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alex: you don't have to. you're not gonna be disappointed with the material you don't get because you know it's really tough stuff, and you're not expected to get it. those contestants, they'll get it because we know they're bright. they have to take a big test in order to be on the show. but we have a lot of pop culture material now. music, movies, stuff like that. that you can relate to. you go to the movies, you listen to music. i love that you're pointing at me when we're talking about the easier ones. thank you. - all right. - you know how i did in "high rollers," clearly. - yeah, well. - ( laughs ) harvey: 34 years it's been on the air with you. 7,600 episodes. does it get old for you ever? - alex: never. - harvey: why? because every day we have new contestants, every day we have new material. the format is the same. so, i feel very comfortable in that format. i've settled into it. and i like it, and i can relax with it. and because i can do that, i can fool around. - alex: nerdcore hip-hop. - hip-hop.

you are with alex kershaw. go ahead. >> i want everybody out there who is paying attention to this broadcast to know one thing. when it comes to losing a war or winning a war, that is a geopolitical matter. when it comes to the man on the ground eating the fire. it is more simple than that. when it comes to winning or losing a war, the winners walk out and the losers don't. and that is the perspective of a combat veteran. thank you for your time. >> thank you, walter. alex kershaw, your thoughts on walter's perspective and what it took. >> there was a critical moment on omaha beach. a critical moment for the entire invasion actually. so many men had been wounded and killed. very little communication. around 10:30 a.m., 11:00 in the morning, general lamar bradley 5 miles out at sea seriously considered pulling american troops off of omaha beach. had he pulled american troops off june 6, 1944, i believe d- day would have been a disaster. a defeat. not a great victory for allied forces. the difference was made as

i watched alex yesterday. i thought alex did a great job. you know, you can always second-guess people and say it should have been tougher. they do it with me all the time. i would make a great deal with anybody. then they say, like the democrats, oh, it could have been better. i got $1.2 billion settlement, fine, from a company, from zte. and the next day -- and everybody couldn't believe it. the next day the democrats said, oh, he should have got more. you can always second-guess. that's what people do. i just want to tell you this is a person that i've gone to know. there hasn't been an ounce of controversy at the department of labor until this came up. and he's doing this not for himself. he is doing this for the administration. and, alex, i think you'll agree. i said you don't have to do this. he doesn't have to do this. >> (inaudible). >> i do. and we have, as everybody knows, we have pat pazella, who is a deputy. he will be acting for a period of time. i think you know pat. he's a good man, highly recommended by alex. but pat is going

sandro everton. >> alex sandro y casemiro >>> alex sandro se repliega argentina y no presiona la salida >>> de brasil que toca y toca, de paul, foyth limpio el toque, cuidado paredes. >> pezzella >>> otamendi >>> para tagliafico y la pelota a ver si lo ve pero lo vio tarde y mal era antes otamendi interceptÓ gabriel jesÚs coutinho, se la dejÓ muy atrÁs a coutinho y otamendi para messi >>> de paul >>> acuÑa ahÍ viene tagliafico. >> pide messi, acuÑa >>> messi >>> arthur lo sigue a todos lados >>> lo sigue pero estÁ muy separada estÁ muy separado el medio campo de la defensa de argentina y el kun agÜero deben de juntarse para que puedan generar algo de peligro al frente >>> acuÑa. >> otamendi >>> pezzella por afuera pide foyth viene para paredes. >> otamendi. >> pezzella >>> quiere hacer venir a alguien argentina y brasil espera y va cerrando espacio y argentina sigue regalando la pelota. >> gana ahora. >> para poder cerrar el Único que le pueda pegar argentina quizÁs sea leo paredes buscando el juego aÉreo, brasil. lo espera mÁs a la argentina para salir de contra ataque y

if that is true, that demolishes everything that alex acosta said today. he was asked about a private meeting with one of jeffrey epstein's defense lawyers that many legal observers are calling improper and unethical. >> the meeting that was alleged was a breakfast meeting that took place after the agreement was negotiated, not before. the agreement was signed in september. after the agreement was negotiated, one of epstein's attorneys asked for a meeting. a hearing. i was giving a speech. i was staying at a hotel. i agreed to have a brief meeting at 7:00 a.m. rather than open the office, i spoke with that attorney. >> the "miami herald" reporter who exposed that meeting, julie brown, said this after this press conference today. >> here talked about the meeting and how the deal had been signed by the meeting, time of the meeting, that october meeting. there was a piece of paper signed and they were still really in the thick of negotiations and it was certainly still talking about there was a follow-up letter from one of epstein's lawyers that went to mr. a

