribed interview about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Secretary Lutnick, summoned by the committee after documents released in the Epstein files, revealed the two had been in business together as recently as 2014, well after the disgraced financier's 2008 conviction on prostitution charges involving a minor.

The files also containing a photo of Epstein, Lutnick, and a group of other men on Epstein's island.

The secretary, his wife, and their children visiting once in 2012, according to Lutnick.

Prior to the release of the files, Secretary Lutnick maintaining he had last been in contact with Epstein in 2005.

The files revealing the two, who were neighbors in New York City, continued communicating via email until at least 2018.

In yesterday's closed-door meeting, the secretary reportedly telling the committee he did not have a personal or professional relationship when he was neighbors with Epstein.

He also reportedly said he never saw Epstein with any young women, nor did he witness anything inappropriate.

CBS reporting, Mr. Lutnick told the committee he met Epstein three times, the first for a tour of Epstein's home, where he noticed a massage table, the second meeting occurring on Epstein's island,

The secretary and his family invited to lunch while on a trip to the U.S.

Virgin Islands.

In a third meeting, the two discussing scaffolding in Epstein's foyer.

Congressman Ro Khanna, Democrat from California, giving reporters his impressions of the testimony.

Chairman James Calmer, a Republican, casting the testimony differently.

A transcript of the interview set to be released in the coming days.

Media mogul Ted Turner, pioneer of the 24-hour news network and founder of CNN, dying yesterday, surrounded by his family at the age of 87.

Born in 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Turner would go on to inherit his father's billboard advertising company before buying up radio stations and then turning his sights to television.

Eventually, Turner expanding into news.

On June 1st, 1980, launching the first ever 24-hour news network, CNN.