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Consequences for have administration? >> well, i am not sure it was something that acosta had to do i think, it was going to become such a distraction and why i am pedment story not going away accusing one of being indifferent to the plight of sexual assault victims among the worst claims you can make about someone, and should be done rooted in evidence. and that is in my vie not what happened here so i think, there is a real risk of allowing this kind of politics of personal destruction to run ...

Migrants forced to drink toilet water narrative. of course, today, democrats went wild. >> this is government-sponsored child abuse. i have talked to many pediatricians and they tell me that this is child abuse. on a grand scale. plain and simple. >> laura: if you think these democrats are really agonizing about the plight of these migrants, you are mistaken. if they cared, they would have moved to solve this problem ages ago, to prevent the kind of abuse thats happening to these kids when they ...

Migrants forced to drink toilet water narrative. of course, today, democrats went wild. >> this is government-sponsored child abuse. i have talked to many pediatricians and they tell me that this is child abuse. on a grand scale. plain and simple. >> laura: if you think these democrats are really agonizing about the plight of these migrants, you are mistaken. if they cared, they would have moved to solve this problem ages ago, to prevent the kind of abuse thats happening to these kids when they ...

Communications for the hillary clinton campaign here. the candidates douglas plan, how should we view it? is this mayor buttigiegs deliberate introduction to black voters? >> its aimed at black voters. its important he says the country needs to look at the harms intentionally done to african-americans as a whole. this is his pitch to black voters. that being said, while he is explaining all the different ways he wants to tackle criminal justice and housing for african-americans, theres also this...

>> but it wasnt 1910. one of the most egregious aspects of the sweetheart deal negotiated by acosta for epstein was that it kept victims in the dark. asked today if he would apologize to epsteins victims, acosta said he would not and he did not. our colleague savannah guthrie bringing the plight and suffering of epsteins victims into focus on the "today" show this morning, in an interview with a new accuser who says jeffrey epstein raped her when she was 15. >> i was terrified, and i was telling...

This news conference? >> reporter: well, there were a series of headlines that i think were going to leave this news conference with. he was asked on multiple occasions whether he would apologize to the victims. he did not do that. he was asked again and again, said the best he could do to sort of understand their plight was to think about his own young daughters in a situation like this. but again to be clear at this point, ali, this is now effectively in the hands of president trump, the fate ...

To account. >> jonathan, any reporting on ivanka trump, whose stated mission in the white house is women and girls. this is a girl allegedly sexually assaulted by the employees of the federal government. melania went to the border in a confusing jacket but seemed to care about the plight of the children that were there. any reporting on how melania and ivanka trump feel about whats happening at the boarder? >> i dont have any reporting about how theyre responding currently to this situation. i d...

I cant go viral. these women by their visits to the detention facilities brought more attention to the plight of the migrant children than any measures the house democrats can put on the floor. thats why trump is enamored with aoc. thats a megaphone and a platform that the democratic leadership should be leaning into not jostling against. >> adrian, the point that nancy pelosi often makes is my job is to get things done, not to get headlines. >> yeah, thats right, ali. i think thats why she made...

Have been kind of running away from guns in campaigns and running away from the issue because they felt they were hurt by it in the early 90s. and the first time they lost the house of representatives in 40 years, they attributed part of that to the nra and guns. you took it on in the campaign and did it in a republican district, this is newt gingrichs district that you won this campaign in. it was a squeaker, it was close, but you didnt shy away from this issue. you had to appeal to republican ...

From guns in campaigns and running away from the issue because they felt they were hurt by it in the early 90s. and when they first time they lost the house of representativeses in 40 years, they attributed part of that to the nra and guns. you not only took it on in the campaign, you did it in i republican district. this was newt gingrichs district that you won this campaign in. it was a squeaker. it was close. but you didnt shy away from this issue. how did you appeal, you had to appeal to rep...