>> alex: i think it's complicate his situation. certainly, reading the complaint from the southern district of new york, their parts that make her stomach turn. there are parts that make you just feel for these victims that were out there and subject to this abuse. but there are some interesting sort of legal factors at play that i think make this case just a little bit more complicated than sort of an outright -- there was impropriety, and a sweetheart deal, and it's kind of all swept up in that way. >> jessica: like what? >> alex: for example, there is the difference between the resources the state had available versus what the feds had available. >> jessica: but the indictment was ready to go. >> alex: there's the fact in the case of the federal -- or, for the feds, that they were trying to avoid double jeopardy by avoiding just a single prostitution count on the stateside. so i think there is a complication there. >> harris: bottom line, does acosta help himself and keeping the job? jessica? >> melissa: no. >> jessica: absolute

alex felt that way. and he also felt we're so good, we're doing so well, the economy, the stock market hit the highest point yesterday in the history of our country, our unemployment numbers are the best they've been, if you look at certain groups, african-american, asian, hispanic, the best unemployment numbers in the history of our country. there's so many good things and he didn't want to distract from that, i understand that. [ inaudible questions ] >> so paul ryan was not a talent. he wasn't a leader. when the people in freedom and great congresswommen wanted to after the democrats for things they did badly he wouldn't give out subpoenas. whereas nancy pelosi hands them out for cookies. paul ryan was a lame duck as a speaker, he wasn't able to raise money. the only success he had was with me we got taxes cut, i got regulations cut, did that mostly without me. for paul ryan to be complaining i remember a day in wisconsin, a state i won, i stood up and made a speech, i introduced him and they booed hi

as far as i'm concerned, i watched alex yesterday. i thought alex did a great job. alex, i think you'll agree, i said you don't have to do this. he doesn't have to do this. >> let's get straight to kaitlin collins live at the white house. is this as presented a decision just by the labor secretary on his own? >> reporter: john, the president said alex acosta called him this morning and came over to the white house to offer his resignation because he saw the epstein deal as something that was going to hang over the administration. while the president said, hey, it's alex acosta's idea to resign, not mine, this certainly comes as a relief to the president who based on our reporting had been voicing skepticism about acosta and whether or not that news conference he held had done enough to calm the uproar over his role in jeffrey epstein's plea deal. we reported initially the president, who urged alex acosta to go out and defend himself was favorable in his initial reception to that press conference, telling people he thought he did a fine job. after the president was h

sancho. >> casemiro >>> alex sandro. >> picaba firmino, ahora tiene que volver a ponerse en posiciÓn habilitada alves >>> viene danny. >> gabriel jesÚs >>> encara tagliafico se frena lo lo tiene dani alves libre para tiro el centro es bueno, busca a firmino y va foyth, la rescatÓ everton y se fue afuera, foyth la juega para de paul >>> ahÍ va con coutinho con Él. >> muy disciplinado coutinho para salir a marcar cada vez que recibe la pelota y tambiÉn lo corre paredes, va messi >>> el kun agÜero >>> el pecho de paredes >>> mejorÓ argentina en el manejo con la a apariciÓn de messi >>> poniÉndose >>> en sus espaldas la creaciÓn de la argentina apareciÓ mÁs de paul, es buen momento para el equipo de scaloni >>> pezzella >>> foyth >>> pasa de paul >>> con quiÉn se junta le va foyth >>> la pelota arriba a estÁ impo >>>largos no estÁ haciendo muy buen pase largo es la primera vez que se incorporaba no le quiso suceder la pelota. >> coutinho y gira y pasa gran maniobra para este ataque brasileÑo sobre el final la pide firmino, coutinho le pega, pega, tirÓ el centro para firm

so, alex, we'll see who's next in time to become acting labor secretary after alex acosta's official departure, but just one of a growing number of officials that have left. alex. >> the numbers tell us a huge part of the story about this trump administration. thanks very much. >>> for more we are joined by congresswoman katherine clark, a democrat from massachusetts. a vice chairwoman of the democratic caucus and a member of the labor subcommittee on the house appropriations committee. congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us. are you there? yes, you are. >> yes, thank you, alex. >> now we see you. i just want to remind people of your interaction with secretary acosta at a hearing back in early april. let's take a quick listen to that. >> the hideous truth has come out. you chose wealthy and well connected people, child rapists over the victims in this case. >> congresswoman, we did see alex acosta on the south lawn of the white house with the president today explaining why he is resigning. the president saying it was absolutely acosta's choice, he is not being fired. what's

