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Clearly thats not the case. whats happening there is divided government is standing in the way of president trumps agenda and mitch mcconnell has been working hard to get that passed through. >> robert costa, tell me about the democrats right now. a lot of people believe what theyre seeing, especially in the house is just stasis. i noticed this on social media today from baa carrie sellers. he wrote the fact we are not having daily wall to wall live hearings on impeachment is mind boggling. now,...

Against epstein seriously even if there werent any connection to the president. the allegations are so serious as a u.s. attorney said, it shocks the conscience whats alleged here. and i think the case here is important to the victims in this case, and its also important in the broader context of prosecution of child sex exploitation cases more broadly. i thought the commitment to pursuing the cases regardless of the wealth and power and political connection was made clear in the press conferenc...

Very, you know, distinctive. he didnt practice the politics of division in quite the same way that president trump does. he wasnt a foe of immigration in quite the same way. that president trump is. but to the extent he represented something different, the idea that we were unhappy with the way the system worked, he in fact does sort of represent the beginning of a wave that crested about 20-some years later. and he did it from outside of the system. he tried to do it as an independent. he got 1...

Remember his name, or something to that effect, its usually a s tell that hes exceptionally close to that person. we saw that in the manafort case. we saw that in the cohen case. and also when he says something snide or derogatory like in the case of the sexual assault that peter referenced earlier, where he said shes not my type, thate usually is evidence of some guilty consciousness by the president.sc >> and jessica, by dent of the connection to the president here, remind us, remind the t fol...

And so these latest charges against epstein have renewed outrage over the first agreement there, and sparked calls for acostas resignation as labor secretary. today we heard from acosta for the first time since epsteins arrest over the weekend. and we read, quote, the crimes committed by epstein are horrific and i am pleased that new york prosecutors are moving forward with a case based on new evidence. with the evidence available more than a decade ago federal prosecutors insisted that epstein ...

Unlawful sex with minors in 06. peter, this is, indeed, more proof the president lived the life he lived as a civilian to the fullest before we even thought of donald trump in the realm of the presidency. >> yeah. we tend to forget that. we tend to forget what kind of a swinging lifestyle in effect he had. he went on howard stern and bragged about his exploits with women, and he obviously is on his third wife, and he was not the traditional model of a president or a future president working out....

Tonight the president tries to distance himself from an old friend, a new york finance year and sex offender. facing new charges. while trump sympathizes with his labor secretary under fire for his handling of the initial case.cr plus the democrats are ng papering washington preparing to issue a dozen subpoenas to witnesses in the mueller report including some big names. the president has gone after the brits again labeling the prime minister foolish. and british ambassador to the u.s. a pom...

Couple weeks ago by an author who says that he sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a clothing store. the more this kind of focus is out there, the more its distracting him from the things he wants to do as he heads into an election year. >> counselor, rescue us and take us back into the legal realm.or what do you make of the deal that acosta as u.s. attorney agreed to in florida that led in many ways to this case were talking about tonight? >> it was an extremely unusual deal. both th...

Peter, i note that tonight the head of news max and a long time trump friend and whisperer went on cnn in about the last hour and after making clear he and the president had not discussed this, he straight up said its not going to be long concerning acostas time remaining as labor secretary. where do you see acostas future? where do you see the presidents exposure in this case? >> yeah. thats a great question. look, you know, well see how this plays out. but this has the whiff of danger for secr...

Principle of if somehow diplomatic cables are leaked, you can lose your job for telling us the truth? >> oh, absolutely. i dont think theyre going to pull him right away. i think hes served for three and a half years. four years is about the right time. >> thank you very much. i really appreciate it. that is tonights last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. tonight the president tries to distance himself from an old friend, a new york finance year and sex offender. while trump ...