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Rob, keep the crew safe too. in the meantime, well be watching your forecasts this weekend. the other major headline out of the white house, just 48 hours after taking questions about the secret plea deal for jeffrey epstein, alex acosta is out tonight, resigning today. president trump right there by his side. saying of his labor secretary, im with him. kyra phillips was at the white house as this played out. >> reporter: he tried to defend his reputation, but today alexander acosta stood next...

Odds are in our favor for historic in portions of central louisiana. lets go back to politics and the resignation of secretary of labor alex acosta now adding to a lengthy list of departures from the presidents cabinet. the president, with acosta on saturday, said he came to the decision on his own. >> 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 say ...

And i got a call this morning early from alex. and i think he did a very good job yesterday. under a lot of pressure, he did a fantastic job. and he explained it. he made a deal that people were happy with. 12 years later, theyre not happy with it. youll have to figure all of that out. but the fact is he has been a fantastic secretary of labor. and alex called me this morning and wanted to see me. and i said, well, we have the press right out here. perhaps you just want to say it to the press. b...

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 have 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 that he didnt want to distract from that. and i understand that 100%. (inaudible). >> the what? . >> (inaudible). >> so paul ryan was not a talent. he wasnt ...

Economy, the stock market just hit the highest point yesterday in the history of our country. our unemployment numbers are the best theyve ever been. if you look at specifically certainly groups, african-american, asian, hispanic, the best unemployment numbers in the history of our country. theres so many good things and he didnt want to distract from that. and i understand that 100%. [ inaudible question ] >> what? [ inaudible question ] so paul ryan was not a talent. he wasnt a leader. when th...

So i think the options for him were narrowing down, he just didnt have much choice at the end of the day having been found by a federal judge to have violated the law. >> heres more of what the president said about his now outgoing labor secretary. >> he made a deal that people were happy with and then 12 years later theyre not happy with it. youll have to figure all of that out. but the fact is, he has been a fantastic secretary of labor. and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me ...

Early from alex and i think he did a very good job yesterday, under a lot of pressure he did a fantastic job. and he explained it and he made a deal that people were happy with, and then 12 years later theyre not happy with it. youll have to figure all of that out. but the fact is, 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 say it to the press. but i j...

Because im with him. he was a -- hes a tremendous talent. hes a hispanic man. he went to harvard. a great student. and in so many ways, i just hate what hes saying now because were going to miss him. >> a hispanic man who went to harvard. kaitlin collins is at the white house. it was just two days ago that we saw acosta giving a press conference to defend himself, which was highly criticized afterwards, but it did look like acosta might have a chance to weather all of this. what has happened in ...

And i think kamala showed the path through which she would go toe to toe with donald trump to focus on what really makes america great. and its the people. its the diversity. its the differences that we have that actually bring us together in common to fight for a better and more secure future for our children. and i think she really made that clear. >> this democratic field obviously still developing, but keith, we talk about the diversity here. look at what we have already. we have four women,...

>> she is a political operator and my immediate thought was to think of a picture that flashed around the world in 2016 before the south carolina primary in which nikki haley endorsed marco rubio and it was a picture of nikki haley, marco rubio and senator tim scott. at indian woman, hispanic man and african-american man. nikki haley came to prominence initially by opposing the confederate flag and monuments in south carolina, showing she is a new kind of southerner and the republican party has ...