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One of the things i find interesting is how facts become facts because theyre in a newspaper as opposed to the record. >> all right. that was labor secretary al alexander acosta trying to defend his judgment on the plea deal he made with jeffrey epstein a decade ago. joining us now is julie k. brown. her investigative work at the miami herald has led to major breaks in this epstein case. julie, great to have you here. you are the sort of foremost authority on -- because youve looked back at the ...

Nude. >> our suspects running eastbound on pike, crossing eighth with no clothing. >> reporter: police arrested morisette blocks away, his hands cuffed behind his bare back. they say they recovered a knife in the back of a fedex truck and the suspects clothes in the street. >> we do believe that this was an unprovoked and random attack. so, it is very concerning for us. >> reporter: tonight, the suspect faces a felony assault charge. two of the victims were taken to the hospital, where one remai...

Itself from continuing to refer these visas by referring them to other agencies. what was the purpose that far policy? >> so if you read the policy, that is not what it does. our wage and hour administrator after she was confirmed came in, and she reviewed the policies. and she put in place a requirement that a criminal prosecutor be consulted any time one of these issues is brought to the divisions attention. that seems very reasonable. dont we want criminal prosecutors to be consulted whenever...

We didnt know before he was confirmed by the senate. and i think that we ought to let the courts do their job and rely on evidence that is produced in court rather than speculation and conjecture. >> the president will have to make that decision as well as the secretary to make a decision whether he wants to resign or not. im not calling for that. clearly all the new information as well as the old information continues to be troubling. >> he serves at the pleasure of the president. and im inclin...

Thing. sir. >> reporter: jeff from daily mail. are you aware of alleged obstruction of justice by mr. epstein? a bail memo by new york prosecutors. did he take it up to intimidate prosecutors and if he did, or harass witnesses, tamper with witnesses, if he did that -- -- >> i cant comment on the new york case. that would not be appropriate. >> reporter: im talking about in florida. >> there is a pending case in new york. i cant comment. >> reporter: i am curious, who at main justice review this ...

>> so the agreement wasnt going to be locked in place, before that agreement, you know, i was very careful to not negotiate this. our career attorneys negotiated the agreement. secondly, id point out, we live in a city where people have breakfast meetings all the time. you dont open an office at 7:00 in the morning just to have a meeting. you have it over breakfast. >> its not standard for a non-prosecution agreement to include a senior -- >> let me do this. dont the young girls -- >> i wanted t...

Tom. >> secretary, a lot of people are watching this news conference including several young women who say that they were teenagers when jeffrey epstein sexually assaulted them. they say that they went to you looking for help and they didnt hear back from you until it was too late. do you owe them an apology? >> so youre raising the issue of victim notification. and in the documents that ive circulated, ive addressed the issue of victim notification as well. the career prosecutor in this case ha...

Implanted with the wrong embryo and say yet another embryo was lost or destroyed. the mom says she has been through hell. >> i wasnt able to carry him, i wasnt able to hold him. i wasnt able to feel him inside of me. i wasnt there when he was born. i wasnt there for his first moments of life. >> their attorney believes this of the first time in u.s. history that a family has had to file a lawsuit to recover their child from a mother who unknowingly gave birth to a baby as as a result of a fertil...

Opportunities to receive restitution. epstein would be required to pay for them to hire a lawyer to bring a case against him, a case in which he would have to plead no contest and provide them with restitution. the concern, these are the words of the career prosecutor, she did not want to share with the victims that the office was attempting to secure for them the ability to obtain monetary compensation. she if she disclosed that in the disclosure and fell through, epsteins counsel would use thi...

Prosecutor to intervene in a state matter such as this. weve seen cases recently, different set of facts, different -- i dont want anyone to say im comparing these cases, but weve seen other cases where state prosecutors let folks go with no seven tent and people shake their heads. in this case the federal office intervened before the plea and said stop because if that plea is taken at the state level, you are going to face serious federal issues. today we know a lot more about how victims traum...