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Al sharpton today, these attacks whip up a very particular group. aggrieved white men and those men didnt go on the attack and they dont just go on the attack in the voting booth. they harass, they tweet, they email, they put out violent threats towards people who disagree with trump. i think thats one thing. the other thing that is the more disturbing thing, republicans are also going along with trump because even though hes a vile person in terms of his racial politics, hes getting a republica...

Than outcome today, craig. representative green of texas has brought this kind of a measure forward calling for the impeachment of the president. this time its new because its under democratic leerpt aadersh its in a post robert mueller report and at a time when theres so much discussion of the presidents attitude of people with color and his bat well those four congresswomen. thats the backdrop. we expect the vote to come this afternoon as a three-part choice for members of congress. to table t...

Turn out the people at least that didnt come out last time so who is, you know, going to win the turnout race? this is why donald trump is doing there. he knows this racial resentment fires people up. democrats better getter that acts together and recognize that and galvanize and unite them. >> and impact owe glow in the right places. >> exactly. >> the sun belt. those are the places they need. >> there is divisiveness among the democrats. >> i disagree quickly. i say you galvanize the base, be ...

Guilty plea because letting him walk, letting what the state attorney was ready to do, go forward, wouldve been absolutely awful. >> laura: joining me now is former deputy independent counsel fox news contributor sol wisenberg. barry kircher, who was the state attorney muscular in the case, the guy who tried to bring down rush limbaugh on some bogus doctor shopping case, he denies that, no, that did not happen, detectives on the case today -- he said that he didnt believe the women, the state at...

Walk, letting what the state attorney was ready to do, go forward, wouldve been absolutely awful. >> laura: joining me now is former deputy independent counsel fox news contributor sol wisenberg. barry kircher, who was the state barry kircher, who was the state attorney prosecuting in the case the guy who tried to bring down rush limbaugh on some bogus doctor shopping case, he denies that, no, that did not happen detectives on the case today -- he said that he didnt believe the women, the state ...

Wanted to see epstein go to jail. there is a value to a guilty plea because letting him walk, letting what the state attorney was ready to do go forward would have been absolutely awful. >> reporter: the secretary made it clear hes not about to resign, talking up his relationship with president trump while working in a plug for the administrations record. >> my relationship with the president is outstanding. he has, i think, very publicly made clear that ive got his support. i serve at the pleas...

Appropriately. based on the evidence there was value to getting a guilty plea and having him register. look, no regrets is a very hard question. as you watch these victim interviews, its very obvious that the victims feel that this was not a sufficient outcome. these victims were traumatized. we cant begin to understand what they went through. and they look at this and they say, but why? and so you always look back and you say what if? this was the view of the office. there is a value to a sure ...

Guilty plea because letting him walk, leading with the state attorney was ready to do go forward would have been absolutely awful. >> secretary acosta is saying that he was essentially pleased with the deal that he got because he thought of the time that it was the best deal that he could get. it should be noted that he thought that epstein was going to be put in jail for 18 months and not be allowed to go in and go out of jail. as he ended up being allowed to do. a work release program where he...

Guilty plea. you can always look at a play after the fact and say should it have been the safe play or gone for the big score? >> well acosta certainly went for the safe play. despite authorities having evidence that epstein skauly abused dozens of teenage girls. the deal hammered out resulted in epstein serving 13 months in a county jail. allowed to leave every day six day as week for 12 hours a day. if epstein had been convicted he could have served life behind bars. that was a sweetheart deal...

Alex acosta defended himself. >> no regrets is a very hard question. you always look back and say what if. >> reporter: with new victims coming forward questioning whether acosta was too lenient in the case, the secretary was asked whether he would reach the same agreement today. time and again he pointed the finger at state prosecutors in florida saying they were going to allow epstein to avoid jail time. >> todays world treats victims very, very differently. todays world does not allow some of...