president said secretary alex acosta is doing a fantastic job. mr. trump also tried to distance himself from epstein in the oval office earlier today after once describing him alz a terrific guy. >> thank you very much -- >> reporter: tonight president trump appears to be standing by his embattled labor secretary alex acosta. at least for now. >> i can tell you that for two and a half years he's been just an excellent secretary of labor. he's done a fantastic job. >> reporter: the president appeared to diminish acosta's role as a federal prosecutor in 2008 plea agreement for jeffrey epstein who is facing new charges of running a child sex ring in florida that includes accusations of abusing teenage girls. >> i do hear there were a lot of people involved in that decision, not just him. i can only say this, from what i know and what i do know is that he's been a great -- really great secretary of labor. the rest of it will have to look at, we'll have to look at it very carefully. >> reporter: and the president downplayed his relationship with epstein.

alex acosta was a great secretary of labor. what he's done with plans and you see the plans coming one after another, just about done with the 401-k. things nobody would even think of. so it's very sad. but at the same time he wants to focus to be on accomplishments. indiscernible] reporter: well, alex believes that. i'm willing to live with anything, john. i think you know me. i've lived through things you wouldn't believe. alex felt that way. and he also felt -- we're so good, we're doing so well. the economy. the stock market just hit the highest point yesterday in the history of our country. our unemployment numbers are the best they've ever been. if you look at specifically certain groups, african-american, asian, hispanic, the best unemployment numbers in the history of our country. you know, there are so many good things and he didn't want to distract from that. and i understand that 100%. [indiscernible] reporter: did paul ryan prevent you from [indiscernible] president trump: what? reporter: did paul ryan prevent you f

alex: right. you have to wonder -- they talk about sometimes wanting to have a judge that just follows the law, that you don't know which way they will come out just because that is the outcome they want. i think to be fair, some people can argue that is with the chief justice does. we saw the two major cases issued this week. he was a swing vote for both. that can be -- i know within the republican party, you meet people who are critical of him and you meet people who are supportive of that type of justice and it will be interesting next year watching how it shapes up with justice kavanagh, where does he fit in. we've seen justice gorsuch also be the swing vote and side with the democratic appointed justices. we haven't seen that so much yet with kavanaugh so it will be something interesting to watch there, as well. host: simone pathe, you asked about the role the judicial crisis network will play in 2020. what role do they have in 2016 and how big are they compared to other grassroots groups on

doesn't that alone warrant an apology from alex acosta? >> yeah, let's get all of the details out on that and find out from acosta, again he has to go back and review this with the department of justice and make it right in any way we can. my impression is a lot of the push right now is because he's a trump cabinet member and not because of the case. my focus would be let's focus on the -- on him as an attorney and u.s. attorney and find out what mistakes were made and how do we never do this again and make sure there aren't other individuals in other places that we had a prosecution not fully fulfilled. >> you make an important point. these were 14 and 15, 16-year-old girls who were abused in awful ways. -- would you like to see secretary acosta come before congress so you could directly ask him questions about the decisions he made a decade ago? >> so i would like to see the same way we could do with any other u.s. attorney, let the department of justice go through the process and do the investigation behind closed doors as they would fo

i watched alex yesterday. i thought alex did a great job. you can always second guess people and say, it should have been tougher. they do it with me all the time. i make a great deal with anybody , and they say, like the democrats, it could have been better. i got $1.2 billion fines on the company from g.t.e. and the next day, everybody couldn't believe it. the next day the democrats said, oh, you should have gotten more. you can always be second guessed. that's what people do. i want to tell you, this is a person that i've gotten to know, there hasn't been an ounce of controversy at the department of labor until this came up. and he is doing this not for himself, he's doing this for the administration, and alex, i think you'll agree, i said you don't have to do this. he doesn't have to do this. we have, as everybody knows, we have pat pizzella, who right now is a deputy, and he'll acting for a period of time. i think you know pat. he's a good man. highly recommended. by alex. pat is going to be acting now. [indiscernible] pres. trump: yes.

