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Of staff. take a listen. >> i think that alex will probably be sharing more information with you all, but the reality is that the defense attorneys in that case actually tried to get alex removed because they thought that he was such an aggressive prosecutor. and as you heard alex say yesterday, we welcome the fact that there is additional evidence that can be prosecuted. the crimes are atrocities and certainly should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. >> so whether anything he says...

Really explain why that occurred, did he? im not a lawyer. >> is he too much of a liability now for the president? >> that is a thing, we never know with the president. weve seen this over and over again with people who work for the president either in the cabinet or in the white house, there is a lot of scrutiny, a lot of damaging scrutiny and damning evidence against them in terms of wrongdoing or in this case sort of i think what i thought was a bit of a pompous and weak performance by acosta...

Team was elated. he would have avoided prison all together. but then the united states attorneys office in miami became involved. epstein got an ultimatum. plead guilty to a charge is that would require jail time and registration or face federal charges. and that was the week more than ten years ago that epstein went to jail. times have changed and coverage of this case has certainly changed since that article. facts are important and facts are being overlooked. this matter started as a state ma...

You relate those two, if going to trial is viewed as a role of the dice the goal here was straightforward, put epstein behind bars, ensure he registered as a sexual offender, provide victims with the means to seek restitution, and protect the public by putting them on notice that a sexual predator was in their midst. this case people have said was unusual and it was, it was complicated by the fact that this mat ter started as a state investigation. a state grand jury rocked that sing single, com...

We dont expect him to step down, right? >> thats right. we are inside the labor department. not often our cameras are in here. well pan the camera over, you can see the podium, the lectern set for alex acosta, secretary of labor, to speak in the next 30 minutes. and we have new reporting to share. in a conversation with a person familiar with the matter, im told that president trump spoke to secretary acosta yesterday afternoon and in that conversation, im told that the president urged acosta to...

Involving minors, i believe, and that would have resulted in zero jail time, zero registration as a sexual offender, and zero restitution for the victims in this case. the matter was then presented to the u.s. attorneys office. we decided that a sentence or how should i put this, that mr. epstein should plead guilty to two years, register as a sex offender and concede liability so that victims could get restitution. >> again, hes facing 45 years that agreement was the focus of a series of invest...

Guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone registered generally, and that guarantees other outcomes is a good thing. >> kellyanne conway suggested this morning that it was not clear to prosecutors back in 2,008 that he would have received any jail time, had the case gone to trial. will. >> bill: thank you, doug. >> sandra: ruling from the second circuit, saying that president trump engaged in "prohibited viewpoint discrimination" in his request to block twitter followers....

Though he did not elaborate on why. >> i had a falling out with him along time ago. i dont think ive spoken to them for 15 years. i wasnt a fan. >> in a rare move, secretary acosta took to twitter to praise the charges brought against epstein in new york saying "the crimes committed by epstein are horrific and i am pleased that newark executors are moving forward with the case based on the evidence." some republicans in congress are inclined to give acosta the benefit of the doubt. >> theres not...

Talked about in the beginning. >> you couldnt get it through, though. >> no. we couldnt. but now things are changing. guess whats happening? you know, the thing barack and i would talk about -- and god love him, he never took credit that he should have, because it was like everything was dropping on his desk. i said we ought to make the case that people know what you did. it wasnt until they started to take it away they even realized it was a consequence of what barack had done. so now, if you n...

Sending waters, leaving passengers running for higher ground. we will talk to the woman who captured this dramatic video. >> bill: also, decision time for authorities investigating the brutal murder of the university of utahs student. will charges hold up in court? we will bring you details on that in a moment. >> as i said, we continue to work this case around the clock in the hopes that we would be able to provide the lueck family, our community, justice. lets get down to business. the busines...