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The epstein case on wednesday, blaming state prosecutors and insisting he cut the best deal possible, but it wasnt enough to save his job. sources tell nbc news that trump spent yesterday asking friends and allies about whether acosta should be fired and was assured that acosta would leave on his own which must have been a relief >> i just want to let you know, this is him not me, because im with him he was a -- he is a tremendous talent he is a hispanic man he went to harvard, a great student. ...

Conference the other day or not, is not going away. and the more and more we continue to watch that, hear about the charges, see what happens to him, akaucostas nams going to continually be part of that narrative. >> sarah westwood joins me outside the white house i believe in milwaukee -- i apologize. thats where the president is going. all right, so this is huge news, sarah. what can you tell us about what has happened in the white house in the last 24 hours? because frankly last all our viewe...

For example, theyre using grooming techniques. theyre using recruitment techniques. theyre using telephones. they are using computers. theyre using bankers and moneys moving around. there are a lot of witnesses in addition to these girls that could have corroborated their story. and they didnt do it. they did not stand up for these girls when they needed to. and its indecent. >> and, cynthia, i think that, again, as kimberly notes, there is still a big question mark hovering around whether acost...

The guy card. >> hes a terrific guy. >> and yet they had a rift a number of years ago. we dont know the nature of that rift. but ive been reading what will be a telltale sign is whether acosta will be in the cabinet meeting in one week from now. >> lets move on to whats happening with the census. the trump administration has hit yet another road block in order to add a citizenship question. now theres a charge they cannot swap out their legal team to move forward with this. the judge is demandin...

And acosta making it clear he was not resigning and she said this -- >> he should resign or the president should ask him to step down. >> reporter: so the question is what do democrats do from here? nancy pelosi made clear to me yesterday that she didnt really have much of an interest of launching a full scale investigation into this plea deal offered back in florida to jeffrey epstein. she said that they want to focus on the legislative agenda instead. but there are interests from one house ove...

Confi confirmation hearing as labor secretary where this did come up. although, if you do watch that exchange, a lot of critics say that acosta did not exactly come across as particularly considerate or empathetic towards the many victims. thats really the crux of the issue here, did how acosta handle this undermine the rights that victims are supposed to have in these kinds of processes? so, you know, thats kind of how things are splitting along partisan lines. and the reality is that weve not ...

Prostitution. thats what he was convicted of. listen. >> based on the evidence, the professionals within a prosecutors office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone register generally and that guarantees other outcomes is a good thing. >> the federal prosecutors have noted that epstein has downplayed and himself said its a sweetheart deal. im not a sexual predator, im an offender. >> sex with children is like stealing a bagel. >> the white hous...

Firestorm. he said based on the good evidence, good for you, geoffrey berman, and the southern district of new york. if you were the u.s. attorney in florida at the time, why didnt he pursue that evidence? these are the same victims. >> right. i dont think that tweet goes nearly far enough in trying to answer that question and the others that surround him. i think abby is right, you know, trump will be the one who ultimately decides whether acosta can weather this. trump tends to have this impul...

And, you know, i think its important for people to look at the date here. this all happened in 2008. remember, acosta was a political appointee of the bush white house. it was an election year, he was going to need a new job, because there was going to be a new press den the. i think he was trying to curry favor with jeffrey epstein, had a dream team of powerful attorneys. and i think, you know, acosta was figuring out, where am i going to land after this political stint is over. it is disgustin...

Outlets are standing with cnn. the white house is vowing to fight on. here is cnns newest statement about this as we go back to court with a new filing. the white house is continuing to violate the 1st and 5th amendments of the constitution. and all journalists and news organizations and jim acosta and cnn will continue to fight -- continue to report the news about the white house. >> what will be telling, brian, in the next 11 days, should they have a press conference, will they call on jim aco...