alex? >> our big concern is this water coming in and highway 53. we have transportation in and out of plaquemines parish and it will completely cut people off if this water continues to come in. >> we're talking, alex, about storm surge, we're talking about flooding. give us some perspective. you've been here your whole life, you've been through katrina. where does this storm rank and what are you worried about specifically? >> of course, this particular area, there are cattle ranchers, so the flooding and drouwning o cattle, but also the disruption in people's lives getting all the health care and medicine that they need. it disrupts all of that. and also word of getting this levee system done so they can have a little bit more piece and be able to build residences and feel safe. >> so a permanent solution, not temporary sandbags. that's what you're asking for. >> absolutely. we only have a few miles of area where we don't have a proper levee. we really need that done. it's slow getting th

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and yet and yet, alex, does this first week of borisjohnson in yet, alex, does this first week of boris johnson in office yet, alex, does this first week of borisjohnson in office suggest that behind thejoker‘s mask borisjohnson in office suggest that behind the joker‘s mask there borisjohnson in office suggest that behind thejoker‘s mask there is borisjohnson in office suggest that behind the joker‘s mask there is a steely strategy? i think it's been an amazing start. there is a sense of purpose and dynamism and energy which has really transformed westminster. it feels like an entirely different political environment. you see it in the way journalists are responding to these discussions and the enlivened situation in the press conference you guys were discovering live. this is not what we have had for the last few years, with no disrespect to theresa may or her government, it feels like this administration has had a real shot in the arm of positivity which i think is all good. the other thing of the act emphasises this, that the british electorate, leave or remain, is pretty si

i watched alex yesterday. i thought alex did a great job. you can always second-guess people and say they should have been tougher. they do it with me all the time. i make a great deal with anybody, and then they say, the democrats, it could have been better. 1.2 billion dollars settlement from a company, from cte. -- from zte. they couldn't believe it. the next day, the democrat said, you should have got more. i just want to tell you, this is a person that i've gotten to know. there hasn't been announced of controversy at the department of labor until this came up. he's doing this not for himself. he's doing this for the administration. and alex, i think you will agree, i said you don't have to do this. he doesn't have to do this. [indiscernible] pres. trump: and we have, as , we have right now the deputy that will be acting for a period of time. he's a good man, highly recommended by alex. he is going to be acting, and we've already informed him. [indiscernible] why did you have a falling out with jeffrey epstein, and did you ban him from

writer for the duran dot com alex i'm going to go to you 1st here. i watched i have to confess not all of the 2 democratic debates ok i wasn't willing to give so much time away to that show and i was trying to discuss a catchy phrase for them and i would call them maybe like the free democrats because everything is free everything is free except for american citizens so it looks like they were really can't go on the road campaigning canvassing for illegals to get to participate in it because that's all they seem to talk about free health care free education. no longer criminalizing breaking the law by crossing the border illegally i mean this was really a circus wasn't it go ahead alex. peter. it was it was a cloud show and you're exactly right i think i think the 2nd night of the debates you could watch it was watchable the 1st night i mean was just i think trump something up best with one word it was boring it's very very boring because i mean they all said the same thing. that they all had the same script it was awful it was impossible to watch th

writer for the duran dot com alex in a go to you 1st here. i watched i have to confess not all of the 2 democratic debates ok i wasn't willing to give so much time away to that show and i was trying to discuss. think of a catchy phrase for them and i would call them maybe like the free democrats because everything is free everything is free except for american citizens so it looks like when they were really can't get on the road campaigning canvassing for illegals to get to participate in it because that's all they seem to talk about free healthcare free education. no longer criminalizing breaking that of the law by crossing the border illegally i mean this was really a circus wasn't go ahead alex. peter was it was a cloud show and you're exactly right i think i think the 2nd night of the debates you could watch it was watchable the 1st night i mean was just i think trump some good up best with one word it was boring very very boring because i mean they all said the same thing. that they all had the same script it was awful it was impossible

. >>> outfront labor secretary alex acosta is out. yet another member of trump's cabinet forced to quit amid scandal. and tonight another my ranking official may be next. and tropical storm barry gaining power. threatening epic floods. landfall hours away. and the highly anticipated hearing with robert mueller next week may have hit a snag. what's the hold up? let's go outfront. good evening i'm kate baldwin in for erin front. president trump can quit you, especially if you are in his cabinet. tonight yet another departure, perhaps with a little push from the president. this time labor secretary alex acosta announced his resignation days after coming under heavy scrutiny for miss role in a plea deal with accused child rapist jeffrey epstein when acosta was u.s. attorney in florida. >> he has been a fantastic secretary of labor. and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. i just want to let you know, this was him not me. because i'm with him. he was a -- he is a tremendous talent. >> so that's today. of course just two day

