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Praising his work at the labor department privately and downplaying the role that he had in jeffrey epsteins plea deal. after alex acosta came out, the reaction was essentially mixed. some people said it wasnt as bad as they thought it was going to be initially, but then the president started hearing criticism from people over how he conducted himself, how he hadnt offered an explicit apology to the victims in that plea deal situation. the president essentially started to change his tone on him ...

This week. lets start with the top stories. alex acosta deflected blame for his actions in the 2008 non-prosecution agreement with jeffrey epstein. invoking how complex cases are when they involve children. pointing to the words of an attorney on the case who said they were acting in the best interest of the victim. >> i have shared with those in this room today and will make available publicly an affidavit filed by the career prosecutor in a civil matter related to the epstein case. she talks a...

>> yeah, exactly. and of course, you mentioned lewinsky, we all remember that memorable pointing of the finger, "i did not have sex with that woman," and of course that was absolutely not true. now we have a statement that he -- now we have a statement he was on the plane four times when he was on over 20. i mean, typical. >> sean: typical. we are going to follow it. media mob strikes again. double standard. when we come back, its getting crazier by the day.mo congresswoman ocasio-cortez, speake...

Trying to focus this on it is me against trump debate. this is how he started this campaign. kamala harris knocked him off that track during that debate. he is trying to resuscitate his campaign by going back to something for which he feels very comfortable. going back to 2008, one of the reasons that barack obama chose biden was to square up his own foreign policy credentials. biden sees this as an area of strength. hes trying to present that it is him versus trump on needle. >> republican crit...

And its worth pointing out that trump tower, only about 20 blocks away from here. harris? >> harris: peter doocy, thank you very much. there is growing fallout of the indictment of billionaire and accused child sex trafficker, jeffrey epstein. news breaking atop this hour, and we will get into more of it. the latest from the white house is that the labor secretary, alexander acosta, is keeping his job after news conference yesterday. the questions keep coming. republican senator tom tells of nor...

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Smoke, fire? >> exactly. and of course, would you mention monica lewinsky, we all remember that memorable pointing of the finger, i did not have sex with that woman and of course that was untrue. now we have a statement that he -- now we have a statement he was on the plane four times when he was on over 20. i mean, typical. >> sean: typical. we are going to follow it. media mob strikes again. a standard. when we come back, its getting crazier by the day. congresswoman ocasio-cortez, speaker pel...

The race that is defending the obamas legacy is joe biden. if you are barack obama and sitting back and biting your finger nails, boy, it is my whole legacy on the shoulder s f biden here. so many are pointing out the differences of eight years of obama and elizabeth warren with the white house budding heads quite a bit and the party has moved quite a bit to the left. most major candidates have moved that way. i think testimony rahe race is revolution, warren and stand sanders verses -- obama ca...

Over the last ten years, about 240 le he fallen from cruise ships and ferries. fewer than 1 in 5 have >> whats alagboar and the abs of systems for identifying that in fa over board. >> but the cruise line says ships have gotten safer pointing out while capacity has grown 55% over the past decade, over board incidents have dropped by 35%. royal caribbean says its deeply saddened by the tragic accident. another story a lot of us are watching today, late today the u.s. womens soccer team got a he...

Lemire, politico senior writer and msnbc political contributor jake sherman and politico white house correspondent and associate editor, anita kumar. thank you to my team for being here. we heard from the president within the last hour or so. he is standing by his secretary of labor. whats the case the president is effectively making on alex acostas behalf? >> one of the things the president is pointing to is his accomplishments on the job. this is different than some of the other cabinet secret...