across the gulf coast states. >> we'll keep an eye on it going into the weekend. derek van dam, thank you. now continuing with a controversy we've been covering over the last few days, no regrets and no apology. the labor secretary alex and der acosta insisting that he secured the best deal when he got jeffrey epstein on sex trafficking charges years ago. he claims he decided to intervene in a state case because he thought epstein was going to escape jail time. listen. >> a state grand jury brought that single completely unacceptable charge. we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. >> epstein received a 13 month jail sentence and was allowed out on work release at his palm beach office six days a week 12, days hours a day.