once again on a friday, president trump's labor secretary alex acosta is out. he resigned just moments ago. he and the president talked to reporters on the south lawn of the white house for about 30 minutes. >> he has been a fantastic secretary of labor and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. and i actually said, well, we have the press right out here, so perhaps you just want to stay to the press. but i just want to let you know there are was him, not me. because i'm with him. he was -- he's a tremendous talent, he's a hispanic man, he went to harvard. >> i do not think it is right and fair for this administration's labor department to have epstein as the focus rather than the incredible economy that we have today. and so i called the president this morning, i told him that i thought the right thing was to step aside. cabinet positions are temporary trusts. it would be selfish for me to st stay in this position and continue talking about a case that's 12 years old rather than about the amazing economy we have right now. and so i submitted my r

yet life still goes on in the big city, right, alex? you still have the ice cream trucks and the hot dog vendors. these buildings on central park south are still without power. the new york athletic club, for example, lights out in these buildings. some of these are hotels, some of are high-rise rental buildings, some high rise apartment buildings, a wide varied here. that's one of the reasons this is such a newsworthy story, one of the biggest cities in the world suddenly blacked out at 6:45 p.m. eastern time. i was in my apartment, 15-plus stories up. i noticed something was amiss, the air conditioner turned off, and i looked outside and saw this wasn't one building or one block but an entire stretch in manhattan, from times square to rockefeller center and later to madison square garden and penn station. virtually all of midtown manhattan from fifth avenue over to 12th avenue on the hudson river. an incredibly rare event, the kind of thing most new yorkers take in stride but also wonder what the heck is going on. it's just an inconve

it isn't often a agree with alex on this programme. i do agree with him on one thing, though, it is like a breath of fresh air in a very hot and humid westminster at the moment. and as jeffrey says, he is a very good communicator. having said all that, he's still in campaign mode. and the campaign is over, and the delivery has to start. now, borisjohnson is very good at campaigning, he's not very good at details, he'd probably admit that himself. he delegated a lot when he was mayor of london and he'll probably have to delegate more now. the problem is being prime minister is all about the detail, not least in brexit and the backstop and everything else we can talk about later. but, initially, i think it is a very good strategy to actually talk about the sort of things we've just seen him talking about in manchester about infrastructure, about all the other things. because people at large, the voters, are fed up listening to politicians arguing about brexit. we'll have more in the next few minutes. alex, can i get you to deal with behi

you go, alex. yes, absolutely. for me, i tried to be a dj in my youth, 16, 17, 18, and i discovered that actually writing about my experiences in care, in brixton and so forth, that helped heal the trauma inside of me. so my initial works were poetry and song lyrics, you know, i wanted to be the next bob marley. there is still time. audience laughs. still time. it's fantastic for me, because i can talk about these experiences, because before as young man, where you are supposed to be strong, you are supposed to be this macho thing, that's a figment of the imagination — sometimes we are vulnerable too, we are fragile too. i had to go through that process of emptying this trauma out onto the page, and that formed in poetry and song lyrics from 18 until 26, 27, until i was confident enough, and i did have to find that confidence, to actually try and start to write fiction, and i was finally published at 36. but that process of me emptying all that emotional trauma in me, that was self therapy. it still is. i'm still

alex acosta, for whatever reason, did not see it that way. joining us now is julie brown, the "miami herald" investigative reporter whose in-depth reporting series on jeffrey epstein broke this story wide open last year and was credited for assisting prosecutors in the investigation. she was inside the court today. julie, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all, thanks for being this reporting. for these young victims it had to be a relief to see at least what could be the beginnings of justice. does it surprise you that the charges that are being brought against him today are so similar to the charges that he was given a sweet deal for before and how can that be explained to sort of the ordinary person out there? >> well, he had an operation going. he had people who worked for him. he had a whole setup of recruiters all over in new york, in florida, as far as we know this was probably going on in the u.s. virgin islands where he also had a home and in europe. and he had schedulers, such as like an organized crime orga

