now that runs counter to the record. you see in the court filings that acosta was involved. that he did have meetings with one of his former law partner who is representing jeffrey epstein and that also runs counter to the other cases that acosta's office brought during that exact same time period with a prosecution of people for one person -- one victim that they had assaulted, not the alleged dozens of victims in this case. >> cara spinel, thank you very much. and let's go to our correspondent manu raju up on capitol hill. you just spoke with the house speaker nancy pelosi. what did she have to say about secretary acosta's news conference? >> reporter: well, nancy pelosi had been very clear she wants nothing short of alex acosta's resignation as labor secretary and said in the aftermath of the indictment she made that clear in the days that have followed and as she was leaving a briefing this afternoon i asked her about the press conference