for the duran dot com alex i'm going to go to you 1st here . i watched i have to confess not all of the 2 democratic debates ok i wasn't willing to give so much time away to that show and i was trying to discuss a catchy phrase for them and i would call them maybe like the free democrats because everything is free everything is free except for american citizens so it looks like they were really can't go on the road campaigning canvassing for illegals to get president to participate in it because the. that's all they seem to talk about free healthcare free education. no longer criminalizing breaking that of the law by crossing the border illegally i mean this was really a circus wasn't go ahead alex. peter was it was a cloud show and you're exactly right i think i think the 2nd night of the debates you could watch it was watchable the 1st night i mean was just i think trump something up best with one word it was boring it's very very boring because i mean they all said the same thing. that they all had the same script it was awful it was impossi

this is we have rate a news conference with alex acosta. hi, everyone, i am dana perino and this is "the daily briefing briefing." acosta will speak to reporters 30 minutes from now. amid growing calls for is it resignation, we have fox team coverage. chris wallace will join us with analysis. but let's begin with david lee miller on the disturbing new allegations. david. >> dana, she was 14 years old when she first meant jeffrey epstein back in 2001. in chilling detail, legal papers filed today revealed how the alleged relationship began and ended after she said epstein forcibly raped her in his mansion. she said she was introduced to epstein by a twentysomething brunette woman who approached her side of a nearby performing arts high school where she attended class in new york city. she said the woman enticed her to meet epstein, suggesting he could help her with her career as an actress. she described him as a very caring, very wealthy, and very successful and someone good to know. at the first meeting she said she was served wine and give

it isn't often a agree with alex on this programme. i do agree with him on one thing, though, it is like a breath of fresh air in a very hot and humid westminster at the moment. and as jeffrey says, he is a very good communicator. having said all that, he's still in campaign mode. and the campaign is over, and the delivery has to start. now, borisjohnson is very good at campaigning, he's not very good at details, he'd probably admit that himself. he delegated a lot when he was mayor of london and he'll probably have to delegate more now. the problem is being prime minister is all about the detail, not least in brexit and the backstop and everything else we can talk about later. but, initially, i think it is a very good strategy to actually talk about the sort of things we've just seen him talking about in manchester because people at large, the voters, are fed up listening to politicians arguing about brexit. we'll have more in the next few minutes. alex, can i get you to deal with behind the atmospherics of the first week, what about

writer for the duran dot com alex i'm going to go to you 1st here. i watched i have to confess not all of the 2 democratic debates ok i wasn't willing to give so much time away to that show and i was trying to discuss think of a catchy phrase for them and i would call them maybe like the free democrats because everything is free everything is free except for american citizens so it looks like they were really can't go on the road campaigning canvassing for illegals to get president to participate in it because that's all they seem to talk about free health care free education. no longer criminalizing breaking that of the law by crossing the border illegally i mean this was really a circus wasn't go ahead alex. peter was it was a cloud show and you're exactly right i think i think the 2nd night of the debates you could watch it was watchable the 1st night i mean was just i think trump some good up best with one word it was boring it's very very boring because i mean they all said the same thing. they all have the same script it was all full it was imp

the question now, does alex acosta keep his support? the tweet is evidence that he wants to fight to keep his support. republicans on capitol hill being asked should he stay. >> the department of justice has an ongoing investigation. i think we should find out what happened. >> this is an area of the law where the tie goes to the kids. if we think somebody is out there abusing children, no matter how hard the case may be, you want to bring it forward. >> is it time for him to resign? >> i think there's nothing new that we didn't know before he was confirmed by the senate. >> is there nothing new? >> i think there is quite a bit new. i mean just to your earlier -- the indictment, which is certainly new, and there are the victims who we knew existed but now we're hearing from them, seeing them. that is new, and to your point it is quite powerful. even in senator cornyn's comments of the three republicans you played there, he was probably the most forward-leaning in terms of supporting him. that is not iron clad support that you heard from

writer for the duran dot com alex i'm going to go to you 1st here. i watched i have to confess not all of the 2 democratic debates ok i wasn't willing to give so much time away to that show and i was trying to discuss think of a catchy phrase for them and i would call them maybe like the free democrats because everything is free everything is free except for american citizens so it looks like they were really can't go on the road campaigning canvassing for illegals to get to participate in it because that's all they seem to talk about free health care free education. no longer criminalizing breaking that of the law by crossing the border illegally i mean this was really a circus wasn't go ahead alex. peter was it was a cloud show and you're exactly right i think i think the 2nd night of the debates you could watch it was watchable the 1st night i mean was just i think trump some good up best with one word it was boring it's very very boring because i mean they all said the same thing. they all had the same script it was awful it was impossible to wat

highly recommended by alex. but pat is going to be acting and we've already informed him. [ inaudible question ] >> yes, and i did have a falling out a long time ago. the reason doesn't make any difference, frankly, but i haven't spoken to him in probably 15 years or more. i wasn't a big fan of jeffrey epstein, that i can tell you. if you look, the remnants hurt this man and i hate to see it happen. i will say this and i say it again and loud and clear, alexander acosta was a great secretary of labor. what he's done with plans and you see the plans coming one after another. he's just about done with the 401(k). things that nobody would even think of. it's very sad, but at the same time he wants the focus to be on accomplishments, not on what you're talking about. [ inaudible question ] >> alex believes that. i'm willing to live with anything, john. i think you know me. i've lived through things that you wouldn't believe. alex felt that way and he also felt we're doing so well, the economy, the stock market just

this is we have rate a news conference with alex acosta. hi, everyone, i am dana perino and this is "the daily briefing briefing." acosta will speak to reporters 30 minutes from now. amid growing calls for is it resignation, we have fox team coverage. chris wallace will join us with analysis. but let's begin with david lee miller on the disturbing new allegations. david. >> dana, she was 14

well, alex acosta is a former u.s. attorney in the southern district of florida, had already beenput on notice by congress that key committees would want to bring him back. he's testified many times before. but to address these specific issues. what would that do? create more of the political firestorm, attaching the administration to that. and in addition if he were to stay on the job and the epstein trial. again, remember, this is about jeffrey epstein, were to play out during the campaign year, that too would be a major distraction. so for his own reasons to leave with his head held high that he would not make it something the president would need to do. we've seen the president weigh these sort of issues before sometimes dismissing people very publicly. this stood out today in the very friendly way the president handled it. >> let's talk about the justice department, the office of professional responsibility is reviewing whether lawyers committed misconduct in the handling of the original case against epstein in fl

alex acosta came out to the cameras with the president as he was walking out to marine one and he said that he had made the decision to step down basically saying the economy is great and that's what the focus needs to be on the bigger thing is here is this was not going to go away he tried to make this story go away he held a press conference with a lot of people came out and said that doesn't make any sense you're lying the background on this is you mentioned has to do with jeffrey epstein he isn't rich man who about a decade ago was caught up with state prosecutors and federal prosecutors basically running a child sex ring having sex with under age girls in his palm beach mansion well a custom was then the u.s. secretary u.s. attorney in florida he made what is being seen as a sweetheart deal with epstein basically spent 13 months in a county jail where to have his own private wing and he was allowed to leave most days for about 12 hours a day so he could go to work because he pled guilty to 2 counts of prostitution with an under age with an underage prostitute now this has all come

answer that point alex, there isa count. answer that point alex, there is a question of socioeconomic diversity, classic gusset is a real question and you have all these tony ends. if you satisfy one issue, the left will with two... i am not left, iamjust left will with two... i am not left, i am just bemused where democracy has such history in a country that the upper class continues to dominate. i went to a comprehensive because that is where my parents sent me and i am sick and tired of people in our country being blamed for where our parents sent us the school. it was not my choice when i went to school. and it wasn't my pa rents went to school. and it wasn't my parents either and it is a way of avoiding real issues. went back to the weight that cabinets debate on brexit, what it interested a lot of people was that brexiteers who had been disloyal to borisjohnson where out of the cabinet in some cases, and remainers who were loyal to borisjohnson where promoted. so believe in brexit was not the defining thing. and i thin

spoke to the press about the resignation of his labor secretary let's listen to her story of labor and alex goen me this morning and he wanted to see me and i he said well we have the press right out here so perhaps you just want to say it is the press. but i just want to let you know this was him not me resign with them he was a he's a tremendous talent he's a hispanic man he went to harvard a great student and so many ways i just hate what he's saying now because we're going to miss him but we've. thank you mr president over the last week i've seen a lot of coverage of the department of labor and what i have not seen it can credibly stop creation now has been difficult to me more than 5000000 jobs i haven't seen that workplace injuries are down bucking it prepared for in 4th place the holidays are down but here we are friends that we've had this debate this year ever in mining the lowest ever fatality ever mining i have seen public of this pay that is over 12 years old that had input and bedding at multiple levels of the department of justice and if i look forward i do not think it is rig

this came up in alex acosta's hearing. this was a known fact. all of the details about this were not known the "miami herald" has done a remarkable job in reporting it alex acosta suggested in his press conference if not for him, things could have been worse he talked about the rolling of the dice of going to take jeffrey epstein to court versus agreeing to this deal you are obviously a specialist and having been a prosecutor, were you able to make sense of what alex acosta was trying to get across and whether it made sense? >> it's contrary to everything i know about his office. for years i worked with the office he led. the southern district of florida in miami that's an office that makes big drug cases and they make those cases by using witnesses who come with a lot of baggage witnesses who had been deal drugs and all sorts of misconduct the notion that somehow his office wouldn't be able to convict in a case where witnesses had come forward because they were pictures on social media holding a beer, that just doesn't make any sense. no prosec

president said secretary alex acosta is doing a fantastic job. mr. trump also tried to distance himself from epstein in the oval office earlier today after once describing him alz a terrific guy. >> thank you very much -- >> reporter: tonight president trump appears to be standing by his embattled labor secretary alex acosta. at least for now. >> i can tell you that for two and a half years he's been just an excellent secretary of labor. he's done a fantastic job. >> reporter: the president appeared to diminish acosta's role as a federal prosecutor in 2008 plea agreement for jeffrey epstein who is facing new charges of running a child sex ring in florida that includes accusations of abusing teenage girls. >> i do hear there were a lot of people involved in that decision, not just him. i can only say this, from what i know and what i do know is that he's been a great -- really

writer for the duran dot com alex i'm going to go to you 1st here. i watched i have to confess not all of the 2 democratic debates ok i wasn't willing to give so much time away to that show and i was trying to discuss think of a catchy phrase for them and i would call them maybe like the free democrats because everything is free everything is free except for american citizens so it looks like they were really can't go on the road campaigning canvassing for illegals to get president to participate in it because that's all they seem to talk about free health care free education. no longer criminalizing breaking that of the law by crossing the border illegally i mean this was really a circus wasn't go ahead alex. peter was it was a cloud show and you're exactly right i think i think the 2nd night of the debates you could watch it was watchable the 1st night i mean was just i think trump something up best with one word it was boring it's very very boring because i mean they all said the same thing. they all had the same script it was awful it was impossi

. >>> breaking news, embattled labor secretary alex acosta goes public to defend the still shocking plea deal he oversaw as a u.s. attorney a decade ago. which gave multi-millionaire jeffrey epstein a light sentence for sex crimes involving underage girls. acosta said his office stepped in when state prosecutors were ready to let epstein walk. epstein faces new federal charges for allegedly running a sex trafficking ring and abusing minors. sources say president trump told acosta to step forward amid a drum beat of calls for his resignation. and house democrats are scrambling to get ready for the testimony of robert mueller. they're trying to make the most of limited time but some are already cautioning against expecting too much from the hearings. the testimony is seen as a make or break moment for democrats pushing for an impeachment inquiry. i'll speak with senator james langford of the senate homeland security committee. and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the day's top stories. but let's begin with the breaking news. our chief white house constituent jim a

alex witt has our latest news. >> good job. here's the question, i want derrick pitts to stay because i want to ask him what the solar ambition is for nasa. >> you and i, we're going to be solar system ambassadors. >> you and i, my friend. let's do. >>> good morning to all of you at msnbc headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to "weekends with alex witt." it's a storcorcher out there. dangerous heat on many looking for relief. >>> donald trump on that spontaneous rally chant. what he's now saying. >>> a british ship meeting with an iranian official. is the country closer to conflict or talks? >>> still a wonder. the miracle of a space walk and why it means so much, even today. >>> but first, this brutal heat wave is sweeping much of the country this weekend, from the plains states to chicago all the way over here to the east coast. potentially record-breaking temperatures are putting millions of people under excessive heat warnings and straining those power grids across the country. then take a look at this. in sioux fal

alex accoosta did not see it th way. joining us now is julie brown, the reporter whose indepth reporting series on jeffrey epstein broke this story wide open and was credited by prosecutors for assisting in the investigation. she was inside the court today. thank you very much for being here. thank you for doing this reporting. for these young victims it had to be a relief to see the beginnings of justice. does it surprise you that the charges that are being brought against him today are so similar to the charges that he was given a sweet deal for before. how can that be explained to the ordinary person? >> he had an operation going. he had people who worked for him. he had a set up of recruiters all over in new york, in florida, as far as we know this was probably going on in the u.s. virgin islands where he had a home and in europe. he had schedulers just like an organized crime organization operates with a boss at the top and you have the lieutenants and capos and soldiers. he had pilots and schedulers and recruiters